tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post861359292400164144..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Of Super Soldiers and Cosmic Cubes, Part OneDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-74255487558495819942012-09-07T18:06:50.762-05:002012-09-07T18:06:50.762-05:00Whaddayamean, thirty years ago?!!!
Wow. Time flie...Whaddayamean, thirty years ago?!!! <br />Wow. Time flies and then some. <br /><br />The MTIO stories were some of the last comics I bought before I stopped reading regularly because I was too old :p.<br /><br />Wish I'd kept them. I remember this storyline with fondness. The characters (with the exception of Cap as Karen mentions) were treated with what felt like genuine affection. Ben was realistically challenged by his usual deference to authority in tension with his strong moral sense of right and wrong. <br /><br />Although, I always thought Wundarr was gimmicky, the story arc was a good one (on the whole, I prefer lengthier sagas than the single issue stories). There was plenty for Ben to react to and think about.<br /><br />BTW, thank you for this article. I am so glad I have found this site and can relax in the company of fellow Bronze age afficianados. Hope you've got some PM&IF; Ghost Rider; Champions action going on somewhere! Nuff said!Dave, UKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-13223909001569022952012-06-22T14:48:59.670-05:002012-06-22T14:48:59.670-05:00The Project Pegasus sign is seen for only a second...The Project Pegasus sign is seen for only a second or two as Nick Fury heads into the facility at the beginning of the film. It says "Project Pegasus" and below that "Dark Energy" (Research Center? not 100% sure).It also says something about it being a DOE -NASA project, which shows the film-makers did their home work, because there was a proposal for a DOE-NASA Joint Dark Energy Mission put out a few years ago.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-60167561035263897542012-06-22T11:58:47.262-05:002012-06-22T11:58:47.262-05:00You mean I have to go AGAIN?
Oh well...You mean I have to go AGAIN?<br /><br />Oh well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-1441838381011034302012-06-22T10:48:39.018-05:002012-06-22T10:48:39.018-05:00I'm pretty sure I saw "Pegasus Project&qu...I'm pretty sure I saw "Pegasus Project" at some point in that film. I remember turning to my friend and saying something about it. It was on a box, maybe?William Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896164917625191919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-78382957204501567622012-06-22T10:33:11.703-05:002012-06-22T10:33:11.703-05:00OK, I just went and saw it again (no really....the...OK, I just went and saw it again (no really....the things I do for you people) and it’s only referred to as the Dark Energy Project. Actually, I noticed quite a few things I didn’t notice on my first two viewings. Whedon actually designs a character arc for Iron Man in a way that none of the others have. At the start when he is teasing Pepper about Coulson, he takes exception to her calling him Phil and says ‘his first name is agent’ but when he blasts Loki into the floor at the end he says, ‘there’s someone else you’ve pissed off, and his name is Phil’. Also, in his face off with Cap, the thing Cap accuses him of is always looking for a way out rather than facing responsibilities particularly with regard to making sacrifice in combat, so the part at the end when he flies into near certain death with the bomb is a real moment in their relationship and a real sea-change in Stark. <br /><br />Also, I assumed that Banner knew where to rock up from the news reports, but actually, right before the Heli-carrier gets hammered, his search program locates the cube and he says ‘Oh God’ so he actually knew it was in NY and probably even guessed it was in Stark’s tower. <br /><br />BTW, anyone contemplating a second viewing, I saw it in IMAX 3D the first 2 times and normal 3D last night, and the 3D definitely gained from being more confined. Not sure the film did, but the 3D was definitely more eye-popping. <br /><br />Richard<br /><br />PS – someone is now going to tell me that Pegasus was re-named the Dark Energy project sometime in the last 30 years, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-60444385587315489232012-06-21T15:35:21.752-05:002012-06-21T15:35:21.752-05:00Nice one Starfoxxx. It also annoys me that they wo...Nice one Starfoxxx. It also annoys me that they won't use "Black Widow" or "Hawkeye" -it's Agent Romanoff or Agent Barton -or even 'The Hawk', as the Scandinavian doctor refers to him in the opening scenes. Dumb.<br /><br />As far as Ben going berserk not once but twice in this issue -hey, it seems excessive, but that's what Marvel was all about!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-57897498841859274292012-06-21T15:30:03.271-05:002012-06-21T15:30:03.271-05:00Starfoxxx..:
AWESOME response..!!
You made my ...Starfoxxx..:<br /><br />AWESOME response..!! <br /><br />You made my day.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-33691977767183764142012-06-21T14:40:04.934-05:002012-06-21T14:40:04.934-05:00I never saw that cover before. Nice.
