Comic Books/Graphic Novels
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I started losing my hair around 20, and started shaving my head around 30, so I've had a long time to get used to it. Aside from worrying more about sunburn, I actually prefer having no hair. Maintenence is simpler, and as my sister pointed out once, I had terrible hair anyway.
All of this goes for me. Except the bit about a sister. If I had one she would probably have been cold-blooded too.
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They have adapted the original Alien 3 screenplay into a series of comics. I am going to wait for the serial novel edition. But here are all the covers.
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Ha didn't expect the varying sizes there. Oh well.
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Interesting. I remember seeing the William Gibson version being talked about on the Alien 3 bonus disc. I'm all for Alien expanded universe stuff. Makes me want to seek out some of the older Dark Horse Alien comics that I don't have
on a side note, It'll be interesting to see if the Alien franchise moves forward or if they're DOA because of how poorly Alien Covenant performed.
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I think they are going to do another reboot eventually now that Disney has a hand in the pot now. You can't fault the franchise as a whole for a series of horribly written movies. IDK what's up with the executives at Fox but they sure have a penchant for making terrible decisions. The new Predator movie is a good example of this. The original ending would have been so much cooler. Neil Blomkamp's Aliens sequel would have been so much cooler.
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@Filthy:
I think they are going to do another reboot eventually now that Disney has a hand in the pot now. You can't fault the franchise as a whole for a series of horribly written movies. IDK what's up with the executives at Fox but they sure have a penchant for making terrible decisions. The new Predator movie is a good example of this. The original ending would have been so much cooler. Neil Blomkamp's Aliens sequel would have been so much cooler.
The Blomkamp Alien film would've been cool. Judging from the concept art it almost looked like it could've been an Alien version of Jurassic World, except replace Indominus Rex with an alien queen
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@Filthy:
I think they are going to do another reboot eventually now that Disney has a hand in the pot now.
Agreed. There is no chance whatsoever that Disney will just shrug and write it off as a loss. It will turn a profit on the purchase. And I'm cool with that. I've generally enjoyed the movies (1 and 2 were great, 3 was OK, and 4 was mostly not terrible).
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@Filthy:
I think they are going to do another reboot eventually now that Disney has a hand in the pot now.
Agreed. There is no chance whatsoever that Disney will just shrug and write it off as a loss. It will turn a profit on the purchase. And I'm cool with that. I've generally enjoyed the movies (1 and 2 were great, 3 was OK, and 4 was mostly not terrible).
If the studio goes back to the way it was before and bring in new directors that would be great. I think Sir Ridley had his chance and he blew it. I'm still salty about how Prometheus and Covenant turned out. Visually, they're amazing, but the story and characters were truly horrible. Disney made the right choice bringing in different directors for the Star Wars films and they should do the same for the Alien franchise imo.
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The best Star Wars movie in the last thirty years is Rogue One. I think the way to get better movies is to have someone come in and give a fresh perspective without all the baggage from previous movies. Go Extended Universe style and let the tired stuff die.
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I thought Rogue One was the best of the bunch as well. I didn't think Solo was completely terrible but it wasn't great either. But, I also believe that Disney's folly was in putting out too much too soon to appease the SW fans. They know SW is a cash cow so they obviously jumped at the opportunity. I don't know that we need to see stand alone films for every character in the franchise either but i'm sure fans are clamoring for it. An Obi Wan solo film would make sense and maybe a Boba Fett movie but i'm not sure a Yoda film would work, unless you want to watch some old Jedi toad living in a mud hut. But expanded universe stuff would definitely be a no brainer
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The best Star Wars movie in the last thirty years is Rogue One. I think the way to get better movies is to have someone come in and give a fresh perspective without all the baggage from previous movies. Go Extended Universe style and let the tired stuff die.
Wise words. All of it.
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They know SW is a cash cow …
They also paid $4B for it. It has to be profitable.
I agree with the comments of Rogue 1. After Rogue 1, the best movies IMHO are Sole, then the Lucas prequels, and then the sequels, which are garbage.
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Disney has already easily recouped that four billion, just in movie profits alone. It was a great buy for them, since they'll be printing money off it for decades, especially when you factor in all the ancillary income. Hell, the theme park income alone probably makes it worthwhile.
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Here are some Marvel covers from comics i still have at home from mid to late 90's, then i have a lot more around early 00's, i remember being a fan of the series from "Cliffhanger" which were composed of Steampunk, Crimson, Battle Chasers and Danger Girls, it was a bunch of badass books from talented illustrator like Joe Mad and Scott Campbell, i was like 13-15 years old back then :).
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Not surprised this is a thread on here but kind of surprised I didn't think to search for it.
Anyone read Image comics? I particularly love Stray Bullets, The Humans, and Saga to name a few!
When I was going through my divorce 5-6 years ago I spent a lot of time at the comic book store in town buried in horror/sci fi trying to ignore the inevitable. The above titles really helped out and I heard Saga is starting back up again.
I also read up to #178 in TWD…not sure if anyone is interested in that book but the comics were so much better than the show.
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Image makes my favorite stuff. Have you red "Wytches"? Saga is great, Wicked and Divine is good too. Revival is also fun.
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Not surprised this is a thread on here but kind of surprised I didn't think to search for it.
Anyone read Image comics? I particularly love Stray Bullets, The Humans, and Saga to name a few!
When I was going through my divorce 5-6 years ago I spent a lot of time at the comic book store in town buried in horror/sci fi trying to ignore the inevitable. The above titles really helped out and I heard Saga is starting back up again.
I also read up to #178 in TWD…not sure if anyone is interested in that book but the comics were so much better than the show.
The Humans is sweet. I actually went to a BBQ at Tom Neely's house while I was in LA a few years ago before I knew about his work. Awesome dude. He bought one of my paintings last month from a gallery and it made me feel incredibly honored!
I just read the first four Red Room issues and loved them. Ed Piskor is twisted and I'm a huge sucker for anything cyberpunk.
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Image makes my favorite stuff. Have you red "Wytches"? Saga is great, Wicked and Divine is good too. Revival is also fun.
I have the 3 1st Wicked, i remember it was pretty cool, we had no big book store where i lived as a kid and the releases were so irregular i had to stop.
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Not surprised this is a thread on here but kind of surprised I didn't think to search for it.
Anyone read Image comics? I particularly love Stray Bullets, The Humans, and Saga to name a few!
When I was going through my divorce 5-6 years ago I spent a lot of time at the comic book store in town buried in horror/sci fi trying to ignore the inevitable. The above titles really helped out and I heard Saga is starting back up again.
I also read up to #178 in TWD…not sure if anyone is interested in that book but the comics were so much better than the show.
The Humans is sweet. I actually went to a BBQ at Tom Neely's house while I was in LA a few years ago before I knew about his work. Awesome dude. He bought one of my paintings last month from a gallery and it made me feel incredibly honored!
I just read the first four Red Room issues and loved them. Ed Piskor is twisted and I'm a huge sucker for anything cyberpunk.
Wow that is awesome! I think I'll start getting back into comics now…I'll check out Red Room.
