Recent content by randomthoughts

I agree with you. If somebody is going to make a baseless criticism they're going to get a rebuttal, and not necessarily a patient one. The FF "save" was not a deus ex machina. Bendis replies quite casually, and uses the term writing lesson since he is technically a genuine writer, while...

I'm leaning toward the possibility of Doc Ock masterminding this whole thing. He took Peter's blood sample originally back in the first arc, he has a connection to Oscorp and the whole spinal fusion thing with the Scorpion is reminiscent of himself. Plus, according to the Life of Reilly article...

I think there was a mirror around, but Gwen isn't Carnage, Richard Parker is. As we know, Carnage is a cloned mixture of Peter and Richard Parker DNA. My take is that Carnage somehow survived the fight with Spider-Man and went into hiding. Eventually he started killing more people and gained...

They're not new...

I'm sorry, but the breakdown never resolved itself. Milla leaves him at the end and he's still unsure why he married her. This is not someone who has resolved his inner demons. The story resolved itself in that he was aided by his friends when he was neither psychologically or physically capable...

People who hate on USM are just trying to be part of the "Bendis Sucks" bandwagon. Not that I believe that, but thats an incredibly ignorant thing to say. Anyhow; USM (More than 12 issues a year, almost 90 issues of above average quality in total, there probably hasn't been a more...

Samuel L. Jackson should not be let anywhere near Nick Fury! Despite how much they look alike, he is the most over rated actor in the known universe. He hasn't done a job well since Pulp Fiction, and his acting range extends from talking loudly to looking edgy and/or angry (which is why people...

MWoF has the correct answer. All these guys could be successfully ultimised and have a popular ongoing. Good writers can make even the most pathetic characters readable (though I like all the characters mentioned thus far). While Fury is an option I support because it would continue the...

How is Omega Red ruined? That's like saying Hammerhead was ruined in UXM (and he's far more important than Omega Red, who has been massively over rated here). And where is all the Millar hate for the Brotherhood and Anti- Ultimates characters he has wasted in UXM and Ultimates? Also, if people...

Ultimate Fury as the espionage book of the Ultimate universe. Follows the exploits of a Black Ops team in a downsized SHIELD (Ross is back in charge after Ultimates 2, Fury busted down to a lowly team leader). Fury is the leader, Hawkeye is their vengeful loose cannon bad- ***, Falcon is...

The only arc I haven't read from Vaughns UXM run is Magnetic North, and I have to say Eddie Brock is far more interesting then anything he has introduced. The best villains in the Ultimates are the anti- heroes on the team itself.

Picked this up, put it down, read an issue of USM which actually has something relevant to say. I wish DC would address a wider social context in their books. I love Vertigo and Wildstorm for this reason, but so far DCs all star line has no modern context or relevance like the Ultimate line...

This is a poor point to begin with Bass, we're comparing writers not their works. I think anyone would struggle to dislike Bendis' "Torso". You should have said who dislikes any of Moores work, to which I'd reply "V for Vendetta" aint that great. On topic I currently read USM, NA, DD and...

Seriously unwarranted negativity. The Wrecking Crew are already more interesting than their 616 counterparts. While I can't say much about Omega Red since I'm not familiar with him, his two pages of dialogue are not a platform on which to build your soapbox to denounce the current teams efforts...

Great, great movie in my opinion. It's the only Star Wars movie to have an emotional crux behind it besides The Empire Strikes Back, and thats what pushes it along side it in terms of quality. To be honest the first part is vacuous tripe in the mould of the other prequels, but everything from...