tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post6449596032622697291..comments2024-01-02T09:18:23.893-05:00Comments on Written World: In case my opinion on the killing of Kirby-creations is unknown...Ragnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-9998752306659708432007-10-02T23:06:00.000-04:002007-10-02T23:06:00.000-04:00That is the MAJOR problem with the whole eternal c...That is the MAJOR problem with the whole eternal conflict of good and evil;since it is eternal,it can never actually be won by EITHER side,so,in effect NOTHING really happens...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-59484531868042332742007-10-02T22:48:00.000-04:002007-10-02T22:48:00.000-04:00Can I just note that, in his very origin of the Ne...Can I just note that, in his very origin of the New Gods, Kirby had posited a cycle...these gods, he told us, arose out of the ashes of the previous gods, who had been destroyed (in a thinly veiled allusion to Ragnorok). So it's not completely unreasonable or untrue to Kirby's conceptto have some cataclysmic event wipe them out...that would just kick off the next cycle.<BR/><BR/>Then again, I never particularly cared for the NG anyway, so...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-43660156832507502802007-10-01T19:40:00.000-04:002007-10-01T19:40:00.000-04:00I didn't know Starlin killed Jason Todd. Good to ...I didn't know Starlin killed Jason Todd. Good to know. Oh, and maybe Orion reaching up to Darkseid is him fufilling that whole prophecy dealy and killing Darkseid once and for all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-69267291769434627412007-10-01T10:45:00.000-04:002007-10-01T10:45:00.000-04:00Frankly, I kinda doubt the New Gods will be dead e...Frankly, I kinda doubt the New Gods will be dead even at the end of <I>Death of the New Gods!</I><BR/><BR/>I love the house ad for the series. Yeah, Darkseid's standing on a big pile of Dead New Gods (even Metron, which strikes me as a particularly tough one for some reason.) But... wait a sec, there's one guy who's, er, "not *quite* dead." And his name's Orion....<BR/><BR/>Nah, they'll Get Better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-19721249692588568372007-09-30T18:19:00.000-04:002007-09-30T18:19:00.000-04:00Also, the mini is being written by Jim Starlin. Hi...Also, the mini is being written by Jim Starlin. His major character kills have a temdency to not stay dead.<BR/><BR/>Jason Todd, Captain Mar-Vell, The Weird, Gamora, Pip... need I say more?notinthefacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537680561821564347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-17889241919748085672007-09-29T22:56:00.000-04:002007-09-29T22:56:00.000-04:00Characters like Knockout or Sleez can remain dead,...Characters like Knockout or Sleez can remain dead, since other creators added them to the Fourth World mythos later. But the Kirby creations? No way.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Except the Forever People. They always irritated me.<BR/><BR/>And without Darkseid who's the new big bad in the universe?Patrick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244280974612331889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-74357022385047952662007-09-29T16:19:00.000-04:002007-09-29T16:19:00.000-04:00Connor Kent being still dead has a lot less to do ...Connor Kent being still dead has a lot less to do with Geoff Johns and a lot more to do with the ongoing legal dispute between DC Comics and the Siegel estate. Notice that 'Superboy Prime' changed his name too...there is currently no character named "Superboy" in the DC Universe, and there won't be one until the copyright and trademarks are resolved.John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-38392784123040132232007-09-29T15:06:00.000-04:002007-09-29T15:06:00.000-04:00Not to mention, how hard would it be story-wise to...Not to mention, how hard would it be story-wise to revive them? They're GODS! All they have to do is pop out of the Source Wall! <BR/><BR/>I think the problem they're going to run into is that a series about the New Gods is going to appeal mostly just to the cult audience there is for the Fourth World- they've never been big sellers, not under Kirby, Byrne, Simonson, Morrison, etc. But that same narrow cult audience is not going to be thrilled with the Gods being destroyed (ESPECIALLY is Scott and Barda are included.)Evan Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263250766060234515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-88510611960980920102007-09-28T20:40:00.000-04:002007-09-28T20:40:00.000-04:00I will miss Darkseid, that is what I meant. My mi...I will miss Darkseid, that is what I meant. My mistake, sorry everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-19939135508851198232007-09-28T20:38:00.000-04:002007-09-28T20:38:00.000-04:00I suppose yall are right. On the other hand Conne...I suppose yall are right. On the other hand Conner Kent is still dead and Geoff Johns loved him. Maybe they just want to end that franchise right before any more terrible writers get back in power at DC. I'd do it. Kill off a good character before letting an idgit like Metzler near them.<BR/><BR/>I will Darkseid and his grandiose speeches. If this thing is serious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-4913141713856796522007-09-28T19:19:00.000-04:002007-09-28T19:19:00.000-04:00I think you also just described my feelings on Cap...I think you also just described my feelings on Captain America...John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221569513392130884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-53067858081046168352007-09-28T10:48:00.000-04:002007-09-28T10:48:00.000-04:00I hope you're right!It also seems a bit odd to me ...I hope you're right!<BR/><BR/>It also seems a bit odd to me that they're bringing out all the original Kirby stuff in hardcover at the same time as going on about killing them all. I know the New Gods are in people's minds at the moment because the death story is being talked about, but still. Is that a normal practice, to re-issue stories about characters who are about to be killed off? That makes me wonder if it's a trick and just leading up to some bigger storyline about them.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613305405547295370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-47732540212695390692007-09-28T08:51:00.000-04:002007-09-28T08:51:00.000-04:00Absolutely true, hit the nail on the proverbial he...Absolutely true, hit the nail on the proverbial head, and so on and so on. These characters are just too good to kill off in any sort of permanent manner. <BR/><BR/>I give it a couple of months.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-29519960317610782022007-09-28T05:57:00.000-04:002007-09-28T05:57:00.000-04:00I'm never going to believe Scott Free, at least, i...I'm never going to believe Scott Free, at least, is dead. Not even if they knock off his head a.la Pantha. The man's whole comic career can be summed up as "Aha! He's dead!" "No, I'm not!"<BR/><BR/>He had a funeral in JLI even.<BR/><BR/>Even if they do kill him, he'll just turn up as soon as someone wants to write him, none the worse for wear.kalinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417686761943716312noreply@blogger.com