I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Unity?
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I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Unity?
I'm slowly making progress in my listen to the old OTV podcast...I skip ahead sometimes but as for old stuff I'm on Episode 16: Unity
The question was raised that there might be listeners who've never read Unity (meaning VH1) and should know how cool it is
That's even a more appropriate question now
The question was raised that there might be listeners who've never read Unity (meaning VH1) and should know how cool it is
That's even a more appropriate question now
I've been looking everywhere for the ultra-rare Turok vs Blister issue. Anybody able to help me out?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
I've only read it via the Unity collection that was floating around this board way back when. I don't remember what it's called off the top of my head and don't wanna get the external hard drive out just to name check one file.Oxmyx wrote:I'm slowly making progress in my listen to the old OTV podcast...I skip ahead sometimes but as for old stuff I'm on Episode 16: Unity
The question was raised that there might be listeners who've never read Unity (meaning VH1) and should know how cool it is
That's even a more appropriate question now
Loved it, though.
Manga, comics, who cares? They're pretty much the same thing.
Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
I read unity well after I became a fan of VEI. I was very confused because the characters traits were extremely different between VEI and VH1. I collected all of the pre-unity books over the last couple of years, and I enjoyed Unity a lot more after reading all of the original VH1 books that led to Unity.
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
That's incomprehensible. As much as I liked VH1 back in the day, I don't think it hold up quite as much in a re-read, and falls far short of the best of VEI.slym2none wrote:Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
kjjohanson wrote:That's incomprehensible.slym2none wrote:Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
Completely disagree. Having just read/re-read them all, the first two years of VH1 are still better than anything from VEI.kjjohanson wrote:That's incomprehensible. As much as I liked VH1 back in the day, I don't think it hold up quite as much in a re-read, and falls far short of the best of VEI.slym2none wrote:Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
Harbinger and XO in VEI are much stronger than their VH1 counterparts. But I dont think VEI has anything on Solar or Magnus. Those books were pretty perfect, IMO.SwiftMann wrote:Completely disagree. Having just read/re-read them all, the first two years of VH1 are still better than anything from VEI.kjjohanson wrote:That's incomprehensible. As much as I liked VH1 back in the day, I don't think it hold up quite as much in a re-read, and falls far short of the best of VEI.slym2none wrote:Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
This is a valuable discussion. I appreciate hearing it. I don't think anyone is wrong, here...it's all up to taste. I really appreciate Slym adding his plot twist because it gave the conversation a bigger scope.Jrosen wrote:Harbinger and XO in VEI are much stronger than their VH1 counterparts. But I dont think VEI has anything on Solar or Magnus. Those books were pretty perfect, IMO.SwiftMann wrote:Completely disagree. Having just read/re-read them all, the first two years of VH1 are still better than anything from VEI.kjjohanson wrote:That's incomprehensible. As much as I liked VH1 back in the day, I don't think it hold up quite as much in a re-read, and falls far short of the best of VEI.slym2none wrote:Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
I personally think that the VH1 stuff up to Unity does hold up pretty well. I reread a lot of that stuff recently and its still a very good read. I loved Harbinger VH1 and up to issue 25. its a great story. I mark Harbinger 26 as the point that it all turned to crap. The stories across all the titles were still good. But Unity and the stuff before still holds up. In comparison to the best of VEI, you're probably right. I haven't thought about that comparison to be honest.kjjohanson wrote:That's incomprehensible. As much as I liked VH1 back in the day, I don't think it hold up quite as much in a re-read, and falls far short of the best of VEI.slym2none wrote:Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
I think this is a pretty good assessment of the shape of things that have gone by.Jrosen wrote:Harbinger and XO in VEI are much stronger than their VH1 counterparts. But I dont think VEI has anything on Solar or Magnus. Those books were pretty perfect, IMO.SwiftMann wrote:Completely disagree. Having just read/re-read them all, the first two years of VH1 are still better than anything from VEI.kjjohanson wrote:That's incomprehensible. As much as I liked VH1 back in the day, I don't think it hold up quite as much in a re-read, and falls far short of the best of VEI.slym2none wrote:Plot twist - how many VH1 readers have never read a VEI book?
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
Unity Redux? http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... 20#p819020armlessphelan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:50:28 pmI've only read it via the Unity collection that was floating around this board way back when. I don't remember what it's called off the top of my head and don't wanna get the external hard drive out just to name check one file.Oxmyx wrote:I'm slowly making progress in my listen to the old OTV podcast...I skip ahead sometimes but as for old stuff I'm on Episode 16: Unity
The question was raised that there might be listeners who've never read Unity (meaning VH1) and should know how cool it is
That's even a more appropriate question now
Loved it, though.
I would agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
Heath sighting!Heath wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 5:22:17 pm Unity Redux? http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... 20#p819020
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
Yes! That is exactly it.Heath wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 5:22:17 pmUnity Redux? http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... 20#p819020armlessphelan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:50:28 pmI've only read it via the Unity collection that was floating around this board way back when. I don't remember what it's called off the top of my head and don't wanna get the external hard drive out just to name check one file.Oxmyx wrote:I'm slowly making progress in my listen to the old OTV podcast...I skip ahead sometimes but as for old stuff I'm on Episode 16: Unity
The question was raised that there might be listeners who've never read Unity (meaning VH1) and should know how cool it is
That's even a more appropriate question now
Loved it, though.
Manga, comics, who cares? They're pretty much the same thing.
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Re: I'm curious. How many VEI readers have never read VH1 Un
Oh, wow, this is pretty cool!Heath wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 5:22:17 pmUnity Redux? http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewto ... 20#p819020armlessphelan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:50:28 pmI've only read it via the Unity collection that was floating around this board way back when. I don't remember what it's called off the top of my head and don't wanna get the external hard drive out just to name check one file.Oxmyx wrote:I'm slowly making progress in my listen to the old OTV podcast...I skip ahead sometimes but as for old stuff I'm on Episode 16: Unity
The question was raised that there might be listeners who've never read Unity (meaning VH1) and should know how cool it is
That's even a more appropriate question now
Loved it, though.