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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
Tell me this, do you understand the concept of TIME?
Yep.

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
Do you understand that the heroes origins happened in the PAST?
Depends on the hero you're talking about. Some are just starting.

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
I've finally understood what your definition of modernizing is.
Phew! Good, I was afraid I was gonna have to explain it to you all over again...

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
You don't want retroactive changes done to the origins (i.e. instead of meeting in World War War Reed and Ben met in Desert Storm), no, you want the origins to take place NOW, ignore everything that took place between the origin and today and start from scratch.
I do? I had no idea. I thought I wanted whatever made a good story.

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
You use the 'that's the way it happened before Crisis' defense, you use the 'the characters origins have been retold a hundred times, why not again?', excuse.
It HAS been retold before. It's not a excuse. It'd be a excuse if I said "But... the doggie has a cape!"

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
You claim to want fresh takes on the stories yet you use outdated, 40 year old story techniques to justify the changes you claim you want.
...what? What outdated 40 year old story techniques?

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
Do you see the irony?
Where?

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
The origins are MEANT to stay in the past, be old, be outdated compared to today.
I see no problem with that... it's an option. When a new origin is made, it can be set in the past, sure.

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
There's absolutely NO need to retell the origins over and over again, all that the comics need is NEW stories, not to retread old ground.
Sometimes there is. Like before Crisis. Like right now.

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
Of course, this is a sin for some readers because they find the idea of growth and change to go AGAINST the concept of comic books.
Has any growth or change taken place in Superman since 1994? Anything? I'm all for growth. The first eight years or so after MoS are a fine example of growth. If we had reboots more often, it'd ALWAYS be like that.

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Originally posted by ManofTheAtom:
They (you) think that comic books are meant to be repetitive and redo the same things over and over again, which is why you have no problem with projects like Birthright, while the idea of actually telling NEW stories scares you...
Once again, you got me. You can see right through me.