VH 1 Can Never Come Back
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You are interfering with MotA’s recovery with that kind of talk!
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Ok that's fair.
I just think the Valiant brand is at a low point right now. For the fans that are still around, and still care at all, we should try to find the things that bring us together and not divide ourselves based on which era we like more or the minutiae of obscure continuity.
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That is not what it says.
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Appreciate the optimism. Unfortunately that's not what history tells us. Truly enduring media franchises are much more the exception than the rule. The vast majority of niche fanbases lose steam and totally disappear over time. That's what everyone who cares about Valiant should be trying to prevent, not bicker or snipe at each other
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Ok then explain your thesis more succinctly.
Is it that VH1 can never come back because they wrote themselves into a corner if you take every comic as gospel and interpret them in the way you interpret them?
Yet if you try to read every VEI comic from 2012 until now there's no way all of these fit into the same continuity. There are so many inconsistencies and entire series that have to be ignored to make it work. Yet it's no big deal, because I guess nobody on here is reading them? Or just not held to the same standard?
I don't get the point of this thread. There's no debate going on, VEI is continuing in current comics as we speak and VH1 remains a dead universe for the old fans. We should all come together to support the current effort, not take unnecessary shots at people who prefer a different era.
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They didn't paint themselves into a corner. Rai #0 is as valid as any other comic they published, and there is no reason to ignore it. Poor editorial decisions that followed, such as VH 2 and Unity 2000, are what needs to be explained away.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:55:11 amOk then explain your thesis more succinctly.
Is it that VH1 can never come back because they wrote themselves into a corner if you take every comic as gospel and interpret them in the way you interpret them?
Yet if you try to read every VEI comic from 2012 until now there's no way all of these fit into the same continuity. There are so many inconsistencies and entire series that have to be ignored to make it work. Yet it's no big deal, because I guess nobody on here is reading them? Or just not held to the same standard?
I don't get the point of this thread. There's no debate going on, VEI is continuing in current comics as we speak and VH1 remains a dead universe for the old fans. We should all come together to support the current effort, not take unnecessary shots at people who prefer a different era.
if VH 1 had returned in 2012, it would have been without Jack and Darque. If it had either or both then it wouldn't be VH 1, it would be something else. And if it's going to be something else then they might as well reboot, like they did so they can use those characters.
The VEI version of Rai #0 jumped ahead in places so they wouldn't limit themselves even as it catalogued the story that was rather than the story that will be.
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You interpret it as gospel that can't be contradicted, despite multiple contradictions within the VH1 comics. I interpret it exactly how it's presented, as a story being told in 4001 by Rokland Tate. A story that has errors and isn't a definitive history of Vh1.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:37:09 am They didn't paint themselves into a corner. Rai #0 is as valid as any other comic they published, and there is no reason to ignore it. Poor editorial decisions that followed, such as VH 2 and Unity 2000, are what needs to be explained away.
In your interpretation only. In fact, VEI had actually commissioned a story by Bob Hall that used a time arc to save Jack from jumping off the building in #43 and brought him in to the present day. That story was written by Bob but was never published as VEI decided to go full reboot.if VH 1 had returned in 2012, it would have been without Jack and Darque. If it had either or both then it wouldn't be VH 1, it would be something else.
Your opinion, not definitive fact. Plenty of creative ways to use the best of VH1 without fully rebooting. Even if, to you, it's not 'really' VH1.And if it's going to be something else then they might as well reboot, like they did so they can use those characters.
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Nothing in VH 1 contradicted Rai #0 until VH 2.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:09:18 am You interpret it as gospel that can't be contradicted, despite multiple contradictions within the VH1 comics. I interpret it exactly how it's presented, as a story being told in 4001 by Rokland Tate. A story that has errors and isn't a definitive history of Vh1.
That was a good decision. There are much better ways to solve the ending of 43 than that which don't contradict Rai #0.In your interpretation only. In fact, VEI had actually commissioned a story by Bob Hall that used a time arc to save Jack from jumping off the building in #43 and brought him in to the present day. That story was written by Bob but was never published as VEI decided to go full reboot.
Any interpretation of VH 1 that ignores Rai #0 would, by definition, not be VH 1.Your opinion, not definitive fact. Plenty of creative ways to use the best of VH1 without fully rebooting. Even if, to you, it's not 'really' VH1.
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My mistake, the conversations about new comics are in the VALIANT Published Issue Discussions sub-forum, not the registered members section.
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Well, they were on the limit. For instance the scene where Aric and Turok don't want to help did happen, but Aric immediately changed his mind and did help...
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Which shows that things need not have happened exactly as shown, but it's not really a contradiction. More like, missing information. Game of broken telephone.
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I was just reminded of X-O Manowar #68 contradicting Rai #0, as does Aric killing Darque.
Since that was done to establish VH 2, though, it can be dismissed as easily as the rest.
Since that was done to establish VH 2, though, it can be dismissed as easily as the rest.
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Well, killing Darque and ridding the world of the Darque power could be separate events.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:08:44 am I was just reminded of X-O Manowar #68 contradicting Rai #0, as does Aric killing Darque.
