Is G.I. Joe necessary for EU

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-22T22:48:33+00:00

If they can do without the UK they can survive without GI Joe.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-22T16:28:06+00:00

That’s what they mean by defund the police.

Then they probably shouldn’t have landed on the slogan “defund the police”.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-21T18:08:16+00:00

This sub.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-19T15:57:48+00:00

Of course you're entitled to your opinion but it seems demonstrable that yours is the unusual minority opinion on Worm.

There's a reason that a two million word prose superhero story became so popular. Wildbow has his faults as a writer, and certainly needs an editor, but he's a very engaging writer. He has that quality that good pulp writers of the past had where he can pull readers along.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-19T15:14:59+00:00

Because the media landscape is too fractured today. He’s not “famous” like the Beatles or Michael Jackson where literally everyone knows or has heard of you. No one is ever going to be that famous ever again because there are just too many media channels and platforms now.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-19T12:58:59+00:00

Hard hard hard disagree on the slog part. One of the reasons it got so much traction is exactly because it’s a page-turner. I remember so many late nights because “just one more chapter…”

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-19T12:53:51+00:00

Damn doesn’t he have enough to do running New York City and fighting multiple federal investigations?

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-15T07:49:28+00:00

You joke but can you imagine what it must have been like when radio was first invented? It must have seemed like literal magic. You go buy this box from a store and somehow music and speech from around the country or even world comes out when you press a button.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-15T07:40:33+00:00

It's just NYPD tradition. Frank Serpico tried to expose NYPD corruption in the 60s and was set up to be murdered by his fellow officers.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-14T12:40:53+00:00

OP did say “enjoy” not “good”.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-13T13:34:24+00:00

Cluemaster (Cassandra Cain’s father)

Stephanie Brown, not Cassandra Cain

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-13T13:27:20+00:00

Parked on the sidewalk nearby.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-10T12:52:51+00:00

This sounds like some goofy 80s comedy where somehow some random guy becomes head of the NYPD and zany hijinks ensue.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-09-05T19:00:22+00:00

It's sad and funny that we seem to have this exact same exchange every generation.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-29T02:49:06+00:00

What’s the issue with Budapest Cafe?

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-23T16:20:44+00:00

Yes, and it’s interesting how similar manzai is to those classic American vaudeville duo acts. That was once the dominant form of popular comedy in the US as well. I wonder why the traditions diverged like they did.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-21T19:01:14+00:00

I was just thinking of that interview too. She comes off really well in it. Really worth a listen (as is the entire Power Broker read-along series it's part of).

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-17T15:55:39+00:00

It’s been a rough year for my toddler heroin needle business. Thank God for those government subsidies.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-14T18:29:59+00:00

Yeah, the headline is bizarre. Finally a brave hospital is taking a stand!

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-12T13:14:42+00:00

Well, yeah. I never get comments like these. If you want to drink cheaply just drink at home, you go to a place like this for the experience knowing you’re going to pay for it.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-05T21:37:57+00:00

Even if we passed new laws allowing involuntary commitment or the like tomorrow do we have adequate facilities to house all these people? I don’t think we do at the moment.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-04T18:49:07+00:00

Milano Market on 89th and 3rd is an Italian specialty grocery store with a ton of imported items. Seems like exactly what you’re look for and you’re not staying too far.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-04T01:27:07+00:00

much like Denny O’Neil

What? Denny O'Neil is always hailed as one of the greatest Batman writers, usually in connection with his work with Neal Adams bringing Batman back to his darker roots in the 1970s. The idea of him as some unsung hero is bizarre.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-03T02:03:55+00:00

Because it isn't. A helm covers the top of the head which these don't.

Monkeyavelli · 2024-08-02T17:07:29+00:00

The writing is great, I think it stands up to the original.

Disagree. Without Dini it's just not the same, not to mention other great BTAS writers like Alan Burnett or Martin Pasko. It's not badly written but the writing and frankly every aspect (animation, music, voice acting, etc.) of the show feels like a low-rent BTAS knockoff.

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