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Originally Posted by Tarooster

The problem here is that they don't recognize their true audience. Yes there are two completely different markets for comics, tv, action figures, etc. for the marvel brand. The adult/lifelong/collector type and the young kids.

Their thinking is this, appealing to people who are already diehard fans (and guaranteed to dish out the cash for toys, movies, comics, etc.) is a waste of time. Simply because your not gaining a new audience, with appealing to the kiddies their thought is that they are securing the marvel fan base of the future. Grab a kids attention when he's young and you have them forever, the theory obviously works swimmingly as attested by the amount of all us fans who started at watching or reading the characters at a young age.

They think by establishing a new fan base for spidey and then one for the avengers will guarantee a whole other revenue stream for the next generation of marvel movies, television, and comic books. It's sad to say, but this is how a business operates.

Plus they know that even if their fans love a show, they won't bail out on the brand now just cause it got cancelled. They figure they'll get over it and will still always have that persons interest in anything marvel related anyway.

Isn't it sad that we lifelong fans get punished for our loyalty? I get that you want to start new fans every generation, but why isolate your older fans?

I, for one, got very much into the Avengers because of this show. When I was a kid reading comics, the Avengers team was kinda in flux, and frankly, not that interesting. But due to this incredible cartoon, it has given me the desire to pick up trade paperbacks that I wouldn't have been interested in before. Interest = $.

I don't know why they feel they need to dumb things down for kids. If it's good, everyone will enjoy it. I know I always bash the new Spider-Man show, even though the last few episodes have been getting better. But they have made those characters so obnoxious that they're not even likable. Is that what appeals to kids today? Nothing but backtalking and being a smartass? I only watch the show after it's been DVR'd and anytime Nova comes onscreen I fast forward. I won't watch that guy.

And don't kids HAVE a Marvel show aimed at them? Super Hero Troop? Let's let them have that and we get our much less simple minded, story and character driven shows. Thanks Marvel.