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Graphic Novels/Comic Books
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 29 Dec 2008, 06:33 ---There's really no moral here outside of "Boy, Nixon was a twat and people running around in spandex sure are silly."
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0bsessions:
That Runaways is disposable writing and doesn't need a moral.
I don't mind reading something that's supposed to be nothing more than a few minutes filler I plan on reading while I take a shit. If it's fun it's fun. If I go to Burger King, I expect mediocre but tasty enough food. If someone claims they're serving me filet mignon, I'm going to hold it to a different standard and probably deride it when it turns out I'm getting a reheated T-Bone.
Watchmen is touted as a piece of graphic novel genius and the greatest graphic novel of all time. As it stands, I find it to be incredibly overrated and merely above average reading. The Killing Joke, while about dudes in spandex beating each other up, was an interesting look into the psyche of a sociopath and interesting take on the principle that one bad day can fuck anyone up. Swamp Thing (At least the volumes I've read) is a nice look at the thin line between environmental apathy and extremism. Watchmen, while I can see the point of how a society that lives a long time condoning vigilantism and elevating said vigilantes to a god-like status can lead to disaster, it really doesn't do it for me. It basically is merely a vaguely interesting satire of super hero comic dynamics and nothing more. People just inject a lot of artificial depth into it in an effort to make reading comic books look like less of a juvenile hobby.
lprkn:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 29 Dec 2008, 06:33 ---BK, I've always been a proponent of the idea that something is only truly excellent if it can be deemed as such one time through. If I'm not impressed by something the first time, odds are, I'm not going to go out of my way to do it again.
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Basically, the worst approach to art, ever.
0bsessions:
See, I don't get that philosophy. If I feel I'm missing something, but there are enough redeeming qualities that I feel a second look is warranted, by all means, I'll look again. If I find something entirely underwhelming, what possible reason would I have to come back and sink more of my time into it? There is too much to see, read and listen to in this world to constantly revisit something I find subpar. Would you listen to an album you didn't like repeatedly for fear of having "not gotten the point" the first time through? I'm confident enough in my intelligence that if I find something dissatisfying, the onus of it being enjoyable probably doesn't fall on me.
Chesire Cat:
Some albums tend to grow on me... a lot!
That being said, live is too short to suffer through shite, especially when you know there is good stuff out there you could spend your time on.
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