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crascet · 5 months ago

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X-Men Movie Tier List Update- X-Men: The Last Stand

So they uhhh... They killed Scott in this one.

Already as a Cyclops fan, this should just get an F, but the movie as a whole just has a lot of missed potential, especially since this movie has two plots stitched together with the Mutant Cure and the Dark Pheonix Saga.

For one thing, Warren in this one felt so minor to this whole thing, even though I think he should've had a bigger role considering his father created the cure in the first place. I honestly think that there should be a couple more scenes with him earlier, maybe a scene with Warren and his dad arguing on whether he should get the cure, and maybe a scene with Warren contemplating on the cure while seeing news reports on other mutants protesting and with the X-Men, which would lead to him actually escaping. I say this because it would definitely fit in with how the last two movies all follow a young mutant first meeting the X-Men, like with Rogue in the first movie and Kurt in the second one (who didn't show up in this one sadly). The opening scene with young Warren can still be a bit expanded upon as it really disturbing to see a young kid trying to literally cut out the part that makes him different. This can easily establish his conflict with himself and can be a connection between him and Rogue.

Another problem is Rogue and her subplot with wanting the cure, in that she gets it in the ending. I understand that Rogue really wants to have a good relationship with Bobby and wanting to actually touch him without the chance of killing him. This sort of conflict is apparent in the 90's animated series as well as in '97, but in a movie where the message is that there is nothing wrong with being different, her just getting the cure is contradictory to that message. Maybe including a scene between her and Warren having a conversation on the cure either at the vaccination site or just with another mutant there that would've convinced her to leave the site, join back with the team, and be a part of the finale. She can still fight and can use ability to take on other mutants' abilities to fight too, especially with the Danger Room scene in the beginning showing her as part of the team. I do at least like the scene where Rogue leaves the school to go to the vaccination site and Logan has a conversation with her about leaving to the site and Rogue giving Logan her real name, Marie. It shows how great the dynamic between her and Logan and how it grows from the first movie.

It is to my knowledge that the cure is sort of temporary as Erik does still have his ability, but only a little bit as seen in the ending and with how Rogue

I would've also liked something more with Bobby and him seeing Kitty, like including Kitty's POV on the whole thing. Hell, Colossus and Kitty are just there for the entirety of the movie, which sucks since they're also 2 of my favorite X-Men characters!

There's also the fact that this is just a Logan-centric movie where he becomes the leader of the team. I don't mind it that much, but I don't really see him as much of a leader (except for Wolverine and the X-men surprisingly enough). Logan is at best a great supportive character that shows his growth from lone outsider to essentially becoming the uncle for young mutants and a great member of the team to me. If anything, Storm should've been the new leader after Charles and Scott die, since Ororo can have a great arc in being the new leader.

Mystique is just given the shaft here by Erik just leaving her the moment she was shot by the vaccine in an act of sacrificing herself to save him from the cure. I would've preferred if this was moved to like the third act or around the finale, like maybe making it be the first time Erik realizes that the guns with the cure are plastic and have him not save her due to possibly being outnumbered or something, but this decision is just bad to me.

And then there's the Pheonix... she's just fine. I just don't like how she's just a darker personality of Jean compared to the comic origin being a cosmic-space-bird deity. I don't know why they didn't get that origin in the first place for this movie, since there's telepaths, someone with a metal skeleton, healing abilities, and claws from inside his body, someone that can control metal, someone that can shoot blasts from his eyes, someone that can actually control the weather, someone that can phase through walls, someone with the ability to makes his skin metal, and someone that can summon ice. But apparently the cosmic-space-bird deity is just the most outlandish thing for this movie.

Other than the previously mentioned scene with Logan and Rogue, the two other things I like in this movie is Beast, who is also one of my favorite X-Men characters, and of course:

God, I can just stare at that all day.

TLS is just bad. Just add more character moments and a clearer story and it can just improve the whole thing imo. Next, I move from a Wolverine-centric movie to... Wolverine's actual first movie with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Where we can see Logan's life before the Weapon X program, a film debut of one of my favorite X-Men characters (I just have a lot of favorite X-Men characters, ok?), one of my favorite casting choices imo, and a merc without a mouth... but with Baraka wrist blades... and laser eyes.

#movies #movie review #tier list #marvel #marvel movies #x men #x men movies #x men the last stand

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tonkysexist · 3 years ago

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I'm relatively new to comics and I was wondering if you could recommend where to start in regards to the X-men. They seem really interesting but there is so many comics of them that I am,,, very lost. (I don't think you answer these type of questions typically but I don't know who else to ask lol)

Oooh I don’t usually do recs but I’d be happy to help!!

Giant-sized X-Men (1975) is a good starting point to get into Chris Claremont’s work with the X-Men. He also wrote/co-wrote the original Dark Pheonix Saga (1980), Days of Future Past (1981), God Loves, Man Kills (1982), Mutant Massacre (1986), Fall of the Mutants (1988), the Saga of Muir Island (1991), and so much more.

Age of Apocalypse (1995) is a pretty important event. So is House of M (2005). After House of M I would read the Messiah Complex (2005) and there’s a bunch of stuff with M-Day that I could honestly make a whole separate post about.

All New X-Men (2001), X-Men First Class (2006), and X-Men Gold (2017) are all good starting points as well.

For the current runs of the X-Men it starts with House of X/Powers of X. After that you can start reading Marauders, Excalibur, New Mutants, X-Force, etc. The Dawn of X trade paperbacks basically collect everything X-Men from a given month and bind it together. So those are really helpful if you want to catch up.

My biggest recommendation for those just getting into X-Men comics is the Cerebro podcast. It has a lot of really well formatted information on the publication history of specific characters. It’s a good way of getting supplemental information bc I know the sheer volume of X-Men stuff can be overwhelming.

And finally- if you’re reading something and you’re confused just Google it. Seriously. Pull up the character wiki. There’s this idea that having to look up a character or a plotline means you’re not a rEaL FaN or whatever, but that’s so untrue.

#x-men #marvel comics #comic recs #reblog if i forgot smth but i’m making this post without consulting any sources #asks

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this-wandering-mind · 4 years ago

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The Dark Phoenix saga by Chris Claremont and John Byrne

overall rating: 5/5

The Dark Pheonix Saga collects issues #129 to #138 of Chris Claremont's uncanny Xmen.

As it claims in it’s title, the saga mainly follows the origin story of The Dark Phoenix, which I was keen to read after Fox did a god awful job with the film adaptation.

Emma frost, queen of the Hell Fire Club, is on a mission to track down and capture members of the Xmen. Meanwhile, manipulated by Mastermind, Jean Grey begins to slip away from reality. As her phoenix powers grow stronger it can only end badly.

I’ve only ever really dipped in and out of the Xmen but it’s clear when I compare Chris Claremont’s run to the more recent ones that this really was the golden age of comics. Despite the tropes and cliché’s of the time it was written in, this series still holds up really well. The characters are very well established within a compelling plot which is well paced, with each sub-plot fitting neatly into the story. When people think of writing superhero comics they tend to go straight for the constant fights but what I like about these ones is that there is so much to it than that and so much more focus on the individual story of each character, allowing you to really connect with them. Not only was Claremont’s era a turning point for the X-men in general but he also did a fantastic job of breaking the mold of female superhero stereotypes. Both Storm and Marvel Girl/Phoenix are strong, key figures within the team. Jean Grey especially went from love interest who fainted a lot to one of the most complex and layered characters.

The concept of the phoenix force is one of marvel’s most iconic ideas. An immortal nexus entity that can bring about creation and yet death and destruction across the multiverse. What I especially love is that at its core the phoenix force is not a bad thing, but that its hosts simply become corrupted and are driven to madness by the sheer power of it. This is a real reflection on the god complex theory and what having large amounts of authority and power can do to a person.

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hawkinsschoolcounselor · 4 years ago

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Congrats on your 800 subscribers! I didn't know you had so many people following you. It seems that ST got back into production. I wanted to ask you, with X-MEN being a strong influence on the show and season 4 even naming the first episode, the Hellfire Club, a secret international organization that faces the X-Men during the Dark Pheonix Saga ( story time ^^' ). Ever since the first episode with Will asking Dustin to take his X-MEN 134 which is a comic that treats the Dark Pheonix Saga and Jean who unleashes her powers, this comic foreshadow a big part of El's arc. But I also wondered, because Will and El seems like twins or have many similiraties like the Maximoff Twins, this could also be foreshadowing Will's story in a way as we've seen him having some sort of powers. But the key thing is Will seems to have many similarities to Wanda. Wanda who is also very similar to Jean Grey.

Both Will and Wanda have a traumatic experience of their father, both have been locked into an alternate dimension or reality created by their own minds, of course it's not confirmed that the Upside Down is a creation of Will but they are many hints about it. Wanda has one son called Wiccan who has also another twin.

His powers are very intriguing, he can manipulate reality and can control electricity. Many things that Will has done. Wiccan is also openly gay.

Do you think that Will's powers could be using the Upside Down as some sort of pocket dimension where he takes his power from, he could control his trauma and be able to heal from it by using it as his powers ? If the Upside Down is a manifestation of his trauma. Maybe we could have some sort of X-MEN group a la Stranger Things ?

Also since the X-MEN have been a strong metaphor of racial and sexual oppression and ever since the 80's, a strong LGBT+ metaphor, do you think Will wants the X-MEN because he sees through the subtext and that the comics helps making him see himself in a different light because of how everyone around him reacts to his supposed sexuality ?

Also do you think the Hellfire Club could be a foreshadowing of a group, maybe the Russian trying to use El or Will for their own purposes ?

Sorry, a very long question, that was inside my head a long time but I had no one to talk about that subject.

Congrats on your subscribers anyway!

Thank you!

This seems like it might be a better question for someone like @kaypeace21, but I’ll address it as best I can. I’m not an expert on the X-Men, but I was really into the 90s cartoon series, so I know a fair bit.

There are a lot of hints that Will’s life has been unkind even before the Upside Down became a part of it. I highly suspect that he is connected to it in some way, and that is why he was a prime target of the demogorgon. He wasn’t simply killed like some other victims. Instead, the demogorgon was trying to capture him. There has to be a reason for that.

