tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post6759298593205453037..comments2023-03-23T20:45:56.552+00:00Comments on Don't Worry About Countdown -- Focus Elsewhere: Countdown 49: De(com)pressionAndrew Hickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412263807838661843noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-27859808568505208092007-05-28T15:51:00.000+00:002007-05-28T15:51:00.000+00:00Now, that's an interesting idea. I suspect it's no...Now, that's an interesting idea. I suspect it's not the case, but it's an interesting possibility...Andrew Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412263807838661843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-72564330709273296782007-05-28T15:49:00.000+00:002007-05-28T15:49:00.000+00:00Just thought of something regarding Jimmy...What i...Just thought of something regarding Jimmy...<BR/><BR/>What if it's not a counter-Earth Jimmy, but one of the clone-products of Kirby's "The Project"?<BR/><BR/>This might help explain some of the problems people have had with this "Jimmy" -- his knowledge of Jason Todd, why Superman let him interview the Joker alone, etc.<BR/><BR/>The Jimmy-clones were a part of Kirby's Fourth World that's never really been followed-up on, to my knowledge..<BR/><BR/>--GarrieGarrie Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655002725754446947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-79238962867322746592007-05-27T05:26:00.000+00:002007-05-27T05:26:00.000+00:00I dunno, I'm still getting the feeling that a lot ...I dunno, I'm still getting the feeling that a lot of people who are panning Countdown are doing so because it's not 52. I'm planning to give it more time -- I'd personally prefer "52: Year Two", but that's not going to be happening.<BR/><BR/>As to the myriad continuity 'oddities', from the already notorious 'open secret' of Jason Todd's identity, to Jimmy Olson's reappearing elastic powers, to the whole thing with the Monitor-with-a-gun, there's just way too damn many. It's like one of those "night of March 31" stories, where the point is just how many boners (Down, Joker!) can the reader spot. My guess, at this writing, is that they're ALL intentional; setting us up for the writer to eventually emerge from behind the curtain balancing a trained seal on his nose. (expression comes from Archie Goodwin; no, the OTHER Archie Goodwin)<BR/><BR/>The other explanation, that the writers are just plain incompetent, just doesn't seem credible. Whatever you want to say about the other writers, Paul Dini is just too accomplished a writer to be making mistakes of this nature.Kim EMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762954899345234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-73747905751376257612007-05-25T21:54:00.000+00:002007-05-25T21:54:00.000+00:00Monitor as walking MacGuffin was a spot-on observa...Monitor as walking MacGuffin was a spot-on observation and basically my problem with a gun-toting Monitor in a nutshell. Also, i totally agree with hilker about the Monitors powers. I mean, not only did he need to use a gun, <I>he missed</I> a couple times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-1979890397159863892007-05-25T19:43:00.000+00:002007-05-25T19:43:00.000+00:00I'm planning to keep reading up until at least iss...I'm planning to keep reading up until at least issue six or so. I'm giving them a reasonable chance to impress me.<BR/><BR/>But I'm getting less optimistic all the time - I just saw Giffen's latest column, and he's now saying that he's not on until the *tenth* issue, and that he's not guaranteeing he'll be on for the whole story then. I'm getting the feeling that Countdown may be the disaster a lot of people were expecting 52 to be...Andrew Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412263807838661843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-809526549688034572007-05-25T19:18:00.000+00:002007-05-25T19:18:00.000+00:00Hey, I found someone who likes Countdown: Dorian a...Hey, I found someone who likes <I>Countdown</I>: <A HREF="http://www.postmodernbarney.com/2007/05/reviewsmanga-catch-upshort-comments.html" REL="nofollow">Dorian at PostModernBarney</A>.<BR/><BR/>Not me, though. I think the rhythm Mr Dini wants me to get into is one of handing three bucks over to DC every week, come what may. I have two left feet when it comes to that sort of rhythm, so I'll sit this dance out.<BR/><BR/>If you stay on the dancefloor, Andrew, do let us wallflowers know if anything happens that would cause confusion to readers of other comics who miss it, won't you, please?<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, <A HREF="http://gadsircomics.blogspot.com/2007/05/reviews-blade-countdown-cover-girl.html" REL="nofollow">my reasons</A> for disliking the one issue I read were little to do with "nothing happens".Steve Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-13848564860313037352007-05-25T17:41:00.000+00:002007-05-25T17:41:00.000+00:00Well according to wikipedia that's actually Shazam...Well according to wikipedia that's actually Shazam's old lair. So it makes <I>some</I> sense that the two of them might be there. That'll teach me not to read carefully.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-31918691223957533482007-05-25T17:36:00.000+00:002007-05-25T17:36:00.000+00:00My suspicion is that this is not really Black Adam...My suspicion is that this is not really Black Adam. What are the chances that Mary goes into the one church in the whole world where Black Adam is hiding out? Plus he doesn't have his powers anymore. They made such a big deal out of Billy changing the magic word, if BA has his powers back a month later it would seem kind of silly. Plus if he did have all his power back, why would he be hiding out at all?<BR/>So that's my position: not really Black Adam. I could be wrong. That's the beauty of a weekly series.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-73903156811219669272007-05-25T17:20:00.000+00:002007-05-25T17:20:00.000+00:00I'd not heard of Ivan Boesky before (which is odd,...I'd not heard of Ivan Boesky before (which is odd, because I remember following the Guinness fraud trial with some interest, but then again that was 17 years ago...) , but he does seem to be a model for the character, doesn't he? Thanks.<BR/><BR/>The Monitors thing can be explained away with a handwave - after all, there's more than one type of power - so I didn't bother nitpicking that too much...<BR/><BR/>Yeah, the 'wax off' line was horrible. But I'm going to assume that they knew that, and it was just to show how unimaginative 'Red Arrow' is...Andrew Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412263807838661843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921448313469977350.post-22247201732127740742007-05-25T17:13:00.000+00:002007-05-25T17:13:00.000+00:00Another model for the Boesky character would be Iv...Another model for the Boesky character would be <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Boesky" REL="nofollow">Ivan Boesky</A>.<BR/><BR/>If the Monitors are among the most powerful sentients in the multiverse, why did the one from #51 use a weapon to kill Joker's Daughter? You'd think he could just wish for her death.<BR/><BR/>"Wax off" is much less of a clever zinger than Dini & co. seem to think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com