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Friday, October 18, 2019
Friday, October 04, 2019
Continuity
Well!
Isn't THAT an interesting and surprising bit of news?
In case you don't recognize it, that's the new comprehensive timeline of the DCU continuity as presented by DC at the New York City Comic-Con this morning.
I didn't see that coming; but not because I wasn't told. I mean, sure, DC has talked plenty about how Major Crossover Events X, Y, and Z, will "all make sense in the end" and are part of "a coordinated plan to reorganize the DCU". It simply never occurred to me ... to BELIEVE them.
And why should it? After all, DC always says that. They said that when they initiated the Silver Age.
And when they shifted into the Bronze Age.
And after had the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
And Zero Hour.
And post-Flashpoint.
I'm sure I missed a couple but you get my point.
This time the approach seems more methodical; there's a color-coded grid even! The problem with reboots, as a rule, as that they are more focused on what they are getting rid of than what they will replace it with. At least today's announcement (and accompanying graphic) suggests that DC's thinking more seriously this time about how the new road behind leads to the new road ahead.
I hope this doesn't turn into an orgy of unorganized creative outpouring; remember Voodoo, OMAC, Earth-2 (*shudder*), The Ravagers, Talon, Team 7, Threshold, Stormwatch, Demon Knights, and Grifter? If not, well, good for you; I don't blame you. Under Dan Didio they managed to screw up the Phantom Stranger. How do you screw up the Phantom Stranger?!
Getting a new reboot is like getting a new puppy. Everyone is so excited about seeing it do things in a cute way and for the first time, and it's so small and harmless and innocent. But because it's so cute and its editors don't want to break its spirit (because it seems just so HAPPY running around!), they don't train it when they need to, to inculcate workable longtime behaviors, patterns, and expectations. One day all the readers in the neighborhood suddenly realize that you have a DOG that, through no fault of its own, is a large utterly out of control mess and they stay away from visiting your house.
I'm grateful for DC's commitment to editorially reorganizing their continuity's past stories. I'll be more grateful for their commitment to do so with their future ones.
Isn't THAT an interesting and surprising bit of news?
In case you don't recognize it, that's the new comprehensive timeline of the DCU continuity as presented by DC at the New York City Comic-Con this morning.
I didn't see that coming; but not because I wasn't told. I mean, sure, DC has talked plenty about how Major Crossover Events X, Y, and Z, will "all make sense in the end" and are part of "a coordinated plan to reorganize the DCU". It simply never occurred to me ... to BELIEVE them.
And why should it? After all, DC always says that. They said that when they initiated the Silver Age.
And when they shifted into the Bronze Age.
And after had the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
And Zero Hour.
And post-Flashpoint.
I'm sure I missed a couple but you get my point.
This time the approach seems more methodical; there's a color-coded grid even! The problem with reboots, as a rule, as that they are more focused on what they are getting rid of than what they will replace it with. At least today's announcement (and accompanying graphic) suggests that DC's thinking more seriously this time about how the new road behind leads to the new road ahead.
I hope this doesn't turn into an orgy of unorganized creative outpouring; remember Voodoo, OMAC, Earth-2 (*shudder*), The Ravagers, Talon, Team 7, Threshold, Stormwatch, Demon Knights, and Grifter? If not, well, good for you; I don't blame you. Under Dan Didio they managed to screw up the Phantom Stranger. How do you screw up the Phantom Stranger?!
Getting a new reboot is like getting a new puppy. Everyone is so excited about seeing it do things in a cute way and for the first time, and it's so small and harmless and innocent. But because it's so cute and its editors don't want to break its spirit (because it seems just so HAPPY running around!), they don't train it when they need to, to inculcate workable longtime behaviors, patterns, and expectations. One day all the readers in the neighborhood suddenly realize that you have a DOG that, through no fault of its own, is a large utterly out of control mess and they stay away from visiting your house.
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| "Let's name him 'Damian', cuz he's such a little devil!" |
I'm grateful for DC's commitment to editorially reorganizing their continuity's past stories. I'll be more grateful for their commitment to do so with their future ones.
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