Sep 01, 2009 19:59
So Disney is buying Marvel.
Fans panic around the world.
"OMG Disney is going to do ________ to Marvel!"
One guy posted on another site that "They can't change Marvel! Marvel has to be DARK!"
Time to throw in my two cents.
I do not thing Disney will change Marvel much if at all. They Bought it because they have researched it as it is and want the built in existing fanbase.
But Goddess I wish they would. I realize that the current Marvel Zombies like the Marvel Universe the dark depressing way that it is. But I have not been a fan of Marvel in years. I can even tell you when the descent into darkness began in my opinion: The Mutant Massacre storyline in the X-Books.
But I guess I am just an old soul that remembers the Marvel of my youth. A Marvel full of heroism, hope and honor.
It was a Marvel where the Punisher was rightfully considered a villain for killing people. A Marvel where characters prone to berzerker rages try to control them and not revel in them. A Marvel where Peter Parker would never have made a deal with the devil. A Marvel where the Hulk was a child like innocent hero. A Marvel where the X-Men were a team of heroes fighting for the dream off all people living together in peace rather than being a murderous band of thugs fighting a turf war amongst themselves. A Marvel were Victor von Doom and Magneto were noble adversaries of the heroes with honorable codes of their own.
I could go on for hours.
I miss the old days and want them back so bad.
But I do not see that happening so Marvel Zombies chill out. You Marvel is most likely safe.
But this old member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society will keep hoping for a return to his Marvel. The Marvel of heroes.
Thanks for listening to an old fart rant.