X-Men references go back to season 1, so it was likely an influence on the Duffers as they wrote the story. Now that we have the Hellfire Club, another X-Men reference, we may be seeing things come full circle. The Hellfire Club was involved in the Phoenix saga, which was also referenced by the comic Will challenged Dustin for in the bike race. I don’t know that Will consciously wants that one due to his own situation. I think X-Men likely appeals to all of them due to their outcast status. Each member of the Party is bullied for something.

I don’t know if the Hellfire Club foreshadows anything, or if it’s just another geeky reference. That said, a lot of the minor things end up predicting the plot each season. It’s a fair guess that El and/or Will end up being exploited or experimented on by some shady group, whether it’s Brenner, the Russians, or some (ugh) new villainous organization.

I also don’t know about Wiccan being relevant. They’ve mostly seemed to stick to X-Men, specifically the Phoenix sage, while Wiccan was part of the Young Avengers. Maybe it was inspiration, but I think they’re going to stick to 80s comics that Will would have been aware of, especially if Will is subconscious influencing things. Again, though, this isn’t my area of expertise.

There’s just so many layers going on, and so many other works the Duffers draw inspiration from. It can be very challenging to work out what exactly they are using from any given source. Yes, the X-Men has been used as a metaphor for the oppressed, and season 1 reinforces this by having the Party be victims of bullying. The more obvious explanation is that it is foreshadowing El and her powers being the center focus. However, Will constantly being at the center of trauma, and it seemingly being linked to the actions of the Mindflayer, make me think he’s more significant than the Duffers wanted people to initially think. In the X-Men universe, mutants often come into their powers in adolescence as a result of emotional stress. This certainly is where Will is at, and it opens the door for him to unleash his true power.

I don’t know about there being an X-Men group necessarily, but I really would like to see El and Will uniting as a power duo in some way. Kali could be reintroduced to be part of this, which I’d like since it’d make her episode actually seem less like it was forced into the plot. I suppose we can stretch the definitions of “power” so that the rest of the Party can be part of an X-Men type group. We’ve been repeatedly shown that the Party is at its best together.

Now that I think about it, I like the idea of X-Men relating to the oppressed as a way for Will’s friends to conceptualize what he’s going through. Regardless of our feelings for the characters, and how we’d like to think they’re too good to be homophobic, they are still a group of small-town 80s teens. Someone like Steve was the exception, not the rule, back then, and his easy acceptance may well have been written in to show how mature he’s really become. Dustin and Lucas would likely be, at the very least, uneasy knowing their friend (well, friends, if I’m right about Mike) is gay. This wouldn’t make them bad people in and of itself, as their homophobia would be due to ignorance rather than malice. What would separate them from the villains would be their ability to realize they were wrong and accept Will (and Mike!) as their friend. Drawing a connection to how badly mutants were treated could be a key to getting them to understand the situation better.

I hope I touched on all of your points. You clearly put a lot of effort into your Ask, but it was a lot, so I may have missed something. Feel free to submit another if I missed anything or you want to follow up or get clarification.

#stranger things #will byers #800 followers

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kurtty-drabbles · 5 years ago

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I feel what you feel au (Part 5)

N/A: I think this won´t be the last one. Ok. It will end in part 6.

@djinmer4 @dannybagpipesarecalling @bamfoftheundead @everykurt

The Shiars are ruthless as all the X-men can testify -who can forget the Pheonix Saga? Certainly not Jean Grey- and yet, no one truly ponders about how the society works and right now Excalibur is getting the answer for a question that was never solicited. Cerise (no last name given or need) is a warrior that needs to prove her true worth by defeating 1000 villains on Earth. Cap Brian and the others didn´t accept such fact at the face value.

It was an unpleasant talk with Courtney Ross, the ever flirty boss of Excalibur -who seems to enjoy to flirt with Kurt and Kitty in equal measure and does not care for soulmate´s etiquettes- which prove Cerise´s story to be true. No ill intention ...for now.

"Are you happy, Kitty?" Courtney asked peering at Kitty´s brown eyes and Kitty frowns at her-bad blood among them even if it is one-sided makes such words be a bit salty- and the blonde woman points at Cerise for a moment then at Kitty´s soulmate mark. "You and Kurt are connected throughout the universe"

Kitty is not one to remain silent in such provocation. "And that never stop you from trying to take me to bed...my age was never a problem to you" she confessed not to take her own words in a positive light, after all, what if Kurt had taken her to bed and ignore her own age?

Courtney grins amused at such words. "And it was never a problem intake Kurt to my bed...but if it makes you feel better, I would like to have slept with you. And before you ask you...Is because I know the woman you´ll become...that´s very attractive" and she concludes with her flirty attitude.

Kitty now can see why Meggan dislikes her so much and wonders if will be in good tone to punch Courtney right here and now. "Punch your boss is never wise...oh, didn´t I tell you? I can see bits of the future" she states twirling her hair. "Also, you and Kurt will be together...you´ll get there. Just have patience and continue to grow as he has to stop being such slut...and that comes from me" she concludes and leads herself back to her multiverse. Zaorva will want to give her a mission.

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Cerise is naive in such aspects of Earth- as she truly thought people on the TV were real and stuck on the small box as she labels it and was ready to break it to set them all free- while in other aspects she seems to understand more or less. Cerise thought Kurt is attractive and makes no attempt in hiding her attraction.

Kurt for his part didn´t seem to notice for Cerise all that much-sure, she´s lovely, yet, Kitty marching ahead and talking with Rachel seems far lovely as her chestnut hair is not tied in any form and is free to bounce by the soft wind and by her movements- and this didn´t deter Cerise in any form.

Cap Brittain and Meggan watch her obvious interest unsure of what will happen next. Brian whispers in her ear kindly. "What you think?" this is a question that engulfs many scenarios and doubts here. Meggan hummed softly and stated. "Things will never be boring here, right Brian?" and he chuckles shaking his head amused.

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Cerise is with Excalibur for almost 2 weeks and picks up some habits but not the entirety of their meanings and when she saw Meggan and Brian kissing after a good mission completed- Meggan and Brian punched the monster until there´s no more monster- Cerise thought this was Kurt was waiting for.

So, Cerise grabs Kurt and gives a kiss-which she did label as mouth contact- and kissed him in front of the others and offer a big smile for the elf who in turn is conflicted. His eyes look up to Kitty and Kurt wonders if he wasn´t in such a situation ...would he have been like been kissed like that?

Self-aware much, Kurt?

And Kurt bamf away leaving a confused Cerise behind and Kitty bitting her lips. She didn´t take her white pill and can feel his conflicted emotions and emotions.

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"Elf, can we talk? I know what are you feeling..." she states as she opens his door-open, not phase and Kurt is thankful for this little act in favor of his privacy-and Kurt is upside down, literally, looking at Kitty as if waiting her final decision about his life.

"I feel what you feel, elf, you don´t want to date Cerise?" she asked knowing the answer and Kurt can be honest (and hate himself for it) as he can confess some things Kitty already knows.

"I´ll never like Karma. You did date Karma...and while we agree on a date other people, I can´t help by wonder if ..." Kurt trails of unsure.

"If I could sit and wait for you? Well, do you want to sit and wait for me?"

"if I date Cerise...if I get the same arrangement you have or had" Kurt is a bit spiteful here even though he has no real ill intention against Karma "will you be jealous?"

"I think so...but, do you want to wait for me or do you want me to sit and wait for you?"

"I don´t know...maybe? Is just...I never had a real relationship, hell Scott and Jean had their strangeness and oddness here and there, I mean, Jean is sort of a God" he jokes weakly "and yet, they are still together and still love each other. I can admit to you...me and Amanda never had this nor I ever felt this for anyone..."

"Wanna know something, elf?" Kitty offers a weak smile. "me neither and this situation is really odd..."

In the end, Kurt made his mind about Cerise and the Shiar is more than happy to be with Kurt-she may not get some Earth costumes but is familiar with friends with benefits- however, Cerise look at Kitty for a moment.

"Are you his wife?" she asked remembering how some humans marry different sizes of humans.

Kitty blushes and shakes her head.

"So...you´re his woman then?"

"I´m his soulmate"

"What this mean? Are you two together?"

"Not yet...I´m still too young"

"But...you´re a warrior. There´s no such thing as a young warrior. So, Kitty is old enough to have her soulmate...whatever this means" and adds something a bit too much Courtney-esque. "Should I sleep with you too?"

Kitty blushes and smiles awkwardly at that.

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How Kitty managed to tangled herself with Shield is all thanks to Cap Britain and her aunt Moira who were asked by Shield if they have someone to lend for a special mission and, in the end, Kitty was pick -she suspects it was a way to take her away from Kurt and Cerise...is awkward to watch and even Cerise seems to agree- and is thanks to this call that allows Kitty to meet Polaris, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver.

To sum up the mission, they are dealing with a phaser (Kitty is shocked too) who is stealing data from Shield and the Avengers and using this information to hunt down mutants and humans of interest.

Kitty created a plan to stop the evil phaser and it was a success- she tells her team and Kurt seems to be the proudest and it makes Kitty offers a real smile at the elf- and once the mission is over she is allowed to meet more of the Shield´s composed and spot Lorna aka Polaris alone.

Now, she´s not too friendly with the Maximoff + Lorna to meddle, but, at the same time, she can´t ignore how lonely Lorna feels right now. "Uhm, hi? any problems?" and Lorna looks up and shakes her head but then stops.

"You know about me and Alex, don´t you?" Kitty only nods as well, who doesn´t know about a man that abandoned his future wife in the altar because...because.

"Well, he was my soulmate...or rather was" and she shows her arm to where her soulmate mark should be "and now my soulmate mark is gone ...Wanda told me is not uncommon and it means the universe is selecting me a new soulmate, but, honestly ...I don´t think I need one"

"Soulmates aren´t always easy as media made out to be"

"True and my sister is married to a robot and is happy with such marriage. On the bright side, my brother is no longer with Inhuman princess" and now she smirks amused "Good, cause Wanda was ready to kill Crystal...she cheated on Pietro in many levels...she tricks him into believing she was his soulmate, gaslight him and cheat on him...piece of advice, don´t mention the name Inhuman near Wanda unless you want to see her truly mad"

"Sisters are here for that. I think"

"Yeah. They still offer to kick Alex´s ass...which I´m not completely against it"

"Nightcrawler is my soulmate" she confessed and Lorna blinks and nods.

