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« on: 11 March, 2010, 09:39:10 pm » |
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And I spent 20 dollars on it. Just for the first volume.
20 damn dollars.
20 goddamn dollars I'll never get back.
But I read it all and I couldn't stop until it was over.
I'll spend 20 more damn dollars to see it through.
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Lumy
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« Reply #1 on: 11 March, 2010, 09:40:55 pm » |
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so... why are you reading this?
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Spring-Loaded
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« Reply #2 on: 11 March, 2010, 10:01:03 pm » |
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To see just how deconstructed this telling of Robin's origin can get.
The first post is how the entirety of the dialogue is btw. Cyclic, and jerky. It's is almost definitely a stealth-parody (Batman and Robin paint themselves and a safehouse entirely [entirely] yellow when meeting with Green Lantern; the Joker never smiling; Superman not knowing he can fly, etc.). It's like Frank Miller put his Sin City characters into superhero costumes.
Even still, there's a few moments that are genuinely cool/heartwarming (Batman, in an inner-monologue, describing Gotham as he runs along the rooftops; him taking Dick back to the Graysons' graves to say goodbye).
But yeah.
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Ƨɒlƚy
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« Reply #3 on: 11 March, 2010, 11:44:14 pm » |
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Non-flying Superman wut wut
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Spring-Loaded
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« Reply #4 on: 12 March, 2010, 08:32:15 pm » |
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Batman knows he can (somehow) but Superman just runs on water...
It does point out a lot of stupid stuff in the DC universe though; Green Lantern making over-sized flashlights and mousetraps, the name "Batmobile", etc.
But even still. On purpose or not, it's hilariously awful.
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zeldafan42
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« Reply #5 on: 30 March, 2010, 09:16:03 am » |
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Oh! They had that in my local Waldenbooks before it closed down, and I read the entire thing in the store once.
It was....interesting, to say the least.
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