LibraryBoy

Been meaning to pick up the trade of Superman: The Man of Steel for years and finally got around to it last week. It's as 80s (women in Metropolis love them some shoulder pads) and overwritten as can be (LOTS of expository thought balloons from Superman), but it's still a lot of fun, and I don't know if Byrne's artwork has ever looked better. I enjoy Superman stories from just about every age (particularly the Silver and Bronze ages), and I even hope to enjoy something with the current Superman someday! :D , but this is still very much my Superman.

I'm finally in.

Got the first two discs of the first season from Netflix yesterday.

Watched "Rose" and "The End of the World" last night.

Enjoyed 'em.

It gets much better, in my opinion. Maybe I was just too attached to the classic series, but it took about half the first season before I enjoyed it. And I'm not sure they've ever topped that season's finale.

Looking forward to seeing the improvement.

I was very much *not* a fan of the old series, hence my prolonged resistance to finally jumping in.

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

My wife felt exactly the same way that you do. She hates pretty much everything she's seen of the original series (she caught part of the final story, "Survival," with me one time and to this day occasionally talks about "the one with the fake cat that was even less convincing than Toonces"), but agreed to give the new series a shot with me because, as I pointed out, I watched a hell of a lot of Dawson's Creek and The OC with her.

Week one she said "Yeah, that was alright."

Week two she said "That was pretty good."

Week three she said "Hey, Doctor Who is on tonight."

At which point I knew that I had won and was, in fact, living the dream at long last. \:D/

Thanks to the generosity of family and friends (a few of whom came from here in CGS Land), we managed to raise over $1,100 for the Autism Project. We were amazed by - and grateful for - all the support!

You can read all about it here (and see an awesome unused Amy Reeder cover that kinda homages Justice League #1), but basically Kara would have found herself leading a team of Batgirl (Steph), Robin (Damian), Blue Beetle (Jaime), Static, Miss Martian, Impulse (Wally's daughter), and others, and he had hopes it'd be a sort of "backdoor pilot" for a new Young Justice.

I find it frustrating when the comics we could have gotten sound so much better than the comics we actually did get.

This is the new forums Chuck Satterlie (sp?) thread. Now with 100% more trolls.

[oldskool] Okay, who ordered the Satterlee with a side a' Hazel? [/oldskool]