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    Top Five #004: Top FIve Guilty Pleasures (movie edition) Sep 21, 2011
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    Top Five Guilty Pleasures (movie edition)

    Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting - it's Top Five.

    This week, there are things we like, even if they aren't that great. When it comes to movie, your hosts has them. Rankin Bass? They Live? Godzilla vs. Mothra? What guilty pleasures make the list, and which ones don't? You'll have to listen to find out!

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    Major Spoilers Podcast #343: Major Spoilers Classified #002: The Case of the Watchmen Sequel Sep 16, 2011
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    In this episode: Dr. Peter Coogan joins the crew to discuss his theory that the sequel to Watchmen doesn't need to be written, because it already has...

    Clues to the sequel to Watchmen
    By Peter Coogan

    This reading of Watchmen was inspired by a comment by Sara J. Van Ness in Watchmen as Literature (McFarland, 2010). She pointed to the excerpt from Under the Hood in chapter 1 and the paperclipped note on its first page, “‘We present here excerpts from Hollis Mason’s autobiography, UNDER THE HOOD, leading up t the time when he became the masked adventurer, Nite Owl. Reprinted with permission of the author’ (27). This ‘we’ is the novels only reference to the narrator” (p. 61). This comment inspired me to track down the identity of the narrator and it led to a series of discoveries about the novel.

    Read through these clues and see if you can figure out why there is no need for a sequel to Watchmen.

    How did Moore and Gibbons build the sequel into the text?

    • These clues assume that Watchmen has been published diagetically (diagetic = in the world of the story).
    • What does the diagetic publication of Watchmen imply about Veidt’s status in 1986?
    • Who probably owns DC Comics in the world of Watchmen and what does that probable imply or indicate?
    • I.9.4. What do Under the Hood and Gladiator have in common? What book is missing from Hollis Mason’s bookshelf? How is Hollis Mason’s authorship of Under the Hood connected to the authorship/source of the diagetic Watchmen?
    • D1-1. Under the Hood excerpt. In the paperclipped note, who is “we”, where is “here”, and how do they have the permission of the author, Hollis Mason, who is dead? Who has inherited Hollis Mason’s copyright of Under the Hood.
    • IV.15. Who has access to this conversation between Hollis Mason and Dr. Manhattan after Mason’s retirement?
    • D-6. Who would have the ability to get Kovac’s arrest report and various childhood files? Or Malcom Long’s notebooks?
    • VII.13-15. Who has access to the story of Dan and Laurie’s failed lovemaking?
    • D-7. Why is “Blood from the Shoulder of Pallas” included? It doesn’t reveal anything about the background of the characters. It doesn’t supply any real information that contributes to an understanding of the larger story.
    • IX. Who has access to Jon and Laurie’s conversation on Mars? This is a crucial conversation (more so than some of the invented conversations discussed below in the “Problems” section) because it explains why Jon returned to Earth and would therefore offer a real selling point for the book.
    • D-9. Who has access to Sally Jupiter’s scrapbook?
    • D-10. Who could have taken a picture of Veidt’s desktop, with calendar?
    • XI. Who has access to Veidt’s discussions with Dan and Rorschach at Karnak?
    • XII. Who has access to the events at Karnak?
    • XII.20 What does the publication of Watchmen mean about Dan and Laurie’s agreement to keep Veidt’s plan secret?

    Problems with this theory:
    It seems unlikely that Moore and Gibbons intended this reading of Watchmen as they initially only planned 6 issues and originally intended to run letter pages after issue three and so included Under the Hood excerpts only as a placeholder until letter pages started. Moore originally planned to use MLJ’s Mighty Crusader characters and so started the story with the death of the Shield. All of these arguments are versions of the intentional fallacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_fallacy).
    Watchmen was published in September 1986, so the turnaround time from October of 1985 is problematic, but not impossible.
    Some of the depiction of the characters has to be declared fictional or speculative under this theory: All the Bernie/Bernard interaction at the newsstand, the Shea/Hira interaction on the island and the freighter, the police officers interaction in chapter 5 (and elsewhere), Godfrey and Seymour at the New Frontiersman, Veidt’s interactions with his servants and his role in their deaths. But some of these interactions could have been recorded by Veidt in his bugging and so might have been found. And other interactions might have come out of Congressional testimony, other investigations, or interviews published as part of the coverage of the revelations of Veidt’s role in the squid attack (such as the war room in chapter 10).
    Likely the inclusion of Tales of the Black Freighter is symbolic, either on the part of the source or “Moore” and “Gibbons” (the diagetic versions of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons). It’s also likely that many of the other texts mentioned in the book (e.g. The Day the Earth Stood Still, “The Architects of Fear”) are also symbolic.


