[TheBlueMarvel]

If you started reading Marvel Comics off the stands in the late seventies and early eighties, heroes were "powers" (or martial mastery) heavy. Not many characters featured guns at all and the Punisher was a villain at the time (there was DC's Vigilante a little later, but still not many gunmen - big picture). From that perspective, feigning at some hardline over guns and heroes makes sense when compared to some of the comments of the thread. Allegories aren't always straight forward...not my fault if you interpreted my Widow rant as "heartfelt"...this may be more of a Wernicke's area thing... teasing you...don't take that personally.

You do realize that in spite of your take on canon or "sets" (whatever nomenclature you want to use for the way things should look), these properties WILL change in how they are presented. They already have changed in many respects. I said this on the 'Ark before: we as fans believe that we have ownership of these things we like. That's largely an illusion. We own the memories, that much is certain. Memories that are influenced by where and when we were introduced to a genre. I like classic Trek and recently celebrated the memories of Leonard Nimoy with his passing. I watched Trek in syndication as a kid, but I actually grew up with Generations. Initially, I used to lament to friends that Generations sucked. It couldn't compare to old Trek in my jaded stilted eyes. Then something strange happened, I started liking the episodes with "Q" and the "Borg". They were reminiscent of what I was consuming in comics at the time. It dawned on me that I could still be a hardcore fan of the original Star Trek and also make space for Generations and Deep Space Nine fans...even become one myself (perish the thought). They were just expanded pleasures. Did they reach the level of hallowed ground that the original series represented? No, but they did add to the mystique of the franchise. There will be young people whose formalized relationship with Star Wars (good or bad) will be this upcoming set of movies (there are already a slew of fans more orientated to that Clone Wars shit on Cartoon Network or whatever than they are to any Star Wars flick). I'm not saying join the masses of neophyte fans that spring up with these new flicks (or renditions of popular properties you like), but at least afford them the space to like what they like.

As far as your comparison of the fluidity of comics vs movies, it got a bit muddled for me, so we'll agree to disagree. I believe that with the larger amount of canon to be found in comics (sheer # of issues) vs one or two films, it's much easier to create a tabula rasa - or clean the slate - with flicks. Of course, you can feel as you will...

Anyways...you wanna hate on anything that doesn't meet your high-water mark? Go right ahead, that's your prerogative. I'll gladly donate my "retired" cranky-old-man card to you now!

Don't worry about typing alot and saying little...I've got that market cornered also...