tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5026611152891661018..comments2024-03-28T06:20:47.668-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: That Crazy Tagge FamilyJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40828189659557186662010-09-25T05:20:51.643-04:002010-09-25T05:20:51.643-04:00You make a good case James. But I doubt anyone has...You make a good case James. But I doubt anyone has said "Star Wars is great, but you know what would make it better? Don Quixote and Bugs Bunny."anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-219817199897792952010-09-23T03:59:28.166-04:002010-09-23T03:59:28.166-04:00I once sat in on a SWRPG seminar with Bill Slavice...I once sat in on a SWRPG seminar with Bill Slavicek who was asked how was it working on material in the SW universe. His reply was guarded, but he give an analogy about how it was like playing with your Star Wars toys in a driveway, that you could play however you wanted but at sometime your father's car (George Lucas) was going to rumble on in so you had best keep your toys (ideas/gaming material/stoires)well out of the way so they don't get run over.<br /> Certainly the first SW movie opened the door into the universe of Star Wars and gave us a peek into its mysteries. We had to use our imagination to define those mysterious areas, which of course makes them highly personal and subjective. The thing about SW and similar genres is that they are and always will be some else's personal and subjective fantasies/daydreams. I look at the comics and fiction as part of those daydreams of a Galaxy far far away...Dethandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15359776006450845073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52339731465210199922010-09-22T23:26:12.837-04:002010-09-22T23:26:12.837-04:00Wasn't Shira Brie a Tagge? Or am I confusing t...Wasn't Shira Brie a Tagge? Or am I confusing the red-headed vixens?The Badger Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020950272210873449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87095199297874897752010-09-22T23:23:15.313-04:002010-09-22T23:23:15.313-04:00endnotes:
*nun/whore as in the classical literatur...endnotes:<br />*nun/whore as in the classical literature reference to the fallen woman who might yet possess virtue and the one appearing to be virtuous but in fact will betray you in the next instance.<br /><br />**Even the name Avatar suggests that we are no longer in charge of our own bodies rather we are letting the machines take over. Avatar was a visual feast but cinematography-wise it was cheap parlor tricks whereas Pandorum used some of those same tricks but also put the characters front & centre - and created mood, atmosphere, narrative - through the characters' voices not merely hammering it to the audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71686055063752324452010-09-22T23:17:15.036-04:002010-09-22T23:17:15.036-04:00I loved when Marvel Star Wars hit 50 or was 100.....I loved when Marvel Star Wars hit 50 or was 100...they brought back that Nun/Whore (not meaning to be respectful) in a special Omnibus adventure called Crimson something or other. And, as zany as those adventures were they were the stuff that could only grow out of the superhero genre and yet be completely believable. It was pure gold Space Fantasy with a space opera coating on top. And, it makes very happy that so-called Extended Universe pay homage to Marvel with wink and nudge here and there.<br /><br />Back to Old School, I think, this in part is what the old school is about...not finding the rule or science but allowing people to suspend their belief for a moment...accepting some sort of explanation - however, improbable it might seem then there must some goodness in it (to modify S. Holmes deduction method). Game design has focused perhaps in explaining things than simply saying it is so.<br /><br />As a Hard SF Traveller fan, there are parts of Star Wars, I cannot stomach but other parts gain my undying praise. As Loren Wiseman recounts in a New Hope the Falcon goes into hyperspace, he and Marc and the whole audience gave the special effect a standing ovation. Funny how participation in movies along with role playing games has shifted...why is that... Essentially, no film or RPG leaves much to the imagination any more - save the old school games or some of the more interesting films (compare Pandorum with Avatar**). Much more was suggested then spelled out.<br /><br />The comics and old school games may have added plot points but they did not advance a narrative save, within maintaining consistency from one issue to the next because they did not know what was happening in the studios. Similarly, until the Hickman Revolution, there was plotting along but little in the way of narrative.<br /><br />I would argue the advancement of narrative represented a maturing of the genre - others, I know disagree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73834794435170066822010-09-22T18:17:49.365-04:002010-09-22T18:17:49.365-04:00I'm pretty sure that was Carmine Infantino dra...<i>I'm pretty sure that was Carmine Infantino drawing that last image.</i><br /><br>It is. Infantino did most of the art for the first 40 or so issues of the Marvel series.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43897055206540989982010-09-22T18:16:29.019-04:002010-09-22T18:16:29.019-04:00What is it with Luke and red headed femme fatales?...<i>What is it with Luke and red headed femme fatales?</i><br /><br>I think a better question is what is it with comic book writers and red-headed femmes fatales?James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30730500398261454532010-09-22T14:26:53.369-04:002010-09-22T14:26:53.369-04:00I actually kind of like the base within the atmosp...I actually kind of like the base within the atmosphere of the gas giant, although I think the story itself could have been better ;)<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that was Carmine Infantino drawing that last image.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624614486574035692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24612549455092843172010-09-22T14:25:11.357-04:002010-09-22T14:25:11.357-04:00Hmmm... That last page, with Vader and the red-he...Hmmm... That last page, with Vader and the red-head. Who did the art on that one? It looks vaguely Willingham-ish.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63009038746793235042010-09-22T13:26:25.784-04:002010-09-22T13:26:25.784-04:00Marvel was notorious for product placement. Take n...Marvel was notorious for product placement. Take note of the Transformer series. The first 6 issues seemed like genuine story plots. But After the first year, the current selling toys were thrust into the story for no apparent reason. By the end of it all those comics were all pretty much glorified ads.Tomatsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196203763445455491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5960945062683299292010-09-22T12:02:07.227-04:002010-09-22T12:02:07.227-04:00What is it with Luke and red headed femme fatales?...What is it with Luke and red headed femme fatales? I used to read the comic between Empire and Jedi and there was another romantic entanglement with a red headed Imperial spy named Shira Brie. Then in the post Jedi comics and novels they have Mara Jade.<br /><br />Maybe a better question is why the Empire kept using red headed spies. You'd think eventually Luke would get a complex about them.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116795932377593506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36565412953619826092010-09-22T11:46:38.981-04:002010-09-22T11:46:38.981-04:00I had no idea there were so many issues involving ...I had no idea there were so many issues involving Tagge. I almost feel like tracking them down now, freeze rays and all. Thanks! :)Havard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.com