Seldes Katne said:
The tech doesn't seem to work in the Ultimate War story arc (written by the same author as Ultimates 2), Gunnar is in places he shouldn't be, and not everything can be chalked up to delusion on Thor's part. (Granted, as an author, I understand that character development is an ongoing process, and Millar might not have had Thor's complete origin mapped out when he did the Ultimate War arc, but still....)
Okay, let's explain how Ultimate continuity works.
Each title has its own, well-thought out, well-planned consistent continuity. Because the writers of these books have only 5 years worth of issues with which to reference, the continuity mistakes within each title are minimal, and due to a lack of proliferation of extra titles with the same characters but different writers, the continuity remains consistent and honest.
Continuity between the books is extremely "when it's needed". For example, the world is saved from bonafide aliens and no one as Midtown High seems to care. This is abound (and really, as it should be).
When the characters of any title meet up in a mini-series, or special and not one of the main four books, continuity disappears as people forget what's going on and when the story is supposed to take place in relation to everyone else's books.
This is probably the best way to do it, since you get all you need from one book, and don't need to read any other books to get the story. Nothing in UFF requires USM or vice-versa, and this is a good thing. When you buy multiple books in the same universe, it starts to feel connected, but not in any real hard-fast way, and it works so long as you just don't look too hard at it... :wink:
compound said:
If he can do that to a property he owned and created (more or less), I'm scared to think what he could do with a character that he *might* have less of a personal attachment to...
To be honest? I think the reason Millar's "Millarworld" comics were so poor was simply because he had little personal attachment to them, outside of shock value.
Look at the Ultimates. Millar loves those characters. And so does Hitch. They won't mess it up. You can tell more work goes into this book than anything either of them have ever done.
Nurhachi said:
Then WHY, OH WHY is he being held in the hulk cell instead of a regular prison. When doc ock lost his tenticles he went to regular prison since he was now normal (in the beginning of the hollywood arc). Same should go for Thor!
I posted my thoughts above. Thor, supposedly, stole secret super soldier technology and is a world-renown figure who has participated in the defeat of an alien invasion. He knows too much to be let into general population - and that's if the Ultimates want the details of his fate to be known.
