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imported>Lost Soul: /* Videos */

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	***For me, I prefer the videos simply because I'm too lazy to read them, which is awful, I know. By the way, is anyone here gonna be getting the big bumper comic book they're releasing, with all of the Season 1 GNs in? See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Chuck-Kim/dp/1845767063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-4434988-9656628?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194179827&sr=8-5 Amazon].--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 07:38, 4 November 2007 (EST)		***For me, I prefer the videos simply because I'm too lazy to read them, which is awful, I know. By the way, is anyone here gonna be getting the big bumper comic book they're releasing, with all of the Season 1 GNs in? See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Chuck-Kim/dp/1845767063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-4434988-9656628?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194179827&sr=8-5 Amazon].--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 07:38, 4 November 2007 (EST)
	****You mean the [[Graphic Novel Collection]]? $30 is a bit steep for something I can access online. Maybe somebody will get it for me for Christmas. :) -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:28, 4 November 2007 (EST)		****You mean the [[Graphic Novel Collection]]? $30 is a bit steep for something I can access online. Maybe somebody will get it for me for Christmas. :) -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:28, 4 November 2007 (EST)
	*****That's absolutely what I mean. I'm hoping to get it for my birthday or Christmas too, as the only GN I've read is It Takes A Village Parts 1-3 (and I saw [[Maya y Alejandro]] as a vid).--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 08:34, 4 November 2007 (EST)		*****That's absolutely what I mean. I'm hoping to get it for my birthday or Christmas too, as the only GN I've read is It Takes A Village Parts 1-3 (and I saw [[Maya y Alejandro]] as a vid). And does it really cost $30? Over here, we can get it on Amazon for about 10 pounds.--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 08:34, 4 November 2007 (EST)

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	***For me, I prefer the videos simply because I'm too lazy to read them, which is awful, I know. By the way, is anyone here gonna be getting the big bumper comic book they're releasing, with all of the Season 1 GNs in? See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Chuck-Kim/dp/1845767063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-4434988-9656628?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194179827&sr=8-5 Amazon].--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 07:38, 4 November 2007 (EST)		***For me, I prefer the videos simply because I'm too lazy to read them, which is awful, I know. By the way, is anyone here gonna be getting the big bumper comic book they're releasing, with all of the Season 1 GNs in? See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Chuck-Kim/dp/1845767063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-4434988-9656628?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194179827&sr=8-5 Amazon].--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 07:38, 4 November 2007 (EST)
	****You mean the [[Graphic Novel Collection]]? $30 is a bit steep for something I can access online. Maybe somebody will get it for me for Christmas. :) -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:28, 4 November 2007 (EST)		****You mean the [[Graphic Novel Collection]]? $30 is a bit steep for something I can access online. Maybe somebody will get it for me for Christmas. :) -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:28, 4 November 2007 (EST)
			*****That's absolutely what I mean. I'm hoping to get it for my birthday or Christmas too, as the only GN I've read is It Takes A Village Parts 1-3 (and I saw [[Maya y Alejandro]] as a vid).--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 08:34, 4 November 2007 (EST)

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: /* Videos */

2007-11-04T13:28:30Z

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	**I prefer the old fashioned way (since when is reading a comic book online "old fashioned"?), but I really enjoy checking out the animated versions too. There's something about seeing images that move and watching it set to music. Plus, you can see the full, unobstructed art for a few moments without the text boxes getting in the way. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 00:36, 4 November 2007 (EDT)		**I prefer the old fashioned way (since when is reading a comic book online "old fashioned"?), but I really enjoy checking out the animated versions too. There's something about seeing images that move and watching it set to music. Plus, you can see the full, unobstructed art for a few moments without the text boxes getting in the way. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 00:36, 4 November 2007 (EDT)
	***For me, I prefer the videos simply because I'm too lazy to read them, which is awful, I know. By the way, is anyone here gonna be getting the big bumper comic book they're releasing, with all of the Season 1 GNs in? See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Chuck-Kim/dp/1845767063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-4434988-9656628?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194179827&sr=8-5 Amazon].--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 07:38, 4 November 2007 (EST)		***For me, I prefer the videos simply because I'm too lazy to read them, which is awful, I know. By the way, is anyone here gonna be getting the big bumper comic book they're releasing, with all of the Season 1 GNs in? See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Chuck-Kim/dp/1845767063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-4434988-9656628?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194179827&sr=8-5 Amazon].--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 07:38, 4 November 2007 (EST)
			****You mean the [[Graphic Novel Collection]]? $30 is a bit steep for something I can access online. Maybe somebody will get it for me for Christmas. :) -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:28, 4 November 2007 (EST)

