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<blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 1607484" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I was just setting up where I got what I next posted. I figured that if I said that I got the info off of a site dedicated to black superheroes, someone would say, "What's the URL?" (I know I would have <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ). Then I would have to explain that I don't know because I don't go there anymore and why. I figured that I could save time by getting that all out at the beginning.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That was in reference to my comments, "I'm not sure if it speaks ill of the audience, who won't accept anything new, or the writers, who don't have the talent to create anything original that's good", and, later, "Truth to be told, most comic writers couldn't cut it if they had to try writing a novel or a screenplay." I was pointing out that writers of today don't seem capable of original ideas that can stand on their own merit.</p><p></p><p>Spider-Man, along with Superman and Batman, have, what, 5 titles each? Add to that the team books and team-ups. Now we have the Ultimate line which focus on the same characters that Stan Lee or, in the case of Captain America, Golden Age writers created. </p><p></p><p>It's ike Hollywood and its focus on sequels and remakes. It's a sad day for comics when the most original thing they can do is take the same characters and put them in a new universe.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>I just quote them as I see them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I'd agree with you if Millar's statements consisted of something more than calling certain politicians "Hitler" and the US "Nazi Germany" over and over and over again. There's no differing perspectives or worldviews there, just hurled insults.</p><p> </p><p>If you asked me how I felt about, say, Scotland, and I said, "Scotland? Nazi Germany is more like it. All the politicians are Hitler wannabes and the Scots are brainwashed sheep. Living there is like living under Hitler", would you say I was just expressing a different political perspective or that I was spewing hate?</p><p> </p><p>Look, I understand that people in the world have different opinions. Peter David said he was against the war, but, AFAIK, he never stooped to calling people who disagreed with him "Nazis" or "Hitler". Millar crossed a line, IMO.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Well, you can belive what you want, but, as I said, I wouldn't buy something by someone who was Anti-Semetic or racist. It's my money and I simply don't want to give it to someone who's a jerk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Let me ask you, if Millar said that to a group of black people, would they be offended? If he then said he was joking, would they be any less offended?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Well, good for you. As I said, I'm not telling anyone not to buy it, just why I won't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Villano, post: 1607484, member: 505"] I was just setting up where I got what I next posted. I figured that if I said that I got the info off of a site dedicated to black superheroes, someone would say, "What's the URL?" (I know I would have :D ). Then I would have to explain that I don't know because I don't go there anymore and why. I figured that I could save time by getting that all out at the beginning. That was in reference to my comments, "I'm not sure if it speaks ill of the audience, who won't accept anything new, or the writers, who don't have the talent to create anything original that's good", and, later, "Truth to be told, most comic writers couldn't cut it if they had to try writing a novel or a screenplay." I was pointing out that writers of today don't seem capable of original ideas that can stand on their own merit. Spider-Man, along with Superman and Batman, have, what, 5 titles each? Add to that the team books and team-ups. Now we have the Ultimate line which focus on the same characters that Stan Lee or, in the case of Captain America, Golden Age writers created. It's ike Hollywood and its focus on sequels and remakes. It's a sad day for comics when the most original thing they can do is take the same characters and put them in a new universe. I just quote them as I see them. I'd agree with you if Millar's statements consisted of something more than calling certain politicians "Hitler" and the US "Nazi Germany" over and over and over again. There's no differing perspectives or worldviews there, just hurled insults. If you asked me how I felt about, say, Scotland, and I said, "Scotland? Nazi Germany is more like it. All the politicians are Hitler wannabes and the Scots are brainwashed sheep. Living there is like living under Hitler", would you say I was just expressing a different political perspective or that I was spewing hate? Look, I understand that people in the world have different opinions. Peter David said he was against the war, but, AFAIK, he never stooped to calling people who disagreed with him "Nazis" or "Hitler". Millar crossed a line, IMO. Well, you can belive what you want, but, as I said, I wouldn't buy something by someone who was Anti-Semetic or racist. It's my money and I simply don't want to give it to someone who's a jerk. Let me ask you, if Millar said that to a group of black people, would they be offended? If he then said he was joking, would they be any less offended? Well, good for you. As I said, I'm not telling anyone not to buy it, just why I won't. [/QUOTE]
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