I hate, with every molecule of my being, Michael Bay's attempts at making a "Transformers" movie. I think you know why that's in quotes. But I like with just as much fervor Armageddon and both Bad Boys and Bad Boys II. Even if Michael Bay managed to overcome what Martin Campbell did to Green Lantern for the general public, he and I would still be mortal rivals. Though goddamn does he still have a great head of hair.
Speaking of Green Lantern, Josh Fialkov has left Green Lantern Corps and Red Lanterns before he even wrote an issue. This is disappointing for two reasons: 1. Fialkov is a great writer and someone that can really distinguish the post-Geoff Johns landscape of the book. 2. He was going to borrow some things from the cancelled-too-soon Green Lantern: Animated Series, which is very much a definitive version of the mythos.
Fialkov cited "creative differences" as the reason he's leaving. A rumor said its because DC wants to kill John Stewart (the black Green Lantern, not the fake news guy) and Fialkov wasn't having it. The bottom line is that DC needs to get their shit together. Fialkov joins James Robinson, Nick Spencer and most recently Andy Diggle as creators who barely got an issue in before leaving a book. Not to mention the Gail Simone Batgirl debacle.
No matter the reasons this trend keeps happening, DC is losing the PR battle. Those are some damn good writers. Writers that can easily get work at other companies or who are talented enough to subsist on creator-owned work.
DC needs to work on their consistency and being a publisher that a fan can rely on from issue to issue. Someone upstairs keeps making bad decisions and it needs to stop.
On a more pleasant note, don't forget McSoss has a podcast now. You can find it at mcsoss.podomatic.com and on iTunes.
-Gint
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