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Is it too late to introduce Lloth the Fallen, Goddess of Bunny Rabbits?

Star Wars was never science fiction. It's fantasy with techno-trappings. Light sabers instead of flaming swords. Jedi standing in for wizards. AT-ATs rather than oliphants. Ewoks subbing for hobbits. Pseudo-sci-fi recast those stories for a more tech-pervasive culture's taste, and opened further visual and stylistic possibilities.
 
As Aristotle pointed out in his Poetics, it's not important that something in a story be "possible" in real life, just that it be "probable" given the premises set out by the story.

Wait. It's all about some wholesome Dwarven cleric's homespun moral guidance changing lives for the better? Damn you, Rich. Stop making me feel ways about stuff!
 
God. I'm. . . I'm . . I'm going to go kick Aquaman in the shins. 

New one UP!
 
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1130.html

Korean war dead finally returning home
 
This is important and should be getting more attention.

So the Star Trek parody loses their girl security chief early in the series?
 
Huh.

I think I've only seen card-only at craft fairs and whatnot where the seller has a Square device and doesn't have change for cash.  Still, though I prefer to deal in cash for everyday transactions, I'm well aware that it marks me as a prehistoric Luddite.

LIGHT, I need some fricken LIGHT so I can see people
 Robin in the shadows, okay. Trained by the bat got it
Raven? she was Goth before Goth was cool.. (was Goth ever cool?)
But son of a gun,  why can't we  get a good look at  Starfire, Beast Boy and others... 
could one of you step into the sun or even a cloudy day for five flipping seconds
 
*Rant*
 
Also, someone needs to edit the film so what when Robin says "F**k Batman" Captain America's shield flies from off screen to hit him in the back of the head

Well, clearly every one now loves Aquaman and thinks the movie will be great. It will be a box office surprise, and folks will walk out newly converted to the wonders of Aquatic monarchy.
I am mollified.
 
Thank you, fellow Aquafans
 

 

Well, clearly every one now loves Aquaman and thinks the movie will be great. It will be a box office surprise, and folks will walk out newly converted to the wonders of Aquatic monarchy.
I am mollified.
 
Thank you, fellow Aquafans
 

 

Everybody feel better?  
 
Good.  Can this thread die now?

Re: Lifetime, I hated the hypocrisy.  I remember seeing ads for a series of movies where the men cheated on their wives or girlfriends, all of which (rightfully) vilified the men who cheated.
 
And then there was a Lifetime movie where the woman cheated on her husband, and the title was something like, "Driven into Another's Arms."  Sooooo... if a man does it it's wrong, but if a woman does it's understandable?  WTF?!
 
I suppose I should be happy that my wife doesn't watch scads of Lifetime movies any more.  Now, it's real-life crime stories, usually where the killer offs his / her spouse.  Hmmm... wonder if there's some subtext here I'm missing...

Ebola outbreak in D.R. Congo shut down by vaccine
 
It's supposed to be "open access".

And gods forbid they make something actually lighthearted like Big with superheroes.  Then it's pitchforks and torches!

So, basically, we don't like the DCEU because it's too dark.  We like the MCU better for its more optimistic tone.  But if DCEU changes their approach to become less ark and more optimistic, we will criticize them for cribbing from MCU.
 
Basically, your movies are terrible, but keep making terrible movies - don't accept any of the feedback and try to improve, or anything like that.

New one already!
 
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1129.html#

See, this is the advantage of being on the path to age and decay. I remember this stuff, heck. I remember when Spider Man had what looked less like webbing and more like construction wire... 
mostly on the small screen, mind you, but it does make me appreciate the incredible leaps and bounds we've had in a lot of ways even when they fall short. 
I know some folks are trashing Shazam as 'BIG with superpowers', but to my thinking, there is nothing new under the sun so the secret is to show how diverse the superhero genre can be. Ant-Man is a heist movie. Captain America: Winter Soldier an espionage thriller like the 70s might have, and so on. It won't all work. I'm not crazy about New Mutants as a horror thing but thats' because I'm not always big on horror.
 
So if someone HATES BIG, I can see why shazam is not looking promising for them now.
 
but if the complaint is 'it's been done before' well, my thought is, it hasn't for this particular genre, and if we go for all genres count- well, very little hasn't been tried.
 
Now, will it be done WELL? that remains to be seen. I hope hopes. Sue me. While I would not wish for all the world even my worst enemy to endure what the Snyder family did, I do think with him stepping down DCEU may find it's footing and give us more movies on quality level with Wonder Woman than Batman v Superman

In comparison:
 
 

Brother Chaos is pleased, very pleased indeed. 

