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Subj: Re: Why Do You Think They Brought ###### Back From The Dead? Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 at 03:37:09 pm EDT (Viewed 15 times) | Reply Subj: Re: Why Do You Think They Brought ###### Back From The Dead? Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 at 02:41:44 pm EDT (Viewed 136 times) | ||||||
Is there a "not" missing in that first sentence? I'm a little confused. Yes, we both agree that resurrection is part of the genre, but my additional point was that certain deaths were considered permanent in a way that Kavanaugh bumping off Moon Knight at the end of the 90s series wasn't. And Kraven certainly qualifies as one of them. Anyway, I can see the argument that the "Someone DIES!!!" bit is a tad overrused, but I don't see that as an excuse to bring them all back. I think there should be a "don't kill 'em unless you REALLY mean it" rule to go along with "if there's a body, they're dead" rule. (With allowances made to correct "errors" within a couple of years.) But when you get to the point where characters in stories consider honest-no-fooling-death to be a minor inconvenience (see Ollie's "Hal, how come you haven't been resurrected, yet?" in Identity Crisis or the climax of Blackest Night where a couple of the heroes are disappointed that Ralph and Sue weren't also resurrected), then you've made a wrong turn somewhere. If a character gets bumped off, it should initiate a series of eulogies, not a betting pool regarding when they'll return. There may be more corpses now than there was in 1990, but that's because there have been quite a few stories published since then. And there's still a ton more characters in any given universe to play with. Let the dead rest. And a lot of recent resurrections have characters killed off when death was less common. See Bucky, Barry, Kraven, etc. Undoing an unpopular story from last year is one thing. Undoing a reasonably popular one from 20-40 years ago is a bit much. Why I feel that way gets back to my original preference that old stories be left alone (in terms of continuity and their effect on present day stories - I'm well aware no one is breaking into my house and scribbling over my comics). That aside, I have no idea who in the target audience (young teens) that old timer resurrections are supposed to appeal to. I can accept booting "my generation" of characters and stories for a new one as part of the greater good. Booting my generation for the previous one comes across as 40somethings trying to restore their childhood. Your mileage may vary. ![]() | |||||||
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