Forrest Lowlife
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 1439
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Your quote:
"A related question for me is why Civil War wasn't done as an Ultimate story: The Ultimate Universe is still in its relative infancy, and is well-established as far closer to our world than the regular Marvel playground."
Bingo!
I have been reading Civil War (but no tie-ins, except some New Avengers), and while there are a number of cool shock and awe scenes, I feel like Millar has never read a good Spidey or Fantastic Four story. It just doesn't feel right. I don't feel the hook to this story... it feels more like "What If Tony Stark Went Crazy and Anti-Hero Homicidal?"
I think you nailed it with your observation that this whole registation thing just comes out of nowhere. Sure, issue #1 shows the events, but as a reader, I'm just not feeling it. The history of the Marvel U has seen all kinds of stuff like this before. The reaction towards registration, and the registration supporting heroes just feel too artifical.
You're 100% right, this would be a great Ultimate story, but in Stan Lee's 40 year old Marvel U, it comes across pretty fake. _________________ "Flash is back. Worlds will die again!" |
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