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‘I read all 27,000 Marvel comics and had a great time. Here’s what I learnt’
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Tams
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Soz, I was on my phone where copying and pasting is shit. Yes, all my phone's fault.
Interesting. Assuming you can power through a typical comic in 5 minutes (probably not much of an exaggeration for a lot of comics but doing a disservice to a decent minority) that would be 27,000x5 min / 60 min = 2200 hours or so, basically a full time job for a year.
For another comparison of the enormity of this task, if the word count of the average comic is ~210 and page count of the average issue is ~32 then that is 27Kx210x32=18.1 MILLION words, or basically reading the ENTIRE Wheel of Time megasaga FOUR times (4.4 million words).
Yikes!
But I really question this. Can you even get ALL of marvel? Does even Marvel know ALL that they produced? It is still an awesome achievement (Platinum one for sure) but a somewhat dubious claim I think.
For another comparison of the enormity of this task, if the word count of the average comic is ~210 and page count of the average issue is ~32 then that is 27Kx210x32=18.1 MILLION words, or basically reading the ENTIRE Wheel of Time megasaga FOUR times (4.4 million words).
Yikes!
But I really question this. Can you even get ALL of marvel? Does even Marvel know ALL that they produced? It is still an awesome achievement (Platinum one for sure) but a somewhat dubious claim I think.
strange headache
Banned
Imagine reading all these comics and not having anything interesting to tell.
What a boring article.
What a boring article.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
I just gave the guardian a click.
What do you mean? He got in his mandatory weekly mention of trump and tolartarianism!
I mean, that’s The Guardian in a nutshell.
Halo is Back
Member
The first five words manage to mention Trump. Lmao
sol_bad
Member
That's what I'm currently doing. About 3000 books deep so far.
Pagusas
Elden Member
does it make you like spiderman more or less lol?
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Buy that man a lifejacket. If he goes to comic-con when it comes back he is gonna drown in puss.
CoD kings with their high K/D are in tears right now......
CoD kings with their high K/D are in tears right now......
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sol_bad
Member
I'll say that I enjoyed 60's Spider-man quite a lot and 2015-2016 Spider-Man is fine but not anything amazing. I'm actually reading the whole Marvel universe, not just Spidey. The reading order I use has 32,000 books though, so this dude has missed quite a few.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
its never going to end
Tschumi
Member
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
I mean......the movies are fun? Its not supposed to be high art. It's not meant to be the next Godfather or something.
The MCU is basically just spoon fed awesome that both kids and adults can safely digest without much thought or worry.
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Tschumi
Member
You know I'd never hold your opinions against you, but i don't share them, i have similar problems enjoying other hugely formulaic bodies of corporate work...
... It's probably because i didn't grow up reading comics... That's probably the length and breadth of it, i don't get stirred by the sight of iron man flying in, fist first, to save the universe for the trillionth time.
... I just get the feeling that these films push better ideas out of the financial line, i guess. I don't put much thought into it, i just want them to stop for a while.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go watch The Bourne Identity while i do my work
sol_bad
Member
You know I'd never hold your opinions against you, but i don't share them, i have similar problems enjoying other hugely formulaic bodies of corporate work...
... It's probably because i didn't grow up reading comics... That's probably the length and breadth of it, i don't get stirred by the sight of iron man flying in, fist first, to save the universe for the trillionth time.
... I just get the feeling that these films push better ideas out of the financial line, i guess. I don't put much thought into it, i just want them to stop for a while.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go watch The Bourne Identity while i do my work
Do you watch movies at the cinemas?
Tschumi
Member
Not often these days, maybe 5 or 6 in the last 3 years
sol_bad
Member
Well you can't really complain about something that you aren't supporting can you?
I mean I love the shit out of the MCU. But over the last 4 months I have also been to the cinemas to see:
The Last Duel
Halloween Kills
Antlers
007 No Time to Die
Red Notice
Last Night in Soho
Mio's Cook Book
Encanto
Dune
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The French Dispatch
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Don't Look Up
Matrix Resurrections
West Side Story
House of Gucci
Sing 2
Ghostbusters Afterlife
Scream
The Kingsman
Nightmare Alley
Instead of just complaining about the MCU, you should try and actually support other films.
Tschumi
Member
Bold = movies I've interest in seeing
Bold+green = movies I've seen
Anyway i don't think my attendance record has anything to do with my opinion on the meu
sol_bad
Member
You're saying they should stop making MCU films. Why would they when they are making so much money?
You want more variety in Hollywood you need to support more variety. Supporting 007 and Matrix isn't going to cause much more variety unfortunately.
Spend less time on hating the MCU and more time on financially supporting things you like. The MCU is never going away.
Tschumi
Member
You've got this wrong...
I don't need to do anything besides have an opinion.
You don't need to do anything besides disagree with my opinion.
Cya...
sol_bad
Member
If you want to be an old man screaming at clouds, go for it.
Tschumi
Member
At least as bad as being a young man screaming at an old man screaming at clouds
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Werewolf Jones
Member
Was expecting a sol_bad post in op.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Everyone wants to say the finished every video game or read every newspaper the simple truth is that’s very challenging because of the supply, difficult to access etc. i recommend and everyone agrees in a movie or game series to finish them all but that’s crazy.
Lunarorbit
Member
I remember at the other site someone wanted to do this and everyone jumping down their throat. 27,000 comics is an epic achievement. I do most of my reading on marvel unlimited nowadays but props to this guy
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Nah, instead we have him trying to have a pointless argument where he continues to suck off Hollywood. Almost the same.
Crushed by BMI 50+ land whales you mean. Ain't no Belle Delphine types that care if you read a lot of comics....
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Belle Delphine isn’t even attractive. Its all heavily used makeup and editing.
O
Oh, she'd be heavily used when I'm done with her.....
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
strange headache
Banned
Not this crap again. You commit this "no true Scotsman" fallacy in every thread where people voice their concerns about pop movies.
You don't need to be a hopeless fanboy and spend hundreds and thousands of dollars in order to critique something.
Tschumi
is a smart guy and perfectly able to share his insights, in fact I much prefer his insight over your fanboyish cheerleading. I don't give a crap how many comics you own or how many movies you've seen at the cinema this month.Consumer habits are a poor substitute for critical thinking.
Tschumi
Member
My day = madeNot this crap again. You commit this "no true Scotsman" fallacy in every thread where people voice their concerns about pop movies.
You don't need to be a hopeless fanboy and spend hundreds and thousands of dollars in order to critique something.
Consumer habits are a poor substitute for critical thinking.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
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sol_bad
Member
Not this crap again. You commit this "no true Scotsman" fallacy in every thread where people voice their concerns about pop movies.
You don't need to be a hopeless fanboy and spend hundreds and thousands of dollars in order to critique something.
Consumer habits are a poor substitute for critical thinking.
Congratulations?
Considering I've probably actually read and watched things where as you just read/watch articles that read/watch things for you, I'm pretty sure I'd be much more equipped than you to actually critique things.
Kagey K
Banned
You using CMRO Travis Starns?
sol_bad
Member
Yep, best Marvel reading order I have seen and it keeps track of everything.
Working through the Conan Hyborian order as well.
Kagey K
Banned
It's the only one that exists (for all the older stuff anyway) as far as I'm concerned.
Comic Book Herald is pretty good for people just wanting to read modern stuff.
strange headache
Banned
As much as I'd trust a pig in front of the trough to rate its slop.