imported>Lost Soul: /* Videos */

2007-11-04T12:38:10Z

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	* I checked them out back when they were first introduced for one of the Golden Handshake novels. Not a bad concept, but I think I prefer to read them the old fashioned way cause the animation tends to jump on my slow computer. If they made it into a cartoon, or added a variable delay, I might like the animated videos more.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 19:14, 3 November 2007 (EDT)		* I checked them out back when they were first introduced for one of the Golden Handshake novels. Not a bad concept, but I think I prefer to read them the old fashioned way cause the animation tends to jump on my slow computer. If they made it into a cartoon, or added a variable delay, I might like the animated videos more.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 19:14, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
	**I prefer the old fashioned way (since when is reading a comic book online "old fashioned"?), but I really enjoy checking out the animated versions too. There's something about seeing images that move and watching it set to music. Plus, you can see the full, unobstructed art for a few moments without the text boxes getting in the way. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 00:36, 4 November 2007 (EDT)		**I prefer the old fashioned way (since when is reading a comic book online "old fashioned"?), but I really enjoy checking out the animated versions too. There's something about seeing images that move and watching it set to music. Plus, you can see the full, unobstructed art for a few moments without the text boxes getting in the way. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 00:36, 4 November 2007 (EDT)
			***For me, I prefer the videos simply because I'm too lazy to read them, which is awful, I know. By the way, is anyone here gonna be getting the big bumper comic book they're releasing, with all of the Season 1 GNs in? See [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heroes-Chuck-Kim/dp/1845767063/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/202-4434988-9656628?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194179827&sr=8-5 Amazon].--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 07:38, 4 November 2007 (EST)

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: /* Videos */

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	I just found that on the NBC website you can view the S2 Graphic Novels as videos... like a slideshow. It's very cool. I was just wondering if there's anyone else who reads the novels in this way?--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 17:03, 3 November 2007 (EDT)		I just found that on the NBC website you can view the S2 Graphic Novels as videos... like a slideshow. It's very cool. I was just wondering if there's anyone else who reads the novels in this way?--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 17:03, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
	* I checked them out back when they were first introduced for one of the Golden Handshake novels. Not a bad concept, but I think I prefer to read them the old fashioned way cause the animation tends to jump on my slow computer. If they made it into a cartoon, or added a variable delay, I might like the animated videos more.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 19:14, 3 November 2007 (EDT)		* I checked them out back when they were first introduced for one of the Golden Handshake novels. Not a bad concept, but I think I prefer to read them the old fashioned way cause the animation tends to jump on my slow computer. If they made it into a cartoon, or added a variable delay, I might like the animated videos more.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 19:14, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
			**I prefer the old fashioned way (since when is reading a comic book online "old fashioned"?), but I really enjoy checking out the animated versions too. There's something about seeing images that move and watching it set to music. Plus, you can see the full, unobstructed art for a few moments without the text boxes getting in the way. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 00:36, 4 November 2007 (EDT)

imported>MiamiVolts: /* Videos */ Re: animated

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	== Videos ==		== Videos ==

	I just found that on the NBC website you can view the S2 Graphic Novels as videos... like a slideshow. It's very cool. I was just wondering if there's anyone else who reads the novels in this way?--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 17:03, 3 November 2007 (EDT)		I just found that on the NBC website you can view the S2 Graphic Novels as videos... like a slideshow. It's very cool. I was just wondering if there's anyone else who reads the novels in this way?--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 17:03, 3 November 2007 (EDT)
			* I checked them out back when they were first introduced for one of the Golden Handshake novels. Not a bad concept, but I think I prefer to read them the old fashioned way cause the animation tends to jump on my slow computer. If they made it into a cartoon, or added a variable delay, I might like the animated videos more.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 19:14, 3 November 2007 (EDT)

