Forum | Will_C | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/willc/activity/ Activity feed for Will_C. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:09:23 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1ff8305c827e358b785f6f3b9cd5ee9b Will_C replied to the topic The Obituary Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-thread/page/7/#post-68738 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:08:44 +0000 Lethal Weapon also holds up nicely. RIP to a pretty much always dependable filmmaking legend.

]]> 9585bf808c305cc9b504fc97f0bae7a7 Will_C replied to the topic Pictures and Images - funny and/or interesting in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-funny-and-or-interesting/page/9/#post-68265 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 22:13:22 +0000 Another Watchmen/Simpsons mashup from Felipe Sobreiro (@therealsobreiro) / Twitter

]]> 633cbea0cafa86d5e5174fd9a325604d Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-68264 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 22:07:58 +0000 Oh yeah, that could be it. Did he get turned evil in that? I own it but haven’t gotten to it yet.

]]> a30a1b801df980b876a43277419794b8 Will_C replied to the topic Pictures and Images - funny and/or interesting in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-funny-and-or-interesting/page/9/#post-68247 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:45:51 +0000 6a7a31191b8fce76133bd3956af23a33 Will_C replied to the topic The Obituary Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-thread/page/7/#post-68237 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:09:52 +0000 People die, happens every day.

 

]]> 55ef5ca2406f5181319c8ffb719bf364 Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-68200 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:59:44 +0000 I read Hellions vol. 1 and enjoyed it enough to continue. The X of Swords issues were even better, which helped the decision.

One thing: they keep mentioning that Havok suffered some mind-shattering trauma before the events of the series. Anyone have any idea what that is?

]]> 27304055685a53192ce72f5adac634f7 Will_C replied to the topic The Continuing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-continuing-new-comics-thread/page/3/#post-68127 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:15:40 +0000 The Green Arrow 80th Anniversary Special ends with a wordless short comic tribute to Denny O’Neil written by his son that gave me chills. Heartbreaking and life-affirming in equal measure. Great stuff.

]]> 3270e606137b7a68970dfc4f051faa68 Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-68051 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:19:59 +0000 In Marvel Previews, Inferno has this introduction: “the culmination of Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men begins here.” I’m hoping that’s just marketing and we’re not close to the end.

]]> ddd4da8acae8f0125d5149f9eaef1cab Will_C replied to the topic Pictures and Images - funny and/or interesting in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-funny-and-or-interesting/page/8/#post-67865 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:44:31 +0000 How did you get a photo of the motivational collage I keep above my desk at home?

]]> 96ceeb72afc8d3c5928c67f4a4f83f3d Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-67850 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 14:57:54 +0000 I watched two horror movies last night:

Crawl – Really enjoyed this. A very simple plot: a young woman drives through a hurricane to evacuate her father from his house, only to find him trapped in the flooding basement, hunted by alligators. Gets a lot of mileage out of its one location and the last 30 minutes is a masterful example of escalation…Read more

]]> 34b2e2faf2fc372532176183557d8942 Will_C replied to the topic The Trades Thread: volume two in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-volume-two/page/10/#post-67709 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:52:15 +0000 Some recent reads:

Rick Remender’s pseudo-trilogy of Uncanny X-Force, Secret Avengers, & Uncanny Avengers – X-Force is the strongest but they’re all very enjoyable. Remender’s great at tapping the more bonkers tropes in superhero comics for these huge epic storylines: alternate timelines, dystopian futures, space gods, Life Model Decoys, etc. It…Read more

]]> 2bd45a05fd51896ea2521427e221175f Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-67706 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:31:48 +0000 This is just how a lot of media aimed at older kids and adults used to be. Raiders had faces melting off, Star Wars had a close-up of a bloody severed arm, etc.

]]> 40ed3faa385eac864e920f813e898b5c Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-67697 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:26:12 +0000 I didn’t know about the change to Laura’s origins. From reading online it sounds like Dr. Kinney was her biological mother and so Wolverine’s DNA performed the role a biological father’s would. Do I have that right? There wasn’t some secret trust between Logan and Dr. Kinney?

]]> 1f7ceb03367d62615dbcca7df0b43f23 Will_C replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/7/#post-67687 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:18:53 +0000 Ahmed’s Exiles looked really lame so I’m not surprised you hated it but his Black Bolt comic was great.

