AGAIN with the internet...

I was all set to watch last week's Flash episode - the one with Mark Hamill - and we got about halfway through...

...when the internet crashed.

We watch our shows through HuluPlus, which is all fine and dandy, but between Adorkette using her computer for school work and the "damn kids" in the neighborhood stealing our bandwidth, HuluPlus slows to a crawl...until it stops working completely.

The last thing I wanna do is give a half-First Impression (or is it First-Half Impression?) of anything. 'Cause that's just half-assed. 

Between that and effin' work schedule this week, it will be a couple of days before I an get to it...and last week's Arrow...and AoS...and that other show coming this Friday (although - Netflix seems to work better than HuluPlus at times). Sorry for the wait...

Balls.

Effin' internet...

Adorkette is home today due to Intersessions at her school...

...I know, don't ask...

...and she's working on school stuff, until the internet stops working.

When Mrs. Adorkification and I ask what's going on, Adorkette tells us she's downloading something.

What's she downloading? "Something called Adobe Premiere..."

 Yeah - that's gonna take awhile...

WTF Friday...The Batgirl Edition...3/20/2015

See this?

This is what would have been the cover of Batgirl #41 (June, 2015). Actually, it was one of several planned variant covers to the book until it was pulled after serious internet backlash...

W...T...F...?

I get why people are reacting to this image.

It's damn scary. Just like Joker himself is damn scary. The fact that Joker and Barbara Gordon have history makes it even more scary...but that was before this latest and greatest version of the DC's "The New 52" (which I haven't read an issue of because my calm's been disturbed by DC's continual use of the reset button - another day's rant). 

Today's rant is about this image and it's subsequent pulling. 

Why was this image hated so much? Because it's Batgirl? Would public reaction have been the same if that was Harley? Vicki Vale? Leslie Thompkins? Catwoman? Ivy? Talia al Ghul? Black Canary?

ROBIN?

I doubt it. 

Let's say it's Joker.

What if it was some other bat-baddie, like Mr. Freeze or Black Mask? Deathstroke's pretty damn scary, and let's not forget Ra's al Ghul. If any of those guys were standing there with Barbara, would this cover have caused such controversy?

Again...no.

So what is it? The gun? It's pointing at the ground.

The makeup on her face?

Didn't affect everyone loving Heath Ledger's performance.

Is it the look on Barbara's face?

I'll admit it - she's scared. If I was standing in that spot, I'd be pissing my pants. That look speaks to all of us. That image scares me..

...but it's not the first time that's happened.

So why the backlash?

Because what makes this image soooo damn scary is the fact that it is Barbara...and that there is history between these two characters.

It's about the history.

 

Funny how no one's complained about the actual plot or premise of the issue. I'm sure Previews mentioned it months ago.

But now I'm wondering - 

how many comics might not have the iconic covers they do...if the internet was around at the time.

Shopping for comics online...

Right now, I'm in the process of getting DC's War of the Gods storyline.

Why you may ask?

Because based on what comic intel I can gather, this story takes place in Tim Drake's history before the events of Robin II, where Joker is loose in Gotham while Batman is in Rio for the Idiot Root story.

Yeah, there's a couple of singles in the middle there somewhere, but it's clear that Gods comes first.

Have you ever tried to buy a single back issue you're looking for?

If you're lucky enough, you've got a comic shop nearby. I've got two within 45 minutes driving distance.

But then you need to get there, and check their back issue bins...

...which may or may not be organized - at all.

And even then, you have to be lucky enough to find the book(s) you're looking for.

Back in my day, all comic shops had tons of back issues, and if they didn't have what you wanted, you'd write it down somewhere and look for it next convention.

Now there's the internet, and that's okay. Ebay is a great source to look for books, and most shops have an on-line inventory to look through...

...but now I have to factor in shipping - which hurts my head.

So I'll keep working on getting more Tim Drake stuff to post...

...'cause it's fun damnit!