Years had passed, and Stanton's form of worship had grown. Indeed, those who tried to oppress this new cult by force found themselves often failing as the Believers of Stantonism not only fought them back, but counter attacked. In the name of the One Living God crusades began. Many of the City States of Gelmir  were at war with each other, so in other parts of the Infinite World Stantonism found itself growing unopposed to form an Empire elsewhere.
 
until finally, as Stanton and his army came upon the last resistance within what his empire, that followers of the old gods charged forward though it was a desperate last stand. One warrior, once much younger, holding a relic of Glory in his hand managed to close with Stanton himself. Stanton's powers were many, his defenses had spared him death time and time again. Yet this was not a killing blow, nor was it meant to be!
 
Instead, the blow struck Stanton, the One Living God, there was a flash of red fire that blinded all and when it cleared, there were TWO Stantons!!
 
Each one believing in his heart of hearts that he was the original, and the other an impostor!
 
"I am Stanton!" the one on the left cried! "To me against this pretender!"
 
"NO, I am Stanton" the one on the right demanded "Rally about me!"
 
For the two stantons could not stand each other! And each thought the other the greatest evil
 
And thus was a movement allowed to grow, to succeed and grow again, only so it could be turned on itself in a schism-War!  A War where this new faith broke in even halves and those halves fighting to the last to destroy each other!
 
And the moon, the great cage? It grew red.
 
All glory to the goddess of war, and tactics are indeed a part of same.
 
Aerobell smiled down to see her plans grow to fruition. Her sister might yet break  free, but not this century, perhaps not even this millennium. She had sacrificed tens of thousands to save millions. The God of Chaos might appreciate the irony of causing yet more chaos to check his monotheism, but who knew Brother Chaos' mood? The moon would fill red and strong. Would Truth out her orchestrations, or would Secrets work to conceal them? How would Darkness punish those who went to the Underworld believing in a false god? If at all?  Would she be hailed as a hero by those that knew, or a monster as mad as the wolf she called Sister? 
 
Whatever was to come, she would deal with it then. For now, she had wars to over see.
 
Interference: There are two Stantons who are utterly opposed to each other and  locked in bitter schismatic warfare on a massive scale thus feeding the Moon and making the prison of Raya strong again.

Years had passed, and Stanton's form of worship had grown. Indeed, those who tried to oppress this new cult by force found themselves often failing as the Believers of Stantonism not only fought them back, but counter attacked. In the name of the One Living God crusades began. Many of the City States of Gelmir  were at war with each other, so in other parts of the Infinite World Stantonism found itself growing unopposed to form an Empire elsewhere.
 
until finally, as Stanton and his army came upon the last resistance within what his empire, that followers of the old gods charged forward though it was a desperate last stand. One warrior, once much younger, holding a relic of Glory in his hand managed to close with Stanton himself. Stanton's powers were many, his defenses had spared him death time and time again. Yet this was not a killing blow, nor was it meant to be!
 
Instead, the blow struck Stanton, the One Living God, there was a flash of red fire that blinded all and when it cleared, there were TWO Stantons!!
 
Each one believing in his heart of hearts that he was the original, and the other an impostor!
 
"I am Stanton!" the one on the left cried! "To me against this pretender!"
 
"NO, I am Stanton" the one on the right demanded "Rally about me!"
 
For the two stantons could not stand each other! And each thought the other the greatest evil
 
And thus was a movement allowed to grow, to succeed and grow again, only so it could be turned on itself in a schism-War!  A War where this new faith broke in even halves and those halves fighting to the last to destroy each other!
 
And the moon, the great cage? It grew red.
 
All glory to the goddess of war, and tactics are indeed a part of same.
 
Aerobell smiled down to see her plans grow to fruition. Her sister might yet break  free, but not this century, perhaps not even this millennium. She had sacrificed tens of thousands to save millions. The God of Chaos might appreciate the irony of causing yet more chaos to check his monotheism, but who knew Brother Chaos' mood? The moon would fill red and strong. Would Truth out her orchestrations, or would Secrets work to conceal them? How would Darkness punish those who went to the Underworld believing in a false god? If at all?  Would she be hailed as a hero by those that knew, or a monster as mad as the wolf she called Sister? 
 
Whatever was to come, she would deal with it then. For now, she had wars to over see.
 
Interference: There are two Stantons who are utterly opposed to each other and  locked in bitter schismatic warfare on a massive scale thus feeding the Moon and making the prison of Raya strong again.

