Superman: Distant Fires

(210 votes, average 4.80 out of 5)
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  • IisAwesome
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    ha the look on her face when you said what you were going to do!
  • SpeedyEric
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    Yeah, that cracked me up, too. During this, I gave her a shrug ( the type during the WHA WHA music cues).
  • ladydiskette
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    I still can't get used to the fact that the Joker is sane and not blowing up or killing anyone....


    Also screw Superman/Wonder Woman!
    Superman/Lois Lane FOREVER!
  • Cameron Winter
    Yeah, I also get the feeling that the only reason why Batman doesn't survive the war, is because he'd have just slapped everyone and told them to all stop being idiots... in fact, how come the Joker survives and not Bats? If anyone was going to be prepared for a nuclear war, wouldn't it be Batman?
  • ladydiskette
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    Yeah, I would think the Batcave would be a adequate fallout shelter for just this sort of thing.

    They never even say how the Joker survived the blast.
  • TomQuoVadis
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    It's Batman's superpower. He always wins. ALWAYS.
  • LyricalCow
    Clearly the equation is insanity > radiation. For if one is so insane as to deny the very fabric of reality itself the laws of physics no longer apply to them. (Unless it's an episode of house and you jump off a parking garage because you believe you can fly...touch the sky. Then you're screwed for clearly House's cynism > insanity all of it everywhere.)
  • Dragon_Nexus
    That's kinda my theory on why Megatron always comes out on top. He is so completely convinced at his own awesomeness and superiority that reality can't work out a way of arguing against him, and simply warps itself to comply with what he believes.

    This seemed especially to be the case in the game War for Cybertron.
  • Crazy_Canuk
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    It was just so 'perfect'!

    I don't think I've ever seen a better expression of confusion >D
  • lordkalem  - continuity alarm.
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    what the hell is wrong with this crappy comic and for that matter. wheres the continuity alarm. although i would agree that this whole book is just giant continuity blunder. still it should be interrupting him like ever third or forth sentence
  • Gift of the Magi
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    Ok, that's it...WHEN THE BLUE FUCK IS IRON LIZ GETTING ON THIS SITE?!?

    I get the relationship angle and all...but why not give her a few reviews or such here that is all her.
  • Semudara
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    She has her own thing going: http:// thefoundary.blogspot.com/

    But she has done one AT4W, and co-done another. She was getting better at it in the last one, so hopefully she'll at least co-host again sometime.
  • Dark Crow I  - Linkara
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    I love Linkara and Atop the 4th Wall, the writing is just superb
  • FullmetalNinja25
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    This comic may actually be worse than At World's End. D:

    Great video Lewis! :D
  • ggbhtg
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    Can I call him Shaved Idiot at least? Or maybe that should go to Captain "I'm suddenly a giant douchenozzle" Marvel.... I just thought he was in his adult form but still maintained his childish personality...though I can't say anything for sure as I've never read/watched anything involving him.
  • SpeedyEric
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    I think Bearded Idiot, Crazy Steve, Superboy-Prime, and Captain Marvel (from this comic) should start a band.
  • SpeedyEric
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    Man, the intro o this episode is just …EPIC!!!!! And as always, it’s nice to see Ensign, (clearing thought) sorry, I mean Lieutenant Monrooooooooooooo. =)

    The giant cat Supes is riding on the cover looks like it belongs to He-Man.

    6:11- It would have been better if he wrote a journal after he FOUGHT Doomsday.

    10:23- I just had the weird realization that this comic is the @$$h0le’s version of “I Am Legend.”

    13:42- Guy Gardner in this panel looks like he’s been infected with Youngblood’s Disease after the apocalypse.

    It’s been a long time since you did the Time Warp joke.

    I also don’t believe that Clark and Diana should be together. There will always be Lois and Clark. They’re like Romeo and Juliet, or Peter and Mary Jane (screw you, Joe Quesada).

    24:44- Also, the torrent tower in Marvel City looks like it should be a G.I. Joe playset.

    28:39- Well said, Lewis. Well said. Also, if someone wants to destroy an entire planet, they should use either a Death Star or a drop of Red Mater from J. J. Abrams’ “Star Trek.”

    When ever I get around to it, I’ll buy a copy of, and read, Kingdom Come.

    Only one week left until the Lord Vyce finale. I can’t wait.
  • Zeraph
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    I thought the movie I am legend WAS the @$$h0le version...
  • Crossover Princess
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    Why did you trust a giant gun to '90s kid? I wouldn't trust him with one, really... it's a bad idea.