    Critical Hit #113: Negotiantions and Love Songs... Sep 09, 2011
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    Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers D and D podcast
    Celestial Crusade

    This episode: After the grand tour of the Gulag Magnificent, it's time to sit down with Asmodeus and get down to business.

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    Major Spoilers Podcast #341: Random Comic Talk Sep 09, 2011
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    Random Comic Talk

    In this issue: Random comic talk! Everything from Justice League, Star Wars, Matthew's Trip to Denver and more!

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    Major Spoilers Podcast: Potter's Field Sep 06, 2011
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    Potters Field

    This week on the show: Mark Waid is outstanding in his field, Robocop battles the Terminator, Cliff is flying high, Butcher is captured, and there are giggles all around.

    NEWS
    IDW Publishing to launch Magic: The Gathering comic
    LINK

    REVIEWS
    Stephen
    Rocketeer Adventures #4

    Publisher: IDW Publishing

    (W) Dave Gibbons, Joe Pruett, John Arcudi

    (A) Scott Hampton, Tony Harris, Brendan McCarthy

    (Covers) Alex Ross, Dave Stevens

    A trio of stories by a trio of brilliant creative teams. A spectacular adventure with Cliff and a prowling Japanese submarine could spell the end of the Rocketeer, while a day at the beach becomes anything but relaxing for Cliff, Betty and Peevy. Plus a story of a sexy Nazi saboteur hell-bent on acquiring Cliff's jetpack!
    [rating:2.5/5]

    Rodrigo
    Terminator/Robocop: Kill Human #2

    (W) Rob Williams
    PJ Holden
    Walt Simonson (33%), Tom Feister (33%), Jonathan Lau (33%)
    In the future humanity has been wiped out and the machines are triumphant. Traumatized by his Skynet-influenced actions, Robocop looks to travel back in time and change the course of history. But when he emerges in the middle of Jon and Sarah Connor's assault on Cyberdyne Systems, he comes face-to-face with the second time-travelling Terminator. Bullets will fly! And the T-1000 can't be far behind!

    [rating:3/5]

    Matthew
    Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker #6 (MR)
    Think we’ve pushed the envelope in this series so far? Well, this issue goes all the way! Learn the hidden secret of Jihad Jones! Discover Butcher Baker’s happy place! And Arnie B. Willard is still in hot pursuit! Do you need to read this comicbook? Absolutely!

    [rating:3/5]

    MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK
    Chances are if you are the same age as most of the Major Spoilers Crew, you grew up watching The Little Rascals, Tom and Jerry, and The Three Stooges. Some people really “get” the Stooges, while others scratch their heads and wonder why everyone else is laughing so hard. Still there are some who have never heard of The Three Stooges. This poll is not for them.
    Over the course of The Stooges career, from 1922 – 1975, four different actors played the Third Stooge. What we want to know is, who was the best one?
    VOTE!
    [poll id="199"]

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    TRADE PAPERBACK DISCUSSION
    POTTER’S FIELD TPB

    Written by Mark Waid

    Drawn by Paul Azaceta
    First time in trade paperback and featuring the first collaboration between legendary comic writer Mark Waid and superstar artist Paul Azaceta, the red hot team behind AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! Outside New York City is Potter’s Field, where the unnamed dead are buried. Now, a mysterious man has taken it upon himself to name the unnamed in this cemetery! Using a network of underground operatives who don’t know each other, he fights to save the unsaved and solve the mysteries of the unjustly slain! Collecting the critically acclaimed three issue mini-series and the STONE COLD one-shot into one volume!

