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Post by hector on Jun 10, 2006 23:08:50 GMT
Unbelievable. Peter, MJ, and May would NEVER EVER EVER EVER go for this. That whole speech they gave in ASM 532 was complete and total BULL[Censored] This [Censored]ing pisses me off so god damn much. I swear to God, Joe Q is the biggest [Censored]ing idiot. Stan Lee probably throws up every time he hears about any new Marvel decision. Dude, relax. It's going away. In the meantime, I would recommend not buying any more Spider titles if you don't like this. Thinking about this, I believe Civil War just became even more stupid. The first issue made it seem as if the heroes needed to unmask before the US Government or SHIELD and became some sort of federal employees (never mind that SHIELD already has hundreds of files on various superheroes and it's an international task force, but since when has logic applied to a Millar story?) Now they are making it seem as if they need to unmask to the public. Why exactly?
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jun 11, 2006 4:11:14 GMT
Only reason would be if the writer briefing for CW was thoroughly inadequate, and most of the Marvel writers were unsure of exactly what they were supposed to be doing. Otherwise they wold all be working from the same premise, which it would seem so far that they are not.
That said, has the actual act been fully defined yet? As far as who has to register, I mean? Is it anyone with powers; anyone with powers who uses them at all; or anyone with powers who wants to use them to be a superhero? All three positions are quite different...
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Post by brett on Jun 12, 2006 1:13:31 GMT
They're unmasking to the public to show their full support to the Act, you guessed it, publicly. It's not going to have much of an impact if say Iron Man supports the Act, but doesn't publicly reveal himself, whereas if he does and reveals his identity, he is backing up his rhetoric.
Venom, I'd agree with you there, but going with what is actually happening in the story, Peter's decision makes sense. He's got 3 choices: stop being Spider-Man (which we can rule out because he's never going to do that), register or be anti-registration. The Act is going to happen regardless of if he doesn't pick a side. Pro-registration is probably the best outcome for him and his family in the current Civil War MU. Now if it was just normal MU obviously it wouldn't be the right option, but the times have changed, and when Rome and all that.
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Post by hector on Jun 12, 2006 6:45:33 GMT
That said, has the actual act been fully defined yet?. Noy yet, tough the series had already started. But, again, I'm not looking for any kind of sense in this story. I'm in it for the big, stupid but fun moments like Cap escaping from SHIELD for refusing to follow a law that hasn't been passed yet.
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Post by brett on Jun 12, 2006 8:38:53 GMT
Wasn't he refusing to lead SHIELD's hero-hunting squad in hunting down 'fugitives'?
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Post by hector on Jun 12, 2006 9:34:32 GMT
Fugitives of what? How can anyone became a fugitive if no law has been broken because there is no law to break.
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Post by Venom65437 on Jun 12, 2006 20:05:24 GMT
Well, I wouldn't of been shocked Brett if he told the government who he was, but I don't see any way how he'd unmask to the world. I mean, just think of how complicated everyday life would be... can you imagine him at work?
That said, to see what Jameson will have to say about it should be interesting.
I still don't agree with this at all.
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Post by hector on Jun 13, 2006 7:58:38 GMT
I still don't agree with this at all. Of course you don't. You like Spider-Man. This is one of the worst sh*ts to ever happen to him. And you know, this is exactly the exact reaction Quesada was hoping for. The more the fans are pĂssed at the crap thrown at them, the more sales rise.
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Post by Venom65437 on Jun 14, 2006 2:03:49 GMT
Well if MJ is next, I might just dump Spidey all together. I did it once, and I can do it again. Comic books are really a rip off nowadays anyway....
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