    But I have to say that was appropriate traveling music was great, though it would have been better if he encountered yellow mice with lighting powers...
  • TragicGuineaPig
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    A post-apocalyptic Superman riding a shark? THAT WOULD BE AWEXOME!!
  • IisAwesome
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    ugh i was hoping for a conclusion for vyce of at least a bit more plot.. but judging from the v-minus 7 at then end i'll get that next week
  • Magil of the Shadows
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    Sweet Death, I LOVE the V - Minus theme. Something about it gives me chills.


    Furthermore, yes, false advertisement, very false.
  • writrzblok
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    "Reviewing a crappy elseworlds comic" Hey, guy's gotta bring in the money somehow, even if an Omni-dimensional threat looms overhead.
  • Black MAYUHN
    This is without a doubt worst than Superman: At Earth's End.

    At least we got "I AM A MAN!!!" *punch* from that.
  • TragicGuineaPig
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    AND Twin Hitler Clones! "Don't you know anything about science?"
  • WarxePB
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    "One-legged Flash" is probably the funniest damn thing ever. I'd call it irony, if that wasn't just the Alanis Morrissette definition of the word.
  • Jackal-1
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    Dude, all the Supes/Wondy romance crap in EVERY SINGLE FLIPPING ELSEWORLDS pisses me way the hell off. I mean, their personalities just do not mesh like that at ALL. I seriously cannot see anything other than friendship between them — casual physical attraction yeah, but married? Lois and Diana are really, really, REALLY different in personality, and it's very hard for me to imagine someone who goes so perfectly together with Lois having any chemistry with Wondy. And Clark's a flipping farm kid turned city reporter without an ancient-civilization- related, warrior-like, or mystical bone in his body — does no one ever stop to wonder what the female partner might want in a man, or is OMG SUPERMAN supposed to be all the justification needed? Because Diana never seems to have any obvious prerogative in these situations — it's just that single goddamn time Lois gets pushed out of the equation, they get smacked into each other like a pair of magnets for no reason whatsoever with Diana immediately shacking up with Supes with no buildup or rationale, which gives off nasty implications like Wondy is secretly a depraved stalker lurking around waiting for Lois to get killed so she can jump Clark's bones. Ugh it's just so over-utilized and yet shallowly developed that it just makes me groan every time the pairing gets mentioned.

    I couldn't even get mad at the Captain Marvel dickery because it comes right the hell of out flipping NOWHERE. I can't even make a connection to Captain Marvel here because nothing CM related even has a chance to get shown. It's like the writer has never read a single comic issue in which CM appeared in his life. For no reason whatsoever, he's suddenly an insane douchenozzle who wants to Take Over The World (TM) over...ugh...a woman. Women as devices to prod the male characters in the direction of the plot AGAIN. This comic doesn't suck in the intense and jaw-droppingly crappy way Earth's End did — it's just lame, dumb, and bizarre with no other substance.
  • BooRat  - Bats and Wonder
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    I'd actualy like to see in 1 of these(just because of the TV series) to see Batman and Wonderwoman get together and be the one to have a kid because that'd be an interesting character!
  • rockybalboa211
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    Great video Linkara!
    Yet, I don't understand how 90's kid will be needed? or why he gets a giant gun..
    I miss bearded idiot...
    Iron liz's expression at the start was beautifully magnificent!
    Suprisingly I have that same exact music when I travel..especially to pallet town! :D
  • rowdycmoore
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    I dunno... somehow I get the feeling 90s Kid could be very important... What did Douglas Adams say about the ingenuity of complete fools?
  • David2
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    Good review of a badly-written story.

    Oh, and kick Vice's ass next week.
  • Siahtam  - Linkara buddy, I need to tell you......
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    Screen direction. Its been a problem for alot of your great videos. if you are on the left side of the screen and you cut to someone else; make sure they are standing on the right of the screen. You look to the right of the screen and he looks to the left..........If I sound sarcastic I am sorry, just something that may help
  • Aninja
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    LINKARA!!! I DEMANDS FIRST IMPRESSIONS ON POWER RANGERS SAMURAI...and im sure some other people do too

    on topic...its half a dozen you noob!!! troll la lol lol lol
  • Linkara
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    My thoughts are posted on my twitter and on the forum. ^^
  • ThatDudeInTheUshanka
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    Was this a Silver Age story seriously it is just so damn goofy?
  • Sockpuppet  - WAY goofier than that
    The worst Silver Age comic I ever read was at least more true to the established characters than this crap is.
  • Shithead  - Very nice!
    I do prefer it when you keep the story to a minimum and you review non-PSA/Comics like Care Bears.

