crazy monkey
The worst kind of monkey.
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Marvel comics works as a universe. It's a beliveable made-up place. You can imagine a New York with the Baxter Building gleaming in the skyline and Spidey swinging by with a friendly wave and mutants picketing for equal rights and Doc Strange doin' mumbo-jumbo down some dark alley. I've never given much thought as to why, but that shows you how natural the composition is; you don't notice the different elements, you just enjoy the whole.
But I'm really not that big a fan of Marvel comics. I enjoy DC's characters so much more. However, every time I see them all crammed into some cross-over or 'Crisis' or whatever, it irritates me, like ugly, clashing colors or food made with spices that just don't mix. Their personalities seem to get lost, their mouths are filled with bland dialogue and the story as a whole lacks a beating heart. It's obvious that the crossover is the reason for the story, not the other way around.
I say, call the whole thing off. It's time to face facts. Batman is only believable as top dog in a dark, film-noir world where the biggest threats to justice are the mafia, psycotic killers and ninjas. Superman can only be an icon (and not a joke) in a glossy, idealized America that has a Norman Rockwell past and a Gene Roddenberry future. Wonder Woman has a stupid name, but besides that
, could be so much cooler in a Buffy/Highlander/Witchblade inspired setting where the stuff of legend refuses to die and catches up with present-day life to wreak havoc on our "stability."
That said, let's don't just fracture the DCU, but split it down its seams, namely, the Big Three. Take the whole shibang and pour it out over three different filters. If it's dramatic, dark and grounded, it's part of Bat-world. If it's shiny, fast-paced sci-fi, it's Super-stuff. And it it's magical or mythical, it belongs in Wonder-land.
This could just be my OCD brain desiring to organize everything, but I really feel that the seperate elements of DC comics contradict themselves when they're smushed togther rather then complementing each other.
What do you think?
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But I'm really not that big a fan of Marvel comics. I enjoy DC's characters so much more. However, every time I see them all crammed into some cross-over or 'Crisis' or whatever, it irritates me, like ugly, clashing colors or food made with spices that just don't mix. Their personalities seem to get lost, their mouths are filled with bland dialogue and the story as a whole lacks a beating heart. It's obvious that the crossover is the reason for the story, not the other way around.
I say, call the whole thing off. It's time to face facts. Batman is only believable as top dog in a dark, film-noir world where the biggest threats to justice are the mafia, psycotic killers and ninjas. Superman can only be an icon (and not a joke) in a glossy, idealized America that has a Norman Rockwell past and a Gene Roddenberry future. Wonder Woman has a stupid name, but besides that
, could be so much cooler in a Buffy/Highlander/Witchblade inspired setting where the stuff of legend refuses to die and catches up with present-day life to wreak havoc on our "stability."That said, let's don't just fracture the DCU, but split it down its seams, namely, the Big Three. Take the whole shibang and pour it out over three different filters. If it's dramatic, dark and grounded, it's part of Bat-world. If it's shiny, fast-paced sci-fi, it's Super-stuff. And it it's magical or mythical, it belongs in Wonder-land.
This could just be my OCD brain desiring to organize everything, but I really feel that the seperate elements of DC comics contradict themselves when they're smushed togther rather then complementing each other.
What do you think?
-- END!