imported>Lost Soul: New section: Videos

2007-11-03T21:03:47Z

New section: Videos

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	* NBC's use of the term is a stretch, but not a huge one. "Graphic novel" in reference to ''any'' comic book, not just the good ol' long format ones, isn't all that uncommon when people are too pretentious to say "comic book" (like a lot of academic articles). Unfortunately, since that what they've elected to call them, we're kind of stuck with it. But I totally agree: six pages do not a novel make.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 18:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)		* NBC's use of the term is a stretch, but not a huge one. "Graphic novel" in reference to ''any'' comic book, not just the good ol' long format ones, isn't all that uncommon when people are too pretentious to say "comic book" (like a lot of academic articles). Unfortunately, since that what they've elected to call them, we're kind of stuck with it. But I totally agree: six pages do not a novel make.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 18:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)
	**Oh, those boys over at NBC, they're just redefining the medium, aren't they, the li'l' radicals! ''Revolutionary''! I do love the GNs, but would actually prefer to see them released once a month with a lot more content. Maybe when I'm rich and famous ... — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 19:03, 2 February 2007 (EST)		**Oh, those boys over at NBC, they're just redefining the medium, aren't they, the li'l' radicals! ''Revolutionary''! I do love the GNs, but would actually prefer to see them released once a month with a lot more content. Maybe when I'm rich and famous ... — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 19:03, 2 February 2007 (EST)

			== Videos ==

			I just found that on the NBC website you can view the S2 Graphic Novels as videos... like a slideshow. It's very cool. I was just wondering if there's anyone else who reads the novels in this way?--{{User:Lost Soul/sig}} 17:03, 3 November 2007 (EDT)

imported>Ryangibsonstewart: /* Contextual Definition */

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	We may need to better define the phrase "Graphic Novel" as it pertains to this context, cuz I'm confoozled. Can someone explain to me please why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel Graphic Novel] is now being used to refer to a pdf file consisting of the equivalent of half a dozen comic book pages? What's been produced thus far for the NBC website, which is being called graphic novels plural, is barely enough to constitute a single graphic novel. Granted I'm just an old poot, but "DarkKnight Returns" was a graphic novel. Watchmen was a graphic novel. I don't know what it is that's being called graphic novels now, but there needs to be a new word for this cuz this is just silly. If I wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper, I couldn't call it the sports section. Y'know whut ah mean? -- [[User:ZachsMind\|ZachsMind]] 18:27, 2 February 2007 (EST)		We may need to better define the phrase "Graphic Novel" as it pertains to this context, cuz I'm confoozled. Can someone explain to me please why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel Graphic Novel] is now being used to refer to a pdf file consisting of the equivalent of half a dozen comic book pages? What's been produced thus far for the NBC website, which is being called graphic novels plural, is barely enough to constitute a single graphic novel. Granted I'm just an old poot, but "DarkKnight Returns" was a graphic novel. Watchmen was a graphic novel. I don't know what it is that's being called graphic novels now, but there needs to be a new word for this cuz this is just silly. If I wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper, I couldn't call it the sports section. Y'know whut ah mean? -- [[User:ZachsMind\|ZachsMind]] 18:27, 2 February 2007 (EST)
	* NBC's use of the term is a stretch, but not a huge one. "Graphic novel" in reference to ''any'' comic book, not just the good ol' long format ones, isn't all that uncommon when people are too pretentious to say "comic book" (like a lot of academic articles). Unfortunately, since that what they've elected to call them, we're kind of stuck with it. But I totally agree: six pages do not a novel make.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 18:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)		* NBC's use of the term is a stretch, but not a huge one. "Graphic novel" in reference to ''any'' comic book, not just the good ol' long format ones, isn't all that uncommon when people are too pretentious to say "comic book" (like a lot of academic articles). Unfortunately, since that what they've elected to call them, we're kind of stuck with it. But I totally agree: six pages do not a novel make.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 18:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)
			**Oh, those boys over at NBC, they're just redefining the medium, aren't they, the li'l' radicals! ''Revolutionary''! I do love the GNs, but would actually prefer to see them released once a month with a lot more content. Maybe when I'm rich and famous ... — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 19:03, 2 February 2007 (EST)

