In short, I think it sucks. I haven't bought comics (and I grew up a "Marvel Guy") since at least 2005. And it was painful hanging on that long, because their shit, especially my beloved X-Men, went sharply downhill as soon as they let Grant Morrison take the helm. But it was declining even in 1999 or so before that. Since I quit buying, I keep up in a peripheral way, just to keep tabs on what new stupid thing they're doing in their storylines....and it never fails to disappoint/anger me. I'm glad I stopped.
And for that matter, DC has gone down the shitter in recent years too. Which is really too bad, because both companies have SUCH great histories and rosters of great characters, but they just both.............suck now.
The only partial saving grace, I suppose, is SOME of the Marvel movies. I enjoyed Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. I liked the Ang Lee Hulk even though everyone seems to think the craptacular Ed Norton one was "better". The first Ghost Rider was decent. Captain America and the Avengers movies surprised me, and Thor was okay even though I thought the whole "let's make it seem like they're just aliens from another dimension instead of gods living in a magical land" thing was stupid. I'm hoping the second movie fixes that element. But Marvel also let them totally shit all over my fav. two Marvel Comics, X-Men and Fantastic Four, which they are continuing with the progressively more and more awful "First Class" movies.
So I dunno. In general, I guess you label me a bitter fan, who absolutely LOVES classic Marvel and DC stuff, but hates their modern shit because they just don't even seem to try anymore.
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