tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post4644024635603741917..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: FANTASTIC FOUR #267Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-31722931470834405462016-08-12T00:29:24.701-07:002016-08-12T00:29:24.701-07:00A Spider-Man villain engaging in a cloning experim...A Spider-Man villain engaging in a cloning experiment is the beginning of many sad stories.<br /><br />I must say I'm appreciative of the English thrive to respect the plural form of loan words from classical languages, yet at the same time find myself growing more and more secure on my native Finnish path of often just slapping our plural 't' ending to the already-plural form foreign word. Many a time get we semi-formally reported of the capers done by (New York) "Rangersit" or (San Jose) "Sharksit" in our medias. A double negative may turn your 180 degree turn to 360, but the dual plural is there to just enstrenghen the idea that they sure are many.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-14621295135792807662016-08-07T21:37:35.643-07:002016-08-07T21:37:35.643-07:00A friend replied to my post on just this subject (...<br>A friend replied to my post on <a href="https://blamken.blogspot.com/2010/08/from-one-to-tentacle.html" rel="nofollow">just this subject</a> (6 years ago to the very week), "So if Otto Octavius, a.k.a. Doctor Octopus, cloned himself, he would become Octavii yet Doctors Octopodes?"Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-72344948908135656952016-08-05T00:36:20.842-07:002016-08-05T00:36:20.842-07:00As an avid supporter of educational elements withi...As an avid supporter of educational elements within entertainment, I thank you for taking the trouble of pointing this out, Blam. I initially though there was something inherently, ah-ha, fishy in my plural word choice when I wrote it, but just chose to go with it for shit&giggles. From henceworth I may likely be compelled to check on the roots for similar words when commenting, but it's all good due to me having a healthy interest in etymologies anyway. In Finnish we btw cheat and call them "ink fish".<br /><br />Now, if Doc Ock never has had his henchmen assault someplace with amphibious/aerial vessels named "Octo-Pods", that's a damn waste.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-70341176771609877862016-07-12T13:21:23.475-07:002016-07-12T13:21:23.475-07:00Maybe not the best example, but literally every ti...<i>Maybe not the best example, but literally every time I watch STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH, there's some little part of me that hopes this time, Anakin won't lop off Mace Windu's hands and Palpatine will be stopped before he can execute the Jedi and seize power.</i><br /><br />I'm right there with you, specifically regarding this scene and generally the idea of still hoping for a different outcome even though I know the story (and how it turns out) well, and the fact that, you know, it's a fixed story that can't change no matter what. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-18981398796072155102016-07-06T09:10:26.972-07:002016-07-06T09:10:26.972-07:00There's an absolutely cringe-inducing scene of...There's an absolutely cringe-inducing scene of "as you already know..." exposition from Alicia coming up soon, and I make specific note of it in the post, along with a screenshot. It's really bad.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-73506455313040875832016-07-06T09:09:07.904-07:002016-07-06T09:09:07.904-07:00I think there were a few photo backgrounds in the ...I think there were a few photo backgrounds in the earlier issues, but they weren't all over the place as they are going forward.<br /><br />For the umpteenth time, I'll play armchair quarterback and wonder why, if Byrne was so set on writing, penciling, <b>and</b> inking two comics a month at this time, he didn't get a background artist for these series!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-71731477988480729512016-06-28T06:14:18.400-07:002016-06-28T06:14:18.400-07:00I meant to add that while I enjoy Byrne’s faithful...<br>I meant to add that while I enjoy Byrne’s faithful evocation of the original printed story when it comes to, say, retellings of the FF’s origin like in #261 or Doc Ock’s here, I cringed at just how expository it was of Bruce to tell Reed in such detailed, “narratorly” style what he already knows.