"He´s a womanizer, but, look...he´s better than Alex and is a good person ...with flaws like any human, but, he seems to be a good match for you. I think. I mean, he´s still a womanizer and if he tries to do anything like Alex did let me know and we kick his ass"

Kitty laughs amused and nods promising this won´t be necessary.

#I feel what you feel au #kitty pryde #kurtty #kurt wagner #cerise #the maximoff twins #Crystal was the worst and the writing blaming Pietro for everything in that bad relationship is wow #So in my verses Wanda will and should kick Crystal´s ass and Pietro should be far away from her

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steveharrington · 5 years ago

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what are your top 10 fav breaking bad episodes?

10. Bug (4x09)

this episode has TOO many iconic moments. skyler scamming the IRS by pretending to be dumb, gus walking toward the bullets, mike telling walter to shut the fuck up and leave jesse alone, jesse having dinner with gus, and then the Ultimate moment where jesse beats walter the fuck up and pulls the “can you walk? good :) then get the fuck out of my house :)” card GOD the whole episode is like the start of jesse’s realization that he should trust mike and gus more than walter and it feels so good to watch

9. Shotgun (4x05)

after a whole season of watching jesse in a deep depression it’s such a relief to reach this episode. the COMEDY of the start where walter storms into los pollos with a GUN and the music is so intense and hes like WHERES GUS FRING WHERE IS HE WHAT HAS HE DONE WITH JESSE and then on the phone jesse is just like “im fine” like god its literally unbeatable. it’s obviously the beginning of mike and jesse’s relationship, plus on another level the beginning of gus and jesse’s Real relationship because it signals the first time gus begins to trust him. PLUS provided us with the iconic you are not the guy youre not capable of being the guy i had a guy but now i dont you. are not. the guy.

8. Dead Freight (5x05)

i know everyone says dead freight but dude.......it’s such a fantastic episode from start to finish! it’s such a weird combination of like, drama thriller but also sitcom hilarity? because obviously the stakes are really high and you know that if they get caught they’re going to prison like, forever, and also jesse could have straight up got run over by a train but at the same time it’s hilarious? i also love the emphasis on jesse being a problem solver at this point in the show and being able to accomplish things that even walt and mike can’t necessarily do without him. the last 60 seconds..........well we dont have to talk about that

7. Rabid Dog (5x12)

okay originally i wasn’t going to put any 5b eps on here, not because they aren’t amazing but because they aren’t exactly the kind of thing i can put on in the background and rewatch yknow? but rabid dog is so amazing because its FINALLY the point where jesse is done with walter. like it’s the final severance between them and just watching walter’s panic grow throughout the episode as he realizes that it’s going to end with one of them dying but not being able to accept that is just ... fantastic. it summarizes the complexity of their dynamic so succinctly for a single episode

6. Peekaboo (2x06)

obviously a quintessential jesse episode deserves a spot on the list. everyone is always like “this is the episode where i fell in love with jesse!!!!” and like personally i was already in love with him but yeah this episode confirmed it. it’s the first episode in the Jesse Loves Kids saga obviously and it presents the conflict he feels over like, the secondhand guilt he feels over supplying the product that puts the kid in his shitty living situation but also the knowledge that he’s trapped now. when he goes back into the house for the kid and tells him to close his eyes it’s like.......a compromise that jesse holds onto for the rest of the series. he knows he’s doing bad things but he tries to find ways to make them even a little better

5. 4 Days Out (2x09)

bottle episode #1 baby! one of the earliest episodes that is entirely dedicated to walter and jesse’s dynamic and it’s just.....classic brba. cooking in the RV out in the desert baby! jesse being dumb! walter being an asshole! ah wiiiiiiiiiiire! it’s such a good like.....foundation episode. it’s one of those episodes that you rewatch after finishing the series and you’re like “god everything has changed so much” and honestly if someone wanted to watch like One episode of breaking bad to get the gist of the whole show i would probably suggest 4 days out

4. Sunset (3x06)

another literal classic and also the first episode i watched with my mom hehe so it has a special place in my heart. in some ways it’s a very tragic episode because watching the RV get destroyed literally made me cry, but it’s so thrilling and exciting and it sets up the conflict between hank and jesse which is honestly a fav. i honestly don’t even have that much to say about it i just......love this episode it’s so rewatchable. and this is my own private domicile and i will not be harassed bitch!

3. Full Measure (3x13)

remember when Bill Hader was like “you know the end of an episode of TV that makes you gasp and wait all week for the next episode, well breaking bad has those moments constantly throughout the entire 60 minutes” THIS is the kind of episode that applies to! the battle and shifting power between gus and walter is obviously center stage but ultimately it comes down to jesse. the shot in the arcade where jesse is sitting alone and there’s the single red light GOD LETS GET INTO BREAKING BAD COLOR THEORY BABY! the episode is just so ..... dramatic and intense but artful and careful and ultimately it contains arguably the biggest moment for jesse’s character arc in the whole series

2. ABQ (2x13)

okay not to be a demon but i love this episode endlessly. i wish i could just combine it with Pheonix but i cant so ultimately i choose this one (despite it not having the water on mars conversation) it’s clearly like one of the saddest in the entire series especially for jesse but it’s so good. the introduction of mike automatically makes it memorable but the scene of jesse and walter in the crack den is burned forever into my memory its just so.....haunting. and in this episode i can FEEL myself being manipulated by walter. like i JUST watched him let jane die and i still catch myself watching ABQ and going “aw he’s talking jesse down.....he’s holding him........he’s taking him to rehab........” and that’s exactly what walter DOES to people and to catch him doing it to YOU is insane

1. Fly (3x10)

taylor u literally knew this was coming sdkfjsdfkj yeah i think this is the greatest episode in the whole show ok! ozymandias whom! yeah it’s another bottle episode but i think it’s better than 4 days out in accomplishing the ultimate goal of a bottle episode which, to me, is putting the characters together in isolation for so long that eventually their boundaries fall down. i mean obviously the concussion and drugs are part of the reason that walter starts getting so open with jesse, but the fact that they’re enclosed in the lab until walter can accomplish a meaningless goal that’s borne from paranoia just makes the conversations they have that much more meaningful. i know a lot of people don’t like this episode because its “boring” but to me, when i watch tv shows, i ACHE for even one of the single moments that this entire episode is comprised of. the fact that vince was like “okay and now let’s dedicate an entire episode to this lingering guilt that walter feels over killing jesse’s girlfriend an entire season ago and that’s the whole thing” is so bold but also so admirable because he’s truly giving something so huge (jane’s death) the attention it deserves where most shows would just sort of drop it to make room for more plot. im literally rambling but it’s just a perfect balance of what we know, what walter knows, and what jesse knows which are all conflicting and battling. “it’s not coming down, it’s staying up there forever” like ARE YOU KIDDING ME

#hehehehehe thank u taylor #breaking bad #dalecooperscoffee #answered

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thecomicsnexus · 5 years ago

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TOP 10 INK AND COLOR ARTISTS OF 2019′S REVIEWS

This year I felt the need to also do this list. Why? Well, when I was going through the most prominent artists with a 10 score, I noticed that some names were in almost all of them, but they weren’t the main artists. These artists are mostly inkers and colorists, and they are industry professionals, that usually worked for the publisher directly. This is the main reason they were involved in most of the art teams. Some of these were working for hire though. But you will also notice that unlike the writers and pencillers lists, this one is a lot more diverse.

NUMBER TEN JOHN HIGGINS (1949 - PRESENT)

John Higgins (born 1949) is an English comic book artist and writer. He did significant work for 2000 AD, and he has frequently worked with writer Alan Moore, most notably as colorist for Watchmen.

John Higgins was born in Walton, Liverpool. After leaving school when he was 15, he joined the army and, on leaving, spent some time in a commune in Wiltshire. He returned to Liverpool and, in 1971, resumed his studies at Wallasey College of Art. There, in 1974 he qualified in technical illustration, which allowed him to get a job as a medical illustrator at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

After getting his first comic book art published in Brainstorm in 1975, he drew the cover for 2000 AD No. 43 in 1977 and decided to go freelance in 1978, with an eye on becoming a comic artist. In 1981 he started getting regular work at 2000 AD, one of his early projects being the art for a Tharg's Future Shocks by Alan Moore, as well as doing covers for Marvel UK.

After this he worked steadily at 2000 AD and joined the British Invasion in the mid-eighties—notably doing the colouring on Moore's Watchmen and Batman: The Killing Joke, a job he got through colouring Steve Dillon's art on Moore's ABC Warriors story. This led to more work in the American market, although he has kept working on British titles too especially with Judge Dredd over 20 years.

He provided the art for Greysuit with Pat Mills, as well as working with Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti on The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning and Jonah Hex No. 28.

Higgins is also a writer. He wrote and drew his first Future Shock at 2000 AD and did the same for Razorjack, a comic book mini-series from Com.x, which was reprinted in 2009.

Higgins has worked in a number of different areas providing artwork for animation, film and book covers like The Cabinet of Light and The Morgaine Stories. In 2012, Higgins worked on the Before Watchmen project, drawing the serialised feature "Curse of the Crimson Corsair" which was initially written by Len Wein. Higgins later became the writer of the feature as well.

In 2016 he provided the art for six stamps commemorating the Great Fire of London, illustrating them in the style of a comic strip.

In 2017 a collection of his artwork was exhibited at the Victoria Gallery & Museum in Liverpool, in an exhibition called Beyond Dredd & Watchmen: The Art of John Higgins.

Higgins made it into the list thanks to his work on “Batman: The Killing Joke” and “Watchmen”.

NUMBER NINE ROMEO TANGHAL (1943 - PRESENT)

Romeo Tanghal (born 1943) is a Filipino comics artist who has worked primarily as an inker. He became well known in the industry in the 1980s for his work on DC Comics' The New Teen Titans.

