okay can we talk about how friggin sad Dick's dream in Technus is? The very notion that his adopted father is openly proud of him, and wants to talk about his interests and emotions, is met with immediate, and harsh distrust there's a lot to unpack there, so let's just throw out the whole damn suitcase
@@RabblesTheBinx I feel like Dick probably knows that, but he also knows Bruce too well to think he'd say it so straightforwardly. Let alone the hugging and smiling.
The best part of this video is seeing the love Lewis put into that book. That comic isn’t “worse for wear,” it’s “well worn.” That book did its job and more.
Ahhhh That Eccleston clip just makes me giddy to hear it in stuff like this. Just the simple phrase "just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES" is so powerful and triumphant, I'll eat my shoes if it doesn't put a smile on someone's face hearing that...and if you try to be a smartass saying "Its a stupid line and i hate its cheesiness" You've got one HELL of a bad poker face...
I love the panel at 23:41 where Black Canary is saying 'we would have had to kick their young butts' with Captain Marvel stood behind her looking really awkward. You know he was holding back from pointing out that he's younger from most of the Titans.
You know, it occurs to me that Captain America: Civil War is a lot like a scaled-down version of the Technis Imperative. The main conflict (the REAL main conflict) centers around a former hero coming out of hiding as an apparent threat, and his friends rally around him while those who don't really know him at all decide to apprehend/eliminate him, with both groups ultimately coming to blows over it. So what would you call that? The Bucky Imperative?
Your mom was so nice Lewis. Whenever my brother and I went on field trips, we had to hide our comics we were taking from our Mom because she wanted us to be "socially interactive."
Oh that’s cool and all...tell me does it have an arm cannon that can blast half of it apart like Vash the Stampede? No? Call me back when that thing has it
I love it when you talk about the things you love. The passion makes it sound all the cooler. I mean, I get that it might not be the best choice for a show "where bad comics burn" every week, but it's nice to get these ones. Much like the "everybody lives" clip.
What Linkara said about backstory improving a good story can be true for any good event comic. The original story is good, it's just knowing everything else adds more flavor to an already delicious dish... And yes, Linkara probably said that first.
5:18 I can imagine DC and Marvel's editors acting like this, but I can also imagine something much pettier and spiteful. 13:21 Assemble? That's the Avengers' thing! 14:45 Batman's even more frightening if he laughs. Just ask Harley Quinn. 28:35 Everyone of Dick's past love interests, but Barbara Gordon. You know, one of the most celebrated romances next to Lois Lane and Superman. Now THIS is a crossover event series I can get behind, for all the reasons Linkara gave!
Fun Fact, when I was collecting HeroClix, I went out of my way to collect the adult forms of all of the original 5 Teen Titans, Nightwing, Red Arrow, Flash, Troya and Tempest for a team, and I have Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven for an even bigger team option. I had no idea that there was a comic where the 5 of them were together in their adult personas like this. I already want to hunt this comic down and read it. Holy Cow dude, I can see why this is your favorite comic. If I had to say I have a favorite comic, I'm a bit torn between World War Hulk and Spider-Island.
this is why i like the teen titans because they are a great team great retrospective man i know this is a old episode but i still like this retrospective
*HEY RUST BUCKET! LET GO OF THE FRICKEN MOON ALREADY, WILL YA?!* 26:20 I love Bart hiding being Wally. Wally and Max were Bart's mentors. I don't like death as much, but Barry really could have remained dead. Everyone could have loved him and made peace with it, like Ted Kord.
I think that Linkara would make a fantastic comic editor; as much as he doesn't want to be identified as an 'expert', I'd say at this point that he knows enough about how sequential art is done that if he were calling the shots, comics would do nothing but succeed under his editorial mandates.
Not a slam on Lewis by any means, but I wouldn't bet on it. The sad truth is that incentives matter... and there are different incentives for 'dude on the internet' and 'writer/editor at a major publishing house.' It's not like they haven't had the inmates more-or-less running the asylum(s) for years. And yeah, sometimes that gets you stuff like Gail Simone's Birds of Prey where the creator gets what makes superhero comics work... but it also gets you stuff like Queseda's One More Day, where they're worried more about 'fixing' a status quo that left the building decades ago than telling a good story.
