tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post6551671864877139189..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Doomsday Clock #8Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-6470002734893629772018-12-10T12:29:54.218+00:002018-12-10T12:29:54.218+00:00get to the underpants gag
That read differently i...<i>get to the underpants gag</i><br /><br />That read differently in my head.SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102522819364312684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-56903449953457706302018-12-10T11:34:20.190+00:002018-12-10T11:34:20.190+00:00We probably don't have to back to first princi...<i>We probably don't have to back to first principles and discuss the nature of narrative after every review</i><br /><br />Well, it was really just an excuse to mention the roleplaying game and get to the underpants gag.SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102522819364312684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-78752770432942673072018-12-09T16:19:50.530+00:002018-12-09T16:19:50.530+00:00the guy wearing external underwear as opposed to t...<i> the guy wearing external underwear as opposed to the guy wearing no underwear at all.</i><br /><br />Very good. I'm having that.Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934052271846235431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-83301969561815503092018-12-09T16:19:08.811+00:002018-12-09T16:19:08.811+00:00We probably don't have to back to first princi...We probably don't have to back to first principles and discuss the nature of narrative after every review. But yes, we know that Superman will win because he is the most important character in the DC universe. Just as I've said we know that Batman can defeat any villain by virtue of being ther goddam Batman. But from Ozymandias's point of view, Superman is a very strong guy who can lift mountains, where Manhattan is a monotheistic deity who can create his own universes.Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934052271846235431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-29191386545114384862018-12-07T12:26:38.378+00:002018-12-07T12:26:38.378+00:00By the way is it supposed to be 'ironic' o...By the way is it supposed to be 'ironic' or something that in the original comic book Mr I-got-my-name-from-a-Shelley-poem was trying to stop a war between the USA and Russia and apparently in this he is trying to start one?SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102522819364312684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-49521596373511578202018-12-07T12:24:01.347+00:002018-12-07T12:24:01.347+00:00Superman is certainly the biggest name hero in the...<i>Superman is certainly the biggest name hero in the DC cosmology; but I don't see why he is thought capable of challenging Doctor Manhattan, who is very nearly literally a god</i><br /><br />I once read a roleplaying game where characters were assigned dice (or whatever — poweriness, anyway, I forget the exact details) not on size or strength or whatever, but on narrative weight. <br /><br />It was supposed to be used to recreate the feel of '80s children's cartoons, and to deal with the fact that tiny characters who by rights should have been crushed five minutes into the first episode (like Bumblebee in <i>Transformers</i>, for example) quite often not only held their own against characters many times their size but usually won the day too. <br /><br />Struck me as a very good idea, and I'm sad I never got around to playing it. <br /><br />Anyway though: Super-Man clearly has the most narrative weight here, being a household name while only geeks and nerds have ever heard of Mr Manhattan PhD, so I'd say the smart money is — despite the whole 'god' thing — still on the guy wearing external underwear as opposed to the guy wearing no underwear at all.SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102522819364312684noreply@blogger.com