Romeo Tanghal was born and raised in the Philippines. A self–taught artist, he started doing comics illustrations after graduating high school. He briefly worked with various local publications before emigrating to the United States in 1976. His first published work in the U.S. was "If There Were No Batman... I Would Have to Invent Him" in Batman #284 (Feb. 1977) for DC Comics. He then drew short stories for House of Mystery, House of Secrets, and Weird War Tales. He later became the inker on such features as Super Friends, "Scalphunter" in Weird Western Tales, and "Gravedigger" in Men of War. In 1980, Tanghal became the inker of George Pérez's penciled artwork on The New Teen Titans. Tanghal drew two origin stories for DC's digest line during this time, a ten-page short story in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 (Nov.–Dec. 1980) featuring Zatara and Zatanna and the origin of the Penguin in The Best of DC #10 (March 1981). Tanghal began working for Marvel Comics as well in 1986. He inked the comics adaptations of such films as Labyrinth, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and Willow. Tanghal did character design and storyboards for Sunbow Entertainment from 1985 to 1987.

Tanghal received an Inkpot Award in 2013.

I usually think of Romeo when I think about the team of Wolfman and Pérez. Their work on New Teen Titans is the main reason he made it into this list.

NUMBER EIGHT LYNN VARLEY (1958 - PRESENT)

Lynn Varley is an award-winning American comic book colorist, notable for her collaborations with her then-husband, comic book writer/artist Frank Miller.

Varley grew up in Livonia, Michigan. Moving to New York City, she found work at Neal Adams' Continuity Associates. She debuted as a comic book colorist on Batman Annual # 8 (1982), written by Mike W. Barr and penciled by her then partner Trevor Von Eeden. Around the same time, she became professionally involved with Upstart Associates, a shared studio space on West 29th Street formed by Walter Simonson, Howard Chaykin, Val Mayerik, and Jim Starlin. Varley colored the first two issues of Chaykin's American Flagg! Frank Miller later became part of Upstart.

Varley provided the coloring for Miller's Ronin (1984), an experimental six-issue series from DC Comics that proved that comics in unusual formats could be commercially successful; and The Dark Knight Returns (1986), a four issue mini-series that went on to become an outstanding commercial and critical success. Miller also noted that Varley helped create the futuristic slang that Carrie Kelley and other characters use.

Subsequently, Varley colored other Miller books, including The Dark Knight Strikes Again, 300, Elektra Lives Again, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (with Geoff Darrow), as well as a number of covers for the U.S. editions of the Lone Wolf and Cub series. She also colored the backgrounds for the 300 movie (2007), produced by Miller.

Varley has only worked sporadically in the comics industry since 2005.

Varley and Miller were married from 1986 to 2005. They moved from New York City to Los Angeles in the late 1980s and moved back to New York shortly before the September 11 attacks.

Because of her collaborations with Miller, Lynn made it into this list thanks to her work on “Ronin”, “The Dark Knight Returns” and “Wolverine”.

NUMBER SEVEN GLYNIS “WEIN” OLIVER (1949 - PRESENT)

Glynis Oliver, also credited as Glynis Wein is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. For several years, she was married to Len Wein. She returned to her maiden name in 1985. She was born in England.

She has been recognized for her work in the industry with a Shazam Award for Best Colorist in 1973.

Glynis has an extensive career in comics, but the reason she made it into this list was her work on “Uncanny X-Men”, more specifically “the Dark Pheonix Saga” and the “Wolverine” mini-series.

NUMBER SIX BRAD ANDERSON

Not to mistake with the creator of Marmaduke.

Brad Anderson is a cartoonist and comic book colourist. He began his career in 1998 working for DC Comics in 1998 on the title Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. Ever since he has worked on countless comics for different publishers including Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics

Most recently, he has been working on titles like Batman Eternal, Green Lantern, Justice League and Convergence.

Little is known about Brad’s life (odd considering the popularity of the material he is part of). He made it into this list thanks to his work on the “Witching Hour” crossover and also on the Shazam Origin that run on the Justice League book.

NUMBER FIVE ANTHONY TOLLIN (1952 - PRESENT)

Anthony Tollin is a professional comic book colourist. Tollin started working for DC Comics in the early 70s as an assistant to Tatjana Wood in the coloring department. In the early 80s, he became the main colourist for DC, doing almost all of the covers of the publications of the company at the time. Tollin worked for DC until the early 90s, when he started working for other publishers.

He is in this list thanks to his work on “Vigilante”, “Ambush Bug” and “Crisis on Infinite Earths”.

NUMBER FOUR ADRIENNE ROY (1953 - 2010)

Adrienne Roy (June 28, 1953 – December 14, 2010) was a comic book color artist who worked mostly for DC Comics. She was largely responsible for coloring the Batman line (Batman and Detective Comics) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

Roy attended an art school in Wayne, New Jersey, where she studied painting techniques. Her first contact with comics was through collecting Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula, The Sub-Mariner and Conan the Barbarian. Roy's first work as a comics colorist was assisting her husband Anthony Tollin, who worked for DC Comics at the times. But it was long-time colorist Jack Adler who would give her the first job at DC: the cover of DC Special Series #8 (featuring the Batman, Deadman and Sgt. Rock team-up). Adler and Sol Harrison (who was also a colorist) were considered by Roy herself as her mentors and both trained her on coloring during her first years at DC.

Roy was also responsible for the coloring on many other titles during that time period: The New Teen Titans, The Warlord, Weird War Tales and Madame Xanadu. Nevertheless, she is predominantly known for her work on the Batman books: Batman, Detective Comics, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Batman: Gotham Knights, and Robin.

When computerized colors arrived to comics, the assignments to classic colorists decreased a lot. By 2000 Roy was largely out of work, despite training herself on the computer. Roy spent her last days battling cancer and died in Austin, Texas, at age 57 on December 14, 2010.

Adrienne Roy illustrated most of the comics of my childhood, and her “fuchsia” skies are pretty much her trademark on many Batman comics. She made it into this list thanks to her work on “New Teen Titans”, “Batman and the Outsiders”, Tales of the Teen Titans”, “The Judas Contract”, “Batman” and “Detective Comics”.

NUMBER THREE TERRY AUSTIN (1952 - PRESENT)

Terry Kevin Austin (born August 23, 1952) is an American comics artist, working primarily as an inker. He is best known for his work embellishing John Byrne's pencils on Uncanny X-Men from 1977 to 1981.

Austin grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Wayne State University. He started inking comics as an assistant to Dick Giordano and Neal Adams, doing "Crusty Bunker" work for Adams' Continuity Associates. Austin came to prominence in 1976–1977, inking Marshall Rogers' pencils on a celebrated run of Batman stories for DC Comics' Detective Comics collaborating with writer Steve Englehart. During this same period, Austin inked Michael Netzer (Nasser) on DC's Martian Manhunter in Adventure Comics and Green Arrow/Black Canary in World's Finest Comics, as well as Al Milgrom on Marvel Comics' Captain Marvel. He later teamed with Rogers again on Marvel's Doctor Strange.

In 1977, Austin and penciler John Byrne became the new art team on Uncanny X-Men. With writer Chris Claremont they produced a series of stories — particularly "The Dark Phoenix Saga" — which elevated the title into the top-selling American comic book.

Austin resides near Poughkeepsie, New York, where he plays volleyball and gets together often with fellow comics veteran Fred Hembeck.

Terry is a very popular inker that has almost no presence online (only through Fred Hembeck). He made it into this list mostly for his work on “Camelot 3000″ and “Uncanny X-Men”, most specifically, “The Dark Phoenix” saga.

NUMBER TWO DICK GIORDANO (1932 - 2010)

Richard Joseph "Dick" Giordano (July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics.

Dick Giordano, an only child, was born in New York City on July 20, 1932, in the borough of Manhattan to Josephine Labruzzi and Graziano "Jack" Giordano. He attended the School of Industrial Art.

Beginning as a freelance artist at Charlton Comics in 1952, Giordano contributed artwork to dozens of the company's comics, including such Western titles as Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid, and Wyatt Earp, the war comic Fightin' Army, and scores of covers.

Giordano's artwork from Charlton's Strange Suspense Stories was used as inspiration for artist Roy Lichtenstein's 1965/1966 Brushstroke series, including Brushstroke, Big Painting No. 6, Little Big Painting and Yellow and Green Brushstrokes.

By the mid-1960s a Charlton veteran, Giordano rose to executive editor, succeeding Pat Masulli, by 1965. As an editor, he made his first mark in the industry, overseeing Charlton's revamping of its few existing superheroes and having his artists and writers create new such characters for what he called the company's "Action Hero" line. Many of these artists included new talent Giordano brought on board, including Jim Aparo, Dennis O'Neil, and Steve Skeates.

DC Comics vice president Irwin Donenfeld hired Giordano as an editor in April 1968, at the suggestion of Steve Ditko, with Giordano bringing over to DC some of the creators he had nurtured at Charlton. Giordano was given several titles such as Teen Titans, Aquaman and Young Love, but none of DC's major series. He launched the horror comics series The Witching Hour in March 1969, and the Western series All-Star Western vol. 2 in September 1970.

He continued to freelance for DC as a penciler and inker. As an artist, Giordano was best known as an inker. His inking was particularly associated with the pencils of Neal Adams, for their run in the early 1970s on the titles Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow. Comics historian Les Daniels observed that "The influential Adams style moved comics closer to illustration than cartooning, and he brought a menacing mood to Batman's adventures that was augmented by Dick Giordano's dark, brooding inks."

By 1971, frustrated by what he felt was a lack of editorial opportunities, Giordano had left DC to partner with fellow artist Neal Adams for their Continuity Associates studios, which served as an art packager for comic book publishers, including such companies as Giordano's former employer Charlton Comics, Marvel Comics, and the one-shot Big Apple Comix. Several comics artists began their careers at Continuity and many were mentored by Giordano during their time there.

He had a brief run as penciler of the Wonder Woman series which included a two-issue story in issues #202–203 (October and December 1972) written by science-fiction author Samuel R. Delany. Giordano drew several backup stories in Action Comics featuring the Human Target character as well as the martial arts feature "Sons of the Tiger" in Marvel's black-and-white comics magazine The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu. He was a frequent artist on Batman and Detective Comics and he and writer Denny O'Neil created the Batman supporting character Leslie Thompkins in the story "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley" in Detective Comics #457 (March 1976). Giordano inked the large-format, first DC/Marvel intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man (1976), over the pencils of Ross Andru. Giordano inked Adams on the one-shot Superman vs. Muhammad Ali in 1978. Throughout the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Ross Andru and Giordano were DC's primary cover artists, providing cover artwork for the Superman titles as well as covers for many of the other comics in the DC line at that time.

