Comments on: All Together, Now? http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 18 May 2026 06:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Girl Detective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-783 Girl Detective Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:58:04 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107#comment-783 Erik, I just said I was considering it; I have yet to make the leap. There are a couple titles that I started reading in GN like Daredevil and Y the Last Man so I have continued with those, but am still reading single issues of everything else like 100 Bullets, Gotham Central, Queen and Country. I liked the GN of Ex MAchina so much that I picked up the subsequent single issues, though. The funny thing is that, unbeknownst to you, YOU were one of the reasons I started thinking about it, because Blogenheimer mentioned your thoughts on it. You make excellent points. I think if money and time were not scarce resources, I'd buy both. Buy the single issues as they came out, then re-read story arcs when they were collected. Given the sometimes considerable time lapses in releases for single issues, I often need to re-read as a reminder anyway. But since I don't have unlimited time and funds, I am swayed toward the collections more and more. Erik, I just said I was considering it; I have yet to make the leap. There are a couple titles that I started reading in GN like Daredevil and Y the Last Man so I have continued with those, but am still reading single issues of everything else like 100 Bullets, Gotham Central, Queen and Country. I liked the GN of Ex MAchina so much that I picked up the subsequent single issues, though. The funny thing is that, unbeknownst to you, YOU were one of the reasons I started thinking about it, because Blogenheimer mentioned your thoughts on it. You make excellent points. I think if money and time were not scarce resources, I’d buy both. Buy the single issues as they came out, then re-read story arcs when they were collected. Given the sometimes considerable time lapses in releases for single issues, I often need to re-read as a reminder anyway. But since I don’t have unlimited time and funds, I am swayed toward the collections more and more.

]]> By: Erik http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-780 Erik Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:59:11 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107#comment-780 Welcome to the club! I have recently made this resolution with comics. Factors that convinced me to wait for a GN collection over buying single issues were (a) no obnoxious ads every couple pages; (b) the GN was usually printed on better quality paper, and with the cover was in general a better physical product for handling during reading; (c) in some cases it cost less than the sum of the collected issues; and the one the really swayed me (d) GN collections often contain material that was not included in the single issues, such as story scripts, initial character sketches, writer introductions that provide more insight, or brief stories that originally appeared in other comics. Welcome to the club! I have recently made this resolution with comics. Factors that convinced me to wait for a GN collection over buying single issues were (a) no obnoxious ads every couple pages; (b) the GN was usually printed on better quality paper, and with the cover was in general a better physical product for handling during reading; (c) in some cases it cost less than the sum of the collected issues; and the one the really swayed me (d) GN collections often contain material that was not included in the single issues, such as story scripts, initial character sketches, writer introductions that provide more insight, or brief stories that originally appeared in other comics.

]]> By: Girl Detective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-775 Girl Detective Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:02:19 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107#comment-775 Tammy, I don't know where you ended with Buffy watching, but I wish I had only watched to the end of Season 5. Seasons 6 & 7 were painful diminishments of a show that I'd previously loved, and watching to the end still gave me no closure. If I'd stopped at the end of 5, I feel I would have had good closure to a good show. Tammy, I don’t know where you ended with Buffy watching, but I wish I had only watched to the end of Season 5. Seasons 6 & 7 were painful diminishments of a show that I’d previously loved, and watching to the end still gave me no closure. If I’d stopped at the end of 5, I feel I would have had good closure to a good show.

]]> By: Girl Detective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-774 Girl Detective Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:59:59 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107#comment-774 I doubt that they'll collect Life as we know it because of its low ratings and likely cancellation. There are a few newsbits here about it: http://www.tvtome.com/LifeasWeKnowIt/ Then again, the short-lived, low-rated and cancelled show Undeclared is going to be collected, supporting my idea that the good stuff gets collected. I doubt that they’ll collect Life as we know it because of its low ratings and likely cancellation. There are a few newsbits here about it:

http://www.tvtome.com/LifeasWeKnowIt/

Then again, the short-lived, low-rated and cancelled show Undeclared is going to be collected, supporting my idea that the good stuff gets collected.

]]> By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-773 carolyn Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:53:25 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107#comment-773 do you think they'll put out DVDs of 'life as we know it' ? do you think they’ll put out DVDs of ‘life as we know it’ ?

]]> By: Tammy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-772 Tammy Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:00:31 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=107#comment-772 I do this. I didn't have cable access and/or t.v. when the Sopranos were introduced, or Buffy or Alias. It was easier to get them in a lump and consume them like mad. I watched four seasons of Buffy in a month, got it out of my system, and moved on. I hate jumping into a series in the middle and this is a perfect solution. I do this. I didn’t have cable access and/or t.v. when the Sopranos were introduced, or Buffy or Alias. It was easier to get them in a lump and consume them like mad. I watched four seasons of Buffy in a month, got it out of my system, and moved on. I hate jumping into a series in the middle and this is a perfect solution.

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