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0|0|0|||1||The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Gryphon||13:46:32|12/13/2012|%5Bb%5DMarvel%3A%5B%2Fb%5D Well%2C however lame things are getting in the actual comics%2C we can expect that the movies will probably be pretty good.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DDC%3A%5B%2Fb%5D Well%2C however lame things are getting in the actual comics%2C we can expect that the movies will be %5Bi%5Deven worse%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5Dso yeah%2C I just saw the %5Bi%5DMan of Steel%5B%2Fi%5D trailer and%2C uh%2C %5Bi%5Dwhat.%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Matrix Dragon||14:45:55|12/13/2012|%22Should I have just let them die%3F%22%0D%0A%22Maybe.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A... What.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter
2|1|0|||||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|mdg1||18:37:11|12/13/2012|In 2013%2C you will believe a man can fish...
4|2|2|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|A Vile Gangster||20:07:29|12/13/2012|Oh%2C you funny%2C mang. I keel you last.%0D%0A%0D%0A----%0D%0ANow Playing%3A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D...%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C THIS SPACE FOR RENT %3E
3|1|0|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|A Vile Gangster||20:06:36|12/13/2012|%5Bi%5DDear DC Comics%2C%0D%0A%0D%0APlease%2C STOP MAKING SUPERMAN REBOOTS.%0D%0A%0D%0AKthxbai%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A%7EEveryone%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AHell%2C while they%27re throwing money around%2C Maybe Disney should buy up DC. They could probably snap it up for less than the 4 billion it took to buy Marvel or Lucasfilm.%0D%0A%0D%0A----%0D%0ANow Playing%3A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DNo%2C seriously. STOP.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C THIS SPACE FOR RENT %3E
5|2|3|||||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Polychrome||20:27:29|12/13/2012|They%27d have to convince Warner Brothers to part with it%2C and the two aren%27t exactly friends.%0D%0A%0D%0APolychrome%0D%0A
6|3|5|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Gryphon||20:39:50|12/13/2012|%3EThey%27d have to convince Warner Brothers to part with it%2C and the two %0D%0A%3Earen%27t exactly friends. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere might also be antitrust issues.  Market share percentages and whatnot.  I dunno.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
7|2|3|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Gryphon||20:52:46|12/13/2012|%3EPlease%2C STOP MAKING SUPERMAN REBOOTS. %0D%0A%0D%0AFunnily enough%2C %5Bi%5DSuperman Returns%5B%2Fi%5D %5Bu%5Dwasn%27t%5B%2Fu%5D a reboot%2C exactly.  It was a sequel to %5Bi%5DSuperman II%5B%2Fi%5D %28admittedly it did ignore %5Bi%5DSuperman III%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5DIV%5B%2Fi%5D%2C but then wouldn%27t you%3F%29%3B it%27s just that it was made so much later it required a new cast.  For serious.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt amuses me that the branching-sequel-tree thing isn%27t new - Toho did it %5Bi%5Dtwice%5B%2Fi%5D with Godzilla.  %5Bi%5DThe Return of Godzilla%5B%2Fi%5D %281984%29 was a direct sequel to the original 1954 %5Bi%5DGodzilla%5B%2Fi%5D%2C ignoring all the wacky%2C campy Godzilla films of the %2760s and %2770s%2C and %5Bi%5DGodzilla 2000%5B%2Fi%5D %28guess the year%21%29 was a direct sequel to %5Bi%5Dthat%5B%2Fi%5D%2C ignoring the films that came in between.  One can only assume that the next time they bring the franchise back in Japan%2C it%27ll be a film in whose backstory only %5Bi%5DGodzilla%5B%2Fi%5D%2C %5Bi%5DReturn of Godzilla%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and %5Bi%5DGodzilla 2000%5B%2Fi%5D happened%2C just to keep the ball rolling. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DWhich reminds me%2C I ought to watch %5Bi%5DGodzilla%3A Final Wars%5B%2Fi%5D again after finals are over.  That movie rocks.  Godzilla kills the giant iguana from the Emmerich movie.  Takes him about six seconds.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
11|3|7|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Mephron||00:06:40|12/15/2012|%3E%5Bsmall%5DWhich reminds me%2C I ought to watch %5Bi%5DGodzilla%3A Final Wars%5B%2Fi%5D %0D%0A%3Eagain after finals are over.  That movie rocks.  Godzilla kills the %0D%0A%3Egiant iguana from the Emmerich movie.  Takes him about six %0D%0A%3Eseconds.%5B%2Fsmall%5D %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5DEighteen%2C from first appearance to the cut to He%27s Too Sexy To Minion.  I timed it.  It remains IMHO the funniest kaiju fight ever.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Darth Mephron%0D%0AHaberdasher to Androids%2C Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.%0D%0A%22And Remember%21  Google is your Friend%21%21%22
12|4|11|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|A Vile Gangster||04:25:46|12/15/2012|I always considered it more of a %27burning in effigy%27 than an actual fight. You%27re right though%3B it %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D glorious. %0D%0A%0D%0A----%0D%0ANow Playing%3A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D...%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3C THIS SPACE FOR RENT %3E
26|3|7|||||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Senji||04:44:25|12/27/2012|%3EIt amuses me that the branching-sequel-tree thing isn%27t new %0D%0A%0D%0AI heard a %5Bi%5Drumour%5B%2Fi%5D that they considered making a sequel to %5Bi%5DHighlander%5B%2Fi%5D with the slightly odd name of %5Bi%5DHighlander III%5B%2Fi%5D...%0D%0A%0D%0AS.
8|2|3|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|cyberpagan||09:50:50|12/14/2012|We are living in the age of the reboot. Batman%2C Spiderman%2C Star Trek%2C Superman etc.......%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0ARemember%2C two wrongs do not make a right%2C but three lefts do.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m really here%2C but I%27m not here%2C really.%0D%0A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%0D%0A
9|3|8|||||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|TheOtherSean||23:30:45|12/14/2012|%3EWe are living in the age of the reboot. Batman%2C Spiderman%2C Star Trek%2C %0D%0A%3ESuperman etc....... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AMaybe we%27ll get a Battlestar Galactica reboot%2C too.  Oh%2C wait...
10|3|8|||1||RE%3A The current Big Comics cultural split%3A|Gryphon||00:03:21|12/15/2012|%3EWe are living in the age of the reboot.%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah%2C see%2C I don%27t have a problem with that in and of itself%2C particularly in the case of live-action films.  Live action does not lend itself to the kind of continuity spans you can get out of print media.  Actors don%27t live forever%2C but characters do %28even the ones who get killed%29%3B production technology evolves%3B production %5Bi%5Ddesign%5B%2Fi%5D evolves.  Rare is the property that%27s designed from the word go to take these limitations into account and work with them inside its own conceits %28%5Bi%5DDoctor Who%5B%2Fi%5D is the only one that comes to mind at the moment%29%2C and if you don%27t have that%2C well%2C you can%27t just keep recasting%2C redesigning%2C and plowing grimly on forever without acknowledging that anything has changed%2C can you%3F  Even the %5Bi%5DJames Bond%5B%2Fi%5D movies don%27t attempt that any more.%0D%0A%0D%0AI honestly do not have a philosophical objection to the idea of taking a well-established property down to its chassis%2C nor even with playing around with variations on the theme %28the much-maligned %22reimagination%22 thing%29.  Done right%2C that kind of thing really can tap into the freshness and modernity the people who do them always say they%27re shooting for.  The problem is that what%2C exactly%2C constitu