Talk:100 Bullets

Assessment
It's well written, is split into sub-articles well in keeping with summary style guidance, but lacks references and detail on the books impact. I haven't rated the importance because I don't think this book has impacted in any way upon the medium. Hiding Talk 20:26, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

God bless you, Mr. Nimoy
Historians grit their teeth every time someone alludes to the "mystery of the Roanoke colony". There is no mystery deeper than the exact date that the colonists decided to abandon the stockade and live among the natives. The notion that this was a desperation move is exasperatingly Euro-centric. The surrounding Indians were not bloodthirsty savages, nor were resources scarce. Life as a non-colonist was very tempting. In fact, English colonies eventually had to threaten deserters with death. No one at the time was all that shocked that the colony failed, nor did they much doubt why. Or even where the colonists went: nearby Croatan Island, which they'd indicated before leaving.

NEVERTHELESS, the episode of "In Search Of" in which every last bit of balderdash and woo-woo speculation was trotted out for historically-naive viewers was ABSOLUTE GOLD. That was the spookiest work of pseudo-documentary until "The Blair Witch Project", and well deserves to be memorialized in a comic based on a revisionist history of Europe's secret societies.

Hey, if you can't get history right, you can at least make it thrilling.

Its a fictional conspiracy theory, which like all conspiracy theories, encompasses the element that you cant disprove it 100%. Like most yarns this one has a powerful secret society - powerful to cover the fact that they've been able to keep it under wraps and fool everyone, secret to cover the fact that no one believes it, (if its successful at being secretive than we arent suppose to have good evidence). obviously you have to look at the circumstances and the source to judge the merit of these theories, but theres always that bit of "well if it is true then im not suppose to believe it" lingering around which makes these types of stories appealing, not necessarily because people don’t know their history, its suppose to be fiction after all.Philipgraves7 23:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

numbers in the title of trades
OK, I like the pun on the TPB names, where the number of the volume is stated or implied in the title. However, I can't figure out the third volume.


 * First Stop Last Call - 1st is in the title
 * Split Second Chance - 2nd is in the title
 * Hang up on the Hang Low - ???
 * A Foregone Conclusion - "Fore" is a homophone for 4
 * The Counterfifth Detective - 5th is in the title
 * Six Feet Under The Gun - 6 is in the title
 * Samurai - 7 is implied by the famous Akira Kurosawa movie The Seven Samurai
 * The Hard Way - "8 the hard way" is a common craps term

While some of the connections are a little weak (particularly 8), there is at least some reason there. Can anyone find the connection for the 3rd volume? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:27, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

It's possible they may not be trying too hardElijya 16:54, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

The third volume is an exception. This book contains the story arc, which is also titled "Hang Up on the High Low". Since this story won an Eisner Award, DC/Vertigo decided to emphasise the victory in the makrting by selecting the same title for the paperback edition. 14 November 2005 (Martin Ross)


 * Ahh... Damn publishers ruin everything. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:55, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * How about reading Hang up as the upper part of the number 3 and Hang low as the lower part, resulting in two hooks/hang(er)s tied together to form the "3"? -- Henning

how does vol.10 "decayed" fit into it?~sumguy

[b]dec[/b]=10(decade, got it?)~mulder


 * The newer volumes: "Once upon a crime" contains the word "once" which is eleven in spanish; "Dirty" refers to "the dirty dozen"; "Wilt" refers to Wilt Chamberlain, who wore the Jersey Number #13. -DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:35, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Separate Articles for Issues/Story Arcs and Characters/Trust/Minutemen?
I think these sections are really long enough to each warrant their own article. Does anyone really disagree? I think the info could be moved to 100 Bullets(Issues) and 100 Bullets(Characters), respectively.

Thanks. Toffile 15:20, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I have no opinion on the move, but if you do, the proper disambig titles would be 100 Bullets (issues) and List of characters in 100 Bullets. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:28, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

Since no one has seemed to mind, I'll move them...Toffile 04:19, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


 * 1)Frankly it seems a little strange, to move it off the page to its own page. While long has the page reached the 32k limit? 2) And the title "List of characters" seems too long. Even if we were going to do this, then wouldnt the originally suggested page name.. 100 Bullets(Characters) be better? Sunburst 20:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

"Plot" Subsections 2.2 and 2.4: Huh?
The quality of the article takes a strange downturn in subsections 2.2 and 2.4. There is a jolting change from a generalized, encyclopedic approach to the subject matter to a very specific approach that drops names of unidentified characters and vaguely addresses plot events as if we already know what the writer is talking about. Subsections 2.1 and 2.3 at least introduce their subject and discuss it with some limited clarity, but 2.2 and 2.4 are nearly gibberish to someone who hasn't read the comic. I think a rewrite is definitely needed here. It's all well and good if you're writing for fans who already know all the details, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. Canonblack 22:26, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Removed sections on Atlantic City, "Croatoa", and The Death of Mr. Shepherd, as they seemed to be confusing and unwarranted under this entry. Perhaps they would be a better fit under 100 Bullets (issues), but should be at least rewritten into a more cohesive and encyclopedic subsection. Slymole 9 January 2005

Revival of the game series?
With Acclaim coming back into power, the series apparently is coming back as well. An agreement has been made for PC and handheld verisons (DS? PSP?). And none of the old status of the game assets apparently are to be used. Looks promissing: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148880.html


 * That article is wrong. D3 does have the publishing rights; there has been no correct announcement as to release date or platforms. I wish I could say more, but both WP:COI and the terms of my employment prohibit it. SheffieldSteel 16:06, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyright notice
As stated here: 100 BULLETS is © 2003 Brian Azzarello. ™ DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. All comic related images uploaded to Wikipedia must be tagged accordingly (see Centralized discussion/Fair use and comics).


 * Just a note... not sure when the above was posted, but DC has this:

100 BULLETS | © Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, and DC Comics. ™ DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.


 * on their "COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES" page. - J Greb (talk) 00:44, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

last changes
I just made some changes where a user wrote a lote of bullshit.

first: 100 bullets isn't actually influenced by sin city.there are a lot of noir comics and influences.let's think wider, please.

second: conspiracy analogy TO DA VINCI CODE?c'mon, no sense.

I have removed the Tag "Spoiler Warning" from the beginning of the PLOT section. Frankly, it seemed a little silly- especially as the Plot section only details the premise of the series, and doesn't actually include any spoilers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cljohns (talk • contribs) 04:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Style??
The 'Style' section has no references. Azzarello has never stated that the comic is influenced from those films

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TV Adaptation
David S. Goyer is taking on 100 Bullets as a potential TV series. I hear Goyer is attached to write and executive produce a drama series project for Showtime based on the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book that published 100 issues between 1999 and 2009, all written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso.

It is a dark, noir-style story about the attempt by one man, the mysterious Agent Graves, to destroy a secret group of families that control most of the world's wealth and power, and it also poses a classic moral question, "If you could get away with murdering the person who ruined your life, would you do it?"

The self-contained storylines eventually blend into a sprawling crime saga where everything -- and everyone -- is connected as Graves takes on a multinational clandestine organization named The Trust.

On television, he has created/co-created the Blade series, Threshold and, most recently, Flash Forward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.106.31 (talk) 05:58, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
 * source URL, please. --Eaglestorm (talk) 00:25, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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