]]> ff57441cfda47fb70283446a4c90b3aa Will_C replied to the topic Independent Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/independent-comics-thread/page/4/#post-67628 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:34:09 +0000 About the consent issue, I don’t know if true consent can be given if one partner is pressuring and lying to the other. That’s really what he’s being criticized for. Not the sleaziness of having dozens of sexual partners who didn’t know about each other but using lies, manipulation, and false promises to get sex.

]]> 3b93ea69b25bd971bf18aa8b21d124ed Will_C replied to the topic Independent Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/independent-comics-thread/page/4/#post-67610 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:30:34 +0000 IIRC when people first started accusing Ellis there was some vagueness about how far things went but that website So Many of Us breaks down his M.O. step by step. Just scroll down a bit until you get to the bullet points: So Many of Us: Recognizing Abuses of Power

The worst of it is promising career advancement, lying about his relationship…Read more

]]> 7e69340029eaec5295eaf7fd97d18d9d Will_C replied to the topic Pictures and Images - funny and/or interesting in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-funny-and-or-interesting/page/8/#post-67585 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:54:35 +0000 His father’s name is Donald so alas that isn’t Lynch. I wonder what he thinks of Price, and for that matter what Price thought of him.

]]> 9fc65c8aef8ab7aae0b0df2112187e02 Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-67539 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:21:11 +0000 Missed this before I replied. What’s the rationale?

]]> 959d3c15885d84a25e0130604c22477c Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-67524 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:27:39 +0000 Yeah, she’ll come back and probably won’t remember who killed her because it happened between back-ups (same as when Sinister killed off his Hellions team in X of Swords) and Gabby and the New Mutants will have to figure out what happened.

What’s the deal with Gabby, anyway? Is she another clone like X-23? Maybe she’s a cool character but I have…Read more

]]> bfa3b3f01c5060dbb8a0db50713f067c Will_C replied to the topic The Obituary Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-thread/page/6/#post-67456 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 22:56:56 +0000 We’re posting obits for people who were in two episodes of a popular TV show now? :-)

]]> f62d15ee6e68a9b68301625d60b67ace Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-67375 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:11:28 +0000 That was in New Mutants though. Seems like it’s part of what Ayala’s doing with the Shadow King. I guess there’ll be another Hellfire Gala death because the one in X-Factor is supposed to set up The Trial of Magneto series.

]]> 43191554fdb0c9778a69ef8e8fb94f3c Will_C replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/#post-67285 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 23:36:06 +0000 Good on Nightcrawler.

]]> a1b89d3902be2ad5ba649336d6b81cd4 Will_C replied to the topic The News Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-news-thread/page/5/#post-67193 Sat, 19 Jun 2021 18:30:26 +0000 Maybe we shouldn’t be taking racial analysis from Donald Trump Jr and Ben Shapiro.

That chart’s barely CRT. CRT is about how the modern concept of race was founded to justify the slave trade and tracking how race evolved over time to keep Black people, and soon other races, in an underclass. It’s not about attacking white people, which as Lorcan…Read more

]]> 4a265038565e6089a92e5dade41f8972 Will_C replied to the topic The News Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-news-thread/page/5/#post-67127 Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:16:33 +0000 This tweet from yesterday is by the new Israeli Prime Minister’s spokesman for Arab media.

]]> 93e302d2aa5872f2945e4a45100ec252 Will_C replied to the topic Pictures and Images - funny and/or interesting in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-funny-and-or-interesting/page/8/#post-67120 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:12:31 +0000 Who are B, S, & P?

]]> 5634dc47d4585d2f1381e87679367801 Will_C replied to the topic Pictures and Images - funny and/or interesting in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-funny-and-or-interesting/page/7/#post-66942 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:38:14 +0000 0720435bc16d9ffea8a6d37c1926b464 Will_C replied to the topic Pictures and Images - funny and/or interesting in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-funny-and-or-interesting/page/7/#post-66936 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 01:20:45 +0000 d21a2138e86b7aca99cf10ab75e76678 Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-66804 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:01:17 +0000 I really loved the ending. Like the ending of The Irishman, the final 30-40 minutes is where the film reveals itself. Garfield’s faith becomes much deeper and more personal after he gives up the notion that he is obligated to spread the truth of Christianity, that this truth (as he perceives it, at least) is more important than human lives. He…Read more

