aka, don't read this if you haven't read Blackest Night 8. And no, this isn't a April Fools thread. Trust me on that
Just a short one really, because I just want to say, BOOYAH! THE Arthur Curry is back among the living, as is our favourite Manhunter from Mars. OK, yeah, it was quite good, a good end to a series that dragged on for far too long. But now for the niggles, wiggles and tidbits that I come across when I read a comic.
Man, I think about these things a bit too much sometimes...
* Why is Black Hand considered a bigger threat than the Anti-Monitor?
* Why did they let Sinestro/Larfleeze/Atrocitus go? And where'd Scarecrow go?
* Nekron is such a pussy really. He's actually quite damn pathetic...
* White Lantern Corps costumes were pretty damn cool. As are MM and Aquaman's new costumes (similar to their old ones, but different enough all the same)
* The White Light resurrected those who died in anger, or who weren't at peace during their time in death. Hence no Sue/Ralph Dibney etc. Though that's just my theory.
* What happened with Maxwell Lord? He just kindof faded away...Erm?
* Wait wait wait. Deadman's 'face' was a mask? I thought it was his corroded body given ghostly aspect...
* According to the checklist, they're restarting Green Arrows comic? I'm pretty sure that times in with the end of Rise and Fall. I'm assuming Roy becomes the new Green Arrow. So what's gonna happen to Ollie? Or are we just gonna have three Green Arrows at once, like the Flashs?
* and finally, could the Star Saphires stop dressing like Pink Hookers from Space that I wouldn't touch with a two mile long barge pole?
What a great album cover
12 years ago
Agreed on why the hell is Black hand a bigger threat? I love all the returns because they build big storylines, especially with Aquaman, Maxwell and a few others.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure it was those who died in anger? I mean it makes sense but was J'onn really upset when he died? Or Hawkman and Hawkgirl?
Deadman's face being a mask after all this time shocked the hell outta me. I mean really?! And why is he attractive too?! Lol
I'm hoping that Green Arrow is Connor and not Roy, I'd much rather it be that and let Roy stay Arsenal.
Well Aquaman just had to come back, eh? ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe not anger, but great turmoil (physical or emotional).
I mean, what the hell was with that? Bring back Kingdom Come Deadman back I say, we don't have enough talking skeletons in comics...
Well, considering how DC are screwing over Ollie atm, well, it wouldn't surprise me if they did put Roy as Green Arrow...
Hm...I know Blackest Night made me VERY Eadger for Brightest Day, But I hate that Ted Kord didn't come back.
ReplyDeleteMy thing is, if he's dead and no one can see him, why the hell would you ever wear a costume?!
I saw the cover for that issue, looks like Ollie but could be a swerve, I'm just hoping he isn't killed off again. What if they made him a Lantern?
My friend pointed out to me he might be already back, from some stuff that happened in Booster Gold that I didn't read...
ReplyDeleteHe died in it, and it was a residual imprint of what he wore?
It does look like Ollie, but they ask who holds the bow. Please, if not Ollie, be Connor....
What kindof Lantern could Ollie be though? He doesn't really follow one of the seven Corps paths at all. I mean, Rage perhaps, but even then he's cynical, and just does whatever he wants.
I read that, it hinted that Kord may be back like, back before Blackest Night started. But they haven't really mentioned it much since then.
ReplyDeleteYeah someone else pointed that out to me at my blog. I didn't know whatever you died in you had to keep on forever but eh, I guess that kinda makes sense?
I'm hoping it's a swerve and it's still Ollie but I agree, if anyone else it should be Connor.
Honestly I don't know, I could see him as Rage or Will. I'm just hoping they don't kill him off for a second time because that's really piss me off.
Bring back Ted Kord! But keep Jamie Reyes.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, we need a Silver Scarab on New Earth, Ted Kord becoming that perhaps?
I really don't know. I assume that the dead person assumes the appearance they're most comfortable with when dead, and any other dead person knows who they are. it isn't shapeshifting, and isn't voluntary. But that's me and my view on the dead in comics aka the view I'm taking in my writings...
Mind you, if they stopped messing around with Ollie maybe I would be less frustrated with this ;)
Well, he can't be will. In recent years he's too cynical to power a Green Lantern Ring. No! No killing Ollie!
Hm... Silver Scarab? Please explain.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read that. Stop hyping it up if I have to wait so long haha.
Maybe Ollie becomes Red Arrow? Lol or Arsenal or something. I'm not looking forward to this.
He's got an entire Wikipedia entry devoted to him :P
ReplyDeleteMwahahaha :D maybe at some point when I can forge a regular schedule :P
But apparently I'm good at PRing then? :D
Oh dears, don't even suggest that. Step backwards much?
Lol I'm off to read about him then.
