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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 12, 2008 22:33:18 GMT -5
I think I know why.... BECAUSE TOMASI IS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!! He's right up there with Geoff Johns to me.... actually I think I give him a slight edge of geoff because he writes the bat-family so well..... which, I'm sad to say geoff isn't very good at outside of Tim Drake.... his Nightwing is alright but his Batman is very uninteresting..... but yea, Tomasi should definitely be writing more books, seeing as his GL Corps is totally rad!
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 10, 2008 1:48:00 GMT -5
I'll give it.... let's say till the end of the first arc by the new team (trying to be fair as no one can live up to johns on this title)... after that if it's not up to par, it gets cut from my pull list
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 9, 2008 19:59:53 GMT -5
so you noticed that huh lol.... yeah, it's a close copy, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, seeing as the first episode of the series was pretty rad... (at least I thought it was)...... Another thing too was that I had to stick to the framework already laid out by the previous writer, so I couldn't deviate too much. Hopefully you'll stick around for a bit and bear with me as I try to live up to the amazing writers who worked on the series. (thanks for the honesty, too. I appreciate it.)
-Cam-
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 9, 2008 18:31:42 GMT -5
Great work, Ellen! I'm already liking this better than RIP. I think my favorite scene was when Bruce told Dinah "Good. I… if I was married to you, I think I'd want to remember." lol! again, great work! 4 stars!
-Cam-
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 9, 2008 17:42:23 GMT -5
planning to add DC:The New Frontier to my collection sometime this Christmas! would also like to add Batman:Prodigal if I could find it for a reasonable price (the cheapest I found it for was 60 bucks and I don't have that to blow on a trade... even if it is out of print lol).... anyone else planning to add any new books to their collection come Christmas?
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 9, 2008 11:29:34 GMT -5
it's been an ok book so far, much better than secret invasion.....the only thing I've hated so far is the "super young team" crap..... and morrison said this team is supposed to replace the forever people! if that's the case I won't be buying any new books featuring the new gods ever again..... I'll stick with the kirby stuff, thank you lol (and the john byrne stuff was pretty rad as well)
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 8, 2008 21:41:05 GMT -5
yeah, sorry but I'm a 360 guy lol.... but next year when DCU Online comes out I may be getting a ps3... we'll rock it then!
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 7, 2008 18:36:57 GMT -5
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 6, 2008 19:46:47 GMT -5
same here... I had the chance to play it this week (used copy finally came in) and it was prett rad! the only thing that bugs me is they gave Batman some of the lamest brutalities of all the heroes.... he's freakin Batman! shoudln't his be some of the most brutal?.... that said, the only other problem I had with this game was the totally cheap AI, which is present in any MK game so I was expecting it here anyway..... much more fun playing against humans.... can't wait to take this baby online once I buy it!
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 6, 2008 13:23:08 GMT -5
either way I'm just glad I won't have to have morrison on a bat-book until late next year (and even that's up in the air now as I heard he got booted from "Batman"... just a rumor though) until then I've got Paul Dini, the amazing Denny O'Neil, and Neil Gaiman I believe...... then Tony Daniel will write the battle for the cowl.... can't wait to see some of Daniel's writing.... I'm pretty excited about that!
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 6, 2008 13:15:42 GMT -5
yes but somehow I don't see Bruce just letting them play dressup with him.... still doesn't make sense...... hard to believe grant morrison can go from awesome stories like he did on JLA to this junk..... everyone I know is furious with this arc...... not counting the drones who defend it only because morrison wrote and think "he can never be wrong!"..... heck I love Geoff Johns but I've had complaints about his writing in the past (like the way he portrays Batman)..... anyways, point is, this story still has about a million and three loose ends it needed to tie up and failed to do so.... hopefully Denny O'Neil and Paul Dini can help tie it up with their stories
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 6, 2008 12:36:46 GMT -5
one of the worst Batman arc I've ever had the misfortune to read.... and what was with him suddenly being in the normal Batsuit in the last issue without any explanation as to how he got it on? and then the way it cuts of so you're thinking "ok it'll wrap these loose ends next issue" but no, the next issue (the first part of last rites) just leaves more questions..... ugh can't wait to get a break from morrison on a Bat-title
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 4, 2008 13:16:53 GMT -5
wow, looks like I have 2 elseworlds titles to promote now lol...
Batman Beyond #2 (coming in December)
Writer:Cam Cover:Mischief Editor:Mark Bowers
Robin Betrayal #1 (also coming in December!)
