RazzaTazz

The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!

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#1 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 18 hours, 34 minutes ago - Show Bio

@sandman_: Umm, not funny. Seriously! no reason to gloat. I still don't like it at all.

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#2 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 1 day, 2 hours ago - Show Bio

@4_color_image: I am not sure about three Wonder Woman titles. It might be asking too much.

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#3 Edited by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 1 day, 2 hours ago - Show Bio
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#4 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 1 day, 3 hours ago - Show Bio
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#5 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 1 day, 4 hours ago - Show Bio

@4_color_image: Yes that is true, it is reason enough for me to buy it (I guess)

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#6 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 2 days, 4 hours ago - Show Bio

I love this picture:

Time for DC to get these back together.

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#7 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 2 days, 7 hours ago - Show Bio

I like the Wonder Woman, though as usual she is drawn with nail polish

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#8 Edited by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 2 days, 7 hours ago - Show Bio

I think to put a modern spin on this is kind of unnecessary. One of the things that makes Superman distinctive is that his character is derived from the Golden Age. If you think of the modern amenities available now - microwave ovens, interstate highways, cell phones - none of those existed back then and so the character is inherently rooted in the pulpy science fiction novels of the 1930s, or to go back even further to Verne or Burroughs. Just like we don't try to rationalize how the Nautilus might have been possible in the 1800s, we sort of need to take the inexplicable parts of Superman's origin as a legacy of the development of the medium. That considered though, such oversights like why there is only room for one does not detract very much away from the character in terms of origin. In the wide realm of explanations it still is a lot tighter than "can shoot lasers out of his eyes because of genetic evolution."

In both literature and human culture there is also the concept of the savior, but the solitary savior. Jesus acted alone, as did Mohammed, but so then too did characters from a lot of stories, for instance I Am Legend. If Superman had come with his whole family, it would have taken away from this concept, and made him less of a hero.

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#9 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 2 days, 8 hours ago - Show Bio

Superman + Wonder Woman = blech

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#10 Posted by RazzaTazz (8257 posts) - 2 days, 20 hours ago - Show Bio

@deranged_midget: The movie? That would require a group review, and it has been a while since anyone did one. though from the sounds of it ... was that just you volunteering?

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