ReplyDeleteI noticed, Nagash Smith :P
Yeah well it's better than him being Dead.
Have fun. You'll never leave ;)
ReplyDeleteWikipedia and TVTropes are BAD at that
Smith? SMITH? O_o
Yeah, but, still, just head on desk. Head. on. desk.
I've noticed, I've started on Wikipedia looking up random comic characters and ended up reading about baseball caps somehow.
ReplyDeleteYeah as in Kevin Smith :P
Don't know about head on desk, seems like something Ollie and Dinah would do... :P *drum riff*
OK, yeah, see, that doesn't even make sense on where that came from :p
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhh >.< course
That was bad, and didn't even make any sense. You should be ashamed. SHAME
Lol see how easy it is to get sidetracked?
ReplyDeleteTsk tsk tsk, maybe I should demote you to Nagash Brand. *Runs*
:( I just wanted to be popular is all *walks off with my head down in shame*
Oh, squirrel! ;)
ReplyDelete*Takes aim* *shoots off area of brain corresponding to Russell Brand, only just skimming the rest* :P
Crude sex jokes = popularity? Or is this just how it works in America :P
That was a great movie...
ReplyDeleteLol man, now you've only got like three centimeters of brain left :P
Ahem, Russell Brand (imported from you guys), Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Jay & Silent Bob. I rest my case.
Yes, yes it was. Haven't seen it in a while, oughta get the DVD at some point
ReplyDeleteOh, I meant your brain :P
That first one is a terrible example though :P
I'm gonna one up you and get the blu-ray then laugh in your face ALL the way from America, via webcam or something.
ReplyDeleteWell played...Lol I don't have a come back for that.
That was just to show that it's not just an American thing :P
Blu-Ray sucks though, so not gonna be able to laugh in my face :P
ReplyDeletePeople rarely do after a while. I think it's my innate annoyingness :D
Well, yeah, but there's other, better, people out there ho woulda been better examples...
Lol what's your basis for claiming it sucks?
ReplyDeleteAnnoyingness is next to awesomeness. Annoyingness wins wars.
Like who?
It's expensive and DVD quality is good enough for me. Therefore, Blu-Ray sucks...
ReplyDeleteIsn't that weapons win wars?
I dunno. Too tired ta think of any :P
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ReplyDeleteHm I can agree with that. I play mine on my PS3 and I only had two, Sweeney Todd which Falisha bought me, and Tropic Thunder which I bought for 5 bucks and a N64 game...so yeah, I haven't spent a ton of cash on one lol.
ReplyDeleteYou don't think getting blasted with weapons is annoying?
Lol then i rest my case.
Never seen the movie of that. Any good? TT is quite good. Nah, it just seems pointless. £20-25 on a Blu-Ray, or £10-15 on DVD brand new, of which DVDs go down quite quickly
ReplyDeleteNo, I think my weapon jamming and me having to use it as a club is annoying, as I've lost the bayonet attachment to it...
Some of us are really lazy buggers you know!
Wait, that's not a competent defence...
I loved Sweeney Todd, you'll probably pick it apart because it's probably nothing like old timey U.K. culture it's based it :P Lol but I really liked it, the story was good, great acting, it's a musical of course but I like those, I'd recommend it though.
ReplyDeleteSee, if you just carried a club in the first place, or better yet an umbrella that shoots bullets and has a knife in it, ala Penguin, you'd never even be suspected of being in a war. They'd think you were just an umbrella twirling dandy, then POW, Sneak attack.
Sure it is, you keep doing whatever you can to reinforce my argument :D
Oh please - the Victorian age was quality for alot of reasons. I have a vampire/time travel/magic story set in that period. And yes, it does involve Jack the Ripper, Spring Heeled Jack, Brahm, and many other characters completely ignoring their real/fictional persons ;)
ReplyDeleteAnywho, back on topic, I've seen the non-musical play version, and am not a real fan of Johny Depp...
Umbrella? Don't be stupid. A Canesword is where it's at. I should know, Death of the Four Horsemen has one known as Hades. But then he is a time traveling assassin :D
I fart in your general direction :P
Are you gonna throw Sherlock Holmes in there too? :P
ReplyDeleteReally? What with Johnny Depp do you not like, or just EVERYTHING?
Hm... and where would one buy one of these Caneswords you speak of? :)
Too bad I had a fan on and it blew back at you. Oh yeah!
No, as he's completely fictional. Alan Moore has already got those bases covered fair enough for me.
ReplyDeleteEverything really. He was horrible in Charlie, looked terrible in Alice, he was alright in Pirates, and I can't think what else he's been in...
I dunno, they're illegal in most places :( I could legally own one here if it were 200+ years old, but it's always considered a concealed weapon over there...
Yeah, well your father was a hamster, and your mother smells of elderberries
Ah got ya, what are you gonna do with Jack the Ripper?
