Marvel Comics Discussion Thread!

[manu]

Well they are hunting down sites. So if they find Mangahelpers little corner of American Comics they will send a Cease and Desist letter to Admins. So... yeah I used to have 2 other comic sites and now they are DC and co. only.

 

[Gold Knight]

We actually might have to do something eventually because it might not be too long before Marvel hits this site as well. We've been fortunate thus so far but... well, better to avoid attention ahead of time than to draw it before it's too late.

The mod team is talking about our options at the moment.

 

[manu]

nothing bad happens until their first warning >_>

And Secret Invasion is coming soon, like in two months!

 

[Gold Knight]

Yeah, we're just going to let the section stay. We were considering a private membership for over 100 posts and things like that but in the end probably too much trouble, so I guess we'll just have to hope that warning never comes.

And yeah, the Secret Invasion... I saw the poster of all the superheroes with the green chins

 

[The Boff]

i dont see the problem, this site isnt hosting any chapters. so what could they do?
as long as nothing is on MH servers then MH hasnt done anything wrong am i right?
the only thing here is links to filehostingsites. and thats not illegal, is it?

 

[manu]

Well considering Marvel has a legal team and we don't, it'd be hard to make that claim to them. Also whenever Marvel finds the website they usually end up killing all the links by reporting them so what would most likely happen is that all the files we have would die and they would tell us not to put up any more.

Anyways, anyone read Ultimate Iron Man? Orson Scott Card knows how to write a good comic book. I love the guys work in Enders Game but was not sure if he knew the funny pages well enough but boy does this guy know how to write sci-fi. Sad part is he always does mini-series. I hope one day Marvel gets him to do a monthly...

 

[Dragonzair]

OMG!

So who;s heard the news about Gambit and Deadpool being in the Wolverine movie!

Eeeeek. I hope they choose the perfect actors. XD

 

[Ganner_Rhysode]

Hey guys, I'm kinda new in this part of the forum, but not to the whole forum, exactly ;-P

First: Gambit AND Deadpool in Wolverine?! WTF? Only heard rumors about Gambit...

And Second:
Concerning the whole killing-off Marvel-distribution-sites; why shouldn't the mods make a private part of the forum? I mean, we aren't too many American-Comics-Readers, so far and it wouldn't be too much of a problem (or so I hope).
Since Kaskus is down you're like my last source for that kinda comics. I only found some restriced-forums where you need recommendation to join, which I simply don't get, cause... well... I don't know anybody there a.s.o. <.<
So it would really ruin a big part of my life, if MH also vanishes into oblivion (well, the AC-part at least XP).

 

[wrstljr]

Anyone else kind of sick of Marvel's line right now...After Annihilation everything has just seemed to dissappoint in my eyes. WWH, Messiash Complex, The strategic raping of Peter Parker's soul, The Ultimates 3 and Ultimate X-Men is especially bad right now too. I don't know...Now that Deadpools gone where am I to go for goodness in marvel. Perhaps this is a bit over the top but what the hell marvel...I'm sick of the hype. Try not copping out of a storyline and start explaining things and making characters make rational decisions.

Be more like Green Lantern I guess is what I'm trying to say...I hate to give DC the upper hand but I've just really been turned off by Marvel lately. Anyone agree?

 

[Gold Knight]

Well considering Marvel has a legal team and we don't, it'd be hard to make that claim to them. Also whenever Marvel finds the website they usually end up killing all the links by reporting them so what would most likely happen is that all the files we have would die and they would tell us not to put up any more.

Which is exactly what happened. Sorry guys

 

[manu]

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T-T

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damn skrulls inflitrating our internet. Its all apart of their secret invasion...

 

[Gold Knight]

Yep, damn Skrulls.

Actually, lawyers are worse. Threatened to sue us for tens of millions of dollars. Not much you can say to that. It's too bad though, Marvel is pretty much killing their own popularity in other parts of the world by doing this, by denying internet access to their comics so vehemently.

Hopefully Shueisha and Viz never get that attitude about their own stuff.

 

[Dragonzair]

Good God, that much?! For crying out loud! They get enough money as it is! All I want is to enjoy my comics when I know there isn't a store here that freakin' sells what I frikkin' want!