In 1980, DC publisher Jenette Kahn brought Giordano back to DC. Initially the editor of the Batman titles, Giordano was named the company's new managing editor in 1981, and promoted to vice president/executive editor in 1983, a position he held until 1993. DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz observed in 2010 that "Giordano held the respect of talent as one of their own, and kept their affection with his reassuring calm and warmth."

Giordano provided art for several anniversary issues of key DC titles. He and television writer Alan Brennert crafted the story "To Kill a Legend" in Detective Comics #500 (March 1981). Giordano was one of the artists on the double-sized Justice League of America #200 (March 1982) as well as Wonder Woman #300 (Feb. 1983) He was promoted to Vice-President/Executive Editor in 1984, and with Kahn and Levitz, oversaw the relaunch of all of DC's major characters with the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series in 1985. This was followed by Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen in 1986. Giordano inked several major projects during this time such as George Pérez's pencils on Crisis on Infinite Earths and John Byrne's pencils on The Man of Steel and Action Comics, though during this period he always employed assistants for inking backgrounds, filling in large black areas, and making final erasures.

From 1983 to 1987, Giordano wrote a monthly column published in DC titles called "Meanwhile..." which much like Marvel's "Bullpen Bulletins" featured news and information about the company and its creators. Unlike "Bullpen Bulletins," which was characterized by an ironic, over-hyped tone, Giordano's columns ". . . were written in a relatively sober, absolutely friendly voice, like a friend of your father's you particularly liked and didn't mind sitting down to listen to." Giordano closed each "Meanwhile..." column with the characteristic words, "Thank you and good afternoon."

The Vertigo imprint was launched in early 1993 built upon the success several titles edited by Karen Berger including Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Sandman, Doom Patrol, Animal Man, and Shade, the Changing Man. Giordano inked six issues of The Sandman in 1991-1993.

Beginning in 1987, Giordano was in the middle of an industry-wide debate about the comics industry, ratings systems, and creators' rights. Veteran writers Mike Friedrich, Steven Grant, and Roger Slifer all cited Giordano in particular for his hard-line stance on behalf of DC. This debate led in part to the 1988 drafting of the Creator's Bill of Rights.

Giordano left DC in 1993, and still did the occasional inking job, but later returned to freelancing full-time. In 1994 Giordano illustrated a graphic novel adaptation of the novel Modesty Blaise released by DC Comics, with creator/writer Peter O'Donnell. He was one of the many artists who contributed to the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married Lois Lane.

In 2002, Giordano launched the short-lived Future Comics with writer David Michelinie and artist Bob Layton. Since 2002, Giordano had drawn several issues of The Phantom published in Europe and Australia. In 2004, Giordano and writer Roy Thomas completed an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. They had begun the project in 1974 but the cancellation of many of Marvel's black and white magazines put it into limbo. The finished story was collected into a hardcover edition in 2005 and a colorized hardcover edition in 2010. In 2005, F+W Publications Inc. published the instructional art book Drawing Comics with Dick Giordano, which he wrote and illustrated. His last mainstream work appeared in Jonah Hex vol. 2, #51 (March 2010) for which he drew the interior art and the cover. His last comics work was pencilling and editing Baron Five, published by Hound Comics.

Giordano married the former Marie Trapani, sister of fellow comics artist Sal Trapani, on April 17, 1955. She died from complications of her second stomach cancer surgery in February 1993. They had three children together; Lisa, Dawn, and Richard Jr. Marie's death, combined with Giordano's increasing hearing loss, hastened his decision to retire from DC. Following the death of his wife, Giordano split time between homes in Florida and Connecticut. In 1995, he moved to Palm Coast, Florida, where he continued to work full-time freelancing, until his death. Giordano had suffered from lymphoma and later from leukemia, secondary to the chemotherapy. He died on March 27, 2010 due to complications of pneumonia.

Giordano served as mentor or inspiration to a generation of inkers, including Terry Austin, Mike DeCarlo, and Bob Layton.

Shortly after Giordano's death in 2010, The Hero Initiative created "The Dick Giordano Humanitarian of the Year Award", which debuted at the 2010 Harvey Awards ceremony held at the Baltimore Comic-Con. The award recognizes one person in comics each year who demonstrates particular generosity and integrity in support of the overall comic book community.

Giordano received recognition in the industry for his work, including the Alley Award for Best Editor in 1969. He won the Shazam Award for Best Inker (Dramatic Division) in 1970 (for Green Lantern), 1971, 1973 (for Justice League of America), and 1974. He won the 1971 Goethe Award for "Favorite Pro Editor." Giordano received an Inkpot Award in 1981. In 2009 he was awarded the Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame Award.

My favorite anecdote of Dick Giordano, is from Karen Berger (from the book “The British Invasion: Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison”) about Grant Morrison’s thick Glaswegian accent.

“When I first met Grant, I was with Dick Giordano and Jenette Khan. I had set up appointments pretty much every hour with different writers and artists in this suite that we had rented to meet people, and Grant was the last person we saw on one of the days. And Dick Giordano was very hard of hearing... he wore two hearing aids and when Grant came in, Grant started talking and [Giordano] just took off his hearing aids and left the room. He couldn’t even read his lips.”

Dick Giordano is a legend, but he is in this list because of his work on “Camelot 3000″, “Tales of the Teen Titans”, “Vigilante” and “Crisis on Infinite Earths”.

NUMBER ONE TATJANA WOOD (1926 - PRESENT)

Tatjana Wood (née Tatjana Weintraub, in Darmstadt, Germany) is an American artist and comic book colorist.

Tatjana's father was Jewish, and her mother was Christian. During World War II, she and her brother, Karl Joachim Weintraub, were sent to an international Quaker boarding school in the Netherlands. Gaining Dutch citizenship was not easy, so after World War II, the Quakers arranged for the two to travel to New York City in 1947. Karl went on to the University of Chicago, while Tatjana stayed in New York, attending the Traphagen School of Fashion. In 1949, she met Wally Wood, and they married August 28, 1950.

During the 1950s and 1960s, she sometimes made uncredited contributions to Wood's artwork. One of the stories she worked on was "Carl Akeley" in EC Comics' Two-Fisted Tales #41 (February–March 1955). She did a number of animal drawings for that story.

Later, beginning in 1969, she did extensive work for DC Comics as a comic book colorist. She was the main colorist for DC's covers from 1973 through the mid-1980s. Wood did coloring work on the interiors of comics as well, including Grant Morrison's acclaimed run on Animal Man, Alan Moore's issues of Swamp Thing, and Camelot 3000. She won the Shazam Award for Best Colorist in 1971 and 1974. Tatjana has had no significant credits in the comics industry since 2003.

She is also a skilled dressmaker and weaver, who has crafted theatrical costumes and pictorial loom tapestries.

Tatjana's brother Karl died March 25, 2004. He was a distinguished scholar at the University of Chicago and the author of two books, Visions of Culture: Voltaire-Guizot-Burckhardt-Lamprecht-Huizinga-Ortega y Gassett (1966) and The Value of the Individual: Self and Circumstance in Autobiography (1978).

Tatjana Wood has been mostly uncredited for most of her career. It is only thanks to interviews and reprints that we know of her work on many essential books, like the original Swamp Thing volume.

She made it into this list because of her work on “Swamp Thing” and “Camelot 3000″.

There were more artists that didn’t make it to the top 10, but were considered: Bob Oksner, Bruce D. Patterson, Tom Ziuko, Tom McCraw, Alfredo Alcala, Mike DeCarlo, Joe Rubinstein, Klaus Janson, Malcolm Jones III, Norm Breyfogle (for both lists) and Steve Oliff.

Being an inker or a colorist in comics can be an ungrateful job. But they mean a lot to certain artists. It is not the same to be inked by Romeo Tanghal or by Mike Royer. And because most of these artists had permanent contracts with their publishers, they ended up growing up in the industry. To all of them, thanks for the comics!

#2019 #artists #inker #colorist #comics #review #tatjana wood #dick giordano #terry austin #adrienne roy #anthony tollin #brad anderson #glynis wein #glynis oliver #lynn varley #romeo tanghal #john higgins

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justdealingwithsomeissues · 6 years ago

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Hey just wanted to say I love your rant about FF 262. My only experience with Byrne is his She Hulk run which I do really like and his stuff with Claremont but wow to know he wrote stuff like this is just horrible. Like there are in ways you can take this type of story (you mentioned Jean Grey which is great example but even something like Superman Hunter Prey did an okay version of it). Even in the actual story he presents halfgood points and doesn't use them. Is this the worst thing he wrote?

I’m kinda glad you asked this because in the time I wrote the post, and it made its way through my queue to finally come out, I actually looked a lot more into the whole situation and it is more interesting than I thought.

I should start this off with two things. 1) Upon looking it up, it seems like Byrne is a pretty universally disliked dude by almost all of his coworkers, as well as a lot of fans who have met him, and 2) I myself don’t -hate- Byrne. I just think he has a big head.

So it is apt that you bring up the Jean Grey Phoenix thing because it actually was the catalyst for this whole storyline. When Claremont and Byrne were working together on the Dark Phoenix storyline, it was actually Byrne’s idea to have her destroy a star and wipe out an inhabited planet. The pair went along with it, and then shortly after the book went to print, their EiC Shooter came down and said “no, she killed a planet, genocide is a no-no, she needs to be punished for this” and that is why we got the ending to the Dark Pheonix Saga that we got.

A few Years down the road, we have the pair split up and Byrne takes over the FF as well as a few other books (the Thing and Alpha Flight to name a few.) That leads us to the story where Reed somehow talks the entirety of the Avengers into saving Galactus’ life so that he can go on to wipe out the Skrull Homeworld. Claremont, rightfully I might add, saw this and was flabbergasted. His character killed one world and they made him kill her off, but Reed creates the catalyst that will lead to the destruction of countless worlds, and he gets off without a slap on the wrist.