18:52 losing the moon in Space 1999 actually did hurt the Earth. They mention it at the end of the very first episode during a news sequence. Oh, and UFO > Space 1999
In Doctor Who they attracted the Earth to the Tardis (with a psychic network plot point thing) and "drove" it back into it's correct position, it was taken to another part of the universe at the time, just coming up with a similar example
I've always loved the Technis/Technus jke made on the cover page. Makes this crossover unintentionally hilarious if you start mistaking which one they're talking about
But even when Gurren Lagann did it, they weren't ABLE to push the moon back up, hell they barely slowed it down. They had to transform it back into a giant space battleship to regain control of it.
This is easily one of my favourite reviews of yours. Yeah, it's always great seeing you rant about shitty comics, but the sheer passion you have for this comic make it a joy to watch too.
25:45 Well there was that one time in GaoGaiGar where the titular robot and its allies fought the 16 moons of Jupiter (which were fused with cybernetic entities) so they blew them all up. Then they coalesced to an entity that was BIGGER than Jupiter and the heroes blew that up too. Then during the sequel GaoGairGar destroyed the Sun (a replica of the Sun anyway) with a giant hammer made of several battleships. This stuff isn't really new. But I digress, heroes giving the middle finger to celestial bodies will never stop being AWESOME. Has any other Superhero done that before? I know Superman once juggled planets at one time.
Oh my god! It took me several years but I just figured out what the Title Card for this episode is supposed to be. That’s Technis from Danny Phantom XD That’s hilarious!
Dang it, TH-cam! You made Linkara ditch the DragonForce song! If not for that song, I wouldn't have bought the album it came from. Do these suits have any idea how much money they're losing?
I think the fight that led to the Grayson series (where Dick becomes a secret agent) was a pretty real fight between the two, but nice to see the two here still having a hidden love and respect for each other to not just duke it out. Idk. I find the Batman-Nightwing relationship dynamic to be the most interesting in all of either DC/Marvel universes. Just like how Bats, in all his stoicism, would have a soft spot for alfred, (but may never show it) Dick and Bruce is of the same cloth.
Fantastic book and one that I go back to frequently. However, my benchmark for epic stories and 'events' is the LoSH story "The Great Darkness Saga". It fills a lot of the same criteria that you mentioned at the end of your review, too.
You know, I think I can see the effect this comic has had on Linkara as a storyteller. For the past week or so I've been watching the Atop the Fourth Wall storyline episodes from start to finish, filling in any gaps I had and seeing where all the characters and plotlines and equipment came from, etc., all because the later episodes made me curious about that history--a lot like how this comic made him want to go back and read older Titans stories. It does work when done correctly!
11:01-11:07 "oracle consults with batman on it, saying he should shut down the batcomputer and what the hell is batman wearing?" best part, next to 32:02-32:07 "ALFRED! I need more starch for my shoulder spike thingies!"
Hearing about someone's first piece of media from their favorite genre or type of media is just… delightful. There's something about the way people speak that shows how excited and enthusiastic they are about sharing, and, in a way, I kinda adore this review… because if I was a book reviewer on TH-cam, this would be my "A Study in Scarlet", "The Secret Adversary" or "Gentleman Cambrioleur". Three got me into different sects and niches of the greater detective genre, Gentleman Cambrioleur introducing my FAVORITE CHARACTER OF ALL TIMES (Arsène Lupin is a king amongst men, sorry everyone else), while A Study in Scarlet was my first picture-less book ever and The Secret Adversary was what got me into Agatha Christie's books. While I wasn't there for the Teen Titans runs and still haven't been able to really get my hands on all of the comics online… I love it mostly through this Nerd Solidarity. Just hearing someone nerd out about what they like the most gets me to go "true, based and correct". Edit: ya didn't have to tell me to cry because i have been crying ever since the moment dick realized Bruce wasn't Bruce.......because he hugged him and wanted to ask about how his life had been and tell him he was proud. i have been weeping ever since. I HATE BAD BATDAD BRUCE....... I JUST WANT SOME HAPPINESS.........
There are certainly a few moments in Super Robot Wars that are equivalent in awesomeness to the pushing the moon scene here. But Super Robot shows (like the aforementioned Gurren Lagaan) tend to be known for that kind of logic-defying awesomeness.
