tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post7198079351045837110..comments2023-09-09T04:03:00.560-05:00Comments on The Fortress of Soliloquy: Wow, Nothing About This Sounds GoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-49139192879343646832011-07-21T01:39:39.954-05:002011-07-21T01:39:39.954-05:00Superboy is shown in the new Titans book, so how t...Superboy is shown in the new Titans book, so how that will work with Action and so on I've no idea...LurkerWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-57578767641019629892011-07-19T16:43:52.069-05:002011-07-19T16:43:52.069-05:00There's a part of me that suspects that Geoff ...There's a part of me that suspects that Geoff Johns would be hesitant to invalidate his own major story (and decent-selling trade), but then "Secret Origin." <br /><br />I think Superboy Prime can/will probably stick around; Conner is trickier, but who knows? It's the problem with giving the Legion strong ties to present-day events or continuity. Whenever they do that, the problems become...well, <i>legion</i>. <br /><br />As for "Earth One," I'm not questioning it. Anything that keeps J. Michael Straczynski away from mainstream continuity is fine with me.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-62337943904468507042011-07-19T15:13:51.130-05:002011-07-19T15:13:51.130-05:00@Tom - I was thinking more about how modern Legion...@Tom - I was thinking more about how modern Legion continuity incorporates "Legion of 3 Worlds" into its history and if you rip out Superboy Prime (very likely) and Conner's death and resurrection (almost certain to be un-made based on what the solicits have hinted at for him) the heart of that story is gone.<br /><br />I just dislike how every time a new team comes on to Superman, the solution seems to be to toss the baby and the bathwater out. Loeb never should have been allowed to get away with his attempted soft-reboot in 2000 because you can draw a straight line from the confusion that caused to the whole Birthright mess, and the muddled continuity post-IC that made Secret Origin a necessity.<br /><br />If we're getting a Superman reboot this comprehensive, then what's the point of Earth One?The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-87323060311208896972011-07-19T15:05:36.413-05:002011-07-19T15:05:36.413-05:00@Devin: I think part of that is the fairy tale eff...@Devin: I think part of that is the fairy tale effect. We don't want to hear what happens after "happily ever after." The other part of it, I'm sure, is wish fulfillment; most of the writers are married men, and I imagine most of them, for whatever reason, have these romantic fantasy notions about how great single life was. <br /><br />Alternately, and perhaps less insidiously, they're nostalgic for a time when the characters <i>weren't</i> married, and want to write stories about that time. Time and time again, we've seen how writers would rather roll back the clock on character development than try to come up with new ideas and new stories and new conflicts to reflect new statuses. <br /><br />@Bitter Script Reader: I suspect that's part of why Levitz is doing a Legion Secret Origins story in October. I'm not sure that all this negates a Clark Kent presence in the early Legion--Morrison's big on Superman's neverending legacy, after all--but it might mean that he relies more on the flight ring than he would have in the Silver Age. <br /><br />@Snappy Sneezer: I can't agree with any of that, frankly. I hope this succeeds for DC, because a failure of that magnitude would have a large impact on the rest of the industry. If DC sinks, I think you'll see a lot of local shops and other companies sinking with it, if not the whole of comics. And in this economy, I can't endorse <i>any</i> action that puts more people out of work.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-33084874354331223742011-07-19T13:44:52.655-05:002011-07-19T13:44:52.655-05:00I hope this fails miserably and a lot of people be...I hope this fails miserably and a lot of people behind the scenes at DC will be unemployed for Christmas.The Snappy Sneezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784215910452621519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-86153999544907054512011-07-19T12:28:32.506-05:002011-07-19T12:28:32.506-05:00Completely with you on this one, and as others hav...Completely with you on this one, and as others have pointed out elsewhere, this history reboot again means that Legion history just got boned - just barely after they sorted it out again.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-41169232844291918902011-07-19T12:12:11.838-05:002011-07-19T12:12:11.838-05:00It bothers the ever-living hell out of me that com...<i>It bothers the ever-living hell out of me that comic relationships still revolve around romantic fantasy notions of true love, but seem to abhor marriage. It's like there's no one in comics who's happily married and sees that marriage is a source of new conflicts and story opportunities.</i><br /><br />AMEN. This has bugged me about superhero comics for ages. Heck, it bugs me about the vast majority of entertainment media. Why are married couples seen as some sort of narrative dead-end? You'd think everything was being created by children and bitter divorcees.Devin Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944849659698291143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-6785940042603772682011-07-18T16:47:16.977-05:002011-07-18T16:47:16.977-05:00I just have to keep telling myself that it's G...I just have to keep telling myself that it's Grant Morrison, that Rags Morales is doing art, that George PĂ©rez has occasionally written Superman during some pretty good periods in the character's history. And frankly, the plot synopses that have come out later today--particularly the idea of a villain that only Superman <i>can't</i> see--are pretty intriguing. I have every hope that this is more of DC's usual foot-in-mouth PR, and not an accurate demonstration of what's actually going on in the books. <br /><br />But hoo boy.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-42420410303914080372011-07-18T15:06:11.440-05:002011-07-18T15:06:11.440-05:00Yeah, everything about this news sucks. Thanks for...Yeah, everything about this news sucks. Thanks for breaking it down and being sensible about it.Eric Garneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18246089282669221524noreply@blogger.com