Writer:Cam Covers:Andy Gray Editor:Arcalian
anyone who wants to check out the cover art for the first issue of Betrayal, it's already up in the artist's drawing board! I'm excited! lol
-Cam-
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 1, 2008 21:05:28 GMT -5
ok, this isn't a DC fanfic, heck it isn't a comic book fic at all..... it's a Lord of the Rings parody.... yes yes I know, kind of weird, but it was the idea of a friend of mine that he started about 3 or 4 years ago.... (for a better run-down of this story just check the link I'll be leaving... there's a note before the story)..... anyways, the point is we're both working on it now....... I'm excited about it because it has my friend writing again...... he used to write all the time then he lost the spark, but now that we've gotten a few positive reviews it has him excited and he wants to write the full lord of the rings trilogy! so I'm trying to get as many people as I can to read it and give a review (if you don't mind)....... be honest though, don't lie if you don't like just to make us feel better.... we both prefer brutal honesty over lies, so don't worry about hurting our feelings........ well, hope you guys read and enjoy our crazed little romp through middle-earth...... thanks for your time and God Bless! -Cam- www.fanfiction.net/s/4643447/1/Lord_of_the_BeltBuckles_TFOTBB
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 1, 2008 20:56:17 GMT -5
I used to be a sony fanboy until ps3 came out.... I think they really dropped the ball with the system overall.... as the matter of fact, DCUOnline is the first exclusive game I'll even care to play now that Tekken 6 and Final Fantasy 13 have been announced for 360...... here's hoping DCUOnline doesn't blow so I'll finally have a reason to buy a p3 lol
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 1, 2008 11:37:57 GMT -5
I have to disagree with that statement..... if you're looking at the same game then the only difference between 360 and ps3 would be graphics, and from what I've heard from people who have both systems, the only way you can even tell the difference graphics wise is if you have HD and even then it's barely noticeable....... oh, and I found this quite hilarious..... a friend of mine was reading OPM (official playstation magazine) and they even admitted that ps3 had yet to come out with a game with graphics as good as gears of war..... now I hate the gears of war games, but even I thought that was funny......... personally, I don't play a game for graphics though, so that plays little to no factor in my choosing games...... I am glad ps3 dropped that six-axis crap though, it sucked from the beginning! nice to be able to hold a controller that I don't feel like I'm going to break if I look at it the wrong way..... oh and I do agree with you about force unleashed, the p2 version is actually better than the current gen versions..... they really dropped the ball with that game.....made me sad lol
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Post by Ammunition88 on Dec 1, 2008 0:45:55 GMT -5
if you want to get into the question, The Question vol.3 just came out not long ago..... all three of the trades are awesome (which is a given considering they were written by Denny O'Neil!) for Flash, I agree with what was said above, but for your GL question... that ones a bit tougher to answer since you're asking about stories that "capture their character"..... there have been 4 humans in the GL corps so, it really depends on which Lantern you want to read about.... since I'm a kyle fan, I really like the emerald twilight and emerald knights trades..... emerald knight is cool because it gives you a look at both Kyle and the classic Hal (before he became parallax)....... but if you're more of a Hal fan then yes, Rebirth and pretty much anything written by johns is gold! if geoff isn't writing it I refuse to read a book starring solely Hal..... I never thought I ever even be able to put up with a stricktly Hal book, but darn it if johns didn't pull me in lol
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 30, 2008 23:14:10 GMT -5
I just hope they don't screw up DCU online.... even with geoff johns writing the story and Jim Lee doing character design and all that, I'm afraid it could still fall short..... but here's hoping we'll have an mmo that can finally topple WoW!..... oh and has anybody played web of shadows yet? that game was awesome! played through it twice to get both endings! bout time a spider-man game came out that didn't suck (like ultimate spider-man and spider-man 3)
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 30, 2008 16:42:57 GMT -5
I think the wii is the system that's overrated.... don't get me wrong, I have fun when I'm hanging out with my friends who have one and we play Brawl but, all-in-all it's just not worth the money.... a lot of people flock to it because it's cheaper, but by the time you buy and extra controller (cuz the wii is no fun to play alone) plus the nunchuck attachment, and possibly an attachment for the first controller, then a game or two, you've spent more than you would have on a 360...... I love my 360 and, for the record, I'm not big into fps games........ I got one because it has the best selection of games for me and so far, ps3 hasn't cranked out one decent exclusive besides heavenly sword (and resistance from what I hear but I haven't tried those out myself)...... anyways, I am excited about mk vs. DC and hopefully someone will trade in a copy this week so I can freakin play it! lol
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 29, 2008 22:45:31 GMT -5
great issue! I think the hospital scene was my favorite.... the mystery, the drama! totally wicked!
