Welcome to the new DC Universe

[yendi]

Where things combust. Into fire!



Seriously, the rest of the book (that's the new JLA #1, written by Geoff Johns responding to a dare to make people nostalgic for JLA Detroit) isn't much better. It's basically pages and pages of Batman being an arrogant dick and GL being a cocky prick. And this is what DC is leading with to introduce their new universe.

ETA: Coming next month: "He was defenestrated through the window."

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to when it dives into total parody of itself. "He punched us with punching."

[yendi]

Geoff Johns has pretty much become a parody of himself, alas.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I'm on too little sleep or too much coffee but that it way funnier than it maybe even should be.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Are... are they speaking English? The words seem like English, BUT THEY MAKE NO SENSE

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Let's go with both. Also, your coffee awakened you with caffeine.

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Are you sure they're not doing it on purpose to create internet-like meme viruses? "It combusted into FIRE" totally sounds like forumspeak. I can see icons with it easily!

[bluegargantua]

OK, this is unfair. You're totally taking this one scene out of context. You don't mention who has just exploded. Sure, it seems dumb to say that something combusted into fire, but that's not really something you'd expect when it's Mr. Freeze who does it.

Geoff Johns...changing the game
Tom

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

But combusted still *means* burned. I mean I know you're kidding, but "He burned into fire!" as opposed to WHAT?

[bluegargantua]

What I'm saying is that the shock of Mr. Freeze combusting threw even GL's grammar circuits for a loop. A guy chosen for his willpower and focus being rattled by the off-idiom death-strike of a villain just proves how intense this re-boot is going to be.

My hopes are sky-high and certain to remain un-dashed
Tom

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Maaaaybe. *skeptical face*

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

I felt much the same when a sign in a Second Life shop had a section for "male penises"... as oppposed to?

I was also rather perturbed to find in the dairy section of my local supermarket something labelled as "nanny goat's cheese". I didn't want to even speculate about the alternatives.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

*shrug* Not all penises are attached to men, so that one doesn't actually seem weird to me.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

It's basically pages and pages of Batman being an arrogant dick and GL being a cocky prick.

Well, at least no one can argue that they're out of character.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

A guy chosen for his willpower and focus

... not necessarily for his language skills.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

I HATE EVERYONE RIGHT NOW.

And I'm thinking of "The Defenestrator" from Hitman.

[sparkymonster.livejournal.com]

Side bar. I was at a cocktail party Friday night and someone told a completely hilarious story that turned out to star you. It was magic.

[bluegargantua]

Oh please email me the details on that. I'm wildly curious now.

later
Tom

[bluegargantua]

And that makes me think of Dog Welder...and that makes me think of Beuno Excellante...that whole crew was fantastic.

later
Tom

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

Yup. That issue was enough for me to realize I'm pretty much done with DC.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

With artwork like this, who cares if the words we speak well are spoken badly? We're so smart we use long words, then we explain them all with lots of short words because we're smart enough to do that. We even use tiny words. We're so smart...

DC: We Get Dramatic With Our Drama!

[wednesday]

Oh my god, Emily, Eric and I already talk like this not infrequently. With talking.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

I completely believe that! And I LOVE it. But it kind of ruins the sense of the dramatic in this case. :)

[jerel.livejournal.com]

"He was defenestrated through the window"

Please step up to receive your Certificate of Redundancy Certificate.

[jerel.livejournal.com]

They must have outsourced it to an education publisher. Curriculum materials tend to sound like this; you know what the individual words mean but when combined, they manage to make no sense.

[rosefox]

I think it's insufficiently redundant. I recommend the following:

"Sounded like a death cry. A cry of death. But it intentionally did it on purpose."

Signed,
a professional editor for a living

[luis-mw.livejournal.com]

If I had said 'men', I would agree, however, it said male> penises, so may well have had everything from the tiniest flea to one for a blue whale. Can't imagine a penis that wasn't male.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Really? Because I can. Transwomen may have penises, but they aren't male.