tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post7866424211059647629..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: ACTION!Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-23731939718773635472011-11-05T13:48:04.368-05:002011-11-05T13:48:04.368-05:00At $4 apiece, I want writing. I want feel like I&...At $4 apiece, I want writing. I want feel like I've just read something.<br /><br />Comics with action and few words read too thin, leaving me feel like I'm not getting my money's worth.<br /><br />And I felt that way even when they were a dollar. I feel quadruple that when they're four dollars.dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28437204214953871132011-10-27T07:22:59.283-05:002011-10-27T07:22:59.283-05:00Oh, no, I owned them on VHS tapes, if you remember...Oh, no, I owned them on VHS tapes, if you remember what those are. But I only had the bowdlerized versions.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-88777389552054447942011-10-26T14:24:18.745-05:002011-10-26T14:24:18.745-05:00The Fleischer animation is quite wonderful. Is thi...The Fleischer animation is quite wonderful. Is this the first time you're seeing it, Scipio? 'Cause there have been dirt-cheap DVDs floating around forever. I bought the full set un-bowdlerized (is that a word?)for less than $10, as I recall. <br /><br />Your observations do intrigue me. I vastly prefer Superman when Clark is a person and Superman is just a -- tool, if you will.Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65173323060713479922011-10-25T08:29:54.091-05:002011-10-25T08:29:54.091-05:00I'd enjoy seeing Superman doing more in WWII t...I'd enjoy seeing Superman doing more in WWII times. No moral ambiguity, just dead Japanzais. No one lecturing him for not spotting her husband's brain tumor, HE'S FIGHTING HITLER, DAMMIT! That's right, just good ol' fashioned heroic populism, like what made him popular the first time. Tikkun Olam like it was in grandpa's day. <br /><br />Also, Fleischer's animation is surprisingly smooth and quite vivid, even in today's digital age.Nathan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477802465452451455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-32504266001195993072011-10-24T16:05:09.544-05:002011-10-24T16:05:09.544-05:00I don't know, that means abandoning useful sto...I don't know, that means abandoning useful storytelling techniques and limiting Superman to fights that are easily explained with just physical action. Seems a bit like trying to tell stories without using the letter "j" -- occasionally fun but I'd hate to commit to it.<br /><br />You might want to dig up some old "Warlord" comics with Mike Grell art; there's always at least one sequence that is told wordlessly. Also, it's Mike Grell art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com