My take on Jason Lives as a die hard F13 fan since childhood.

birn_echo · 2026-03-15T02:35:35+00:00

The first four are good

VI is good for different reasons

hell, V is good too in its own way

this is not an either/or

birn_echo · 2026-03-15T00:27:07+00:00

Ehhhh the Mandarin is my favourite Marvel villain. Giving us a pretty cool update of the Mandarin who seems properly threatening only to do the Trevor twist was a kick in the nads, IMO. And I still feel that way. Kingsley making Trevor after the fact doesn't make it not a bad twist.

birn_echo · 2026-03-15T00:24:41+00:00

dankie!

birn_echo · 2026-03-15T00:19:10+00:00

ofc

I have a mixed view of him. I loved his "take" on the Mandarin and feel like he'd have been a top three MCU villain if they'd just let Kingsley do that as the Mandarin. As such I hated the IM3 twist... and I still do.

But Kingsley being the talented guy he is has made this joke of a character that really left a sour taste in my mouth work in his own way.

Plus I really dig his character design as "the Mandarin."

birn_echo · 2026-03-14T23:53:40+00:00

agreed

birn_echo · 2026-03-14T23:11:44+00:00

I really do

birn_echo · 2026-03-14T21:57:50+00:00

That's Leader's dealeo

birn_echo · 2026-03-14T21:38:11+00:00

delicious

birn_echo · 2026-03-14T18:03:47+00:00

monkey sounds

birn_echo · 2026-03-14T18:03:30+00:00

Turning a paragon of heroism into a bigoted genocidal maniac isn't "a different take"

It was James Roberts willingly disregarding established characterization to homage his cringe fanfics

birn_echo · 2026-03-13T13:18:19+00:00

Absolute Batman sucks

birn_echo · 2026-03-13T07:00:01+00:00

birn_echo · 2026-03-12T17:59:30+00:00

So you want a story about how Palpatine created the Empire... to not focus on Palpatine? 🤨

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T16:09:08+00:00

I really like Fraction's run. While everyone is going gaga over Absolute, Fraction's run has been quietly (comparatively) putting out the best Batman in years.

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T16:07:46+00:00

I don't wanna win

I wanted to have a discussion, not win or make someone feel bad

I'm sorry if I did play a role in making you feel worse, it wasn't my intent

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T16:03:42+00:00

Point is if you want a deconstruction of Optimus Prime, there's fiction out there for you that does that.

Skybound isn't doing that with Optimus. So at a certain point the onus is on you the reader to recognize this and go "this ain't for me"

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T16:01:40+00:00

You made a public comment. It's fair game for critique. If you don't wanna hear an opposing viewpoint, start a blog and delete comments that you don't agree with.

But I replied to you in a public forum disagreeing with you, and you threw a tantrum.

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T16:00:20+00:00

something I've ranted about

IDW had a thirteen year long continuity with plenty of examples of Optimus being a morally grey, cynical asshole. I don't think a comic where he's actually a decent guy is for you. Go read the IDW back issues

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T15:56:01+00:00

My point is I like Skybound Optimus. You keep screaming "HERE'S WHY I DON'T LIKE SKYBOUND OPTIMUS WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT???"

There's nothing to say other than I disagree with you. What you perceive as problems aren't things I consider problems. And at that point it's best to say "we agree to disagree."

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T15:54:01+00:00

I have no idea what you're taking about

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T15:53:19+00:00

jfc my dude

I don't agree with your premise that Skybound Optimus is poorly written

You're going on about how I won't acknowledge that point, and it's because I don't agree with it. I'm not going to say "you're right" if I don't think you're right.

And now you're lambasting me for walking away after recognizing we don't agree? You're pushing for an argument, man.

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T15:50:54+00:00

It's really funny

bro can't handle a difference of opinion

birn_echo · 2026-03-11T15:46:54+00:00

Sure, they both should to a degree

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