Comments on: Legion of Three Worlds! http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17612 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:28:43 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17612 No, DC's been doing Crisis crossover events of one sort or another for forty years now. No, DC’s been doing Crisis crossover events of one sort or another for forty years now.

]]> by: chippy http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17609 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:06:37 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17609 Er...not to start a flame war but doesn't all this DC Universe tie-ining seem a bit like DC screaming at Marvel, "screw Civil War we can do epic universe wide stories too!" Not that I won't read it either way... Er…not to start a flame war but doesn’t all this DC Universe tie-ining seem a bit like DC screaming at Marvel, “screw Civil War we can do epic universe wide stories too!” Not that I won’t read it either way…

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17476 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:54:05 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17476 Incidentally, though many fans are probably hoping that of the three Legions, the one from Earth-1 -- more or less the "original" team -- becomes once more the batch of dominant protagonists (as opposed to the 90s or the ones currently written by Jim Shooter, who _may_ be from Earth-2), I find myself thinking that delightful as it might be to see Johns -- or even Paul Levitz -- depict the renewed adventures of a grown-up Earth-1 Legion on a regular basis, the _Legion of Three Worlds_ miniseries feels (one issue in out of five) like a fitting _ending_ for those characters (and for Trapper as well, not to mention Superboy-Prime, who I'm guessing _is_ a younger Time Trapper, resentful time-altering weenies that they both are). Let it end with Superman saying the Earth-2 team is now the up and coming, still-young one to watch, I say. But we shall see. The final issue of the miniseries -- and the fiftieth issue of Shooter's team -- are both due around New Year's, just as the Legion's fiftieth year ends. Who knows what's next, maybe even a single hybridized team/timeline, a best-of, which wouldn't be so bad. Incidentally, though many fans are probably hoping that of the three Legions, the one from Earth-1 — more or less the “original” team — becomes once more the batch of dominant protagonists (as opposed to the 90s or the ones currently written by Jim Shooter, who _may_ be from Earth-2), I find myself thinking that delightful as it might be to see Johns — or even Paul Levitz — depict the renewed adventures of a grown-up Earth-1 Legion on a regular basis, the _Legion of Three Worlds_ miniseries feels (one issue in out of five) like a fitting _ending_ for those characters (and for Trapper as well, not to mention Superboy-Prime, who I’m guessing _is_ a younger Time Trapper, resentful time-altering weenies that they both are).

Let it end with Superman saying the Earth-2 team is now the up and coming, still-young one to watch, I say. But we shall see. The final issue of the miniseries — and the fiftieth issue of Shooter’s team — are both due around New Year’s, just as the Legion’s fiftieth year ends.

Who knows what’s next, maybe even a single hybridized team/timeline, a best-of, which wouldn’t be so bad.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17463 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:03:51 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17463 Bible reference. Precedes even Roddenberry. Bible reference. Precedes even Roddenberry.

]]> by: cb http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17453 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:03:31 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17453 Huh. There was some species on that kinda junky Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (also a show with a shockingly long run-time) called the Magog that were kind of apocolyptic in behavior (breeding to the trillions in much the way _Aliens_ do). I doubt there's any real relation. Huh. There was some species on that kinda junky Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda (also a show with a shockingly long run-time) called the Magog that were kind of apocolyptic in behavior (breeding to the trillions in much the way _Aliens_ do). I doubt there’s any real relation.

]]> by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17417 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:44:47 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17417 Don't you mean "Dawson's Clark"? Ha-ho! The first few pages of _Legion of Three Worlds_, I can now attest, are a perfect blend of Silver Age nostalgia and twenty-first-century pseudo-cinematic intensity. Good stuff. P.S. For those wondering, I should have noted that the comic series featuring Gog and Magog is the ongoing _Justice Society of America_ monthly, which will expand into three weekly _Justice Society/Kingdom Come_ one-shots for the month of November as that story near its conclusion. Don’t you mean “Dawson’s Clark”? Ha-ho!

The first few pages of _Legion of Three Worlds_, I can now attest, are a perfect blend of Silver Age nostalgia and twenty-first-century pseudo-cinematic intensity. Good stuff.

P.S. For those wondering, I should have noted that the comic series featuring Gog and Magog is the ongoing _Justice Society of America_ monthly, which will expand into three weekly _Justice Society/Kingdom Come_ one-shots for the month of November as that story near its conclusion.

]]> by: Jacob T. Levy http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17415 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:33:19 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/08/20/legion-of-three-worlds/#comment-17415 No, the truly amazing feat is simply that Dawson's Kryptonite Creek has remained on the air for eight years *at all*-- longer than the combined runs of the 60s Batman, the 70s Wonder Woman or Hulk, or the 90s Lois & Clark or Flash-- indeed matching the *combined* runs of Lois & Clark and Hulk, and exceeding the combined runs of any two others. Longer than Buffy. Longer than Deep Space 9. Longer than Babylon 5. Longer than Batman: The Animated Series and its other incarnations including Batman Beyond, combined. Feh. No, the truly amazing feat is simply that Dawson’s Kryptonite Creek has remained on the air for eight years *at all*– longer than the combined runs of the 60s Batman, the 70s Wonder Woman or Hulk, or the 90s Lois & Clark or Flash– indeed matching the *combined* runs of Lois & Clark and Hulk, and exceeding the combined runs of any two others. Longer than Buffy. Longer than Deep Space 9. Longer than Babylon 5. Longer than Batman: The Animated Series and its other incarnations including Batman Beyond, combined. Feh.

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