General Marvel Legends

Ultra Seven said:
It was kind of the "move fast and break things" of comics. They pushed characters of their comfort zones and changed status quos forever. Depending on your tastes, attachment to the characters, and what you want out of the medium, that was either awesome or anathema.
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I really liked Morrison's NXM. I thought it was a refreshing take, and I like status quo shake ups. I also appreciate how different Frank Quitely's art is. When I first started reading comics, it was Jim Lee, and everyone who emulated Jim Lee. The NXM run was just radically different.

For the record, I enjoyed a lot of what those writers had to offer. Loved Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil, Alias books. Millar wasn't the right fit for Marvel, another "move fast and break things" type. Whedon proved to be problematic, but if one can separate the art from the artist, Astonishing X-Men was among my favorite relaunches, taking interesting concepts from the NXM era and giving them a slick return-to-superhero roots approach.
 
Kordey wildly underrated in US, apparently huge in Europe. Morrison run was last time X-Men was truly great IMHO. Quitely was killing it. Group badly needed a shakeup, although not as much as it does now!
 
Big fan of Morrison X-Men (and their other writings too). There were several years leading up to Morrison that were just...bad. Maybe the worst X-Men had ever been up to that point? New X-Men was a much needed reset of the status quo, and introduced a lot of concepts that had staying power. The Xorn reveal came at a time when I was still buying monthlies and not really engaged in any online speculation, so it was one of the few truly shocking reveals in comics I'd had. Even though it broke my heart at the time I wish they hadn't been so quick to unwind those parts of NXM.
 
Enforcer said:
The commitment to comic talk is absolutely a troll at this point. Has to be.

I want a new Black Cat with updated articulation. I sold my backup of the older one and so... I REALLY want a new one.
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Doesn't it go hand in hand?

Marvel Legends, a toyline based upon the comic books? Where if you aren't a fan of a certain comic, you don't want representation from it on your shelf? So you discuss the thing that the thing is based off of and why you would or wouldn't buy something because of reason X, Y, or Z?

No?

Maybe I just don't understand the point of forums. Guess we are trolling if we talk about something certain people don't want to talk about--in the thread based off of the thing of the thing we are all talking about.
 
RicksNerdLife said:
Doesn't it go hand in hand?

Marvel Legends, a toyline based upon the comic books? Where if you aren't a fan of a certain comic, you don't want representation from it on your shelf? So you discuss the thing that the thing is based off of and why you would or wouldn't buy something because of reason X, Y, or Z?

No?

Maybe I just don't understand the point of forums. Guess we are trolling if we talk about something certain people don't want to talk about--in the thread based off of the thing of the thing we are all talking about.
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Agreed. It’s a discussion forum. Tangents happen. IMO, it enriches the experience.
 
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