tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post1283364226046803597..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: No pants neededScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-59399059557451690162012-07-14T09:54:24.278-05:002012-07-14T09:54:24.278-05:00DC restarts an entire universe and its continuity ...DC restarts an entire universe and its continuity entirely separated from the original, and you say it's not new "by any means."<br /><br />Unbelievable.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-43661760460722134522012-07-14T09:51:24.295-05:002012-07-14T09:51:24.295-05:00This Alan Scott is the same as the old Alan Scott ...This Alan Scott is the same as the old Alan Scott in the same way that Byrne's rebooted Superman is the same as Siegel and Schuster's Superman.<br /><br />They are NOT the same.<br /><br />Different continuities, different universes, just plain DIFFERENT.<br /><br />And really, saying "reboot" doesn't "by any means" mean "all-new" is a silly, flimsy argument to make.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-460917038414567322012-07-09T19:18:55.811-05:002012-07-09T19:18:55.811-05:00Though the flame clearly says, "You're a ...Though the flame clearly says, "You're a lantern," giving him his name, I did like the idea in the original origin that the ring was just a way to carry a teeny, tiny bit of flame from the lantern.<br /><br />But yeah, so far, so good. I'm dropping a number of other 52 titles, but I'm glad that this and World's Finest fill in a little bit.Hal Shipmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066628843197388507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-54448601786014593122012-07-09T18:28:53.651-05:002012-07-09T18:28:53.651-05:00That seems like splitting hairs to me. Just becau...That seems like splitting hairs to me. Just because Alan Scott got rebooted and this is a new take on him doesn't make him "all-new", by any means.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-83880999412837991922012-07-09T09:31:59.059-05:002012-07-09T09:31:59.059-05:00Didio LIED. He said an established characters was...Didio LIED. He said an established characters was coming out as gay.<br /><br />This Alan Scott is NOT the established character. All-new character with all-new continuity in an all-new universe. This character has existed now for exactly 3 issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-34488841157920764402012-07-07T01:52:43.219-05:002012-07-07T01:52:43.219-05:00Am I wrong in that Jay Garrick's boots look ex...Am I wrong in that Jay Garrick's boots look exactly like Hawkgirl's? (The soles, I mean.) Aside from that, I'm liking it, though I really am tired of covers with characters screaming in rage.Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-8587744099560648242012-07-06T16:16:42.622-05:002012-07-06T16:16:42.622-05:00I just checked out Earth 2 #3 to verify if this is...I just checked out Earth 2 #3 to verify if this is truly a reboot of the Golden Age. Since it does verify that to me... I'm done with investing in any future issues of them. I could care less about a second Jay Garrick in DC history... we already had one. Don't need another.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-28320002571344657512012-07-06T13:50:14.964-05:002012-07-06T13:50:14.964-05:00Hey Scipio? I happened to be watching this today,...Hey Scipio? I happened to be watching this today, and I thought of you:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgzvTHsOxSQ<br /><br />My initial thought: all these well-built half-naked sailors could be perfectly happy without dames, if they just used their imaginations for a second. C'mon guys, the solution is literally standing right in front of you.<br /><br />Then I realized it was a bunch of half-naked sailors singing a show tune together, and suddenly it hit me: they're all very gay already, but none of them dares to be the first to admit it. So they're going on and on about how much they enjoy vagina, while Ray Walston is wearing a kerchief, another guy advertises himself as "Stew Pot", and there is a hair salon right there on the beach. And when the nurses actually show up, there is no interest in interacting with them, just a prompt return to show tunes as soon as the coast is clear.<br /><br />I don't have a good way to tie this to "Earth 2" #3, but like I said, this seemed to be something you need to know about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-66209493073439580132012-07-06T09:14:47.590-05:002012-07-06T09:14:47.590-05:00Yeah, no cape, Alan? C'mon, you're suppos...Yeah, no cape, Alan? C'mon, you're supposed to be GAY.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-73717341144745349482012-07-06T08:50:49.711-05:002012-07-06T08:50:49.711-05:00I'm certainly intrigued enough to keep reading...I'm certainly intrigued enough to keep reading. I'm fine with Alan's revised origin, though I was kinda hoping it would be more like Power Ring's in the Crime Syndicate -- a magical entity from, ideally, the Fifth Dimension (kinda like your H Dial theory) who occupies a lantern/ring. I'm not sure why Alan would be called Green Lantern at this point. Costume's kinda blah, though.Bryan Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-52345614412295094612012-07-05T16:40:13.856-05:002012-07-05T16:40:13.856-05:00Aspects of Green Lantern's new origin kind of ...Aspects of Green Lantern's new origin kind of remind me of the approach that Stan Lee took with his "Just Imagine" version of GL.<br /><br />And wow, a black Polish Hawkgirl (or just a black Hawkgirl in Poland, not sure yet), and Dr. Fate (or just Fate, not sure yet) mentioned in passing.<br /><br />This is all building up very nicely.Steve Mitchellnoreply@blogger.com