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MindzEye said:
I grew up as a comic book kid and have read a bunch of the core storylines that a lot of the MCU and DCU stuff has been based on and I agree entirely. The issue becomes how much time and money you're going to devote to it...because there are so many ****ing storylines, so many good runs by different writers. I agree though that I'm a bit surprised at how few people even have passing knowledge of the source material (or rather, the source material that inspired certain plot points/devices used in the movies...they seem to pick and choose elements from multiple storylines) given how popular the movies are. Even the buddy I tend to hit up the comic book movies with here in Calgary, a gamer who grew up with all of this stuff usually requires a primer on who certain non sore characters are, etc.
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Yeah I think you touched on what the answer to my question is.....the need to a guiding hand, for what's actually worth reading.

If someone off the street just walks in to a comic shop & doesn't ask for some guidance....you're liable to just pick up whichever issue is available, and it'll either be a low end writer, in the middle of a confusing character arc, or something drastically different than what one was expecting. (Not to mention just too big an array of options to even know where to start).

Few years ago I made the switch to just collecting the hard cover Absolute editions from DC or Omnibuses from Marvel & handpicked the cream of the crop stuff from top writers.....so im paying less money, know it's a great run, and am reading it on oversized high quality paper....versus paying top $$ for something that might be shite, just to follow along issue by issue.

...also at year end I usually check a few sites top 10 lists for best story arcs of the year, or best new creator owned stuff from Image & pick up a handful of the best trade paperbacks from the year.

That little bit of effort tho, usually means that 99% of the comics I end up reading is top quality stuff....so it gives me a slightly warped view of the industry as a whole as I've pre-filtered out the garbage.
 
Yeah, that's probably the right way to do it. The only other realistic alternative is just to pick a handful of titles from legacy characters and follow them on the regular, but I can't be bothered.

I've considered getting into collecting some of the hard cover stuff, but between vinyl, books, & watches if I added another collecting hobby my usually very reserved and calm fiance would probably try to stab me in my sleep.
 
BG said:
The MCU movies are fun - but they really just need to name them honestly.

Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2.5 (The Avengers)
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 4 (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Iron Man 4.5 (Captain America: Civil War)
Iron Man 5 (Spider-man Homecoming)
Iron Man 6 (Avengers: Infinity War Part 1)
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This
 
JackBurton said:
I liked it too. Nothing beats the Nolan trilogy though imo.
Of course, Unbreakable is as good as any superhero film.
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and here's where I miss the plot a bit...don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Nolan trilogy a lot, but the stroke fest for it was over the top. The action was pretty meh (given the fact that Batman is a ****ing ninja, amazingly BvS did a much better job with Batman's physical abilities than the Nolan trilogy did), there's a pile of plot holes that people just outright ignore because it was cool to like these DC batman movies.
 
MindzEye said:
and here's where I miss the plot a bit...don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Nolan trilogy a lot, but the stroke fest for it was over the top. The action was pretty meh (given the fact that Batman is a ****ing ninja, amazingly BvS did a much better job with Batman's physical abilities than the Nolan trilogy did), there's a pile of plot holes that people just outright ignore because it was cool to like these DC batman movies.
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I think because they were the first real big blockbuster "gritty" superhero film. Not the campy batman movies of the early 90s, but taking a superhero movie and making it a legit film.
 
MindzEye said:
and here's where I miss the plot a bit...don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Nolan trilogy a lot, but the stroke fest for it was over the top. The action was pretty meh (given the fact that Batman is a ****ing ninja, amazingly BvS did a much better job with Batman's physical abilities than the Nolan trilogy did), there's a pile of plot holes that people just outright ignore because it was cool to like these DC batman movies.
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I just find myself able to watch those movies over and over and feeling tension with each viewing. Even Rises, which got crapped on the most I loved.
 
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Those batman movies were flat out awesome. I'd watch them any time.

And I don't just like the Ang Lee Hulk - I think it's a far better flick than the remake.
 
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