tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448613549782052868.post4139117888508963134..comments2024-01-23T16:31:22.429-08:00Comments on The Nintendo Project: An 8-Bit Psychochronography: The Terror That Flaps In The Night (Darkwing Duck)Elizabeth Sandiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18337209180846868581noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448613549782052868.post-53602270691448672272010-11-10T18:34:48.849-08:002010-11-10T18:34:48.849-08:00Oh, Danbury? Seriously? You're right down the ...Oh, Danbury? Seriously? You're right down the road then. (I'm exits 9-11 of I-84)<br /><br />I actually, for all that it is, quite like the Sherlock Holmes retcon, which lets Holmes have a big, epic, apocalyptic story that would normally be impossible for him, then lets him keep going on telling stories. I also generally really like the Grant Morrison Batman stuff, which has heavily retconned the Silver Age, but done so in a way that seems to me to let his stories and the old stories stand side by side instead of in conflict. His revamp of the New Gods in Final Crisis was also pretty sexy. <br /><br />And Doctor Who, of course - the series that retcons itself damn near every episode, given that it has zero sense of continuity at all. And is my absolute favorite TV series.Elizabeth Sandiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337209180846868581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448613549782052868.post-20309776070818966002010-11-10T18:02:59.751-08:002010-11-10T18:02:59.751-08:00cheer up! you haven't met me yet! I'm in ...cheer up! you haven't met me yet! I'm in danbury.<br /><br />yeah, you're right about jason todd...my parents cut me off comics after only a couple years, and I never knew (the first) jason. I guess rage and rebelliousness are hardly character attributes, and his 5 year existence was a blink in comic-time anyway. does any retcon in particular appeal to you?daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529965769148337036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448613549782052868.post-34829997447752099272010-11-09T10:26:23.019-08:002010-11-09T10:26:23.019-08:00Heh. Where in the state are you? I have not found ...Heh. Where in the state are you? I have not found awesome people. It is getting depressing.<br /><br />I'm very much into Batman, though mostly focusing on Grant Morrison's stuff. But I think Jason Todd has been a textbook example of public clamoring, albeit in a weird way. Once his death became an object of nostalgia, and he got defined as "the character so annoying fans voted to kill him," bringing him back became a matter of giving the fans the exact character they remembered. The actual Jason Todd as Robin era is relatively calm, business-as-usual Batman. Because up until the issue where he died, nobody was planning on defining the character by his death. But the utter weirdness of his death changed the perspective of the character. All the same, I don't think you can pick up a mid-80s Batman story and argue convincingly that the Jason Todd there is in any way a meaningful setup for the Red Hood Jason Todd. They're essentially different characters, with the latter being the revival of the character that fans, in nostalgia and memory, mistook the former for being. But the stories don't follow from past events at all - they're straight-up responses to comics fandom and its internal mythology.Elizabeth Sandiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337209180846868581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448613549782052868.post-188555726907719902010-11-08T22:08:06.468-08:002010-11-08T22:08:06.468-08:00this state just churns out awesome people! how ab...this state just churns out awesome people! how about that governor's race?<br /><br />I like that you have a standard retcon example, though s.h.'s comeback epitomizes the worst kind, don't you think--forced by public clamoring against the will of the artist. not sure if you're into batman but the return of badass jason todd has been really enjoyable!daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529965769148337036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448613549782052868.post-88777057537563935902010-11-07T14:42:38.730-08:002010-11-07T14:42:38.730-08:00Hello, oh fellow Connecticutian.
Retcons are fasc...Hello, oh fellow Connecticutian.<br /><br />Retcons are fascinating to me. I tend to think it's impossible to alter the existing text - my standard example is that the escape Sherlock Holmes describes in the story he makes his return from the dead in is completely implausible in the context of the story he dies in - there's no way any sane reader would think Holmes might have escaped that way. Mostly, retcons seem to me to be a strange quirk of the fact of serial narrative, and to suggest that it is not quite accurate to treat a long serialized narrative as a single narrative.<br /><br />DuckTales is a great game, and I am looking forward to it. And yes, Adventure Island is under H.Elizabeth Sandiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337209180846868581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448613549782052868.post-21217268582707633462010-11-06T21:11:33.569-07:002010-11-06T21:11:33.569-07:00regarding your reverence for artistic truth...how ...regarding your reverence for artistic truth...how do you feel about retcons?<br /><br />I bet duck tales will make up for your irritation! and did you leave out adventure island (or are you waitin for H, hudson's)?daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529965769148337036noreply@blogger.com