Category Archives: Major Spoilers

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Remedial Chaos Theory Edition

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This week, Marvel Comics announced that the “Spider-Men” teaser promotions were, in fact, exactly what it said on the tin: The first (direct) meeting between Marvel and Ultimate Marvel.  As the proud owner of “Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali” and the sublime goofiness of “Archie Meets The Punisher”, what impressed me most was not news of the crossover, but the fact that Marvel was able to hold off for more than 10 years before doing it, a rare display of restraint for a comic publisher.

The MS-QOTD (pronounced “misquoted”) for today is this:  How big a deal IS this crossover?

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Shocking Reveals Edition

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There has been much low chatter on the intarwebz regarding the nature of Loki’s shock troops in the upcoming Avengers movie, and now that the news is out, it seems that Stephen’s suppositions in our recent podcast discussion were correct.  I fully expect by the end of the day to here cries from random corners that this reveal (foreshadowed and teased as it was) was awful and anticlimactic even though the reveal is exactly what all the indicators said it would be!

The MS-QOTD (pronounced as you would in the original French) is this:  When it comes to speculating about plot twists, would you rather be RIGHT, or be SURPRISED?

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Critical Hitters Edition

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As of this writing, I am feverishly poring over my character sheets and awaiting the siren call of Skype to start another Critical Hit recording session.  Rodrigo has sternly warned us all about the consequences of any sort of next season Spoilers (Did you know there was such a thing as a Neutron Wedgie?), so I won’t give anything away here, but I’m very much looking forward to tonight’s gaming…

The MS-QOTD, Faithful Spoilerites and Critical Hitters alike, is simple:  What are you most looking forward to/afraid of in the coming Critical Hit season?

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: The Goon: Chinatown

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This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, we finally get around to reading what some have claimed to be the best Goon story ever.

The Goon – Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker
Dark Horse is very proud to present the first original graphic novel from Eisner Award-winning creator Eric Powell. Powell has been sowing the seeds of Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker for years in his bimonthly series The Goon, and salivating fans may now feast their eyes on the Goon’s formative backstory of love, loss, and extortion – a lengthy tale that demanded to be told in this uninterrupted format. Spiritual leader of Tennessee and hero to the Great Unwashed, Powell escaped catastrophic death and mother-shaming scandal to bring this work to fruition. He’s a sensitive man in insensitive times. But be warned: This book ain’t funny.

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Rated “B” For Bat-Shark-Repellant Edition

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Multiple sources are reporting that the upcoming ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ has been officially rated PG-13 for the usual mayhem and fighty-fighty, but also for “some sensuality and language.”  Given that Catwoman is in the film, one might presume that this means a little Bruce/Selina shipping going on, but I’m hoping for a full-fledged curse-word-laden blow-up from Michael Caine as Alfred.  (“What do you BLOODY mean you’ve blown up the mansion again??”) I’ve searched for information on the plot online, but I’m pretty sure that all of the stuff I found is false, mostly because I can’t see Bruce Wayne as a Huey Lewis fan, but also because they keep calling him “Patrick Batman.”

Regardless of all that, today’s MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) is this: Are you satisfied with another PG-13 Batman film, or is it time for some Rated-R Dark Knight action?

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: The Numbers Game Edition

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So, the preliminary March sales numbers are in, and it seems that Marvel Comics took back the top spot, while the dollar share and market share numbers tell a slightly different story.  The thing is, Marvel’s #1 comic for March (Avengers Vs. X-Men #1) actually didn’t go on sale until April.  The issue was shipped during March, however, and that was enough to make the House of Ideas once again King of The Hill…

In the call center business, we call this type of chicanery “massaging the numbers,” and I find it to be one of the more unsavory things that my corporate overlords ask of me.  Today’s MS-QOTD is complicated, but boils down to this:  If we assume that Marvel made this decision just to pop March sales numbers, have they acted unethically, or is all fair in love & comic shipping?

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Proactive Gun-Jumping Edition

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With the recent sad end of several of the first batch of DC’s New 52 titles, and the upcoming New 52 Wave Two, I started to wonder about the fates of characters left behind in the universal schisms that Barry Allen’s (rather Freudian) chronal antics caused.  What of Elongated Man?  Or Peacemaker?  The Black Pirate?  The Law’s Legionnaires?  The Guardian?  The Young Heroes?  Misfit? 

And, for the love of Egg-Fu, what about Ambush Bug???

Today’s MS-QOTD (pronounced “misquoted”) for Faithful Spoilerites everywhere is this:  What titles need to be part of a theoretical New 52 Wave Three?

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TOP FIVE #018: Top Five Fictional Characters We Would Have Tea (or Coffee) With

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Top Five Ficitional Characters We Would Have Tea (or coffee) With

Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting – it’s Top Five.

This week, we sit back and relax, raise a cup of tea or coffee and have an in-depth serious conversation about fictional characters we would share that brewed beverage with.

 

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Major Spoilers Podcast #399: The One Before 400

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In this issue: When does borrowing and idea or concept push the boundary of plagiarism, and do we really care?

 

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