Strap in and join me, Amir aka the 6lack Podcaster, as I discuss the superhero buzz around James Gunn not attending SDCC, and the ripple effects of Disney CEO Bob Iger's comments on Marvel fatigue. It's a thrilling time for the small screen and the silver screen alike, and you're about to get the inside scoop on all the latest shifts that are shaping the entertainment we love.
And because no episode would be complete without a deep dive into the pages that start it all, I'm pulling out my latest comic book haul for an honest review session. Between the gritty 'Batman: First Night' and the 'Energon Universe' series, there's a treasure trove of storylines that are keeping me on the edge of my seat. But it's not just about what's on the page; I'm touching on the hot-button topic of 'wokeness' in comics, pushing for a focus on creativity and artistry. So let's celebrate the stories that intrigue us, the characters that inspire us, and the discussions that challenge us.
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Strap in and join me, Amir aka the 6lack Podcaster, as I discuss the superhero buzz around James Gunn not attending SDCC, and the ripple effects of Disney CEO Bob Iger's comments on Marvel fatigue. It's a thrilling time for the small screen and the silver screen alike, and you're about to get the inside scoop on all the latest shifts that are shaping the entertainment we love.
And because no episode would be complete without a deep dive into the pages that start it all, I'm pulling out my latest comic book haul for an honest review session. Between the gritty 'Batman: First Night' and the 'Energon Universe' series, there's a treasure trove of storylines that are keeping me on the edge of my seat. But it's not just about what's on the page; I'm touching on the hot-button topic of 'wokeness' in comics, pushing for a focus on creativity and artistry. So let's celebrate the stories that intrigue us, the characters that inspire us, and the discussions that challenge us.
check out the patreon https://www.buzzsprout.com/1889705/supporters/new
thanks for tuning in follow @the6lackpodcaster on IG
New Sponsor interest email amirwanzer36@gmail.com
What's going on Good. Welcome back to the one in 100 podcast. I am your host, amir, aka the black podcast. Thank you for joining me. I appreciate you. Welcome back. How you doing, how you feeling, all right, all right, listen. Let's get the business out of the way early.
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Speaker 1:Coming to you once a week. I used to do this thing like three times a week with the crew and everything. But it just got a little bit too crazy trying to do all that. But I'm looking to add another element to the show. So just keep your eyes and ears open and and I'll definitely keep you guys posted with all that good stuff. But let's get into it, man. I don't got a lot of time to to waste man. I was some pretty good news that came out this week, but like low key stuff, but but really good stuff.
Speaker 1:First off, let's get into the quick hits. Man, we got some great news coming out for TV stuff, stuff that we all love and have enjoyed. The House of Dragons season two that's coming out in June. They didn't give the exact day on when that will be coming out, but it said summer of 2024, but now they are narrowing it down to June, so that's coming out very soon. The boys season four is coming out in June, which is an awesome show. If you haven't watched it, I know it's not for everybody, but if you really just give it a, give it a gander, you know, try to try to turn off of you, turn off your, your sensors, censorship meter, you know, don't be so sensitive when you watch it, be open minded and you will definitely enjoy it. I really feel you will. So if you haven't seen it, go check out the boys. But season four is definitely coming soon and also Star Wars acolyte the acolyte is dropping in June as well.
Speaker 1:This has been something that a lot of people have been looking forward to. It's supposed to be focusing more on on the dark side, so, yeah, it should be pretty interesting, like it's not. I mean, I heard from what I've read some of the articles I've read they are going to be telling some stories from the side of the force, but mainly the show should be focusing on things happening on the dark side. So, yo, we got a crazy, crazy June coming up. You know, summer times coming, everybody wants to be outside, but I think we all going to be inside watching some really really dope TV shows. Man Moving forward, james Gunn put out a statement that he will not be at San Diego Comic Con this year because he will be filming Superman Legacy.