ReplyDeleteAgreed, hated Charlie, didn't see Alice, but I did like Pirates a lot, and Edward Scissorhands and a few other things.
Hm... I think I'd rather wait until they change the law than try to wait until I'm 200+ to use one.
My father did play for the Detroit Hammer Hamsters and my mother does where elderberry perfume...I win again! Bwahahaha.
It's a murder mystery, so you'll have ta wait and see :P
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I might try it. MAYBE. :P
Just order an antique? ;)
Yes, your dad did, but then got arrested as that was an illegal underground sport. And those elderberries were laced with Kryptonite.
Ooh...I love murder mysteries.
ReplyDeleteTry it, do it, do it, do it....do....it.
Nah, their cheap and break easily.
True but that's where he met Matches Malone who recruited him and pays him Bruce Wayne money. And that's why I was born with Superhuman abilities similar to Superman due to the Kryptonite laced Elderberry perfume she wore while I was born.
Well, hopefully I can write a decent one. It will contain my universes reasoning behind why the police never caught him, etc etc
ReplyDeleteMaybe :P
O RLY?
No, wait, quite likely :(
Now that didn't even make any sense :P
Is it because he WAS a police officer? Or better yet, he was Sherlock Holmes? Dun dun dunnnn
ReplyDeleteOkay then well if you say so, I respect your decis..do it!
Yep, and the blades are dull as butter knives.
Lol it made TONS of sense, you need my Lex Luthor mindset.
You'll have ta wait and see. But no :P
ReplyDeleteNEVAH! Until I feel like it
Probably not dull, just rusted
Bizarro Lex Luthor more like :P
Noooooo I'm gonna be waiting for yearses aren't I?
ReplyDeleteOh okay, well I guess that's DO IT :D *slowly walks away*
So they would cause disease when someone's stabbed?
:O How dare you sir, how daaare you!
Quite likely, yep :P
ReplyDeleteNot yet, no
Possibly, but maybe not. Depends what's on em, whether they break etc ;)
Oh, I dared all right. Do you dare question my daringness?
Damnses you Nagash!
ReplyDeleteOkay well when ya do decide to DO IT, just let me know :D
Hm.. whether they break the knife or the skin.
I dare question your daringness to dare!
Or it might be in the next year. Who knows? :P
ReplyDeleteSure. When or IF :P
Maybe both at once?
Don't you dare question my dare to your daringness with a dare!
Don't get my hopes up :P lol
ReplyDeleteWHEN ;)
That's what she said! Woooooooooooo
Hm... Dare I dare? I DARE!
Then the Blue Ring shall pass you by ;) I'll probably get it started in the summer when my internship is over
ReplyDeleteIF still atm :P
Yes. Yes she did. *Pelvic thrust*
But you can't dare to dare the dare of the dare you made to dare my dare!
Lol @ the blue ring reference. No Saint JT for me. So any plans on what you're doing when your internship ends? Besides hopefully starting ya story? :P
ReplyDeletehttp://www.megaupload.com/?d=HF1RKBZF
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9BM943RH
There, I uploaded all 9, 15 minute episodes, because I'm awesome. If ya don't know how to open .rar files you'll need a free copy of WinRar which you can find via internet search. Now you have NO excuse :P
Lol I did not expect your pelvic thrust.
Oh can't I? You....dare me?
Nope. Sleep? It is a good time to do it though. Part from that, dunno :D
ReplyDeleteSure I do. Absolute laziness :P
I'll do it somepoint. Honest
That's because nobody expects that! It's the ultimate in sky dog fighting maneuvers
I dare you to dare my dare. Yes!
Enjoy the sleep, it's AWESOME, trust me.
ReplyDeleteLol alright, I believe you, THIS TIME!
What if someone was kicking in celebration and you pelvic thrusted yourself right into instant pain?
Hm...well in that case, I, JT, DARE to dare your dare, thus daring you to dare to dare my dare, IF YOU DARE!
Sleep good. Not getting enough of it though :(
ReplyDeleteBut next time Gadget, NEXT TIME!!!
Because I'm not an idiot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZua7JSgZz0
So imagine sleeping until like 2 pm...you'd have more energy than all 8 color corps combined.
ReplyDeleteI'll get you for this Gadget!!!
Hey, people make mistakes, and you ay get groin kicked.
Retort: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6yantixZ5c
That's what weekends are for ;)
ReplyDeleteFlying car things engines fail and you crash?
Not if they wanna live ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TPu-SIvSKg
Booooo, Those are only two days, it's better when you have seven.
ReplyDeleteUm..sure? Lol
So you're telling me anyone who groin kicks you dies eh...good to know
Alright then, you win this round.
Yep, but some of us work, and get paid for it :P
ReplyDeleteI swear that happened once or twice. Swear...
