The Big Picture: Best Defense
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Hey Bob. I just gotta say I'm a real big fan of your big pictures. Even though I'm a bit of a geek, its lovely to have someone with their feet planted firmly in all camps geek to pull the strings together now and again.MovieBob said:
What I love even more though is that you have a lot of (I guess) obscure knowledge. Like your mention of the Alias comic book about Jessica Jones. I've never heard of it, or her and I read a lot of comics.
It would be really cool if you did an episode, or an article sometime, with a lot of obscure recommendations like this. Comics that tell a story, not just the weekly spidey beating up the doc or whatever. I just finished alias and I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Not only a cool, well-rounded FEMALE lead, but a very interesting read in itself and brilliant cameos all over the place. I love the angle we get to view the world of supers from, and really almost everything about it. I wasnt a fan of the 4th wall breaking at the end, but thats beside the point.
So...a best of obscure list?
(If alias can count as obscure...I hadnt heard of it, but that doesnt mean the average comic geek hasnt )As much as I'm skeptical of Marvel, I think I like Netflix more because of its original (non super hero) content. While I get that Marvel movies are doing well and they want to sell as much a possible, I don't want Netflix to become all about this hero stuff, while more original stuff gets potentially ignored.
Besides that, its a great deal for Netflix, who many of the big studios do not want to succeed in their efforts. Take that Disney money and make more original stuff, Netflix. From the MD side of things, I think that Agents of Shield shows that on network tv, you can only go so far until timeslots, restrictions and moaning viewers/fans step in. Agents of Shield does look kinda cheap too. By doing these new series via Netflix, writers can go more creative and adult in content if they want(as these characters are kind of Marvel Knights ones. Only restrictions are money and imagination (and Marvel/continuity etc obviously.
Fingers crossed they turn out well, because I'm starting to worry that Marvel Disney is baking too many pies at once, and few will be tasteless and a waste.
Besides that, its a great deal for Netflix, who many of the big studios do not want to succeed in their efforts. Take that Disney money and make more original stuff, Netflix. From the MD side of things, I think that Agents of Shield shows that on network tv, you can only go so far until timeslots, restrictions and moaning viewers/fans step in. Agents of Shield does look kinda cheap too. By doing these new series via Netflix, writers can go more creative and adult in content if they want(as these characters are kind of Marvel Knights ones. Only restrictions are money and imagination (and Marvel/continuity etc obviously.
Fingers crossed they turn out well, because I'm starting to worry that Marvel Disney is baking too many pies at once, and few will be tasteless and a waste.
Few corrections:
Killgrave did NOT sexually assault Jessica Jones except in the loosest of interpretations. He used to sexually assault other woomen in front of her and make her love him and beg him to have sex with her, but he never actually did.
Luke Cage's popularity didn't resurge because of Alias, but because of its writer, Bendis. Bendis loves Luke Cage, Spider Woman and Ms. Marvel and inserted them into major roles in everything he got his hands on. And Bendis had his hands on a LOT, including the Avengers and several major events.
Killgrave did NOT sexually assault Jessica Jones except in the loosest of interpretations. He used to sexually assault other woomen in front of her and make her love him and beg him to have sex with her, but he never actually did.
Luke Cage's popularity didn't resurge because of Alias, but because of its writer, Bendis. Bendis loves Luke Cage, Spider Woman and Ms. Marvel and inserted them into major roles in everything he got his hands on. And Bendis had his hands on a LOT, including the Avengers and several major events.
*reads comic where hulk is an implied rapist and confirmed cannibal, hank nearly murders wasp, and quicksilver and scarlet witch are having sex*Souplex said:
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...NO. >:[