Speaker 1:So I know a lot of people were a little disappointed in that. You know, with all the hype that's surrounding the DCU and James Gunn and Peter Saffron, you know people were really looking forward to seeing James Gunn and what he was going to be bringing to the table in the next year or so. But here's the thing he just said he wasn't going to be there and clearly, you know, I mean, obviously there's going to be cast members that aren't going to be there as well, so they'll all be filming, but he just said he's not going to be there. That doesn't mean that DC or the new DCU is not going to have a presence at San Diego Comic Con, and I really hope they do. You know, turn up and make some, you know, just showcase a few things that are going to be coming, maybe some casting announcements, who knows. But hopefully they do show up and maybe, you know, give us some details on some things, because I mean, we still have, like, the Batman 2. We still have the Penguin that's going to become. Is that coming out this summer too? That might be coming out this summer too, or maybe fall, maybe early fall, but anyway we still got things like that. So we still have some conversations that we could be looking forward to, and it doesn't mean that James Gunn and the cast and crew cannot tune in via like webcam or something Like put them on the big screen, let them talk and, you know, address the crowd and everything like that, maybe show some pictures or something you know, like I'm sure he's going to find. I'm sure DC or Warner Brothers is going to find a way to like showcase this guy and what he's getting ready to, you know, bring forth to the fans. So yeah, I mean it's a little sad, you know, but that doesn't mean DC will not have a presence at San Diego Comic Con. So also, man, this is more of breakdown-ish type of stuff. So I'm going to spend a little bit more time talking about this bit of news in this first segment.
Speaker 1:But Disney's CEO, bob Iger, he, you know he had an interview and he kind of talked about the Marvel fatigue or superhero fatigue, as you know, as you know, as as it deals with the Marvel side of things, the MCU side of things, and how they quietly canceled a lot of shows and in movies and things like that. So first let's address the part about, you know, canceling some of the shows. He said you have to kill things. You know that you no longer believe in and that's not easy in this business, because either you've gotten started, you have some sunk I'm not sure what sunk means sunk cost, or it's a relationship that with either your employees or with the creative community. He also said it's not, it's not an easy thing, but you got to make those tough calls. We've actually made those tough calls. We've not been public about it, but we've killed a few projects already that we just didn't feel were strong enough.
Speaker 1:Pause right there.
Speaker 1:Okay, I want to do this for Mr Bob Iger. Yeah, he deserves this. He deserves this because not everything is made for audience consumption. We don't have to know every single detail about every single movie and why they decided to cancel something or why they decided to keep something. We don't have to know that. You know, because it's not our damn business, it's not our money and, like he said, certain things work and certain things don't work and they have to make the choice. They have to make the right choice.
Speaker 1:You know, and that's tough, you know, and when a movie or show is not giving what it needs to give, you got to cut it. It's just like David Zasloff when he cut Batgirl, like a lot of people were upset about it the directors, the cast, the you know the creatives, the writers a lot of them were upset about it. But if the movie or the series was not good, you got to get rid of it. You just have to. You know, and it's already been tough since COVID for Marvel to bounce back with their movies and their shows. They haven't really hit on all cylinders and it really feels like they are trying to get their things together, like they are not playing games. They want to get back to, you know, that dominance that they had over over the movie industry, not just the superhero industry, but the movie industry Like Marvel has made like it's probably one of the highest grossing, or the MCU and Disney is probably like the highest grossing production company that there is. You know, their movies make bank, they're, like I want to say, in the top 10, the MCU and Disney probably have like seven of the top 10, like grossing movies of all time. So they got to get back to that dominance and, with that said, you have to cut some movies out. You have to cut some some, some TV shows out. You just have to.
Speaker 1:So I applaud him for making that decision and making those tough decisions and standing by them and not just giving into audience love and fan and fan love, like it. Just it can't just be about what the fans want all the time. They have to be about what makes sense and what's going to win, you know, in those theaters. So that's one thing that he talked about. And then he also kind of talked about the the comic book movie fatigue part of it. He said a lot of people think it's audience fatigue. It's not audience fatigue. They want great films and if you build it great, they will come. And there are countless examples of that. Some are, some are ours, meaning like the Marvel stuff, and some are others. Oppenheimer is a perfect example of that Just fantastic films.
