good job as always
Marvel Team-Up #127
Written by Linkara Monday, 13 December 2010 23:04
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12.13.2010 - 23:08 | Cha0sFri3nd
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yes! i've stayed up most the night for this, love the vids lewis keep suffering and be thankful that there is no brodskey/liefield/miller comic
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12.13.2010 - 23:37 | edjr1980
Does this mean there will be a review of a good comic next week??
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12.14.2010 - 10:49 | saint23thomas
He's done it before.
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12.14.2010 - 23:52 | SpeedyEric
saint23thomas is right. For example, after reviewing X-Men #1, Linkara said it DOESN'T suck.
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12.13.2010 - 23:45 | FullmetalNinja25
I may get massive thumbs down for this but why was this not a PSA Hell video? It was quite clearly a anti-drug comic even though the woman didn't really learn anything. Oh well maybe I'm reading too much into it, it was just a bland ass comic.
Great video Lewis! :D
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12.14.2010 - 02:23 | trlkly
I guess its being a Christmas comic beat its being a PSA comic.
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12.13.2010 - 23:45 | SpeedyEricI’m one of those people who enjoy watching “Jingle All the Way.” BTW, I think Jake Lloyd did an okay acting job.
1:59- That’s why I love these characters so much.
2:26- “YES, YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING, YOU BORING IDIOTS!!!!!” Love that line.
I kinda like Uatu, but his involvement in this comic is a slice of fail pie.
You won’t believe how much I laughed at the Lord of the Rings joke.
10:22- Reminds me in that one scene in “Terminator 2” where the T-800 punches a hole in the pay phone to get a quarter.
13:51- Did anyone catch R2-D2 on the license plate?
I wonder what it is you’re gonna review next week. Is it that JLA Christmas comic?
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12.14.2010 - 16:30 | mlsterben
I did! I'm surprised Linkara didn't mention a semi-obvious Star Wars reference.
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12.14.2010 - 22:16 | Calbeck
Eeyup, caught that license plate thing. Just got no idea why someone decided to use a Star Wars ref, though.
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12.13.2010 - 23:46 | SuccubusYuri
Good to see you fired up from the Prime Directive lecture ^_^ On a totally unrelated note, I giggled at the nuclear wessels part.
If only there had been Peewee reminding us about crack!
I am totally missing the Christmas connection. Drugs? I can get making a poorly misinformed drug comic. I can get making a bad Christmas comic, but how did they mate and form a super-absolutely- pointless issue? I'd think a Christmas comic would be about family, or the suffering.
Oh wait, did this come out JUST as they started calling addiction a disease? Now it makes sense. Not that I disregard the idea, but they had a bad habit of over-emphasizing it.
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12.13.2010 - 23:53 | Vanvidum
Thank you Linkara! There's never enough ripping on the pathetic, played-out, stale theme of 'higher beings' that 'don't intervene' except when they do.
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12.14.2010 - 00:05 | Crossover Princess
An old man doing beat poetry? Yeah, I'd go get ice cream too even though it's in the middle of December.
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Don't mean that as an insult in any way or to start a flame war (loved the review by the way) but the whole "a 'thing' having the power to stop evil and choose not to = that thing being a {insert insult here}" sounds more like something you'd see on DW youtube channel.
Granted I'm aware people have different beliefs in their God's roles and abilities and your beliefs (w/e they may be) may "un-subject" you to what I say but it almost comes off as a hidden insult in how much you promote that mindset.
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12.14.2010 - 01:50 | jjflashHuh? What are you talking about?
The Watcher isn't some divine parent/cosmic arbiter. He isn't there to teach a lesson or fears violating human free will (which is the theology behind the Abrahamic faiths).
The Watcher has no such reasons for holding back other than the fact that he is a powerful character and the writers feared him overshadowing everyone else.
So your whole statement is kinda...apples and oranges.
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12.14.2010 - 03:43 | PLAActually, the Watchers had some bad experience with interfering, and as such have at least understandable reasons to be afraid of it and swear oaths against it. And before the bad experience, they were indeed there to teach.
Many super powerful deities, especially in Abrahamic lore, are supposed to never make mistakes or have reason to fear mistakes.
On a side-note, free will isn't a typical issue for earthquakes.
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12.14.2010 - 11:50 | Lucia32(Sorry to butt in)
That's inaccurate.
Okay, the Watchers apparently pull a Prime Directive thing out of fear that humans (or whoever) will self-destruct due to their interference. I get that.
In the Abrahamic religions, God stays out of it (only interfering in extreme cases) because humans will grow too dependent on him to fix their problems or help their neighbors.
In the case of the Abrahamics has nothing to do with mistakes, it has everything to do with allowing humans to grow.
PS: Earthquakes are part of the natural order, giving life as well as destruction, no differently than rain storms do (albeit on a much longer scale over time).
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12.15.2010 - 10:52 | PLAIt's a public site. You don't have to apologise for "butting in".
I don't see any contradiction between what I said and the alternate explanation you added, but there's probably some conflict in the thoughts underlying our comments. We could keep talking, but there's usually not much interest around here.
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12.14.2010 - 23:48 | SpeedyEricAcording to Uatu in the video game "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance," The Watchers gave advance technology to the first speices they came in contact with, and they eventually destroyed themselves with it. This explains why the Watchers don't interfere with other races, including humans.
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12.18.2010 - 09:05 | TomQuoVadis
I knew religion would get mixed in. I just knew it.
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12.14.2010 - 00:11 | Dark Pascual
Snowflame is my lord and savior!!!
