Comments for Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com Keeping an eye on Geek News from 22,300 miles above the Earth Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Superman actually hits somebody!!! by Chris Arndt http://www.monitorduty.com/2013/04/superman-actually-hits-somebody/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 Chris Arndt Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:52:44 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=5213#comment-1578 He’s fighting Kryptonians? We’re doing his origin again? AGAIN?! What a load of crap.

How can it not be an S?

]]> Comment on So I can live-blog the Super Bowl commercials by thehutch http://www.monitorduty.com/2013/02/so-i-can-live-blog-the-super-bowl-commercials/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 thehutch Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:32:47 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=5090#comment-1570 Good going, Chris! This was fun!

Oh, good lord…look how big that tag is in the cloud!

]]> Comment on Alan Kistler’s Profile On: GREEN LANTERN! by Equality and Laws | Edinburgh Eye http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/02/alan-kistlers-profile-on-green-lantern/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 Equality and Laws | Edinburgh Eye Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:05:10 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/02/alan-kistlers-profile-on-green-lantern/#comment-1568 [...] tights, a red top, a purple cape with green lining, and a green glowy ring, and fought crime. (Origin story: “The Lantern… I’m still holding on to it! What a queer light! Funny, I suddenly [...]

]]> Comment on A Mystery Solved! by TheKingInYellow http://www.monitorduty.com/2009/11/a-mystery-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 TheKingInYellow Tue, 01 May 2012 17:07:05 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4261#comment-1567 According to Jon Merrill’s Little Lulu and Tubby Giants Index (www.hingepepper.com/Lulu3.htm), there is just one story that gives Tubby’s real name. It is an untitled two-page story in the giant-sized issue Little Lulu and Her Friends 4, dated March 1956. The story is reprinted on pages 120 and 121 of Little Lulu Volume 27: The Treasure Map and Other Stories, published by Dark Horse.

Jon Merrill’s summary of the story says: “Tubby tries to persuade everyone to call him by his real name, Thomas.”

]]> Comment on Elongated Man Is All Wrong, Part 2 by Rafa Rivas http://www.monitorduty.com/2011/07/elongated-man-is-all-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1566 Rafa Rivas Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:20:15 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=5002#comment-1566 Also, while Murphy Anderson thinks Elongated Man and the Atom are too similar to Quality’s Plastic Man and Doll Man, he said that Julie never admitted any connection. These two quotes rule out the unsourced myth that “Julie wanted a Plastic Man without knowing that they owned the original”. I looked up really hard, that statement has never been linked to Julie.
I think Infantino was just blowing some steam. He has to know that Ralph fans want a classic detective with fun powers and lightheated couplehood situations, which is completely different from what Plas fans expect.

]]> Comment on Elongated Man Is All Wrong, Part 2 by Rafa Rivas http://www.monitorduty.com/2011/07/elongated-man-is-all-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Rafa Rivas Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=5002#comment-1565 Hi, Michael,
I’m Rafa Rivas, the other greatest Elongated Man fan, the Elongated Man to your Plastic Man, if you will. I’ve been bloging about our favorite character in hopes to get him known among the online community.

I’ve been dreaming of asking Infantino precisely that question. Despite what he said to you, in “Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur” by Jim Amash, he was asked:
JA: Did Plastic Man enter your thinking here?
CI: No, isn’t that strange? It should have, but it didn’t. It must have been in the back of my mind. I loved Jack Cole’s work, so it must have been in my mind, maybe instinctively.
JA: Was there any discussion about Plastic Man when you did “The Elongated Man” with Julie?
CI: No, he never mentioned him. First of all, the Elongated Man was never meant to be an important character.WHEN HE BECAME ONE, we had to figure out what to do with him. John Broome did that.
I’d say that Fox did it, but it’s clear, Julie, didn’t want Plas. I think that the biggest difference is that one is a shapeshifter and the other a stretcher. Mr. Fantastic is the true rival of Ralph.

]]> Comment on Alan Kistler’s Profile On: GREEN LANTERN! by Interview: Sally Pascale – Comic Book Reader, Feminist, Blogger… and the Internet’s most outspoken ‘Green Lantern’ fan | stefanmesch http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/02/alan-kistlers-profile-on-green-lantern/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Interview: Sally Pascale – Comic Book Reader, Feminist, Blogger… and the Internet’s most outspoken ‘Green Lantern’ fan | stefanmesch Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:52:02 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/02/alan-kistlers-profile-on-green-lantern/#comment-1563 [...] are long articles that explain the details of Hal’s story (Link). There are snarky articles that make fun of the weirdest and most stupid twists (Link). There also [...]

]]> Comment on Comments Off (for the nonce) by Chris Arndt http://www.monitorduty.com/2011/02/comments-off-for-the-nonce/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Chris Arndt Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:18:15 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4790#comment-1557 Perhaps it’s time to promote the blog some more as no one leaves comments.

