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Hello, and welcome to First Issues. Now the Weekly Show
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posts a daily ish about only the newest first issues
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released by insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be
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looking at the comics released for the week of October
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twenty second, twenty twenty five. You know, Terminator as a
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franchise is just fascinating, isn't it. I mean, there's been
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six movies and not even half of them were considered good.
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Although I will die on the hill that salvation should
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have been the direction of the franchise. One good TV show, apparently,
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some web series, tons of novels, video games, comics, crossovers.
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And yet, yes, before Genesis and Dark Fate, this was
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in two thousand and nine. It was only worth seventy
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million dollars. I know that's still a lot of money
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for a lot of people, but I mean, if you
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think about everything under that ip, that's a pittance. Man,
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That's barely the budget for a blockbuster movie. Now, yes,
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that has nothing to do with this comic, just something
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I wanted to say. So let's press on and talk
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about Out the Terminator. Metal Number one written by decland Salvey.
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Written by Declan Salvi and Rory mcconvill ar by Lorenzo Ray,
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colors by Colin Craker, with letters by Jeff Ecklberry. Do
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Do Do, Do, Do Do Do. Keep your friends close
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and your enemies closer. In the post apocalyptic future that
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follows Judgment Day, the shattered remnants of humanity must make
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use of every tool they can in their existential battle
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against the machines, and that includes the deadliest weapons the
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Skynet sends to annihilate them. For one member of the resistance,
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this means trusting his life to a reprogrammed Terminator trapped
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behind enemy lines. Of soldier and his repurpose Engine of
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Destruction must find a way to both survive and complete
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their mission, an undertaking with such a low probability of
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success that it could reboot the terminator back to its
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default setting. I should get into the actual issue plot,
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since it's basically a man and his T eight hundred
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Terminator on a mission, meeting a couple of people that
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engage with the fact that this is the early days
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of the terminators being reprogrammed, so there's a lot of
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mixed feelings about it, and then a bitter end that
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isn't really that surprising for anyone who's read robotic morality books.
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But honestly, it doesn't need to be shocking to hit
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fairly well here. Granted, it did hit harder for me
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because I didn't realize that the Metal series was going
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to be an anthology, so the ending being an ending
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actually worked here. However, I also see a lot of
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people on Lege of comic Geeks saying that the writing
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was bad and the art was terrible. I don't get
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the art one. As for the writing, I can agree
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that the characters aren't deep, but this is a one
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shot that isn't desired to have the deepest character. This
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isn't a character driven morality play. We don't need to
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know the entire life story of aim As to get
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why he's very anti Terminator in the Robot overl or
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bad Future, or why maybe Doctor Percy humanizing the metal
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Head that he reprogrammed would lead to a sad ending.
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But I'm not going to begrudge people who wanted more,
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and if this was meant to be an ongoing, I
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would absolutely be on that boat. But the characters still
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at least have character, so it's not just them being
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flat scans. We just don't have a history behind them,
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but that's not the point of the story. Seriously, one
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person complained that we don't know how he reprogrammed text,
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so the book must be bad. That's just dumb. Look,
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my verdict for this book is pretty simple, because it's
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a good anthology idea, so definitely pull it. Pull it
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means that it is worth reading for you to gauge
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for yourself, and since it's an anthology, you might as
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well put it on your pull lie. Since the next
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issue looks to be about a prison camp, I'm wondering
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if that's where they start doing the living tissue. However,
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I also really want to make a rant about how
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I hate the new blind bag variant thing that's going
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on and why a comic company like Dynamite, who has
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like twenty five variant covers per book, should really not
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get into that for my own pocket money's sake. But
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maybe I'm wrong. Let me know what your thoughts about
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this issue are over on Facebook at the Comic Archivist,
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Twitter at First Issues Now, or even on Blue Sky
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at ajacy does it all, don't forget to like, share, follow,
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and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
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important to continue doing these and while you're at it,
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check out the other podcast from carry On Production, like
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Killing fifteen minutes, Mithing fifteen minutes, and Blinking fifteen minutes.
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They're all pretty sweet in their own way, and more
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00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.920
than anything though, Stigold and Inklings
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Hello, and welcome to First Issues. Now the Weekly Show
2
00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.759
posts a daily ish about only the newest first issues
3
00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:10.720
released by insert comic company. Here this week, I'll be
4
00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:13.160
looking at the comics released for the week of October
5
00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:17.199
twenty second, twenty twenty five. You know, Terminator as a
6
00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:20.920
franchise is just fascinating, isn't it. I mean, there's been
7
00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.879
six movies and not even half of them were considered good.
8
00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:26.600
Although I will die on the hill that salvation should
9
00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.839
have been the direction of the franchise. One good TV show, apparently,
10
00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:34.840
some web series, tons of novels, video games, comics, crossovers.
