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amoco
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Batman!
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Sep 27 02:57 UTC 1995 |
Batman
Oops. I'll try thatagain. If oyu like Batman, you hjave a MORAL OBLIGATION to
read the DARK KNIGHT RETURNS by Frank Miller, with Klaus Janson and Lynn
Varely. This DC product is MUCH better than most Batman comics! Even despisors
of Batman will love it! (amoco is really hooked on this) Keep in mid, it's a
graphic novel, available in both soft and hard covers. Dunnununununu BATMAN!
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robh
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Sep 27 10:08 UTC 1995 |
This is the one from 1985, right? There isn't some brand new
"Dark Knight Returns" graphic novel out, I hope... >8)
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leebru
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response 2 of 61:
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Oct 10 05:13 UTC 1995 |
It's perhaps the greatest comic of all time. It is OLD news, however.
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orinoco
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response 3 of 61:
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Oct 28 19:33 UTC 1995 |
<orinoco seconds that...if anybody is still reading this...>
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scott
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response 4 of 61:
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Oct 28 19:38 UTC 1995 |
Still some lurkers in the conference. :)
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robh
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response 5 of 61:
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Oct 28 19:43 UTC 1995 |
Probably several hundred times as many lurkers as posters. >8)
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biohazar
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response 6 of 61:
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Jun 24 13:24 UTC 1996 |
yep, i'm still lurking. I would have to say, if you like Dark Knight Returns,
then you'll love Batman Year One. This was also written byFrank Miller but
drawn byDavid Mazzucchelli (who did a beautiful job). Even though I don't like
the idea of rewriting origins, it worked really well. I also like
Batman-Grendel by Matt Wagner. The sequel is coming out this summer. I don't
really buy Batman normally (consitering the Knight Quest stuff and high costs
of comics these days) I still enjoy the cartoon. Coquicadently I hate the
movies. The first one with Micheal Keaton was good, but it just went down the
tube (exspecialy with Tim Burten not producting ...Forever). What's the deal
with the nipples on the costumes?
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pez
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response 7 of 61:
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Jun 24 16:42 UTC 1996 |
i read the other day that the Batgirl costume (which will contain Alicia
Silverstone) is going to also have nipples on it, weird...
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biohazar
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response 8 of 61:
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Jun 26 10:26 UTC 1996 |
aaaaaaaah... I know I should reply to this, but I'm not quite sure what to
say. I do think that's kinda sick.
Plus, what are they thinking about putting Alicia Silverstone in the movie
anyways? She can't act and she's otterly repulsing. I can't see why she in
Hollywood at all.
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pez
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response 9 of 61:
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Jun 26 23:25 UTC 1996 |
There are a lot of people in Hollywood for no reason...
I'm trying not to name anyone....
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biohazar
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response 10 of 61:
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Jul 1 15:43 UTC 1996 |
talking about Dar KNight Returns, it will return again this Nov. for it's
tenth anniversary. Dc will offer a signed reprint, with sketchbook, four mini
posters, and the original script from issue #1 (you can also get a less
expense version without the signture). They are also putting out a statue
designed by Frank Miller and two posters.
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mappy
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Jul 2 23:55 UTC 1996 |
ok ok...about this alicia silverstone thing....how can they do this??? There
are far better actresses out there that could portray Batgirl well...not as
someone who is a completely brainless twit with a nipple costume...feh! And
george clooney??? sure the guy can act <he proved it in ER and From Dusk Till
Dawn> but batman??? nope! ya need a dark broody guy...someone with a bit of
mystery. Sure, michael keeton was ok...val kilmer was not...and i dont think
george clooney is gonna be any better. I swear, batman is turning into nothing
but a starfest...not really caring about the mood and essence of the whole
batman story. hmmmm...who should play batman? and who should play batgirl?how
bout danny elfman (the red hair should be black for the movie) for batman or
shit...how bout trent reznor/ he is a dark, broody guy...never seen 'im act,
but hey he has that depressive feel to him. and for the batgirl, how bout
gillian anderson from X-files (heck if they put out a Ghost <dark horse
comics> movie, she would play a good Ghost too, and she has the right aura
or essence of batgirl without the wimpyness and airheadedness of alicia
silverstone...heck, the stunt double will probably be in the movie more than
she is).
