In case you hadn't heard, DC Comics has decided to "reboot" their entire line of comics to a whole new volume of issue #1's. 52 of them, to be exact.
When I first heard of it, I tried to be optimistic. Since then, bits and pieces of information have trickled out, including teasers of cover art. What I see leaves me unimpressed and underwhelmed. None of the descriptions of the 52 titles that will survive the reboot leave me with any desire to obtain even digital copies... Digital distribution being one of the reasons stated for the shakeup. (Or is that "shake-down"? I'm not sure yet...)
Action Comics might as well have been titled "Superman: Year One" as it literally is about Supe's first year on the job in Metropolis. According to rumor, he'll lose most of his power in the process, and he'll be "younger, angrier, and more of a social activist". Right. Don't know what they're going to do when they have to "catch up" with the timeline they'll establish in the new "Superman" title. Oh, and forget what you know about Superman... history has been changed so that Clark and Lois aren't married.
A large portion of the 52 titles have been given to the "Batman Family", which should be a clear signal that DC is aiming to make their lineup darker and edgier. A look at the revealed cover art and tidbits about the rest of the lineup seems to confirm that hypothesis. In some cases, it seems as if DC has decided to take the worst of the DC-verse and comics trends in general. A lot of the decisions leave me scratching my head. Like, did they really need a magic-oriented "Dark Justice League"? Did they really tape an S-shield onto Superboy's back? Did they really allow Liefield to draw any of these titles?
One hopes that this move by DC turns out to be nothing more than another "event" like Infinite Crisis and that, sooner or later, something more like the old status quo re-emerges.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Changes!
There are a lot of changes for the Federation Reborn fleet to be excited about!
First, we added another tab to our Fleet Bank repository (we're up to 4 now) for storing supplies (non-combat items). Okay, not too radical so far.
Two, I finally got a Fleet Forum up and running on a new provider. It's a relatively plain-looking InvisionFree board at the moment, but I hope to tweak some of the visuals when I can get around to it. The important things are: it's functional, it's easy to use, it's free, and the ad banners are tolerable (unlike the others I looked at). All fleet members (and visitors) are encouraged to join the new forum.
Still ho-hum for you?
The real excitement is the changes coming to STO in the very near future.
Scheduled on June 23 are the new Borg Deep Space Encounters, swiftly followed by a Q Boost Double XP Weekend starting June 24. Anybody want to join me for those?
It is entirely possible that Season 4 will hit Tribble for testing even before that. I'm seriously thinking about reloading test.
By the end of July, we should get Season 4 in all its' glory. Ground Combat 2.0 is rumored to be an awesome and game-changing experience and I am totally geeked about the possibilities with the new Duty Officer system.
Sometime after that, Cryptic will be rolling out new Featured Episodes (starring DS-9), Department Heads and First Officers, remastered STF's ("Into the Hive" is rumored to be next on Gozer's dev hit list), new Tutorials, lots of stuff on the Engineering Report I haven't even mentioned... basically enough new stuff to make me dance for joy like a Ferengi who just inherited a latinum mine.
First, we added another tab to our Fleet Bank repository (we're up to 4 now) for storing supplies (non-combat items). Okay, not too radical so far.
Two, I finally got a Fleet Forum up and running on a new provider. It's a relatively plain-looking InvisionFree board at the moment, but I hope to tweak some of the visuals when I can get around to it. The important things are: it's functional, it's easy to use, it's free, and the ad banners are tolerable (unlike the others I looked at). All fleet members (and visitors) are encouraged to join the new forum.
Still ho-hum for you?
The real excitement is the changes coming to STO in the very near future.
Scheduled on June 23 are the new Borg Deep Space Encounters, swiftly followed by a Q Boost Double XP Weekend starting June 24. Anybody want to join me for those?
It is entirely possible that Season 4 will hit Tribble for testing even before that. I'm seriously thinking about reloading test.
By the end of July, we should get Season 4 in all its' glory. Ground Combat 2.0 is rumored to be an awesome and game-changing experience and I am totally geeked about the possibilities with the new Duty Officer system.
Sometime after that, Cryptic will be rolling out new Featured Episodes (starring DS-9), Department Heads and First Officers, remastered STF's ("Into the Hive" is rumored to be next on Gozer's dev hit list), new Tutorials, lots of stuff on the Engineering Report I haven't even mentioned... basically enough new stuff to make me dance for joy like a Ferengi who just inherited a latinum mine.
I'm a Marvel... I'm a DC...
If you are a comic book fan (Marvel or DC) and you've never heard of "ItsJustSomeRandomGuy", you are missing out on some hilarious video shorts.
RandomGuy uses a large cast of action figures and the vocal talents of himself and his girlfriend to create outrageous parodies where the comic universes of Marvel and DC intersect. Many of them are humorous takes on movies based on Marvel and DC characters.
Anyway, there has been some recent activity on his YouTube channel, so I thought I'd share:
GL/KungFu parody
http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy#p/u/2/dztvjZ4y9Ic
GL/X-Men:First Class
http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy#p/u/0/reQL5TU9VFA
I especially liked Prof X channeling Obi Wan Kenobi...
RandomGuy uses a large cast of action figures and the vocal talents of himself and his girlfriend to create outrageous parodies where the comic universes of Marvel and DC intersect. Many of them are humorous takes on movies based on Marvel and DC characters.
Anyway, there has been some recent activity on his YouTube channel, so I thought I'd share:
GL/KungFu parody
http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy#p/u/2/dztvjZ4y9Ic
GL/X-Men:First Class
http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy#p/u/0/reQL5TU9VFA
I especially liked Prof X channeling Obi Wan Kenobi...
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