Iambaytor Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) Considering I could beat Alan Scott to death with a bag of sawdust I can't say as I find him all that impressive. Plus someone needs to tell him that a red shirt does not go with green pants and a purple cape. Edited November 5, 2009 by Iambaytor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 AW, WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED IN GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 42. you tell me, Hondo's. YOU TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED. shit's not right! if he's not back when the continuity-fixing wand is waved at the end of this event...i'm just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrizzle Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 He'll be back as a Black Lantern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 god, we're going to be saying that about everyone outside of supes and wonder woman soon. why couldnt itve been Gardner?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrizzle Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 why couldnt itve been Gardner?! He's switchin' spectrums, from what I understand. Just for that, I'm voting for him. You've gotta admit that Blackest Night is making Sinestro Corps Wars look like a fuckin tickling contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 ...he is? dude's going red then, id imagine. ive just never been a fan. yeah, its vicious but mark my words: if they dont paint themselves into an awful, anti-climatic, deus-ex-continuity-fixing bullshit ending, ill never doubt Johns again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I never voted in this? I'll be damned. Anyway, the correct answer is Kyle. Here's a little compilation tastefully titled "Hal Jordan is a fucking idiot" Watch out for that tree! What a clumsy fucking oaf. He's like the trust fund kid of superheroes - he didn't earn shit. Even compared to superheroes that are actually trust fund kids, Wayne and Stark have slaved away countless hour to attain their level of success. Me too. What? This criminal is physically assaulting me with his hands, even after I told him not to! I can't compete with that, better pass out. Dude, you're covering up your eyes. You can't interact closely with people who know you personally. ZOMG! Who could it be?!? Looks like I can rape my friends now. The perfect crime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Man, it's unfair to hold the Silver Age against any Super Hero and you know it. Also you can't defend Kyle Rayner and then make fun of Hal Jordon's mask, Kyle Rayner looked like he wore a green spray-painted car part glued to his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Silver age, smil-ver age. There's stuff from the 80's and 90's up there. Also, I don't recall Rayner thinking he was invisible because of said mask. I'll break down why I like Rayner real quick though, instead of just hating on the dopey sack of shit that is Hal Jordan. Dude's an artist. Willpower is definitely a big part of getting that ring to function, but actually doing something cool with it takes creativity. Jordan very rarely moved past constructs that Bugs Bunny would hit Elmer Fudd over the head with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Bad constructions are the writer/artist's fault. I remember one where Kyle caught a big chunk of rock by making a gorilla in sunglass and a Hawaiin shirt: what the fuck was that about? In general Hal has been written by a lot more bad writers than Kyle has, however their actual character traits are why Hal is generally more favored. Kyle's a big dopey pile of emo fuck, he is the epitomy of 90s cool: which is to say he sometimes wears a leather jacket and whines about everything, ever. Nick keeps saying I just missed out on the good moments but he's yet to provide issue numbers and all the ones I've read involved him crying about falling in love with some hot alien chick or because he was ridiculously overpowered. The only whining I've heard Hal do were because the entire city he lived in got wiped off the face of the Earth, or because he was manipulated by an alien parasite that caused him to try and erase reality, or because since he wanted to not rely on the ring too much he and his fellow pilots got put in a foreign prison camp and had to fight his way out old fashion style. From best to worst: John Stewart (though outside of Bruce Timm he's never been properly used by a good writer ever) > Hal Jordan > Guy Gardner > Kyle Rayner (until Nick can prove that Kyle's worth a shit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 You can't fall back on the writers when talking about stuff like this. "Kyle was only melodramatic because of bad writers. It's not him, it's their fault", see how that shit works? It's endless. As for Kyle whining about his personal life, that's valid. But only if you aren't comparing him to Jordan. Superman is a pretty chill dude. You know you're a fucking embarrassment to the community when he has to pull you aside and give you a talking-to about getting your shit together. Hal's character traits are the jock idiot with good intentions. He's been that way pretty consistently for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I like Stewart. I can't fault you on that one. For some of the same reasons I like Kyle. He's an architect, he has a good mind for creation. You shoulda voted for him. Now that I read back over the thread, I DID vote, but it was on my other profile. And it was kind of a troll vote for Gardner, because he deserved at least one. My list goes Rayner>Stewart>Gardner>Scott>B'rr>Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I can fall back on that because even good writers write Kyle as a whinebox. I literally cannot recall a time when the character hasn't been an angsty bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 From the other post, it seemed like you were saying you're exposure to Rayner is far from comprehensive. Otherwise you could just say "shutup stoopid Nazzlers, I read it and it was shit". I usually just say that anyway. It's the only way he'll learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I haven't read the lion's share of his solo book from way back when, I read a few issues here and there. But I read all the way up to Blackest Night (In all the different books) and he was consistently horrible even though the writing wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Hal is cool and all but: Mind you, I'm only a couple years into serious DC reading since I was a Marvel kid growing up, so my opinion might not matter here. edit: stoopid forum likes to push images over into the margins and create a horizontal scroll. Resized because I'm anal. Edited March 13, 2012 by Thelogan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yeah, I had no interest in DC as a kid either. I was all about the mutants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 no love for Alan >( Oh, someone's got love for Alan alright. Alan Scott: Now More Gay Kind of a lame publicity stunt on DC's end, in my opinion. They can't even use a character in their main universe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Wasn't Alan Scott's GL weakness wood? Heh, that takes on a whole new meaning now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManML Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Guy Gardner fo life. I think putting emphasis on sexuality in comics is pretty silly sometimes. I understand the the goal but w/e man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 i keep telling myself i should read grant morrison's run (and the earth one stuff), but i've been sleeping on jessica and i assume it's because she was so often paired with simon, who they never really seemed to develop (also are they actually up to like 7 earth/human GLs now? geez) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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