The Ruminations couldn't be more true in this video. Yes fans. What content creators want to see is a showcase of some guy bashing on their work. That'll make 'em feel appreciative and loved. Seriously, I know most mean well, but it's common sense really. That's how the whole drama with Mara Wilson started. Granted, it ended a lot better than expected for everyone involved and even those who weren't, but that's not something one should expect to happen every single time.
+Michael Prymula True, but 9 times out of 10, that should not have ended nearly as well as it did. We are very fortunate that those odds were defied, but that's definitely not something we as fans should make a habit.
I understand why this is hike favourite comic ever. It's both a great story and one of the best examples of a miniseries. Not too long, too short, and is a great access point to the series. It's also a rare example of a story that ages only in the paper it is printed on. The story itself is timeless.
+KidSnivy69 you are very right. Dc are idiots and they are pushing Damian Wayne HARD. Just hope he gets permanently killed like Jason Todd but permanently.
They rob ably want to concentrate on more recent storylines and versions of characters. Keep in mind, Technis Imperative is an old story, and technically, no longer canon.
I cant wait till i get to the HT review since every talks how bad it is....I would borrow it from my library but imagine reading it would end the same way it did for the Nazis when they opened the Ark
I'm serious when I say that between the fact that you have an ongoing story, showing why you're passionate about the medium you critique, to us both enjoying Mecha anime that I find you as the king of channel awesome
Yeeeeeeeeeah That starfire children thing actually came back (I think it’s a reference to that) in the new YA visual novel, I have no clue what is happening in DC now
You see, I like this. Being able to point to something specific that shaped you is special. While I'm not a huge comic reader, I do read some. My 2 specific comics that made me start reading is the Bionicle comics from the Lego magazine and a star wars comic that told a collection of stories. 2 stand out: Darth Vader meeting a Jedi called The Dark Lady and the tale of Skippy, the Jedi droid. The red droid in episode 4, yes really. Another that had a huge impact is a little known movie called "Flight of Dragons". Harry Morgan and James Earl Jones voicing wizards
On December 2014, I found a copy of this book in the shelves of my favorite comic book store. So, I bought it as a Christmas present to myself, read it, and enjoyed it. Thanks for the recommendation, Lewis.
"Late 90s JLA, Sandman, Kingdom Come, and Starman" describes most of my favorite comics (with the exceptions of 52 and the Kyle Baker Plastic Man stories). Right on, late 90s!
11:10 - Hmm, Linkara, perhaps the spikes in the Batman-Costume homaged Kelley Jones? He really drew a very - expressive - and - sometimes weird Batman in the 90s... Just guessing.
+Malcom Chase I'm sure that people respond more to his videos filled with anger and hate, but it's been very enjoyable listening to him review something he LIKES for a change. I'd really appreciate it if this trend were to continue.
***** It's funnier when he walks us through and awful comic and tears it apart. But I sometimes feel critics are too harsh, mostly trying to see things in the worst way possible. I love to hear them talking about what they love, because it shows how much they care about the medium, and why they are usually so angry when people mess things up too much haha!
I am in the middle of reading the 2nd issue now and I love it! I think that it SHOULD be labeled as an events comic! It's that good! It's in my top ten favorite comic books series, or top twenty. I will have to check my list again. It's just fun and epic. I love this story. NOBODY DIES! I have read this story over and over. And another event comic from the '90s I love is DC's One Million. Another fun crossover I dearly love. You should cover that one, because as much as I love it, I get kinda confused and you could get some good jokes. ut hey, even in that one-NO ONE DIES! And thanks for the humor, Linkera and merry Christmas.
One of my favorite episodes of AT4W.. I wonder if it's still difficult to obtain the TPB of the Technis Imperative or even the issues? It's still just as good
21:46 I'm sure there's a company somewhere that could make that image into wallpaper for you (and I mean real wallpaper, not the kind you get on a computer).
Ruinous Powers of Warhammer 40k? Do you really want to tell me what Chaos in the only messed up shit in WH40K? An entire universe, which is a giant clusterfuck of grimdarkness? (What I simply love and adore) BTW, Chaos only scary if you dive deeper in it's mythos. They just a trivial demons until you read something written from their perspective.
