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by leonmallett
Mon May 05, 2025 8:35 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham
Replies: 202
Views: 23314

Re: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham




They reached their goal, good for them.


It is good news for a project which has surely required massive effort to bring to fruition.

Although I never really read DEFIANT, I am backing the KS for the HC as it piqued my curiosity. :)


I'm missing two Defiant comics, Genesis I think is one ...
by leonmallett
Mon May 05, 2025 6:37 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham
Replies: 202
Views: 23314

Re: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham

ManofTheAtom wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:16 pm They reached their goal, good for them.
It is good news for a project which has surely required massive effort to bring to fruition.

Although I never really read DEFIANT, I am backing the KS for the HC as it piqued my curiosity. :)
by leonmallett
Mon May 05, 2025 6:30 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham
Replies: 202
Views: 23314

Re: SCHISM from DEFIANT - Kickstarter ft. Jim Shooter, David Lapham


It's pretty ridiculous how this thread is gone... and how we let one schizophrenic person s*** on the whole thing..
the person putting on this Kickstarter right I've always said as a friend of a friend, and there's so much more to the story, because it's about future projects, which the dude said ...
by leonmallett
Mon Dec 09, 2024 12:55 pm
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: VH-2 invalidated
Replies: 233
Views: 17463

Re: VH-2 invalidated


When Lucy Lawless told Frink that every time he saw a mistake in Xena Warrior Princess he should pretend a "wizard did it" on The Simpsons it disheartened him because it is a cheap cop-out.

In contrast, proposing that advanced technology is responsible for the elements of the VALIANT Universe ...
by leonmallett
Mon Dec 09, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: VH-2 invalidated
Replies: 233
Views: 17463

Re: VH-2 invalidated







And do you understand that the point of VALIANT was to lean more toward one side than the other?

It's as I've asked you before, what is it that you want to see back from VH-1, the artistic renditions of the '90s VALIANT characters or the level of writing of the Pre-Unity comics?

Unity ...
by leonmallett
Fri Dec 06, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: VH-2 invalidated
Replies: 233
Views: 17463

Re: VH-2 invalidated





And do you understand that the point of VALIANT was to lean more toward one side than the other?

It's as I've asked you before, what is it that you want to see back from VH-1, the artistic renditions of the '90s VALIANT characters or the level of writing of the Pre-Unity comics?

Unity 2000 ...
by leonmallett
Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:31 pm
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Valiant Beyond to be an Absolute Ultimate Valiant Universe Rebirth
Replies: 97
Views: 9266

Re: Valiant Beyond to be an Absolute Ultimate Valiant Universe Rebirth

The nonsensical claims that 'VH1 was based on hard science' aside (psychic powers, immortality, power armour, and death energy etc. refute anything hard about the science - it was fantasy science), I am not really sure how they will square the circle of 'everything is canon' without either having an ...
by leonmallett
Thu Sep 26, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: MASSIVE Valiant news
Replies: 6
Views: 1582

Re: MASSIVE Valiant news

Okay.

I'll believe it if there are other corroborating sources, until then it doesn't ring true to me, simply because it appears clear that DMG is interested in movie-level money, not small comics publisher-level money, and if they are in financial trouble, comics money won't right that ship. I say ...
by leonmallett
Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Poll to settle the Alien v DMG debate!
Replies: 116
Views: 15454

Re: Poll to settle the Alien v DMG debate!






Supposedly, Acclaim's biggest seller was the comic with the two guys holding each other's privates in the restroom while shouting that they were not a couple, which is how we ended up with a goat on a first-name basis with the Legion of Super-Heroes.

I recall Nicieza lamenting to Wizard ...
by leonmallett
Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: The Subversive Naming Conventions of Early Valiant Titles
Replies: 31
Views: 3416

Re: The Subversive Naming Conventions of Early Valiant Titles



How ironic that the actual Rai 0 depicts the creation of Rai "the Last".


Also ironic is that Rai 0 marks the point where Valiant goes from subversive, intelligent title naming to the cringiest of all titles, Rai and the Future Force facepalm


How the configuration of that title for a book ...
by leonmallett
Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!
Replies: 269
Views: 24628

Re: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!





Am I the only one who had 'Ship of Theseus' vibes reading the DMG are/are not Alien comments?

Or in British terms, Trigger's Broom.


Why would you? They are two distinctly separate companies formed in two different countries and owned by different people.

One just happens to license the ...
by leonmallett
Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!
Replies: 269
Views: 24628

Re: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!



Am I the only one who had 'Ship of Theseus' vibes reading the DMG are/are not Alien comments?

Or in British terms, Trigger's Broom.


Why would you? They are two distinctly separate companies formed in two different countries and owned by different people.

One just happens to license the ...
by leonmallett
Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:02 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!
Replies: 269
Views: 24628

Re: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!

Am I the only one who had 'Ship of Theseus' vibes reading the DMG are/are not Alien comments?

