tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post153270504298021331..comments2024-01-13T13:40:31.385+00:00Comments on TOO DANGEROUS FOR A GIRL!: Phantom Lady #1 reviewMartin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-1218339755873576472012-09-09T22:59:57.936+01:002012-09-09T22:59:57.936+01:00I never did see that film, QT doesn't do it fo...I never did see that film, QT doesn't do it for me, too smartarse. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-68235426283224216922012-09-09T22:45:51.559+01:002012-09-09T22:45:51.559+01:00Super-serious, but with near-constant quips it see...Super-serious, but with near-constant quips it seems to me. Pulp Fiction seemed to impact more than screen writing...Mr. Whiskashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838972390635828108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-87739871403029056402012-09-08T17:34:33.984+01:002012-09-08T17:34:33.984+01:00I'm not surprised. I'll take a look at #2,...I'm not surprised. I'll take a look at #2, see how it goes. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-1024833345210469352012-09-08T17:33:21.138+01:002012-09-08T17:33:21.138+01:00Thanks for the Wondy info. And Batgirl is stil on ...Thanks for the Wondy info. And Batgirl is stil on the radar, she'll be back here soon! Likely at zero issue time ...Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-25086541549736750642012-09-08T17:27:18.308+01:002012-09-08T17:27:18.308+01:00Ohhh, I never caught the Darkman similarities, tho...Ohhh, I never caught the Darkman similarities, though I've not watched it since it came out. Interesting observations about G&P and women, I'd not noticed that. <br /><br />Did you ever catch the Dee Tyler Phantom Lady? Or as I call her, Dogkiller?Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-58839807867699487642012-09-07T22:05:04.584+01:002012-09-07T22:05:04.584+01:00I thought this was going to be a light-hearted, bu...I thought this was going to be a light-hearted, bubblegum comic...the cover certainly suggested it. Instead we got a grim, rather grubby book with two unlikeable lead characters. I really dont know what to make of this book...karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07814365568280298681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-1056998066476934102012-09-04T14:56:08.928+01:002012-09-04T14:56:08.928+01:00This sounds like a potentially very intriguing new...This sounds like a potentially very intriguing new series, thanks for reviewing it.<br /><br />BTW Mart, I thought I'd let you know that that in Wonder Woman #12 Diana finally breaks out and kicks a little Olympian butt. Also, did you stop reviewing Batgirl?Mr. Whiskashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838972390635828108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-79051876022660248172012-09-03T22:03:52.518+01:002012-09-03T22:03:52.518+01:00A mate used to joke that you could tell if an issu...A mate used to joke that you could tell if an issue of Palmiotti and Grey's Jonah Hex was going to feature rape by whether or not it had a woman in it: "Tallulah Black is in this one, you say? Think I'll give that a miss..." and sure enough a nameless blonde finds herself battered off a car bonnet while the villain tells the utterly passive and useless heroine to make herself ready for him because she's sleeping her way close to the men who killed her family while she watched because this is thoroughly modern Grrrl Power in effect or something.<br /><br />Me, I don't pretend to understand all this fancy future storytelling nuance, I just can't see past the reactive female character from back here in the past like the square I am and would rather read something that makes a bit of an effort. Phantom Lady and Doll Man reads like adequate but unadventurous trash to me - it even has Darkman's origin in it. AND NOT IRONICALLY.Brigonoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05284882511370405132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-37063013860889388732012-09-02T00:10:11.646+01:002012-09-02T00:10:11.646+01:00Good question, Mela. We've had the odd fun boo...Good question, Mela. We've had the odd fun book, such as Gray, Palmiotti and Igle's Ray, and the recent Kid Flash DC Universe Presents, but the default setting certainly seems to be 'super-serious'. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-75179354110321734022012-09-02T00:06:57.732+01:002012-09-02T00:06:57.732+01:00Not so far, certainly. Sorry, I'm repeating m...Not so far, certainly. Sorry, I'm repeating myself - but I did like the last bunch. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-14789975716179203812012-08-31T10:37:16.925+01:002012-08-31T10:37:16.925+01:00Now I'm disappointed I asked the shop to reser...Now I'm disappointed I asked the shop to reserve this for me. Like you said, the cover (and the solicit text) promised a lighter-hearted book, but this sounds like an oversexed grim mire. What does the New 52 initiative have against a book actually being, y'know, FUN?Melahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539894845356203447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-67723362502273689162012-08-31T01:18:40.516+01:002012-08-31T01:18:40.516+01:00The freedom fighters have always had a special pla...The freedom fighters have always had a special place for me. Sadly, it appears that Gray and Palmiotti have been trying their best to destroy that property in the past few years.<br /><br />I don't see this new miniseries as an improvement over their previous endeavors.Brunonoreply@blogger.com