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[filkertom]

Ahhh, DC Comics. Always with the maturity and good clean fun.

I don't think it's any secret that I've had it up to HERE with what the writers and editors at Marvel and especially DC Comics consider to be cutting-edge material, mostly because their material tends to include lots of cutting edges. But this is just frickin' nuts

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[joecoustic]

I didn't know (or if I did I forgot) that part about Alien. That might help explain why that scene, as well as the whole movie, made such an impression on me! :)

[filkertom]

It made an impression on a lot of people. One of the defining moments of modern cinematic horror. Problem is, I think most filmmakers looked at that as a benchmark of shock and gore, not of storytelling.

Alien is an odd beast of a movie. I love the film, although I think it is far too slow. I think Scott could've cut about fifteen minutes out and not lost one jot of tension. But it's pretty much a textbook scary movie, with enough original technique and style thrown in to make it a classic of the genre. (Some people still consider it a science fiction movie. That's like saying Jaws is a fishing movie.)

[alverant]

I've left comics almost 4 years ago when I got laid off. To be fair, getting laid off was an excuse. I hitched my horse to Marvel and I was sick of how they were treating their characters. I would start collecting a new series and then it would get canceled. It didn't seem worth the $4 an issue anymore and I was running low on storage space (I have about 17 long boxes filled with comics that are doing nothing for me

[filkertom]

I only buy compilations of things I like anymore. Mostly, older comics I loved. My most recent purchases (over the past six months) include Jon Sable Freelance Vol. 1, the first Nexus Omnibus, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, and the Showcase edition of Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld. (That one REALLY needs a color printing.)

[sdelmonte]

My only comment is that I still love a lot of DC's comics, and I just ignore the things I don't like. I think, however, I am the only online fan who feels this way.

[90scartoonman]

Well, you're not giving money to the stuff you don't like, so that's good. And also, sometimes I think the publishers are happy when people protest and criticize them loudly because that means people are talking about them.

[vettecat]

I've been a WW fan since the early 70s, and regularly followed a number of DC titles for years, but I dropped DC entirely with the 52 reboot. I have no idea what's going on in their heads but I don't want any part of it. Can someone please tell these people that going for maximum shock is not a long-term creative strategy? What ever happened to actual storytelling?

There have been a few decent titles over the past few years (PS238, Love & Capes) but they haven't lasted.

I worry sometimes about what H. will read when he gets old enough. He's growing up in a mixed DC/Marvel household but very few of the comics lining the shelves are recent. I don't want him to innocently wander into a comic store, pick up a recent issue, and get hit with explicit torture scenes.