11
00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.920
And yet, yes, before Genesis and Dark Fate, this was
12
00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:41.320
in two thousand and nine. It was only worth seventy
13
00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.520
million dollars. I know that's still a lot of money
14
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:46.759
for a lot of people, but I mean, if you
15
00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:50.880
think about everything under that ip, that's a pittance. Man,
16
00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:55.000
That's barely the budget for a blockbuster movie. Now, yes,
17
00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:57.399
that has nothing to do with this comic, just something
18
00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:59.719
I wanted to say. So let's press on and talk
19
00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:05.719
about Out the Terminator. Metal Number one written by decland Salvey.
20
00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:11.560
Written by Declan Salvi and Rory mcconvill ar by Lorenzo Ray,
21
00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:17.280
colors by Colin Craker, with letters by Jeff Ecklberry. Do
22
00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:21.920
Do Do, Do, Do Do Do. Keep your friends close
23
00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:26.599
and your enemies closer. In the post apocalyptic future that
24
00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.560
follows Judgment Day, the shattered remnants of humanity must make
25
00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.799
use of every tool they can in their existential battle
26
00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:37.760
against the machines, and that includes the deadliest weapons the
27
00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:42.079
Skynet sends to annihilate them. For one member of the resistance,
28
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:46.239
this means trusting his life to a reprogrammed Terminator trapped
29
00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.000
behind enemy lines. Of soldier and his repurpose Engine of
30
00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.159
Destruction must find a way to both survive and complete
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00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.200
their mission, an undertaking with such a low probability of
32
00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.439
success that it could reboot the terminator back to its
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00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:02.719
default setting. I should get into the actual issue plot,
34
00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:04.920
since it's basically a man and his T eight hundred
35
00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:08.479
Terminator on a mission, meeting a couple of people that
36
00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:10.680
engage with the fact that this is the early days
37
00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.800
of the terminators being reprogrammed, so there's a lot of
38
00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.439
mixed feelings about it, and then a bitter end that
39
00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:20.439
isn't really that surprising for anyone who's read robotic morality books.
40
00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.719
But honestly, it doesn't need to be shocking to hit
41
00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:26.719
fairly well here. Granted, it did hit harder for me
42
00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:29.240
because I didn't realize that the Metal series was going
43
00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.560
to be an anthology, so the ending being an ending
44
00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.960
actually worked here. However, I also see a lot of
45
00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.520
people on Lege of comic Geeks saying that the writing
46
00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.280
was bad and the art was terrible. I don't get
47
00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:44.800
the art one. As for the writing, I can agree
48
00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:47.719
that the characters aren't deep, but this is a one
49
00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.199
shot that isn't desired to have the deepest character. This
50
00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:54.240
isn't a character driven morality play. We don't need to
51
00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.639
know the entire life story of aim As to get
52
00:02:56.680 --> 00:03:00.199
why he's very anti Terminator in the Robot overl or
53
00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:04.240
bad Future, or why maybe Doctor Percy humanizing the metal
54
00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:07.840
Head that he reprogrammed would lead to a sad ending.
55
00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.879
But I'm not going to begrudge people who wanted more,
56
00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.120
and if this was meant to be an ongoing, I
57
00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:16.080
would absolutely be on that boat. But the characters still
58
00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:19.039
at least have character, so it's not just them being
59
00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:22.360
flat scans. We just don't have a history behind them,
60
00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:25.439
but that's not the point of the story. Seriously, one
61
00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:28.240
person complained that we don't know how he reprogrammed text,
62
00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:32.000
so the book must be bad. That's just dumb. Look,
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00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:34.319
my verdict for this book is pretty simple, because it's
64
00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:38.240
a good anthology idea, so definitely pull it. Pull it
65
00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.759
means that it is worth reading for you to gauge
66
00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.080
for yourself, and since it's an anthology, you might as
67
00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.000
well put it on your pull lie. Since the next
68
00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.639
issue looks to be about a prison camp, I'm wondering
69
00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:51.280
if that's where they start doing the living tissue. However,
70
00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.759
I also really want to make a rant about how
71
00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:56.159
I hate the new blind bag variant thing that's going
72
00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.319
on and why a comic company like Dynamite, who has
73
00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:02.759
like twenty five variant covers per book, should really not
74
00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:06.960
get into that for my own pocket money's sake. But
75
00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:09.680
maybe I'm wrong. Let me know what your thoughts about
76
00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.840
this issue are over on Facebook at the Comic Archivist,
77
00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:16.480
Twitter at First Issues Now, or even on Blue Sky
78
00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:19.639
at ajacy does it all, don't forget to like, share, follow,
79
00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.279
and do all the stuff that I'm being told is
80
00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.439
important to continue doing these and while you're at it,
81
00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:27.120
check out the other podcast from carry On Production, like
82
00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.920
Killing fifteen minutes, Mithing fifteen minutes, and Blinking fifteen minutes.
83
00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:34.680
They're all pretty sweet in their own way, and more
84
00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.920
than anything though, Stigold and Inklings
