TheCorpulent1
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Actually Crystal was boring to me. It was Sersi and the Black Knight that I took a liking to. So much so, in fact, that I read as much other stuff with the Black Knight as I could find and he's now one of my favorite characters.
As for your points:
Yes, danger was lacking to some degree. Disassembled/NA was a rather extreme reaction to that, though. If you're lacking danger, there are lots of ways to reintroduce it without killing off half your team. Take "Red Zone": recent arc with many of the major players in place, and yet the threat was still totally credible and a fantastic story resulted from it.
About the shake-up: again, Disassembled was pretty extreme. Shaking things up is one thing, and it's quite different from throwing around cheap shocks and deaths by the dozen. "All sound and fury, signifying nothing," as the quote goes.
There is indeed something to be said for revisiting common themes with a fresh eye. It's done all the time in comics; I can't argue that.
If Spider-Man's been lending information about everything as a sign that he's seen it all, then I was mistaken about Bendis; he seems to be giving Spider-Man his due in one respect, at least. I haven't actually been reading New Avengers cover-to-cover, so I don't know. I do remember him diving in recklessly and acting generally inexperienced during the breakout, though. He reminded me more of Ultimate Spider-Man than his more seasoned 616 counterpart.
The training montage was an Avengers fixture because they're led by Captain America. He's probably the most disciplined human being ever conceived. There's a reason why Thunderstrike, Hawkeye, and most other Avengers have, at one time or another, bragged about being trained by Captain America. He's really good at training, he does it a lot, and he forces those he works with to do it a lot.
We agree on Wolverine. Not a bad character (at least at some points), but he's on the team for the wrong reasons and he's a caricature of himself while he's there. That Iron Man suggested him for that reason just degrades Iron Man's character as well.
As for your points:
Yes, danger was lacking to some degree. Disassembled/NA was a rather extreme reaction to that, though. If you're lacking danger, there are lots of ways to reintroduce it without killing off half your team. Take "Red Zone": recent arc with many of the major players in place, and yet the threat was still totally credible and a fantastic story resulted from it.
About the shake-up: again, Disassembled was pretty extreme. Shaking things up is one thing, and it's quite different from throwing around cheap shocks and deaths by the dozen. "All sound and fury, signifying nothing," as the quote goes.
There is indeed something to be said for revisiting common themes with a fresh eye. It's done all the time in comics; I can't argue that.
If Spider-Man's been lending information about everything as a sign that he's seen it all, then I was mistaken about Bendis; he seems to be giving Spider-Man his due in one respect, at least. I haven't actually been reading New Avengers cover-to-cover, so I don't know. I do remember him diving in recklessly and acting generally inexperienced during the breakout, though. He reminded me more of Ultimate Spider-Man than his more seasoned 616 counterpart.
The training montage was an Avengers fixture because they're led by Captain America. He's probably the most disciplined human being ever conceived. There's a reason why Thunderstrike, Hawkeye, and most other Avengers have, at one time or another, bragged about being trained by Captain America. He's really good at training, he does it a lot, and he forces those he works with to do it a lot.
We agree on Wolverine. Not a bad character (at least at some points), but he's on the team for the wrong reasons and he's a caricature of himself while he's there. That Iron Man suggested him for that reason just degrades Iron Man's character as well.
