tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post7900617902436183167..comments2024-01-13T13:40:31.385+00:00Comments on TOO DANGEROUS FOR A GIRL!: Grodd of War #1 reviewMartin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-9761240009196852012011-06-30T23:04:17.806+01:002011-06-30T23:04:17.806+01:00You're so right about the difficulty of handin...You're so right about the difficulty of handing comics on. I've so many I'll never read again and I love the notion of passing them on to kids I know, or hospitals, but many are so unsuitable for children that I'd have parents at my door with pitchforks. Then there's the problem of never-ending stories.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-70322767576440633182011-06-26T19:54:45.908+01:002011-06-26T19:54:45.908+01:00Sadly, just more of the shock theater event-runner...Sadly, just more of the shock theater event-runner Geoff Johns enjoys so much, but that I find disturbing.<br /><br />It's not necessary in non-"mature readers" superhero books, and makes it hard to justify gifting to your kids. All the shock value is drained out of it anyway because it's become cliché. Wouldn't the Cat-Man murder have been more effective and less stomach-churning if it was IMPLIED rather than SHOWN? But writers and artists these days too often take the blunt pen.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-73369091322915448392011-06-21T23:33:52.407+01:002011-06-21T23:33:52.407+01:00Snell, you're right, the characters are repreh...Snell, you're right, the characters are reprehensible. Overall, though, I'm finding this event compelling. And tomorrow, Lois Lane and the Resistance!<br /><br />ToB, wise words, I've not had time to trawl online for reactions; I wonder how the Grodd issue was received.<br /><br />Rob, 'gorilla ennui'? Jealous now!<br /><br />Orange Mask, yes, it's a shame Africa can't get a break in comics. Mind, the online outrage to the Flashpoint map was over the top, apparently from readers who'd never heard of Grodd, Solovar and Gorilla City. Sometimes a gorilla is just a gorilla.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-22091234302013166222011-06-17T15:07:34.798+01:002011-06-17T15:07:34.798+01:00This tie in was absolutely insane. It was pretty o...This tie in was absolutely insane. It was pretty over the top, but I guess they need tie-ins like this in order to show off how bad the world has become after being made in Reverse-Flash's image. We did see Batman (Thomas) kill Killer Croc with a machete to the brain. Too bad that even in Flashpoint, Africa comes across as just a savage land. Poor Catman (never thought I'd say those words).Ermachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921596572507667636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-77156130140436937692011-06-17T06:20:36.189+01:002011-06-17T06:20:36.189+01:00The opening monologue was great, and the art was g...The opening monologue was great, and the art was gorgeous, but I have to say I felt really let down, plot-wise. It was all brutality and gorilla ennui -- while there was action, I never felt like anything was at stake in the issue itself.. only the issues of Flashpoint to come. <br /><br />But it *was* a great opening monologue.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-26713937868480368692011-06-17T04:45:54.464+01:002011-06-17T04:45:54.464+01:00I agree with the review and the above comment. I ...I agree with the review and the above comment. I got Grodd's sense of futility, and I can stomach violence in pulp fiction. But the torture porn was so over the top that I started to wonder about where DC is going and why. FP Legion of Doom was similar. I'm not convinced that shock is a creative alternative to characterization and substantial story-telling, something DC's been suffering the lack of for a long, long time.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-33326324819582719122011-06-17T03:34:03.047+01:002011-06-17T03:34:03.047+01:00Taken together with Emperor Aquaman, this take on ...Taken together with Emperor Aquaman, this take on Grodd (sure, he's a genocidal monster, but look, he's miserable) leaves me really queasy regarding DC's moral compass...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.com