Monday Odds and Ends

[kybearfuzz]

• You know you're getting old when the superheroes in the comics you read since you were a kid are now YOUNGER than you are.
  
• On comics, the "Blackest Night" storyline at DC is the bomb. Also, I hope that the Legion of Super-Heroes is going to get a separate series, as I don't see me getting enough out of a back-up in "Adventure Comics."
  
• What has happened to Bearciti? Is it now gone for good?
  
• On Friday, Tim (making his second appearance in the journal now) and I watched Rebecca, which I'd always heard about (mainly through the Carol Burnett Show Parody "Rebecky"), but not seen. Incredible movie. A young woman marries a wealthy widower and moves into his mansion only to discover that the shadow of the previous wife still reigns in the house. The best of the movie is Judith Anderson who plays the evil Mrs. Danvers! I bought this one.
  
• I saw District 9 this past weekend. The movie starts a bit slow and silly, but turns into a really good movie. I would hope that we as the human race would treat aliens better than this. The acting was good, as was some of the eye candy and the special effects. I can see a sequel in the future.
  
• I haven't stopped doing the found money project for the year. I haven't counted it in a week or so, but I think I'm now above $3, which isn't bad considering it is mostly pennies.
  
• I am in a drawing mood, but hitting a drawing block. Dang...

Comments

[dendren.livejournal.com]

thanks, at first I was thinking they were refering to when the final trip died in the 5 years later stories, but the "21st century" part threw that off. The only thing I could think of was the one who died in Countdown but she seemed like one of the younger Legionaires either from the 247 group or Waid's 3-boot. I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one left in the dark on the new Duplicate Damsel... not to mention which Karate Kid bit it in Countdown... original flavor (already dead), 247, or 3-boot. *confused* LOL

[notmypresident.livejournal.com]

the one who died in Countdown

I think Una is the one they're referencing; we just don't have the explanation yet. As Starman himself said:

Don't worry about Luornu... Triplicate! Duo! Una! Wait until you see what happens to her!

[dendren.livejournal.com]

oooooooooooooh... Good catch... I didn't see that Starman line. Very nice.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm curious how her power changed/evolved too.

I'm wondering if every Carggite could do this potentially. Since the usual Carggite dies if one of the original three selves perishes, maybe no one ever knew. Maybe it only occurs when only one of the three remain.

And I'm not sure how the changes since the "Five Years Later" storyline has changed from the comic, but Luornu was given a force-field power by Brainiac 5. Later, when her other self was found to be alive and then reinegrated into Duo Damsel, I wonder if Brainy did something in that process to cause this multiple duplicate power to evolve.

See... a back-up in Adventure Comics just isn't enough space!!!!

[dendren.livejournal.com]

OMG... I totally forgot they found one of the triplicates alive in 5 years later. I bow to your much superior memory of that era!

Wasn't it somewhere revealed that Phantom Girl was part Cargggite and Phase from L.E.G.I.O.N. was really one of her dupes? I'm sure that has been scratched from continuity (thankfully) but I can't remember when that all was... was it part of 5 years later or did it come ummmm... like 5 years later LOL

It does seem to me they are completely skipping over the whole 5 years later thing completely. Blok alive, no mention of the Garth/Imra Validus baby, or the Garth is protty thing now that I think about it. Will be very interesting to see what Geoff Johns decides to keep and what he decides to toss over time. Yep... I want my full Legion book now!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I admit that I lost interest in the Legion after the Five Years Later part, so I never read the other versions of the LSH. I did look at the Wikipedia entry on Phantom Girl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Girl) and during one of the later LSH incarnations it was found that she was part Cargggite and Phase was one of her duplicates.

That's an interesting twist, I didn't know that one.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

it was yet another attempt to reconcile the unreconcilable. Originally she was hinted to be Tinya, then turned out to be Tinya's sister or cousin, then after all the reboots it got fiddle around with again and she was part Cargggite. I can't remember what supposedly happened with the 3rd triplicate of hers.

I actually quite liked the reboot/earth 247 Legion but the original is definitely my fave. I've been pretty geek boy happy to see the likes of Blok, Dawnstar and others.

[boomerz1.livejournal.com]

I have not been into the Legion in ages. I stopped reading in 1980, then first came back in 1985 but never really got into the Legion again - the Titans more or less filled that slot at that point. I attempted to get back in at the 5-year-later point and liked some elements - like Kent Shakespeare and how f'd-up some of the stalwarts had become - but it didn't take. I've have liked everything Johns has done so far.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

I really have enjoyed all that Johns has done but I used to feel that way about Gail Simone... she could do no wrong. But her Wonder Woman has just been so unenjoyable to me. It seemed like such a match but hasn't worked. Now I'm always afraid Geoff Johns will finally come up with something I don't like LOL But so far... he has so rocked my comic world the last few years

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember in Lo3W, someone mentioned that the original Karate Kid had come back somehow, but then had died in the 21st century. I'm assuming that the original Legion we're seeing again is a slightly altered version that Johns decided to split off at some point in their continuity (probably before he thought it got bad).

[dendren.livejournal.com]

LOL... yeah, the Karate Kid thing was slightly confusing too. I don't much remember the new one in the black and green. I'm thinking he wasn't around very long before the reboots, or maybe wasn't really utilized much.

I think my problem is I've been reading DC books including S&theLSH since the mid-70s and with 30 some years of history and reboots I'm just totally starting to have a hard time remember which is which. It would be nice to have Johns give us a decent overview of where the Legion really stands now as far as it's history.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you there. I've been reading LSH since the 80's (and reading the back issues from the 1970's) and managed to keep the continuity straight until they started doing all the "later" versions and "reboot" versions and whatnot.

My biggest fear was that they'd create an integrated Legion from the three different teams, different ages, different pasts, etc., which thankfully it looks like the writer avoided largely.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

yeah, I was fearful they would do the same. It looks to me like just XS (did they explain how she ended up on Earth 247 in the first place?) and Gates are making the move from reboot Legions. I can see XS just cause they had to reconcile her being Barry's granddaughter... but Gates??? I'm *very* curious to see what Johns has planned for the little teleporting bug... he must have something planned if he pulled him to the regular LSH universe LOL