Leisher wrote:
The roots of my being "snobby" regarding Marvel and movies are deep, but if you're being fair, your DC fandom plays a role in how you perceive my opinions on the subject.
But I'm not a DC fanboy. I think the fact that I don't trash them all at every opportunity clouds your perception of my feelings there. Believe me, there is a lot to trash in most of them especially from a guy that grew up as a comic geek. But there is a huge audience of folks that were not comic nerds growing up, and as action movies they service that audience fine for the most part. I can separate my inner comic geek from my enjoying a movie adult and recognize they do okay for the later while leaving the former frustrated as hell.
I will acknowledge that I despise Disney. But I try to keep that in check. I still rate
Winter Soldier as probably the best comic movie made up to this point, despite my hatred of Disney.
I'm also half Italian. So I argue (often with great hand gestures). Also have a lot of German, so there's a whole oven thing there also.
Edit: For what it's worth, I am much more of a Marvel comic fan than DC. I read The Flash growing up. Green Lantern and Batman (more of a Miller/ Dark Knight type reader). That was about it on DC. Oh! The Swamp Thing with Moore. Probably some of the finest writing in comics with that series. Otherwise I was a Spiderman, X-men, Machine-man, Nova guy. Even bought the ROM series when it came out. Liked Hulk (more early Hulk than later). Doctor Strange was a favorite.
2nd Edit: Forgot Iron-man. Was a reader back when Tony has in the bottle and Rhodey had to wear the suit for him. Never was a Captain America fan in the comics. Just found him boring for the same reasons I find Superman boring. Kind of two dimensional character. Was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked the movies. First was just okay, but I recognized it as an origin story setup for what was coming.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren