joe_collector

Come on, you fanboys were ( and still are) angry over X-Men 3 (a pretty good action movie) because of some changes (Juggernaut being a mutant, Dark Phoenix, etc.) that make these look like a drop in the bucket. I've tried not to harp on this kind of stuff too much, and just take the movies as-is, but this is purely a Twilight/young adult retcon that will end badly. Like really, really badly, as adults will stay home and the tweens/kids will smell this scam a mile away.

So let's get this straight: 1) Sue is cradle-robbing Reed. 2) Sue is white and the oldest of the four. 3) The Human Torch (Sue's brother) is black. 4) Ben Grimm is a skinny little guy. WTF is going on here, a multicultural Twilight retcon?

Here's my advice: If you're looking for a comic anyway, and the prices are equivalent, then definitely get the newsstand copy, but I would *not* run around investing in newsstand issues, hoping to make money, as the vast majority of collectors do not care.

You got me there, and I guess it would be more accurate to say "If I had known this stuff was going to explode (Ms. Marvel? Really?) I could have had a pile more sitting in my collection".

Anything post-81 is not even worth talking about, and I'm just speaking in relative terms of BA scarcity. All those 1976-77 #1's were mass speculated - I had collector friends who 20+ issues of any new character #1, like Nova, Ms Marvel, Champions, and of course, new titles like PPSSM. That was also about when newspaper articles started coming out about old comic book sales, like a record amount for Action 1, which fed speculator fever even in the general public. Back in the early days, I used to see lots on eBay like this from people who had no clue and had no other comics for sale. "My dad just bought a pile of #1's" was a standard reply. If I had known this stuff was going to explode (Ms. Marvel? Really?) I could have made a bundle buying these issues.

Wow, this is getting insane, and let me give the specs a word of advice: Do not sink any real money into a post-75 Marvel #1, as these are out there in mass quantities. People speculated like mad on anything #1, and now that books like Nova 1 and Ms Marvel 1 have popped, there are probably crates of this stuff en route to CGC.

Ah yes (X-Factor 24 - I always liked that book), another book I've picked up en masse whenever I find one in the bargain bin.

Everyone knows that 99% of release games for a new console are pure junk and are unfinished/rush jobs designed so that early adopters have something to waste their money on. It's how it's always been for the past several console generations - the days of the "release killer app" are long gone. I played Ryse, and OMG are you being kind. If I paid full retail for that, I'd be cutting my credit card up, as I don't deserve to own one.

At least a year hardcore (ignoring the next-gen systems) as these are titles already in the pipeline, and then a few years after that with top-tier, aaa multi-plat and sports games. The sheer number of xbox 360 and PS3 systems out there means that these will outsell next-gen for the near future. That's why (especially with no backwards compatibility this gen ) it's not economical to buy a PS4 or Xbox One at release, as you're just wasting warranty while it gathers dust. Just game on current gen, wait a year or two for the next-gen games to build up (and for prices on old PS4/Xbox One games to tank), for Sony/MS to release a smaller/quieter/lower-power/lower-priced revision (about 1+ years for a die-shrink), and then scoop one up.

CHILL OUT!

Bah, I laughed at their stupid attempts to get me to cut up my comics. MVS Series 2 was one of the major let-downs ever, as I was hoping they're cover off the tons of characters (like Magneto, Firelord, Chameleon, Valkyrie, Blob, Scorpion, etc.) they missed in the first series, and new characters introduced in the interim (like Wolverine and the New X-Men). But instead we get puzzles.

Good old Scottish was a millionaire but didn't know it at the time.

Because for the majority of them, all they are is "kewl covers" and no one wants to see all the meager internals reprinted. These Adams books match perfect with a "never open the book again" CGC world, but don't confuse that with actually reprinting the *entire* book.

More like: Hulk 181 has a *much* wider audience, including those who don't have a clue WTF a "Qualified" grade is, let alone a MVS.

Nope, that same comic *properly* graded a CGC 1.5 (or lower) would never get that kind of money. It's not that it's worthless, as we're talking about Hulk 181, but it's insane that Qualified Incomplete prices seem to be 50% of Complete Universal 9.X prices. That's crazy, and it can't sustain itself.

It absolutely kills the value, as it's an incomplete comic that CGC markets using the Green label. On GPA a green 9.0 copy is between 850.00 to 1K. And a non green 9.0 is between 1700.00 and 2K. That's crazy, and I can't believe the prices are that close between a complete comic (an 9.0) and an incomplete one (a 1.5) - probably a lot of people don't understand that it is they're buying.

It absolutely kills the value, as it's an incomplete comic that CGC markets using the Green label.

About an hour in, I wanted to find the voice actor for Handsome Jack and put my fist through his stomach. And there are some really bad acting sequences in the game, like anything with Angel in it. Tiny Tina's voice acting was at least good (even if the writing was bad), but some of them were terrible, like Maya when she gets angry. "I'll get you Jack!".

I honestly turned the volume off about 1/3 of the way through BL2 because the constant yammering was too irritating. It's even worse when farming certain areas (like near the end of the base game, that big robot on the tramway) as they auto-load these horrible monologues and character banter over and over and over and over again. It's like Chinese water torture in HD.

It's going to be the same game, and believe me, I agree with many of your issues with the sequel. Seriously, if you find the original Borderlands for cheap, give it a shot. It's by far the superior game, and a lot of the BL2 hype is due to goodwill created by the original.

Love Dishonored, but I'm surprised you didn't play a bit more of the original Borderlands. I just love the atmosphere of the game, and the fact that you don't (like in BL2) have jerks and pinheads talking all the time, narrating, talking on recordings, Handsome Jack screaming in your ear, etc. - you can just *play* the game in peace. And you actually feel like you're alone on a hostile planet, and not part of some Saturday Morning Cartoon like on BL2.

You should try the first Borderlands if you can find it cheap (GOTY is a good deal), as it's 10X the game that BL2 is. Darker, a better sense of time and place, no juvenile humor (until the last DLC, and it's pretty good), better music, much, much better loot system, and overall a far superior game to the sequel. You may not "like" it, but you'll probably "like it better" than BL2. BL2 just want too far over to the "land of the maroon fanboys" and you almost have to play BL1 just to force yourself to wade through the idiotic story and sophomoric non-humor. Still a fun game for me, but probably only because I have such an appreciation for the first game. But even so, it's "eye-roll" every few seconds at how incredibly stupid the game's story and non-humor are. Going in blind, I'd probably feel the same way you do, as I don't imagine BL2 stands well on its own.

Same diff really. Marvel is well known for stifling creator control, and this is the end result. Had Thomas worked in a different environment, Warlock would have been a totally new character.

I'm just saying it was noted long before 1974, but I guess they mean that specific term - but "changing a character's history/backstory to fit a new story" is something that probably goes back to the cavemen. As a kid, I had to do a report on one of the Narnia books and I can remember reading similar complaints in old articles.

The digital copies on PS3 and Xbox have the DLC as well, and I actually like the original graphics, as the PS4/Xbox One version changes the face and body to fit the new actress (why, I have no idea?) - I prefer the original Lara myself. What Has Happened to Lara Croft's Face in PS4 Port Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition? http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2014/01/what_has_happened_to_lara_crofts_face_in_ps4_port_tomb_raider_definitive_edition They also got rid of the "grim and gritty" Lara in favor of a more PG-line: Honestly, from this limited footage, I like the original face better, though I’ll have to reserve final judgement for when I play the game itself. There’s also a tangential critique about Croft not looking as “gritty and dirty” in the new footage, when the old version of the character was constantly covering in blood, mud and grime.