As well as anyone who touches me without my permission.
I. always. win.
You just didn't have a chance, no chance at all.
Not when the internship's over jerk. Lol And some of us get paid for working at home :P
ReplyDeleteI vividly remember that.
So people need permission to touch you? Even hot women?
I had many a chance, I just quit so you'd have a reason to celebrate Bwahaha.
What, by 'trying' to find a job? :P
ReplyDeleteGood *nods*
Hell yeah. People carry all sorts of horrible and disgusting germs. People don't wash their hands after going to the toilet. People sneeze on their hands and don't was em. People are disgusting. Not going anywhere near that
/\ I even use this in my story, but you never see OCD in fiction except as a joke. It's not funny.
In other news: I won. Mwahahaha
Nope, by getting paid to upload videos, edit videos and other things I get paid to do :P
ReplyDeleteAgreed *nods*
So do you have OCD or are you just using it seriously in your story?
In other news: I let you! :P
Oooooh. Sounds not really that fun though. Is it?
ReplyDeleteYep *nods*
No, I actually have it. It's annoying, but a slightly sensible one. And sometimes I do put my problems onto characters. Things like that I can obviously write from experience, and build it into a character which isn't an arc of them overcoming it or anything. Just a part of the character...
In even bigger news: Thwacka-twhacka-thoooooom! Volcano erupted, rocks fall, you die :P
I like it, I can sleep in, blog, play video games and get paid. It's cool for what it is.
ReplyDeleteAwesome *nods*
Ah got ya, It makes sense that you would use some of your own experiences in your writing, makes it genuine.
Wouldn't you just fall in if you curbstomped it?
Well, I suppose it's alright, but I would get bored of that I think...
ReplyDelete*nods*
Well, it does make it a bit easier ;) tis also why author appeal happens alot in fiction ;)
Not if I grew to 50 feet
It' not for everyone...lol.
ReplyDelete*nods*
You should write a story about how you know this cool American named JT who you look up to...yeah, it's fiction :P
Hm...can you do that now?
Nah, I like some variety. Also, I like to walk/cycle places...
ReplyDelete*nods again*
Well, it is possible to write people in. But they go quickly in different directions, become different people etc. I mean, I have myself in about three or four people there, at least major parts I can identify with.
Sure, why not?
You have more time for that when you have a ton of free time :P
ReplyDelete*nodding more*
Hm...that;s pretty interesting. So if you added me in I could end up a serial killer?
Hm...so are you like, Antman or Apache chief?
Well, yes, but it's nice to have a purpose for them :P
ReplyDelete*shakes head then nods*
Possibly?
Neither. They both suck
Hm...good point I guess.
ReplyDelete*shakes head disapprovingly then nods*
Hm...sounds pretty interesting if you ask me.
Lol so that's you. *runs*
At least with a bike it's fast, I hate being slow, hate getting trapped walking behind slow people. MOVE. But then even when I'm pushing a wheelchair the other people I'm with have ta sortof jog/skip to keep up.
ReplyDelete*Blows stuff up*
So you wanna be a cereal killer then?
*Uses AWSUM archery prowess and pins you down with arrows through your hands and feet*
Well aren't you a speed demon :P Do you push a wheel chair often?
ReplyDelete*Laughs at the blown up stuff*
Gladly, Cap'n Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Trix and everything else!
Uses my Transformation skills and turns my skin as hard as diamond breaking the arrows out then quickly regenerating my broken skin.
Sometimes. I have a friend who's in one, so whenever he's over. Once a month I suppose?
ReplyDelete*Dances as more stuff blows up*
OK, well prepare for the lamest appearance since, well, forever :P
Good thing that by breaking them you released the flesh eating bacteria contained within em then...
Ah got ya, I also have a friend who's in what but he has one of the motorized kinds.
ReplyDelete*Does "The Worm" while stuff blows up*
Lol just make me a sleeper agent then I become awesome and snap 37 and a half necks.
Too bad the Flesh eating bacteria won't break through my diamond skin so it instead turns on you.
Those seem a bit unwieldy myself. And aren't fold-up either...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ClNh6om9TU&feature=related
Nah. Someone who wants to kill cereal mascots = comic relief :P
You really think I'd be stupid enough to have it so my own bacteria could eat me? WRONG! They adopt and eat your diamond skin
Yeah but he can fly like the wind dude, like the wind.
ReplyDeleteLol Texas style, beeeyatch!
I'm fine with that, just goes to show I'm one funny dude :)
They can adopt things? How sweet of them... and my diamond skin would destroy the bacteria in one fell swoop.
He doesn't need one, since he can fly like the wind.
ReplyDeleteLmao
We shall, either way I'll be happy as long as I don't die ten pages in.
That makes a ton of sense, also you just punched diamond and broke your hand.