25:48 The reason I don't read DC comics. I just can't suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy that. I can buy super strength and flight and even surviving in space, but pushing the moon back in orbit, that's just silly. That's only my opinion, though
are the JLA-Members wearing oxygen-masks or rebreather by 25:16 ... thats so reasonable by brain wants to melt XD Also yay, this story is epic :3 ..., now i want to read that book, great job Linkara XD
Barnes and Nobles only has this comic rated at Two stars and the only person to leave a review claim the Titans are "whiny" but I don't see that in your through review of the comic. I'm going to buy it and judge it for myself now but if you hadn't given this thing a positive review I probably would have trusted the rating at face value. Hopefully you promote more comics you like this way so new readers like me can get a better idea of the material
okay can we talk about how friggin sad Dick's dream in Technus is? The very notion that his adopted father is openly proud of him, and wants to talk about his interests and emotions, is met with immediate, and harsh distrust
there's a lot to unpack there, so let's just throw out the whole damn suitcase
The sad part? Bruce _is_ incredibly proud of him and the choices he's made.
@@RabblesTheBinx I feel like Dick probably knows that, but he also knows Bruce too well to think he'd say it so straightforwardly. Let alone the hugging and smiling.
Dick absolutely knows that Bruce is proud of him and that Bruce loves him. But he also knows that Bruce doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeves.
When Kaiba smiles, a Puppy dies.
When Batman smiles, a Puppy is retroactively never born
This is how DC's gonna eventually kill Nightwing's dog isn't it?
@@toqkaizogou1636 If anyone at DC harms Haley (aka Bitewing), I will pull Dick out of the comics, myself, to go John Wick on their asses.
The best part of this video is seeing the love Lewis put into that book.
That comic isn’t “worse for wear,” it’s “well worn.” That book did its job and more.
Nightwing: I'm sorry Bruce. You know I wouldn't do this if I had any other choice. But he's my friend.
Batman: So was I.
Ahhhh That Eccleston clip just makes me giddy to hear it in stuff like this. Just the simple phrase "just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES" is so powerful and triumphant, I'll eat my shoes if it doesn't put a smile on someone's face hearing that...and if you try to be a smartass saying "Its a stupid line and i hate its cheesiness"
You've got one HELL of a bad poker face...
I love the panel at 23:41 where Black Canary is saying 'we would have had to kick their young butts' with Captain Marvel stood behind her looking really awkward. You know he was holding back from pointing out that he's younger from most of the Titans.
You know, it occurs to me that Captain America: Civil War is a lot like a scaled-down version of the Technis Imperative. The main conflict (the REAL main conflict) centers around a former hero coming out of hiding as an apparent threat, and his friends rally around him while those who don't really know him at all decide to apprehend/eliminate him, with both groups ultimately coming to blows over it. So what would you call that? The Bucky Imperative?
*The Winter Soldier Imperative* doesn’t sound bad
Your mom was so nice Lewis. Whenever my brother and I went on field trips, we had to hide our comics we were taking from our Mom because she wanted us to be "socially interactive."
When will parents understand? Comics and video games don't make us unsociable.
They just make us unsociable towards certain people.
@@1krani truth
13:00 "Sweet merciful crap, it’s _SWALLOWING THE MOON!"_ 😱
LOL! I love that bit!
Bees? My god...
I DO despise moon-related songs.
Oh that’s cool and all...tell me does it have an arm cannon that can blast half of it apart like Vash the Stampede? No? Call me back when that thing has it
I would say "Pants to be darkened" but I can assure you that it's already done.
Pants?
DARKENED.
I love it when you talk about the things you love. The passion makes it sound all the cooler.
I mean, I get that it might not be the best choice for a show "where bad comics burn" every week, but it's nice to get these ones. Much like the "everybody lives" clip.
13:03 Of course! The threat that will unite the JLA and the Titans, is UNICRON!
“This is Unicorn… the Titans will soon be a part of ME.“
26:15 That is officially my favorite DC line ever.
"EVERYBODY LIVES!" Was also my reaction to the movie Civil War, except for that one psychiatrist dude.
What Linkara said about backstory improving a good story can be true for any good event comic. The original story is good, it's just knowing everything else adds more flavor to an already delicious dish... And yes, Linkara probably said that first.
+Samuel Johnson Linkara said a similar thing about the director's cut of Star Trek 2
5:18 I can imagine DC and Marvel's editors acting like this, but I can also imagine something much pettier and spiteful.
13:21 Assemble? That's the Avengers' thing!