]]> 5a8292e48c59382fe1b55893e1e9222e Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-66775 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:31:30 +0000 I watched an underappreciated Scorsese film from a few years ago, Silence starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Liam Neeson, & Shinya Tsukamoto (yep, of Tetsuo: The Iron Man). It’s about the Japanese Buddhist persecution of Japanese Catholics and Portuguese priests in the 1600s. Although what the Japanese authorities did to…Read more

]]> 4c1d2386adfa5f9302169df4668cf13e Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-66762 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:51:04 +0000 Planet Size X-Men lives up to it’s title. Probably the biggest world-building issue in terms of impact since House of X/Powers of X. I’m not sure why Hickman didn’t write it but Duggan does a fantastic job. You won’t want to miss this.

]]> 5ca47040031b097fcda99d08ff21a8cb Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-66737 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 01:24:49 +0000 I remember being really disappointed with that movie as a kid.

]]> ca8c315ad88795bf8ecabcb514991934 Will_C replied to the topic The Al-X Relationship Tread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-relationship-thread/page/9/#post-66720 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 22:20:14 +0000 Yeah Satanists aren’t, like, Hammer Horror or Suspiria, they’re just libertarians who like to play dress up.

]]> f007dfb5b4c20d8a30ae890de4908623 Will_C replied to the topic DC Movies & TV Forever in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv-2/page/7/#post-66696 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:19:41 +0000 I’m pretty sure that’s why they bring people dead mice and birds, though. They don’t see us hunting so they think they need to provide food for us.

]]> e4ec4ab539db7cc4aca75311b55b955c Will_C replied to the topic The News Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-news-thread/page/5/#post-66694 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:17:19 +0000 That talk show host sounds pretty stupid because all MLK did was cheat (and even that’s debatable, iirc Coretta denied it happened and I’m gonna believe her over the FBI).

]]> 2c417dab982277c816210a9dda54d744 Will_C replied to the topic Politics: where a week is a long time in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-where-a-week-is-a-long-time/page/10/#post-66653 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:13:31 +0000 Standardized testing was the bane of my middle/high school experience. The Massachusetts standardized test is called the MCAS and for months out of every year it was just MCAS, MCAS, MCAS, MCAS. By the time I got to high school the teachers didn’t even try to hide how much they hated it. I’ve always been pretty good at taking tests–a lot of it…Read more

]]> 183af29cef6b65c4d10faeb634a39418 Will_C replied to the topic Politics: where a week is a long time in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-where-a-week-is-a-long-time/page/10/#post-66604 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 01:44:32 +0000 Yeah this is what I’ve been trying to get at, I just don’t think anything else will work. The demand is inherently alienating to many, no phrasing will change that, but it’s what has to be done so I believe the left should be firm about it. Settling for reforms hasn’t gotten us anywhere and is in itself insidious because the reforms don’t do what…Read more

]]> cf6a986ac57a4e063062a8ee5134a825 Will_C replied to the topic Politics: where a week is a long time in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-where-a-week-is-a-long-time/page/10/#post-66445 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:12:58 +0000 Sorry, I meant here in the US. There weren’t that many MWers with qualms about it iirc.

I definitely think the response to Black Lives Matter has gotten better, Dave. Like I said earlier, brands have taken BLM up now and there are signs in windows and lawns all over the place around me. I know I live in MA which is really blue but the abundance…Read more

]]> 7e07de1e33abbe345bae0599792e493e Will_C replied to the topic Politics: where a week is a long time in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-where-a-week-is-a-long-time/page/9/#post-66428 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 19:22:11 +0000 Yeah, Black Lives Matter made a lot of liberals here uncomfortable when it first started, the backlash was never just a conservative thing.

]]> 7827e0069bcafb1af648198108df088e Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-66378 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:13:33 +0000 And even though The Sopranos set the template for “prestige TV” and its epic sagas, it remained an episodic show for all six seasons. There are subplots and character threads that continue over seasons but each episode has an arc, tells a complete story. It’s the best of both worlds and I wish more shows took that lesson of combining the…Read more

]]> 076e3268eabe08badb6d0f21f7031811 Will_C replied to the topic Politics: where a week is a long time in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-where-a-week-is-a-long-time/page/9/#post-66377 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:55:56 +0000 Something to keep in mind is that realistically there won’t be meaningful change in policing in America anytime soon. I hate to be pessimistic but the police are just too powerful. Even now, when there’s hardly been any defunding of police anywhere in America, they’re blaming rising crime rates on the movement, when in fact rising crime is another…Read more

]]> b9eebee1a86722ea03d65bc791d79e44 Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-66320 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 02:37:37 +0000 A lot of shows now think they have to stretch what should just be the pilot to half a season or even a full season. If I don’t know what the hook of the show is supposed to be by the end of episode 1 then the show has failed.