Speaker 1:So, once again, what we've all what what I've been saying for sure is you have to. You just have to make good movies and the MCU has not been making great movies lately and hopefully, with them refocusing on, on everything and and getting their writers together and putting Kevin Foggy back in the captain's chair, you know, and refocusing with him at the helm, things will begin to change and form the way they want it. He also said focus is really important. We reduced the output of Marvel, both number of films, both number of films that they make and a number of TV shows, and that really becomes critical. But I feel good about the team, I feel good about the IP we're making and I talked about a lot of the projects. We look years ahead. Really it's. It's iterative. Iterative yeah, sorry about that, boy Can't read right now. Iterative Not only do you look at the films you're making, you look at every part of that process who the directors are, who's being cast reading scripts.
Speaker 1:I personally watch films three to five times with the team just to create a culture of excellence and respect, which is really important with the creative community. And again, the track record speaks for itself. So he's talking big. He's talking big talk right now. All right, he is basically to put it to sports. He's Phil Jackson All right, he wants to get back to the championship. He wants to build a dynasty. Once again. You know he wants to three Pete again.
Speaker 1:And the way you do that is by building the culture back up the right way. You put the right directors in the director's chair, you put the right writers in the writer's room, you put Kevin foggy back in the back in the captain's chair to oversee all of this and then you bring down your workload. It's like having a 400 page playbook that you want all of your players to learn so they can run all these plays, but then you only can only run five other plays successfully. So if you're going to score every time on those five plays, why do you need the other 395 pages of plays? Let's break it down to the simplest form. Run those plays to perfection, allow them to be nonstop plays, that we want to get hoops on every single time or touchdowns on touchdowns on every single time and win the championship.
Speaker 1:So I am feeling like I mean, I don't. I don't know what Marvel's plans are as far as like where they're going. You know, like nobody does. They're being very hush hush about everything. Like is it going to be Kang Dynasty stuff or are we headed to secret? Like we don't know where we're going. We don't know where we're going, we don't know if Kang's going to be recast and we have no idea. And I think that's to to the MCU's advantage that we don't know where the hell they're going right now, as long as they know where they're going, because I mean, fans didn't know where the hell they was going with the infinity saga. They didn't even know at a certain point and then it just started. The chip started falling in place, but now. They know how to do that. They know how to build a dynasty. So they're going to keep some of these things close to their chest and just build on it. We don't know where they're going, but hearing, seeing what Bob Iger is saying and how he's trying to get back that culture with the creative process and the creators and the actors and everything he's trying to build that community up again.
Speaker 1:I feel like the MCU is about to have one of the greatest comebacks of all time, especially the way we've all talked shit about more about the MCU. I feel like they're about to bounce back in a big way and I'm excited. But I also think that they're looking at the competition which is James Gunn in the DCU, and James Gunn is someone who came up under them under Bob Iger, under Kevin Foggy, and he put out some really important movies with them as far as Guardians of the Galaxy goes, and helping others get their stories together and consulting on different movies and stuff like that. I feel like they're looking over there like damn, we got to really step our game up because James is motivated to knock us off the top. So I think we're with James Gunn over at DCU and Kevin Foggy back in the captain's chair, and Bob Iger and David Zasloff really supporting what these guys are doing. I think we're about to get some really really dope movies and I'm excited for all of it. You know, and the good thing is, they will live off of each other. If the MCU is doing good, people are going to want to go see the DCU, and vice versa. So the goal is to put asses in seats and it sounds like that's what their focus is and also, telling great stories is at the top of their list and top of their priority list. So yeah, man, hopefully you guys are as excited as I am definitely going to keep an eye on all this stuff. But, with that said, we're going to take a quick break and we're going to come back with some stories and some comics and all that good stuff, man. So we'll get yourself a snack, we'll get yourself something to drink and we'll be back right after this. And we are back.
Speaker 1:Thank you guys for joining me once again. You are listening to the one in 100 podcast. I'm your host, amir aka the Black Podcaster. Thank you guys, but once again, if you are new to the podcast, hit that subscribe button here once a week talking about the things that we love Comic books, comic book movies, comic book trending news with the movies and the shows and what I'm reading and all that stuff like that. So let's get into it. Man, you know what time it is. If you are, you know a return into the podcast.
Speaker 1:It's time for Reads of the Week. Yes, yes, yes, this is a chime when I get to talk about some of the books that I have read over the week or past couple of days, some of the stuff I might have picked up at New Comic Book Day, you know, at my local comic book shop. So first off, let's get into some of the things that I picked up that I haven't had a chance to read yet. Today is what, thursday, that I'm recording on. So I just picked up some books yesterday, and some of them I have been at the shop for like a week or so, but I did pick up Duke number three and I read that. Actually, that was actually really dope.