-Cam-
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 29, 2008 19:22:35 GMT -5
I guess mine officially ranks like this:
Kyle Hal Alan John
It's actually tough to out him last because I like John so much, but darn it Alan is just a tad cooler lol..... Guy doesn't even rank with me unless there's some sort of negative board..... but that's just me........ like I said before, I'm a big Kyle fan.... he was the first GL to really go crazy and test the limits of the ring........ and, like you HoM I was never crazy about Hal because he was forced on me as well.... but with Johns writing him, he's kind of grown on me.... I still want to see Kyle starring in the main GL title again someday, but as long as Johns is on it, I'm alright with Hal
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 29, 2008 18:09:54 GMT -5
For my money, the best of the Earthling GLs is Alan Scott. So sadly, I can't vote in your poll, as you appear to have overlooked him. The others are all interesting characters, too. Not sure I could choose between the them actually. Fortunately, don't have to. Take care Don whoops, my bad... I meant the GL Corps Green Lanterns..... Alan Scott is pretty rad, but you can't really compare him to the others as he draws his power from a different source...... I should've been more clear that it was a poll for the Gl Corps Green Latnerns.... maybe later I'll do another poll with all of them, Alan included
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 29, 2008 17:43:33 GMT -5
Kyle is my man! (but I hate guy's guts) lol
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 29, 2008 16:30:02 GMT -5
my trade collection has expanded a good bit in recent months with all of the totally rad sales at my local comic shop..... the first sale, I got over 250 bucks worth a merch for just under 40 bucks! (and that's one of the smaller sales)...... anyways my trade collection right now consists of:
Crisis on Infinite Earths (who doesn't have that one? lol)
Infinite Crisis
Heroes Reborn:Captain America (the only marvel trade in my collection at present)
Deadpool Classic (actually just gave this one away to a friend this week for helping me with some covers)
Batman:Hush vol. 1 & 2
Batman:Tales of the Demon
Batman year one: Ra's al ghul (as you may have guessed, I jump at anything Ra's related lol)
Kingdom Come
JSA:Thy Kingdom Come vol.1
Nightwing:Love and War
Tales of the New Gods
The Dark Knight Returns
JLA: New World Order
JLA: Rock of Ages
Justice League: The Tornado's Path
Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe vol. 1 (still looking for the other two volumes)
Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics: The DC comics collection
Young Justice: A League of Their Own
Green Lantern:Baptism of Fire
Green Lantern:Emerald Knights
Green Lantern:Rebirth
Green Lantern:No Fear
Green Lantern:Revenge of the Green Lanterns
JLA/Avengers
and that's it (for now)....
yeah, I know I have a lot of GL books.... the reasons for that are: number 1: I love Geoff Johns... and number 2: I jump at any book starring Kyle Rayner.... he's still my favorite Green Lantern....... I'm looking to expand my collection with the Scalped trades........ I'm really digging Jason Aaron now.... I had the luck of meeting him at my local comics store a few months ago and he's a really nice guy..... even got him to sign my issue of Joker's Asylum:The Penguin! and he actually has me liking Ghost Rider for the first time in my life lol....... I'd love to jump onboard with single issues of Scalped but, since Aaron's mom still lives down here, she comes in and buys a crap-load of everything he writes and Scalped is the first book of his that sells out..... gotta respect that woman though, she supports her kid lol.........
-Cam-
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 26, 2008 18:25:56 GMT -5
I got stoked when I heard geoff johns was writing the games story!
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 26, 2008 12:57:56 GMT -5
I was stoked when I heard that DCUniverse online was coming out.... then I heard it was a ps3 exclusive and got all sad.... then I remembered that sony has lost pretty much every other exclusive killer app title.....devil may cry, final fantasy XIII, tekken 6, and now even MGS4 is coming to 360.... what next? heavenly sword? god of war?...... I hope DCUOnline is lost to them cuz I'd really like to play but I'm sure as heck not going to attempt it on those crappy ps3 servers
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 26, 2008 11:51:34 GMT -5
yeah, I got really excited when someone told me that you can limit the fighting to 2D movements with the push of a button.... then push the button again to make it full 3D fighting......finally a game with a classic MK feel
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 26, 2008 1:29:26 GMT -5
I have a friend who owns a video game store where I hang out all the time and play games.... since this game came out NOBODY has traded it in..... and that's saying a lot because pretty much every game, no matter how good it is, generally comes in pretty quick at least from one person......... this game must be pretty rad if it hasn't come in I mean, we've already gotten in like 3 or 4 copies of dead sapce, plus 2 copies of fable 2 and a copy of fallout 3..... oh yeah, and left 4 dead (games freakin scary by the way)......... so yeah, I'm totally stoked to play it and I would buy it right now, but with the crappy fighting systems in the last few mk games, I made myself promise I wouldn't fork out the 60 bucks for it (or 50 if it comes in used) until I tested out the fighting system so I'm stuck biting my nail with anticipation until then..............darn it this sucks lol
-Cam-
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 25, 2008 11:05:40 GMT -5
thanks guys! can't wait to geek out with all of you in 2010! lol
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Post by Ammunition88 on Nov 25, 2008 1:27:04 GMT -5
hmmm... is there anything lower than a one? lol.... I loved his JLA run back in the day but now...... I can barely stand to read anything by him.... he's butchering my favorite hero(Batman) and I'll never forgive him for that........ and as for Final Crisis.... it's okay at best..... it would be a heckuva lot better if he wasn't so busy trying to use it to showcase his stupid japanese replacements for the forever people....... bottom line: used to be cool, now sucks..... thanks for your time lol
-Cam-
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