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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2149361" data-attributes="member: 8158">It can certainly be argued that the Authority's casual attitude towards massive body counts and brutally torturing their foes in for kicks is repulsive. The book is about nothing if not extremism, which tends to really polarize readers. I confess that I own the first four Authority trade paperbacks. I was as titillated as anyone by the way every issue had the feel of a $200 million-dollar Hollywood blockbuster, but eventually I grew tired of Warren Ellis, who openly professes that he hates superheroes, thinks their fans are retards, and spits on the evil United States government at every opportunity.You hit the nail on the head. Millar took a very mean-spirited approach to the characters. The ultimate line of comics is intended to be more mature and pull fewer punches than traditional Marvel comices, but he goes beyond what would make the Avengers refreshing and bold and turns into something ugly and garish. The Ultimate Hulk probably should actually kill people in the course of its destructive rampages, but having it actually eat people like an ogre is a turn-off. Portraying Ultimate Cap as less of a liberal, avuncular dudley-do-right and more of a kick-ass man of action would work, but making him into some kind of jack-booted thug is not in the spirit of the character at all. Let's not even get into Hank Pym's misogyny and the Wasp's insectoid menstrual cycle. Really, is there anyone in the team who isn't a pig?And on top of that, nothing much happens in the book. Granted, I don't follow it anymore, but I gave it a couple of years. Do they even have any enemies yet?Guess I must be out of touch though. Ellis and Millar's books sell well, after all.</blockquote>

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