Speaker 1:I spoke about Spider Punk already. Oh, I read Cobra Commander, issue two. That was a late pickup for me as well. I really, really enjoyed that. What else did I pick up this week? I picked up Void Rivals, which is something I got to read tonight most likely, and I did get a chance to pick up and read the Batman first night. So let's get into that man, because that was actually a very awesome story, man. I got to give it up to that creative team. Very, very, very good story.
Speaker 1:Dan Jurgens is the writer, mike Perkins is the artist and Mike Spence, or Spicer, is the colorist man. The artwork is phenomenal. Okay, so Batman the Batman first night is a DC black label book. So it's super graphic, which is, you know, always a plus when it comes to Batman, and it's set in the late 1930s, I think like 1939 or something like that. So it's very classic feeling. You know, it's got the old school cars, the clothes, just the scenery just feels like, you know, like what Gotham would be in the 1930s.
Speaker 1:Batman's costume is pretty funny, man. He's got like the super high ears on the back cow and you know, the shorter cape that he keeps throwing up across his face, like holding it across his face. The gloves are he's got those purple gloves. I think Todd McFarland actually just showed off a figure that's kind of like resembles this version of Batman. He didn't. He doesn't have a gun, though. So I know the original Batman had a gun and everything.
Speaker 1:But yeah, this story is pretty dope. Man, he's on a case, of course. He starts his working relationship with Jim Gordon in this storyline and the end of the story was actually crazy because Batman actually finds himself in a very, very terrible position. You know spoiler alert, but I mean this wasn't really like super important to the story, but I mean, yeah, I wouldn't say it is, but he finds himself being put into an electric chair. Okay, so I have no idea where Dan Jurgens is going with this and how he's going to bounce back from this, but I am very interested.
Speaker 1:That last page definitely sold me on wanting to get the next issue. But yeah, it's very graphic. You know Batman is doing the detective work or something that we all love. For sure it's not like like the the. The people that he's that he fought in a part of this story are kind of like monster. Like you know, it's not anybody that we've ever seen before these, to my knowledge. So it's kind of like an I guess a new character you know being introduced in this story.
Speaker 1:The other thing that was interesting was that someone that has been a part of, like the Batman. You know world is not included in this storyline and I thought that that was an interesting choice. I won't spoil that part, but I thought it was an interesting choice. But you know it's really cool. It's got that new R old Hollywood stuff going on Like there's a movie being made during this time. You know you got the whorehouse and everything like. It's very graphic. It's definitely not for kids. This is 100% black label magazine style. So the art looks really good in this. But I really enjoyed this man.
Speaker 1:I also read Cobra Commander and Duke, which were both really dope stories. I mean, obviously they came out last week and the week before but I was able to read them back to back and you know what I've learned so far about the energon universe and these like branches of stories like Duke and Cobra Commander is. I don't want them to end Like I really am really enjoying everything about the energon universe. And you know Duke is only a five issue. Many Cobra Commander is only a five issue.
Speaker 1:Many transformers, I believe is ongoing, as ongoing can be right now. From you know I see that it goes up to issue eight right now but it doesn't say that's the final issue and void rivals is an ongoing story, so it seems like everything is going to come down eventually into probably two books. I know that there is a free comic book day story coming out on the next, was it next month? This is a let me see. This is coming out. I don't have the date, but it's May 4. Obviously, may the fourth be with you. So, free, a free comic book day 2024 is the energon universe 2024 special issue one. So it seems like everything is going to come down into one or maybe two books with this awesome crossover story that's taking place. But listen, I am going to read void rivals tonight.
Speaker 1:Like this is after the Philadelphia universe, which I kind of asked Mr Barnes, what's up with needle hauls? Are we going to get that story back or not? Like, I know she is in Philadelphia right now, but I really would like to, you know, continue with that story. It was a really dope story. But after oops, I'm sorry about that after the Philadelphia universe. You know that Ronnie Barnes has been building for years. This is literally like my second favorite storyline as far as like a bunch of titles coming, you know, coming together as one. So I mean I'm going to suggest this every time, you know, an issue comes out that you guys go pick this up.