14:45 Batman's even more frightening if he laughs. Just ask Harley Quinn.
28:35 Everyone of Dick's past love interests, but Barbara Gordon. You know, one of the most celebrated romances next to Lois Lane and Superman.
Now THIS is a crossover event series I can get behind, for all the reasons Linkara gave!
Phil Jimenez was trained by George Perez so it is no surprise they share the same amount of details in their artwork.
Jimenez was highly influenced by Perez. It’s why their styles are rather similar.
Ten years of the review of linkara’s favorite comic
Fun Fact, when I was collecting HeroClix, I went out of my way to collect the adult forms of all of the original 5 Teen Titans, Nightwing, Red Arrow, Flash, Troya and Tempest for a team, and I have Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven for an even bigger team option. I had no idea that there was a comic where the 5 of them were together in their adult personas like this. I already want to hunt this comic down and read it. Holy Cow dude, I can see why this is your favorite comic. If I had to say I have a favorite comic, I'm a bit torn between World War Hulk and Spider-Island.
Damn, right in the feels for Donna Troy
I never knew she was a mother. I sympathize with her all the way.
this is why i like the teen titans because they are a great team great retrospective man i know this is a old episode but i still like this retrospective
20:28 and forward, it's AWESOME to see Linkara this excited with a comic book!
This is honestly my personal favorite episode of AT4W of all time. I was waiting quite a while for this to republish. Great job, Linkara.
*looks at the title card* Yup, that's a Danny Phantom reference alright.
Going ghost!
FEAR ME!
BEWARE!!!
Goin Ghost
I am not a Fruit Loop. And I will not get a cat!
*HEY RUST BUCKET! LET GO OF THE FRICKEN MOON ALREADY, WILL YA?!*
26:20
I love Bart hiding being Wally. Wally and Max were Bart's mentors. I don't like death as much, but Barry really could have remained dead. Everyone could have loved him and made peace with it, like Ted Kord.
I love how happy Linkara is in this episode.
13:00 SWEET MERCIFUL CRAP IT'S SWALLOWING THE MOON!
Nine wasn't kidding when he said "just this ONCE", I'm looking at you, Moffatt, always looking at you
I think that Linkara would make a fantastic comic editor; as much as he doesn't want to be identified as an 'expert', I'd say at this point that he knows enough about how sequential art is done that if he were calling the shots, comics would do nothing but succeed under his editorial mandates.
Not a slam on Lewis by any means, but I wouldn't bet on it. The sad truth is that incentives matter... and there are different incentives for 'dude on the internet' and 'writer/editor at a major publishing house.' It's not like they haven't had the inmates more-or-less running the asylum(s) for years. And yeah, sometimes that gets you stuff like Gail Simone's Birds of Prey where the creator gets what makes superhero comics work... but it also gets you stuff like Queseda's One More Day, where they're worried more about 'fixing' a status quo that left the building decades ago than telling a good story.
This is why I love this Wally.
Damn New 52.
well hail dc rebirth
Future tv, I was just about to say that lmao
@@ayaanshah2417 and... praise Flash Forward? I guess?
frank spick DC Rebirth was a joke.
Thankfully he's doing better nowadays
18:52 losing the moon in Space 1999 actually did hurt the Earth. They mention it at the end of the very first episode during a news sequence.
Oh, and UFO > Space 1999
You should do more of these, Linkara. Seeing you enjoying how good something is is super fun.
In Doctor Who they attracted the Earth to the Tardis (with a psychic network plot point thing) and "drove" it back into it's correct position, it was taken to another part of the universe at the time, just coming up with a similar example
I've always loved the Technis/Technus jke made on the cover page. Makes this crossover unintentionally hilarious if you start mistaking which one they're talking about
Just as I was thinking to myself "Gurren Lagann did it" he makes the reference to the show.
But even when Gurren Lagann did it, they weren't ABLE to push the moon back up, hell they barely slowed it down. They had to transform it back into a giant space battleship to regain control of it.
@@JaelinBezel Which was still awesome IMO
@@KyRex1783 I mean who wouldn't want a moon-sized space battleship?
This is easily one of my favourite reviews of yours. Yeah, it's always great seeing you rant about shitty comics, but the sheer passion you have for this comic make it a joy to watch too.
12:22, I hate it when that happens, I've had like, five nephews who have been erased from history.
