Bass
Nexus of the World
No, Zombipanda, that is still Rulk.
As for this whole Ares thing... it's rubbish. Some people complain about the gore – it's not no much that you can see all the intestines and spine, but why you can. It is a completely gratuitous shot, which has been drastically over-rendered to give it 'weight' because the event has none.
Ares is barely an ape, mindlessly following orders and fighting. His only dimension is "Angry". He just fights. Then, someone tells him to fight someone else. So he does. Considering his total lack of depth, his successes, failures, life, and his death are meaningless.
Equally meaningless is the Sentry, who is a walking top trump, dropped in as needed. Much like his killing of Carnage way back when, he just shows up, looking like a hero, does something horrifically violent, and everyone acts stunned. Much like Ares changing sides, his continuing trend of suddenly being monstrous becomes less and less effective each time it is repeated. This is the law of diminishing returns, and something Bendis doesn't understand as his plots repeat themselves as much as his dialogue until they're a predictable mess.
So with Ares, a dull, one-note character on one side, and Sentry, a walking plot device, there is no empathy to make this scene matter. Which is why Coipel has to draw a spine and intestines exploding all over two pages.
Because if he didn't, you probably wouldn't have noticed that it happened anyway.
That's why it's inappropriate, shameless, grotesque, and purile, and not the tragic shock it's clearly meant to be.
Also, does anyone else find it hysterical, that they showed all of Ares' organs exploding in blood all over the page… but they BLEEPED OUT THE SWEAR WORD?
As for this whole Ares thing... it's rubbish. Some people complain about the gore – it's not no much that you can see all the intestines and spine, but why you can. It is a completely gratuitous shot, which has been drastically over-rendered to give it 'weight' because the event has none.
Ares is barely an ape, mindlessly following orders and fighting. His only dimension is "Angry". He just fights. Then, someone tells him to fight someone else. So he does. Considering his total lack of depth, his successes, failures, life, and his death are meaningless.
Equally meaningless is the Sentry, who is a walking top trump, dropped in as needed. Much like his killing of Carnage way back when, he just shows up, looking like a hero, does something horrifically violent, and everyone acts stunned. Much like Ares changing sides, his continuing trend of suddenly being monstrous becomes less and less effective each time it is repeated. This is the law of diminishing returns, and something Bendis doesn't understand as his plots repeat themselves as much as his dialogue until they're a predictable mess.
So with Ares, a dull, one-note character on one side, and Sentry, a walking plot device, there is no empathy to make this scene matter. Which is why Coipel has to draw a spine and intestines exploding all over two pages.
Because if he didn't, you probably wouldn't have noticed that it happened anyway.
That's why it's inappropriate, shameless, grotesque, and purile, and not the tragic shock it's clearly meant to be.
Also, does anyone else find it hysterical, that they showed all of Ares' organs exploding in blood all over the page… but they BLEEPED OUT THE SWEAR WORD?
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