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Re: Violence in comics (was Re: A General Question About Castle World)
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Tue, 25 Jul 2000 05:54:58 GMT
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Eric
You make some excellent points and are obviously a huge comic book fan (which
I commend). Being rather new to LUGNET I wasn't sure where my follow up
message would be posted but it was nice that it ended up in this "off topic"
area. This area seems more used than any other on LUGNET.
While I like the current Captain America writing and artwork (done by Jurgens,
Kubert, and Green) I almost gave up about a year or so ago during Rob
Liefeld's stint with both Cap and the Avengers. Talk about some crappy art
work and storylines!!!! WOW! Good thing Stan Lee got his head out of his butt
and came to his senses in time to fire Liefeld and save Captain America before
all his fans left in disgust. Things have been much better since, although I
saw that Liefeld now has a Captain America like clone comic with some other
brand name (not Marvel or DC) and he looks just like the terrible Cap he drew
for Marvel with a slightly different color scheme. Give me a break!
In reference to one of your earlier comments about the Captain America movie I
must agree it was terrible. There were actually two or three such movies and
they were all REALLY BAD!! I think it was very tough to pull off a good (aka.
realistic) superhero movie or TV show and make it convincing (I sight
Superman, Wonder Woman TV Show, and the Incredible Hulk TV Show, Captain
America Movie, Punisher Movie, etc...). After seeing X-Men however I think
that technology has finally caught up enough to make them downright
outstanding. And the way the X-Men movie ended there is tons of room for
multiple sequals (is it too much to ask for perhaps a Captain America cameo
appearance in a future movie???).
I will agree also that the comic book pendulum is in constant motion between
dark and light, extreme and minimal violence, etc... and all the shifts are
good in their own way and add to the entertainment value in the long run. it
does appear that the kids are slowly leaving comics and heading for
more "interactive" fun like Furby's and Pokemon. I cringe at the thought of
my daughter liking such things and hope I can steer her down the path of more
traditional toys like Legos that require some imagination.
I will need to check out Kingdom Come. I've seen the Marvels line that
someone mentioned and thought it was pretty good. As always I appreciate
everyones feedback and look forward to more discussion in the future.
Until then "Make mine Marvel" maybe I'll win a coveted "No-Prize"
Andy
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