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Gary S. Lee Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 700
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | 1
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...and Daniel, I agree with Michael. The beginning of the Jones run
which you have is great - but it went on with hardly any explanation or
momentum for a couple of years. The characters were written
out of character, and it just collapsed under the weight of its own
over-elaborate plotting. By the end, I could have cared less who was
behind the whole thing, like X-Files toward the end.
Too many red herrings, too many plot contrivances, to much "how can we fit the characters into THIS story"
But man, those first few issues - great stuff with lots of potential! *****
And I'd third the above. Jones' run started out superbly with a real mystery and intrigue (and fantastic JRjr art), but by the end--boring.
I guess it could read better in TPB format since you don't have to wait a month between issues, but it didn't work in monthly format in the long run.
G.
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Fred J Chamberlain Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4035
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | 2
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The fact that this thread even has reason to exist makes me sad.
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David Whiteley Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Posts: 2748
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 5:50pm | IP Logged | 3
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Fred, you said a mouthful.
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Greg Kirkman Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 15775
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 6:39pm | IP Logged | 4
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Hulk eats people. Hulk likes mouthful. Yum!
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Fred J Chamberlain Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 6:47pm | IP Logged | 5
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and even more tragic on top of eating them, Greg, is the fact that he takes over a year and a half to do it.
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Martin Redmond Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 6:53pm | IP Logged | 6
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More crap melodrama w/e. Same old pos stories with more braindead violence and characters.
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Greg Kirkman Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 6:58pm | IP Logged | 7
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and even more tragic on top of eating them, Greg, is the fact that he takes over a year and a half to do it.
++++++++++++++
Hulk likes to chew slow. Savors meal. Hulk does not eat to survive. Hulk eats because he enjoys the taste!
Hostess fruit pies no longer please Hulk.
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Sam Karns Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 26 December 2004 Location: United States Posts: 7624
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 7:08pm | IP Logged | 8
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Man, I love those advertisements back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore, But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again.
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Chad Carter Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | 9
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I don't wish I was a kid again. I got picked on and was a-feared way too much. And when I was in 4th grade I had a chance with my first real love, Vicki Pritchett, and I was too scared to act. EDIT: A "chance" meaning to maybe hold her hand, tell her I loved her, that sort of thing. Not playing Punch the Clown.
The only parts of being a kid missed involve reading comics outside in the sun and watching Saturday Morning Cartoons ("New Adventures of Flash Gordon" was the shite!) and the Incredible Hulk TV show and "Creature Features" on Channel 20. Outside of that, piss on being a kid.
Edited by Chad Carter on 27 February 2007 at 7:14pm
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Greg Kirkman Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 7:16pm | IP Logged | 10
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http://www.tomheroes.com/Comic%20Ads/hostess%20ads/hostess.h tm
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Chad Carter Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 7:27pm | IP Logged | 11
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I wish Stan Lee would step forward and say, "I'm ashamed of what Quesada and the ilk have done to my creations." But Stan's kind of a salesman, and he sells whatever car is on the lot.
I bet Kirby would have had something to say though. Somebody said Kirby would have fallen in line just like Stan. I'd love to see someone compile a series of articles with guys like Stern and Thomas and Wolfman and Byrne and Miller about exactly what is wrong with the industry. Where's the SUPERSIZE ME documentary on Big Two comic books? The product is bad for you.
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Chad Carter Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 February 2007 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | 12
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Hostess ad: "Ultimate Weapon" bearing down. People scrambling for their lives.
Hulk: "Dumb humans scared. Hulk not scared."
You gotta love the Hulk back in them days.
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