chrisdole86.bsky.social
Colorado hiker boy, classical pianist, and writer. Co-Creator of ARDEN, host of MY BIG SCORE, #1 fan of FANTASIA
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"Trump might overthrow the government, but if AOC wins I might lose out on lucrative lobbying gigs and the best cocktail parties!"
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Taking Star Wars back to its roots: Reagan-era missile defense systems
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"Evil businessman wearing a weaponized monocle" is like "OK, maybe you can get a story out of this but I don't know how long that's gonna last".
OTOH, "THE CLASSIEST HIGHWAYMAN GHOST YOU EVER DID SEE" is like "yes, give me all of this dude I can get immediately"
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Nah, even in life as a highwayman Gentleman Jim was already way more stylish than that
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Monocle tried his best, but couldn't help but be IMMEDIATELY out-swagged by Gentleman Jim Craddock (to be fair, though, it's not hard to be out-swagged by GG, now that's a guy with some real drip!)
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Now, you'd think given that Hawkman's GA backstory was the "reincarnation" thing, that HE would be the one with the immortal caveman supervillain, but no he is not. At least he got Gentleman Ghost, because the other guys he had at that time, uh... no one's buying comics for THE MONOCLE these days.
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It's also funny that both Grundy and Savage are Alan Scott baddies, Alan brought some real heavy-hitters to play
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It makes sense as a Golden Age origin, a Silver Age origin, and as someone trying to do some gonzo shit in the late 90s and on, that's why it rocks
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It's a testament to the ones who lasted that they have real juice. I mean, "murdered mobster dumped in a cursed swamp who turns into Zombie Hulk" and "caveman who got turned into an immortal evil genius by a meteor" are just A+++ comic book supervillain backstories
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Yeah, he, uh, looked real different when he debuted
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Have to give a special shout-out to the Grundy cover in particular, you take one look at THAT image and it's like, yeah, no wonder that character stuck around
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Yyyyup, the franchise was already that silly from 20 minutes into the second one and yet people 'forgive' the one because nostalgia
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Also
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Oh, quality was in the fucking toilet by that point. Han/Luke/Leia were basically at Dem Leadership levels of "we're way too old to do this but we can't hand it over to the young'uns...". IIRC the publisher literally said "60 is the new 40" about them - and they were OLDER than that by the end.
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Yup. The big thing they were prepping for before the Disney sale was Star Wars Detours, which, if you want any confirmation that the franchise was considered a joke, it's right there. That THAT is what got off the ground and not the Ron Moore live-action show shows you where it was.
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Some real famous last words there, Johnny boy
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Domino-meme: "Syril Karn needs to prove Mommy wrong" -> "Luke Skywalker blows up the Death Star"
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And last but definitively not least, @trench.bsky.social is the iconic star of Wooden Overcoats, the creator of Quid Pro Euro, and has appeared in shows from Zero Hours to Zombies, Run! and more. He is playing [ALL DETAILS REDACTED BY WHEYFACE INDUSTRIES. DO NOT MESS WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE'S LAWYERS]
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Kristen DeMercurio is best-known as the star of Ars Paradoxica and creator of Brimstone Valley Mall. One of indie audio drama's finest actors, she has appeared in shows from Archive 81 to The Big Loop to Zero Hours to Greater Boston and more. She is playing [REDACTED], a fiery leftist [REDACTED].
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Another of indie audio drama's multitalented multihyphenates, Zach Valenti is best known as the co-creator and star of Wolf 359, Zero Hours, and Unseen among many, many other credits. He is playing [REDACTED], [R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D.], an [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [CONTRACTUALLY REDACTED].
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One of indie audio drama's true multihyphenates, @inkphemeral.bsky.social is best known as the creator of shows like Primordial Deep and Janus Descending, star of Maxine Miles and many others. She is playing [REDACTED], the new [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]'s new [EXTREMELY REDACTED].
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That is a distinguished gentleman who can HARRUMPH with the best of them