PLAYING GOD TPB Story Discussion! - SPOILER ALERT!!!!

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:16 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
dave wrote:There are no colored books. We are Valiant fans. We don't see color here.
Because Valiant Vision ruined our eyes.....

No Deathmate

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:19 am

sanman wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
dave wrote:There are no colored books. We are Valiant fans. We don't see color here.
Because Valiant Vision ruined our eyes.....
No Deathmate

Hahaha....that too.

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:04 pm

I would really really like to hear some thoughts on the book from those that have received it so far. Even more I would like to hear what everyone thinks of the Man of God preview in the back (last 6 pages after the Armstrong splash).

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:10 pm

I have yet to read it... between the dang Anne Rice book I am invested in, regular home stuff, and trying to get the New York thing ready, I don't have time (except I could not post here.....)

-slym

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:27 pm

dellamorte wrote:I would really really like to hear some thoughts on the book from those that have received it so far. Even more I would like to hear what everyone thinks of the Man of God preview in the back (last 6 pages after the Armstrong splash).

I think I already gave mine

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:27 pm

slym2none wrote:I have yet to read it... between the dang Anne Rice book

Which book?

slym2none wrote:I am invested in, regular home stuff, and trying to get the New York thing ready, I don't have time

(except I could not post here.....)

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:12 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
slym2none wrote:I have yet to read it... between the dang Anne Rice book
Which book?

"The Witching Hour."

-slym

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:57 pm

slym2none wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
slym2none wrote:I have yet to read it... between the dang Anne Rice book
Which book?
"The Witching Hour."

-slym

Don't mean to hijack this thread, but is it a really good book?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:59 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
slym2none wrote:I have yet to read it... between the dang Anne Rice book
Which book?
"The Witching Hour."
Don't mean to hijack this thread, but is it a really good book?

IMHO, yes. I made a more detailed mention of it in the "Do you read, like books and stuff" thread in everything Else.

-slym

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:00 pm

slym2none wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:
slym2none wrote:I have yet to read it... between the dang Anne Rice book
Which book?
"The Witching Hour."
Don't mean to hijack this thread, but is it a really good book?
IMHO, yes. I made a more detailed mention of it in the "Do you read, like books and stuff" thread in everything Else.

-slym

cool, I'll go check it out

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:55 pm

I'll bump this just in case anyone wants to talk about the story. I'll be back in the next day or so to answer the questions that have been asked.

Malev_Emperor · Post by **Malev_Emperor** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:14 am

I have not read the TPB, but I just read the online story yesterday. I enjoyed it very much and can't wait to hear what the answers are that are to be revealed soon! It was great seeing some obscure characters again and the art was pretty good.

If they could do it right, Valiant should put out ONE book per month - a thick issue called, simply, "Valiant Universe". That way they can tell stories from all regions of VH1 with a unifying theme. Maybe have a backup story occasionally spotlighting a character. I'd pay $10 a month for a thick comic magazine like that!

MALEV

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:54 am

Malev_Emperor wrote:I have not read the TPB, but I just read the online story yesterday. I enjoyed it very much and can't wait to hear what the answers are that are to be revealed soon! It was great seeing some obscure characters again and the art was pretty good.

If they could do it right, Valiant should put out ONE book per month - a thick issue called, simply, "Valiant Universe". That way they can tell stories from all regions of *VALIANT (1991-1996)* with a unifying theme. Maybe have a backup story occasionally spotlighting a character. I'd pay $10 a month for a thick comic magazine like that!

MALEV

Shhh....don't give them any ideas....comics are expensive enough.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:20 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
Malev_Emperor wrote:I have not read the TPB, but I just read the online story yesterday. I enjoyed it very much and can't wait to hear what the answers are that are to be revealed soon! It was great seeing some obscure characters again and the art was pretty good.

If they could do it right, Valiant should put out ONE book per month - a thick issue called, simply, "Valiant Universe". That way they can tell stories from all regions of *VALIANT (1991-1996)* with a unifying theme. Maybe have a backup story occasionally spotlighting a character. I'd pay $10 a month for a thick comic magazine like that!

MALEV
Shhh....don't give them any ideas....comics are expensive enough.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:25 pm

How bout this: We talked about putting a lot of easter-eggs into the book but eased off on most due to not knowing what would be kosher. There are a few here and there (who saw 'em?

) but I'd like to know what e-eggs you guys would have put in and where?

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:41 pm

Personally, I would have made Jar Jars death far more gruesome.

I really liked what you guys did. The Van Hook bldg was great, Trent's appearance even better. I think you guys had the balance just about right. I know there are some I missed which, to me, just adds to the depth of the overall experience.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:11 am

I thought eggs were bad for your health this week...

-slym

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:05 am

slym2none wrote:I thought eggs were bad for your health this week...

-slym

it's not all black and white

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:29 am

myron wrote:
slym2none wrote:I thought eggs were bad for your health this week...

-slym
it's not all black and white

Most of it was . . .

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:31 am

Did anyone see the EE in the prison-break scene? Major no-prize for anyone that can ID it and reference it.

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:37 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Did anyone see the EE in the prison-break scene? Major no-prize for anyone that can ID it and reference it.

Speaking of the prison-break scene. As we went through the story we tried to give a subtle image of the Valiant landscape at this time. Pete in prison, the war brewing in the Lost Land and so on. Little touches that moved the characters beyond where they had been at the end of VH1 and created stories that could be explored beyond Playing God.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:15 pm

I'm re-reading Turok at the moment, and there was a post-chaos effect appearance of Archer in the Lost Land, which I never knew about before-so that's pretty cool. it was weird though, because Archer was a pacifist, but then he battled anyway and then he disappeared again, much like Armstrong in Magnus.

I'm going to have to re-read PG-I'm not recalling much from that prison escape scene.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:13 pm

Just got my PG trade today. Very nice. The MOG story in the back is enough to pique my interest even more than it already was, so that's good. Nice packaging. The art in MOG is nice. I could imagine what it would look like in color but the B&W gives it a certain feeling, much like early to mid 80's undergrounds. Cool stuff.