tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post8314759318738970984..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Martian Knock-Offs: Red TornadoDiabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-84735786292871450142011-05-27T03:11:50.361-05:002011-05-27T03:11:50.361-05:00Why is it whenever someone calls a character crapp...Why is it whenever someone calls a character crappy, the opposing person's argument is always, "But it's just because a good enough writer has come along yet!"<br /><br />Maybe there's a reason a good enough writer hasn't touched a particular character...LissBirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059648604602469375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-11651888092700916532011-05-24T16:11:58.116-05:002011-05-24T16:11:58.116-05:00I've never warmed up to the Red Tornado for so...I've never warmed up to the Red Tornado for some reason. He was always being blown up and reassembled and stuff. <br /><br />Now Ma Hunkel on the other hand is simply FABULOUS!<br /><br />So...so fabulous.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-80612765887528097792011-05-24T16:07:09.668-05:002011-05-24T16:07:09.668-05:00Dale, reason is the murderer of good, frothy, bili...Dale, reason is the murderer of good, frothy, bilious ranting. I'll have none of that here, sir! Also, <a href="http://dcbloodlines.blogspot.com/2010/07/1984-firestorm-postcard-by-george-perez.html" rel="nofollow">I already got to Firestorm elsewhere</a>.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-26456565207953599502011-05-24T11:27:41.880-05:002011-05-24T11:27:41.880-05:00He is the one JLA-er I can never bring myself to l...He is the one JLA-er I can never bring myself to like. Even before I had a good Idea who the Martian Manhunter was I was like "Who gives a crap about this guy?" The Usurper sucks <i>and</i> blows in a big way. Kill it as soon as possible. Kill it with fire.mathematicscorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439579069513071094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-25061154550460202082011-05-24T08:30:40.434-05:002011-05-24T08:30:40.434-05:00Wow man, hate Red Tornado much! Ha1, it's cool...Wow man, hate Red Tornado much! Ha1, it's cool man, and given the reasons you listed, I can see why you have so much beef with RT; especially concerning him being somewhat directly responsible for keeping J'onn out of the JLA for so long. I didn't know about that, so thanks for the brief history lesson there. Mostly it seems your major dislike with him concerns his personality. I agree it's bland, but that's only because there haven't been any good to great writers that have really done something with him, except for a brief time during Ross/Kruger's JUSTICE mini. I'm surprised that such good writers like Denny O'Neil and Len Wein didn't do more w/RT. I guess even they didn't care for him, and when that's the case, of course the readers' not going to care either. Why would they? what incentive do they have to care? I place the blame on the writers past and present that haven't piqued your interest in him by making him more relatable to you and the readers in general. Again, if they can't make you care about him, then they're not doing their job. Also how about cutting back on the tired cliche' of blowing him up every time he appears. We get it, he's a robot, and machine break. But over the past, the writers just become lazy and cover the same ground over and over again. No wonder no one cares if he's blown to pieces; he can just be fixed again. I suggest the next time he's blown up and repaired, it should be the last time, or at least seem like the last time. That way, if he's blown apart again, it'll be more permanent, and feel more important to the story and him in general.<br /><br />As for his design, I don't see what's so ridiculous about his look compared to Amazo, J'onn J'onnz himself, or even the rest of the JLA; They all look goofy unless drawn by Alex Ross, so that one doesn't hold up for him. I'm not a big time fan of RT's, but I don't dislike him as much as you do, or as much as alex Ross hates Firestorm. There, do a post on that. I know I did. Nice topic though man. Keep it up.Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.com