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FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#326: Jan 22nd 2025 at 10:50:23 AM

I finally sat down for 3 episodes of Creature Commandos.

I'm digging GI Robot.

EDIT: And finished the 3rd episode. Damn it.

Edited by FOFD on Jan 22nd 2025 at 1:55:08 PM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#327: Jan 22nd 2025 at 12:37:25 PM

The whole bit about animated actors also reprising for live-action appearences makes me wonder where the Commandos will appear in a live-action project.

Aside from Rick Flagg Sr. Whose confirmed to appear in Superman and Peacemaker season 2.

Like in the case of Frankenstein would David Harbour use prosthetics or use cg motion capture to get that huge physique right.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#328: Jan 22nd 2025 at 2:58:48 PM

Grillo at least could pull off Rick Flag pretty well. Look at him in Winter Soldier and The Purge Anarchy. Man has a thing for playing killing machines.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#329: Jan 24th 2025 at 3:54:40 PM

Ulrich Thomsen has been cast as Sinestro.

Edited by comicwriter on Jan 24th 2025 at 3:54:49 AM

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#330: Jan 24th 2025 at 3:55:34 PM

Who? I have never heard of this guy.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#331: Jan 24th 2025 at 3:58:44 PM

Ennis' hatred of superheroes has been explained multiple times but really, the TLDR version is this:

He thinks they're silly and yet if you want to write comic books, you have to write superheroes versus the horror, crime, and military action ones he wants to write. So there's a lot of sublimated anger.

It also is part of the Boys vs. the Boys show in that the Boys is making fun of superheroes as a concept in comic books while the Boys also critiques larger American corporations and trends.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
dcutter2 Since: Sep, 2013
#332: Jan 24th 2025 at 4:01:51 PM

[up][up] Well looking at the creator page that was linked... no still no idea. The only think I've seen on that page is The World Is Not Enough where he seems to have played a very minor role.

seems to look the part though looking at the picture in the article. I'm all for unknowns if they're well cast.

ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#333: Jan 24th 2025 at 4:17:58 PM

Ulrich was great in Banshee where he played an organized crime boss.

I think they're going with Sinestro as a rogue Lantern already, which makes sense with an older Hal.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#334: Jan 24th 2025 at 4:20:52 PM

[up][up][up] Of course Ennis hatred gets irrational and petty in subjects like thinking Captain America is an insult to WW 2 soldiers.

Despite the fact the character created by a veteran and well liked by soldiers. So he's clearly projecting his hatred despite being an avowed military buff.

Edited by slimcoder on Jan 24th 2025 at 4:30:18 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Ego-Man25 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#335: Jan 24th 2025 at 4:25:04 PM

I appreciate what Garth Ennis brings to the table with The Punisher and (more fitting for the topic of the thread) Superman, but sometimes he needs to sit down and shut his damn trap, and recognize the context to surround such characters like Steve Rogers.

Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.
KRider Desire Grand Prix Entry from Origin System Since: Feb, 2021
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#336: Jan 24th 2025 at 7:55:26 PM

Garth Ennis was more at home writing for Avatar Press making horror stories like Stitched and of course Crossed. It's probably what he always wanted to write but didn't have career opportunities back then considering the dominance of Marvel and DC.

Edited by KRider on Jan 24th 2025 at 9:54:57 AM

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RandalDrake ColliEditor from Fawnermere (Troper Youngling) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#337: Jan 24th 2025 at 9:48:57 PM

Garth Ennis is like the Ken Penders of DC/Marvel, he doesn’t like, writes his own version and thinks anyone else's writing a childish story.

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Man Crossed is one comic that makes me nauseous 🤢 like the artist behind it and especially Ennis as writer cannot be both normal to write such depraved, gore-ish, edgy comic series.

