On 6/28/2015 1:53 PM, Zobovor wrote:
> I'm not really what you would call an informed comic book fan, so perhaps my opinion doesn't hold
> much weight. With that said, we seem to be seeing this more and more
with franchises spanning decades of
> continuity (Transformers, Star Trek, Ninja Turtles, etc.) It's just
easier to wipe the slate clean and tell
> whatever stories you want instead of actually taking the time to
research the characters, their history, and
> so forth. Nobody wants to throw together a story only for some mob
of random fanboys to rip it apart because
> it contradicts some obscure comic issue from 1963. It would not be extraordinarily difficult to bone up on the
> characters' history (indeed, it's easier now than ever before, with
online encyclopedias exhaustively
>detailing every appearance of every character; you don't even have to
own the comic issues!) but this
> just seems to be an excuse to not have to do the research and just
tell whatever stories they want without fear of
> contradicting something that came previously.
>
>
> Zob (in some ways, permanently archiving information has ruined us)
>
I would definitely agree, but I have been following this event and
Marvel are telling a terrific "this is how we are hitting the reset
button" story. Not only is the main event unfolding pretty well, but
the related one-shots that they're releasing along side it are
awesome!
I mean they've brought back 90's era X-Men, married
Peter Parker/Spider-Man, told Age of Apocalypse
from a different perspective and all of this has
just been fantastic! The nostalgia! The feels!
I am reading X-Men '92 right now. It's awesome!
So... yes. This is just an excuse to tell whatever
stories they want without comic book nerds flying
into nerd rage mode, but this is also an opportunity
to tell some very creative new stories with characters
that just wouldn't have been possible to write otherwise.
...I am also really enjoying seeing Peter Parker and
Mary Jane married again. It's... I completely disagreed
with Marvel's decision to retcon their marriage out of
existence, and to be reading this story just
feels like home. This is the Peter Parker/Spider-Man
I grew up reading. Couldn't be happier to have him back.
I know this won't last because everything will reset.
A new Marvel universe awaits... just glad they ended the
Peter Parker story right. This is how it needed to end.