Tupenny Reviews Lee/Ditko ASM & Lee/Kirby FF

[Logan510]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

It's terrible. It feels like it was made for children and insults my intelligence. Also, the CGI really sucked.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading.

 

 

[porcupine48]

[seanfingh]

lol

 

I read let's say 2700 pages & appreciated it enough to post a PM about.

 

Have y'all read those books?

 

Your righteous indignation amuses me. You may continue.

[Logan510]

lol

 

I read let's say 2700 pages & appreciated it enough to post a PM about.

 

Have y'all read those books?

 

Your righteous indignation amuses me. You may continue.

 

[porcupine48]

i'd say something witty,but the evil is weak

like tea in me today....

[TupennyConan]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

 

Which Dwarf was your fav?

[TupennyConan]

Your righteous indignation amuses me. You may continue.

 

The cleaners didn't properly launder my shirt. I shall OUT them in Dry Cleaners General over on the Dry Cleaners Society Message Boards but only after I've toyed with them anonymously for a day or two to rile-up the forum.

 

[TupennyConan]

Here is my review of Citizen Kane:

 

It was awful. I don't like the black and white, they could've really used some color. Also, everyone is dressed in old style fashions and the special effects were almost non existent. It was not what I expect in good movies.

 

I saw it as a child. I must have been 8 years old. I really enjoyed it's sublime sophistication & the elaborate, deliberate use of visible ceilings.

 

Later, as an adult of about 30, I saw it again & my review then would have been a carbon copy of yours.

[KingOfRulers]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

 

Which Dwarf was your fav?

 

Balin.

[TupennyConan]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

 

Which Dwarf was your fav?

 

Balin.

 

Did Balin wear a Gwen Stacy headband?

 

I believe I've just thought of a new business opportunity.

[collector_bill]

I tried to make it thru Vol 1 & 2 Masterworks on the FF stuff. It was tough. They really didn't hit their stride until the 40's or so. Right around the Surfer intro. Series was alot better from that point on.

 

Spidey was a much "better" read for the early issues.

 

I'm at work at the moment but from memory

 

25 and 26 hulk v thing , the avengers take over

 

39 and 40 and a blind man shall lead them

 

35 dragon man

 

36 frighful four

 

All good stuff

[TupennyConan]

36 frighful four

 

 

The classic & controversial makeover of Paste Pot Pete.

[Logan510]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

 

Which Dwarf was your fav?

 

Dopey

[TupennyConan]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

 

Which Dwarf was your fav?

 

Dopey

 

[Old Fashion PB and J]

I have a few volumes of essentials. Spidey and Avengers are both hard reads IMO. I havent read the FF yet.

[TupennyConan]

I have a few volumes of essentials. Spidey and Avengers are both hard reads IMO. I havent read the FF yet.

 

FF Omnibus 1 was a chore but #2 redeemed it.

[TupennyConan]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

It's terrible. It feels like it was made for children and insults my intelligence. Also, the CGI really sucked.

 

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Okay, here is a slightly more sober reply to your critique of my review:

 

Does a work’s for-children target audience status make it above reproach by an adult reviewer? That is, if a work is written for children, does that mean it can’t suck to an adult reader?

 

Some children’s books suck to both the children & adults who read them. Some are wonders. For example, The Giving Tree is one of the best works of fiction I have ever read.

 

Is it invalid for an adult reviewer of a work written for children to say: “All this [children’s] stuff was disposable & too kid friendly for me”? Or is the adult reviewer obligated to his readers to qualify that by saying: “However, I’m sure it is deserving of a child’s love & appreciation”? Or should I have added this: “What I didn’t like about the few early ASM’s I read in reprint as a 10 year old are all the same things I didn’t like this time at 41.”

 

[seanfingh]

 

I loved the Ditko Spideys as a child. I read them in the paperbacks, like Charlie Brown and the Wizard of Id. They felt like comic strips almost. I think I liked them so much because Peter was younger than he was in the contemporary comics, by four or five years, which to an 8 year old seemed like a big difference.

[TupennyConan]

I loved the Ditko Spideys as a child. I read them in the paperbacks, like Charlie Brown and the Wizard of Id. They felt like comic strips almost. I think I liked them so much because Peter was younger than he was in the contemporary comics, by four or five years, which to an 8 year old seemed like a big difference.

 

As a child, the most difficult thing I had with them was Ditko's art. I just couldn't find a way to like it.

 

I finally feel more well-rounded in my art appreciation education now that I have learned to appreciate Ditko as a result of having read 1100 pages of his art.

 

[Logan510]

Here's my review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

 

It's terrible. It feels like it was made for children and insults my intelligence. Also, the CGI really sucked.

 

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Okay, here is a slightly more sober reply to your critique of my review:

 

Does a work’s for-children target audience status make it above reproach by an adult reviewer? That is, if a work is written for children, does that mean it can’t suck to an adult reader?

 

Some children’s books suck to both the children & adults who read them. Some are wonders. For example, The Giving Tree is one of the best works of fiction I have ever read.

 

Is it invalid for an adult reviewer of a work written for children to say: “All this [children’s] stuff was disposable & too kid friendly for me”? Or is the adult reviewer obligated to his readers to qualify that by saying: “However, I’m sure it is deserving of a child’s love & appreciation”? Or should I have added this: “What I didn’t like about the few early ASM’s I read in reprint as a 10 year old are all the same things I didn’t like this time at 41.”

 

My point is that you shouldn't judge the great works of yesterday through the lens of now. These things should be judged in context. Forbidden Planet's special effects look pretty cheesy by todays standards, but for 1956 they looked really spiffy.