Comments on: If this isn’t foreshadowing then I don’t know what is. http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/ An Open Blog featuring Rants, Raves, Annoyances and Thoughts about People and Society Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: london_meeja_whore http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-82 london_meeja_whore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:04:51 +0000 http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-82 As a comix fan meself (meeja whore ya see :-), I must comment that deaths of major characters are usually marketing ploys. Superman dead, 1992. Resurrected and still selling to this day. Professor Xavier of the X-Men dead - big fat crossover storyline confusing the heck out of everyone (and trying to get everyone to buy more issues) because it was his own son that went back in time to kill him, creating a paradox. And you guessed it, he came back eventually. As for a movie, well, Marvel's so gung-ho that they're now financing their own movies, I don't think they've wised up that superhero films are starting to suck a bit. X-Men 3 was a giant cluster-mess that didn't need to mention Phoenix / Dark Phoenix AT ALL. Ghost Rider was OK but it was a pet project for Nic Cage (a mahoosive fanboy geek who desperately tried to hide it behind the auteur crap he spouted in interviews about it). Trouble is, he was waaaay too old to play the part. Although the two riders 'saddling up' with 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' playing almost redeems the whole film. Heh heh. Ahem. Forgive me, I do not wish to hijack your topic. :-) Superman was the original superhero, and hey, he stands for 'truth, justice, and the American way' - he was resurrected ages ago. I wouldn't worry too much that it's a sign of a lack of patriotism in America. More likely, if it's perceived that way, well, it will sell more comix! As a comix fan meself (meeja whore ya see :-), I must comment that deaths of major characters are usually marketing ploys. Superman dead, 1992. Resurrected and still selling to this day. Professor Xavier of the X-Men dead - big fat crossover storyline confusing the heck out of everyone (and trying to get everyone to buy more issues) because it was his own son that went back in time to kill him, creating a paradox. And you guessed it, he came back eventually.

As for a movie, well, Marvel’s so gung-ho that they’re now financing their own movies, I don’t think they’ve wised up that superhero films are starting to suck a bit. X-Men 3 was a giant cluster-mess that didn’t need to mention Phoenix / Dark Phoenix AT ALL. Ghost Rider was OK but it was a pet project for Nic Cage (a mahoosive fanboy geek who desperately tried to hide it behind the auteur crap he spouted in interviews about it). Trouble is, he was waaaay too old to play the part. Although the two riders ’saddling up’ with ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’ playing almost redeems the whole film. Heh heh.

Ahem. Forgive me, I do not wish to hijack your topic. :-) Superman was the original superhero, and hey, he stands for ‘truth, justice, and the American way’ - he was resurrected ages ago. I wouldn’t worry too much that it’s a sign of a lack of patriotism in America. More likely, if it’s perceived that way, well, it will sell more comix!

]]> By: annie lou http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-83 annie lou Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:15:29 +0000 http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-83 I'm hardly concerned about a lack of patriotism in this country (which is nothing new), I'm merely suggesting this is foreshadowing for the downfall of the American Empire; it is so painfully obvious we are slowly dying as a country. Every empire falls and we are no exception. I’m hardly concerned about a lack of patriotism in this country (which is nothing new), I’m merely suggesting this is foreshadowing for the downfall of the American Empire; it is so painfully obvious we are slowly dying as a country.

Every empire falls and we are no exception.

]]> By: annie lou http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-84 annie lou Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:22:16 +0000 http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-84 And for the record, Ghost Rider sucked ass. And for the record, Ghost Rider sucked ass.

]]> By: london_meeja_whore http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-85 london_meeja_whore Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:56:07 +0000 http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-85 You wrote "And now he’s been killed off of his own series. Perhaps the creators realized people don’t think America is cool anymore, resulting in a decrease in sales." So naturally I assumed you were concerned that people don't like the USA anymore. Can't say I disagree with you that the USA has some serious issues. But, it is just a comic book, and I don't think it signifies the creators or the readership are convinced the USA is dying, as I say, it's probably just a marketing ploy. (He'll probably come back anyway! - superhero dead is never real dead!) <img src="http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/SMP/pdTSSMP0083.jpg" alt="I have issues" /> You wrote “And now he’s been killed off of his own series. Perhaps the creators realized people don’t think America is cool anymore, resulting in a decrease in sales.” So naturally I assumed you were concerned that people don’t like the USA anymore.

Can’t say I disagree with you that the USA has some serious issues. But, it is just a comic book, and I don’t think it signifies the creators or the readership are convinced the USA is dying, as I say, it’s probably just a marketing ploy. (He’ll probably come back anyway! - superhero dead is never real dead!)

I have issues

]]> By: Eric Brown http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-86 Eric Brown Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:53:56 +0000 http://www.observationsinlife.com/2007/03/07/if-this-isnt-foreshadowing-then-i-dont-know-what-is/#comment-86 I also see it as the end of an era in a way. For one thing the Nazis and Communism are no longer the enemy. Instead the "enemy" is more insideous and unknown. Who would Captain America fight but the creepy figure in the dark alley or the guys training in a terrorist camp in the desert? Times are changing, and so are our ideas of what a hero is. Intellect over brute force seems to be the way. I'm sure that one of the hundred children that Captain America fathered will keep his legacy living as a new superhero ;) I also see it as the end of an era in a way. For one thing the Nazis and Communism are no longer the enemy. Instead the “enemy” is more insideous and unknown. Who would Captain America fight but the creepy figure in the dark alley or the guys training in a terrorist camp in the desert?

Times are changing, and so are our ideas of what a hero is. Intellect over brute force seems to be the way. I’m sure that one of the hundred children that Captain America fathered will keep his legacy living as a new superhero ;)

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