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01-20-2008, 07:56 PM
Omegawrath
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I like it too and I dont understand all the hate for him (or Buzzer and Flint). They all look awesome and the worst 25th figure is def Serpentor.
The big reasons were that they weren't as accurate as the others. The Buzzer had his Sigma Six design influence, Flint, well, he didn't have any gloves. And Zartan...
I REALLY hated the initial run of Devil's Due comics. WHen Blaylock was writing they weren't just bad...
The dialogue was pathetic, the stories seemed to come from his backyard fantasies and the art was... Well I'm REALLY glad Tim Seely came along. Brandon Jerwa's writing was more structured. He at least knew the universe. (Blaylock hadn't even read the whole Marvel run before writing). And because of all of this, certain parts of the DDP universe seem like, well, mistakes to me.
Serious mistakes.
I can understand vanity, but JB set his stories in Chicago, tried to rewrite Zartan's whole universe, and even tried to suggest that Zanya would have been concieved when Zartan was "living in Chicago." By my estimates that's about 1985. ANyone remember where Zartan was in 1985, because it sure as HELL wasn't Chicago.
Anyway, the point of this whole rant is that anything relating to the DDP universe should (in the opinion of a large number of fans) be deleted entirely. I think it should simply be peppered in for the line or maybe pushed to the back. The Zartan figure is great. I love old Zartan, and I hope we get him, but I have no problem with a Zartan who wears real clothes. Exposed midriffs are so 1985...
As for Serpentor, he was everything that was wrong with old Joe. He was done well n the comics, but the guy Blaylock brought back from the dead was CLEARLY from the cartoon. At least he gave the Commander his moment to shine. Falling off a waterfall though...
So anyway, I like the DDP Zartan figure. I just would have like him better later.
Some of the DDP designs were really good. I thought Zartan was one of them. Serpentor was kind of lame. Zarana was I think JB's girlfriend. The Storm Shadow was great except for the absurd number of Cobras on him.
Mainframe... sucked. So did their Lady Jaye. So sis ALL of their redesigns on Joes. Stalker, Gung Ho. Lame.
I hope they stick to the 80's cast by and large. I think DDP hurt the Joe universe terribly in it's first 4 years. I think America's elite is good. I also think it's too little too late.
If you want to be REALLY disgusted by the man's vanity- go check out Misplaced and his other comics. His writing is lame. He makes himself and his friends from work the characters. (check photos of his staff against covers and characters.)
On the plus side, he could have a long and distinguished career designing characters for E-surance.com.
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