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En Sabah Nerd · 09-13-2015, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

To be fair I've never been a huge Spidey fan (mild at best, during the mid-90s), so I guess I'm not feeling that level of... betrayal?

But I guess I'm just weird in the first place for enjoying the run of Guardians that Venom's been a part of.

Eh, whatevs. You like what you like, right?

Speaking of betrayal

I really really disliked Bendis' GotG run, and I think it's another case of being a fan of what came previously. Like you said the Venom shifts don't bother you because you were never that into him, I have to assume the same goes for GotG. Bendis did what he does and started changing stuff up for no reason except to maybe please movie-only fans (there are a ton, especially when it comes to GotG) and he started wrecking character traits. Most of the members of the modern GotG pretty much did little to nothing important prior to the comic itself. Star-lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Bug were basically nobodies. But through the DnA run we got a very nice dirty-dozen type story where Star-lord led a team of misfits (and Adam Warlock) trying to genuinely save the galaxy and reality. Now with Bendis the team had been cut down to only its movie members and members started resembling the movie too much. Star-lord was already a smart-ass but he was brave and committed, now he is trying to sleep with every girl in a bar. Gamora became way more preachy and Drax more barbaric. In vol 2 (DnA) they were constantly going around looking broken parts of the galaxy/reality to fix, they spent most of vol 3 (Bendis) evading Star-lord's dad until Black Vortex gave them a true galactic threat. Quick summary: GotG used to try to be heroes, now they're outlaws. I loved the movie but it rubbed off on the comics way too much.

I guess Bendis' run has its merits but because it is an established team he messed with too much. If you took the same story he told and changed every single character to somebody totally new, maybe then it could have been enjoyable. As is we have another Bendiside.

09-13-2015, 09:54 AM	#37
En Sabah Nerd Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 9,795	Quote: Originally Posted by Boy Blunder To be fair I've never been a huge Spidey fan (mild at best, during the mid-90s), so I guess I'm not feeling that level of... betrayal? But I guess I'm just weird in the first place for enjoying the run of Guardians that Venom's been a part of. Eh, whatevs. You like what you like, right? Speaking of betrayal I really really disliked Bendis' GotG run, and I think it's another case of being a fan of what came previously. Like you said the Venom shifts don't bother you because you were never that into him, I have to assume the same goes for GotG. Bendis did what he does and started changing stuff up for no reason except to maybe please movie-only fans (there are a ton, especially when it comes to GotG) and he started wrecking character traits. Most of the members of the modern GotG pretty much did little to nothing important prior to the comic itself. Star-lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Bug were basically nobodies. But through the DnA run we got a very nice dirty-dozen type story where Star-lord led a team of misfits (and Adam Warlock) trying to genuinely save the galaxy and reality. Now with Bendis the team had been cut down to only its movie members and members started resembling the movie too much. Star-lord was already a smart-ass but he was brave and committed, now he is trying to sleep with every girl in a bar. Gamora became way more preachy and Drax more barbaric. In vol 2 (DnA) they were constantly going around looking broken parts of the galaxy/reality to fix, they spent most of vol 3 (Bendis) evading Star-lord's dad until Black Vortex gave them a true galactic threat. Quick summary: GotG used to try to be heroes, now they're outlaws. I loved the movie but it rubbed off on the comics way too much. I guess Bendis' run has its merits but because it is an established team he messed with too much. If you took the same story he told and changed every single character to somebody totally new, maybe then it could have been enjoyable. As is we have another Bendiside. __________________ Last edited by En Sabah Nerd; 09-13-2015 at 09:56 AM..