tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post8734911675704503290..comments2023-07-06T03:35:50.840-05:00Comments on Comics in Crisis: Final Crisis - RequiemBrian Reaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15086329859116256261noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post-67196080137672443782008-07-13T17:00:00.000-05:002008-07-13T17:00:00.000-05:00The torture wasn't what I found powerful. It was t...The torture wasn't what I found powerful. It was the fact that they actually killed one of their icons. The scene could have been just as powerful with just a reaction shot of Nightwing's face, and then a later explanation of what he'd seen (a shrouded body on an examination table at the JLA headquarters maybe). They never had to show how he died at all and it would have given the same reaction. Actually, it would have probably been a better reaction because each person would have to fill in the blanks in their own mind of what had happened. Like Alfred Hitchcock said, "The tension is not in the bang, but in the anticipation of it." We can make it worse than it was.<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely not pro-violence, and I agree that comics are way too violent today (Moon Knight is a series that I completely ignore now thanks to the horrible blood and gore moments in this mainstream comic). Since they've abandoned the CCA seal, it seems everyone is pushing the envelope. The statement I found so powerful was that Martian Manhunter was dead, and what I'm saying is that DC is breezing over major moments like this one (the death of a major hero) in an attempt to make so much happen at once. <BR/><BR/>I understand where you're coming from and what you're saying. It is too far for the sake of shock value. The rest of the story, however, deals with the JLA trying to fulfil MM's last wishes to them (he projected it mentally as he was dying), so it was trying to lay this dear friend to rest. The story in this one-shot ended well with a fitting tribute to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post-54752487688819471462008-07-13T13:07:00.000-05:002008-07-13T13:07:00.000-05:00Ummm, I didn't misread anything. You DID say the i...Ummm, I didn't misread anything. You DID say the impaled MM scene was "powerful," did you not?<BR/><BR/>You also wrote: "Tell me this wouldn't have been an incredible shot in Final Crisis."<BR/><BR/>OK -- this would NOT have been an incredible shot in Final Crisis! I told you! <BR/><BR/>Rather, it would have been a shot that was an obscenity of murder and torture made into entertainment!<BR/><BR/>It's not that I "don't like your review," it's that I don't find scenes of sick torture entertaining! I guess you do. <BR/><BR/>Or at least you find them "powerful." <BR/><BR/>I find them unnecessary and revolting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post-78442359201339363552008-07-12T15:58:00.000-05:002008-07-12T15:58:00.000-05:00You misread this. I rake "Final Crisis" over the c...You misread this. I rake "Final Crisis" over the coals, yes, but this one-shot "Requiem" is a good single story issue not directly tied into the storyline. <BR/><BR/>And yes, I'll agree that scene was graphic, but no more graphic than the impaling we got in the miniseries itself (and definitely not as bad as the guy getting his heart ripped out of his chest in that second issue).<BR/><BR/>Sorry you didn't like my review of it. It's just my opinion anyway. If I wrote for DC, the whole "Final Crisis" storyline would have been much different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7088987141848715305.post-26969925531764390012008-07-12T12:18:00.000-05:002008-07-12T12:18:00.000-05:00You rake the issue over the coals, then tell us to...You rake the issue over the coals, then tell us to buy it anyway? Maybe you should write DC press releases. That shot of MM impaled on the roof is not "powerful," it is an obscenity. It is murder and torture made into entertainment. It is SICK. As enjoyable as a watching a snuff film. Or, to put it as DC might, "suitable for children of all ages!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com