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Prometheus said:

(1) If ignoring continuity means that I can ignore such rubbish as LAST LAUGH, then, I'm all for it.



I can't respect that type of outlook. I hated and am disheartened by Last Laugh as well, but I'm not about to take miniscule things I hate away from a phenomonally larger thing I like.

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(2) I hate Loeb. Not because he fucks with "continuity", but, because he's a hack writer with few original ideas of his own.



Agreed.

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(4) If this all means we get to have another CRISIS...the balls-iest, most progressive move ANY comic company ever made...then I support it fully.



Progressive in what way?

The entire point of a crisis was to 1) Start things over from a managable point and 2) Get rid of the continuity flaws. Crisis is one of the most stupidest stories I've ever read in my entire comicbook reading life. Part of it was the writing, another part was the premise (story not intention), another was the inevitable conclusion of it, and the other was how scattered it was. It was not only idiotic, but laborous to read. It's also what helped create C.O.M.E. and that is something that is unforgivable.

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If you denounce the effort to keep continuity so much, then why do you elate the concept of a crisis exactly?

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(5) DC...Marvel....they all kicked "continuity" to the curb years ago. This is a moot debate. It's the New Age of comics, whether we like it or not. And, personally, whether I seriously agree with it, or not, doesn't matter.....I'm not going to be the old fart that screams "MY CONTINUITY IS THE ONLY CONTINUITY!! BRING BACK THE SILVER AGE PRE-CRISIS!!". These people are sad and pathetic, and I pity them. Things change. Without change, the world becomes stagnant, and dies. This isn't opinion. This is scientific fact. For comics to survive the next century of culture and media, it must adapt or die. Period.



The fact that this continuity is still REQUIRED and is ATTEMPTING to be followed by the writers makes it, in fact, not moot. The way you're describing it as "kicked to the curb" isn't true. I'm not saying you should be raving in that sense. If this continuity is taken away by a crisis, then I'll be hushing up and movng on to the next set of continuity. Of course I'll be pissed, but if they re-create the characters in such a way that I find likeable, I'm gonna be hanging on and promoting CURRENT continuity. Another thing; suggesting that you're not raving merely because you don't want to sound that way isn't painting a very flattering picture of your opinion here.