tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post113251882952920740..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Comic Book IronyScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132743608159315332005-11-23T06:00:00.000-05:002005-11-23T06:00:00.000-05:00Lest we forget, Sam Jackson's character is the exa...Lest we forget, Sam Jackson's character is the exact opposite of "Unbreakable" Mr Willis. Thats a 100% guarantee that they are enemies, my girfriend hates me for pointing that out the second he announces his name to be Mr Glass.flamebrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383288718086247471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132612042415322012005-11-21T17:27:00.000-05:002005-11-21T17:27:00.000-05:00The twist to 'Unbreakable' was that you had a two ...The twist to 'Unbreakable' was that you had a two hour origin movie that set up what should have been a great fight between Hero and Villain but just faded away to something that you have to wait to be continued in Identity Crisis.Shon Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575804400275943927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132600489936043252005-11-21T14:14:00.000-05:002005-11-21T14:14:00.000-05:00When I first saw *Unbreakable* (which I absolutely...When I first saw *Unbreakable* (which I absolutely love, btw), I was thinking "Huh, weird. I thought this one was supposed to have a twist at the end...."<BR/><BR/>I suppose *The Sixth Sense* might have gotten me, but I learned the surprise twist long before actually seeing the movie.David Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985574193396205518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132597165676167802005-11-21T13:19:00.000-05:002005-11-21T13:19:00.000-05:00I don't think anyone uses comic book irony much an...I don't think anyone uses comic book irony much anymore. (Except Alan Moore, I suppose. But that's almost like REAL irony.)<BR/><BR/>Like everything else wrong with comics up to and including the time I cut myself on a staple, I blame the fan turned pro mentality. <BR/><BR/>Irony is a literary tool. In the past, and ESPECIALLY the EC books, writers regarded comic book writing as a craft, and used tools of the craft to the best of their ability.<BR/><BR/>Current writers don't writes stories so much as they add to continuity. Their first exposure to superheroes was at age six or seven or whatever when complete immersion in the superhero world was still possible, and they still write with that seven year old mentality.<BR/><BR/>To use comic book irony means admitting that your fictional world is just a construct. The purpose of irony is for the writer to entertain the reader through the craft of writing a story. <BR/><BR/>Most current superhero writers can't use this because they don't think that they're writing a story. It's more important for them to affect the "lives" of the characters than to affect the audience with well executed storycraft, because they're still writing from that six year old point of view that anything that distances the characters from the fictional world they inhabit. Maintaining the illusion of a "real" world for their pet characters to live in becomes more important than writing.<BR/><BR/>Of course, there's more-than-a-few fans who want a fully immersive world more than a well told story as well, so maybe they're just writing for their audience.<BR/><BR/>Bah.MarkAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956940483406724174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132595734365487482005-11-21T12:55:00.000-05:002005-11-21T12:55:00.000-05:00Superman points out irony in All-Star #1.Superman points out irony in All-Star #1.Chris Griswoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202859732079543927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132579991823625272005-11-21T08:33:00.000-05:002005-11-21T08:33:00.000-05:00I like classic irony the best- you take certain st...I like classic irony the best- you take certain steps to avoid a foretold doom...only to find those steps you've taken CAUSE your doom!!!!<BR/><BR/>Superman's death by monkey is good, but I would love a story where Superman goes out of his way to avoid the monkey only to find his actions bring him closer to the monkey!!! Dun-dun-DUNNN!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132556497522400572005-11-21T02:01:00.000-05:002005-11-21T02:01:00.000-05:00" Hate to do this to you, but Shamalyan's film is ..." Hate to do this to you, but Shamalyan's film is actually titled "Unbreakable." "<BR/><BR/>Oh, foo! I KNEW that seemed wrong as I wrote it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the fix...Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132549165047307632005-11-20T23:59:00.000-05:002005-11-20T23:59:00.000-05:00Whoops. I think I have been using this word wrong....Whoops. I think I have been using this word wrong. I have only ever used it in reference to Tony Stark.Bullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708103213119467419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132545908616795032005-11-20T23:05:00.000-05:002005-11-20T23:05:00.000-05:00"But if irony -- an incongruous, unexpected outcom..."But if irony -- an incongruous, unexpected outcome -- is what we've come to expect in comic books, then is it still irony?"<BR/><BR/>So the unexpected would become the expected. The ironic would no longer be ironic and the old expected outcome becomes the unexpected becoming ironic. That's kinda ironic, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>This comment brought to you by yksfkqts, the number one choice in word verification words since 2005.Hate Filled Posterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00965492342916144479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-1132543996308933952005-11-20T22:33:00.000-05:002005-11-20T22:33:00.000-05:00Hate to do this to you, but Shamalyan's film is ac...Hate to do this to you, but Shamalyan's film is actually titled "Unbreakable." But you have a great article/site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com