When did VALIANT jump the shark?

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When did VALIANT jump the shark?

After Unity
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28%
Chaos Effect
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33%
Birthquake
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39%
Ice Cream
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Post by sonicdan »

Oh, I'd say around Turok Evolution... :o :lol: :twisted:
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Post by 400yrs »

sonicdan wrote:Oh, I'd say around Turok Evolution... :o :lol: :twisted:
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Post by Elveen »

dellamorte wrote:It's hard for me to nail down a time. Most books were good post Unity for a while. A&A should have been cancelled after BWS left since nobody else could handle those characters right. Harbinger was good until Lapham left then tolerable until #25. Chen's art was great but the story just wasn't strong after that. Shadowman is the only book I can say never sucked. Magnus, EW, Bloodshot seemed to hold together the pretty well. Rags work on Turok was great. Dr Mirage was a fun book and Bernards art was beautiful to look at. Everything else was kind of hit or miss.
I agree with this....


and BTW, the "afro kid" still is creepy....

you know he is out there somewhere.... just lurking....

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Post by Virgule »

I would say Birth quake.

Most of the series had up and down (shadow man is i too think the only one that was constant in quality thanks Bob hall), true harbinger up to 25 was great, post unity had its share of great stories, malev war and it tighten the universe up t'il chaos effect which was great but afterwards things fell apart.

Still some nice ideas came put all was lost sadly.

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Post by DawgPhan »

I think that the highpoint of valiant was probably Bloodshot #1.

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Harby -- #25
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I'm wondering how many people actually know where the term "jump the shark" came from, without having to look it up.

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slym2none wrote:I'm wondering how many people actually know where the term "jump the shark" came from, without having to look it up.

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X-O HoboJoe wrote:
slym2none wrote:I'm wondering how many people actually know where the term "jump the shark" came from, without having to look it up.

:wink:



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Er, duh... but I wasn't looking for anyone to say it out loud! A simple "Ayyyy" would have sufficed. (like behind my name last post?)

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slym2none wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
slym2none wrote:I'm wondering how many people actually know where the term "jump the shark" came from, without having to look it up.

:wink:



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Er, duh... but I wasn't looking for anyone to say it out loud! A simple "Ayyyy" would have sufficed. (like behind my name last post?)

:roll: :!: :lol:



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X-O HoboJoe wrote:WTF? I thought this was another contest to win a "Screw YOU" book!

:!: :!: :!:
Sorry, but I'm not a demoted planet.

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slym2none wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:WTF? I thought this was another contest to win a "Screw YOU" book!

:!: :!: :!:
Sorry, but I'm not a demoted planet.

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X-O HoboJoe wrote:Ah well, ask a stupid question, then any answer by me will probably suffice. :oops:
THAT is sig-worthy right there.....

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slym2none wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:Ah well, ask a stupid question, then any answer by me will probably suffice. :oops:
THAT is sig-worthy right there.....

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X-O HoboJoe wrote:
slym2none wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:Ah well, ask a stupid question, then any answer by me will probably suffice. :oops:
THAT is sig-worthy right there.....

:thumb:



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X-O HoboJoe wrote:
slym2none wrote:I'm wondering how many people actually know where the term "jump the shark" came from, without having to look it up.

:wink:



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They had a reunion special last year and Gary Marshall talked about that phrase. He said it's odd because the show was still doing well for a long time after that infamous scene.

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X-O HoboJoe wrote:
slym2none wrote:I'm wondering how many people actually know where the term "jump the shark" came from, without having to look it up.

:wink:



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That's how the Fonz broke his leg. :wink:
Had completely forgotten that. Been a long time since I've seen an episode. Is it even in sydication anymore?

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Second_Death wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:
slym2none wrote:I'm wondering how many people actually know where the term "jump the shark" came from, without having to look it up.

:wink:



-slym (Ayyyyyyyy!!!)
Monday, Tuesday, Happy Days . . .

That's how the Fonz broke his leg. :wink:
Had completely forgotten that. Been a long time since I've seen an episode. Is it even in sydication anymore?
It still pops up occasionally on Dish Network, but nothing on a regular timeslot.


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