Random Thoughts — Page 765

suspiciouscoffee said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Warbler said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Warbler said:

How many times has DC rebooted it’s universe?

The ones I can think of:

Crisis on infinite earths

Zero hour

Final Crisis?

New 52

Rebirth

Showcase #4 (Also, Rebirth isn’t technically a reboot, but eh, semantics really).

Why isn’t it a reboot?

A reboot, at least how I see it, is a universal restart of continuity. Rebirth was just a retcon of some elements of the previous reboot (almost entirely undid the reboot for the Superman books, but for, say, Flash, they just re-introduced some characters previously rebooted out of existence).

By that standard, Zero Hour isn’t a reboot, either.

I stand by it, then, though I haven’t read that one so idk.

Zero Hour was basically DC’s attempt to debug the post-Crisis continuity. From what I’ve read, it didn’t work.

I miss the Silver Age. Back when no one gave a damn about continuity.

I prefer the Bronze Age. Strong continuity, mature storytelling, but not inaccessible and full of grimdark deconstructionist bullshit.

Yeah. Whenever I think of the Bronze Age, I think of the Fleischer Superman cartoons. Probably the purest interpretation of what that hero is all about.

Yeah, the comic ages go in this order:

• Platinum Age (1897-1938)
• Golden Age (1938-1945)
• Atom Age (1945-1956)
• Silver Age (1956-1971)
• Bronze Age (1971-1986)
• Modern Age (1986-present)

Course, I’m not a fan of that “Modern Age” designation; it’s too broad. I prefer breaking it up thusly:

• Copper Age (1986-1991)
• Dark Age (1991-2000)
• Modern Age (2000-present)

Why does the Platinum age start in 1897? What occurred that year? I’ve never heard of a Platinum or Atom age of comic books before.

I wish we had two comic book threads already in a different subforum

suspiciouscoffee said:

Handman said:

Yeah. Whenever I think of the Bronze Age, I think of the Fleischer Superman cartoons. Probably the purest interpretation of what that hero is all about.

Er… you’re thinking Golden.

I wonder what opium eye drops would feel like.

Probably awful.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I wonder what opium eye drops would feel like.

Ask Neglify.

Am I blue
Am I blue
Ain’t these tears in my eyes telling you
Am I blue
you’d be too
If each plan that you made done fell through

Some guy called me Rico suave today. I didn’t know who he was and still know nothing about him, but after looking up a picture of him I assume it was a compliment. Or else he was calling me a pretty boy. But I don’t put much effort into my looks but I have been growing my hair out, i can’t help it if I’m naturally beautiful. 🤷‍♂️

Warbler said:

Am I blue
Am I blue
Ain’t these tears in my eyes telling you
Am I blue
you’d be too
If each plan that you made done fell through

So opium eye drops will give me Eyes of the Ibad. Gotcha.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Warbler said:

Am I blue
Am I blue
Ain’t these tears in my eyes telling you
Am I blue
you’d be too
If each plan that you made done fell through

So opium eye drops will give me Eyes of the Ibad. Gotcha.

huh?

Warbler said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Warbler said:

Am I blue
Am I blue
Ain’t these tears in my eyes telling you
Am I blue
you’d be too
If each plan that you made done fell through

So opium eye drops will give me Eyes of the Ibad. Gotcha.

huh?

Dune reference.

Ah, I haven’t seen any version of that for years and I have never read the book.

is possessed a god?

No iz cat

Same difference.

So I’ve just started getting an “net::err_cert_date_invalid” message when I try accessing this site through Chrome. Is it safe to say the site’s SSL certificate just needs renewal and there’s nothing suspicious going on at my end?

[JEDIT]

Decided to restart my computer just to see if that did anything, and now the site’s loading normally. Strange.