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Jakyl25 posted...

I meant with the exact same title

Like are there more different Aquaman #1s or Wolverine #1s?

Aquaman is 8. Green Arrow is 7. Wolverine is 6. Legion of Super-Heroes is technically 7, but 2 were minis.
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Eddv posted...

If you toss in team up books AND Limited runs its EASILY Wolverine at this point

I think it's generally accepted that for most #1s, it has to be an ongoing series and considered the "main" title for the character. Otherwise the actual answer will forever be Batman.
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Jakyl25 posted...

I wonder which title has the most #1s

Aquaman has had 8 series over the last 75 years; the problem is that he never sold super-well, so his title would constantly last 50-75 issues and get restarted.
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ZenOfThunder posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

I'm not particularly jazzed by this creative line-up they have running at Marvel, but at the same time, I don't think there is any freelance talent that would fit in with Marvel out there at the moment.

I don't think Gerard Way fits in with DC but they found a way to make it work.

Now they have this entire Young Animal/Mainstream DC crossover going on right now that people are pretty into. If Marvel isn't attracting hot young talent then they need to change whatever they can to make it more worthwhile to sign a contract with them.

Oh, I disagree with that. Gerard Way is exactly what Neil Gaiman was 30 years ago. Or Grant Morrison. Gerard Way is pretty much a pitch-perfect choice to launch a new acid trip of an imprint and try to cater to the more trippy side of the company. It's Doom Patrol, after all.

I'm thinking more along the lines of this - there are no franchises in Marvel that aren't completely commercialized and written by committee anymore, and that's why Gerard Way fit in at DC - he was given the chance to do his thing. Tom King gets to do his thing in Batman, Snyder is becoming an ad hoc editor himself at this point... that's the kind of writer-first mentality that keeps creative minds interested in showing up.
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I'm not particularly jazzed by this creative line-up they have running at Marvel, but at the same time, I don't think there is any freelance talent that would fit in with Marvel out there at the moment.
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Xiahou Shake posted...

Out of curiosity and because of generally messy Google results, how many times have both Marvel and DC rebooted in the last 10ish years?

Twice for DC.

A lot of times for Marvel.
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Too bad Alpha Flight #3 didn't get nominated; I always find that to be a really interesting cover.
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Hey hey hey, major character deaths were already temporary prior to this! Blame Crisis. We killed Wonder Woman and immediately rebooted her! I kind of wonder where variants actually started; DoS did push the special variant, but I think it was a good concept in that specific practice and became perverted to greedy ends later.

I think the desire to duplicate the success of DoS is where you can start to really blame the practice.
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MariaTaylor posted...

stop projecting feelings onto me

Hey, I can't help that your caliber of conversation connotes significant amounts of unbridled emotion. Anyways, hope you enjoyed my personal opine on why Death of Superman can be an enjoying little jaunt in the world of Superman! :O
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Cool. 1985 is for sure finished? (At this time barring unforeseen future entries, blah blah)
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Personally never was either, but he definitely makes sense for inclusion.
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6-time Intercontinental Champion, 4-time World Champion in WCW.
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BlackMageJawa posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

I've always wished that TIE Fighter would get remade. It has a great story and a surprising amount of depth for a game its age, and I think an expansion of the player hub and some more emphasis on the secret Order storyline would just make this game click in an amazing way. Also, graphically it's become so outdated.

Not quite the same, but there's total conversion mod for X-Wing Alliance that imports all the TIE Fighter missions, and various graphical upgrades that make it and XWA look better. Still far from 'modern spectacular', but a decent improvement over the original's looks.

There's also a Star Wars TC for Freespace 2 in the works, which looks incredible and might be able to have XW/TF missions converted to it.

Oh that's pretty neat. I'll have to check out the progress on that.
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His gimmick is that he respects women.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Ive heard he may end up being the one teaming with Ronda against Trips and Steph if Rock cant do it

There are two matches they're considering for him: Miz/Strowman or the Ronda tag. They were also considering Angle for Ronda, but with Jordan out it looks like they've shifted Angle to Seth.
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On a serious note, that was a great gimmick and honestly better than the vast majority of storylines on RAW and Smackdown right now.
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I wish he was still El Vagabando.
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There's still a few spots. Bam Bam is supposedly the deceased entry this year. And there will be an international star. Maybe another upper midcarder.
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Jakyl25 posted...

And on Raw, Jarrett comes out and is like

Vince, you remember when you sold those WWE stocks to help fund the new XFL?

He Hate Me is Jarrett's new enforcer.
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Or rebranding to GWM.
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Also, we're dangerously close to being able to build Fortune in WWE.
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I've always wished that TIE Fighter would get remade. It has a great story and a surprising amount of depth for a game its age, and I think an expansion of the player hub and some more emphasis on the secret Order storyline would just make this game click in an amazing way. Also, graphically it's become so outdated.
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Westworld
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Jakyl25 posted...

And thats how the brand split ends; banding together against a common foe

Jeff Jarrett uniting the WWE in opposition to him sounds like a great opportunity to have Triple H beat him at Wrestlemania.
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Community
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Arrested Development
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This is the most hilarious news ever.

Also, does this mean we have a new Smackdown GM for post-WM? Does this mean... Smackdown is one step closer to being TNA Live?

Or is Vince giving him this ring simply so he can poor green slime on his head during his acceptance speech?

Or is Vince going to hit him up for a six figure check on live TV?
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I don't know. Both matches have a guy who can't pass a WWE wellness policy test.
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Kenri posted...

Voted immigration for anyone though my real stance is just "borders are bad"

Do you prefer no countries or what?