This leads us to the scene we saw where Lilandra makes a visit to the FF’s house where she basically calls them traitors to all life in the universe. What is important about this is, Claremont did NOT ask for permission before he added a scene with the FF, which was kinda required to use any characters from someone else's books in your own stories at the time (and I assume this still is true today.) So John FLIPS. How DARE Chris us HIS characters in an X-Book without his permission, let alone calling said characters out for their shitty behavior?

So John goes to Shooter out for blood, but Shooter’s response? “Man chill, just write a rebuttal in your own comic.” Thus we got this book. Also as one little aside, in a snarky come back to John’s tirade over this book, Claremont wrote X-Men 178 where he has Kitty Pryde literally punk the entirety of the FF’s security systems, all by herself. And because none of the FF actually show up in the book? Totally on the level, the Baxter building and it’s traps are not considered characters.

As for the other parts of your question, I will say that I can only comment on books I’ve read (I'm only up to the start of Secret Wars 2 in 1986) but Byrne seems to mostly be hit or miss, with more hits than misses. Sure he makes some weird choices (Johnny’s engagement to Alicia “Totally not a Skrull” Masters, having Frankie Ray fall in love with Galactus, having the literal first year of Alpha Flight books have almost nothing to do with the team as a whole and instead just follow around most of the members while they are off doing their own things) but even with those he still pops out some good books (Everything after said year of Alpha Flight filler, his more She-Hulk centric FF books, the start of the Thing solo book.)

As for your last question there, I’d say it is easily the worst thing I’ve read of his so far, but the “Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger” arc is a close second... though he didn’t do all of that I don’t think... but it was mostly his idea. The space ranger arc isn’t bad cause of it being tone deaf though, it is just super bad boring writing with a shit “twist” ending that says “hey... you just read a years worth of these comics and none a single bit of it mattered... gotcha!”

#falcondave #Marvel #John Byrne #Chris Claremont

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stairset · 7 years ago

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Since the series finale is coming up I wanna talk about all my absolute favorite Rebels episodes, in the order they aired bc ranking them would be so hard and I'm lazy, and why I love them because I feel like I owe it to a show that's been a huge part of my life for the last few years and was one of the things that got me through the nightmare that is the teenage years.

Rise of the Old Masters: I think every good show has that one great episode early on that just tells you "this is gonna be a good show, we have a plan" and gets you hooked, and I believe this was that episode for Rebels. Spark of Rebellion was a solid start, Droids in Distress and Fighter Flight were slower episodes to help you get to know the characters a bit more, and then this episode is, for lack of a better term, when shit started getting real. Ezra and Kanan's relationship starts developing, the Grand Inquisitor is introduced in person and makes a great first impression, we get some of our first major Clone Wars connections, etc. It also uses Yoda's famous "do or do not" line to deliver a nice message. "I'm not gonna TRY to teach you anymore. If all I do is try, that means I don't truly believe I can succeed, so from now on, I WILL teach you".

Path of the Jedi: Once again, Kanan and Ezra both have a lot of development here, both as a team and as individuals. The crazy visions that Ezra experiences were some of the darkest and most intense things in the show at the time, and Frank Oz guest appearing as Yoda's voice and Ezra finally constructing his own lightsaber are both great crowd pleasing moments. It also happens to be the first appearance of the world between worlds, though neither Ezra or the audience realized it at the time, which just goes to show how far back the writers planned everything out.

Call To Action: Tarkin makes his debut and calls out our other villains on their relative incompetence throughout the season, even going so far as to, erm, make an example of two of them, and succeeds where they have failed, even capturing Kanan in the process. Despite the cliffhanger, it's a bittersweet ending as the crew does succeed in their mission to deliver a message of hope to Lothal and the surrounding systems. This is where the stakes start to raise, and it shows.

Fire Across the Galaxy: Ending the first season with a bang, the crew rescues Kanan on Tarkin's star destroyer above Mustafar, the stolen TIE from Fighter Flight actually ends up being relevant, the Grand Inquisitor is sent off in the perfect way, the crew joins with Pheonix Squadron, giving us our earliest look at the growing rebellion, and of course the moment everyone remembers, the reintroduction to Ahsoka Tano, and her former master not long after. It was the perfect way to end the first season while getting everyone hyped for the next.

The Siege of Lothal: Everyone was absolutely hyped for the season 2 premiere and it did not disappoint. While many worried that Vader would be toned down for the show, he proved to be as threatening as ever, outsmarting our heroes time and again, kicking Kanan and Ezra's asses, and putting his pilot skills to use by taking on the entirety of Pheonix Squadron himself. And of course there's the unforgettable scene where he and Ahsoka sense each other and James Earl Jones delivers the iconic, bone chilling line "the apprentice lives".

Stealth Strike: This episode was just fun, plain and simple. Kanan and Rex's bickering, Ezra's interactions with Sato, it was all hilarious and entertaining. It was sweet seeing Kanan and Rex finally start getting along, and it also happens to be one of the few times Commander Sato played a major role in an episode. Despite Sato's fairly minor role in the show I always liked him, so seeing him in the action with the lead characters was nice.

The Future of the Force: The Inquisitors are after force sensitive children to ensure that they don't grow up to become Jedi, and it's up to Ezra, Kanan, Zeb and Ahsoka to stop them. Kanan, Ezra and Zeb having to get out of the apartment building with the Inquisitors hot on their trail was intense and lead to an entertaining chase through town, and it all culminated in the elic fight between Ahsoka and the Inquisitors where we see her brandish her white lightsabers for the first time. The episode also serves as a bit of a continuation of the Clone Wars season 2 premiere, in which Sidious hires Cad Bane to help carry out a very similar plot.

Legacy: The episode starts off intense with the Empire attacking the Rebels at their current location after Ezra accidentally gave it away in the previous episode, while the rest is much slower, as Ezra follows a trail of force breadcrumbs to Ryder Azadi, from whom he finally learns the tragic fate of his parents. I think I speak for a lot of people when I expected him to reunite with them, so the revelation of their deaths was a bit of a shocker, and Ezra's reaction, his vison of being with them on a better Lothal, and Kanan's statement that they'll live on in him were all beautifully tearjerking.

Shroud of Darkness: Even though this episode basically exists for the purpose of setting up the season finale, it still stands on its own as a fan favorite, and rightfully so. Our Jedi Trio of Ezra, Kanan and Ahsoka see lots of cool, trippy visions in the Lothal temple, including the Grand Inquisitor and the revelation of his backstory, the return of Frank Oz as Yoda (this time face to face), and of course Ahsoka getting confirmation that Vader really is her old master, with Matt Lanter reprising his role. The episode also has a number of iconic shots, including the temple guard avatars surrounding the Inquisitors, Ahsoka seeing Yoda in an homage to The Last Crusade, and Vader entering the Lothal temple at the end to meet with his Inquisitors in person.

Thhe Mystery of Chopper Base: A rather straight forward adventure, featuring the crew having to rescue Rex from some creepy ass spider creatures. Like Stealth Strike, this episode is simply fun. It's got so many great interactions between our main crew. But there's also a lingering feeling of dread throughout because, because you know there gonna be separated soon and that something's gonna go wrong because, well, it's Star Wars. It leads into the season finale perfectly.

Twilight of the Apprentice: We all remember this one. We all remember our exact reactions to everything in it. Maul is introduced, Ezra starts being tempted by the dark side, the Inquisitors are all killed off, Kanan is blided, and of course Ahsoka and Vader have their climactic duel that was built up for the whole season and did not disappoint, and the last minute or so simply showing the aftermath of everything that happened as “It’s All Over” plays is so effective with absolutely no dialogue. Not only that, but, and I’ve said this before, this episode is also the point where all the big parts of the timeline directly come together. In this episode, Rebels, Clone Wars, the prequels, the originals and even the sequels are all directly connected in a way that they never were before, and it’s not until a later episode that they’re all connected on that same level again. This episode, and subsequently the whole show, is the fulcrum of the Star Wars saga.

The Holocrons of Fate: Maul makes his return and has his sights set on both the Sith holocron from Malachor and Kanan’s Jedi holocron so that he can combine their power to learn any knowledge he desires. This leads to our mind-blowing climax in which Maul learns through the light of the holocrons that Obi-wan is still alive and sets off to find him, while Ezra sees a vision of twin suns, also pointing to Obi-wan, albeit in a less direct way. While the whole episode is entertaining the ending is truly what sets its place as one of the best simply because of the epic factor.

The Last Battle: This episode is simply a half hour of pure unadultered Clone Wars nostalgia and I loved every goddamn second of it. Everything from the battle of Christophsis soundtrack to the return of the droid humor from tcw to General Kalani from the Onderon arc being there to the heroes having to team up with the droids thanks to Ezra being the voice of reason and making them realize they were all just pawns for Palpatine and he is their true enemy, and the yellow Clone Wars style title card at the end with the Clone Wars theme playing during the credits, it’s just a giant love letter to the entire Clone Wars fanbase, a thank you for helping the crew get where they are today. It shows how much they truly appreciate their fans, which shouldn’t be a rare thing with content creators but it is.

An Inside Man: I have a sorta complicated relationship with Agent Kallus, who I guess isn’t an agent anymore but that’s beside the point. I don’t like him that much as I feel his redemption arc could’ve been handled much better and he could’ve done more to earn it, which I’ve talked about before. Yet despite this, I love not only this episode but another Kallus centered episode later on that I’ll get to. This whole episode is intense and excited. Mister Sumar, a minor character from season 1, is reintroduced only to be brutally killed by Thrawn, seeting the stakes for the episode, and establishing Thrawn as an effective villain. While Thrawn’s episodes before this one were more about him simply studying the heroes from behind the scenes, this is the point where he starts taking direct action against the heroes, and does it damn well. He figures out all their tricks that all the Imperials before him overlooked, and Kanan and Ezra only barely get out.

Visions and Voices: Maul returns once again to finish his mind connection with Ezra, leading to the return to Dathomir where the ghosts of the Nightsisters serve as the Guest Appearance Of The Week and posess Kanan and Sabine in rather creepy ways, Ezra also discovers Obi-wan is alive while Maul finds out where he’s hiding, and of course Sabine gets her hands on the darksaber. Like Shroud of Darkness this episode exists just to set up a climactic fight in a later episode, but still stands on it’s own.

