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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 18:23:43 GMT -5
I can't get worked up for Age of Ultron at all. Wasn't this event due out in 2011 or so?
Has a major company event ever been held off for so long and then so obviously shoved into the current unrelated publishing schedule like this...?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 7, 2013 18:26:25 GMT -5
it should've just been an Avengers story. same with Secret Invasion, and just like how Fear Itself should've just been a Cap/Thor crossover. what the hell kind of stories are the guys writing them supposed to tell if they keep getting poached to be a big crossover? that's one of the main reasons Bendis' Avengers run had so much filler. every time he had a halfway decent idea (not often, mind you) it got turned into something that was made way bigger than it had any business being.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2013 18:29:12 GMT -5
See, that's what I thought it was going to be. But when it was announced he was getting the official send-off, AU would either disappear into the ether or be put out as a special event mini or something.
But a crossover.......gah.
Now I can only think of AU as a new CIVIL WAR (which itself was just supposed to be an internal Avengers event, suddenly blown out of proportion by Quesada, Millar and Co.)
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 7, 2013 18:38:00 GMT -5
oh god... I hope they don't start acting like this story is some brilliant polemic that justifies comics as an art form like they did with Civil War, too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2013 14:10:51 GMT -5
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Post by Legion on Mar 8, 2013 14:24:23 GMT -5
Ultron isnt really that big of a crossover. It just has a few minis and some cross over in a couple of the main line books.
I dont think it's everywhere
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 8, 2013 15:28:31 GMT -5
I don't know why they felt the need to clarify that last point. you'd have to be a total rube to think that would even remotely work any other way.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2013 16:16:26 GMT -5
I don't know why they felt the need to clarify that last point. you'd have to be a total rube to think that would even remotely work any other way. I can understand it actually. DC's all about keeping a quota of 52 books, so if a new ongoing is announced....the thought will cross the mind of some. Plus you know if they DIDN'T say it, naysayer fanboyz would probably assume the worst and go wild. Also, Busiek said back when the Wildstorm run ended that the next AC project would be published under the proper DC banner.
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Post by Alucard on Mar 8, 2013 22:45:29 GMT -5
I like the sound of that IDW X-Files title. I love their Ghostbusters one (Erik Burnham's, check it out!)
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 9, 2013 8:42:02 GMT -5
so, on a lark, I thumbed through the first Age of Ultron issue. I think I can sum it up like this;
"WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING!" "...Should we do something?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2013 9:06:29 GMT -5
so, on a lark, I thumbed through the first Age of Ultron issue. I think I can sum it up like this; "WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING!" "...Should we do something?" I like how Captain America sitting exhausted is code for "OH DEAR GOD ALMIGHTY THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS DOOMED DOOOOMED DOOOOOOOOMMMMMEED!!!!!!!" ....and by like, I mean "don't give a dung." I'm glad money that could be spent on holografx covered Age of Ultron comics is going toward New 52 DC stuff.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 9, 2013 9:18:55 GMT -5
I'm just confused. how the hell does an Ultron story NOT have Hank Pym at least in a prominent role if not be the main hero? that'd be like doing a story where Norman Osborn's the big bad but he gets taken down at the end by Iron Man and Captain America instead of Spider-man... oh wait.
I don't know what Bendis thinks he's accomplishing here. he keeps going on about how this is the greatest Ultron story ever but he must be delusional because Kurt Busiek already wrote it several years ago.
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Post by Legion on Mar 9, 2013 10:17:12 GMT -5
so, on a lark, I thumbed through the first Age of Ultron issue. I think I can sum it up like this; "WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING!" "...Should we do something?" I like how Captain America sitting exhausted is code for "OH DEAR GOD ALMIGHTY THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS DOOMED DOOOOMED DOOOOOOOOMMMMMEED!!!!!!!" ....and by like, I mean "don't give a dung." I'm glad money that could be spent on holografx covered Age of Ultron comics is going toward New 52 DC stuff. Yeah, best spend money on the universe that could be wiped out and restarted within 5 years........AGAIN. Both of the big comic companies do stupid things, lets not forget that.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Mar 9, 2013 10:28:11 GMT -5
I like how Captain America sitting exhausted is code for "OH DEAR GOD ALMIGHTY THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS DOOMED DOOOOMED DOOOOOOOOMMMMMEED!!!!!!!" ....and by like, I mean "don't give a dung." I'm glad money that could be spent on holografx covered Age of Ultron comics is going toward New 52 DC stuff. Yeah, best spend money on the universe that could be wiped out and restarted within 5 years........AGAIN. Both of the big comic companies do stupid things, lets not forget that. Don't let continuity make you it's bitch.
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Post by stinger on Mar 9, 2013 10:39:44 GMT -5
The Marvel hate around here gets ridiculous sometimes. I prefer it to DC but don't see the need to bash everything that DC does and will readily admit that there are some great books put out by DC, something that it seems some people refuse to acknowledge about Marvel.
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Post by Legion on Mar 9, 2013 12:04:49 GMT -5
Yeah, best spend money on the universe that could be wiped out and restarted within 5 years........AGAIN. Both of the big comic companies do stupid things, lets not forget that. Don't let continuity make you it's bitch. I'll be continuities bitch any day. No continuity, no point
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Post by Jiren on Mar 9, 2013 14:15:02 GMT -5
The Marvel hate around here gets ridiculous sometimes. I prefer it to DC but don't see the need to bash everything that DC does and will readily admit that there are some great books put out by DC, something that it seems some people refuse to acknowledge about Marvel. I'm not sure Marvel gets more hate than DC on here I think it's a case of More marvel readers than DC so their's more talking about Marvel, I think their's only around 3 DC readers on here (Me included). I really only mention the good stuff I read from DC, I'll gladly mention the bad (Teen Titans) to blance it out a little
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2013 15:50:38 GMT -5
I'm a huge Transformers fan, but I simply can't get into these comics. I picked up the new one with Overlord in it. It didn't really do anything for me.
I did like the Guardians of the Galaxy 0.1 though. I thought of picking up Age of Ultron, but passed on it since it's been getting so much hate.
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Post by Goldenbane on Mar 9, 2013 16:17:30 GMT -5
The Marvel hate around here gets ridiculous sometimes. I prefer it to DC but don't see the need to bash everything that DC does and will readily admit that there are some great books put out by DC, something that it seems some people refuse to acknowledge about Marvel. I'm not sure Marvel gets more hate than DC on here I think it's a case of More marvel readers than DC so their's more talking about Marvel, I think their's only around 3 DC readers on here (Me included). I really only mention the good stuff I read from DC, I'll gladly mention the bad (Teen Titans) to blance it out a little Yeah, I think that's a classic case of frustration fans have with the company. I rant hard about Batman, no doubt, but I'm even worse when it comes to times Marvel has treated Thor and Spider-man like crap.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Mar 9, 2013 16:47:49 GMT -5
What do you think is the best storyline from Spiderman, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Hulk and Iron Man respectively?
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