    Good review! Again, this is why I prefer DCAU.
  • TheDued92
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    Superman, Will Smith and Charlton Heston tag teaming against the Apocalyptic future. Ya!
  • mumbls
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    you forgot Vincent Price
  • DXM616
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    *Monocle drops*
    What?! A comic book cover that misleads the reader? Unheard of old chap!
  • Grimm
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    perhaps marvel was mutated into a giant douche ? mutation might explain a few stupid ideas people got in this comic. btw where did they get the proper die work and tooling needed for the super city? dont think super heros are well known for their construction powers.
  • kwclass09
    Um how exactly are there giant rats and what not? if all human life was wiped out shouldnt the all the animals that are not cockroaches be too?
  • BooRat
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    They turned into ape-men i think...
  • Naitsirhc!  - Other Elseworld tittle
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    How about Red Son? Wherein Superman's rescue capsule land in Soviet Russia instead of Kansas and he becomes there champion. Who will fight tor True Justice and the American way? It's no big surprise that Lex Luthor must rise to the challenge; nor is the fact that he is just generally out matched against the Man of Steel. What is a surprise however is the Twist ending of the ark which serves a a Major Screw-You to the readers.
  • numar  - Animorphs
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    It's good to know that I'm not the only one who read Animorphs as a kid.

    Can't wait until next weeks review. The set up looked great.
  • Ruby Doomsday
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    Marcia Marcia Marcia!

    er... I mean...

    Superman Superman Superman!

    Wow... Captain Marvel really earned the Superboy Prime voice in this. Nice review as usual.
  • Argol228
    A few things came to my mind while watching this

    1. Why didn't you use "I don't want to set the world on fire" by the Ink spots
    2. The first part made me want to play Fallout 3/NV
    3. Why is piccolo in this comic XD
  • HarryCane
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    Stupid comic... Just stupid.
    First off the no powers plot. Its magic? Magic has the ability to not only stop Genetic, Technological and Magical abilitys (Ok Magic cancels out magic fair enough) but the chuck norris Magic anti-Powers only activated after a nuclear war? WHAT THE HELL?

    Second, Nukes can cause a death star style destruction of Earth? I'm sorry I didn't know that Earh also ran on the light a candel and desroy the planet Battlefeild Earth logic here.

    And Linkara. Asmuch as I adore your show, Showing us that your preparing for the final battle with Vyce is cool; But... Now all I want IS the final battle with Vyce -_- Now ill be stalking your RRS feed and blog again because when it comes to awesome stuff like your show I become impatient. STOP BEING SO AWESOME ALL THE TIME!
  • angel85
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    he fired a GUN at a group of fairly peaceful people who were trying to rebuild some semblance of the society that they lost, just because they were "mutants?" What the FUCK is wrong with this guy?!

    I like Martian Manhunter, though I wonder how he got elected president of the survivor village if he wants to make peace with the mutants where all the other people want to kill them like roaches, you'd think a group of violent survivalists wouldn't look to the ONE idealist hippie for guidance.

    Also, a bit of nuclear trivia, it is pointless for the military to go through the trouble of making a nuclear bomb with a yield higher than 3 megatons, because then the explosion punches a hole in the atmosphere and all the excess energy is lost to space. Although Tesla was crazy enough to say he could split the earth like an apple using the resonance of several precisely timed and laid down nuclear bombs, but the man also believed he accidentally built an earthquake machine in his lab.
  • catiescarlett
    I think the firing a gun on them was even worse than that - he fired the gun on them because they were mutants and trying to eat the cat, which yes, would suck for the cat, but seriously Supes, it's after the apocalypse! They need food, and you just stopped them from eating! Talk about Super Dickery!
  • rockybalboa211
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    Tesla was a very very odd genius! Alternating current FOREVER!!
  • Swiftbow
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    Just remember that all your electronics run on direct current, though. (That's what all those giant AC adapters do)
  • Lightsaber360  - How to get a migrane made easy...
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    Read this comic, then try to think about it in any way.

    I think Superboy Prime voice was a great touch and very fitting for this train wreck of a comic.

    I remember asking my dad how stories like this ever got made and his answer still rings true. "The writers and the editors either don't know what they're doing or they just don't care."
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