Just so were all on the same page..... that is 100% treason... like txt book

not liking the concept of borders is treason ?

Not having a border is dissolution of country.... so yes.

Technically no. But it does suggest that property laws would be an utter shambles.
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Pokewars posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

Law enforcement attempts to stop the Flash from hijacking planes.

Catch Me If You Can

Yes!
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Anagram posted...

Demolition Man

Rating: 63/100

It's goofy and terrible and there is no reason for me to say this, but I kind of like this movie and find it weirdly charming in a retro sort-of way.
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Pokewars posted...

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NFUN posted...

The movie wherein law enforcement attempts to stop the Flash from hijacking planes.

Rating: 98/100

Too bad no one could ever figure out what movie this actually was. Maybe I should amend my description:
"The movie where law enforcement attempts to stop BARRY ALLEN from hijacking planes."

Oh, Catch Me If You Can

Nailed it! I'm glad someone figured it out.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Black Swan

Rating: 73/100

Arafonsky really didn't impress with this film... until about halfway through when the entire endeavor became an almost Alice-in-Wonderland-like film; it went down a spiralling rabbit hole of madness and I enjoyed every minute of that half. I think Portman was a great choice and she really fulfilled the role. Kunis... did not.
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Pokewars posted...

A hypothetical Mitchum brothers movie and you being cast as one of the people in their conga line.

Rating: 44/100

I think I couldn't hack it. I would bring the Conga train to a halt :(

They should get good actors for that.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

79. Atlas Shrugged
Nominated by: Behindthecurve (1/5 remaining)
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Let's ignore the fact that this is actually another poster for Atlas Shrugged II, and not actually the original Atlas Shrugged. I think it's pretty hard for the Atlas statue to look bad, and this globe-lifting Oscar looks incredible here, I'm liking the way the way the sun glints off the gold, with the darker coloring of the clouds making Atlas stand out like some sort of epic hero. I enjoy the way the globe envelopes around the poster, it gives it weight and presence. This is a pretty well designed poster for what it goes for, but ultimately there's just better posters and covers out there!

Wow, this is the first review that I really disagree with! I think you're being way too generous to this cover. It feels like such a slapdash image with terrible composition and no artistic effort.

Also what do you think of the American box art for Illusion of Gaia?
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Simoun posted...

The Dirties

Rating: 50/100

Never heard of it.
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Taloquin1914 posted...

Time Bandits

Rating: 63/100

I like Terry Gilliam, but I find a lot of his films to be rough around the edges. Just little things like having dialogue hard to understand or in this case, a lot of spoken wordage seeming to be improvisation from the actors not being trimmed out when necessary. A fantastic concept though.
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JONALEON1 posted...

Rating: 73/100

Great that they were able to capture a regular Ted DiBiase, Jr. match on camera like that.
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Because you named 4 great character actors, two charismatic guys and Shane Douglas!
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Die Welle/The Wave

Rating: 50/100

Heard some good things but never have seen it. I find that I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch a foreign film; subtitles too often make it difficult to really appreciate a film.
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NFUN posted...

The movie wherein law enforcement attempts to stop the Flash from hijacking planes.

Rating: 98/100

Too bad no one could ever figure out what movie this actually was. Maybe I should amend my description:
"The movie where law enforcement attempts to stop BARRY ALLEN from hijacking planes."
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Underleveled posted...

Disney's Tarzan (film, not character) from a visual perspective

Rating: 85/100

Interesting nomination. I've always thought that the jungle is one of the best-rendered settings in Disney history. It feels sprawling, wild, unpredictable. It's exactly what it needed to be. I think Jane and Tarzan are both nailed from a design standpoint, and everything else is at least decently designed. Tarzan is what I would call the last of the Renaissance, but it feels like everything they had learned on the drawing boards for the other films shows up here.
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Xeybozn posted...

Those Disney movies from the 40's where they just combined a bunch of shorts because they didn't have the resources to make a whole movie.

Rating: 57/100

There are some great shorts in some of those films (Fantasia is the classic example), but too many misses and not enough hits. I wish Fantasia had actually been executed as originally intended because in that instance the less desirable package films we got would likely have not existed or been altered in a positive way.
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Anagram posted...

Darth Vader

Rating: 55/100

Not a big Vader fan. He was an interesting villain in the original trilogy, best in the middle parts of Empire where his very presence commands so much fear (both in a serious and comedic sense). But the entire Anakin saga makes me view Vader in a much less enigmatic and almost mythological light than my initial OT watchthroughs. He's just a guy, and not even a very interesting or intelligent one. Anakin is much more palatable in the animated show, but it's weird - I don't really see that Anakin as the same character as in the films, so he doesn't really rub off on the stain to Vader that is the prequel series.

Also, Vader is not a different person than Anakin.
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Underleveled posted...

Will Ferrell's performance in Anchorman

Rating: 60/100

I think this is probably the best Will Ferrell comedy performance (aside from his more off-beat stuff like Stranger Than Fiction). Since I was young, I always said that Ferrell's form of comedy was just about shouting bizarre things and expecting a laugh. There's a lot less of that here in Anchorman. But, honestly, what makes Anchorman enjoyable is the script. That probably sounds like an odd statement to make, but that script hides Ferrell's general flaws as a comedian and actually allows him to play a character for once.
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Pontypool

Rating: 72/100

Great premise, solid lead acting. Pontypool is just an interesting little film; I think the world could have been expanded in this story, as there is a lot of room to see the virus in action and its consequences outside of this small studio. Apparently the books do just that.
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