Dont worry they are now on Earth 423 aka the Frannk Miller world
26:57 That thing in the bottom left corner looks like the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon.
“Not when I had my friend, Billy the Handgun.” Why did I laugh so hard at that.
When Batman smiles it's the Puppy Apocalypse.
25:45 Well there was that one time in GaoGaiGar where the titular robot and its allies fought the 16 moons of Jupiter (which were fused with cybernetic entities) so they blew them all up. Then they coalesced to an entity that was BIGGER than Jupiter and the heroes blew that up too. Then during the sequel GaoGairGar destroyed the Sun (a replica of the Sun anyway) with a giant hammer made of several battleships. This stuff isn't really new.
But I digress, heroes giving the middle finger to celestial bodies will never stop being AWESOME. Has any other Superhero done that before? I know Superman once juggled planets at one time.
He also sneezed a galaxy away so...
Oh my god! It took me several years but I just figured out what the Title Card for this episode is supposed to be. That’s Technis from Danny Phantom XD
That’s hilarious!
willku9000 I was almost gonna say, “That’s the closest we’re ever going to get as far as a Danny Phantom and Marvel/DC crossover.
Linkara: ...Sometimes, I am evil.
Me: Eh, I'm used to it. No different than some of my daily interactions with my mother.
19:39 - "You may begin crying your eyes out." Sorry, too busy laughing at that delivery.
Dang it, TH-cam! You made Linkara ditch the DragonForce song!
If not for that song, I wouldn't have bought the album it came from. Do these suits have any idea how much money they're losing?
I think the fight that led to the Grayson series (where Dick becomes a secret agent) was a pretty real fight between the two, but nice to see the two here still having a hidden love and respect for each other to not just duke it out.
Idk. I find the Batman-Nightwing relationship dynamic to be the most interesting in all of either DC/Marvel universes. Just like how Bats, in all his stoicism, would have a soft spot for alfred, (but may never show it) Dick and Bruce is of the same cloth.
I feel all warm and fuzzy inside when you review good comics. it's really refreshing to see one every once in a while.
Fantastic book and one that I go back to frequently. However, my benchmark for epic stories and 'events' is the LoSH story "The Great Darkness Saga". It fills a lot of the same criteria that you mentioned at the end of your review, too.
I like how he starts off with showing gratitude towards his mom. Nice little, personal touch.
Not sure if this will be seen, but I wanted you to know that this video led me to buying a copy of the book myself
Thank you
I would LOVE to see Linkara make a Top 15 Favorite Comics of All Time video!
I actually kind of like Batman's spikey shoulder pads, coupled with the long ears, it makes him look more like a vampire/mystical creature...
You know, I think I can see the effect this comic has had on Linkara as a storyteller. For the past week or so I've been watching the Atop the Fourth Wall storyline episodes from start to finish, filling in any gaps I had and seeing where all the characters and plotlines and equipment came from, etc., all because the later episodes made me curious about that history--a lot like how this comic made him want to go back and read older Titans stories. It does work when done correctly!
He does explain things like how the gun blasts leave no effect onto the walls very well.
Surprised there isn’t a movie about this yet, seems like something that would be great for one of dc’s direct to dvd animated movies.
11:01-11:07 "oracle consults with batman on it, saying he should shut down the batcomputer and what the hell is batman wearing?" best part, next to 32:02-32:07 "ALFRED! I need more starch for my shoulder spike thingies!"
Hearing about someone's first piece of media from their favorite genre or type of media is just… delightful. There's something about the way people speak that shows how excited and enthusiastic they are about sharing, and, in a way, I kinda adore this review… because if I was a book reviewer on TH-cam, this would be my "A Study in Scarlet", "The Secret Adversary" or "Gentleman Cambrioleur". Three got me into different sects and niches of the greater detective genre, Gentleman Cambrioleur introducing my FAVORITE CHARACTER OF ALL TIMES (Arsène Lupin is a king amongst men, sorry everyone else), while A Study in Scarlet was my first picture-less book ever and The Secret Adversary was what got me into Agatha Christie's books. While I wasn't there for the Teen Titans runs and still haven't been able to really get my hands on all of the comics online… I love it mostly through this Nerd Solidarity. Just hearing someone nerd out about what they like the most gets me to go "true, based and correct".