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    Top Five #003: Top Five Time Travel Stories Sep 04, 2011
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    Top Five Time Travel Stories

    Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting - it's Top Five.

    This week, Billy Pilgrim, Peggy Sue, Kris Kristofferson, and Marty McFly have all experienced time travel. But where do they fall on our top five this week? Will Distant Sound of Thunder, Army of Darkness, and Booster Gold make the list?

    Want to tell us your Top Five? Head over to the website and post a comment. LINK

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    Critical Hit #112: The Grand Tour of the Gulag Magnificent Sep 02, 2011
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    Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers D and D podcast
    Celestial Crusade

    This episode: The team arrives in The Gulag Magnificent, and they get the grand tour as only the inhabitants of The Gulag Magnificent can.

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    Major Spoilers Podcast #339: The Best Relaunches Sep 02, 2011
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    The Best Relaunches

    Stephen wonders why mad scientists aren't in our bases taking over our stuff, the trio discuss the Jon Finkel situation, and the show wraps with a discussion of relaunches and reboots that worked.

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    Major Spoilers Podcast #338: Xev78wxA! Aug 31, 2011
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    JLA: Tower of Babel

    This week on the show: Matthew's medicated, Stephen's flustered, and Rodrigo is angry… Plus - JLA: The Tower of Babel, zombie outlaws, and Magic the Gathering.

    NEWS
    Double sided cards on the way to your Magic deck
    LINKAGE

    REVIEWS
    Stephen
    Zombie Outlaw

    Matt Naismith and Will Simers thought they had this College thing figured out. One trip into the depth of Irvine State University's library has them rethinking everything!! Witness as they unearth the Tomb of the ZOMBIE OUTLAW!!!
    This one's got it all! Books!! Boobs!!! Brains!!!
    32 Pages | Full Color
    [rating:2.5/5]

    Rodrigo
    ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #2 (of 12)
    32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen +
    Written by MATT WAGNER
    Art by ESTEVE POLLS
    Cover by MATT WAGNER
    “Black & White” Retailer incentive cover by MATT WAGNER
    Matt Wagner’s return to Zorro continues! This storyline introduces some
    major new characters but also represents significant and catastrophic changes in Zorro’s world—events that cause him to call question everything he does and everything for which he stands. There’re thrilling times ahead as ZORRO RIDES AGAIN!

    [rating:2/5]

    Matthew
    Teen Titans #100

    Written by J.T. KRUL

    Art by NICOLA SCOTT and DOUG HAZLEWOOD

    Cover by NICOLA SCOTT and DOUG HAZLEWOOD

    1:10 Variant cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
    In the bonus-sized 100th issue of TEEN TITANS, It's all-out war as Titans old and new come together to face the greatest threat to their existence. Can anyone stop Superboy Prime from destroying everything the team stands for?
    [rating:3/5]

    MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK
    Over the years, the Doctor has had a number of travel companions, that get into trouble, keep the Doctor out of trouble, or just generally serve as eye candy for fans. This week, Major Spoilerite Jason wants to know who has been the best from his short list

    VOTE!
    [poll id="198"]

    VOTE

    Trade Paperback of the Week
    JLA: Tower of Babel

    Writer: Mark Waid

    Pencillers: Howard Porter, Steve Scott

    Inkers: Drew Geraci, Mark Propst

    Colorist: John Kalisz

    Publisher: DC Comics
    Tower of Babel deals with Batman's perceived betrayal to the superhuman community by keeping records concerning the strengths and weaknesses of his allies in the JLA, including plans to neutralize his allies in a fight. His files are stolen by Ra's al Ghul, who uses them to defeat the League through a coordinated attack to prevent them from interfering with his latest scheme.

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    Major Spoilers Podcast #337: Listener Mail Aug 26, 2011
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    Major Spoilers Comic Book Podcast

    In this issue: Matthew, Rodrigo and Stephen answer listener mail.

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