I am most interested in Luke Cage, but after that Westworld, Son of Zorn, and one not mentioned, Timeless. I'm not sure if it will be any good, but I am curious. I'm hoping it's something like Time Tunnel or maybe Seven Days. I like a good time travel show.
I looked into Timelss while researching for the video. Conceptwise, it's brilliant, but it feels a little flat from the promos I've seen.
If nobody buys comics w/new characters then how did the current popular characters get popular? I think Marvel is trying to rush "diversity" instead of letting it happen organically. Introduce brand new characters in established team books, or in solo books, and see how people like them. Release a limited series, like four of six issues, before trying to make every new character a classic right out of the box. As much as I didn't care for Bendis' X-Men run I did like his new mutants, especially Eva Bell. Brian didn't bring them in as legacy characters. They had their own identities, their own power sets, and went from there. I don't know about most people, but I would buy a series about them.
I think back when new characters were being introduced there was a less of a risk. If it didn't work the comic wasn't that expensive, if it did work then the comic book company had another property to use. It's like movies, a movie can make a profit but some movies are considered failure if they aren't block busters. At the moment marvel comics are upward of 3.99, I can't afford to buy characters I like at 3.99 and I don't even think of buying the ones that are more expensive. So it become a self fulfilling prophesy from the comic book companies and they can blame the fans.
Adding to this:
Back in the 60s, we had an influx of superheroes. People were hungry for it, and that's where the majority of the stuff we read now comes from. It was all essentially new, aside from the few Golden Age characters, most of which had yet to be rebooted. However, today's generation of readers, as a whole, don't care about new characters as much because we already have so much to choose from. A well-established character, with a long history, is more interesting than something new to most comic book readers. Familiarity is comfort.
It's all name recognition. We rather buy Band-Aid than generic bandages. We want Sony & LG tvs over Sorny (Simpsons). Spider-Man is more appealing than whatever new character that comes out. That's just the way we're wired, as humans.
@inferiorego: Just bring back the solicits article. Much better than narrowing it down to 12. And try formatting it so it doesn't crash every time I load the page because of all the content.
So....
Bring back the solicits article....
Format it because all the content crashes your browser...
So.... like narrow down the info into a list-like piece?
Thanks for the spoiler free section. I'm seeing the movie in about a week so I'll have to wait until then to finish listening. At this point I'm almost more excited just to see which reviews were most accurate and which were exaggerated.
ignore the most negative ones. they're a bit ridiculous. I may not have enjoyed the film, but there's a lot of good things going on in it and if a movie reviewer can't find things to like in a film they hate (or hated in a film they loved), then they suck at their job.
Ain't that the truth. Based on the trailers I don't see how I would hate this movie. If it's got cool action sequences or martial arts scenes I'm usually pretty content.
It's funny though, because when a critic says a movie (especially one I'm looking forward to) is worse than something like FF or BvS than I have to see it just to find out if they're full of it.
FF will go down as the worst comic book film of the year. There's no way anything is worse.
Thanks for the spoiler free section. I'm seeing the movie in about a week so I'll have to wait until then to finish listening. At this point I'm almost more excited just to see which reviews were most accurate and which were exaggerated.
ignore the most negative ones. they're a bit ridiculous. I may not have enjoyed the film, but there's a lot of good things going on in it and if a movie reviewer can't find things to like in a film they hate (or hated in a film they loved), then they suck at their job.
Matt, my man, you do a good job, honestly, so no need to keep apologizing all the time. I know most of your "sorry"s are just you being jocose or said with tongue in check, but I worry that you are innately over concerned about making someone angry at times. And hey, that is cool, means you care, but I just want you to know that I ... that we ... know you are doing a good job. No apologies necessary, buddy.
Peace
Don't forget that Mat is part Canadian. Saying the word sorry is second nature. In Canada sorry can mean anything from "excuse me" to "move b****!".
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