Comments on: X2 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/x2/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:05:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jay Solo http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/x2/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Jay Solo Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1463#comment-689 There was a Punisher movie?! It must have been bad, if I never even heard of it. I linked Levy's comments and rambled about comics myself. Good observations here. There was a Punisher movie?! It must have been bad, if I never even heard of it.

I linked Levy's comments and rambled about comics myself. Good observations here.

]]> By: 42nd SSD http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/x2/comment-page-1/#comment-690 42nd SSD Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1463#comment-690 I think the comics industry as a whole has improved immensely in the last 20 years, most importantly the quality of the writing and the stories. They're being written for a more mature audience, and I'm not referring to "sex", just the sophistication of the plots. I also believe this explains to a large degree why the movies are getting better (though I also agree that the CGI has had a large part). Superman has always been a lose. He's almost an impossible character to write anything interesting about. "Oh, dear, there's a problem! Superman'll save us!" If you've seen the early Superman animated cartoons of the 40s you may have some idea of what I'm talking about. They <em>tried</em>, they really did, but what could've been an interesting character quickly degraded into this boring unstoppable creature. And I've always felt that the last-minute desperate plot devices (Clark Kent and Kryptonite) were really lame. [I was never allowed to read comic books as a kid (my parents were <em>very</em> conservative... atheists) so I didn't grow up with them. Maybe that makes a difference.] I've come to enjoy the more recent US comics, especially the Grant Morrison JLA stories, and I like the more recent X-Men and Batman/Dark Knight stuff. I'm also a manga fan, and generally prefer it over the traditional US comics. I think the comics industry as a whole has improved immensely in the last 20 years, most importantly the quality of the writing and the stories. They're being written for a more mature audience, and I'm not referring to "sex", just the sophistication of the plots. I also believe this explains to a large degree why the movies are getting better (though I also agree that the CGI has had a large part).

Superman has always been a lose. He's almost an impossible character to write anything interesting about. "Oh, dear, there's a problem! Superman'll save us!" If you've seen the early Superman animated cartoons of the 40s you may have some idea of what I'm talking about. They tried, they really did, but what could've been an interesting character quickly degraded into this boring unstoppable creature. And I've always felt that the last-minute desperate plot devices (Clark Kent and Kryptonite) were really lame.

[I was never allowed to read comic books as a kid (my parents were very conservative... atheists) so I didn't grow up with them. Maybe that makes a difference.]

I've come to enjoy the more recent US comics, especially the Grant Morrison JLA stories, and I like the more recent X-Men and Batman/Dark Knight stuff. I'm also a manga fan, and generally prefer it over the traditional US comics.

]]> By: John Lemon http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/x2/comment-page-1/#comment-691 John Lemon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1463#comment-691 But has anyone noted that Cap'n America has been kind of a PC wussy as of late? I thought the Cap would make a huge comeback after 9-11 and that a movie would be a slam dunk. Apparently, though, Captain America is rather conflicted...even about what the US accomplished in Germany during WWII (seriously!). But has anyone noted that Cap'n America has been kind of a PC wussy as of late? I thought the Cap would make a huge comeback after 9-11 and that a movie would be a slam dunk. Apparently, though, Captain America is rather conflicted...even about what the US accomplished in Germany during WWII (seriously!).

]]> By: Jay Solo http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/x2/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Jay Solo Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1463#comment-692 They've done that to Captain America? That's terrible! They've done that to Captain America? That's terrible!

]]> By: John Lemon http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/x2/comment-page-1/#comment-693 John Lemon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1463#comment-693 I picked up a Cap'n America comic at a local bookstore the other day (geez, have these things gotten expensive -- damn collectors!), and it had a Middle East terrorist plot, but the good Captain was agonizing about all the US had done to get us in the mess. C'mon. I heard about his agonizing over the bombing of Berlin through another trusted source. --- I picked up a Cap'n America comic at a local bookstore the other day (geez, have these things gotten expensive -- damn collectors!), and it had a Middle East terrorist plot, but the good Captain was agonizing about all the US had done to get us in the mess. C'mon. I heard about his agonizing over the bombing of Berlin through another trusted source.

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