Also time to elevate my security settings so I can embed videos.

These are not my final demands as I take hostages….

And we need more images up around the blog title bar to imply just what it is we blog about.

]]> Comment on Here’s what happens when you neglect a comic character by Justice League of America (vol. 2) #1 | the Captain's JLA blog http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/08/heres-what-happens-when-you-neglect-a-comic-character/comment-page-1/#comment-1555 Justice League of America (vol. 2) #1 | the Captain's JLA blog Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:03:08 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/08/heres-what-happens-when-you-neglect-a-comic-character/#comment-1555 [...] at Monitor Duty Hutch raises the issue of Traya’s age. He starts off generally liking the issue, Brad Meltzer’s [...]

]]> Comment on Game Review, Geek Classic Edition: NetHack by Tjr http://www.monitorduty.com/2009/05/game-review-geek-classic-edition-nethack/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Tjr Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:31:46 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=3832#comment-1554 Hi,
I like your comparison why NetHack is different from run of the mill games. The wiki could definitely use brief introductions in NetHack, aimed at people coming from a specific, well-known game.

Would you please update your link to the NetHack wiki? It has moved to http://nethackwiki.com.

Unfortunately, our old host has a policy of leaving the old site online as a trap to unsuspecting visitors. I would really appreciate your help sending people to the active wiki and taking our Google ranking with us.

The user base voted to move because of an intrusive new skin and a bad change to the terms of service. More detail: http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/NetHackWiki:Community_Portal/Archive4#New_.22Wikia.22_aka_.22Oasis.22_skin:_Problems.2C_legal_restrictions.2C_and_tweaks

Thank you,
Tjr (admin at the NetHack wiki)

]]> Comment on peel back the skin? They don’t look so animated anymore! by What Makes Lightning McQueen Run? (Tick? Turn Over?) @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2010/11/peel-back-the-skin-they-dont-look-so-animated-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-1553 What Makes Lightning McQueen Run? (Tick? Turn Over?) @ Monitor Duty Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:49:08 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4688#comment-1553 [...] grabbed the link from among the comments on the page I linked to a few minutes ago but this is a logical follow-up, no? Animation, Movies, Reviews – Movies Cars, [...]

]]> Comment on Biggest educational time-waster ever by thehutch http://www.monitorduty.com/2010/08/biggest-educational-time-waster-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 thehutch Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:52:51 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4587#comment-1552 Oh, I’ve been there many times before. I’m just lamenting that it wasted my time that night.

]]> Comment on Biggest educational time-waster ever by Chris Arndt http://www.monitorduty.com/2010/08/biggest-educational-time-waster-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 Chris Arndt Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:42:26 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4587#comment-1551 I feel free to tell you that you are the last person on earth to know this and say this.

The last.

]]> Comment on New podcast widget by John Morgan 'Bat' Neal http://www.monitorduty.com/2010/07/new-podcast-widget/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 John Morgan 'Bat' Neal Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:21:48 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4575#comment-1550 Looks good.

]]> Comment on Podcast #6: Avatar and More by gottlieb http://www.monitorduty.com/2010/04/podcast-6-avatar-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 gottlieb Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:01:42 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4477#comment-1548 Nice podcast! On Avatar, I liked the plot, effects, etc, but agree that it can only be appreciated in the theatres. I suppose if you have 55″ Flatscreen HDTV with surround sound, Blu ray, etc, you might get a decent experience. (I still have CRT, lucky me)Otherwise, a pretty good film. I can’t wait for Cameron’s Battle Angel http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/. If even HALF of what I hear is true, it should blow Avatar out of the water!

]]> Comment on Video Game Review: Cactus Game Arcade by Cactus wins the Nuovo! @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2009/04/video-game-review-cactus-game-arcade/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 Cactus wins the Nuovo! @ Monitor Duty Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:04:55 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=3678#comment-1547 [...] post, sooner than I thought. One of my favourite game creators, whose work I’ve even reviewed here at Monitor Duty, is Jonatan “Cactus” Soderstrom. His latest game, Tuning, just [...]

]]> Comment on the Darker Seid of Life by thehutch http://www.monitorduty.com/2009/11/darkseid-link-dump/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 thehutch Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:15 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4272#comment-1544 That’s not Simonson! That’s Keith Giffen, and it’s one of the splash pages from Ambush Bug (first mini) #1-4. Darkseid kept making sudden appearances where you least expected him, leading up to their big confrontation in issue 4.

]]> Comment on Why you should never name a child Tubby by A Mystery Solved! @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/10/why-you-should-never-name-a-child-tubby/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 A Mystery Solved! @ Monitor Duty Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:41:37 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/10/why-you-should-never-name-a-child-tubby/#comment-1543 [...] long since forgotten, that sheds light on some trivial mystery. I grappled with such a mystery over three years ago when I asked if anyone knew if Tubby Tompkins’s first name was, indeed, Tubby, or if it was [...]

