tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post4599449522516307242..comments2024-03-28T05:58:47.833-04:00Comments on Weird Science DC Comics: Throwback Thursday: The Flintstones #1 Review (2016)Jim Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-89839714826501280862016-07-08T16:01:08.326-04:002016-07-08T16:01:08.326-04:00Wow, I actually had to Google that to see what you...Wow, I actually had to Google that to see what you were talking about. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/06/28/yabba-dabba-reboot-satire-is-sharp-enough-to-cut-rocks-in-dc-comics-debut-of-the-flintstones/<br /><br />I think this might make me hate this take even more. Those Flintstones cartoons of the 60s reflected the world of THAT time. So if you're going to reboot for OUR time, why not do that? instead of trying to self-aggrandize by whining about the fact that 1960's American mainstream was sooooo sexist, and oh, look at me, see how enlightened I am. Give me a break.Freni Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800901140543065840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-41496032704298046072016-07-08T15:20:31.406-04:002016-07-08T15:20:31.406-04:00LOL! or maybe I'm just shell-shocked by all th...LOL! or maybe I'm just shell-shocked by all the "social justice warrior" nonsense and seeing hidden agendas where there weren't meant to be any? I can see the Mad Men reference, that's interesting... Although to my point about "it's time has past" (sic - that should probably have been "passed"?), I do think that Mad-Men type of expense account doesn't exist so much anymore, with all the attention that's been paid to Enron scandals and such. All I hear about in my industry is how nobody spends like they used to for "client development" and Christmas parties and "boondoggles" anymore...guess I missed out!Freni Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800901140543065840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-24636687588252680252016-07-08T12:26:39.691-04:002016-07-08T12:26:39.691-04:00It helps to know that Mark Russell is on record as...It helps to know that Mark Russell is on record as hating the Flintstones.Danny Sichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971434976870500075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-50043267473763940232016-07-07T23:31:07.689-04:002016-07-07T23:31:07.689-04:00See, I took Fred's task to butter-up the Neand...See, I took Fred's task to butter-up the Neanderthals as (besides a convenient plot contrivance) a sort of throw-back to the Mad Men corporate era where employers would impress others by stroking their own egos at the expense of the business credit card. Which probably still does happen among bankers and ranking members of diamond cartels, I wouldn't know about that. Heck, I bet there's a layer of business where everyone eats Bengal tiger fillet and lights their after dinner cigars (rolled in strips of the Magna Carta) on flaming gold bars. But at normal business level, this sort of thing isn't as blatant and fell kind of flat. So I agree, it was a poor plot line, no matter how you interpret it.Reggie Hemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05333882821923138912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-4785843782026770042016-07-07T19:13:39.917-04:002016-07-07T19:13:39.917-04:00This was the only one of the Hanna Barbera books I...This was the only one of the Hanna Barbera books I was really curious about, because I really did love the Flintstones cartoons. Whether or not I realized it when I was a kid, something about the anachronistic references to the trappings of modern day (for that time) society said something about how far we'd come as a species, if at all, that was funny and relatable and made it easier to not sweat the small stuff, at least for half an hour, one night a week, from 1960 to 1966.<br /><br />I just didn't find this comic quite as charming, and maybe its because it's time has past? I don't know. So while I really liked the opening pages and that spread with "The Town of Bedrock 100,000 years ago" other things just kind of fell flat. Like Mr. Slate's motivation? What is up with that? He starts off by saying he has HIRED - he's already hired them - these "Cro-Mags" (Neanderthals, we later find out) and the reason he gives Fred for wanting to wine and dine them is that they are twice as strong but have no concept of money. So he wants to exploit the less evolved creatures but then treats them like coveted personas. But he's already given them the job. They've already accepted it. Why does he have to keep trying to convince them to stay? That's not how my work world operates. And I work in insurance! As far as professions go, it's probably older than prostitution, the original birthplace of the old boys' club, and the last bastion of the privileged white male. <br /><br />It just seemed muddled to me. I guess you could liken it to a billionaire who buys a sports team and treats the highly trained, highly paid athletes like thoroughbreds instead of humans. Is that really what we're going for here?<br /><br />I feel like the premise is built on the misconceptions of someone who has never really worked in a real-world, grind type of setting and just imagines this is how commerce and industry are played out. I looked up Mark Russell and he's about the same age as me. So it's not the naivete of youth that's causing this misconception. Maybe the world of comic book writing has no concept of what it really means to literally have your nose to a grindstone. Whatever it is, the analogies here just don't work for me as well as they did in the cartoon. Plus I didn't really like Mr. Slate or Wilma that much. I'm not sure if I'll be back for #2. I'd still like to see what they do with Pebbles and Bam-Bam though...so maybe?Freni Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00800901140543065840noreply@blogger.com