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Reports are coming in from all across the web that Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee has died:
Stan Lee—the Marvel Comics legend responsible for cultural icons from Spider-Man and Iron Man to X-Men and Black Panther—has died according to multiple reports from places like TMZ and The Hollywood Reporter [(THR)].
THR spoke with a source that said Lee died early Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. TMZ spoke to Lee's daughter, J.C., who said an ambulance rushed to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning to take him to Cedars-Sinai. That outlet noted Lee had suffered several illnesses over the last year or so, including dealing with pneumonia. Lee was 95 years old.
[...] Indisputably, Lee's decades-spanning career has spawned some of the most beloved pop culture characters and franchises of all time. He began working on comics as an assistant at Timely Comics in 1939; that entity would eventually morph into Marvel Comics in the 1960s. Alongside other eventual giants of the industry like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, Lee helped create seemingly every adored comic hero this side of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman: in addition to the credits above, Lee had a hand in the Hulk, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and characters like Ant-Man and Thor.
Also at: Hollywood Reporter, The Daily Beast, c|net, ComicBook.com, and NPR.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday November 12 2018, @11:11PM (10 children)
If you're going to go off about comic books and propaganda, a better target would be Captain America surely?
I stopped paying any attention to any Marvel or DC product in the mid 1990's when the stories and characters became carbon copies of each other.
That's the real problem. They ran out of ideas a generation ago, but just turned the marketing budget up to 11.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday November 12 2018, @11:44PM (1 child)
This makes me think of what they did to Superman: he could kick your ass...unless you had kryptonite, then he couldn't. Lame.
The inevitable happened. You can't use the same piece of kryptonite against Superman twice.
Wait...what? Why?
He can't fly, he can only jump and go fast because he's used to much higher gravity. WAIT...he CAN fly! Yeah.
NOW, he has Laser Eyes! Yeah!
Now...ah feck it, let's just kill him. BIG SALES! Ah just kidding...he's not dead. Ha. Ha. Ha.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday November 13 2018, @12:25AM
You may have just cleared up why I have always disliked Superman. I could never quite put my finger on it.
I am old enough to remember the crushing disappointment after seeing the 1978 Superman movie (which Wikipedia notes enjoyed critical acclaim).
My mates thought I was nuts, but I just never "believed" Superman.
The Batman movie with Jack Nicholson I thought was pretty good, but then Batman was actually at risk at some point. Then, of course DC (or whoever owns the rights) has just repeated the formula every few years to suck further blood out of the stone.
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday November 13 2018, @01:18AM (2 children)
I was talking about "SJW specifically" since that's what the OP was complaining about.
Insert Space Balls's merchandising reference here... :)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 13 2018, @03:18PM (1 child)
God willing we will all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday November 13 2018, @09:13PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLkL87Gm7JA [youtube.com]
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(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Tuesday November 13 2018, @06:45AM (4 children)
Marvel and Stan Lee were always, and I mean always reflective of progressive values and politics.
Just google "Stan's Soapbox" to see some of the editorials that he'd print at the back of Fantastic Four or Silver Surfer way back in the day. You AC pieces of shit would probably call this "virtue signaling". The guy was a motherfucking hero who fought actual Nazis in WWII and he came back and continued to fight the ones at home. You're not fit to say his name.
[I don't mean you, necessarily, PartTimeZombie.]
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday November 13 2018, @07:35PM (3 children)
I certainly hope no-one sees me as a Nazi. I try to be a live-and-let-live sort of zombie.
I have no opinion on who you love, or which bathroom you use.
I was however trying to make the point that the whole superhero genre made lots of money, which attracted the attention of the MBA crowd, who did what they do to everything they touch. They turned it into a widget factory, and proceeded to churn out copies of what sells, which is a good thing if you're making TV's, but stops working pretty quickly for anything with any creativity in it.
It is not the sexuality or skin colour of the protagonists that annoys me. It's the bland corporate paint by numbers story lines, and lack of depth.
I can't watch Star Wars, Star Trek, or any superhero movies any more. Fortunately there are plenty of enjoyable, original things I can watch, so I will vote with my wallet.
There. Rant over.
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Wednesday November 14 2018, @12:05AM (2 children)
I agree. I didn't want you to think my comment was directed at you.
The shame of it is that the actual comic books are still pretty damn good. It's the megablockbuster mentality of the entertainment/industrial complex that has spoiled the movies.
You are still welcome on my lawn.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday November 14 2018, @01:00AM (1 child)
That's a relief. I didn't really want to have to goose-step over there and shout at you.
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Wednesday November 14 2018, @04:45AM
I'm sorry if you were collateral damage in my unfocused ranting. It's one of my character defects.
You are still welcome on my lawn.