Heh. Me too, although my massive folder is actually the official Marvel DVD of the complete Avengers. I also have the official Marvel DVD of the complete Iron Man, which is next up after the Avengers. And then I'm gonna start working my way through the complete run of the West Coast Avengers, Force Works
Oooh. I've been thinking about picking up the DVDs. How do you find them? What's the interface like? Tell all. Also, when you get to West Coast and Force Works, you have to let me know if they're worth checking out. I've been waffling.
And I think one also gets more emotionally involved when you have to wait and wait for the storyline to resolve itself. Reading through Avengers after the fact, storylines just seem to fly by; six issues (the typical arc) don't take long to read. But if you spend six months immersed in that story, then it gets to you a lot more.
Absolutely. I also find that some titles just read really differently. I read an article recently about the limitations of the pamphlet form (ie monthly issues, 30 pages), and how they really warp the stories. I find myself getting frustrated with redundant information, cliffhanger endings and thin characterization. But what are you gonna do? ;)
You know, I didn't think about soaps being similar in some ways, but that totally makes sense! It's the length of the run that does it. And comics can be kind of soap operaish sometimes, too. *g*
They always say that wrestling is a soap opera for boys - I think comics qualify too. Maybe it makes it easier for them to admit they like all the relationship drama when there's lots of punching going on in the background? ;)
I don't mind him too much, at least in the Avengers stuff I've read, but there is something vaguely creepy about his "pleasure power".
Yeeeah. These kinds of powers always creep me out. I'm seriously uncomfortable with real sexual coercion (and not say, roleplay), and heavy emotional manipulation. Especially when so many writers aren't really interested in the implications - they just want to get back to moving the plot along.
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Oooh. I've been thinking about picking up the DVDs. How do you find them? What's the interface like? Tell all. Also, when you get to West Coast and Force Works, you have to let me know if they're worth checking out. I've been waffling.
And I think one also gets more emotionally involved when you have to wait and wait for the storyline to resolve itself. Reading through Avengers after the fact, storylines just seem to fly by; six issues (the typical arc) don't take long to read. But if you spend six months immersed in that story, then it gets to you a lot more.
Absolutely. I also find that some titles just read really differently. I read an article recently about the limitations of the pamphlet form (ie monthly issues, 30 pages), and how they really warp the stories. I find myself getting frustrated with redundant information, cliffhanger endings and thin characterization. But what are you gonna do? ;)
You know, I didn't think about soaps being similar in some ways, but that totally makes sense! It's the length of the run that does it. And comics can be kind of soap operaish sometimes, too. *g*
They always say that wrestling is a soap opera for boys - I think comics qualify too. Maybe it makes it easier for them to admit they like all the relationship drama when there's lots of punching going on in the background? ;)
I don't mind him too much, at least in the Avengers stuff I've read, but there is something vaguely creepy about his "pleasure power".
Yeeeah. These kinds of powers always creep me out. I'm seriously uncomfortable with real sexual coercion (and not say, roleplay), and heavy emotional manipulation. Especially when so many writers aren't really interested in the implications - they just want to get back to moving the plot along.