This is why you prepare a checklist for these things.
Feature Comics #24
Comic Favorites, Inc (September, 1939)
Well, last time was a bit hit or miss between stories, but I was just curious enough to give this a look. Plus I think there were some cliffhangers to be concluded here. I could be confusing it with another comic. As usual, no gag strip pages because they’re too short (and seldom funny…I guess when you’re in a fiscal depression so bad it’s literally called The Great Depression you’re more open to anything for a laugh) and no text stories because this is a comic review that’s already going to go very long. I link to the comics at Comic Book Plus if you want to read them with me, but consider the text stories a nice bonus.
Name me a US Transformers movie that didn’t shove “more than meets the eye” into it.
When Transformers One was announced, I wanted to be excited. An animated Transformers movie, free of the Bayverse trappings that even Bumblebee, the good movie that came from this sub-franchise of the larger Transformers franchise, couldn’t escape. Without having to deal with human actors, physical sets, and special effects that had to look like they exist in our world, plus actually being set on Cybertron definitely had possibilities. Then the first trailer came out.
There are reasons I haven’t been discussing this movie. That’s exhibit A.
Relying on big name actors you’ll never see and the bots won’t resemble over actual voice actors was another. Another attempt at Guardians Of The Galaxy/Suicide Squad humor by people who don’t understand why either worked. I don’t get why either worked but I haven’t seen the first one and couldn’t care less about the second. At least that’s how it looks.
Tyler TJOmega” James has seen Transformers One because that’s his online job, and between his YouTube career, working at a toy store, and the occasional auction, he has the money I don’t. Most of the time we agree or could come to a mutual understanding. Oddly, we’re on opposite ends when it comes to the Rescue Bots show and EarthSpark. He thinks the former is too kiddie and the later fantastic. I find the former to be one of the few post-war stories I actually enjoy and the latter boring with the good parts having been done better elsewhere…including the two Rescue Bots shows. And yet I’ve heard other fans saying that the movie is actually good. So what are the reasons? I agree with most of TJ’s reasons, but there’s also a few I think he missed or glossed over.
Watch as Matthew Lillard (the voice of Shaggy himself!) takes us through the Character Studio experience — an exciting, interactive way for fans to design their very own Scooby-Doo character. In this video, Matthew goes through the full process, from interviewing with Scooby and Shaggy to creating his personalized character, which gets inserted into a graphic novel adaptation of the very first episode Scooby-Doo episode, “What A Night for a Knight.” After creating your character, you can have it featured on exclusive Scooby-Doo custom merch—all designed just for you!
The graphic novel sounds fun, and the only reason I’m posting this. If I had money, I’d probably go for it. When I was a kid, there was a set of children’s illustrated books where your parents could send in your name and your friends/relatives names and you’d all be characters in the book. Some were even licensed properties, like Sesame Street. I think I still have mine somewhere. This would be the spiritual successor because I don’t think they do those anymore despite the technology being better for it now. Honestly, though, if all you get with this creator is your likeness on Scooby merch it feels limiting, even with the episode adaptation. I don’t expect to be in a new episode or something (except maybe as a voiceless background character), but being in a game Mii style would be cool.
I’m at a point where I’m willing to call Frank Miller overrated. Apparently he did some good stories, but I’m never exposed to them. Whatever good faith he earned with The Dark Knight Returns, a story I clearly don’t share the world’s opinion on, should have been gone with All-Star Batman & Robin and what he did to Wil Eisner’s The Spirit in the movies. Learning that he disagreed with Eisner in how the character Eisner created should be depicted by Eisner, I’m convinced that movie was Miller trying to prove he was right…and only succeeded in doing the opposite and killing any chance the character had to get out of the comics. Then again, Judge Dredd and the Punisher each got a second chance as a movie, so anything’s possible.
Then there’s Zack Snyder. You know, the guy who said if someone thinks superheroes wouldn’t kill they live in a fantasy world…ignoring the fact that creating fantasy worlds is literally his job. He made Superman kill and every attempt to defend that movie makes me dislike the movie more…and I’m the guy who said Man Of Steel was a good superhero movie, just a bad Superman movie. The more he forces me to think about it, the more I change my opinion. His Batman was sentencing thugs to death. This to him is what real heroes are, psychos and whiny boys. The man is the embodiment of what I was talking about earlier in the month when discussing the fading use of bright colors in Hollywood. I’m not surprised that Snyder is a huge Frank Miller fans. Both like bleak and depressing takes on heroes I love. Just Miller is more in love with cities and sleazy women.
So, what happens when two bad tastes are brought together like the peanut butter cup of my nightmares? You get this interview from the Inverse magazine site, as Zack Snyder interviews Frank Miller…and reminds me why I don’t like either of their takes on the superheroes that most created my tastes and got me through my young life. Of course I have to dissect this one after I heard about it. Bounding Into Comicsjust reported on it. I’m here to deconstruct the deconstructors. Hold on to your hard hats, kids! They think BATMAN is the happier character of the two.
BW Media Spotlight 
Miller & Snyder: Why I Hate Their Views On Batman And Superman
Well look who said something stupid. Again.
I’m at a point where I’m willing to call Frank Miller overrated. Apparently he did some good stories, but I’m never exposed to them. Whatever good faith he earned with The Dark Knight Returns, a story I clearly don’t share the world’s opinion on, should have been gone with All-Star Batman & Robin and what he did to Wil Eisner’s The Spirit in the movies. Learning that he disagreed with Eisner in how the character Eisner created should be depicted by Eisner, I’m convinced that movie was Miller trying to prove he was right…and only succeeded in doing the opposite and killing any chance the character had to get out of the comics. Then again, Judge Dredd and the Punisher each got a second chance as a movie, so anything’s possible.
Then there’s Zack Snyder. You know, the guy who said if someone thinks superheroes wouldn’t kill they live in a fantasy world…ignoring the fact that creating fantasy worlds is literally his job. He made Superman kill and every attempt to defend that movie makes me dislike the movie more…and I’m the guy who said Man Of Steel was a good superhero movie, just a bad Superman movie. The more he forces me to think about it, the more I change my opinion. His Batman was sentencing thugs to death. This to him is what real heroes are, psychos and whiny boys. The man is the embodiment of what I was talking about earlier in the month when discussing the fading use of bright colors in Hollywood. I’m not surprised that Snyder is a huge Frank Miller fans. Both like bleak and depressing takes on heroes I love. Just Miller is more in love with cities and sleazy women.
So, what happens when two bad tastes are brought together like the peanut butter cup of my nightmares? You get this interview from the Inverse magazine site, as Zack Snyder interviews Frank Miller…and reminds me why I don’t like either of their takes on the superheroes that most created my tastes and got me through my young life. Of course I have to dissect this one after I heard about it. Bounding Into Comics just reported on it. I’m here to deconstruct the deconstructors. Hold on to your hard hats, kids! They think BATMAN is the happier character of the two.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on October 23, 2024 in DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged Batman, commentary, Frank Miller, Interview, Superman, Zack Snyder.
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