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Set
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quote:
Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
in my opinion the Hal situation was far worse - Hal went comic-book crazy - not depressed, not traumatized but Republic-serial villain.

The Hal Jordan situation was particularly egregious, since he was supposed to be the most strong-willed person *on the planet.* Superman would be drooling in the corner and Batman playing with crayons before Hal Jordan so much as had a whacky notion.

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I don't think we saw enough of this Jeckie to be that invested in her (I wasn't, anyway. The "Daddy, they might let me do something important" bit was one of the few things that stand out in memory).
The big deal for me here was that this wasn't the Projectra-who-married-Val-and-became-Sensor. This was someone who had, since her very first presentation, been depicted as a petulant brat who addressed her teammates as 'peasants.' *This* version of Projectra going evil means nothing to the characterization of the Projectra we grew up with, just as Snakejectra could have been drawn devouring small living furry mammals and it wouldn't have changed my opinion of the Nemesis-Kid-neck-snappin' Queen of Orando.

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I don't know if she was slated to die a villain or not
Someone was supposed to die. Could have been Lyle, could have been Brin, could have been Dirk, could have been Tinya, could have been Imra, could have been Jo, could have been Garth, could have been Brainy, could have been Projectra. Lots of people had targets on their foreheads, from a narrative standpoint and every one of the characters I just listed had dramatic story reasons why it could have been their final day. Looking at the cover of #50, it looks like Jan was in the death-seat, actually.

(Storywise, I don't think Gim, Violet, Trips, Thom, Shady, Cham or Ayla fit the bill. Shooter didn't do enough to 'set them up' for a fall. Then again, that would have made it all the more shocking if, say, Cham, Shady or Thom, was the death, as it would have felt more senseless and powerful.)

Plus, we have no idea if Projectra was going to remain evil at the end, or have the psychic trauma caused by the death of her family, people and world exorcised somehow. She could as easily have been cured after the tragic death of Brin defending her (or attempting to kill Sun Boy, because he thought that was what she wanted) and ended up erasing the menace she'd created, mirroring the changes that the original Projectra went through with the death of her spouse.

Unless Jim Shooter comes along and says so, we have no idea who was going to die, or whether or not Projectra was going to remain evil, and even if the threeboot spoiled Princess Projectra turned evil and died, it wouldn't taint in any way the original Projectra / Sensor, or the reboot snake chick, because they are very different characters.

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Candlelight
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quote:
Originally posted by Set:
Unless Jim Shooter comes along and says so, we have no idea who was going to die, or whether or not Projectra was going to remain evil, and even if the threeboot spoiled Princess Projectra turned evil and died, it wouldn't taint in any way the original Projectra / Sensor, or the reboot snake chick, because they are very different characters.

Wow, that's about as spot-on as anything I've ever read here!
[Yes]

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Kent Shakespeare
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I agree. I've said as much from time to time, but never as succinctly.
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Matthew E
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Here's one thing I wonder if anyone's considered.

Gazelle's real name is Giselle Smith.

So, obviously, she's a descendant of the Peacemaker, aka Christopher Smith. Right?

(Or does the DCU have a different famous 20th-21st century Smith that anyone would care to nominate?)

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Kent Shakespeare
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(groan)

I do hope you are joking.

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Matthew E
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I'm about 80% joking.

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cleome46
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Is the other 20% a certain misgiving at the notion of damn near every futuristic hero inheriting the job/urge/title via bloodline ?

Because it does unnerve me, just a little...

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Candlelight
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quote:
Originally posted by cleome:
Is the other 20% a certain misgiving at the notion of damn near every futuristic hero inheriting the job/urge/title via bloodline ?

Well, we know Shady is.
And XS.
Brainy, too.
sigh

But!
We know Gates isn't!

There.
I knew I loved the little buy for good reasons!

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DCU Ancestors of Legion Characters

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Kent Shakespeare
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quote:
Originally posted by Candle:


But!
We know Gates isn't!

...Yet.

Remember, even Shady was around for almost 20 years before we had any hint of predecessor heroines.

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Candlelight
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Too true.
sigh

I DID kind of hope that someone would establish a genetic connection between Gates and Shikari ~ not for ancestor/hero connection so much, but for romance possibilities!
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STILL haven't bought it! I have avenged you all!

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Kent Shakespeare
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(swoon)

My hero!

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stephbarton
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I have to say, reread Shooter's run yesterday (it was a SNOW DAY!).

Anyways, really enjoyed it, but when it came to issue 50, I looked at the cover, and well, I just put all the comics away.

someday I want to talk to Shooter and find out how he wanted issue 50 to end up, but until then I'll just see issue 49 as the end of the threeboot.

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quote:
Originally posted by MLLASH:
STILL haven't bought it! I have avenged you all!

No sweat, Lashy. I'll send you my copy! [Big Grin]

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