I could just put this in the DC movie thread
 
but... no. This is Aquaman! He deserves his own thread
 
Hail to the King!
 
 

Years had passed, and Stanton's form of worship had grown. Indeed, those who tried to oppress this new cult by force found themselves often failing as the Believers of Stantonism not only fought them back, but counter attacked. In the name of the One Living God crusades began. Many of the City States of Gelmir  were at war with each other, so in other parts of the Infinite World Stantonism found itself growing unopposed to form an Empire elsewhere.
 
until finally, as Stanton and his army came upon the last resistance within what his empire, that followers of the old gods charged forward though it was a desperate last stand. One warrior, once much younger, holding a relic of Glory in his hand managed to close with Stanton himself. Stanton's powers were many, his defenses had spared him death time and time again. Yet this was not a killing blow, nor was it meant to be!
 
Instead, the blow struck Stanton, the One Living God, there was a flash of red fire that blinded all and when it cleared, there were TWO Stantons!!
 
Each one believing in his heart of hearts that he was the original, and the other an impostor!
 
"I am Stanton!" the one on the left cried! "To me against this pretender!"
 
"NO, I am Stanton" the one on the right demanded "Rally about me!"
 
For the two stantons could not stand each other! And each thought the other the greatest evil
 
And thus was a movement allowed to grow, to succeed and grow again, only so it could be turned on itself in a schism-War!  A War where this new faith broke in even halves and those halves fighting to the last to destroy each other!
 
And the moon, the great cage? It grew red.
 
All glory to the goddess of war, and tactics are indeed a part of same.
 
Aerobell smiled down to see her plans grow to fruition. Her sister might yet break  free, but not this century, perhaps not even this millennium. She had sacrificed tens of thousands to save millions. The God of Chaos might appreciate the irony of causing yet more chaos to check his monotheism, but who knew Brother Chaos' mood? The moon would fill red and strong. Would Truth out her orchestrations, or would Secrets work to conceal them? How would Darkness punish those who went to the Underworld believing in a false god? If at all?  Would she be hailed as a hero by those that knew, or a monster as mad as the wolf she called Sister? 
 
Whatever was to come, she would deal with it then. For now, she had wars to over see.
 
Interference: There are two Stantons who are utterly opposed to each other and  locked in bitter schismatic warfare on a massive scale thus feeding the Moon and making the prison of Raya strong again.

Years had passed, and Stanton's form of worship had grown. Indeed, those who tried to oppress this new cult by force found themselves often failing as the Believers of Stantonism not only fought them back, but counter attacked. In the name of the One Living God crusades began. Many of the City States of Gelmir  were at war with each other, so in other parts of the Infinite World Stantonism found itself growing unopposed to form an Empire elsewhere.
 
until finally, as Stanton and his army came upon the last resistance within what his empire, that followers of the old gods charged forward though it was a desperate last stand. One warrior, once much younger, holding a relic of Glory in his hand managed to close with Stanton himself. Stanton's powers were many, his defenses had spared him death time and time again. Yet this was not a killing blow, nor was it meant to be!
 
Instead, the blow struck Stanton, the One Living God, there was a flash of red fire that blinded all and when it cleared, there were TWO Stantons!!
 
Each one believing in his heart of hearts that he was the original, and the other an impostor!
 
"I am Stanton!" the one on the left cried! "To me against this pretender!"
 
"NO, I am Stanton" the one on the right demanded "Rally about me!"
 
For the two stantons could not stand each other! And each thought the other the greatest evil
 
And thus was a movement allowed to grow, to succeed and grow again, only so it could be turned on itself in a schism-War!  A War where this new faith broke in even halves and those halves fighting to the last to destroy each other!
 
And the moon, the great cage? It grew red.
 
All glory to the goddess of war, and tactics are indeed a part of same.
 
Aerobell smiled down to see her plans grow to fruition. Her sister might yet break  free, but not this century, perhaps not even this millennium. She had sacrificed tens of thousands to save millions. The God of Chaos might appreciate the irony of causing yet more chaos to check his monotheism, but who knew Brother Chaos' mood? The moon would fill red and strong. Would Truth out her orchestrations, or would Secrets work to conceal them? How would Darkness punish those who went to the Underworld believing in a false god? If at all?  Would she be hailed as a hero by those that knew, or a monster as mad as the wolf she called Sister? 
 
Whatever was to come, she would deal with it then. For now, she had wars to over see.
 
Interference: There are two Stantons who are utterly opposed to each other and  locked in bitter schismatic warfare on a massive scale thus feeding the Moon and making the prison of Raya strong again.