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11/10/09
Edit: Oh holy crap, how did I miss this? S.W.O.R.D. #1 comes out this week! Abigail Brand is the second best thing to come out of Joss's run on Astonishing (the best being Armor).
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Plus it makes things look cool..like JeremyMax..or InternetMax... or TentaclePorn #avengers
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"Muphry's Law: If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."
[en.wikipedia.org] #avengers
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@wingbatwu: I know, right?
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Seriously - if people have concerns about the mythos not working in modern times, plus added to the fact a 'dark' Superman would be a terrible idea, why not set it during an earlier period of America.
Even if you bring it forwards a little to the fifties you can still tap into subjects such as McCarthyism and the cold war - interesting enough social dilemas which mirror today's social paranioa and keep Superman where he belongs in a wonderful sepia America.
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Yes, yes yes! A Superman during the Depression would be pretty cool. It allows the sci-fi element to finally bust out a bit.
Even the fifties would be cool, as you say.
I'm tired of Luthor the businessman, anyway (although it would be somewhat interesting in a Depression-Era story) and would like to see someone build a giant robot for Superman to fight. Where are the giant robots?
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First of all, KEEP KEVIN CONROY as Batman. Second, if you're going to steal from Grant Morrison STEAL EVERYTHING - don't just take a few elements and then implant them into a retarded plot that doesn't make sense (Owlman destroying the multiverse - who's retarded idea was that? Why would he stupidly want a murder-suicide of that scale?). Having Grant Morrison direct and write a JLA EARTH 2 Animated Adaptation would have been AWESOME! What Warner Bros. is doing here is more of the same boilerplate garbage that they've been producing ever since the end of the JLU Animated Series.
Also, if you're going to do a parallel universe story you need to have Kevin Conroy doing the voices of BOTH BATMAN AND OWLMAN! But, no, that would have made far too much sense.
What's with this garbage stunt celebrity casting shit?! They sound terrible. Except, of course, for Gina Torres who's a great voice actor.
Why are all these television executives always so completely brain-dead?
All these one-off DC Animated Features have all been wasted efforts.
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Either way, I'm skipping this one. Billy Baldwin as Batman? Yeah, maybe in little Billy's dreams.
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However I wish they had a bit more consistency with the voice acting. Public enemies had the original voices which I think it made it easier to get immersed in. Having these new voices each time around is just distracting.
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Otherwise he's just standing in front of bullets and lifting shit.