Post by davidaccampo on Jul 8, 2006 0:09:02 GMT -5
jayvee said:
In no stretch of the imagination does Henry Gyrich even remotely compare with the kind of things that the Green Goblin's been put away for--let alone the things he did but didn't get caught doing. It's an entirely different animal because at least Gyrich (to my knowledge) was played out as exploiting and manipulating the system... He USED the system. Green Goblin? Not so much.But it's not Green Goblin that makes the pro-reg side seem bad -- it's SHIELD USING him. And that's the analogy to Gyrich.
All I'm saying is, their government seems to be putting more effort into tracking down and incarcerating rogue heroes (Prodigy of WEBSLINGERS fame in FRONTLINE #2 was the first official casualty) than they are going after known villains. I realize that the Thunderbolts are supposedly going after villains--the ones that escaped from the Raft in NEW AVENGERS #1, I think--but every other book in the event seems one hundred percent focused on nailing the good guys.
Well, I think that's just perception. The idea is that they're going after anyone who is an unregistered combatant. Now, they've already BEEN going after criminals. It's just that now, a bunch of heroes have suddenly BECOME criminals. So it's natural to focus on the heroes because that's where the "civil war" aspect resides.
Again, I do think we'll end up feeling more sympathy for the anti-reg side because that's natural. The pro-reg heroes are actually changing their status while the anti-reg rebels are trying to continue doing what they've always done. And since we know them, since they're our "friends" (so to speak), we're going to sympathize with their hardships.
I'm still hoping we see some compelling pro-reg stuff because I do think that that is still a bit lacking. Frontline SHOULD have been the place to do it, as it could represent the "street level" view of this law.
But ideally all of this should be encompassed in Millar's story, if they're doing their jobs right. So I'm still hoping he balances it all.