Speaker 1:You know what else I did read. I didn't even mention because it is, it is, it was a. I think this came out. When did this come out? Oh, I picked up Green Lantern Wardrobe. I got to read that over the weekend. Man, I don't think I have it on my pool, this for some reason. But Ultimate Spider-Man that came out maybe last week or the week before. I was late picking it up, but, man, that was a doubt. I don't have this on my pool. There's no wonder I didn't pick it up. I forgot. I added to the pool is, but is is a very, very, very strong story. Right now.
Speaker 1:The costume that that universe is Peter Parker has chosen to go with right now it's the black. You know the black suit and it is like symbiotic. I don't know if anybody's, I don't know if anybody's talked about this or not, but you know there's panels in the story where it looks like the mask is not like because he was, I think he's eating in one panel and it doesn't look like the mask is pulled up, it looks like it's just opened up, like like you know what, what a symbiote would do, like just kind of peels back and opens up and you know it's really cute, like his daughter, you know basically is terrified of that suit. So she kind of gives him the idea of changing the color of his suit. So we kind of get that origin story of how that's going to happen, how he's going to get the traditional Spider-Man colors and everything. So I'm really enjoying that ride.
Speaker 1:I think Ultimate Black Panther comes out next week, so that that's probably going to be my first read, for sure next week. But listen, man, if anybody who tells you that comic American comic books are no good right now, yeah, they're just. They're just miserable and they're not getting the the stories I guess that they like. But you know, my pull list is pretty, is pretty tight man, and I'm enjoying everything that I've been picking up real quick, real quick. If I can find the photo that I sent to Isaac, you know, with the pull list that I wanted to continue with going forward, I'll tell you in just a second. It may have too many notes in this phone. Here we go. So these are the books that I've been rocking with Batman 89, which has it came out like, I feel like two months ago. I don't know what's going on with that. That's been on a hiatus for some reason. Green Lantern War Journal is fire Red Hood to Hill.
Speaker 1:Issue one was really dope. I think that's going to be coming out next week, two or the week after. Now I'm definitely going to add the Batman first night to it, because this is a really dope story. With Marvel, I got Blee, miles, morales, ultimate Black Panther, ultimate Spider-Man and, of course, spider-punk you know Cody Boyz doing this thing. Then with the indie stuff, I got Void Rivals, transformers, duke Cobra, commander Kill the Delphi and Moonman. Which man? When is that coming back up? Because that was. That was an interesting setup. I hope they dive a little bit more into how his powers and abilities work.
Speaker 1:But for a first issue, you know, by someone who is not really a comic book writer, is really good. He is a storyteller, midlife. Obviously you've been talking about that for a while in the Ministry of Compliance. I actually still have to read issue three. But I'm sorry. Those are some incredible books and I also have to remember that I am picking up not all my pull list, but I am picking up the one hand and the six fingers storyline or a crossover story that Ram V is doing with Dan Waiters. That's really dope. And I think I have one more issue of New Burn by Chip Sardarsky that's coming out.
Speaker 1:So I mean, I don't know, man, I can't see how people could really be upset with where comics are right now. You know, and it kind of leads me to my last topic, which is, you know, the breakdown. Aka a black nerd speaketh. You know, over the last few years, maybe four or five years, you know, the whole woke thing in comics has been a major plot in comics. You know what I'm saying Like everybody has kind of gravitated to that topic of comics being too woke and comics just putting too much reality in in the stories.
Speaker 1:And you know, I've been asking myself lately, you know, are our comics really too woke or are people just so used to the stories that they've read over the years, like, are they just afraid of the evolution that storytelling is? That's happening in storytelling? And you know, I really I really sat and thought about this for a while while I was at work, because it's become an annoying topic to me. You know, before it was social justice warriors and you know all that bullshit, and then it turned into the woke movement in comics and I really feel like and I'm like I'm gonna have to I'm probably gonna be offensive right now and I apologize to anybody who takes offense to the truth that I'm about to speak, but I have to say it. You know, and I apologize if it offends anybody, but I feel like you know the community that came from the caucus mountains.