Edit: ya didn't have to tell me to cry because i have been crying ever since the moment dick realized Bruce wasn't Bruce.......because he hugged him and wanted to ask about how his life had been and tell him he was proud. i have been weeping ever since. I HATE BAD BATDAD BRUCE....... I JUST WANT SOME HAPPINESS.........
There are certainly a few moments in Super Robot Wars that are equivalent in awesomeness to the pushing the moon scene here. But Super Robot shows (like the aforementioned Gurren Lagaan) tend to be known for that kind of logic-defying awesomeness.
The Ruminations couldn't be more true in this video. Yes fans. What content creators want to see is a showcase of some guy bashing on their work. That'll make 'em feel appreciative and loved. Seriously, I know most mean well, but it's common sense really. That's how the whole drama with Mara Wilson started. Granted, it ended a lot better than expected for everyone involved and even those who weren't, but that's not something one should expect to happen every single time.
+Michael Prymula True, but 9 times out of 10, that should not have ended nearly as well as it did. We are very fortunate that those odds were defied, but that's definitely not something we as fans should make a habit.
Say, Linkara, regarding the little bit of gushing at 21:46... have you ever heard of "Rasterbator"? I suggest you look it up.
It was really fun to see Linkara fan boying it up like this... good review.
7:21 One of the rare appearances of the not-so-magic gun!
Actually, for all I know there's a history to that prop and that's actually what it is.
Its actually the gun Joe Chill used to murder Bruce in FP ;)
I understand why this is hike favourite comic ever. It's both a great story and one of the best examples of a miniseries. Not too long, too short, and is a great access point to the series. It's also a rare example of a story that ages only in the paper it is printed on. The story itself is timeless.
So why is it that there's an animated DC movie for Flashpoint, but not THIS?
Because DC and Warner Bros. are run by idiots
+KidSnivy69 you are very right. Dc are idiots and they are pushing Damian Wayne HARD. Just hope he gets permanently killed like Jason Todd but permanently.
+TheVanOvanShow I doubt that's going to happen why because he'd already died already
They rob ably want to concentrate on more recent storylines and versions of characters. Keep in mind, Technis Imperative is an old story, and technically, no longer canon.
Loy Turns Not stopping them from making the Killing Joke
10:29 That seems like it came out of a fanfiction. OC included.
JohnnyElRed , LOL
Captain America: AVENGERS... ASSEMBLE.
*_A W E S O M E_*
So basically Linkara rates all comics on a scale of "JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative" to "Holy Terror"
TheKersey475 not a bad system, I say.
Matthew Bane functional and effective
I cant wait till i get to the HT review since every talks how bad it is....I would borrow it from my library but imagine reading it would end the same way it did for the Nazis when they opened the Ark
I'm serious when I say that between the fact that you have an ongoing story, showing why you're passionate about the medium you critique, to us both enjoying Mecha anime that I find you as the king of channel awesome
28:05 Wally got a gold form once too
Yeeeeeeeeeah
That starfire children thing actually came back (I think it’s a reference to that) in the new YA visual novel, I have no clue what is happening in DC now
Wow, kinda strange to see Linkara talking about a GOOD comic for a change :-)
You see, I like this. Being able to point to something specific that shaped you is special. While I'm not a huge comic reader, I do read some. My 2 specific comics that made me start reading is the Bionicle comics from the Lego magazine and a star wars comic that told a collection of stories. 2 stand out: Darth Vader meeting a Jedi called The Dark Lady and the tale of Skippy, the Jedi droid. The red droid in episode 4, yes really.
Another that had a huge impact is a little known movie called "Flight of Dragons".
Harry Morgan and James Earl Jones voicing wizards
The first comic trade I ever read was "Crisis on Infinite Earths". To this day, it remains as one of my favorite comic stories.
25:37 we need to take the moon and push it back
Superman played by Patrick star
Cyborg Raven is my favorite Metal Gear Solid boss.
On December 2014, I found a copy of this book in the shelves of my favorite comic book store. So, I bought it as a Christmas present to myself, read it, and enjoyed it. Thanks for the recommendation, Lewis.
"Late 90s JLA, Sandman, Kingdom Come, and Starman" describes most of my favorite comics (with the exceptions of 52 and the Kyle Baker Plastic Man stories). Right on, late 90s!
25:00
I need to point this out
Steel being all "A soul? How many megabytes is that?"