imported>Hardvice at 23:38, 2 February 2007

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	We may need to better define the phrase "Graphic Novel" as it pertains to this context, cuz I'm confoozled. Can someone explain to me please why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel Graphic Novel] is now being used to refer to a pdf file consisting of the equivalent of half a dozen comic book pages? What's been produced thus far for the NBC website, which is being called graphic novels plural, is barely enough to constitute a single graphic novel. Granted I'm just an old poot, but "DarkKnight Returns" was a graphic novel. Watchmen was a graphic novel. I don't know what it is that's being called graphic novels now, but there needs to be a new word for this cuz this is just silly. If I wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper, I couldn't call it the sports section. Y'know whut ah mean? -- [[User:ZachsMind\|ZachsMind]] 18:27, 2 February 2007 (EST)		We may need to better define the phrase "Graphic Novel" as it pertains to this context, cuz I'm confoozled. Can someone explain to me please why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel Graphic Novel] is now being used to refer to a pdf file consisting of the equivalent of half a dozen comic book pages? What's been produced thus far for the NBC website, which is being called graphic novels plural, is barely enough to constitute a single graphic novel. Granted I'm just an old poot, but "DarkKnight Returns" was a graphic novel. Watchmen was a graphic novel. I don't know what it is that's being called graphic novels now, but there needs to be a new word for this cuz this is just silly. If I wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper, I couldn't call it the sports section. Y'know whut ah mean? -- [[User:ZachsMind\|ZachsMind]] 18:27, 2 February 2007 (EST)
			* NBC's use of the term is a stretch, but not a huge one. "Graphic novel" in reference to ''any'' comic book, not just the good ol' long format ones, isn't all that uncommon when people are too pretentious to say "comic book" (like a lot of academic articles). Unfortunately, since that what they've elected to call them, we're kind of stuck with it. But I totally agree: six pages do not a novel make.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 18:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)

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	We may need to better define the phrase "Graphic Novel" as it pertains to this context, cuz I'm confoozled. Can someone explain to me please why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel Graphic Novel] is now being used to refer to a pdf file consisting of the equivalent of half a dozen comic book pages? What's been produced thus far for the NBC website, which is being called graphic novels plural, is barely enough to constitute a single graphic novel. Granted I'm just an old poot, but "DarkKnight Returns" was a graphic novel. Watchmen was a graphic novel. I don't know what it is that's being called graphic novels now, but there needs to be a new word for this cuz this is just silly. If I wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper, I couldn't call it the sports section. Y'know whut ah mean? -- [[User:ZachsMind\|ZachsMind]] 18:27, 2 February 2007 (EST)		We may need to better define the phrase "Graphic Novel" as it pertains to this context, cuz I'm confoozled. Can someone explain to me please why [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel Graphic Novel] is now being used to refer to a pdf file consisting of the equivalent of half a dozen comic book pages? What's been produced thus far for the NBC website, which is being called graphic novels plural, is barely enough to constitute a single graphic novel. Granted I'm just an old poot, but "DarkKnight Returns" was a graphic novel. Watchmen was a graphic novel. I don't know what it is that's being called graphic novels now, but there needs to be a new word for this cuz this is just silly. If I wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper, I couldn't call it the sports section. Y'know whut ah mean? -- [[User:ZachsMind\|ZachsMind]] 18:27, 2 February 2007 (EST)
	* NBC's use of the term is a stretch, but not a huge one. "Graphic novel" in reference to ''any'' comic book, not just the good ol' long format ones, isn't all that uncommon when people are too pretentious to say "comic book" (like a lot of academic articles). Unfortunately, since that what they've elected to call them, we're kind of stuck with it. But I totally agree: six pages do not a novel make.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 18:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)		* NBC's use of the term is a stretch, but not a huge one. "Graphic novel" in reference to ''any'' comic book, not just the good ol' long format ones, isn't all that uncommon when people are too pretentious to say "comic book" (like a lot of academic articles). Unfortunately, since that what they've elected to call them, we're kind of stuck with it. But I totally agree: six pages do not a novel make.--[[User:Hardvice\|Hardvice]] <small>[[User talk:Hardvice\|(talk)]]</small> 18:38, 2 February 2007 (EST)
			**Oh, those boys over at NBC, they're just redefining the medium, aren't they, the li'l' radicals! ''Revolutionary''! I do love the GNs, but would actually prefer to see them released once a month with a lot more content. Maybe when I'm rich and famous ... — [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>RyanGibsonStewart</font>]] ([[User talk:Ryangibsonstewart\|<font color=#0147FA>talk</font>]]) 19:03, 2 February 2007 (EST)