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Derek Quinzel
03-07-2003, 04:09 PM
Just wondering. Why is the place called New Gotham instead of Gotham city?
jaguarin
03-07-2003, 04:34 PM
Becouse the old one was destroyed by the earthquake...
SevenSlave
03-07-2003, 05:01 PM
Read the Batman (graphic?) novel "No Man's Land".

It will tell the whole story. :)
MUZBNUTS
03-07-2003, 05:34 PM
Beat me to the punch SevenSlave - I was just gonna send them to "No Man's Land"
darkphoenix
03-07-2003, 05:51 PM
I happen to like Gotham City instead of New Gotham...I don't know why.
Dark Empress
03-07-2003, 11:51 PM
gotham city in the batman tv show is just LA, new gotham is individual and much better
HUNTER
03-08-2003, 07:25 AM
alot of people complained at the the start saying they hated that they called it new gotham. i like that idea o i think new gotham sounds cool
DrayvensCrow
03-08-2003, 09:08 AM
MUZBNUTS and SevenSlave, don't forget about the two arcs before NML. So many in Gotham died in those two, they probibly would have had to condemn most of the city anyway.
jaguarin
03-08-2003, 09:41 AM
I think that the writers try to separate the history of batman and birds of pray, two different ages.
Derek Quinzel
03-09-2003, 12:52 PM
How much is No Mans Land? Is it at comic book stores or could I get it from BarnsnNoble?
DrayvensCrow
03-11-2003, 11:52 PM
Originally posted by Derek Quinzel
How much is No Mans Land? Is it at comic book stores or could I get it from BarnsnNoble?

You can get it there, and you can get all 5 vols. for about $45. It is kinda 'spensive, Lucy. :p
StoyBoy720
03-12-2003, 01:19 PM
NML's a good series, I think BN's got all five, I know Amazon.com's only got 3 and 4, as well as the novel adaptation, which is a lot easier to find.

As a side note, I always though New Gotham was fitting even before they explained the name change. I mean The New Gotham we've seen is nothing like any other Batman's representation of Gotham City, which is supposed to have this old Gothic architechture with a bunch of high-rises and older style cars, the traditional Gotham City has almost an air of timelessness to it, while on BOP it's obviously a very modern 2002/2003 styled city.
StoyBoy720
03-12-2003, 01:20 PM
And if you're serious about he comics, don't forget "Cataclysm" which features the earthquake itself, and "Contagion" which came before that, but I warn you "Contagion" is all but impossible to find, even online, unless you're willing to buy from a scalper.
MetaRommie
03-22-2003, 05:48 AM
I prefer New Gotham over Old Gotham City I mean well like stoyboy said bout the timelessness it gets a bit old after awhile but New Gotham its like a totally different world, a new place for us to explore but heres a good question how come they still call it Gotham City in the comics?
Jesse321
03-22-2003, 11:13 AM
They mentioned it in one of the spisdoes ... I beleive it was the pilot .. that New Gotham was built over Old Gatham after the Earthquake ... I think its when Dinah was looking for Huntress underground.
StoyBoy720
03-22-2003, 12:05 PM
It was Gladiatrix.
DrayvensCrow
03-23-2003, 07:31 AM
Jesse----Ep.-Gladiatrix
SB- remember about re-issue of tpb's coming up?
Meta-continuity. That would be like saying "New Metropolis" in Supes' books....
StoyBoy720
03-24-2003, 01:23 AM
?

Sorry for seeming dumb, I'm still kinda new to the whole comics thing myself
DrayvensCrow
03-24-2003, 07:08 AM
Originally posted by StoyBoy720
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Sorry for seeming dumb, I'm still kinda new to the whole comics thing myself

The Trade paperbacks(better known as collections of certain stories in one book) for Cataclysym and Contaigion(sorry late night working, i'm tired) are being reissued. May, I think....
StoyBoy720
03-24-2003, 10:20 AM
No no no, I meant "meta-continuity." sorry bout that lil confusion there
DrayvensCrow
03-24-2003, 06:01 PM
Meta(Rommie)----continuity. Sorry, didn't have enough sleep when I posted that time!:D
StoyBoy720
03-24-2003, 08:32 PM
OOOOOOoooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
serenitysea
04-08-2003, 04:08 PM
If you want to read the story - sans a few details - and save some money, the BOOK No Man's Land is out, by Greg Rucka.

It's good and there's a few scenes in there that are rather funny.

It's also told from Barbara/Oracle's point of view.
BlacCanary124
04-08-2003, 08:34 PM
If you saw the Gotham City in the Batman Movies it looks exactly like New York City. It even has a statue of liberty.
BlacCanary124
04-08-2003, 08:36 PM
I read the No Man's Land from the library, and then I bought it because it was so good. Oracle curses a lot. "Hindsight, it's a bitch ain't it?" ---line from Babs.
serenitysea
04-08-2003, 10:04 PM
I remember that line...

I loved the scene when Dick and Tim arrive, and then when Batman lands next to them.

"Think he's gonna show?"

"He'll show."

"I already have."
DBZ_EXP
04-09-2003, 02:59 PM
It's NG because most of the city had to be rebuilt after NML