Speaker 1:They have felt like no-transcript comic books belong to them only. Superheroes belong to them only, and I'm not saying all white people, I'm not saying all white people, but most feel like this is their genre to enjoy only, this is their genre to create in and tell the stories the way that they want only. And it doesn't allow other creators that are not of, you know, the same ethnic background to be able to tell the stories that they, that they like. Or it doesn't allow people that want to tell stories about other you know ethnic backgrounds, it doesn't allow them to explore that, because a certain group of people feel like the story should only be told a certain way and it should only star certain characters that look like them. So they have started this super crazy woke thing and you know it.
Speaker 1:It sucks, man, like it sucks, to be honest with you, when you're enjoying something so much you know, and you hear these people giving these criticisms criticisms but is based off of just hate and anger. It's not based off of anything that's intelligent. So, you know, I kind of started thinking, man, are comic books is it like? Is it too woke for some people? Or some people just stuck in their old ways? And I feel like people are just stuck in their own ways and want comics to only be a certain way, and I don't understand how you could look at things like that and expect stories to be dope, because the world is changing and those old writers that wrote those classic stories are gone and, truth be told, I feel like a lot of them would want the stories to evolve into something else. I feel like they would want new characters to take on these adventures, whether it be a brand new character, which I know some people can't stand legacy characters and things like that or it'd be somebody who carries on the torch, you know, you know, like a Miles Morales, you know, or you know anything. We'll just keep it at Miles Morales. So you know, I feel like those old school guys, man, that laid the foundation for a lot of these stories and a lot of the way the art is are not rolling over in their graves because of the stories that are being told, you know, or the characters that are being created.
Speaker 1:But I will say, like I've said before, I think it's just a copycat league. You know what I'm saying and that I can understand people's issues. It's not about it being too woke, it's about it being too bland, and I think people really need to start thinking about the words that they're choosing to describe the state of comics right now. It's not a woke, it's just, it's very bland and it's. You have to be very you know particular of what you pick up, because some writers are just following a script based off of somebody else's success with a story like Brian Michael Bendis with Miles Morales, you know there's, you know we've had Sal and Ahmed, we've had Cody Ziegler and they're continuing great storylines with Miles, you know.
Speaker 1:But then you have other people writing stories for characters and they're trying to do exactly what Brian Michael Bendis was, what did with Miles, and it's just become this copycat thing where no one is being original with their creativity, you know, and it just, it just they're not putting enough seasoning, they only put in salt and pepper. Now, salt and pepper works on certain food, like steak, you know you can just season it with a little salt and pepper, you know, and then put some real. You know garlic, real garlic, real onion. You know a little bit of oregano or anything. You know some, some type of herb in that, with that butter, and that's all you need, you know. But then sometimes you got to do a rub, you know. You got to make a real, you got to really season your food and I think some writers just don't know how to season their food well.
Speaker 1:And that's the problem. It's not that it's too woke, it's just too bland. But when you see characters in some of these stories that are very bland, that don't look like you, instead of criticizing just the, the corniness of the writing, you start saying oh, they're putting too many black people or brown people in in the books. Oh, they're putting too many women as the star characters. Oh, they're putting too many gays. Oh, my God, transsexuals. Lord, have mercy, like that's when it starts to do that. But if you put, if you make these these, you know these characters represent other people in the world because we're not all the same. And the line. The famous quote that I always say is that the comic should reflect the, the the world outside your window.
Speaker 1:If you start to put these people in your stories but actually write good stories, none of you bitches is going to be crying, and that's a fact. Nobody's crying about Philadelphia. Nobody not white person, not a black person, not, not Asian person, not an Hispanic person, not a gay person, not a transgender person, not a they, not a them. Nobody is crying about Philadelphia, and that is one of the most diverse books on the on the shelves. But you know why nobody's crying? Because it is a fantastic story. That's why nobody's crying.
Speaker 1:You know nobody hated on a bitter root. I didn't hear no hate on bitter root, and bitter root was probably the most woke story under your you know, under your definition. It had black family. They were talking about going against racism. You know people turning into monsters because of the hate that they had in their heart. You know it was. It was a very intelligent story, told in a simple way, you know, and it got an Eisner award too, actually. So nobody was bitching and complaining about that. I'm I'm bitching and complaining about bitter root because I want that joint back. I want it back.
