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Post by foxley on May 4, 2021 3:11:52 GMT -5
This the cruelest 'Which one?' ever! It's like asking a parent to chose their favourite child. But as every parent secretly does have a favourite (no matter how much they deny it), I going with Zatanna. There is just something about that perfect combination of top hat, white tie, tails, waistcoat (or corset), fishnets and high heels.... I'll be in my bunk.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2021 23:01:54 GMT -5
Both. Everyone wins.
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Post by berkley on May 5, 2021 19:12:14 GMT -5
Zatanna
Tough call between Zatanna and Black Canary, but I think the bucanneer boots sported by the latter spoil that design a little for me. The Black Widow's fishnet costume never quite worked for me but I think it's something that could be revisited - it might be interesting to see what some modern artist could do with it.
BTW, Foxley: who's the artist on that image you posted at the top of this page?
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Post by foxley on May 5, 2021 19:57:51 GMT -5
ZatannaTough call between Zatanna and Black Canary, but I think the bucanneer boots sported by the latter spoil that design a little for me. The Black Widow's fishnet costume never quite worked for me but I think it's something that could be revisited - it might be interesting to see what some modern artist could do with it. BTW, Foxley: who's the artist on that image you posted at the top of this page? Alváro Martínez. It's from Detective Comics #958.
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Post by berkley on May 5, 2021 21:30:09 GMT -5
ZatannaTough call between Zatanna and Black Canary, but I think the bucanneer boots sported by the latter spoil that design a little for me. The Black Widow's fishnet costume never quite worked for me but I think it's something that could be revisited - it might be interesting to see what some modern artist could do with it. BTW, Foxley: who's the artist on that image you posted at the top of this page? Alváro Martínez. It's from Detective Comics #958.
Is that pretty recent - 2000s or later? Looks like he took inspiration from the Gray Morrow version, which is nice to see.
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Post by foxley on May 6, 2021 2:33:18 GMT -5
Alváro Martínez. It's from Detective Comics #958.
Is that pretty recent - 2000s or later? Looks like he took inspiration from the Gray Morrow version, which is nice to see. 2017. One of the new generation of artists coming through, but I quite like his work.
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Post by brutalis on May 10, 2021 21:58:38 GMT -5
Oy, one of those mornings where you just start off behind and can't quite catch up. So here is this weeks Which One, late but still here. Which One are you, wake up before the alarm goes off or roll over and turn it off for those extra few minutes? Talking about the regular work/life routine, not exceptions to the rule.
Bonus points for your day off, do you awaken at the "normal" get ready for work time or sleep in (meaning anything more than an hour)?
I am always awake before my alarm goes off. Unless I am ill or up late for an emergency. On weekends the mental wakeup call/alarm goes off in my head. Sometimes I can ignore it for an extra 20-40 minutes dozing off, but usually will go ahead and get out of bed. Especially during the hot summer months of Arizona as you want to get things done early since by 10am it is already in the 90-100 degree temperatures. Everything done by 11am at the latest so you can hide inside under the air conditioner doing as little as possible!
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2021 22:10:39 GMT -5
I wake up with the alarm, but don't turn it off for a few extra minutes. A trick I needed in my youth that I still use today is that the alarm clock is across the room for me, so I have to get up to turn it off, therefore no hitting snooze for those few extra minutes. I usually do not wake up before the alarm. I sleep with a C-Pap for sleep apnea and if I am in a deep sleep, it takes the alarm to wake me. But as I used to work nights for the past 13 years, I usually did not need to set an alarm as I was up and out of bed earlier in the day than I needed to be up just to go to work. The only exception was Fridays, when I worked a split shift, and had to be up to be in earlier, so I always used the alarm then. For the past few weeks, I haven't been working and haven't set an alarm except on the days I had early doctor's appointments, but I have been going to bed and getting up earlier than when I was working nights. My sleep pattern is starting to shift back to a normal schedule now, so I am no longer up until the wee hours of the night unwinding after work.
