[OOC] Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

[mickilennial]

wait you can press F5 to reload a page?!

what the fuck how didn't I know this

@Saint Maxx

You didn't know refresh had a hotkey? My god, you yoopers are all in dire need of education.

[Supermaxx]

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You didn't know refresh had a hotkey? My god, you yoopers are all in dire need of education.

@Inkarnate

I'm sorry, I don't speak boomer. Tf is a yooper?

[mickilennial]

I'm sorry, I don't speak boomer. Tf is a yooper?

@Saint Maxx

Probably meant zoomer, but my old brain is mix-and-matching the terms. Pretty wild that I just called you a Michigan-specific denotation for a idiot who lives in the wooded hills of the upper peninsula, though.

[Hound55]

This is the anarchy that swells before the logjammed gates of a universe's creation...

Also known as Pre-Black Friday Crowds...

[DocTachyon]

This is the anarchy that swells before the logjammed gates of a universe's creation...

Also known as Pre-Black Friday Crowds...

@Hound55

12+ Users and 3 guests can't be wrong!

[Natty]

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where can I watch this?? UK for reference. Genuinely have no idea where it's available

@Roman

Sadly i think it's just the DC Universe streaming service so far, which is US only right now, although they added Titan's to UK netflix a week or so after it finished, so hopefully they'll do the same with Doom Patrol? Although i haven't heard anything about that so far sadly. I'm currently VPNing into it, just because I couldn't wait. I'd be bold enough to say that so far Doom Patrol is probably the best DC live-action show they've made.

[Simple Unicycle]

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Sadly i think it's just the DC Universe streaming service so far, which is US only right now, although they added Titan's to UK netflix a week or so after it finished, so hopefully they'll do the same with Doom Patrol? Although i haven't heard anything about that so far sadly. I'm currently VPNing into it, just because I couldn't wait. I'd be bold enough to say that so far Doom Patrol is probably the best DC live-action show they've made.

@Natty

Like there were any hits beyond Gotham before?

[Natty]

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Like there were any hits beyond Gotham before?

@Simple Unicycle

That is a good point, there's not really much competition.

[Hexaflexagon]

Yeah it wasn't really until the CW showed them that live-action television can kinda be profitable that they started pumping the big bucks into it. Before that they focused on what they knew how to do well which was animation but now with Marvel being attached to the Disney/Pixar animation empire that's kinda slipping away from them so a pivot towards live-action seems to make the most sense from a business standpoint anyway.

[Natty]

I guess, although personally, I haven't thought much of the new animated Marvel shows. Despite being attached to Disney/Pixar as you said, the actual animation style just doesn't seem that great. It just feels a bit cheap? I can't really comment on the writing, etc though, as all i've seen of them have been through short clips on youtube.

[Simple Unicycle]

Well, I completely forgot about the CW shows... Then again, those aren't exactly top tier either.

[Natty]

Well, I completely forgot about the CW shows... Then again, those aren't exactly top tier either.

@Simple Unicycle

Yeah, I have mixed feelings on them personally. Apparently, Arrow has gotten really good recently, although getting to that point means wading through the not so great parts.

[Hexaflexagon]

I guess, although personally, I haven't thought much of the new animated Marvel shows. Despite being attached to Disney/Pixar as you said, the actual animation style just doesn't seem that great. It just feels a bit cheap? I can't really comment on the writing, etc though, as all i've seen of them have been through short clips on youtube.

@Natty

Yeah that's fair and probably more of a sign of the problems inherit in serialized superhero cartoons. They are either like extremely good or extremely just like "meh"? Not even bad just like averagely forgettable. Cause like I don't think there has really been a good animated series since Batman: The Brave and the Bold and that in itself is a controversial statement on some parts of the Internet because you either loved the camp or you hate it.

Though I will say my little cousins love the Big Hero 6 cartoon. And well if they -Disney's target demographic- seem to enjoy it then I guess they seem to be doing their job right. Even though, I can't say that it is much more than a fun problem of the week style kids show

[mickilennial]

Yeah it wasn't really until the CW showed them that live-action television can kinda be profitable that they started pumping the big bucks into it. Before that they focused on what they knew how to do well which was animation but now with Marvel being attached to the Disney/Pixar animation empire that's kinda slipping away from them so a pivot towards live-action seems to make the most sense from a business standpoint anyway.

@Hexaflexagon

As someone who grew up on reruns of 1988's Superboy, and the original run of Lois & Clark (1993-1997), I should feel offended by this narrative. I'm sure some people who are Smallville stans such as Wraith also would like to have a word.

[Simple Unicycle]

Shit I forgot about a lot of live action DC shows. I don't deserve those two laughs.

[Lord Wraith]

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As someone who grew up on reruns of 1988's Superboy, and the original run of Lois & Clark (1993-1997), I should feel offended by this narrative. I'm sure some people who are Smallville stans such as Wraith also would like to have a word.

@Inkarnate

I am not a 'stan'. I just happened to have grown up on Smallville and it has a large nostalgia factor but I can recognize its flaws and shortcomings.

[Byrd Man]

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I am not a 'stan'. I just happened to have grown up on Smallville and it has a large nostalgia factor but I can recognize its flaws and shortcomings.

@Lord Wraith

I look forward to reading that sixteen volume work.

[Hexaflexagon]

I just happened to have grown up on Smallville and it has a large nostalgia factor but I can recognize its flaws and shortcomings.

@Lord Wraith

Lucky, all of my childhood live-action superhero nostalgia is funneled into this beautiful hot mess.

[mickilennial]

The 90s were wild, weren't they?

[Hillan]

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I am not a 'stan'. I just happened to have grown up on Smallville and it has a large nostalgia factor but I can recognize its flaws and shortcomings.

@Lord Wraith

Same. Smallville's a bad show, and I love it.