Can someone please take the time to read this and answer me here? I don't want to waste what's left of the money I spent on something completely based on a whim.
He's as close to a villain as any "hero" can get, which is why he can't get his own rogue's gallery because he's not a bona fide hero. It's the same reason Venom can't get his own rogue's gallery, it's the same reason Moon Knight and Punisher have some of the crappiest ones imaginable, etc. It's not going to work, and Marvel knows that; it's common logic.
SC IV's gameplay is horrendous, but before that game Soul Calibur was probably the coolest franchise of all of these with regards to both gameplay and storyline. SC's storyline blows every other fighting franchise's that I've played out of the water, and thusly it's definitely got the edge there. With SC IV's release I would have to give superior gameplay back to Tekken, despite the gameplay being ridiculously pedantic, impractical, and not a bit realistic whatsoever. MK is absolute garbage, and I feel it's been that way since its inception; I won't cite a title that had it go downhill. It's all rooted in shock value; there's no fluid gameplay, and the storlyine, despite seeming esoteric at a first glance is actually quite unoriginal when deep thought is put into it. There's my take on everything. I don't really understand why MK is here at all though, (my dislike of it notwithstanding) as it doesn't even share the same developer as the former games. With it being here, it would imply that the other major fighting franchises should be up here too (DoA, VF, SF). I think that's logical anyway, anyone else?
I'd read a little bit of Thunderbolts here and there, as at times the title has interested me. Gage's work I'd seen on it, as well as some of his (rare) work within other titles has actually impressed me to some extent, which is why I thought he'd be a nice person take the helm for the title after another recent shift in writers. However, I've read some of the reviews on his new take of Thunderbolts, and while nothing's been phenomenally bad, it's scored almost consistently as mediocre (these are reviews portrayed by IGN's staff). I currently have two subscriptions to Marvel titles, (I don't drive and live in a hick town) but am actually thinking of canceling one of my titles, and having Thunderbolts be a prime candidate regarding having the remaining issues of other subscription being transferred over to some other title. With that said though, I just wanted to gain some insight on what the avg readers thought about Mr. Gage's work, and if they'll say if it's a title to still consider pretty great with regards to the current creative team. I do know about the SI tie-ins before everyone starts mentioning that might be a reason not to subscribe, but otherwise what other reasons should I know about regarding why or why not I should make the decision to have my remaining issues be brought over to Thunderbolts. Thanks in advance everyone.
IM, and in most other persons' opinions, V "trapping" Blade into a death isn't really a fight. If we're talking about a fight strictly dealing with martial arts prowess and melee weaponry, Blade is going to take this. V may be able to vex and/or intimidate his enemies, but it shouldn't be forgotten Blade's pretty resistant to said parlor tricks (if he's the equivalent of Dracula that should be rather ostensible anyway; he's gone up against the guy enough at that too).
Hulk, Cap (Rogers), Doom, Deadpool, and I will say maybe Batman (but I'm definitely going to expound on that one). I think pretty much everything I'd mentioned aside from Batman is pretty self-explanatory, but with regards to the latter I'm pretty much only referring to superheroic capacity and not so much characteristics. With the prominence of his films, even people who have virtually no knowledge of comic lore now buy into the "Batman can do anything because he's fucking Batman" credo, which is annoying... It's already greatly bad enough when fans who have a decent deal of knowledge go about that, but when people who couldn't name more than 10 characters from either the MU or DCU start spouting about that it's just fucking ridiculous. With regards to Wolvie, (as he's probably got mentioned here the most) I do feel that he's not that great a character, though for the most part I've only seen people be critical of his popularity than virtually anything else. With no one receiving him well, (apparently) logically he can't really be considered "overrated". He's definitely overly prominent within comics, but no, those are not the same concepts.
This is probably the funniest thread I've read here in at least a couple months or so, lol... Which is a feat. Although everyone's seeming to view Vance/Duke as the "antagonist" within the machinations of this thread, I actually agree with pretty much everything he's put out so far. I actually am a fan of Demogoblin and MODOK, though I could see why pretty much anyone could dislike either of them. I do have to agree in the thought that villains who can't fight (or somehow engage in any combat, if you only define "fight" by actual martial skill) don't work too well conventionally, but they CAN be pulled off well if the direction and writing are REALLY REALLY on par. Still, even while I'm trying to be a bit more liberal than you Vance, I can't even cite any of my favorite villains as being characters who don't really have ANY combative prowess.
The characters I would most agree with who are lame though anyway are Stilt-Man, Fin Fang Foom, The Melter, and Doctor Octopus (yes really). If someone asks me to justify I will, though at the moment I have to get on to other things so that's not going to be done now.
I used this app which would ascertain said idea on facebook, and I got Ravenclaw. I'd figured based on the standards the films have set (and to some extent the book) almost everyone would end up within said school or otherwise Gryffindor (just based on preconceived and possibly subconscious bias, with reference to that app). The app wasn't really presented as objective regarding the basic synopses of each house as the synopses here are, so that may be why. I'd still think I'd probably end up in Ravenclaw myself though with that said.
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