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Post by foxley on May 11, 2021 2:49:35 GMT -5
I am not a morning person. Never have been. I need the alarm to wake me and, while I don't hit snooze, there have been too many occasions to count where I have fallen asleep while the radio is still blaring. Come the weekend, the alarm is switched off and sleep in--sometimes till noon.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 11, 2021 8:06:44 GMT -5
Oy, one of those mornings where you just start off behind and can't quite catch up. So here is this weeks Which One, late but still here. Which One are you, wake up before the alarm goes off or roll over and turn it off for those extra few minutes? Talking about the regular work/life routine, not exceptions to the rule. Bonus points for your day off, do you awaken at the "normal" get ready for work time or sleep in (meaning anything more than an hour)? I am always awake before my alarm goes off. Unless I am ill or up late for an emergency. On weekends the mental wakeup call/alarm goes off in my head. Sometimes I can ignore it for an extra 20-40 minutes dozing off, but usually will go ahead and get out of bed. Especially during the hot summer months of Arizona as you want to get things done early since by 10am it is already in the 90-100 degree temperatures. Everything done by 11am at the latest so you can hide inside under the air conditioner doing as little as possible! Both!!! I always wake up before the alarm and rejoice in knowing I have a few more minutes to sleep. When it does go off, I hit the off button... and still get a few extra Zs before getting up (usually within 5 or ten minutes). Who said you can't have your cake and eat it too?
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Post by The Captain on May 11, 2021 8:16:32 GMT -5
Before always. I don't currently set an alarm (except for Sundays) at thks time, but when I did when I was at my last job, I might have made it to the alarm once a month MAYBE.
Even if I do make it to the alarm, I never hit snooze. I trained my body back when I was a restaurant manager years ago that when the alarm goes off, I get out of bed and get moving. First off, I am not going to fall back asleep for 10 minutes, and secondly, there have been too many instances with friends and coworkers where I've heard "I thought I hit snooze, but I accidentally turned the alarm off and overslept by an hour".
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Post by Rob Allen on May 11, 2021 11:16:27 GMT -5
When I've had enough sleep, I wake up before the alarm. When I haven't, I sleep right thru the alarm unless it's really loud.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 11, 2021 11:32:52 GMT -5
Both!!! I always wake up before the alarm and rejoice in knowing I have a few more minutes to sleep. When it does go off, I hit the off button... and still get a few extra Zs before getting up (usually within 5 or ten minutes). Who said you can't have your cake and eat it too? That's kind of how I am. I have two alarms; 5:30 am for get up actually be productive, eat and get off early to work and beat rush hour and then 6:15 am for I shouldn't have stayed up that late and drank all that beer last night. But which ever alarm I wake up to, I immediately turn it off and get out of bed. No lingering.
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Post by brutalis on May 17, 2021 8:29:31 GMT -5
So Which shall it be for you? Classic Doctor Who or New Doctor Who? Both have their plus and both have their minus for fans. I have to choose old school on a special effects budget of $1.50 where imagination and creativity delivered thrills, chills, killer salt/pepper shakers and jelly babies to us all.
My 1st Doctor was Jon Pertwee syndicated to American television in color shown at 5am on the Phoenix local independent station. I was hooked instantly waking up early every weekend for viewing it. Lasted 1 whole year here and that was it. Then it was years without, never knowing much else of the British show until PBS imported the Tom Baker era to weekly half hour showings at 4pm Monday through Friday with repeating at 10pm and Saturday nights a 2 hour block from 10pm to midnight. Baker mania hit the US hard and now there was Whovian stuff and information like never before.
Which Who for you?
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Post by The Captain on May 17, 2021 8:58:57 GMT -5
It's New Who for me. Being American, I really didn't grow up with Doctor Who as a regular part of my childhood; it was on PBS, but it just seemed weird. I didn't even really get introduced to it until David Tennant's turn as The Doctor when I stumbled across it on cable on the BBC America channel. Watched all of his seasons, as well as Matt Smith's and Peter Capaldi's, then went back and bought the Chris Eccleston series (which came in a set with the Tennant years) so I could watch them. Haven't seen the Jodie Whitaker series yet, because we dropped cable and then Doctor Who moved to HBO Max or Now or whatever.
My ranking of "new" Doctors, with companions, in order of how much I enjoy them: 1. Matt Smith with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill 2. David Tennant with Freema Agyeman 3. Peter Capaldi with Jenna Louise Coleman 4. Matt Smith with Jenna Louise Coleman 5. David Tennant with Catherine Tate 6. David Tennant with Billie Piper 7. Peter Capaldi with Pearl Mackie (only watched this series once, however, so this could change) 8. Chris Eccleston with Billie Piper
I just don't like Rose Tyler, as her character is awful, her mother is awful, and Mickey is awful; she just basically all-around annoys the crap out of me. Billie Piper is good in other roles I've seen her in, but I can't stand this character (although there are a few episodes, like "The Girl in the Fireplace" that I really enjoy, but it's in spite of her, not because of her).
My older daughter watches Classic Who on Pluto TV and enjoys it, but I just can't get into it. It reminds me too much of the kind of stuff that MST3K and RiffTrax tear apart, and I spend my entire time watching it coming up with things in my head that I would say if I were riffing on it.
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