I think when I started reading he was a Durlan already. Why I liked it? Well I didn't care for the character until I found it he was secretly a durlan and Cham's father.
He was just a rich Santa Claus until I found that out.
The ramifications? In v4 they did some nice stories set around that fact. In L.E.G.I.O.N.? How can you not like it?!?!?!
Ok I can easily understand why you don't like it. But I liked it darn it!
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quote:Originally posted by Ultra Jorge: In L.E.G.I.O.N.? How can you not like it?!?!?!
That was one of the best L.E.G.I.O.N. issues (# 23 -- if you're reading this and you haven't yet read L.E.G.I.O.N. # 23, buy the back issue, it's cheap; heck, buy the first 51 issues of L.E.G.I.O.N.)
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I was indifferent to it until the Cham-invades-Khundia story line and its aftermath. Cham made an utterly stupid mistake because he couldn't adjust to the fact that his father was alive and had been close to him all these years. Then, R.J. accompanied him to Durla so Cham could get his powers back, and they finally bonded. Wonderful story.
I didn't like the idea of R.J. being the Durlan from L.E.G.I.O.N., though. That was a bit much.
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Hmm... R. J. Brande as Protean might have been interesting...
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R.J. Brande as Dynamo Boy. That would have *really* been interesting.
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quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: A Durlan? Yes
The Durlan? No
If your point is that THE Durlan was such a great character and that the Brande character was fine in very, very small chunks, well then, we agree. However I loved "the switch." I thought it clever even if I didn't like the resolution for Tinya. I thought that a bit of a cop-out and they never did follow through on the third body (did they?).
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quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: A Durlan? Yes
The Durlan? No
If your point is that THE Durlan was such a great character and that the Brande character was fine in very, very small chunks, well then, we agree. However I loved "the switch." I thought it clever even if I didn't like the resolution for Tinya. I thought that a bit of a cop-out and they never did follow through on the third body (did they?).
See, that's why I'm glad I stopped reading L.E.G.I.O.N. when I did. By the time the resolution happened, none of the original creators or editors were involved. In my mind, "the switch" stayed the way it was.
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Durlan Brande beats the heck out of crappy-foster-father Brande of the reboot.
His absence in this boot is palette-cleansing. If there's another version, and there's an RJ in it, the bitter taste of non-Durlan Brande will be washed away.
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I liked the idea of him possibly being the Martian Manhunter & starting the Legion as an homage to the JLA.
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I liked the idea RJ was a Durlan. It spiced up his character immensely and made for an interesting mini-series "Secrets of the Legion". I also enjoyed the story where he journeyed with Cham back to Durla (after the Great Darkness Saga).
The fact that RJ was Durlan who came to grips with the loss of his powers was not explored enough for me; only touched upon in the story mentioned above.
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