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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I hate Jameson too, so that is kinda barking at the wrong tree there.
But Jameson can at least be entertaining while being a dick. Sally doesn't even have that going for her.
Edited by Forenperser on Aug 9th 2020 at 12:52:24 PM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianThe whole war was stupid and the law went full fascist in minutes. Hell, the thing started because Maria Hill tried to arrest Cap for not being comfortable with the law before it even got going. And that was just the start of all the unethical stuff they did. If that's the law, telling the USA to shove it was the smarter move.
Marvel kind of forgot they conditioned their readers to jump and hiss at the idea of registration.
Edited by Blueace on Aug 9th 2020 at 12:19:01 PM
Wake me up at your own risk.I don’t think Millar understands comic fans
He certainly doesn’t respect them very much
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIronically, Millar said he didn't like Captain America: Civil War because it was too dark
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In his defence, he wrote some great arcs for the Superman: The Animated Series comic book tie in.
He also did Superior, which I feel was him taking advantage of his own rep and then deliberately doing something more optimistic.
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I feel like I’ve been punched in the gut by the severity of that irony
Edited by Bocaj on Aug 9th 2020 at 12:41:19 PM
Forever liveblogging the AvengersThe guy who wrote a story where the Hulk rapes and impregnates his cousin and who once proposed a twenty-two page story that was nothing but Wonder Woman being raped, thinks the movie based on the comic he wrote was too bleak?
I honestly don't know if he was sincere or just looking for attention as usual.
True but that doesn't mean characters in-universe have to be okay with it when it leads to disaster.
"Taking the law into their own hands is the very definition of the superhero genre though."
Actually, this is not necessarily true. A stereotypical superhero does not actively punish criminals, they just hand them over to the justice system.
Leviticus 19:34Still, there are laws in most jurisdictions about civilians acting as vigilantes. It is literally illegal to stalk the streets looking for criminals to arrest, or to interfere with the police doing their jobs. Spider-Man's thing in some versions is listening to a police scanner for crimes, then suiting up and foiling the villains, literally preempting the police.
Edited by Fighteer on Aug 9th 2020 at 1:44:09 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
X7
By accident mind you, and the kid still does a lot of good, and even manages to get out of the deal. Plus there's apparently still a lot of idealism in the story.
One Strip! One Strip!Re: Mark Millar: His complaint about Captain America: Civil War wasn't that it got too dark, but that it got too grim and serious, losing the comedic, playful tone. While Millar's work features a lot of dark and messed up stuff, I get the impression he views most of that as Dark Comedy.
RE: Mark Millar's thoughts on Captain America: Civil War:
lol wut? He thought the movie that was loosely based on his story with too much going on, fascist Tony Stark, mindless Thor clones, and people being dumb in general was too bleak?
Was it because of the whole "Bucky killing the Starks" thing? Because if anything, it's almost too hopeful what with the ending teasing that Cap and Tony would make up eventually, only for it to not happen until Endgame.
(I still love how the movie made me care about Black Panther and seamlessly wove Spider-Man into the MCU.)
Yeah, it was the writer that decided that was a good argument. He didn't intend it be as ridiculous as it was.
Sally doesn't hate powered individuals at all.
For that matter, Jameson once used a Spider-Slayer to try and kill Spidey himself.
Edited by Cortez on Aug 9th 2020 at 8:29:59 AM
J. Jonah Jameson is supposed to be both a buffoon and an antagonist, though, even if he's acquired a fair number of Pet the Dog moments over the years.

The Sally Floyd speech is hilarious because it uses Myspace as a giant cultural touchstone.
Imagine if that was written today. "Captain America, you are hopelessly out of touch with the modern man because you won't do the funny dance on the Chinese spyware app."
This place is careless.