It had to happen; a Millarworld thread about DCU Zero turns into a thread where the board confronts its Marvel bias:
“DC Universe Zero… Yes . . . DC has officially lost the plot . . . ”
“kinda sounds that way”
“I don’t see how [DCU Zero] implies that DC has ‘lost the plot.’ The idea is that this one shot ties off some loose ends while setting the tone for the rest of the year. So you’ve got Superman and the Legion, and you’ve got the Salvation Run villains, and you’ve got a bunch of super-heroes flying toward…um, something (which is really what they do like 90% of the time so it’s not a big deal). I don’t get the point of this thread except that it’s now “in” to bash DC even if you don’t have a good reason.”
“The problem is DC doesn’t know how to actually DO it anymore. It’s more like going through the paces and hoping the pieces fall into place. In this case they had one plan…that sucked…they had another that sucked..and no they have DC Universe Zero. What ever, Didio needs to be fired and replaced with some one who reads comics, likes them and has at least managed one person successfully in the past.”
“[T]his board more and more has become a Marvel-only board, where bashing DC is seemingly required even in threads having nothing to do with DC — see ‘Secret Invasion #4 thread’, where most posters cannot compliment Marvel without complaining about DC.”
“I dont think the board is pro-marvel. marvel just right now happens to be producing better books then DC.”
“That’s like saying that Fox News doesn’t lean right, it’s just that Republicans are perfect and Democrats are stupid and hate babies.”
“This is a pro-Marvel board….? Guess you haven’t read the Ultimates 3 thread, the Iron Fist gets a new creative team thread or the old Spider-Man: One More Day thread then… I think this is a ‘good comics’ board. Bad comics, from Marvel, DC, DH, Image or whoever tend to get (justifiably) mauled. Good comics get promoted and their praises sang…Isn’t that how it should be?”
Most realistic comment comes from Ryan Rushing, whomsoever he may be:
“It’s true, this board is basically a Marvel Board, and I am sure this will all change when Mark goes over to DC. It makes sense.”
April 14th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
But, but… Mark was already at DC.
Doesn’t anyone remember Aztek???
April 14th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
But, but… Mark was already at DC.
Doesn’t anyone remember Aztek???
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But he’s not there now.
Which is…the point…
April 14th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
It’s a well known fact that anything Aris says is anti-Didio.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
“It’s a well known fact that anything Aris says is anti-Didio.”
Yeah, and funny enough he was defending Bendis’ dialogue for Doom.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Hmm… A board with an anti-DC bias? I guess that has to exist to balance out the insane anti-Marvel slant I see on most of the other comics boards out there.
Now if I could only find one that was actually balanced…