So the one thing that struck me when reading Siege #3...
...am I really supposed to believe that the Fantastic Four and the X-Men were just standing around watching this humongous superhuman battle on TV without feeling any obligation to do anything about it other than say "Told ya so" when Osborn is shown to be crazy?
Really?
Hrm.
Other than that, though, another twist-filled issue. What'd y'all think?
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If you want an in-story explaination for that, the heroes involved (Avengers) have borne the brunt of the bad PR that has been in place ever since that explosion caused (kinda) by the New Warriors. The X-Men moved out of America and the FF went about their exploring. Thor died, Steve died, Tony essentially died. I think the other two teams in the Marvel trinity needed to allow Cap, Iron Man, and Thor to be forefront on this one to say to everyone, including the President, they're back. The major superheroes have things in control now and it should be a looooooooong time before the public turns their back on them. The FF are rock stars and the X-Men are outcasts...their status wasn't at stake like the Avengers' was.
Yeah... I mean, it's not a storybreaker for me, and I can easily explain it away, but I think I'd've been happier if the other teams in question just hadn't been shown, than being shown watching on TV an event that included a god being ripped in half by an out-of-control superbeing... that just doesn't seem like a situation a hero can look at and say "Yeah, I'll leave that for others to take care of" and still call himself a hero.
Especially, in the case of the X-Men, with Scott and Emma having a personal connection/stake in the Sentry (or rather, the Void)...
Yeah, really - "Is Tuesday night our 'Exposing Super-Villains in High Government Positions and Then Having a Huge Battle With Them' night?" "Nah, that's Wednesdays. Tuesday night is 'paper trash' night."
I didn't bat an eye at that. I thought that it was fairlly obvious that was the Sentry, at least to anyone who has been following the story.
To those who come in cold to the third issue of a limited series of a story arc that is building on what has happened in several years worth of comics and were confused by it...what the hell would you expect?
Alan M. said:
Oh, another question about this issue:
Was I supposed to recognize what Sentry had become in the last panel, or was it supposed to be a "What the hell is THAT??" moment?
In my mind, the FF were in a holding pattern while Reed was in his lab creating a failsafe device. The Torch and the Thing were killing time waiting for the go call.
Yeah, it leaves the reader to do the heavy lifting, but it works for me.
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Especially, in the case of the X-Men, with Scott and Emma having a personal connection/stake in the Sentry (or rather, the Void)...
Now I wish I'd saved the "What if Baron Bizarre was Captain America?" thread from the old board... ;)
Yeah, really - "Is Tuesday night our 'Exposing Super-Villains in High Government Positions and Then Having a Huge Battle With Them' night?" "Nah, that's Wednesdays. Tuesday night is 'paper trash' night."
I don't remember that one. I wish I'd saved it!
Was I supposed to recognize what Sentry had become in the last panel, or was it supposed to be a "What the hell is THAT??" moment?
To those who come in cold to the third issue of a limited series of a story arc that is building on what has happened in several years worth of comics and were confused by it...what the hell would you expect?
Alan M. said:
Yeah, it leaves the reader to do the heavy lifting, but it works for me.
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