]]> 0497db4e838257f7241f331a42c5052b Will_C replied to the topic Politics: where a week is a long time in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-where-a-week-is-a-long-time/page/9/#post-66315 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 02:18:29 +0000 Nitpicking but I do feel it’s important: “defund the police” is more of a leftist demand than a liberal one. But more importantly, there’s no other way to describe the demand. That’s what it means, defund them. That’s what has to happen. Reforming doesn’t work; countless reforms have already been tried, they don’t work, they just give cops more…Read more

]]> 15748d17c2e27af9c8cd0deb646f9942 Will_C replied to the topic Politics: where a week is a long time in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-where-a-week-is-a-long-time/page/9/#post-66309 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:59:25 +0000 We have that brand over here in some stores and it’s all I buy now. A bit more expensive, $5 compared to less than $2 for a competing brand, but it’s twice as much chocolate and tastes much better too. Sucks to hear they can’t 100% guarantee there’s no slavery anywhere in their supply chain though.

Here’s how they explain it on their site:

<p…Read more

]]> 4059ddb38450d414ca0688f3d7d433df Will_C replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching/page/7/#post-66304 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:53:04 +0000 I really liked Sweet Tooth episode one. It has a nice 80s Spielberg vibe, family-oriented but still with a bite. I’m watching it with my wife so it’ll be a slow-paced watch as we work around her schedule but I’m very excited to see where it goes. It’s a good sign the pilot covered so much plot ground. I honestly thought it’d be like 3 episodes til…Read more

]]> 882d0d91042f949b998eadd090e83040 Will_C replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: the sequel in the forum Movies, TV and other media http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-the-sequel/page/4/#post-66197 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:33:40 +0000 Money well spent!

]]> 3b0cfea23c470b8caf6defd6f8ba927b Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-66169 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:48:15 +0000 I was holding back because I read the issue a day early because I work at a comic shop.

The cameo I’m talking about is Kevin Feige. After Cyclops buys him a drink he asks Cyke to tell him his story. An obvious tease for X-Men in the MCU even though that’s not gonna be for like 4 or 5 years. I nearly threw the comic across the room, it was so…Read more

]]> 4274f4731b7e748c16a678a34f819787 Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-66136 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 03:01:13 +0000 Oh, I also read Marauders vol. 2. Even better than the first one. I love that Emma let the Morlocks vote on where to live (on her dime) and they chose a retirement village in Arizona. I hope Masque’s golf game improves.

]]> bcd5a176e794176e220d207a4bb1607f Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-66135 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 02:59:06 +0000 I read X of Swords twice so that tells you how good it is, Tini Howard’s Excalibur aside. And to be fair to her the penultimate issue she wrote is pretty decent.

Apocalypse’s backstory, plus the backstory of Krakoa and Arrako and the Arrako mutants’ time in Amenth, is fascinating and packed with emotion. This whole crossover really delivers as an…Read more

]]> 7a519fb045ef3fbc3cfb1435543b642f Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-65849 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 03:05:38 +0000 I’m almost done with X of Swords, it’s great and I’ll write something longer about it when I’m done, but man, I just have to say that you all are right, Tini Howard is not a good writer!

The Hickman co-written issues are great but her solo issues of Excalibur? Blech. The first one is all right but some things are a little unclear. Jamie Braddock…Read more

]]> 23db492ec41efca4c07c6c4bcfff3135 Will_C replied to the topic Hickman's X-Men - Dawn of X in the forum Comics talk http://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/hickmans-x-men-hox-pox-and-beyond/page/10/#post-65781 Sat, 05 Jun 2021 17:36:21 +0000 So… did Peter Milligan & Mike Allred’s The X-Cellent get canceled? I liked that Giant-Size X-Statix issue that was supposed to be the prelude to it.

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