I hate "...I never saw that cover before. Nice.<br /><br />I hate "Tessaract". Why not call it the Cosmic Cube? You've got a guy in red/white and Blue tights caalled Captain America for crissakes.<br /><br />starfoxxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-8172663643365598512012-06-21T11:14:31.697-05:002012-06-21T11:14:31.697-05:00I guess they felt that calling it "the Cosmic...I guess they felt that calling it "the Cosmic Cube" in the movie would sound dumb to the non-comic fans. <br /><br />This is the same mentality that says "movie audiences will never believe a science wiz kid could make mechanical web shooters".J.A. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800901321134394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-52289799500764101172012-06-21T09:29:57.603-05:002012-06-21T09:29:57.603-05:00For some reason, I always preferred MTIO to MTU. ...For some reason, I always preferred MTIO to MTU. There seemed more direction to MTIO and more continuity, probably because Benjy didn’t have his own mag or his own personal foes, so there was less need to shoehorn stuff in. I’d forgotten this pre-cursor to Pegasus. <br /><br />I’ve been on a project myself (see what I did there?) for the last few years of completing all the sets I ever wanted as a kid and reading them all. As I’ve completed MTIO, I might have a go at reading them all in time for Karen’s Pegasusathon. <br /><br />The entropic man fits cleverly against the energy theme, but maybe a little too cleverly for the average 10 year old. I agree about Sal’s art – it’s under-inked ....you can tell from the almost total lack of detail in the backgrounds. Also, Sam Grainger usually looked better over Sal’s pencils. I always liked the way Sal drew people being bombarded with pure energy (not something that happens much in everyday life, but pretty de rigueur in the Marvel universe). He puts the shadows in the wrong places to imply that light/energy is coming from the wrong direction. At this point, I invite you to summon to mind the cover of Avengers #89, which is an example not only of the aforementioned head-thrown-back-teeth-gritted-energy-bursting-out-of-my-bonce face by Sal but also a fine example of better inking on SB by SG. This is the Marvel Age of tidy posts. <br /><br />Richard <br /><br />Ps did the Avengers movie actually name the Tesseract project as Pegasus? I completely missed that. Damn. You know what this means? I’ll have to go & see it AGAIN! Oh well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-48980091213757119322012-06-21T09:15:11.752-05:002012-06-21T09:15:11.752-05:00I remember this issue largely because of how much ...I remember this issue largely because of how much I disliked the pages Grainger inked. I think he inked the MTIO annual with the Invaders (and some What If? issues), and he Benjy always came out looking a bit of a mess.William Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896164917625191919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-57701319227169793322012-06-21T09:11:59.352-05:002012-06-21T09:11:59.352-05:00I just so happen to have read these issues within ...I just so happen to have read these issues within the past year, so good job on your timeliness. I would probably give this issue a B-. The next issue was a bit better, but like Karen says, this is a set-up issue. The best thing about this is that it sets up the classic Project Pegasus storyline. I agree that the art was only ok. The story was good though a little weird at times. Good ol’ Ben swinging first and asking questions later. I think it’s sweet the way Ben is so protective of Wundarr, though I have to say he didn’t really do a very good job of taking care of him. I thought the Entropists were interesting. I also think it’s great that the Avengers film stuck in Project Pegasus, and that the borrowed a good idea from the comics.dbutler16https://www.blogger.com/profile/00046066729353639991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-49019560762379729792012-06-21T08:36:33.490-05:002012-06-21T08:36:33.490-05:00This looks like an alright story, and as I've ...This looks like an alright story, and as I've said several times in the past, it was a smart move for the team-up books to have their own consistency and feel with supporting characters outside the main titles (Willie the longshore man in early MTU, way under-utilized, Wundarr in MTIO, etc..).<br /><br />I loved the first CA/Thing teamup in MTIO 4&5, with better cover art. This time out, I'd agree that the lettering and inks seem to be a bit too rushed, which to me seemed common around this timeframe. 'Course, it's probably just me.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-13344532273287789452012-06-21T07:46:37.618-05:002012-06-21T07:46:37.618-05:00I always really liked The Thing's team-ups wit...I always really liked The Thing's team-ups with Captain America in Marvel Two-in-One (seems like there were 3 such team-ups). The two have alot in common... regular blue collar guys from New York that ended up as super-heroes! Their relationship always seemed so easy and natural. <br /><br />Great story, and great review!<br /><br />RicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com