TwilightEL
Well-Known Member
Here's my rant from the New Member thread, reposted for Ice.
"We need a ninja."
I can't understand why that hasn't become an internet phenomenon on the level of "the ******* Batman".
And if you do need a ninja, you use them for ****ing ninja jobs, not running around next to the Sentry fighting monsters!
And Ultron is inexplicably female. I just don't trust Bendis to explain this at all without forever tainting Ultron with its evil.
Also, there's no logical reason for the Avengers to exist. Here are a few reasons why the team might have been assembled:
1. As Earth's Mightiest Heroes, to handle big-time threats. But then, why are they all staying together, all the time? Shouldn't they be spread out to back up inexperienced heroes? I can understand them coming together to fight off the Moleman if he's causing massive natural disasters, and Ultron is a natural enemy of the Avengers, but unless Earth is under threats 24/7, the Avengers don't have a reason to exist. This also makes the team make no sense. I'm saying that they're supposed to be the ultimate combat team... so why is Black Widow there? And Carol and Tony's criteria for them is "We need a Thor and a Wolverine" so I don't think they're really thinking about team dynamics and how they can handle threats and the team's not gonna be that great.
2. As the best in all their fields. The best tactician, the best stealth operative, the best slugger, the best at handling aliens. But then, the way they all just ran off to fight mole monsters together doesn't make any sense. They don't have any tech guys besides Tony, and even though he's clearly not always going to fight with them (or he would've been killed by being assimilated by Ultron) he still can't give them the full backup they need. And they're not picking the best of the best. What the hell is the Wasp the best at?
3. As a group of Tony's people, a team he can point at a problem and say "get that" and then deal with something else without breathing down their necks. But then, why would he put the unstable Sentry on the team and (though like I said, that's not really Tony fighting with them) put himself on the team?
4. As just another superhero team who handles global threats together. But then, why should they restrict themselves to such a small group with straightforward powers? The old Avengers had a huge lineup. Plus, they had such a wide range of powers. If the old Avengers ran across a problem that needed sonic powers or magic or electromagnetic powers, they could flip through the reserves and find either someone who had what they needed or had teamed up with someone who did. With these Avengers, once you take down or distract the obviously unstable Sentry, you just have to hit them until they stop moving except for Deus ex Tony.
5. I can't think of another five, but seriously, WTF is Wasp doing on the team? Nobody has begun to answer this question.
"We need a ninja."
I can't understand why that hasn't become an internet phenomenon on the level of "the ******* Batman".
And if you do need a ninja, you use them for ****ing ninja jobs, not running around next to the Sentry fighting monsters!
And Ultron is inexplicably female. I just don't trust Bendis to explain this at all without forever tainting Ultron with its evil.
Also, there's no logical reason for the Avengers to exist. Here are a few reasons why the team might have been assembled:
1. As Earth's Mightiest Heroes, to handle big-time threats. But then, why are they all staying together, all the time? Shouldn't they be spread out to back up inexperienced heroes? I can understand them coming together to fight off the Moleman if he's causing massive natural disasters, and Ultron is a natural enemy of the Avengers, but unless Earth is under threats 24/7, the Avengers don't have a reason to exist. This also makes the team make no sense. I'm saying that they're supposed to be the ultimate combat team... so why is Black Widow there? And Carol and Tony's criteria for them is "We need a Thor and a Wolverine" so I don't think they're really thinking about team dynamics and how they can handle threats and the team's not gonna be that great.
2. As the best in all their fields. The best tactician, the best stealth operative, the best slugger, the best at handling aliens. But then, the way they all just ran off to fight mole monsters together doesn't make any sense. They don't have any tech guys besides Tony, and even though he's clearly not always going to fight with them (or he would've been killed by being assimilated by Ultron) he still can't give them the full backup they need. And they're not picking the best of the best. What the hell is the Wasp the best at?
3. As a group of Tony's people, a team he can point at a problem and say "get that" and then deal with something else without breathing down their necks. But then, why would he put the unstable Sentry on the team and (though like I said, that's not really Tony fighting with them) put himself on the team?
4. As just another superhero team who handles global threats together. But then, why should they restrict themselves to such a small group with straightforward powers? The old Avengers had a huge lineup. Plus, they had such a wide range of powers. If the old Avengers ran across a problem that needed sonic powers or magic or electromagnetic powers, they could flip through the reserves and find either someone who had what they needed or had teamed up with someone who did. With these Avengers, once you take down or distract the obviously unstable Sentry, you just have to hit them until they stop moving except for Deus ex Tony.
5. I can't think of another five, but seriously, WTF is Wasp doing on the team? Nobody has begun to answer this question.
