Awright, second episode!
Next up we have TOM BRENNAN, assistant editor to all things AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and constant inter-office champion of odd, unexplainable facial hair.
Brennan! You give me your Top-5, then we argue.
BRENNAN:
1. Agents of Atlas for Scooby Doo and the Gang
2. Fantastic Four for the Ghostbusters
3. Mini Marvels for the Muppets
4. Penance for Emily the Strange
5. Magneto for Lex Luthor
NATE:
1. UNFAIR! Much as I LOVE the AoA, Scooby’s a cash cow. You’d have to pony up more for the entire franchise.
2. Huh. Y’know what? FAIR!
3. FAIR! Love you, Giarrusso, but it’s THE MUPPETS.
4. Who’s Emily the Strange?
5. FAIR! Yeah, why not.
BRENNAN:
1. Counter point: Shut up. First of all, it’s completely even; Four humanoids and a talking animal. I guess there’s also M11, robot extraordinaire, but he’s swapped for the Mystery Machine. A robot’s waaaay cooler than a van. Also, Agents of Atlas doesn’t come with the precedent of drug humor. I’d much rather have my kids reading about Jimmy Woo and the Gang than a bunch of no-good, punk kids. (and their lousy dog). Woo for Doo! Woo for Doo!
2. Thanks. Love me the FF. Millar and Hitch remind me why it was my first favorite book. But let’s face it, they’re not intimidated by anything in the Marvel U. anymore. They’ve beaten GALACTUS like 8 thousand times. They need a fresh start. And the Ghostbusters would fit right in to the Marvel Universe, perfectly replacing what we’ve lost in the FF. Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler easily equal one Reed Richards, Dana Barrett is as motherly and tough a woman as Sue Storm – she stood up to Vigo the Carpathian, yo. Peter Venkman is as great a personality as Johnny Storm (Bill Murray played Johnny on a 1975 FF radio show!) and Winston Zeddemore is every bit as everyman a man as Ben Grimm. SOLD!
3. Yessir – no slight on the Mini Marvels. Quite a compliment, really. This is what we’d need to lose to get so great a license. Think about it: Wolverine vs. Animal. That’d be WAAAAAAY more exciting than the 700000th Wolverine/Sabretooth slapfest.
4. Rob Reger and Cosmic Debris Etc. INC.’s counterculture princess. As depressed a human being as Penance while being much more entertaining a read than his whiney white butt.
5. If I hear “Magneto’s a villain who’s point of view you can understand” one more time, I’ll clog my ears with q-tips.
NATE:
1. Counter-counter point: Go take a long walk off a short pier.
Look, like I said, AoA hold a special place in my heart. I was there at the very beginning on that. But you’ve gotta think about the money. Scooby’ll probably get another movie, another cartoon, their comics are going on forever…AoA is cooler, but DC would never give away such a huge moneymaker.
4. Shrug. Ok.
BRENNAN:
1. Alright, alright – let’s lose Namora and swap in Daredevil. Easily one more movie to get out of him (particularly if you re-boot, a la the Hulk) and imagine their animation dept.’s take on horn head.
NATE:
I worry about your sanity. You want to trade a low-selling team (WITHOUT one of its members) and the guy that had a movie that made about 15 cents…for a billion-dollar commodity that makes money from DVD/merchandise/toys/books/feature films.
You’ve got to sweeten the pot. Drastically.
BRENNAN:
Sanity is for the weak.
OK OK, take Daredevil off the table. In fact, scratch the whole AoA. We send over the original 5 X-Men AND Lockjaw. And Antonio McDyess, Frank Williams and an unprotected draft pick.
NATE:
Which X-Men?
BRENNAN:
Original 5 – Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Marvel Girl.
NATE:
SOLD! (these are the worst picks ever)
-FINAL TRADE ANALYSIS-
1.
CYCLOPS / BEAST / ANGEL / ICEMAN / MARVEL GIRL / ANTONIO McDYESS / FRANK WILLIAMS / UNPROTECTED DRAFT PICK
for SCOOBY DOO & THE GANG
2.
FANTASTIC FOUR
for GHOSTBUSTERS
3.
MINI MARVELS
for THE MUPPETS
4.
PENANCE
for EMILY THE STRANGE
5.
MAGNETO
for LEX LUTHOR
So... When will the fan suggested methods of "hurting" Ares be posted?
I am sorry to sound sadistic and all, but I am dying to find out. :D
Nice episodes btw.
Posted by Aziroth on 2008-08-14 16:58:18
I love Brennan's first counter "Shut Up" But I don't know about no.4, I think you gotta throw in a B-lister for Emily Stange, I mean I don't think you'd many chicks with Penance shirts and his face on bags.
Posted by ronch on 2008-08-14 21:24:27
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