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Sure, but that would be anti-climactic. Like saying that Shadowman dying in 99 is not the same as Jack dying in 99. That the lines got crossed and people assumed it was Jack who died in 99 because in 97 they found out he was Shadowman, but in reality it was someone else.magnusr wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:15:59 amWell, killing Darque and ridding the world of the Darque power could be separate events.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:08:44 am I was just reminded of X-O Manowar #68 contradicting Rai #0, as does Aric killing Darque.
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That's how it could play out, but is it what people want to see?
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Good example.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:22:22 am Like saying that Shadowman dying in 99 is not the same as Jack dying in 99.
If it's very well made, then it'd be ok by me.That's how it could play out, but is it what people want to see?
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Truthfully, I would not opposite it. It would just have to be a better Shadowman than Michael Leroi.magnusr wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:25:34 amGood example.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:22:22 am Like saying that Shadowman dying in 99 is not the same as Jack dying in 99.
If it's very well made, then it'd be ok by me.That's how it could play out, but is it what people want to see?
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Post-BQ is full of them. Off the top of my head Ax also died, well before he dies in Rai 0 in 2028.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:08:44 am I was just reminded of X-O Manowar #68 contradicting Rai #0, as does Aric killing Darque.
Since that was done to establish VH 2, though, it can be dismissed as easily as the rest.
Once you start dismissing events that happened in actual Vh1 comics, aren't you doing the same thing as someone who would dismiss events from Rai 0? What makes one more important than the other? Other than your own opinion?
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Ax dying was in 66 I believe.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:58:58 amPost-BQ is full of them. Off the top of my head Ax also died, well before he dies in Rai 0 in 2028.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:08:44 am I was just reminded of X-O Manowar #68 contradicting Rai #0, as does Aric killing Darque.
Since that was done to establish VH 2, though, it can be dismissed as easily as the rest.
Once you start dismissing events that happened in actual Vh1 comics, aren't you doing the same thing as someone who would dismiss events from Rai 0? What makes one more important than the other? Other than your own opinion?
Dismissing them it's not a matter of opinion, but rather that their existence was to serve a purpose that is not connected to VH 1. In the case of the last three issues of X-O, it was to serve Nicieza's reboot.
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Where does it say that anywhere? In the comics or in interviews?ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:03:42 pmAx dying was in 66 I believe.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:58:58 amPost-BQ is full of them. Off the top of my head Ax also died, well before he dies in Rai 0 in 2028.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:08:44 am I was just reminded of X-O Manowar #68 contradicting Rai #0, as does Aric killing Darque.
Since that was done to establish VH 2, though, it can be dismissed as easily as the rest.
Once you start dismissing events that happened in actual Vh1 comics, aren't you doing the same thing as someone who would dismiss events from Rai 0? What makes one more important than the other? Other than your own opinion?
Dismissing them it's not a matter of opinion, but rather that their existence was to serve a purpose that is not connected to VH 1. In the case of the last three issues of X-O, it was to serve Nicieza's reboot.
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Exactly. Really the only line in Rai 0 that's under any scrutiny is this one:
No mention of Jack dying or Master Darque at all. Just 'ridding humanity of the Darque Power'. Shadowman had already been established as a lineage hero so 'the dark vested hero called Shadowman' could be Maxim or someone else. Darque could be alive and well with no contradictions.
So this is the reason VH1 Can Never Come Back?
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It could, sure.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:12:34 pmExactly. Really the only line in Rai 0 that's under any scrutiny is this one:
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No mention of Jack dying or Master Darque at all. Just 'ridding humanity of the Darque Power'. Shadowman had already been established as a lineage hero so 'the dark vested hero called Shadowman' could be Maxim or someone else. Darque could be alive and well with no contradictions.
So this is the reason VH1 Can Never Come Back?
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To me, concerns about the minutiae of specific continuity or whether something is called Vh1, Vh4 or whatever isn't that important. What I'd like to see most is more respect for the original universe from the VEI people and a true passionate care for the characters/world from the people making the comics. That would go a long way for me.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:15:10 pmIt could, sure.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:12:34 pmExactly. Really the only line in Rai 0 that's under any scrutiny is this one:
Screenshot 2024-02-28 120932.png
No mention of Jack dying or Master Darque at all. Just 'ridding humanity of the Darque Power'. Shadowman had already been established as a lineage hero so 'the dark vested hero called Shadowman' could be Maxim or someone else. Darque could be alive and well with no contradictions.
So this is the reason VH1 Can Never Come Back?
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I don't think we've seen anything less since VEI started.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:27:15 pmTo me, concerns about the minutiae of specific continuity or whether something is called Vh1, Vh4 or whatever isn't that important. What I'd like to see most is more respect for the original universe from the VEI people and a true passionate care for the characters/world from the people making the comics. That would go a long way for me.ManofTheAtom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:15:10 pmIt could, sure.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:12:34 pmExactly. Really the only line in Rai 0 that's under any scrutiny is this one:
Screenshot 2024-02-28 120932.png
No mention of Jack dying or Master Darque at all. Just 'ridding humanity of the Darque Power'. Shadowman had already been established as a lineage hero so 'the dark vested hero called Shadowman' could be Maxim or someone else. Darque could be alive and well with no contradictions.
So this is the reason VH1 Can Never Come Back?
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