tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post7990792393045534326..comments2024-01-02T09:18:23.893-05:00Comments on Written World: I've run out of synonyms for blinding fury, so bear with me.Ragnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-62130865115571316702012-02-05T11:12:11.437-05:002012-02-05T11:12:11.437-05:00Ellis's love of depicting the infliction of to...Ellis's love of depicting the infliction of torture as the ultimate proof of badassery has always been one of the creepier aspects of his work. There was a lot of it in Planetary.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-18688451184544915852012-01-20T16:28:46.555-05:002012-01-20T16:28:46.555-05:00I think post-Civil War Captain America has become,...I think post-Civil War Captain America has become, well, American. Our government does exactly this, all the time, in addition to actually torturing people. If Cap' hadn't adapted, he'd be stuck in the anti-government schtick they had going in Civil War, where he really does stand against everything the modern American government stands for.<br /><br />They should have left him frozen. Or dead. Or dead again.Blakehttp://borderhouseblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-12872584608506137932012-01-12T20:21:54.517-05:002012-01-12T20:21:54.517-05:00I've only seen the one page, so I can't co...I've only seen the one page, so I can't comment on the issue as a whole. But if that were John Walker instead of Steve Rogers, I'd think it was a pretty damning indictment of America's attitude toward torture.Will Wisehttp://www.zombietown.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-42895660763963380972012-01-12T17:11:02.434-05:002012-01-12T17:11:02.434-05:00It's pretty obvious to American readers what C...It's pretty obvious to American readers what Cap is all about: we idealize our "Greatest Generation" as ordinary men and women who stood up to evil when called to do so, and Cap is the embodiment of the ordinary man standing up to evil. But I imagine non-American writers don't have a feel for that; to them Cap is a servant of one particular country rather than of universal principles and virtues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-14398034873294755452012-01-12T16:53:25.227-05:002012-01-12T16:53:25.227-05:00Of all the characters to pick to do something like...Of all the characters to pick to do something like this...they use Captain AMERICA? <br /><br />I...that...for fuck's sake!<br /><br />Sorry, sorry, but seriously, what an incredibly poor understanding of the character!SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-75037090497436978492012-01-12T12:36:57.064-05:002012-01-12T12:36:57.064-05:00You know what might soothe you? A discussion of C...You know what might soothe you? A discussion of Cap's ethics as they are presented during Gruenwald's run:<br /><br />http://www.comics101.com/archives/comics101/83.php<br /><br />Gruenwald may not have been the flashiest writer, but he got Cap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-56033251625412010422012-01-11T22:20:51.181-05:002012-01-11T22:20:51.181-05:00Oh, gawd. This is what I hated about Mark Millar&#...Oh, gawd. This is what I hated about Mark Millar's characterization of important characters created by others - remember when he made Superman a hypocrite for that Martian Manhunter story? Yeah, dude, I'm really glad I'm not reading this book.ComicBookGoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01972671566599447047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-52511919507585214232012-01-11T13:32:45.149-05:002012-01-11T13:32:45.149-05:00So far as I can tell, Captain America went into hi...So far as I can tell, Captain America went into hiding sometime prior to Civil War and has been replaced by a defective LMD. The same thing happened to Iron Man, but then Matt Fraction restored the real Tony Stark from backup.<br /><br />-- Jack of SpadesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538843.post-58836802551055459612012-01-11T12:41:24.254-05:002012-01-11T12:41:24.254-05:00This.This.Student 20https://www.blogger.com/profile/00784967418520352472noreply@blogger.com