Trials of the Darksaber/Legacy of Mandalore: I put these together because they’re basically a two-parter and because I love them for largely the same reasons. These were the first Sabine episodes where she finally got some real, major development as a character. Previous Sabine centered episode seemed to all follow the pattern of “have some dialogue hinting at her backstory that we give away in the sneak peeks then no other answers” and it was frustrating because beyond that those episodes were solid episode, but the way they kept promoting them to be bigger than they were did effect my enjoyment of them at the time. These episode finally resolve that problem and give us payoff to all those hints, and boy was that payoff satisfying. We get the backstory of the darksaber, Sabine training, we’re finally introduced to her family, and the final battle between Sabine and Gar Saxon is simply epic.

Through Imperial Eyes: This is the other Kallus episode that I love despite my “meh” opinion of the character. The banter between Kallus and Ezra is very entertaining to watch, Kallus’s plan for framing Liste as the traitor to keep his cover is very clever, though obviously not clever enough to fool Thrawn, who once again proves to be a great villain and shows that he can hold his own in a physical fight, and of course Yularen appearing was cool.

Twin Suns: The long awaited final showdown between Obi-wan and Maul, who actually finally dies for good, like is really, seriously, legit, for real, in actuality, finally permanently dead, deceased, lifeless, killed, devoid of life, sleeping with the fishes, an ex-person. At first I was in the crowd of people who were like “what the fuck” at how quick he went out, but in analysis I wouldn’t have it any other way. It shows how much Obi-wan has wisened over the years whereas Maul never learned, never changed, and tried the same thing he did on Qui-Gon, and it proved to be his final downfall. The way Obi-wan holds Maul’s body in his arms the same way he did with both Qui-Gon and Satine so many years before, and shows sadness and pity that it couldn’t have turned out differently is absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking. The cartoons made Maul such an interesting character, and cemented him as one of my favorite villains, and I couldn’t ask for a better conclusion to this decades old rivalry.

Zero Hour: While not as mind blowing as the previous season’s finale, Zero Hour is still and intense and action packed way to conclude the season. We see the end of Pheonix Squadron and the beginnings of then true Rebel Alliance, Sato gets an epic and heroic send off, the fight in space with Ezra and the Mandos is epic, the Bendu gives us a glimpse of his true power, and Thrawn is as great a villain as ever. The whole thing is simply epic.

In The Name of the Rebellion: We finally saw the Rebel Alliance on Yavin 4 in all its glory, Saw makes a return and, as I said when the episodes first aired, I believe the Moral Ambiguity with his character, while still not perfect, was handled better here than in Ghosts of Geonosis, but i don’t feel like repeating myself so just look the post up if you haven’t read it already. Anyway Saw’s interactions with Ezra and Sabine were a lot of fun to watch, like if we’re still giving everyone space fmaily nicknames then Saw is like the slightly crazed but still kinda cool uncle in this episode. All the connections to Rogue One were a ton of fun to piece together, and it was great to finally see a giant kyber crystal that’s actually fully animated. Also Jennifer Hale was in it so that’s pretty neat.

Flight of the Defender: A very simple and straight forward episode. Ezra and Sabine steal the TIE defender prototype, they crash it and hide the hyperdrive, we meet the white lothwolf who helps them get back to their friends. I can’t even really explain why I like this one so much tbh, but I do.

Jedi Night/DUMJE: We all know why these episodes are here. I couldn’t ask for a more epic and heartbreaking send off for Kanan’s character, and I’m glad that they dedicated the entire following episode to showing how the rest of the cast deals with their grief in different way rather than glossing over it and immediately moving on to the Mortis stuff. It’s surprisingly rare for characters to get to properly grieve in this franchise despite death being so common. Obi-wan, Galen, Han, Luke, the entire population of Alderaan, the other characters have to get over these things pretty quickly so it’s nice to see a more realistic aftermath for once.

Wolves and a Door/A World Between Worlds: I’ve made my thoughts on these episodes very clear since they aired on Monday, which is that they are quite possibly the most mind blowing thing I’ve watched in a very long time. The connections to Mortis and callbacks to all the movies and to Clone Wars, the voices in the background, the beautifully animated moving pictures, the return of Ahsoka and the revelation of what happened to her, Sidious making his debute with Ian McDiarmid himself providing the voice, it’s all incredible to watch. Like I said about Twilight of the Apprentice, this episode is one of the few times where we get an idea of just how connected everything really is, that it’s all one big story. No wonder the two episodes are also so tightly connected to each other, they truly are where all the parts of the saga come together in ways they never could otherwise.

#this is quite possibly the longest post ive ever made im just. so passionate about this show ok #its so important to me i just had to make a big huge analysis about why i love it so much #im gonna miss it so much but im glad its gonna get the proper ending it deserves #instead of getting canned while still in its prime like tcw #star wars rebels #shut up tristan

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thekaijudude · 9 months ago

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What are some things you're hoping/any ideas for both Arc's season and UGF4?

Based on what we know, Arc is going to be an original series so theres nothing much to say other than my usual hopes and expectations here:

In summary, more action and more focus on the Ultra itself, because we don't know what is Arc gonna be about exactly, I can't really say any further than this. This question would be best asked after we get the first PV

As for UGF4, I did make my predictions long ago but thanks tumblr for their shitty search function once again so I'm just gonna summarize here again

So for UGF4 (assuming it happens this year) it can either end in 2 ways. One, the Ultra-Absolutian conflict ends in a resolution. Two, the conflict continues to UGF5. I'm just gonna go through the main overaching developments as a summary tho.

For Option 1, recall they reintroduced Reiblood back into the multiverse. So as I predicted even further back, there has to be a catalyst to bring both the Ultras and Absolutians together, and Reiblood would be that catalyst as Marie also pointed out in Special Mission. Reiblood would probably either possess someone powerful or regain his full power which requires both the Absolutian Lord and King to tackle

For Option 2, they can easily introduce more elite absolutians (because they're clearly outnumbered), Absolutian Lord, Tartarus and Diablo getting the power of the Eternity Core. Trigger, Trigger Dark and Dark Giants getting involved, Agul SV and Gaia SSV shows up, Zero gets a new form, Trigger gets a new form, Saga and perhaps Mebius Pheonix Brave showing up, Titan and Tartarus getting their backstories etc. Reiblood can still be apart of this tho, but the conflict might only conclude in UGF5.

Because one thing we need to note was that we could obviously tell that there was a change in what TsuPro had originally planned for the whole Ultra-Absolutian conflict to go from the original poster where Diablo was supposed to be the leader and the female Absolutian that was essentially replaced by Gina Spectre and Grigio Darkness. In essence, they chose to upscale the whole conflict. So other than the above which we can predict, we can definitely also expect totally new stuff like ultras or developments to happen out of left field as its clear that TsuPro intends to drag this out (which to be clear, I have no issue with because each installment gets more and more insane)

Thanks for the question!

#ultraman #ultraman arc #asks

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To be fair, comic book executives are just old people who are scared of change and won't change their business strategy to actually save the industry.

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There are so many things that can be done with marketing, storylines, and characterisation but the idiots in charge just won't for some reason.

Starting with the marketing, literally millions of people go to see every marvel and dc movie in theatres. It's also how everyone I know who reads comics picked them up. But when you go see a cbm there is NOTHING reminding you that it's based on a comic book. How easy would it be to put an advertisement for The Killing Joke or the Tom King's 2016 Batman run before the Batman movie? Or an advertisement for Name of the Rose or Phil Noto's 2014 Black Widow before the Black Widow movie? Also add in some good old comics like the Pheonix Saga and good modern comics like 2014's Ms Marvel. This would actually REMIND viewers the movie they're watching wasn't made in a vacuum. If the point that you can start with any comic was emphasised if could give people a starting point for reading.

The actual content of superhero comics could be better too (dc if I'm wrong, sorry, I read marvel). So many comics are either poorly written, poorly drawn, segmented by annoying tye ins, the same rehashed story, or a combination of these things. The first two are often a result of the monthly turn around as it is simply not enough time. As asking people to spend money on single issues you can read in a few minutes and then wait for a month in a culture of binging is frankly stupid, I personally think they should just get rid of issues. If comic books were sold as volumes they could be sold in normal book shops as well as the "local comic book shop" which the vast majority of the world doesn't even have. It would also help the flow of the story, because it allows the writers and artists to have a vision they can finish without being interrupted by time constraints, threats of cancellation, and tye ins. If a tye in must be had, make it a separate mini series or novella. The rehashing of old stories is incredible boring. An example of this is black widow: in 2010 Natasha remembers her past while confronting the former red room and learns to live with who she is. In 2016 she finds out a girl she knew as a kid is running the red room, so she returns to confront her past and learns to accept herself as she is. In 2019 the aforementioned girl hunts down Natasha and she learns to trust her friends and accept herself for who she is. DEAR GOD, I LOVE THIS CHARACTER BUT PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!

Also the characterisations of comic book characters are WACK. It seems industries are more interested in appearing diverse than creating real characters. The most obvious of these are good old snowflake and safespace. Congratulations marvel you have your black enby superhero with a progressive twin brother. Now can you tell me what their personalities are and why the HELL you named them that? Another example is America Chavez, a popular character on her way to being a b-list hero that was given a GOD AWFUL solo that destroyed her character and popularity by making her a stereotypical lesbian who said weird stuff like "holy menstruation". Young avengers' and Ultimate's America is shaking her head in shame. There is also no character development and the interpersonal relationships are rarely explored. Will kate bishop ever confront her bisexuality or the mystery of her mother? Will the magnet clan ever sit down and talk? What does magneto think about the twins now they are not related? What do the twins think of krakoa? What are Wanda's kids relationship with vision or viv?

The online format of reading comic books is rubbish. The need for an internet connection is just weird, no other media type needs that once you've bought something. It's also frustrating. Phones are too small, computers don't zoom very well and are just generally annoying. I found the most enjoyable way to read a comic is by the popular alternative website, because I like the comments down the bottom. It's the only way you can see what people thought of books that didn't come out last Wednesday. It's not that hard to get a forum going at the bottom of a page. Or just add a link in the books people read on devices, taking them to one. There is a very small comic book reader community, and it's so hard to find someone to talk to.