Speaker 1:I really love that story now and I've heard that you know there's some things going on, you know, and David F Walker's life. I don't know that to be true. I mean I'm sure he, you know he does have some things going on. I would still love to talk to you. I still have those questions. If you're ever listening to my podcast, dave, you know how that your boy, we can, we can make up that interview, but nobody was.
Speaker 1:I didn't hear nobody bitching and moaning about that being true work, you know. So it just makes me wonder is it, is it really woke or is it just bland? Is it just copy and paste? Is it just a lack of creativity? Are you really upset about legacy characters? Are you? Are you upset about legacy characters told in a boring ass story?
Speaker 1:I know that there's one conversation and the black and brown community with Sam Wilson and that character just kind of being, you know, lost right now with this eye, with his identity, like is he gonna be Falcon? Is he gonna be captain America, is gonna be cap Falcon, and you know what, what's up with this character and obviously in the movies now, where he's gonna be, you know, captain America like he's. You know, cap Falcon, you know, like that's just what it is. But in the comic book world or comic book space, we get a mixture of Sam Wilson like Rodney Barnes did, a Falcon story, when the character walked away from being captain America, then he went back to being captain America, then there was a Falcon and Winter Soldier story. So it's like they don't know what to do with him. And I think I that's one frustration I Understand about the legacy character and stuff. If you're gonna do it, go ahead and do it. If you're gonna turn them into captain America, just just let him, let it be captain America. But if you want to be Falcon and let him be Falcon, they let the character develop as that. You know they, they seem to have lost what they want to do with that character, you know.
Speaker 1:So I Mean I get some of the complaints on certain stories, but I believe it's just that the stories are corny and Unfortunately those are might be some of your favorite characters and you're disappointed that the stories are Just corny and now you're labeling them as woke because the story is just just wack. So I just, I just I just want to put this question to the people that are listening to the podcast. If the stories of the, if the quote-unquote woke stories were written better, with legacy characters and all like all that, with female leads, everything that y'all Say, y'all dislike, if those stories were written better, would you be complaining? You know, I Think I read a pretty well-rounded Set of comics, you know, like I'm all over the place.
Speaker 1:I got detective stuff, I got superhero stuff, I got horror stuff. You know, I wish I was a good love story. That's what I really want. I want a really good love story, you know, maybe like in a crime you are setting which would be dope, but or not a crime you are, but maybe in a new R setting, not crime, but just like a really good love story, you know, and a good teen book that might not be Like in the superheroes world, like I really want Rodney Barnes to write a superhero story, which would be a really dope story. I'm sure so. But I think I got a really good, well-rounded set of comics that I pick up and read and Some of them have their woke moments, if you want to say that quote-unquote woke moments, but they're all just dope ass stories.
Speaker 1:So either you're just, either you need to evolve and find better stories, or you need to complain the right way, and I think you guys are not complaining the right way. I think you're complaining with hatred instead of complaining with Legit criticisms like this story was not written well, you know, it didn't work for me because this, this and this didn't add up. You know, like how did we go from here to here? And there was nothing in between told that, told us how we got there. You have the reader guessing, you know, or the artwork was just not good for this book, instead of just putting it all in one thing and saying woke, it's not woke man, I think it's just not seasoned. Well, and some of your favorite writers is not good writers. There's not good writers, and that's it. But that'll do it for today's episode of the 1 in 100 podcast.
Speaker 1:I appreciate you guys joining me, as always, and if you could kindly just do me a favor, hit that subscribe button, whether you like me or not, still gonna be some dope content here on the 1 in 100 podcast with your boy, amir, aka the black podcaster, and I appreciate you guys tuning in. Hey, man, you know I've been trying to be nice, nicer, you know, I'm from Jersey. Sometimes I can wear my attitude all over my face. My wife told me to be nice. My brain is telling me other things, but I'm gonna go with my what my wife says, because she's a, she's a godsend. Now I'm gonna continue to listen to my wife, so I'm just gonna say what she told me today. Be nice today, amir. So you guys, be nice today, care for one another and if, if you feel yourself getting ready to cut somebody out, just walk away. You.