tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post3348388545292116355..comments2024-03-28T05:58:47.833-04:00Comments on Weird Science DC Comics: Mister Miracle #9 ReviewJim Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-38312795374047927662018-12-31T13:43:56.682-05:002018-12-31T13:43:56.682-05:00welcome to the party...7 months too late!!!! Did ...welcome to the party...7 months too late!!!! Did you actually laugh now or did you get in your time machine and laugh when we were actually arguing about all this?Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-86210741284064076192018-12-29T12:00:15.729-05:002018-12-29T12:00:15.729-05:00ROFL..... a typically garbage edgy story by Mark M...ROFL..... a typically garbage edgy story by Mark Millar is your recommendation?! Thanks for the laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-62885965022417526472018-06-20T09:04:21.606-04:002018-06-20T09:04:21.606-04:00Oh Jim I wanna marry you for that review! Hope you...Oh Jim I wanna marry you for that review! Hope your wife don't mind. I'm a great cook and can do all kinds of chores. Billy Bowyer go suck your thumb and then comment on something that shouldn't be. Jim has been doing this since ever and knows what's purposeful story and what pretentious pantomime. The direction using the jail panels and casual talk ruins everything. If the writer suffers from incarceration mentality it's not the reader's fault for rejecting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-26147176393800708652018-06-15T21:05:12.001-04:002018-06-15T21:05:12.001-04:00basic speak...calling this a story for the ages is...basic speak...calling this a story for the ages is printing the headline of a super bowl winner at halftime. Let's see if it all ties together and makes sense before making grand statements.Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-86137380181665161742018-06-15T21:00:03.234-04:002018-06-15T21:00:03.234-04:00Thanks Dave. I have mentioned on the podcast and ...Thanks Dave. I have mentioned on the podcast and my reviews that I think it is a trap as well...also a story that Tom King is writing as a look into how he felt as a man starting a family and going off to fight a war. <br /><br />As far as depression goes, I think a lot of the stuff we are seeing is Scott's mind building barriers to cover up the pain of his child abuse from Granny.<br /><br />That being said, the my point of this review was that he is extending a 4 issue story into a 12 issue thing and I think that is BS and it all hinges on the last issue and I can't in my right mind say something is a story for the ages until it is over. I have also said a million times that I think it will end up wrapping up well, but again, I can't give a 10/10 for an issue where Scott and Barda are talking about renevating their apartment. <br /><br />I also think that he misplayed things a bit by making the war seem secondary and couple it with "the mundane" because when we get to this issue, the war part holds no weight. We are here more for the surprise ending than any peace talks and because of that, I had a lower score.<br /><br />There is a BIG difference between reading and reviewing a book. Personally, I need more than hope it ties together and the individual issues are probably not meant to be reviewed as such anyway. This is obviously a book that is written as a whole (why they didn't do a 1-6 issue trade) and to review each issue alone is hard.<br /><br />And I don't care how I look since I am already tagged as the guy who "doesn't get it". I'm sure you came to read the review as a "hate read" and I wasn't even going to review it in the first place. If you haven't seen, it's why I put up a second opinion review because I know most people like this book way more than me.<br /><br />Plus, I suffer from severe depression and I don't need a wonderful job of capturing the thing that has crippled me all my life!!!!Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-7733147374336851142018-06-15T20:53:36.085-04:002018-06-15T20:53:36.085-04:00David that still don't excuse the fact the vag...David that still don't excuse the fact the vagueness of what King story is, is boring. We have characters like the New gods, Darksied, Kalibak, etc. These are heavy hitters that can bring some serious action to the story, but king focuses on the Literal mundane aspects of Scott and barda. We have gods and for the most part they are fucking talking to each other. After 9 issue king is still playing at something he was playing at in issue one. (There is no development of the story) × (there's no balls to the wall action with god level characters) = equals a shitty Book.Action Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897822189163698025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-28862877511674549232018-06-15T18:53:22.794-04:002018-06-15T18:53:22.794-04:00Alright dumb fuck, I'm going to assume this go...Alright dumb fuck, I'm going to assume this goes right over your thick fucking skull, but here it goes....<br /><br />You can either take this book one of two ways: very literally (as in what you see on the page is exactly what you get) or that everything shown to us since Scott tried to kill himself, is a trap that Scott is stuck in. My guess is that MM is in an elaborate trap built by the Lump, a classic Kirby throwaway villain. The weird panel distortions, the "Darkseid Is" panels, and Barda's eyes changing color all hint at this. Shit, even the story that Kanto tells Scott about the master painter and his apprentice hint at this. The painting is so good that "it's just what is." I believe the trap Scott is stuck in is so good that "it's just what is" to Scott.<br /><br />Either way, it shouldn't really change the way you're reading the book so far. We don't know for sure it's a trap, and neither does Scott. It's not even on his mind. So you should probably take everything you've read so far literally. Which means that Scott is now the leader of New Genesis, he and Barda have a kid, Orion is dead, Granny is dead, and in an effort to end the war between New Genesis and Apokolips, Scott is meeting with Kalibak to negotiate peace. It's pretty fucking simple. <br /><br />The book also doubles as a commentary on the living in America right now. There's a ton of paranoia in our country and a sense that "this can't be happening." Scott demonstrates these feelings constantly and I think the book does a wonderful job of capturing the everyday depression that a lot of people go through. <br /><br />And I have no problem "looking like a fool." If I'm wrong, I'm wrong and the story surprised me in a way I wasn't expecting, which is a good thing. You don't have to like the book, but goddamn do you look like an asshole when you act like this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784915526188502205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-50081271070891501582018-06-15T15:53:37.153-04:002018-06-15T15:53:37.153-04:00please, lay it all out on the line and we will see...please, lay it all out on the line and we will see if the book you seem to get is even the book you seem to get by the end. If it is, then good for you, but you won't tell me because if your wrong, you will look like a fool like most of the others reviewing it.Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-57288435322448470962018-06-15T15:50:29.601-04:002018-06-15T15:50:29.601-04:00STOP WITH YOUR BULLSHIT "nuanced and very tho...STOP WITH YOUR BULLSHIT "nuanced and very thoughtful book" GARBAGE!!!!! That's all I hear and it's a 10/10 because you describe it that way. Since you are a fucking genius who knows what's going on, explain it to me. Or better yet, actually show your name you coward! Go to all the other sites who give it a 10/10 with no reason other than it's "a story for the ages" At least I go out on a limb and tell you how I feel about it unlike the 99% of the phony people out there! Go fuck yourself!!!!!Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-79432889390945000832018-06-15T15:38:08.481-04:002018-06-15T15:38:08.481-04:00Sounds about right.Sounds about right.Eric Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608213100601078621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-55250814251377126282018-06-15T10:55:16.253-04:002018-06-15T10:55:16.253-04:00I'm sorry you don't like this, or that it&...I'm sorry you don't like this, or that it's going completely over your head, because you're clearly missing out on a nuanced and very thoughtful book. Gerads' art is wonderful and King is writing a story for the ages.<br /><br />But no, you're right, it's "pretentious garbage" and literally everyone else who likes the book is just a sucker who "takes not knowing what is going on as intelligent and deep". Amiright? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-90384829345720860992018-06-14T22:07:26.019-04:002018-06-14T22:07:26.019-04:00Yes but did you blink because Jim didn't. (am ...Yes but did you blink because Jim didn't. (am I nailing the King Stans Vibe yet or do I need to try to give him more Batcat advice?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146258966757797795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-30707144173863745312018-06-14T17:47:55.523-04:002018-06-14T17:47:55.523-04:00you just made the grade
you just made the grade<br />Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-13384881534853501952018-06-14T16:33:47.544-04:002018-06-14T16:33:47.544-04:00He who fights with monsters should look to it that...He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.Michielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793213550074541987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-44325549180103796042018-06-14T13:46:24.827-04:002018-06-14T13:46:24.827-04:00You just don't understand it...your taste isn&...You just don't understand it...your taste isn't high enough to realize how genius this review is...idiotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146258966757797795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-60995433385797981342018-06-13T22:30:39.818-04:002018-06-13T22:30:39.818-04:00Yep...my suggestion to everyone is pick up Mark Mi...Yep...my suggestion to everyone is pick up Mark Millar's The Magic Order #1 instead of this and see how a real dark story is written.Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-75870367174423271812018-06-13T21:18:13.172-04:002018-06-13T21:18:13.172-04:00You know guys I really don't feel like this wa...You know guys I really don't feel like this was a bad issue. This has to be the best thing Tom King has writt...ha ha lol. I can't even Finnish this ridiculous joke anymore this is Lost Garbage that is confused for buried treasure. Issue #9 and I still can't tell if this reality or some kind dream. Preach the word Jim.<br />FUCK U 5/10<br /><br />This the worst story king has ever written.Action Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897822189163698025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-58723438333130325072018-06-13T20:56:07.726-04:002018-06-13T20:56:07.726-04:00I'm changing up the review every day now.I'm changing up the review every day now.Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-50911489803481891142018-06-13T16:34:24.920-04:002018-06-13T16:34:24.920-04:00Now all of a sudden the images do show up and the ...Now all of a sudden the images do show up and the quotes have disappeared.<br />Michielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793213550074541987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-52277936754045340042018-06-13T16:29:36.642-04:002018-06-13T16:29:36.642-04:00Haha that is ironic, however I still don't und...Haha that is ironic, however I still don't understand the black images. In my ignorance I'd assume that they should be images.<br /> Michielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793213550074541987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-60148784432505083942018-06-13T14:26:34.496-04:002018-06-13T14:26:34.496-04:00I hate it so much!I hate it so much!Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-41093436443078955462018-06-13T14:24:32.261-04:002018-06-13T14:24:32.261-04:00You want the gist of it all...this book is pretent...You want the gist of it all...this book is pretentious garbage that people love because other people love because they take not knowing what is going on as intelligent and deep. It gets great reviews because it gets great reviews and its a big circle jerk of reviewers who want to pretend to get it. Its the kardashians of comics...famous for being famous and if its the future of comics, god save us all.Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-25179784704797300912018-06-13T14:18:30.630-04:002018-06-13T14:18:30.630-04:00I hate it so much!I hate it so much!Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-29414308903122301612018-06-13T14:17:48.380-04:002018-06-13T14:17:48.380-04:00Exactly...black boxes of our soulsExactly...black boxes of our soulsJim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-75552204744705347412018-06-13T12:06:59.328-04:002018-06-13T12:06:59.328-04:00Seriously the images do not appear, instead I see ...Seriously the images do not appear, instead I see black boxes for the most part.<br />Michielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793213550074541987noreply@blogger.com