Edited by RandalDrake on Jan 25th 2025 at 2:50:54 AM

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Ego-Man25 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#338: Jan 25th 2025 at 4:26:17 AM

Do not compare Garth Ennis to Ken Penders again. Compared to Ken Penders, Garth Ennis comes off as one of the most genial and reasonable comicbook writers you'll see in a 500 kilometer radius.

Garth Ennis, I give some crap here or there, but dude knows how to do comicbooks pretty smoothly at the end of the day, dude knows how to do a good Punisher, the man has respect for Superman, and he didn't try suing either Marvel or DC for infringement of "his characters" because he isn't that asinine. If I criticize Garth Ennis, it comes from a place from someone who still respects some of the works that he's done, but just thinks he's a wee bit too meanspirited, that's it, that's the extent.

Ken Penders is a freak.

Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#339: Jan 25th 2025 at 2:07:12 PM

Ennis can write but issue he is very much a unbashed edgelord and while he made respect superman as idea, he can bashed as well as he did with homelander.(Also he hate wolverine, oh god how much he hate it).

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Deacon911 King of Freedonia from Freedonia Since: Jun, 2012
King of Freedonia
#340: Jan 25th 2025 at 2:27:22 PM

Ennis, Moore, and Miller have one thing in common regarding their thoughts on superheroes: they're power fantasies that focus more on killing and retribution than saving and rehabilitation. They're pretty much the police with even less scruples and less restraint.

"Everyone’s equal. Same chances of getting hit. Equal in the eyes of the rocket.”
dcutter2 Since: Sep, 2013
#341: Jan 25th 2025 at 2:29:31 PM

When are we supposed to get Gunn's take on Bats/Damian?

I wonder when he'll tackle the other big names soon or if we're sticking the JLI line up or whatever.

Ego-Man25 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#342: Jan 25th 2025 at 2:30:43 PM

I am kinda excited to see how characters like Damion Wayne get handled. Maybe we'll finally have an incarnation of the character that everyone likes.

Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#343: Jan 25th 2025 at 2:36:12 PM

[up][up][up] Which granted comes off a tad hypocritical in Ennis and Miller's case considering how much they love remorselessly violent protagonists like the Punisher and the Authority who are vastly more wish fulfillment than most heroes.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#344: Jan 25th 2025 at 2:49:19 PM

[up]It not like moore havent indulge in violence before.

it remind me a quote some troper said here before "Moore is a edgelord, he just like to pretend he isnt"

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#345: Jan 25th 2025 at 3:01:51 PM

He does have a fixation with sexual assault.

Like that's not an exaggeration, even his Tim Strong book which is intended to be more lighthearted than his usual works still features Tom getting sexually assaulted several times within the narrative.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#346: Jan 25th 2025 at 3:05:53 PM

[up] x4 Damian is supposed to start as a pain in the ass. It's whether they can keep viewers interested in him getting better and not want to see him get run over by the Batmobile is the question.

Edited by Blueace on Jan 25th 2025 at 8:06:27 AM

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Ego-Man25 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#347: Jan 25th 2025 at 3:06:56 PM

Or, bold idea… he starts, as not a pain in the ass.

Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#348: Jan 25th 2025 at 3:11:34 PM

Well he has to have some character development.

The whole point of his arc is that Talia and Ra's raised him wrong, leaving Bruce to instill morals into the young lad.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Ego-Man25 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#349: Jan 25th 2025 at 3:15:54 PM

What I'm thinking is more… he's a young kid, a ruthless one, granted… but… he already doesn't like the kind of person he is, and wants to change course. Who else except his own father to set him straight?

I'm more than fine with a flawed character with rough, coarse edges that needs to be worked through, but it needs to be clear that it is an adjustment to process through.

Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#350: Jan 25th 2025 at 3:19:43 PM

When are we supposed to get Gunn's take on Bats/Damian?

I don't think it has a set release date yet. Last I heard, it was pushed back because they didn't want it to conflict with The Batman (2022) sequel... which itself was pushed back to 2027.

As a side note, while Gunn will be producing, he won't be the director. That's gonna be Andrés Muschietti.


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