01-23-2013, 07:20 PM | #21 |
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I'm positive that's the case but that doesn't change the fact. When ninjas collide... bruises aren't typically what result.
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01-23-2013, 07:35 PM | #22 |
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I'd say Raph killed that guy before landing on the limo. And we know Splinter's not afraid to kill Foot Soldiers, so we'll see what goes down in #3 and 4.
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01-23-2013, 08:04 PM | #23 |
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I think this book is the best thing to come out of IDW yet. I wish this team of artist & writer did the main book (no offense to anyone else, whose talents are loved too!). Matteus is a genius with layouts and dynamics. After reading the first issue I was so inspired by his stuff I started working on my own TMNT comic.
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01-23-2013, 08:24 PM | #24 |
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Here's my review of Secret History of the Foot Clan #2 at TMNT Entity.
I love getting an inside look into the Shredder's past, especially if it delves into his childhood. The Mirage series pointed out that the Shredder was manipulated as a child by the Foot to become a killer, but the sympathetic angle was never explored any further than a couple sentences. Seeing the idea fleshed out here is really enthralling. Even after knowing the horrible things he'd end up doing (executing children), you still can't help but feel like it wasn't all his fault. Even after all these years, Shredder's still a character that feels terribly unexplored. Mirage only featured him in 4 issues and never revisited his origin. The Fred Wolf cartoon and Archie comic scarcely gave us any back story beyond the fact that he was ambitious and seized control of the Foot for his own evil ends. The 4Kids cartoon did some crazy and fun stuff with Ch'Rell and everything, but he still never had any motivation beyond simply being evil for evil's sake. Really, this is the most interesting the character of Oroku Saki has ever been. At least so far as his origins are concerned. Though, man... April and Casey just walk into Foot HQ? And take the elevator? To the same floor where the Shredder's having a private meeting? Well if it's THAT easy... Last edited by DrSpengler; 01-23-2013 at 08:51 PM. |
01-23-2013, 08:51 PM | #25 |
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I couldn't make it to the comic store today. Must find a way to read it. Agreed on shredder being incredibly unexplored. The guy has been in every turtles incarnation and yet we hardly know anything about the guy. Although this does add to how cool of a villan he is. A little mystery can be good in comics, characters in marvel and dc have been explored to the point where their characters hardly resemble themselves anymore. Can't wait to get my hands on this.
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01-23-2013, 09:31 PM | #26 |
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Another cool thing, I liked how Shredder was so respectful to Dr. Miller. Even called him Miller-Sensei.
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As to someone actually getting HURT... it's still minor stuff, but we got something into issue #3. It leads to one of the few visuals I asked for, near the end of the comic (heck, I think page 21) - it's a quiet thing, but I think it looks cool. Again, I thank Bobby and Mateus for inviting me along. I worked hard to hit the standards they set. (:
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01-24-2013, 12:49 AM | #28 |
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I really should say that I'm happy that at this juncture it's really looking like Oroku Saki is going to be allowed to be Oroku Saki in IDW TMNT, and not some kind of alien or mutant or otherwise.
Good storytelling in these two issues so far... I just wish Nick/Viacom would butt out when it comes time for "ninja action" to actually happen. Neutering this kind of stuff in the one medium where it would seem to be completely appropriate -- where it's always been appropriate -- isn't exactly reinforcing a lot of the good faith a lot of us in the fandom felt after the sale.
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01-24-2013, 07:47 AM | #29 |
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Another good review from IGN: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/...-clan-2-review
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01-24-2013, 12:00 PM | #34 |
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I think you guys got it wrong. All of the issues from the ongoing and what not say "intended for mature readers" above the barcodes, and we've seen some pretty brutal kills in them. Hamato Yoshi had some good ones in #5, Splinter gutted at least one ninja in #11, Leo beheaded Shub in Infestation, Hob was shot in the chest in #12, Slash stabbed in #16, and a couple of other things. Not to mention some cursing.
The turtles don't kill (right now) because Tom doesn't want them to. I'm sure they, or at least some of them, will take a life eventually, but it's being saved to have a bigger impact. I know it feels weird to read a Turtles comic where they're standing there with lethal weapons in their hands but have serious reservations about properly using them, but the Splinter Micro pretty much laid it all out perfectly. Personally, I took Splinter's inner-monologue from that and #11 as meaning that Shredder and all Foot Ninjas were fair game to kill, but we'll see. I know it's easy to point at the big corporation and say it's their fault (like many of us erroneously did when the multi-colored headbands came in to play), but as far as I can tell, Nickelodeon has helped this book and hasn't held them back from much. Last edited by ToTheNines; 01-24-2013 at 12:31 PM. |
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In their defense on that one, Mirage stuck in the Arabic translation of "Face Mecca and fu** a butthole".
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sweet issue. that last page is pretty effin rad.
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To me, she really only works as an underling to Saki in timelines where they are contemporaries unless she is deciding to go up against him, like she ultimately did in the 4Kids series.
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