TV keeps gettng SMRTer

[yendi]

Yes, another issue of SMRT-TV is up! Click on the image below to read it! My animation column is all about unfaithful comic adaptations being the way to go, but if that's not your thing, there are columns about lesbians in Sunnydale (*gasp*), the hard choice between Veronica Mars and Scrubs, and "Real Pro Wrestling." Check it out, join the forums, and send love and/or money!

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[windswept.livejournal.com]

No feed?

but i can't agree 100%

[seabat.livejournal.com]

The article, as usual, is outstanding, but i can't agree 100%. I grew up reading the Marvel "What If" books and DC is notorious for their "Elseworlds".
The X-Men evolution did put the mutants in a different environment with age regression, but they remained the same.
The Teen Titans I have learned to accept to a degree as an elseworld. No speedster on there, tho? Beast Boy and Raven? Too wierd.
My big problem? The Batman. I am a purist. The new comic is wrong. I can accept it as a Jackie Chan Adventures Elseworld. I can even accept the new Victor Fries. (Freeze was actually fairly original unless you take in account the origins of the Invisible Man in Hollywood's version of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. This was still better than Schumacher's tripe with Arnold.) The Joker, though, being just a clown with monkey-style kung fu skills is hard to take.
The problem, tho? James Gordon. Bruce can have a friend as a cop, no problem. In every (or at least almost every) version of the Batman world, there is Detective-cum-Commissioner James Gordon. Batman's oldest friend / ally / hero. This man helped to define the Batman and the whole of the Bat Universe.
Change is good. Variation refreshing. Even geeks love something new. Somethings though, are too perfect. Somethings are just right.

[yendi]

Not that I'm aware of, although with each issue coming out biweekly, I'm not sure what the demand is for it (or how they'd implement it -- a separate feed for each column, etc). But drop a line to homer@smrt-tv.com -- if the demand's there, I'm sure it's a feature that's under consideration.

Re: but i can't agree 100%

[yendi]

Thanks (and remember that smrt-tv has forums where you can post your thoughts, too!)!

As I mentioned in the article, I'm not a fan of the new Freeze, either. I'm willing to give the lack of Gordon some consideration, though, as it puts Batman in a different light. WIthout a solid police ally, he's got to operate much more outside the law. Alfred, OTOH, would have been an omission I couldn't have lived without.

As for having a speedster, it's not always been a requirement -- Wally reitred early on during the Wolfman/Perez run, and stayed away for a while. Still, it has been surprising that they haven't gone for him as a guest star (especially since they've had Speedy and Aqualad) -- I'm assuming that's a copyright issue, which is why we only got Mas y Menos. I wouldn't mind seeing Jessie Quick show up, though.