*is in a bad mood, so jsut ignore me for now*

And the online comics they prominently promised us? PUH-LEASE. I love Marvel, and I would never EVER even dare compare them with any other comic company, but seriously. What the fuck have they offered us thus far? One or two important issues. YAY.

AGH.

It'd be a hella easier to believe they were Skrulls T_________T

*sigh*

My only good thing for this week was that Maria Hill was featured soooo wonderfully this week in two particular issues. <3

Although, I am glad that I moved here to Canada. Otherwise, you have no idea how depressed I'd be back in the Middle East without my fix.

YOU HEAR THAT, MARVEL? YOU. KILLED. ME. WHILE. I. LIVED. IN. HELL. I didn't think that was even possible. And people wonder why I still love you.

*stops rambling and ranting*

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And to get back into discussion, Runaways is BACK, heck yeah

 

[Gold Knight]

It's not so much that they'd actually want the money, it's just that they know the threat is enough to get us to stop doing it. That's all they're doing.

In a way I can't really blame them, because Marvel did go bankrupt once, and American comics are nowhere as hot-selling as manga is in Japan... and now, I think manga is even selling more than American comics in America as well

So bleh, they're just protecting their interests. The only thing that they don't understand is that more exposure of their comics, helped by the internet, would actually help them have more of an international fanbase... but they'll probably never have it now because of all the stupid restrictions they impose.

Just get rid of Joe Q, baby! Problem solved.


That's cool about Runaways. I still want Thor more than anything else

 

[The Boff]

It's the same as the movie business.. instead of looking at the problem and try to find a solution so they could benefit from it they scream:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! take it down! call the lawyers!!!! hates the interwebs!!!!

i think it's called short-sightedness....?

 

[manu]

The only thing that they don't understand is that more exposure of their comics, helped by the internet, would actually help them have more of an international fanbase... but they'll probably never have it now because of all the stupid restrictions they impose.

Exactly, look at Naruto. A great manga that grew an anime that despite spoiling everything actually makes people want to read the books.

Just get rid of Joe Q, baby! Problem solved.

How did he get the job? Writers should boss writers, artists should stick to the art.

Y'know... I believe that if Marvel honestly wanted book sales, BACK OFF THE MOVIES AND GO BACK TO CARTOONS! For every hit (Spiderman, X-men, Daredevil) there is a miss (Punisher, Electra, Spiderman 3) If Marvel wants to promote book sales it needs the infamous Adult Swim. Look at Family Guy, that show was as good as dead. It got the Adult Swim treatment, had DVD sales by appealing to its market. If Civil War or WWH were to make movie specials or Runaways spurned its own animation the book sales would sky rocket. Stop targeting the kids Marvel, they wont support you.

 

[wrstljr]

I agree completely! And a Runaways show would be awesome in every way though I doubt it ever happens. The Joe Q era will be forever remembered as the most hyped and least delivering storylines of all time. And how could you forget how awesome the Ghost Rider movie was...I mean come on Nicolas Cage at his best (which is the same thing as his worst really...because he has not talent whatsoever)

 

[Gold Knight]

Actually I think Cage's pretty OK in a number of movies (though he should have done more crazy/eccentric roles), but GR had a lot of pretty silly lines that made you groan. And I was a big Ghost Rider fan... well, at least they made him look decent in the movie. They probably should have just gone with the Ketch GR all the way though instead of Johnny Blaze.

 

[wrstljr]

I enjoy Con-Air...and thats almost all John Malkovitch and Steve Buscemi haha.

And thats only like a saturday on TNT movie...Nicolas Cage is just on that list of actors I can't really stand you know? Tom Cruise also...everybody has certain people they find unwatchable haha...

How would you rate the Blade movies among Marvels?

 

[Lelo]

are you kidding me, I didnt even think there was an DC or Marvel threads. Im not really up too date but I love DC and Marvel. Superman and the Flash are my fav. I try to read the comics as much as I can but lately ive been caught up in Manga. I only watch Smallville every week and Im into the movies but thats about it. Hopefully I could learn a thing or two by reading everyones posts.