Comments on: Things I Liked This Week And Things I Didn’t

By: bfnh

bfnh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:14:52 +0000

i’m very happy about the punisher storyline. i actually bought that issue of cap #319 back in jr. high after reading a marvel universe book of the dead and realizing that a ton of people died in the issue. i remember thinking it was gonna be worth mucho dinero.

By: Beacon

Beacon — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:12:26 +0000

I never really “got” the Human Fly. Creating a Scorpion-Man to fight a Spider-Man makes a certain amount of sense. Creating a Fly-Man to fight a Spider-Man just seems like setting yourself up for failure.

I did think the 360 degree vision thing was a cool power but Chance has that PLUS the whole compulsive gambler angle to play with so the Fly never really felt necessary

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:17:00 +0000

I’m just happy because back in the day, the Fly was actually a pretty badass villain. Like, he put the smack down on Spidey once or twice (and not in the usual, “he seems to be winning but Spidey puts on a surge of strength and pulls it out” sort of way. Nope, he beat Spidey fair and square.)

Oh, and a big old “Hell yes!” to the SYTYCD section.

By: Duvall

Duvall — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:34:28 +0000

FNL didn’t just set up the fourth season, they also set up the fifth season. Season Four can be about bringing East Dillon to respectability, and can end with a heartbreaking loss to Dillon in the finale. Then Season Five can end the series with another playoff run.

By: Sofa King

Sofa King — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:19:00 +0000

Ah, Turner D. Century, Master of the GILFS.

Though it saddens me to notice that someone named “The Gamecock” escaped being killed by Scourge. There is no justice.

And imagine the attack of the Fly and his Maggotmen! Like CHUDS! Snatching people off subway platforms….

By: Lister Sage

Lister Sage — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:39:22 +0000

I just want to say that Rick Remender’s Punisher is head and shoulders above Fraction’s War Journal run, which ran out of steam when he started that Jigsaw arc. I’m also feeling the love for Turner D. Century.

By: Zenrage

Zenrage — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:36:23 +0000

Jim,

Yeah, I mean all the thunderbolts that the new scourge killed have been fully restored to life and as for the ones from the Club with No Name, I know the Basilisk returned from the dead as a bad-ass Morbius villain from the old Midnight Sons schtick.

My only question is will we see Turner’s old weapon, the ray gun that could melt wood?

By: Evil Midnight Lurker

Evil Midnight Lurker — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:59:09 +0000

Huh. I may have to eat my words: that sounds like it might very well be a good Punisher story.

By: Beacon

Beacon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:55:56 +0000

The Hood was a fantastic character when he was a petty crook just trying to get by. Granted that was because BKV is a great writer and the MAX line offered the freedom to take a closer look at the super villain lifestyle.

Then Bendis dusted off the cobwebs and turned him into something unrecognizable. Suddenly we’re supposed to buy the guy as a scary criminal mastermind when he was getting smacked around by the Constrictor the last time we saw him.

Still, I gotta admit that the Punisher plot is a good idea. I’m totally for anything that means we might get the Ringer back (even if it means we might get stuck with the Human Fly)

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:45:27 +0000

Weren’t half the people Scourge killed already back from the dead?

Also, someone please explain the appeal of the Hood to me. So far I gather it is apparently “He had the idea to amass dozens of supervillains!” which is not particularly groundbreaking. I dunno, every time I see him in Norman Osborn’s cabal, I just imagine what it’d be like if the inner circle from Acts of Vengeance had included Arcade.

By: neil

neil — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:07:34 +0000

For books about being a sports fan I really have to recommend Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch, which is all about growing up, Arsenal FC and why something as trivial as supporting a football team can be so important.

By: urbanguy

urbanguy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:22:23 +0000

Oh Turner D. Century and your flying tandem bike…you are a man outside of time.

By: Leee

Leee — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:51:39 +0000

FNL does make mistakes beyond the kill-a-guy-dump-a-body-PS-my-dad’s-the-sheriff plot, mainly that after Smash’s exit (an AMAZING arc to be sure), the show got seriously whitewashed. But even then, I think/hope that the show, especially w/ the finale, was setting up for the Dillon/East Dillon, white privilege/minority struggle showdown.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:55:22 +0000

So totally agree with your take on the SYTYCD results. But I loved the Mia group number.