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Re: RIP

Post by Hastur » Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:50 pm

I was never a big fan of Marvel or DC when I grew up. I read mostly European comics. I read a lot of the great graphic novels that came out in the late '80s like The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen but that wasn't the same as the earlier magazines.

That said, I knew exactly what Alan Moore meant when I read this passage in his latest novel Jerusalem.
He never looks at comics these days, even though they’ve become fashionable to the point where adults are allowed to read them without fear of ridicule. Ironically, in David’s view, this makes them a lot more ridiculous than when they were intended as a perfectly legitimate and often beautifully crafted means of entertaining kids. At age thirteen, David’s idea of heaven was somewhere that comics were acclaimed and readily available, perhaps with dozens of big budget movies featuring his favourite obscure costumed characters. Now that he’s in his fifties and his paradise is all around him he finds it depressing. Concepts and ideas meant for the children of some forty years ago: is that the best that the twenty-first century has got to offer? When all this extraordinary stuff is happening everywhere, are Stan Lee’s post-war fantasies of white neurotic middle-class American empowerment really the most adequate response?
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Re: RIP

Post by de officiis » Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:51 pm

George Romero died. Rats.
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Re: RIP

Post by MilSpecs » Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:02 pm

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Post by MilSpecs » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:06 pm

Martin Landau. Great from Mission Impossible to Ed Wood.
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Re: RIP

Post by Penner » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:53 pm

de officiis wrote:George Romero died. Rats.
Shit. That guy redefined the term zombie and I remember going to the video store with my friends to rent some of his older works to watch during the summer.
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Re: RIP

Post by heydaralon » Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:34 pm

Penner wrote:
de officiis wrote:George Romero died. Rats.
Shit. That guy redefined the term zombie and I remember going to the video store with my friends to rent some of his older works to watch during the summer.
George: If you can hear me from the other world, I hated your movies, and the remakes of them were also terrible. Maybe you will get reincarnated as a better director. Cheers!
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Re: RIP

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:00 pm

MilSpecs wrote:Martin Landau. Great from Mission Impossible to Ed Wood.
Loved him in Rounders.
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Re: RIP

Post by Speaker to Animals » Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:13 pm

Seemed appropriate for the RIP thread rather than the music thread.


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Re: RIP

Post by TheReal_ND » Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:36 am

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He has six kids.

What a selfish crybaby, leaving them to grow up without a father.

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Re: RIP

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:10 pm

S.

Fuck that guy.
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