tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post5204205783644944459..comments2024-03-28T05:58:47.833-04:00Comments on Weird Science DC Comics: Wonder Woman #755 ReviewJim Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-75549831926292667052020-05-20T03:25:34.790-04:002020-05-20T03:25:34.790-04:00I agree with you, but I will give a little credit ...I agree with you, but I will give a little credit that even though there isn't a whole lot of reasons for Paula to be pissed, I do think Orlando is playing with the idea that she is being manipulated a bit by the spirits of her ancestors (which will then lead to an infuriating turn out of nowhere in the end) and still makes sense more than what we usually get from him. I think that the bigger probles with this book are we are getting Chapter One of the Four Horsewomen after farting around with them for months now and yet we still get an inch of progression. Plus, anything in Boston is just ridiculous nonsense. Yea, you might be right... I may have been too nice with my score. That's why pencils have erasers and why me and eric have a podcast that comes out later in the week!!! Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-86589234212601462872020-05-19T20:01:58.795-04:002020-05-19T20:01:58.795-04:00I understand your frustration. There was time duri...I understand your frustration. There was time during the Perez,Loebs, Byrneand the Original Rucka where Diana's enemies were actually threats.This new trend of making them sympathetic is getting annoying. The only one who was like that the second Silver Swan.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065152917092731629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-82022723371949080482020-05-19T18:42:59.147-04:002020-05-19T18:42:59.147-04:00I haven't read this issue yet, but I was sayin...I haven't read this issue yet, but I was saying the same thing when Jim and I were reviewing the last issue on the podcast.Eric Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608213100601078621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-10680144803132070962020-05-19T17:29:41.247-04:002020-05-19T17:29:41.247-04:00I am not as forgiving as the reviewer on this issu...I am not as forgiving as the reviewer on this issue. The motivation for Paula Von Gunther is simply not believable. She has no reason to hate Wonder Woman. No matter how you slice it, Von Gunther is alive BECAUSE OF WW. It would be more convincing if it was established that Von Gunther was brainwashed by the memories of the Valkyrie legacy and that it compromised her mental health. THAT makes sense because the blind hatred of Von Gunther in WW lore is well established going back to the Golden Age. Steve Orlando tries to suck and blow at the same time with Von Gunter. He suggests that she is a Nazi but she then has the character herself distance herself from the Nazi cause and suggest that she has some other motive for being an evil bitch. He is trying to suggest some iota of redemption that is possible for the character. And that is precisely why I do not find her interesting. WW needs a villain that hates her from the heart with no redemption as a possibility or even a desire for it. Devastation, Cheetah, Armageddon, Silver Swan, Dr. Poison and now Paula Von Gunter ALL either used to be her friends or otherwise possess some quality that makes Diana think she can "reach" with her "truth". It's insanely naive and this nonsense embodies why WW has the worst Rogues Gallery of the Trinity and most other DC hero. The only villains that have potential are Veronica Cale who has every reason to hate WW and does so wonderfully and Azarello's First Born who was straight up hateful. Hopefully Maxwell Lord will be added to the list, but I doubt that will happen as I expect the next writer Tamiko will have WW redeem Lord as a way to force her cliche view of the character that every writer seems to have. Bah. Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766558346251048919noreply@blogger.com