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biohazar
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Jul 3 23:46 UTC 1996 |
Okay, I agree with most of what you said. Silverstone and Cloony suck as comic
book characters. Why do they even need stars to put out a movie. I think it
detracts from the storyline (I never think, Andy is in trouble, I think, Tom
Hanks is in trouble). I have found that no name actors do better jobs filling
the role, insted the roll filling the star. Trent would make a good Dark
Broody Guy tm (I wonder where you got that from (: he-he!) but I think that
Batman has one thing that Trent (NIN) Reznor doesn't have... hope. As for
Gillian Anderson, yes she would make a fantastic Ghost, but she is too old
for the Batgirl (note: she isn't called Batwoman).
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pez
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response 13 of 61:
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Jul 4 00:23 UTC 1996 |
there is a batwoman though..
I agree that Clooney shouldn't be Batman.. i know! bring back Adam West!!
Yeah.. that'll work.. he's just a little too old, but.. oh nevermind...
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biohazar
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response 14 of 61:
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Jul 8 20:22 UTC 1996 |
Adam West has got to be the wrose thing to happen to Batman. If anybody thinks
that comics are anything like the 70's TV show, they are sadly mistaken.
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robh
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Jul 8 21:26 UTC 1996 |
Actually, the 60's TV show (not 70's) was a reasonably accurate
portrayal of what the Batman comics were like in the late 50's.
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pez
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Jul 8 22:19 UTC 1996 |
Yeah. Batman hasn't always been a dark comic book. I suggest reading The Tales
of the Dark Knight: Batman's First Fifty Years for a look at the evolving
Bativerse. What's wrong with Adam West anyway...?
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carson
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response 17 of 61:
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Jul 10 13:31 UTC 1996 |
Pez cites a pretty good reference. David, remind me to lend it to you.
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pez
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response 18 of 61:
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Jul 10 21:05 UTC 1996 |
Thank you carson :)
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biohazar
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response 19 of 61:
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Jul 11 22:51 UTC 1996 |
Okay, I would love to read it. I would also get my hands on your SiP tpb
sometime, Carson. So, is there anything you would like to read in return? I'll
mail you later.
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dbassman
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Dec 16 01:29 UTC 1996 |
Actually , on the idea fo batman being a dark comic, it seems to me that it
only became soo after the first movie came out. Maybe im mistaken, somebody
hit me if im wrong:) What's wrong with alicia silverstone as batgirl, cindy?
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bio
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response 21 of 61:
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Dec 16 02:55 UTC 1996 |
actually, batman as a dark comic started in the first issue, back then Batman
was more on the egde killing people and everything, but that changed when they
added Robin to tone Bats down and to have someone the readers could contect
to. At the begining of WWII a lot of the artist went to war leaving comics
to the hand of very humorous people. The comics in the War were very silly.
That was why the 50's TV show was very silly. Batman got semi-serous when Neal
Adams took over the book, but in '80 two comics came to the indestry that
changed the look of comics, Watchmen and Batman, The Dark Knight Returns.
Frank Miller did the dark Batman with was later protrayed in the movie. So
it was Batman: The Dark Knight Returns that started the current dark comic,
not the movie.
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robh
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response 22 of 61:
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Dec 16 02:59 UTC 1996 |
Yes, Batman has had dark periods, and not-so-dark periods, many
times in his long career. The very early Batman stories I've
read were among the darkest of the lot.
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de
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response 23 of 61:
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Dec 18 17:46 UTC 1996 |
The Dark Knight Returns was the comic that got me hooked on comics to begin
with. It was an excellent portrayal of a man torn by obsession and revenge
plus it was set in a more modern and realistic context. Since then, the
Batman comics have a had a greater tendency towards deeper stories that
place Batman in more ethically challenging situations than "How does he
defeat The Joker this week?" Dark Knight Returns led the way for comics
to mature with their audience.
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biohazar
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response 24 of 61:
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Dec 18 18:36 UTC 1996 |
wow, all these new people put life back in this confer... I can't wait to see
this place when the new movie comes out.
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