Last edited by charliehustle415; 08-23-2019 at 10:12 AM.
As much as I have issue with how long Aaron stayed on board, I think a writer should stay on as long as they need to for the story they're trying to tell (unless editorial kicks them off).
It's Aaron. He would not have made it boring. That's why people like his work.
I mean, beyond the cancer storyline, his depiction of Jane as Thor was as "safe" as could be, save for how she interacted with traditional Thor characters and how that reflected on the actual character of Thor.
I find that an ironic statement in light of Aaron's run on Thor.
To be honest I don't see how Knightfall works without Bruce's arc. It was about a man getting broken, getting replaced by a warped version of himself, and then building himself back up into the man he needed to be again.
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There have been plenty of runs that was a single story that ran for 12-24 issues.
Nevertheless, I think having multiple short stories tying into one larger plot would be great.
I personally am tired of these extra long runs that fall apart by the end. In the beginning the stories are tight but as time goes on it starts to fray and completely unravel (for the most part).
Sure, because I can't have my own opinion and must blindly follow what other writers (who work for the same company anyway) say and think.
Anyway, it's not like I'm an isolated opinion, you can see on forums EVERYWHERE that the majority of the fans do not like this run, and do not bring the argument of good sales because it has sold just as much as previous runs, it gets more buzz because of the publicity of being a woman who took the hammer, but it hasn't actually sold that well compared to other runs, it's done just about the same.
Perhaps fans voicing their complaints in pretty much every forum one visits would make the supporters think "perhaps this run has really disrespected Thor's character, I should try to see their point of view" and so on. But eh...whatever.
Last edited by Wall-Crawler; 08-23-2019 at 10:16 PM.
I would guess even fans of the run accept the “unworthiness” aspect doesn’t have any strong logic behind it?
We are supposed to believe that after a couple of thousand years of being able to lift the hammer, one day Thor can’t...not because his behaviour has changed..but because Fury asks him a question and he doubts himself..
So that assumes the hammer is judging self confidence, not “worthiness”...
Except along comes Jane...who should have have zilch reason to be confident in lifting the hammer. And lifts it...so now it is about worthiness!
Jane is a good person. But so is Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Aunt May...and a few thousand other Marvel chraracters..
There is no logic underpinning Jane lifting the hammer, that makes real sense of her lifting it, when many others can’t.
Does it matter? For me..it did a bit.
It was only that because of interference. It could have been more like Superior Spider-Man, a take on what Batman would be under different circumstances and with different morality, while exploring how the various cast members would cope with the changes and what this all says about who Batman is and isn’t.
You know, a bit like Jane as Thor, so in other words you wouldn’t have enjoyed it as much but I would have liked it more.
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No you can’t see anything of the sort. Even in the places that appears to be true, they are a handful of self selected readers. How is that representative of “most fans”? There are equally places you will find almost universal praise from fans where they choose to do more than moan and instead actively review the books on their merits.
All we can say is a very popular book has some loud dissenting voices against it. That would describe every popular book these days.
Last edited by JKtheMac; 08-24-2019 at 06:11 AM.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I know you say you got around to reading this, but you seem to be making a lot of claims about the book that are not representative of what actually transpired. Like for example claiming the hammer is judging confidence, it isn’t, and that it’s about Thor doubting himself, which it isn’t.
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We are still in the Legacy era technically but the early attempt of Legacy to assert classic characters with standardised outlooks and maintain Legacy numbering was a failure.
Look at the recent direction in the MU. We are back to a whole slew of female focused books being launched, some younger focused books, new and innovative status quo choices for classic characters and generally a return to what so many retailers were claiming didn’t sell. Except this time they know that the alternative did worse.
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