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Did you even read the revised version that I posted? I used the word
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Did you even read the revised version that I posted? I used the word \"dark\" exactly once.
If you\'re not satisfied with that, I changed it again. I think I was pretty clear that by \"dark\", I meant \"excessively grim and cynical, to the point of being an unpleasant reading experience\". And I think I’m also pretty clear about how that thread runs through both \'\'The Ultimates\'\' and \'\'Ultimatum\'\'. A story that revolves around the heroes being powerless to stop a supervillain from murdering millions of innocent people is pretty darn cynical. A story where the heroes are a mass-murdering cannibal, a serial abuser, a (suspected) delusional cult leader, a pair of incestuous twins, and a treasonous turncoat spy (and the villains are even worse) is \'\'also\'\' pretty darn cynical. Ditto if that same series features no less than \'\'three\'\' of the heroes being turned on and beaten to a pulp by their friends. Even if you\'ve never read the series before, it\'s easy to see how it might be an unpleasant reading experience for some people.
And I know it\'s a small quibble, but still: in the original \'\'X-Men\'\', Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were part of the Beotherhood for less than seven issues, and none of their crimes were particularly violent; in \'\'Ultimate X-Men\'\', Peter spends \'\'years\'\' as an arms dealer before the story even starts, and his introductory scene involves him nearly selling a nuclear bomb to one of Magneto\'s henchman, then trying to shoot him to death when the deal goes awry. There\'s a pretty big difference between serving as a member of a costumed supervillain team for five or six issues and making a living selling [=WMDs=] to terrorists for years.
If you\'re not satisfied with that, I changed it again. I think I was pretty clear that by \"dark\", I meant \"excessively grim and cynical, to the point of being an unpleasant reading experience\". And I think I’m also pretty clear about how that thread runs through both \'\'The Ultimates\'\' and \'\'Ultimatum\'\'. A story that revolves around the heroes being powerless to stop a supervillain from murdering millions of innocent people is pretty darn cynical. A story where the heroes are a mass-murdering cannibal, a serial abuser, a (suspected) delusional cult leader, a pair of incestuous twins, and a treasonous turncoat spy (and the villains are even worse) is \'\'also\'\' pretty darn cynical. Ditto if that same series features no less than \'\'three\'\' of the heroes being turned on and beaten to a pulp by their friends. Even if you\'ve never read the series before, it\'s easy to see how it might be an unpleasant reading experience for some people.
And I know it\'s a small quibble, but still: in the original \'\'X-Men\'\', Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were part of the Beotherhood for less than seven issues, and none of their crimes were particularly violent; in \'\'Ultimate X-Men\'\', Peter spends \'\'years\'\' as an arms dealer before the story even starts, and his introductory scene involves him nearly selling a nuclear bomb to one of Magneto\'s henchman, then trying to shoot him to death when the deal goes awry. There\'s a pretty big difference between serving as a member of a costumed supervillain team for five or six issues and making a living selling [=WMDs=] to terrorists for years.
