tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post1910763774849500740..comments2024-01-02T09:18:23.893-05:00Comments on Written World: The All-New, All-Different Wonder WomanRagnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-89552132966103438702010-08-09T10:32:07.588-04:002010-08-09T10:32:07.588-04:00Oh, I DO blame Quesada for OMD. It's just that...Oh, I DO blame Quesada for OMD. It's just that I don't absolve JMS either. Even WITH Joe Q's mandate, are you telling me that in a universe with Cosmic Cubes, Infinity Gauntlets, Living <br />Tribunals, and other magic/cosmic entities and artifacts up the wazoo, that JMS couldn't come up with something better than making a deal with the goddamn devil? <br /><br />One of the problems with JMS' Superman is that he actually thinks having Supes stumble around in a moral quandary is an original idea. The other one is that he acts like a self-righteous douche. I mean, he actually instructs some little boy to deliver his message to some ruthless gangbangers instead of sticking around to tell them himself? And why does he tell that old man with the potentially life-threatening heart condition he should he should see a doctor instead of, oh,I don't knw, JUST FLYING HIM TO ONE RIGHT AWAY?notinthefacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-2116761572815085722010-08-09T00:57:39.331-04:002010-08-09T00:57:39.331-04:00Ragnell, I don't think we've seen JMS use ...Ragnell, I don't think we've seen JMS use Superman as a "moral issues mouthpiece" yet. I think we're seeing JMS portray Superman as a man in a moral QUANDRY, under a great deal of stress and flailing around blindly at issues that were once crystal-clear to him.<br /><br />And notintheface: I <i>certainly</i> can't fix the blame of "One More Day" on JMS. That was an editorial mandate. Blame Quesada.<br /><br />That said: while I'm enjoying his <i>Superman</i> so far, I'm still waiting for his <i>Wonder Woman</i> to really kick in. On the other claw, I watched <i>Babylon 5</i> fopr a season and a half before I realized it was something more than just an unambitious space opera, and the payoff was <i>definitely</i> worth my time.Your Obedient Serpenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133256640355844314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-35822232769970899112010-08-09T00:06:13.511-04:002010-08-09T00:06:13.511-04:00Considering that JMS' last "history/reali...Considering that JMS' last "history/reality change" was "One More Day", I'd be nervous, too.<br /><br /><br />There's a funny story of exactly WHY I purchased Wonder Woman#601 that I'll have up on my blog shortly.notinthefacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-29924063645827424432010-08-08T15:23:22.505-04:002010-08-08T15:23:22.505-04:00For once you're more charitable than I would b...For once you're more charitable than I would be. <br /><br />Is this comic named Wonder Woman? Yes.<br /><br />Does it feature a character I recognize as Wonder Woman? No.<br /><br />Will I buy the next issue? No.<br /><br />-- Jack of SpadesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-83140687681044404862010-08-08T14:15:48.601-04:002010-08-08T14:15:48.601-04:00Speaking as someone who greatly enjoyed the Gail S...Speaking as someone who greatly enjoyed the Gail Simone version of Wonder Woman...not to mention Greg Rucka's, I'm nervous as can be.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-73918641980343627622010-08-08T10:53:46.682-04:002010-08-08T10:53:46.682-04:00Well, I haven't read much of Wonderwoman (I ha...Well, I haven't read much of Wonderwoman (I have a Showcase volume which made me loathe merman and merboy, and Wonderwoman herself), but if they were going to change the origins of Wonderwoman, shouldn't they dive deeper into the myths? Like make the Amazons the bellicose daughters of Ares and Harmonia, exiled because they were rude and not very nice? And let's have Aphrodite give the Amazons a violent repugnance towards homosexuality, just to make them more frustrated and given towards acts of violence, and to show what dicks gods can beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com