
thank you soooooo much for this info. The whitewash tide at marvel is sweeping in and ethnic diversity as well as sexual equality is being pounded into the ground. Stan tried to diversify when he was in control ... he knew the future of the medium was in as much diversity as he could create. when he went to lala land, it sorta held true for a while under shooter, although strong women took a hit...but writers like Claremont, who were building Marvel's rep and stock, used strong women and a wide diversity of ethnic characters to good advantage, both storywise and monitarily.
Under Hardass, the aryan race strode back in with hobnailed boots and when Hardass was finally booted out, Quesada wishywashied back and forth between intelligent people at the office and the plants Hardass put in place... which are now totally ruining marvel with their own agendas.
Personally, I was hoping when Disney bought Marvel, they would protect the characters continuity as they protect the rat and his ilk... which they do with great vigor. Apparently not... and the total destruction of Marvel goes on apace with the wild success of the Avengers movie... which Brevoort had little if nothing to do with but will use to push his/Hardass' agenda.
I dunno if we can change this totally evil tide, but we can surely try. I don't know where Alonso stands, actually, but it seems that right now Brevoort is pushing his considerable weight around and they are killing off beloved characters right and left... they have disenfranchised the X Men franchise and are folding them into the Avengers... which is stupidity supreme...unless there is legal carap with the movie rights... which may be part and parcel of that. Fox owns the rights to the Xm men franchise for movies... and Marvel/Disney owns the movie rights to the Avengers. If you fold the X Men into the Avengers, do those characters become fodder for your movie mill? There might be a battle royal on that... but Disney has lotsa good lawyers... but that may be what they are trying to do.
In the process, they are destroying charactes that have made Marvel what it is and wiping out diversity in the process. Sieg Heil, Marvel!! It seems to be a pogrom on anything Claremont did... and with him, of course, all those wonderful characters that Dave created... including, but not limited to, Nightcrawler!!! I won't even go into what they might have in mind for Magneto...
Nightcrawler is weird looking but doesn't let that get him down... he is a happy swashbuckler of the Errol Flynn, Sea Hawk/Robin Hood ilk. He verges on being the Crimson Pirate...a movie I thoroughly suggest since it was one of Dave's favorites and may have even set the tone for Johnny Depp's Capt'n Jack Sparrow! Very tongue in cheek, ribald, fun...on the high seas! ... or thereabouts...
In any event, thanks for this info!!! I suggest every person on this forum send off emails and snail mails to Mr Iger enlightening him on the evils happening at marvel right now with the destruction of favorite characters that have been LISTEN TO THIS, DISNEY moneymakers for close to half a century!
Cancelling Uncanny on the eve of it's fiftieth anniversary is about the stupidest thing I have ever heard of!!! Destroying established and beloved characters because you are jealous of Claremont's body of work and brilliant, at times, writing is not only immoral it is fiscally irresponsible!!!
Now, Perlmutter is a major stockholder in Disney right now and may be calling some shots... and Perlmutter seems to only care about the money... but I cannot see Disney letting the pipsqueaks at Marvel NY ruin very lucrative and popular characters as they seem bound and determined to do.
Somebody at Disney needs a wakeup call in spades!
Thanks again and all I can say is WRITE PEOPLE, WRITE!!!!!
Paty
