Episode 1330 Talkback: Comic Talk - WTF Certified
Pants
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Discussions on this general chat episode include the Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness and The Lone Ranger trailers, Green Lantern The Animated Series, DC's WTF certified books, the new line of Star Wars figures and some Taylor Swift talk. Taylor Swift? WTF? (48:57)
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As for the DC WTF it has no major effect as I will still be buying the same core DC books & that is it--Batman, Detective, Action, & Superman.
Finally, why would you watch Downton Abbey on the night of the Super Bowl?
Matthew
"At this point, the only thing that could elicit a genuine shock from DC readers would be if the company decided to quit all the cheap storytelling tricks and actually push its books in a genuinely character-driven direction. Since launching The New 52 in September of 2011, the publisher has been emphasizing plot over character, and while there are certainly exceptions, there seem to be fewer with each month that passes under the editorial leadership of Bob Harras and Bobbie Chase."
That sums up my reaction
The Lone Ranger ad has me a bit worried... I want to like that movie so much, but the ad made it look kinda dumb. And I agree about the casting of Tonto - maybe Johnny Depp has some Native American heritage, which if he does I expect will be played up heavily in the press junkets once it gets closer to release, but it always makes me uncomfortable when actors are "made up" to play races other than their own. This isn't "Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's" bad, but at first glance it might be on par with Swedish actor Werner Oland playing Charlie Chan. I hope I'm wrong. I really, really want to be wrong. I like The Lone Ranger and I really want this movie to be fun.
And by all means, check out the "extended look" Iron Man ad on Facebook. There's a dumb but funny gag in there. If you can sometimes appreciate humor that doesn't try, it's kinda great.
And @mguy1977, if we had had the option of watching Downton on Sunday night - we don't have cable, and fixing the antenna to get our PBS affiliate is frequently more trouble than its worth, so we catch it online the next day - we would have watched that, too. We're not a football house at all.
Shane, I loved hearing your story about your original Star Wars figure collection and totally relate to your anecdote about R2-D2. My first figure was Chewbacca. My parents got it for me in the summer of 1978 when I had the measles and couldn't go out for a few days. I took a chair (it was the Death Star) and that single figure and played Star Wars in the front hall, where the sun shone through the screen door, for three days. It was great.
Over the years, I lost that Chewbacca twice (that brown "fur" blends in rather well with the ground, don't ya know), but managed to find it both times - though I did replace it once - and still have that, along with almost all of my original figures (I had 93 of the 96), though my R2-D2 is the Empire version with the pop-up sensor rather than the original original.
Some day I plan on filling out that original collection with the 3 missing figures, but I'm going to wait until my 5 year old - who loves playing with my figures - is a bit more responsible with them.
And, with that out of the way, I'm quite excited for these new 6 inch figures, but I'll only be getting those that really appeal to me (original trilogy, none of the prequel crap). But these will probably be displayed (in the basement, of course) rather than played with. Or, not played with too much. But they will come out of the packaging, cuz that's how I roll.
Anyway. Another great episode guys. WTF to the WTF. Tired of the gimmicks (even though I'm not buying any regular DC books). I'd appreciate if DC would finally wake up and choose to create good comic with good writing and good art rather than gimmicks like pushing this "New 52" (adhering to 52 "core books" rather than focusing on the quality seems short-sighted, but what else would I expect?) and WTF crap.
chris
As for WTF?: I'll reserve judgement until it comes out. It seems to be just marketing to me. DC now has to combat Marvel Now supremacy.
Star Wars Figures? Zzzzzz....just kidding! I like hearing toy remembrances.
Taylor Swift: Wow, didn't know you'd answer my question so fast! Thanks for the 3 (Murd, Shane, Pants) views! And now I know the rest of the story and got all the facts!
Downton Abbey is addictive(I'm on episode 5 of season one) and I can't blame Pants for switching back and forth during the game.
From the makers of Pirates of the Carribean might be a selling point to some but I hated those movies (The first one was OK). Hope the story in Lone Ranger is a little more coherent.
Voting with my wallet.
As for Taylor Swift, I can tell you her mother is very controlling of her life. Plus, with all those boyfriends over the years, she either doesn't give it up or she's bad in bed. I guess THAT'S why she writes all those songs about her ex's.
M.
I thought the commercial was fantastic. I personally was just disappointed when it turned out to be a truck commercial rather than some kind tribute to farmers.
This could be a case like Jennifer Love Hewitt where her mom controls each aspect of her life, making her too high maintenance.
M
HOMER (bewildered): I don't know!
(From The Simpsons episode, Mister Plow)