quote:Originally posted by ManofTheAtom: Characterization controls continuity. Writers who write poor characterization are lazy and see the characters as being manequinns.
Nope. Characters as old and as iconic as these can (and should) be reinterpreted. It's just a matter of when it happens. It makes no difference to me if all these interpretations are done at once. If they're good, they're good, period. You can't say "Oh, it's good, but it's not good because..."
quote:Originally posted by ManofTheAtom: Very silver age style writting.
You seem to be an expert on the Silver Age. So, a) You have read lots and lots of Silver Age comics, even though you don't like them (something I know you're capable of doing) or b) You haven't read more than me and you're assuming you know everything about it (other thing you're perfectly capable of doing).
quote:Originally posted by ManofTheAtom: The story was too simplistic and had too much spandex, too much brawn and not enough brains.
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That describes every Rob Lefield book I've read (both of them!). Mike Allred puts a lot of thought and a lot of heart into what he does, and it shows. No brains? What about that scene with Madman and Superman talking about God? What about the fact that part of Superman stayed in Madman (something that, as I've been told, shows in the next issues of Madman)? What about the ending? Instead of defeating Mxyzptlk by fighting him, they defeat him in a much more creative and hilarious way. You think it's simplistic because of the art. This fits in with what I've said before in other topics. You stay with the way it looks it is and not with what it really is.
quote:Originally posted by ManofTheAtom: http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=001284
