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Comic Books (or Characters) That Haven't Aged Well
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DavidTheDavid

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8 minutes ago, mec3437 said:

Just a hunch, but I don't think Lil Eightball would fly today.  

 

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There are a lot of Golden Age covers I'd love to own if not for the racist depictions. I get it. They're a product of their era. I love literature, but I don't read my kid Rudyard Kipling because of the racist content. I'm not going to explain that comic cover to him either. There's a difference between Mark Twain using dialect and examining racial institutions and crass depictions that perpetuate prejudices.

Sorry, this topic has always stuck in my craw. :D 

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mec3437

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18 minutes ago, DavidTheDavid said:

There are a lot of Golden Age covers I'd love to own if not for the racist depictions. I get it. They're a product of their era. I love literature, but I don't read my kid Rudyard Kipling because of the racist content. I'm not going to explain that comic cover to him either. There's a difference between Mark Twain using dialect and examining racial institutions and crass depictions that perpetuate prejudices.

Sorry, this topic has always stuck in my craw. :D 

I totally get that these are a product of the time.  I love the golden age of American animation, and I've seen the so-called Censored Eleven cartoons.  Some of them are very well done, but without being able to explain the context to someone, it just looks bad.  

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Ken Aldred

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Watchmen. The space squid invasion ending. Spoils it for me now.

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Ken Aldred

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2 minutes ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

I'm gonna re-read it soon, and consider this contribution.

Do you think Snyder did it better in his film?

I much prefer the film’s ending. Huge improvement.

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F For Fake

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1 hour ago, Chazgee said:

On the flip side, Aunt May has aged quite well.

 

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I'll never forgive Seinfeld for allowing us to believe that fat bald guys actually had a shot with Marisa Tomei! 

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lou_fine

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Well, if you are going to go with Aunt May, then how about Ms. Grundy here from the Archie comic books:

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As compared to Ms. Grundy from the Riverdale TV series:

Definitely very un-Grundy like behavior as what the long term Archie comic readers are used to.  :blush:

Heck, the whole Riverdale TV series is so very un-Archie like...........too wild as compared to the traditional Archie comics and probably too tame as compared to the Afterlife With Archie comic book series.  O.o

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Ken Aldred

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1 minute ago, Lazyboy said:

Except that it's completely absurd and nonsensical. (shrug)

Better than the squid.  To me, anyway.

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Lazyboy

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1 hour ago, Ken Aldred said:

Better than the squid.  To me, anyway.

I can understand liking one concept better than the other, but the movie ending just does not work, for many reasons.

Also, I don't think that has anything to do with how the comic aged.

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