Comic book movies are ruining comic books. No I won't elaborate

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acetokens · 5 years ago

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MUA3 returns with ‘The Rise of the Pheonix!’

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Despite my worry about a possibly long delay (like...a really, really long delay), MUA3′s new expansion pack, ‘The Rise of the Pheonix’ was announced last night at The VGA! There’s a decent amount of content they showed in the trailer, which I’m gonna be explaining and also theorizing about under the cut!

Seems Marvel can’t stop rebooting the Dark Pheonix saga over and over, huh?

I can’t say I’m surprised that this is the basis for the new expansion. MUA3′s storyline was similar to the recently released ‘Infinity War’ so it makes sense the X-Men DLC would try to capitalize on the newest X-Men movie as well. Similarly unsurprising is the character selection we have for this expansion: Cable, Gambit, Iceman and Pheonix. All of them MUA regulars and fan favorities. I predicted these exact four characters would be the ones we got in the DLC in a post months ago, but bragging aside, I’m about as excited for this lineup as I was for the Marvel Knights. I’m happy for those that like the characters but personally they just don’t do it for me. Admittedly I am feeling quite disappointed that X-23 wasn’t included, even if her chances were slim, and that hampers any hype I might’ve gotten about the other characters. Still, I had fun trying out the new Marvel Knights so I’ll probably have fun trying out these new heroes too when they arrive.

Alongside the characters, MUA3 has a brand new mode incoming called ‘Danger Room Showdown’. There isn’t much info on it at the moment, but it seems to be an online, player vs player mode where you complete trials in competition with eachother, whilst trying to avoid ‘debuffs and hazards’. I reckon this’ll either be a mode where players complete trials at the same time and the one who finishes first wins or players take turns completing trials, and the one who isn’t currently fighting gets to try and disrupt the other player by dropping in hazards and such. They had a similar feature in MUA2 on the Wii, where during solo missions, player 2 got to control enemies to make it harder for player 1. I’m hoping this mode has offline features they just haven’t showcased yet, because I don’t have online on the Switch. So if I can’t use this mode at all it’ll be a bummer. Something else I also found interesting is at 0:46 the heroes appear to be fighting the Nova Corps, so we might be getting a new type of enemy to battle, at least in DRS.

The trailer also showcased three more phases for Gauntlet Mode! I really liked Gauntlet Mode’s unique features in the last expansion, so I’m more than happy to see it return with more trials in this one. I strongly suspect that we’ll be able to unlock the new X-Men in phase one of this new Gauntlet, just like the Marvel Knights in the last one. We can also assume from the new Gauntlet menu that MUA3 will see another level cap increase, most likely up to Level 200, as the highest level trial shown is ‘Pheonix Aftermath’ at Level 180. Meaning that the level cap is now double what it was when the game first game out. On the one hand, I’m happy I can now make my favorite heroes even stronger, especially with the new AE upgrades that will likely be added. On the other hand, I’m pretty sick of grinding by this point. Its just not enjoyable anymore. So we’ll see if the new content this expansion offers makes all that grinding worthwhile.

The Japanese trailer for the 2nd expansion also showcases something the western one doesn’t: new costumes!

Alongside the new outfits for Punisher, Moon Knight, Blade and Mobius revealed on the MUA3 Japanese website, that means this new expansion will add 16 costumes (32 if you count the inevitable palette swaps). That’s amazing! Certainly a lot better than the 3-4 we’d get in previous updates. I’m especially excited to unlock Psylocke’s new costume, which I remember her looking amazing in during MUA2.

Thats all we have confirmation on at the moment. If the Curse of the Vampire is anything to go by, we’ll likely receive more than just this when the update drops, since MUA3 seems to be allergic to proper advertisement. If not...well, this update doesn’t look too bad on its own. I’m disappointed about the lack of X-23, but relieved we won’t have to wait until April 2020 like I feared. In fact, this update will drop on the 23rd December 2019. So, we only have to wait 10 days!

Until then...I might go back and replay MUA2 to get me hyped up!

#MUA3 shitposting #I feel a mixture of disappointment relief and excitement #But at least this update isn't going to be super delayed like I thought #I'm also very excited to see what new team bonuses we get!#I'm hoping since Cable is back we can see ''Best frenemies'' return from MUA2 #Which was Cable Deadpool Spidey and Venom #That would be a fun team #Oh also I didn't go over this in the post but the end of the video also confirms that the last expansion is called ''Shadow of Doom''#So that pretty much confirms Dr Doom will be included in the pack

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sherlocks-east-wind · 8 years ago

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I was tagged by @piascleavage :)))

I’m tagging: 3 book lovers @vocallife @iwriteficnottragedy @catsandcoffee7

1. Do you remember how you developed a love for reading?

I guess during our long car rides when we were kids - back then I hated road trips because they were kinda boring so my mom always got us a book to read for the journey and now I’m hooked

2. Where do you usually read?

in the car :D (when I’m not driving obviously), in bed - in very awkward positions, on my sofa, and I read A LOT when on vacation and there’s a beach bc crashing waves are the best background noise to a good story

3. Do you prefer to read one book at a time or several at once?

I usually start multiple ones until I find one I really like and then continue reading only that and revert back to the others once I’m done and start the whole process over :)

4. What is/are your favourite book(s)?

OHHHH that list is long, here some of my recent favs: Besuch der alten Dame (duh - everyone who got to know me just a bit knows how obsessed I am with that book and musical) Wild - it doesn’t get more inspiration as this book, I guess you could call this one my absolute favorite bc THIS BOOK SPEAKS TO ME ON A WHOLE NEW LEVEL, this is one of the rare ones I actually read multiple times The Martian - good shit. funny shit. scientific shit. witty shit. what more to love? Decision Points - that one biography that dragged me down biography lane :) and made me more open to different opinions as I read it during my exchange year An astronauts guide to life on earth - bc Chris Hadfield is AMAZING and if there’s someone that I will listen to when they talk about life, then it’s an astronaut who played Major Tom in SPACE - good stuff

5. Do you have a least favourite book?

THAT ONE BOOK. OH DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED. Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen is the worst thing I’ve ever laid my eyes on. Completely un-readable. Such a chaos, full of offensive opinions and written by an author who hates everything and everyone on this earth and probably most himself.

6. What is your favourite genre?

My love for biographies is HUGE but I also really like books with a life lesson in it, and sometimes a good light hearted romantic novel is key to a perfect vacation day when sitting in front of the Eiffel Tower on a fountain, eating crepe and reading while the sun sets (did I mention that I love reading while on vacation bc YESSSSS)

7. Is there a genre you won’t read?

Fantasy - YES, I love Harry Potter, but everything else is just not really appealing to me, give me real life please

8. What is the longest book you ever read?

Page wise: Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (I think some 1050 pages?) Time wise: any book we ever had to read for class, some of them I have yet to finish

9. What book are you currently reading?

The Book of Mormon

10. What was the last book you finished?

Promises to keep - Joe Biden

11. What was the last book you bought?

Hidden Figures - and I can’t wait to start reading it!!!!

12. Do you have a favourite book quote?

Alright, that might be the most tumblr-basic response ever but:

“Always” - Snape

THAT QUOTE DRAGGED ME THROUGH HELL OF FEELS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AT AN AGE THAT I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS CAPABLE OF HAVING THEM

Also there are other quotes that just leave me completely stunned for a second (where I have to put the book down and drink some tea) and I usually highlight them in the book to come back to them later :)

13. Do you prefer library books or buying books?

BUYING BOOKS. Give me something where I can scribble in, highlight important stuff, drag it to the beach, on the plane, in the bathtub, … a book of mine in the end tells to stories: its own and the story of me reading it :) there are still some books with crumbs of sand in between pages

14. Where do you buy your books?

Austrian book stores, Shakespeare & Company book store in Vienna (ENGLISH BOOKSTORE FOR THE WIN), Amazon, and tiny book stores in Vienna - especially for biographies

15. How many books do you buy a month?

Sometimes 500, sometimes 0, depending on the time I have to read and how many unread books I’m still hoarding

16. How many books do you own?

Quite a number :) some fav ones double (one in Vienna and one in my home in Lower Austria), some on my phone when the original one is too heavy to carry around, …. but not enough.

17. How do you feel about second hand books?

GIVE ME ALL OF THEM. SECOND HAND BOOKS ON THE INTERNET ARE CHEAP AND AMAZING.

18. Do you prefer E-books or physical books?

PHYSICAL BOOKS - sometimes I buy the ebook as well when I don’t want to carry around the physical one (like Alexander Hamilton, that thing is h e a v y)

19. Do you prefer paperback or hardback?

Paperback!

20. Do you prefer to read trilogies/series or standalones?

Standalones :) if I need a bit more I google for fanfictions ;)

21. What is the weirdest thing you’ve used as a bookmark?

I will use absolutely anything for a bookmark. Heck, I even put my Hamster in between pages ones when I quickly went out of the room (no hamster was harmed in that process).

22. What is more important to you: characters or plot?

C H A R A C T E R S - if there are good characters, there is no bad plot

23. Do you ever judge a book by its cover?

sooooometimes, so I usually try not to pay too much attention to it

24. What’s the most beautiful book you own?

I have this version of Wizard of Oz, that I got from the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. The cover looks like threats woven to a picture, the pages look charmingly old and have slightly different sizes so the end is not that clean and the illustrations are to DIE FOR. Never read it though bc I’m not really a fan of the story, I just really liked to look of the book.

25. What is your favorite book to movie/tv adaptation?

The Devil wears Prada - bc Meryl Streep is a goddess Harry Potter saga - bc reasons Hamlet - the BBC version with David Tennant *heart eyes*

26. What is the best beverage to drink while reading a book?

The ultimate drink (goes along with vacation feeling and lying on the beach reading): coke with ice and a slice of lemon others: tea, iced tea, Starbucks Coffee (I’m a basic white girl yall) and Orange Juice

27. Are you looking forward to any book release? If so, which one?

Not really :) the last one I was looking forward to was “Hidden Figures”

28. Recommend me a book :3

WILD - by Sheryl Strayed … READ IT, LOVE IT! & for a good laugh: The Martian, bc that’s a masterpiece!

#too much julia

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