RSS Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 First Dan and Mike cover three trade paperbacks (Human Target: Chance Meetings, Wolverine First Class: Class Actions, and Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis - Once and Future), then Ian Wilson stops by to look at the comic book movies of 2009, 2010, and beyond! [ 1:07:04 || 31.1 MB ] The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_373.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Kitty was going to be "demoted" to the New Mutants back in Uncanny X-men #167 but then proved herself and was kept as an X-Man. She was still friends with the New Mutants though and very occasionally appeared in New Mutants. Wolverine also used Patch while working for Department H before he was an X-Man so using it again was not a stretch of the imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewMG Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 King Shark's real name is Nanaue. The squid guy is called the Dweller in the Depths. The Sea Devils have been around since 1960. A little Kubert influence in a fantasy story doesn't seem out of place to me. In addition to his war comics, he's worked on Tarzan, Hawkman and co-created The Viking Prince, all adventure heroes with fantastic elements to them. Aquaman was my suggestion, sorry you didn't care for it. Although I clearly enjoyed it more than you, I agreed with most of your criticisms, especially concerning Joseph's apparent age. However Dan's complaint that the new Aquaman had the same origin as the original seems a bit odd. The original Aquaman was the lost prince of the mythical undersea kingdom of Atlantis. The new Aquaman is an American who received aquatic powers from a serum created by his marine biologist father. Sorry Dan but I honestly don't see how those origins could be more different and still be about a guy who breathes underwater. Admittedly Arthur Joesph's origin is the same as the original one from the 40's, but that hasn't been in continuity for 51 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Admittedly Arthur Joesph's origin is the same as the original one from the 40's, but that hasn't been in continuity for 51 years. That was the origin story what I was referring to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Something I forgot to mention during our review of Wolverine First Class: there's a lame scene where Wolverine trashes the table of a street-corner movie bootlegger, all while championing creator rights. Obviously this is a commentary on what happened to the Wolverine movie (and downloadable comics), but it's stupid, forced, comes out of nowhere, adds nothing to the plot, and actually distracts from the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Oh, God, that's right. I had forgotten about that scene. That was awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 I think Dan's origin complaints were a little unfounded. replacing Marvel heros with new characters isn't an accepted thing anyway. DC has a lot of legacy heroes and a great many events in the modern universe echo previous events that were wiped from continuity. Robin leaving Batman was done both pre and post crisis. In a world where there are 7 different Starmen and 4 Wildcats giving a new iteration a more classic origin isn't lazy writing, its paying homage, its reinvigorating a concept. Its not like he has the same origin as the previous Aquaman who is in continuity. Oh yeah, Ian- "and of course Megan Fox is a gun weilding prostitute, although I have no idea what character she plays in the film" Good Quip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Patch, as I understand, was just a thin veil of a disguise when the X-Men were supposed to be dead. I think that's right anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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