'Final Crisis' Preview Debuts

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Wed May 7, 2008 — by Rick Marshall

'Final Crisis' Preview Debuts

And by 'final,' we mean...

No matter how many times I hear about DC's upcoming event-to-end-all-events Final Crisis, I can't help saying its name to the tune of "The Final Countdown." Is there something wrong with me?

Moving on...

DC just sent word that EW.com has posted a five-page preview of... Wait for it...

IT'S THE FIN-AL CRI-SIS...

While that's all well and good, they've also posted a nice little drop-down Grant Morrison script for each of the pages. I dig it immensely -- especially since I didn't realize that a character was actually supposed to be looking over the shoulder of another character (and not at him) until I read it in the script.

I wonder how much stuff like that I miss every week. *sigh*

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Russ Rogers (5:48 PM on Wed May 7, 2008)

"It's the FINAL CRISIS!"

Hands down, this is one of the best versions I've ever seen of Europe's big hit: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jvn8wsIrHag

I took a look at the pages and script from the EW link. You are right, it's interesting to see Grant Morrison's script next to the finished page. Look at page five.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20198161_5,00.html

Morrison's script says, "Faceless, It's RENEE MONTOYA, the Question." and then later, "She wears a pair of sunglasses - and she has no face."

And there in the artwork, Renee Montoya HAS a face! This seems like a pretty big gaff. Especially when the dialog in the scene directly relates to it.

Turpin: "Didn't the Question used to be a guy?"

Does Turpin know that Montoya is the Question? Am I missing something? Shouldn't an editor or proof reader or something have caught this before it was published as the preview to ...THE FINAL CRISIS!

Rick Marshall (5:56 PM on Wed May 7, 2008)

Oh. My. God.

You win.

Greatest version of "Final Countdown" ever.

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