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cblj_backup) wrote2012-03-24 03:15 pm
cblj_backup) wrote2012-03-24 03:15 pm
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Somehow this morning the plan was to watch movies and eat terrible food, and then I ended up fixing my insurance issue that's been on me for a month, trying on new clothes (all my summer clothes are falling apart) and cleaning out my hard drive. Okay then!
I'm trying to read The Flash, but Jesus, this comic book series has a more complicated line of succession than the Roman Empire. It goes Jay, Barry who has no relation to Jay, Wally who was what, hanging out with Barry and caught it from him? Then Bart, who is Barry's (possibly Wally's?) grandson from the 30th century, and somehow some woman named Iris fits in there, but then Wally again, and now Wally (possibly Barry's?) kids, who I could not be less interested in if I tried.
AT LEAST THE ROMANS ADOPTED THEIR HEIRS. So if nothing else you could just say "adopted son" and that was that.
On the other hand they couldn't move super-fast and vibrate through walls (that we know of).
PS Jean explained to me the cape thing, now could someone please explain to me the fetish that comic book superhero designers have for putting wings on peoples' heads. There is nothing more ridiculous than a giant man saving the world with a tiny pair of wings on his head. All I can think about is Cap and Flash comparing wing size and Thor being like
EFF YOU ALL, GOTS SOME GIANT WINGS.
I'm trying to read The Flash, but Jesus, this comic book series has a more complicated line of succession than the Roman Empire. It goes Jay, Barry who has no relation to Jay, Wally who was what, hanging out with Barry and caught it from him? Then Bart, who is Barry's (possibly Wally's?) grandson from the 30th century, and somehow some woman named Iris fits in there, but then Wally again, and now Wally (possibly Barry's?) kids, who I could not be less interested in if I tried.
AT LEAST THE ROMANS ADOPTED THEIR HEIRS. So if nothing else you could just say "adopted son" and that was that.
On the other hand they couldn't move super-fast and vibrate through walls (that we know of).
PS Jean explained to me the cape thing, now could someone please explain to me the fetish that comic book superhero designers have for putting wings on peoples' heads. There is nothing more ridiculous than a giant man saving the world with a tiny pair of wings on his head. All I can think about is Cap and Flash comparing wing size and Thor being like
EFF YOU ALL, GOTS SOME GIANT WINGS.
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Though my memories may always be tainted by how my dad watched ALL OF IT one Christmas while I was camped out in the living room with the flu. There is only so much spandex one can take while nauseated, feverish and napping.
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There's the intro, and you can find most of the series on youtube, but I wouldn't really rec it unless you're really into the Flash/DC comics history. It's way more canon in a blender than Smallville was: Flash is Barry Allen, played by John Wesley Shipp, but they give him Wally's girlfriend Tina McGee, and Jay is his cop older brother killed by evil bikers...confusing if you're just starting out.
But if you were a fan of the DCAU-the batman/superman/justice league cartoons, it's worth watching the Trickster episodes, since Mark Hamill basically created his version of the Joker character there, and Corinne Boher's Zoe Clarke/Prank was the inspiration for Harley Quinn.
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http://youtu.be/ic1yq2C2JE4
http://youtu.be/qwY2jz8ECIw
As a fan of the comics Trickster...it's pretty disappointing because Tricks is completely different, but as an exercise in watching an actor develop a character, pretty fascinating.