]]> Comment on Everything is better with lightsabers by Chris Arndt http://www.monitorduty.com/2009/11/everything-is-better-with-lightsabers/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Chris Arndt Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:04 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=4248#comment-1542 http://apologiesdemanded.blogspot.com/2009/11/everything-is-more-awesome-with.html

]]> Comment on Another Indie Game Review: Albero and the Great Blue Emblem by Aliera http://www.monitorduty.com/2009/04/another-indie-game-review-albero-and-the-great-blue-emblem/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Aliera Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:40:33 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=3732#comment-1541 Hey- if you’re still stuck at this part, here’s how to get through it:

-Jump across the grey platforms with albero, light the lantern with the blue spark, use the now accessible “R” thingy to switch to acacia.

-Use acacia’s grey goo to blow out the lantern in front of the flip door.

-Now albero can light the ceiling lantern and the door opens.

I was stuck here too. I think I must have missed the bit about using the grey goo to blow out lanterns…

]]> Comment on Batman Movies, part 1 by Batman Movies, Part 3 @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2009/03/batman-movies-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Batman Movies, Part 3 @ Monitor Duty Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:18:22 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/?p=3513#comment-1540 [...] Batman movies podcast Part 1 Batman movies podcast Part 2 [...]

]]> Comment on Kistler’s Review: CASUALTIES OF WAR by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/12/kistlers-review-casualties-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:22:49 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/12/kistlers-review-casualties-of-war/#comment-1539 [...] Alan Kistler’s Review on CIVIL WAR: CASUALTIES OF WAR – A review and an explanation of why more comic books should be written this way. [...]

]]> Comment on Alan Kistler’s Profile On: FIRESTORM! by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/03/alan-kistlers-profile-on-firestorm/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:22:33 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2006/03/alan-kistlers-profile-on-firestorm/#comment-1538 [...] Profile on FIRESTORM – Read about the man who was actually TWO heroes in one. [...]

]]> Comment on Mystery of the Blue Spectre! *just a gag, folks* by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/05/mystery-of-the-blue-spectre-just-a-gag-folks/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:08:30 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/05/mystery-of-the-blue-spectre-just-a-gag-folks/#comment-1537 [...] Alan Kistler Interview the new BLUE Spectre – A fake interview in which I talk to the Spectre, who apparently has gotten a new host yet again and has decided to dress in blue rather than green. Why, you ask? Find out! [...]

]]> Comment on ALAN KISTLER REVIEWS: The BBC’s “Jekyll” by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2007/07/alan-kistler-reviews-the-bbcs-jekyll/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:08:12 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2007/07/alan-kistler-reviews-the-bbcs-jekyll/#comment-1536 [...] Alan Kistler Reviews: The BBC’s “Jekyll” – A look at the mini-series written by Steven Moffat and starring James Nesbit and Michelle Ryan. A wonderful sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” [...]

]]> Comment on ALAN KISTLER PRESENTS: The New Gods in a Nutshell by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2007/06/alan-kistler-presents-the-new-gods-in-a-nutshell/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:07:56 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2007/06/alan-kistler-presents-the-new-gods-in-a-nutshell/#comment-1535 [...] The NEW GODS In A Nutshell! – Darkseid, Orion, Lightray, Mr. Miracle. Learn about this biblical saga of warring aliens created from the mind of the great Jack “King” Kirby. [...]

]]> Comment on Dammit, Halle!!! by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/08/dammit-halle/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:48:51 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/08/dammit-halle/#comment-1534 [...] DAMMIT, HALLE! – Why Kistler’s annoyed with Halle Berry, with notes concerning the X-MEN and CATWOMAN movies. [...]

]]> Comment on Alan Kistler’s Interview With MARK WAID by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/09/alan-kistlers-interview-with-mark-waid/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:48:36 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/09/alan-kistlers-interview-with-mark-waid/#comment-1533 [...] Alan Kistler’s Interview with MARK WAID – A REAL interview with the famous comic book writer in which we speak of SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT, comic book movies, the Legion of Super-Heroes and the Infinite Crisis. [...]

]]> Comment on Alan Kistler’s Profile On: THE FLASH – Part 1 by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/12/alan-kistlers-profile-on-the-flash-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:48:17 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/12/alan-kistlers-profile-on-the-flash-part-1/#comment-1532 [...] Profile on THE FLASH – Legacy of the fastest men alive! [...]

]]> Comment on Alan Kistler’s Guide to THE CRISIS – Intro by Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/10/alan-kistlers-guide-to-the-crisis-intro/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 Alan Kistler’s List of Articles @ Monitor Duty Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:47:59 +0000 http://www.monitorduty.com/2005/10/alan-kistlers-guide-to-the-crisis-intro/#comment-1531 [...] ALAN KISTLER’S COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS – a detailed synopsis and analysis of the story that altered the entire DC Multiverse and made it the DC Universe. [...]

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