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J. Crew Guy ([info]j_crew_guy) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2011-09-29 07:22:00


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The DCnU: Now with more fail than ever!
Backstory: DC Comics has rebooted their entire universe with the DCnU and "The New 52", with 52 first issues of their titles, including Action Comics and Detective Comics. And new versions of familiar characters. Some of them more different than others. This has been... controversial to say the least. But where the fail has really hit the fan has been with DCnU!Starfire and Catwoman.

DCnU!Starfire is basically a scantily-clad wish fulfillment object in the first issue of Red Hood and the Outlaws #1. DCnU!Catwoman had sex with Batman at the end of Catwoman #1.

Comics Alliance's Laura Hudson has a well-written, well thought out response.

And another well-written response from a female fan.

A 7-year-old girl responds to the new, sexed up Starfire.

Shortpacked! does the math.

What does DC Comics have to say for themselves? "Pay atention to the ratings."

Edit: [info]thisfishflies reminds me that if you value keeping your blood pressure low, you should avoid reading the comments with those links.

And [info]spawn_of_kong points out Linkara's reactions to these changes (and others) for those who are interested.

Edit #2: [info]anarchicq says there's a survey being done by DC. But they only want to hear from certain people.

Patton Oswalt ragequits buying/reading DC after an encounter with a "New 52" survey taker in his local comic book store.


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[info]obsidianwolf
2011-10-02 11:47 pm UTC (link)
Basically Tim's bat history is pretty much intact however, his relationships with Superboy and Cassie are gone starting over from scratch so if you care at all about the previous established relationships you probably won't be too thrilled. (I'm also betting they are setting up a bloody love triangle between the three of them with both Superboy and Tim after Cassie.)

The Superboy title is kind of disappointing since they use a really stupid idea to explain why he can speak and think in English since the scientist who created him thought he was brain dead. (his consciousness isn't in his brain but ever cell in his body)

Also they are once again dropping hints that his dark side comes from having Lex's dna. As if DC hadn't already run that particular stupidity into the ground.

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[info]hwc
2011-10-04 10:43 pm UTC (link)
Lex Luthor: Even his DNA is evil.

And that's terrible.

Seriously though, the reboot only seems to piss me off. I had a look at Teen Titans and you were right, I'm really not thrilled.

The reason I love TT so much is precisely because of the previous established relationships, and the general awesomeness and friendshipness of of my OT4 (or OT5, seeing as I loved them since their Young Justice days and OMG CISSIE! <33).

And I really don't like what they did to Cassie. Really, really don't like. Not to mention what they did to Bart (is it Bart? I haven't kept up with who is who in the New 52, but having Wally be Kid Flash and in the same team as Tim, Kon and Cassie would be weird. And wrong. DC gets that, right?). And Kon. I mean, the mole story line? Again? Just that this time, Kon knows? This is really, really stupid.

But thanks for forewarning me, otherwise I would have probably been terribly disappointed when I read the book. At least I knew not to expect too much. :/

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[info]obsidianwolf
2011-10-05 03:46 am UTC (link)
I think it is Bart but I'm not 100% sure. Wally seems to have gone poof in the reboot but after the YOung Justice TV Show I wouldn't put it past them to have it be Wally.

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