11-02-2009, 05:52 PM
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I'm Sorry....But Motion Comics Suck....
So I was on Hulu. And I see an advertisement to see Marvel's motion comic entitled Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.
I thought to myself "Wowzers! Comics are really becoming technologically advanced! This must be the next generation in comic book reading!" Poor naive past self.... I watched it. Seriously? 'Animated' comic book stills with moving backgrounds and sound? That shit has been around since the late 80s. And it's so very cheaply done too. Poor voice-acting. Poor production values. And here I thought DC was being left behind with the motion comic venue of Marvel. Totally not.... |
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11-02-2009, 05:56 PM
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You need never have to apologize for this.
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11-02-2009, 05:56 PM
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Never apologize for speaking the truth.
If this is the future of the medium, somebody hand me a time machine.
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11-02-2009, 06:09 PM
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Its wild this would be considered "new" now...since they did this years ago. 
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11-02-2009, 06:10 PM
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I thought this was pretty cool when it was incorporated as a cut scene in The Ravages of Apocalypse Quake add-on back in '97.
Back when I was a kid..like..34. I'm wayyyyy over it now.
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11-02-2009, 06:11 PM
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They suck and blow.
And I swear to God that half the people going "they're the HIP! NEW! YOUNG! thing!" are older than me. You bunch of poseurs.
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11-02-2009, 06:11 PM
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11-02-2009, 06:26 PM
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I don't think it really matters what any of us think, we're not the big potential audience it can bring in. We already buy comics, lots of people don't, it's them who they're aiming at. Could work, in a way I see this as the equivelent of an audio book (Which some book readers look down at too).
I saw the first episode, thought it was alright but I'm happy enough reading the story in the comic form. I disagree on the poor voice acting point though, everyone I heard sounded good to me. |
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11-02-2009, 06:29 PM
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My favourites are the scenes using as much blur tool as they can to try and give the effect of motion.
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11-02-2009, 06:34 PM
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11-02-2009, 06:36 PM
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I haven't been impressed with any of the motion comics either. Most of the voice-acting is pretty terrible.
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11-02-2009, 06:38 PM
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11-02-2009, 06:38 PM
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Teen Girl Squad did it better 7 years ago.
I agree with Nick that they could have the same kind of place as audio books (which I do listen to, though I don't feel they "count" :P) |
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11-02-2009, 06:41 PM
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Spack, I don't agree with you on much, and I rather think you're something of a dick, but you are occasionally funny as hell. Jeffrey W.Kramer “Those stories do what superheroes do best - they save you." Tom Batuik on Superman comics. |
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11-02-2009, 07:08 PM
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Having said I'd rather buy the paper comic (And I am buying it, and it's good stuff), I could imagine buying all the episodes and putting them on my MP3 player in the future. |
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