<br /><br />Although the insertion of active editorial voice into captions is not a favorite trick or trope of mine in most situations, I can see Stan Lee or Roy Thomas or Steve Englehart taking it upon themselves to share the information extradiegetically (to get hifalutin) so it doesn’t have to come so awkwardly from Bruce’s mouth: “You probably know Doc Ock’s wacky origin as well as Bruce and Reed do, if not better, Marvelites — but just in case you don’t have a copy of <i>Amazing Spider-Man</i> #3 handy to crack open, here’s a recap!” Of course, I wouldn’t expect Byrne to go <i>that</i> old-school…<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-14221594108245331092016-06-28T06:12:24.795-07:002016-06-28T06:12:24.795-07:00@Teemu — As “octopus” is from Greek, not Latin, if...<br>@Teemu — As “octopus” is from Greek, not Latin, if you’re not using “octopuses” as a plural construct in English then it’s “octopodes” [pronounced “ahk-<i>tah</i>-pah-deez”] rather than “octopi”. Which is totally not on you as the vast majority of native English-speakers say “octopi” and, hey, my Finnish is nonexistent.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-42831460580962328042016-06-28T06:09:06.020-07:002016-06-28T06:09:06.020-07:00// I know how things will end, but some weird irra...<br><i>// I </i>know<i> how things will end, but some weird irrational part of me hopes that </i>this<i> time it’ll be different. //</i><br /><br />How strange and wonderful the human brain — or whatever else it is within us that can account for such a thing. <br /><br />Byrne really did a great job sticking us with, as you say, the possible inconsequence of Reed’s excursion, piling it on top of the horrible mundanity of the situation <i>vis-à-vis</i> the FF’s usual perils. Would any help Octavius had offered have made a difference if not for the delay caused by his attack on Reed? Nobody can be sure of that one. Did Reed simply miss the chance to be by his wife’s side by agreeing to seek Octavius’ help? Reed knows the in-story timeframe, even if we don’t, so he might have an answer on that score, at least, but in a way the climax is still a bizarre relation to Byrne’s short Luthor story “Metropolis 900 Mi[les]”.<br /><br />I’ve been keeping an eye out for when Byrne started applying photo backgrounds and while I’m not 100% sure it starts here this is the first time I’ve noticed it since I started reading along a half-dozen or so issues ago. The cover and many interior panels utilize xerography of the cityscape — kind-of an inescapable backdrop for the action, so it would make sense if this issue made Byrne realize he can’t always get away with big non-contextual empty spaces (even though there are still plenty of those on display, or lack or display as the case may be).<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-22621712832983150442016-06-02T09:23:13.699-07:002016-06-02T09:23:13.699-07:00Well, right in my screenshot above, Banner says th...Well, right in my screenshot above, Banner says that Octavius was "...a scientist, a man much like you or me..." Not that this says anything specifically about his personality, but it sure sounds like he was a normal, well-adjusted guy before the accident.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-59459520069299938012016-06-01T01:08:39.796-07:002016-06-01T01:08:39.796-07:00Doc Ock's origin story in ASM #3 literally tel...Doc Ock's origin story in ASM #3 literally tells us through doctors that there was uncertain amount of brain damage and permanent damage to his mind from the accident and sees the post-accident Ock show some intense paranoia accusing others from being jealous of him and preventing him from working. There's no hint what his personality was prior to it, but it's fair to assume he was pretty much your regular variety brilliant scientist of Marvel Universe.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-49038766900793182682016-05-31T20:25:17.010-07:002016-05-31T20:25:17.010-07:00Byrne hates when people speculate that maybe Ock w...Byrne hates when people speculate that maybe Ock was a decent guy before the accident that grafted the arms to his body, but I've always assumed this story is the origin of that theory.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-11333165943896263352016-05-31T17:18:51.563-07:002016-05-31T17:18:51.563-07:00I love this issue, and those final few pages hit l...I love this issue, and those final few pages hit like a ton of bricks. Very few comics have ever gotten me misty-eyed, but this is definitely one of them.Dobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08884152078310514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-74275679987729418772016-05-30T18:30:57.238-07:002016-05-30T18:30:57.238-07:00I always liked the bit about seemingly mellow Dr. ...I always liked the bit about seemingly mellow Dr. Ock having cut the folded paper stack into a string of octopi. I've been made to cut my share of folded paper into snowflakes to appreciate.<br /><br />A year later there will be a straightforward Spider-Man story disturbingly reminiscient of this on in WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #4.Teemunoreply@blogger.com