Your DC-Only controversial opinions (part II)...

[king81992]

The Joker being praised as a character you can write differently from each writer or media is just putting lipstick on a pig in that it’s just a fancy way of saying he’s an dreadfully shallow one-dimensional character.

With Joker any sort of writing can be justified since he's 'LOL Crazy and Randumb for EVIL'.

The bigger issue is his fanbase which thinks that he's a symbol of 'the common man who was pushed into evil by a cruel and unfeeling society that refuses to admit its flaws and failures'.

DC seemingly catering to that portion of the fanbase with Punchline, a literal mouthpiece for their views, is also troubling.

[Robanker]

The Joker being praised as a character you can write differently from each writer or media is just putting lipstick on a pig in that it’s just a fancy way of saying he’s an dreadfully shallow one-dimensional character.

I mean you're correct.

[prepmaster]

In DC, being crazy and unpredictable make up for years of training in h2h combat and logical strategic planning. If you combine all those craziness with strategic planning, you would become a world conqueror.

[9th.]

Anyone have that gif with the cute little Indian girl saying “Why not both?”

[Frontier]

The Joker being praised as a character you can write differently from each writer or media is just putting lipstick on a pig in that it’s just a fancy way of saying he’s an dreadfully shallow one-dimensional character.

Well, where one sees a character's versatility, the other might see nothing...

[Agent Z]

Anyone have that gif with the cute little Indian girl saying “Why not both?”

Because Hickman isn't writing for DC.

Also not to nitpick but the girl in that ad is Mexican not Indian.

[PCN24454]

The reason why adaptations of Bane like to lean in on his brutish power is because it makes him relatively unique amongst the many schemers and masterminds that round out Batman's already very bloated Rogues Gallery. If they just focused on his intelligence, he'd just get lost in the flood.

I think the best compromise is to focus on his militaristic and guerilla aesthetics and attitude like recent adaptations have been doing.

[Will Evans]

Because Hickman isn't writing for DC.



Also not to nitpick but the girl in that ad is Mexican not Indian.

My apologies

[batnbreakfast]

The reason why adaptations of Bane like to lean in on his brutish power is because it makes him relatively unique amongst the many schemers and masterminds that round out Batman's already very bloated Rogues Gallery. If they just focused on his intelligence, he'd just get lost in the flood.

I think the best compromise is to focus on his militaristic and guerilla aesthetics and attitude like recent adaptations have been doing.

Not happy with Tom King's Bane and would like to see Bane take over as Batman for a time. Just like in Forever Evil Arkham War but with a good story. Next to Dick Grayson there's really only Bane or Man-Bat I'd love to see take over. Tim Fox is great but he's a hero and I would enjoy Gotham being ruled with an iron fist by either Bane or Man-Bat.

Edit: Insert Mexican Girl saying "Why not both"

[lemonpeace]

Not happy with Tom King's Bane and would like to see Bane take over as Batman for a time. Just like in Forever Evil Arkham War but with a good story. Next to Dick Grayson there's really only Bane or Man-Bat I'd love to see take over. Tim Fox is great but he's a hero and I would enjoy Gotham being ruled with an iron fist by either Bane or Man-Bat.

Edit: Insert Mexican Girl saying "Why not both"

Battle for the Cowl 2: Bat-Bane vs The Flying Fox

[lemonpeace]

I actually think KSD's run would be a good place to end Arthur's career on (for a while) and they should use Infinite Frontier as the time to promote Jackson as the new Aquaman.

[9th.]

Not sure how "controversial" this is but I think future DC comics should run with the mulitple stories in one issue format thats currently taking place in Future State. My only fear would be DC going overboard with the pricing.

[Robanker]

Not sure how "controversial" this is but I think future DC comics should run with the mulitple stories in one issue format thats currently taking place in Future State. My only fear would be DC going overboard with the pricing.

Anthology books with anchors is a good idea (22 page main event, 11 page back ups for two less-popular characters) but yeah, it inflates the price. The Bat books would do well. Superman may struggle from it. Flash and GL may be able to handle it because they have lots of protagonists people love and it's one book), but the problems is you have the anchor people want and then you're banking on them liking the rest of the stories. If they don't, you're asking for $6-8 per pop for [character] and that's a high price tag. If they don't adore the book, it's dropped.

I love anthology books but I think digital may be the best place for some characters.

[skyvolt2000]

Not sure how "controversial" this is but I think future DC comics should run with the mulitple stories in one issue format thats currently taking place in Future State. My only fear would be DC going overboard with the pricing.

A safer bet would be to do a digest where you can have different stories. Now what the price would be for that since you are doing new stories is a question. Archie has one new story and reprints for $8.

[Restingvoice]

I'm gonna take it further and say anthology book in black and white, on cheaper paper and digital aiming at casual audience. Not all of them of course, but if people can get more stories in more pages for less money, the art can be sacrificed.

The people, collector or hardcore fans who buy for art can buy the usual floppies.