11:10 - Hmm, Linkara, perhaps the spikes in the Batman-Costume homaged Kelley Jones? He really drew a very - expressive - and - sometimes weird Batman in the 90s... Just guessing.
Is it sad that whenever the name Technis comes up the first thing I think of is Danny Phantom?
+Fatboyftw32 Nah, I think Danny Phantom too.
+Fatboyftw32 Judging by that title card, you're not alone
Nah. probably what the title card artist was thinking too. dear lor i'd love to hear that voice in this comic "I am Technis! Master of Technology!"
Of course not, Danny P is awesome.
Welcome to the club
This video never gets old. I love hearing Linkara gush about his favorite comic 😊
Event Comics needs to be like this! XD
Lol Danny Phantom reference in the title card. My first thought from the name of this as well.
I'm really loving the March of the Titans. Great job!
+Malcom Chase I'm sure that people respond more to his videos filled with anger and hate, but it's been very enjoyable listening to him review something he LIKES for a change. I'd really appreciate it if this trend were to continue.
***** It's funnier when he walks us through and awful comic and tears it apart.
But I sometimes feel critics are too harsh, mostly trying to see things in the worst way possible.
I love to hear them talking about what they love, because it shows how much they care about the medium, and why they are usually so angry when people mess things up too much haha!
I am in the middle of reading the 2nd issue now and I love it! I think that it SHOULD be labeled as an events comic! It's that good! It's in my top ten favorite comic books series, or top twenty. I will have to check my list again. It's just fun and epic. I love this story. NOBODY DIES! I have read this story over and over. And another event comic from the '90s I love is DC's One Million. Another fun crossover I dearly love. You should cover that one, because as much as I love it, I get kinda confused and you could get some good jokes. ut hey, even in that one-NO ONE DIES! And thanks for the humor, Linkera and merry Christmas.
One of my favorite episodes of AT4W.. I wonder if it's still difficult to obtain the TPB of the Technis Imperative or even the issues? It's still just as good
21:46 I'm sure there's a company somewhere that could make that image into wallpaper for you (and I mean real wallpaper, not the kind you get on a computer).
Gar was still using the name Changeling at the time btw.
He mentioned it in the end credits.
Man if Linkara darkens his pants at the sight of that giant space station, wait until he finds out about the Ruinous Powers of Warhammer 40k.
Ruinous Powers of Warhammer 40k? Do you really want to tell me what Chaos in the only messed up shit in WH40K? An entire universe, which is a giant clusterfuck of grimdarkness? (What I simply love and adore)
BTW, Chaos only scary if you dive deeper in it's mythos. They just a trivial demons until you read something written from their perspective.
Five words.
Dark Eldar pocket black holes.
DC generally has just as many fucked up things as Warhammer tbh. DC is “just” kind of written from a different attitude for the most part
Just picked up Superwoman #1. Even after all these years, Phil Jimenez is still an awesome artist!
25:48 The reason I don't read DC comics. I just can't suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy that. I can buy super strength and flight and even surviving in space, but pushing the moon back in orbit, that's just silly. That's only my opinion, though
Ahhh Wolf Ridge... and I really do want to get a physical copy of this one. It will likely be a favorite of mine, up there with Kingdom Come.
This is my favourite episode of at4w thanks linkara
are the JLA-Members wearing oxygen-masks or rebreather by 25:16 ... thats so reasonable by brain wants to melt XD
Also yay, this story is epic :3
..., now i want to read that book, great job Linkara XD
My brother actually managed to track down a copy and gave it to me for Christmas last year. It's honestly one of the best gifts I've ever been given.
"You can't always get what you want, you cant always get what you want but if you try sometimes you get what you need"
Barnes and Nobles only has this comic rated at Two stars and the only person to leave a review claim the Titans are "whiny" but I don't see that in your through review of the comic. I'm going to buy it and judge it for myself now but if you hadn't given this thing a positive review I probably would have trusted the rating at face value. Hopefully you promote more comics you like this way so new readers like me can get a better idea of the material
Danny Phantom and The Titans teamup!
24:49 I'm pretty sure that's what the ICloud is.
I think the Batman shoulder spikes came out of Morrison's JLA run, though they weren't quite that big there.
20:32 whered you get the popcorn?
Ah. A zeta gundam joke.
Stay classy linkara.