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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #789: All right, I'm intrigued

2017-07-17T01:32:43Z

I don't want to become this board's "special preview guy," but EW.com has a look at SPIDER-MAN LEGACY or LEGACY: SPIDER-MAN. And I'm intrigued. Mainly since Dan Slott says Peter Parker isn't going to be a photgrapher again. Alex Ross cover after the cut.

( Peter Parker: threat or menace? )

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Batman hates Green Lantern why?

2014-08-09T03:51:03Z

One element of Batman dropped in the nu52 post-FLASHPOINT DCU is that Batman doesn't hate also other superheroes for no good reason. The problem is, I have a hard time coming up with reason why Batman hated all other superheroes that doesn't make Bruce Wayne look incredibly petty.

( Pages and theories by Geoff Johns after the cut )

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Basil Karlo in TDKR

2012-08-06T03:34:01Z

What were other characters from Batman mythos up to during "Dark Knight Rises?"

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starwolf_oakley @ 2012-08-01T00:40:00

2012-08-01T04:59:16Z

More random TDKR thoughts:

1. How *did* Bruce get back into Isolated!Gotham? A line about "Bane's men are watching the ice, not the water underneath it" would have helped.

2. With all the movie's talk about legacy and parents and children, with the Liam Neeson and Cillian Murphy cameos, I wouldn't have minded brief appearances from Linus "Thomas Wayne" Roach (not from Batman Begins footage) and Tom "Carmine Falcone" Wilkinson.

DreamSequence!Thomas says to Bruce, "I get the mission, I get the costume, I even get the bat. I don't get thinking you don't deserve to be happy."

Saner!Falcone could have a discussion with Selina in Blackgate before it goes kaboom. They snark at each other, and then as Selina turns to go...
Falcone: You look so much like her, Selina. Like your mother.
Selina: Yes, Daddy.

The Catwoman miniseries "When In Rome" has Selina trying to figure out if Carmine Falcone is her father, so there's history there. It also gives ten times more motive to Selina's wanting the "clean slate."

3. So, everyone thinks Batman killed "those people" before killing Dent. It would be nice to know who "those people" were. "Five people dead, two of them cops" bothers me more than every other plothole in the entire Nolan series.

4. We should really call this version "Talia Ducard," not "Talia Al Ghul."

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The Dark Knight Rises and the French Revolution

2012-07-31T04:11:12Z

If Christopher Nolan wants to use the French Revolution as a template for Bane's revolution in TDKR, he should remember who took over after the revolution: Napoleon. And what Bat-villian is a lot like Napoleon? Well, a sign that mentions the Iceberg Lounge is being built could have been TDKR's version of the Joker card at the end of Batman Begins.

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Mr. J's best line

2012-07-31T04:05:08Z

I still consider this the Joker's best line.

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What do we want in a Black Widow movie?

2011-12-31T04:53:52Z

After The Avengers, Thor 2 and Iron Man 3, the question is "What is next?" for the Marvel Cinema Universe.
I am hoping for a Black Widow movie starring Scarlett Johansson, but what would we want in such a movie?

( Read more... )

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Surrendering bad guys? Cable doesn't play that

2011-07-25T04:42:10Z

From X-FORCE (vol 1) #4. Cable vs. Black Tom Cassidy. This story was a crossover with Todd MacFarlane's 1990s SPIDER-MAN series. Both issues were drawn sideways.

( Surrendering bad guys? Cable doesn't play that )

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Spider-Man: choice and chance, Hal and Barry

2011-07-24T06:35:44Z

Saturday, the YouTube presentation of Andrew Garfield's appearance at the San Diego Comic Con and some thoughts about lackluster response to the Green Lantern movie gave me a sudden epiphany about Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man.

We want Peter Parker to be Barry Allen, not Hal Jordan.

( Explanation and legal pics after the cut )

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IRON MAN 3 lines I want

2010-06-01T20:54:01Z

It will be a while until IRON MAN 3. At least one AVENGERS movie, maybe even two.
But what would we like to see/hear in the third IRON MAN movie?

"Sir, at this point I might recommend..."
"Jarvis, I'll pilot the armor by remote control the day I can't get out of bed. Which is different than not *wanting* to get out of bed."

"Dr. Johann Faustus. Dr. Amanda Sefton. Dr. Leonard Samson. Jarvis, these are all the names of psychiatrists."
"If you wish to contact a psychiatrist, sir, I might suggest building a suit of armor and risking life and limb to pilot it. Mental health professionals will be beating down your door at that point."

"So, Agent Barton, how'd you get the nickname 'Hawkeye'?"
"I'm a big Alan Alda fan."

"You ladies are police officers, right? Because I've been wrong before."
"Sgt. Monica Rambeau, Mr. Stark. And it's spelled R-A-M-B-E-A-U, so no comments about wearing a red headband and no shirt."
"Who needs headbands?"

"This is like wearing my own tank. My own tight, humid tank."
"I apologize for any fitting problems, Ms. Potts."
"It's all right, Jarvis. This suit is chafing me in unmentionable places, but I'm fine."

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