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Author Topic: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)  (Read 109532 times)

Offline Predatorpt

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #60 on: May 26, 2014, 12:50:27 AM »
Ok, a couple of Weird Comics that I'm reading and that I really like:

Über - http://www.comcav.net/collections/uber

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Über is an Anglo-American comic book series written by British author Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Canaan White and Gabriel Andrade. It is published monthly by Avatar Press, which released the first issue in April 2013.[1] The comic depicts an alternate World War II in which the Third Reich develops powerful superhuman soldiers in 1945, preventing its imminent defeat and forcing the Allied nations to counter with superhumans of their own. The series is notable for its extreme violence, its depiction of wartime moral ambiguity, and the major roles it gives to historical figures such as Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Heinz Guderian.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cber_(comics)

My main problem with that book isn't the "extreme violence" but with the drawings - the guy who does most of the cover - Gabriel Andrade - is way better than the main artist, Canaan White. Starting on number 12, Gabriel will be the guy doing this arc of stories, so I can't complaint anymore.

The Royals: Masters of War - http://www.vertigocomics.com/browse?series=312646&content_type=comic

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The year is 1940. As the Blitz destroys London and kills thousands, the Royal Family looks on. But in this world, the only people with special abilities are Royalty, and the purer the bloodline, the greater their abilities. So why don’t they stop the carnage with their powers? A truce between the Earth’s nobles has kept them out of our wars—until now. When England’s Prince Henry can take no more and intervenes, will it stop the planet’s suffering or take it to another level?

Nothing wrong with this one, I can only praise the art and the story. The Battle of Midway in this last number was just awesome...

Wunderwaffen (French comic) - http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-32191-BD-Wunderwaffen.html

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In the summer of 1946 the war still rages in Europe after the surprise failure of the Normandy landings. Strange, revolutionary jets nicknamed WUNDERWAFFEN now defend Germany and the Allies race to halt what has become an aerial slaughter.

Same problem that I have with Über - the drawings aren't that good, when it comes to the characters. All the planes/vehicles are perfect but the characters are just a mess. At first the story seems to be just a normal What-If, but these last number are getting weirder and weirder. My guess is that the big reveal will be....


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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #61 on: June 23, 2014, 08:39:47 PM »
Now I know why I have studied French. ;)
Just have to find how to get those comics, they look so good!

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #62 on: September 18, 2014, 02:08:41 AM »
Freebie on Amazon (mobi format) and lots of other sellers have the epub version :

Nazi Zombie Army: Gotterdammerung



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The Nazis, desperate for victory at all costs, explored every avenue open to science, including some long forgotten... and some best left dead. But what if they had succeeded?

In the obscure village of Totenstadt, a team of the Reich's best minds, under the terrible Colonel von Teufel, are blending technology and the occult to create a new and terrible weapon, to test the boundary between life and death itself.

Elite British snipers Joe Randall, George "Ginger" Gibbs and Harry Atkins are sent deep into enemy lines to locate and destroy the facility. The mission will test their courage - and their sanity - to the limits...

It's just 37 pages long advertising for the PC game...but hey...it's FREE! And it reminds me of Return to Castle Wolfestein...and it's got a villain named "Colonel Von Devil" (I hope I got the translation from German right  ;D). And did I said it's free?  ;)

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #63 on: September 21, 2014, 11:31:49 AM »
JSA: The Liberty Files
A 2-issue comic from DC Elseworlds: three US agents, the Bat, the Clock and the Owl, are trying to locate Jack the Grin, who has information on a secret Nazi superweapon.
It's mostly a pulp spy story and doesn't feature the war itself very much, but you've got superheroes & Hitler, so it definitely fits here. :) There's a neat version of the Scarecrow, which I'll probably use as an inspiration for a Nazi agent in my games. Plus does any one know if there are any minis of 1930/40s Batman-like superheroes? ;)

The comic has a sequel called JSA: The Unholy Three, which takes place in 1948 in Berlin, so it's not strictly weird war. The first issue is really nice, but the finale takes place in a rather anachronistic place, which I found annoying.

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #64 on: November 15, 2014, 06:52:48 PM »
I'm working on an actual honest-to-god update to this list (since it's like a year and a half old). I've been keeping my personal list up to date, it's just a matter of formatting it for this thread.

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #65 on: November 30, 2014, 04:59:06 PM »
I'll just leave this here...without any further comment  lol

P-51 Dragon Fighter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrlfjiZO2dc

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #66 on: December 18, 2014, 01:57:44 AM »
What I'm reading right now:

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The Suicide Exhibition: The Never War

WEWELSBURG CASTLE, 1940.

The German war machine has woken an ancient threat – the alien Vril and their Ubermensch have returned. Ultimate Victory in the war for Europe is now within the Nazis’ grasp.

ENGLAND, 1941

Foreign Office trouble shooter Guy Pentecross has stumbled into a conspiracy beyond his imagining – a secret war being waged in the shadows against a terrible enemy. The battle for Europe has just become the war for humanity.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Suicide-Exhibition-Never-War/dp/0091955963

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #67 on: January 31, 2015, 06:08:33 PM »
And a new Weird War movie:

http://youtu.be/PSIcvwRwAZ0

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Soldiers of the Damned is a new horror/thriller feature film brought to you by Blackdog Productions / Viking Film and Television.

It’s the Eastern Front, 1944. The Russians are pushing the German Army back through Romania. Major Kurt Fleischer, war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, is ordered to escort a female scientist into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic. As his men begin to disappear in strange circumstances Fleischer realises that the scientist is part of Himmler’s occult department and there is something in the forest that is far more deadly than the Russians.

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #68 on: February 01, 2015, 10:11:00 AM »
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Deep in the ice of the arctic, a team of geologists uncover an old Nazi laboratory still intact where dark experiments had occurred. In order to conquer the world - of course - the Nazis created modified sharks who were able to fly and whose riders are genetically mutated, undead super-humans.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3977848/



 lol lol lol

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #69 on: May 12, 2015, 08:42:08 PM »
Just found another interesting comic: Breath of Bones

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The giant clay monster from Jewish legend goes on a Nazi-killing rampage in order to protect the inhabitants of a small Jewish stronghold and an injured British pilot.


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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #70 on: May 12, 2015, 10:15:21 PM »
Nice find, Sarmor  :D

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #71 on: January 11, 2016, 09:38:08 PM »
Found another WWW2 comic, this time about US Paras fighting Nazi werewolves: Deadman's Land
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deadmans-Land/429102313832869

Sadly, IMO it's quite poorly drawn. Check for yourself:

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #72 on: May 31, 2016, 01:26:34 AM »
Just saw the Weird War movie I mentioned in January last year - Soldiers of the Damned - and I can only recommend it if you get it free. It's really a low-budget movie with lots of CGI blood. But at least the uniforms and the weapons look good  :?

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #73 on: May 31, 2016, 03:09:13 PM »
Seen it a couple weeks ago... I liked the second half, with the artefact and its effects. Otherwise it was bad (especially the acting and the SS characters), but it wasn't the worst weird war film I saw.

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Re: Weird War II read/watch/play list (updated 3/22/13)
« Reply #74 on: May 31, 2016, 06:25:35 PM »
Seen it a couple weeks ago... I liked the second half, with the artefact and its effects. Otherwise it was bad (especially the acting and the SS characters), but it wasn't the worst weird war film I saw.

The story itself, with all those time-travel twists is interesting but. like you said, the acting is very bad. And the sound was weird, with the music blaring during the action scenes. It wasn't "the" worst movie but it was one of the worst.  :(

 

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