Buuuut didntbthat just happen with Doomsday Clock? Everythingbexists because instead of continuity being destroyed, a new Earth gets splintered off with it's new reality. Done. Why are they messing with everything yet again when they just fixed it? Unless they're finally clearing up any confusion from questions and inconsistencies caused by Rebirth...
My take on it: DC's movers and shakers are incapable of story-telling (especially drama), and thus resort to moving around the basic building blocks in the hope that something sticks. Since they can't do drama, they depend on continuity to make people care about the characters. Thus the constant playing around with continuity.
(Note: the above shouldn't be taken that there are no people at DC who gets or can write interpersonal drama. E.g. Tom King tries, but sadly my impression is that he isn't that good at it, and so he still leans into continuity to feed it.)
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
I don't agree. If they were depending on continuity to make people care, they'd keep continuity, and not throw it out and start over all the time. I think they are trying for drama (that often falls flat) and throwing continuity under the bus for that sake. They just want big, splashy events to get people to buy (often successful) or relaunches and #1s to get people to buy (also often successful). I don't like it, but it's what I think.My take on it: DC's movers and shakers are incapable of story-telling (especially drama), and thus resort to moving around the basic building blocks in the hope that something sticks. Since they can't do drama, they depend on continuity to make people care about the characters. Thus the constant playing around with continuity.
Yup, they did exactly this with Doomsday Clock.
The whole Rebirth thing was Johns' baby, and Clock was supposed to fix the continuity (I think). Then stuff happened behind the scenes and Johns lost influence and Rebirth veered away from the original plan.
I think it was Death Metal, or maybe that Wally West generation zero story that was supposed to be part of FCBD, but somewhere recently they addressed Clock; Manhattan tried to fix reality and put things back the way he found them, but something got in the way of that and continuity is still broken. And now Metal 2 is supposed to fix it.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
I don't care whose name is on what comic. Robert Kanigher's name was on a lot of comics, too, ..and look where that got us. It doesn't look like this comic is an editorial priority, ..even after a blockbuster movie and all that. Except for the occasional, uncommonly devoted writer, who is also a fan, doesn't look like this comic's got anybody, who really cares...
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