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12.14.2010 - 00:13 | rogueofmv
*snickering* ... nuclear wessels.
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12.14.2010 - 00:14 | ThatGeekWithTheTemper
Glad to see you're doing your best to help everyone by being funny! I'll do my best to repay the favor by not being a total jerk.
Oh, and: *insert The Comedian calling out Dr. Manhattan about not stopping him*
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12.14.2010 - 00:17 | JoeybsmoothI like the way you say "room".
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12.14.2010 - 00:23 | Talvrae
It remember me...
You never have reviwed a Captain America comic... Just a taught could be interesting :)
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12.14.2010 - 00:40 | Jezzy54
If Uatu really wanted to intervene and save that girl,he could have just teleported the drug dealers to a police station along with anything incriminating before they actually killed anyone. For all I know, he could have shapeshifted into a less recognizable form to divert attention or even done the whole thing without leaving the moon instead of jerking Spider-Man around. I like Uatu for stepping in when it's crucial, and "What If...?" is cool, but this story is just lame.
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12.14.2010 - 00:41 | Dansdaughter
Crotch flash go!
Damn I want to go to mag fest so bad but I have exams all that month X(
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1:22 - Thank God for the Doctor! :D
6:54 - I would have listened to his poetry, that's what good people do! :D
8:37 - We need more Twilight Zone references! :D
9:13 - Do the watcher's fire other watchers or do they just watch other watchers?
11:44 - What the hell is Captain America doing on brooklyn heights roof top on Christmas Eve? Did he get transported their by the watcher?
14:18 - Spiderman has been in that pose for the majority of most his comics... poor idiot
15:33 - Did the watcher love Jesus? Bette's room-mate got screwed over and her parents are probably wondering for she is lol.
Is the Watcher Spooney? (vlogs)
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12.14.2010 - 01:05 | jjflashI never liked the Watcher. I always found the name creepy. Like he's some super-powered voyeur.
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12.14.2010 - 01:09 | Deimos1984rd
If a hero has god like powers they should at least use them instead of just watching.
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12.14.2010 - 01:15 | angel85
Somewhere I heard that the watcher was the last of his kind, I think it was his trading card. In that case all bets are off, whose gonna reprimand him for breaking his vow? I imagine Doctor Who is very similar, as the last of his kind he just says "screw it" to all the laws his people made about messing around with lesser developed species. He even had the audacity to try and change a time locked event on Mars, even the laws of PHYSICS are but mere suggestions to him.
I'd like to see the watcher's library though, I bet it's like the Brainspawn's giant death star thing.
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12.14.2010 - 02:45 | SkemonoI don't know if they ever said Uatu was the last of his kind (maybe they did and someone changed their mind), but we have seen other Watchers before. Dan Slott's She-Hulk series had Watchers other than Uatu show up.
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12.14.2010 - 09:08 | LordInsaneHeck, the Doctor was a maverick intervening even when he wasn't the last of his kind - and, of course, it is suggested that some events are more malleable in history than others, and since the Doctor can sense if an particular event is in that category *and* knowns what is supposed to happen...
I find it somewhat amusing that one of the Star Trek examples shown during the starting rant are of a trio of jerkass gambling addicts who meddle plenty in the affairs of mortals (just, well, in a negative manner), and don't even make a 'one day you may be ready' excuse for what they do - they just place their games and wagers above the needs of lesser species.
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12.14.2010 - 01:20 | Armads
The world needs more Snowflame and heroes powered by cocaine.
But where are the other drug-powered superheroes man? Where's Methman or Alcohol Lad?
Where's the DEA of villainy?
Oh wait I have those backwards...
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12.14.2010 - 01:32 | jjflashAlcohol Lad already exists. Tony "Drunk as a Skunk" Stark.
Haven't you read an Iron Man comic in the last twenty years? Surviving alcohol poisoning is practically his secondary super power.
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12.14.2010 - 01:31 | Mad_Man_Moony
For the love of all that is awesome SOMEONE draw Snowflame in a Santa Suit! SNOWFLAME BRINGS YOU CHRISTMAS CHEER!!!
And do I sense a review of a Power Rangers Christmas comic in the near future? Only time will tell.
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12.14.2010 - 19:44 | KariThat thing he wears anyway is kinda glamrock's answer to a Santa suit.
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12.14.2010 - 01:36 | WesFox13
Hehehe seems Linkara saw SFDebris little rant about the Prime Directive. Heheh Great Review thar. X3
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12.14.2010 - 02:27 | Devin the Cool
Great job as always Linkara. Also great impression of Rod Serling.
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Do I smell a Power Rangers Zeo Comic next week? Well, whatever it is I hope to Zenu that you don't review that holiday horror show that is known as "Alpha's Magical Christmas".
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Check out sfdebris's review of Star Trek The Next Generation: Pen Pals.
So the question on everybody's minds: Who watches the watchers watch the watchmen?
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12.14.2010 - 02:30 | Aurral
Hey Lewis, I've always loved the the way you pronounce the word "room".
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12.14.2010 - 02:34 | JackofAntics
Ugh, I just wanted to smack the Watcher. Walls of text much? Well at least he made some sense compared to the Warrior. (facepalm)
Okay, I lol'd at the Shinji Ikari joke.
BTW, I picked up a few Wonder Woman tradebacks written by Gail Simone since you recommended her. Needless to say, I totally enjoyed them.
Also, I saw your tweet about Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. I had no idea you were a fan!
And I must master my ninja teleporting skills one day so I can go to cons you guys are attending. (Seriously, what are the chances of people coming all the way out to Hawaii's Kawaii Kon? OTL)
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