It makes no sense. You want people hyped up about your show but only in those countries you're releasing it, instead of having everyone hyped up so maybe a network from every country (or ever country's netflix) can buy your show. That has to be good bussiness.
I refuse to read any X-book anymore. It's my all time favourite superhero team, in fact, over the first comic I read and the first series I bought regularly were starred by the X-Men (about 20 years ago) but I really can't stand them anymore. The fact that they brought back the M-Day and Utopia plot (mixed this time around with the legacy virus plot) made me give up, and now I see this. Why the f*** is Warren Archangel again? Why are they retelling the awesome Dark Angel Saga? What the f*** is going on?.
It hurts me a lot but the X-Men are never going to be good again so if Marvel has given up on them, so will I.
My only problem with this is that I still don't understand why Miles is in the 616 universe now, specially seeing how Spider-Gwen still has her own universe. Miles made sense as a legacy hero. He was the one who took the mantle (we could argue if it was necessary for anyone to take over Peter, or if killing Peter off was necessary but that's another story). And I was totally ok with that, because I love legacy heroes. But having him in 616, where Peter is still alive and being Spidey... I don't know man, it's just weird.
Like having Dick and Bruce be Batman at the same time, you know? That just doesn't work.
And the problem is that, in my book, Miles has earned his place as Ultimate Universe's Spider-Man, so if they called him anything less than that I kind of would be pissed, you know, like... imagine if he started being Spider-Boy. That would be cheesy as fuck.
The only solution I can see (because I kind of believe him being "the other spider-man" of the 616 universe is bad too) is if he took another identity or just another codename. You know, he stopped being Spider-Man and started calling himself another thing. He can even keep the costume, I mean, Kaine as Scarlett Spider was awesome and he wore an Spider-Man inspired costume. So have Miles have another name.
They call addressing diversity in comics clever. I see it as the writers giving a big "Nah Nah" to the readers saying they can do whatever they want and get walkway with it.
If you want people to stop complaining about diversity. Then don't adress it, rise above the haters and they'll eventually move on. Addressing it only feeds the fires of hate.
First of all, people aren't going to stop talking shit about Marvel's decitions on diversity if they stopped adressing it in the comics.
Secondly while other times they've been adressing the issue it was just to mock fans that were against diversity, this time around they did it right. They didn't made fun of anyone, they presented a character that was absolutely ok with having a black spider-man (she thought it was the best thing ever) which bothered Miles because he don't want his skin colour to be important. Bendis actually said it doesn't matter (which is how the topic should be adressed).
He was absolutely wrong and did a poor job when he presented gay Bobby Drake, but he did it awesomelly great now.
So this is basically The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl all over again?
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that Marvel is aiming towards a wider audience and that they have realized they have a female audience but they should try their new books to be more like Ms.Marvel (or DC's Batgirl) than Squirrel Girl (who is a funny joke but you know, it's still just a f*****g joke)
There had been so much hype about Fiona Staples doing Archie and now she's out after just 3 issues. I know she's busy with Saga('s next six issues) but still.... it's weird. I wonder if she will be back with Archie during Saga's next break? I wouldn't mind if Annie and Fiona were taking turns on art duties.
yeah... was thinking the same thing but at the same time I preffer to have her back doing Saga than this (although so far this series has been fun, Saga is awesome)
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