Or in British terms, Trigger's Broom.
by leonmallett
Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:00 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!
Replies: 269
Views: 24628

Re: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!



Bad news if true facepalm ….

Flamingo rises from the ashes in RESURGENCE OF THE VALIANT UNIVERSE, the can’t miss Valiant Comics crossover event arriving in comic shops September 18th.

Alien Books (and the villainous Dr. Silk) are set to dramatically break the rules of the Valiant Universe in ...
by leonmallett
Fri Sep 06, 2024 6:59 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!
Replies: 269
Views: 24628

Re: Alien break the rules of the Valiant Universe!



I'm not currently able to afford to buy comics. Money's been tight for a long time, and I'd rather not pirate them.


I'd like to recognise and appreciate this attitude. It never surprises me when a poster complains about the quality of the comics - even the company failing to pay their ...
by leonmallett
Sun Aug 04, 2024 11:06 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: VH 1: The End
Replies: 154
Views: 14384

Re: VH 1: The End



Inherent in any application of 'hard science fiction' as a descriptor is that there is least rigour applied to the science fiction presented; hand-waving alien armour as able to safely compress oxygen sufficient for activity for days upon end in space or to have near-limitless energy reserves is ...
by leonmallett
Fri Aug 02, 2024 6:49 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: VH 1: The End
Replies: 154
Views: 14384

Re: VH 1: The End




Imagine all the modern technological advancements we take for granted that people a 100 or 150 years ago would dismiss as "impossible".


They never even heard of microcircuitry.

We keep approaching these questions as in-universe scientists and you look at them as a fiction writer outside ...
by leonmallett
Mon Jul 29, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: VH 1: The End
Replies: 154
Views: 14384

Re: VH 1: The End

My two pence worth addition to the 'VH1 was hard science' debate: psychic powers are not hard science; alien suits of figure-hugging armour with near limitless energy and oxygen reserves are not hard science; voodoo-infused superhumanity is not hard science; death energy is not hard science ...
by leonmallett
Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Marvel, DC, Image, independents, etc.
Topic: What comics are you reading now?
Replies: 9178
Views: 707862

Re: What comics are you reading now?


...

Space Ghost #1 (Dynamite): As much as I deplore Dynamite! I had to give this a look. Thought it was a solid reimagining with good art (and covers) and planted the seeds for the rest of the story (however long that may last). Made Space Ghost pretty bad *SQUEE*. Interested to see if they’ll be ...
by leonmallett
Wed Jul 10, 2024 3:53 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Unity 2000
Replies: 26
Views: 3338

Re: Unity 2000


My suggestion for a new ending for Unity 2000 would be to focus on the Phil Seleski D'arque visits at the Edgewater reactor and Loremaster, who I'd contend could be a split of Phil given his obsession with comic books.

Even the monster they find at the heart of the multiverse could be another ...
by leonmallett
Sun Jun 16, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: VALIANT Published Issue Discussions
Topic: Eternal Warrior Scorched Earth
Replies: 2
Views: 3061

Re: Eternal Warrior Scorched Earth


This is the first Eternal Warrior story since Incursion in 2019. It's nice to see familiar faces that haven't been seen in years, the big problem with characters being out of circulation for this long is that they can be either stereotypical or simply out of character whenever they do resurface ...
by leonmallett
Wed Jun 12, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Bad Idea books in the VALIANT published issues section?
Replies: 10
Views: 1308

Re: Bad Idea books in the VALIANT published issues section?



Would it not be more accurate to simply create a Bad Idea section for issue reviews/discussions etc, and separate them out from the ''VALIANT Published Issues Discussions' section ?

Bad Idea is not VALIANT. They may be VEI alumni, but is is its own set of things right?


It's what would be ...
by leonmallett
Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:11 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Bad Idea books in the VALIANT published issues section?
Replies: 10
Views: 1308

Bad Idea books in the VALIANT published issues section?

Would it not be more accurate to simply create a Bad Idea section for issue reviews/discussions etc, and separate them out from the ''VALIANT Published Issues Discussions' section ?

Bad Idea is not VALIANT. They may be VEI alumni, but is is its own set of things right?
by leonmallett
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Best Case Scenario...
Replies: 63
Views: 6299

Re: Best Case Scenario...



Here you go:



Nobody. He's just saying stuff to make his point. MartinAlien already posted in this very thread, and you couldn't get Danielle to stop posting on fan boards if it was her job.



It's true. After you kept calling me unprofessional and recommended me to get media training, I ...
by leonmallett
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: General VALIANT Discussion
Topic: Best Case Scenario...
Replies: 63
Views: 6299

Re: Best Case Scenario...







I mean, to the board. It could be great if Ward and MartinAlien came back, but who knows if they will after the way they keep being harassed.

Harrassed is a pretty strong word. Anybody is always welcome to post here, but this has been a fan board since 2001, it should remain that way ...