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Even the super old ones that taught kids science?
Even the super old ones that taught kids science.
you mean jay garrick's original stories, right?
Actually no. Jay Garrick predates science Flash. That was the original Barry Allen stuff which is generally agreed to have been the start of the Silver Age.
oh.
those are there, too.
(The Flash, Vol 1, right?)
Community is ruined forever, according to everyone ever. Hmm...
buncha pessimists all'a them.
Honestly, I'm just gonna wait for the new season to arrive and see where it goes. I'm not sure if I liked how this one ended, as I felt the last episode was too much about tying loose ends. On the other hand, the fact that Jeff's whole character development has finally shown for good (Rather than some pieces here and there) make it quite interesting.
Either way, it's interesting how this season finale almost felt like a grand finale for Jeff and Abed. The rest of the characters, I feel, have a long way to go.
Juan, have you watched other shows whose primary showrunner and/or one or a few primary writers left, and was there a noticeable difference in pre and post quality?
Didn't we have this conversation last night?
I listed some stuff that turned to shit because of it, Juan listed some good examples. The basic agreement was 'too early to tell'.
Angel angel angel angel.
Seriously, after Greenwalt left, Angel just got awful. Season 4 is such a big mess of serial fiction based around doing season 6 right that it's just ridiculous. By season 5, the show has just become incredibly dull with some good moments here and there. Admittedly, it gets much better during the last 6-ish episodes, as Whedon builds up to an admittedly great finale, but otherwise, bleh.
To be more recent, though, I've been watching some of the second season's Walking Dead, and it has improved after Darabont left quite a bit. Not enough for me to watch it regularly, but good enough to not go "Why do people enjoy this again?"
There's also the case of Nu Who post RTD. I don't think the show actually changed in terms of quality (After all, Who is probably one of the most ridiculous hit-or-miss shows out there) but the tone-shift, while welcome at first, became annoying as time went on and focus was put on less interesting characters and plotlines.
Oh, and the last one because it's interesting: Twin Peaks. By season 2, Lynch's involvement was nominal at best, and he just managed to direct some episodes here and there (The finale and the episode where Laura's murderer's revealed, I think)
The show doesn't become as awful as people say on season 2, but it starts quite badly, as it focuses way too much on the romance, not to mention that it takes the first seasons' themes of abstract evils and personifications and kinda just...does away with them until the end.
I actually felt Season 5 of Angel was it's strongest, largely because it went back to one-off episodes.
I really couldn't get into it. It had some great lawyer-gags here or there, but otherwise, I think my issue was that it had some really high-minded concepts ("If Angel's fighting evil with the resources of evil personified, does it really make him a good person?" "Or is he bound to be corrupted by the very sword he wields")
Also, really, Angel (Hell, Whedon) was at its best when they knew how to balance one-offs and a overaching arc. Season 5 just doesn't really have much of a season arc besides some mentions here and there about the themes that come up with the whole "Now we're lawyers working for Satan" thing.
That is not to say it was an entirely bad season (Like I said, it regains a lot of footing by the end. Since "Smile Time", specifically, which was nothing short of genius) but otherwise, yeah, not my favourite.
Of course, I'm biased because season 3 was my favourite and I think that if there's one season that directly opposes with everything season 5 does, it's 3.
you suck, juan
you shouldn't tell that to someone who's about to drown in comics and die for your sins
again
you deserve it for what you said >
I need no savior.
I am my own messiah.
From myself to myself.
What, I don't get a parting fuck you as you get lost in Speed Force driven continuity hijinks? Well you can just go climb cock mountain and play patty cake with the rape ape Juan!
My computer's been broke for a while. It is "fixed" now, by which I mean it is workable on to a degree sufficient enough for me to finish my grad paper. I'll buy a new computer once I pass the university entry exam, and since this thing I'm working on now ain't worth shit, it means that I probably won't be around here for around a month or so.
Have fun, guys.
Seeya round, Milos.
Good luck, Milos, and see you later.
Good luck to you too, Juan. :P
In other news, I listened to some of Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree era stuff, and I do not remember the vocal effects being so bad. It sounds like there are two people singing the part. It don't sound good. And to think that I was going to buy that album. Well, I still need to get two more Mastodon albums in physical copy (Leviathan and Crack the Skye), so it's probably just as well.
http://www.theanimereality.com/2012/05/18/anime-is-white-nationalist-friendly-right/
Lolwut.
hay Alex
I think I figured out why people laugh at your knights obsession
THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING
Rebel 1!
REBEL ONE ACTION!
BlazBlue would be a lot more fun if everything did twice as much damage and your special meter filled up three or four times faster. Trufax.
That would throw the game balance out of whack, some characters would be able to spam their Distorsion Drives and not let the other players defend themselves. It is already fast paced as it is.
But then Hakumen and Tager would be OHKO'ing fucking everything.
Well, future!Kid Flash, I didn't deem it necessary as you're bound to join me!
Speed force and Bound to join you? What is this? Jeff Goldblum's Fly?
Yes, Impulse. Now shut up and strap on for the ride. Except don't, because you need to run.
so, godspeed, i guess