Is marvel out of touch with it's fanbase, or are these out of season april fools jokes?

colonelwing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi5RFAuu87I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVoWF4uvNno

I don't think it's funny and find it highly disturbing, to say the least.

spinnytop

colonelwing wrote: »

I don't think it's funny and find it highly disturbing, to say the least.

Of course you do.

themightyzenith

Their nemeses are Boomer and Triggered.

ealford1985

We need to hashtag this and get these guys fired

ealford1985

I think this is actually awesome lol

bulgarex

Any one of these concepts, by itself, might not be too bad depending on execution. Throwing them all into one team just screams "filling out a checklist of lame."

If this is a big April Fool's prank they need to say so NOW, because the longer this is allowed to float as a real thing the more damage they do to Marvel's brand.

ealford1985

But it’s funny! It’s like the inception of being woke.


That guy couldn’t even hold back his laugh. I bet they were pushed to add more of these types.

I think it’s great!

spinnytop

This is just capitalizing on the ridiculous SJW stereotypes those anti-progressive youtubers are always trying to push. The fact that some of them might find it highly disturbing is music to my ears. Lampoon the heck out of em!

themightyzenith wrote: »

Their nemeses are Boomer and Triggered.

And their evil overlord OneJoke.

jonsills

In fact, the "Social Justice League" part is a joke - Marvel doesn't want to get sued by DC. However, the characters involved are, sadly, intended at least semi-seriously, even the guy who became sensitive to EM frequencies after being dosed with "his grandfather's experimental Internet Gas."

I think the intent behind the whole thing might be to see just how wound up they can get some of these alleged "comics fans" on YouTube to get.

ealford1985

Because how can you complain?

They are literally the embodiment of what those people who would complain about are....about.

themightyzenith

ealford1985 wrote: »

Because how can you complain?

That doesn't seem to be an issue

jennymachx

Hot garbage.
Watch it crash and burn, not like Marvel Comics isn't already on the decline.

themightyzenith

jonsills wrote: »

I think the intent behind the whole thing might be to see just how wound up they can get some of these alleged "comics fans" on YouTube to get.

I think you might just be right there.

jonsills

themightyzenith wrote: »

ealford1985 wrote: »

Because how can you complain?

That doesn't seem to be an issue

Never has been - hell, some folks complain about the "revelation" that Wonder Woman is bi, apparently because they've never once read any of the original Marston-penned comics about her. (To quote Diana herself, from Superman: Red Son, "I live on an island inhabited exclusively by women. You do the math.")

For a certain portion of the audience, the complaining is the point, and they'll make things up to complain about if they have to. (For instance, it would certainly come as a huge surprise to both Marvel and their corporate ownership at Disney that Marvel Comics is "on the decline". It's definitely not what the sales figures say.)

spinnytop

jonsills wrote: »

(To quote Diana herself, from Superman: Red Son, "I live on an island inhabited exclusively by women. You do the math.")

Well there's your problem. These types of people are notoriously bad at math.

markhawkman

jonsills wrote: »

In fact, the "Social Justice League" part is a joke - Marvel doesn't want to get sued by DC. However, the characters involved are, sadly, intended at least semi-seriously, even the guy who became sensitive to EM frequencies after being dosed with "his grandfather's experimental Internet Gas."

I think the intent behind the whole thing might be to see just how wound up they can get some of these alleged "comics fans" on YouTube to get.

Part of why I suspect trolling is that the character concepts are all just... bad at being heroes. These are the sort of "street level" heroes who get beaten up by homeless bums with baseball bats.

colonelwing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_C7HmNpLcg

spinnytop

Ah good ComicsGate, the comics version of GamerGate. I needed more stuff to laugh at.

colonelwing

spinnytop wrote: »

Ah good ComicsGate, the comics version of GamerGate. I needed more stuff to laugh at.

Eh, you don't seem to be aware of what gamergate "is" (it never even existed to begin with). Quit posting, please, or do some research prior to spreading more of that mental floss of yours, buddy.

Peace.

colonelwing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl_qfdGpQcM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Ctmr0z6h8

themightyzenith

The 'ComicsGate' movement in a nutshell, for those that may have stumbled into this hole of a thread and went "WTF is this?"...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comicsgate

ealford1985

But but....then that would mean it does exist?

So if...you did research and showed it does exist does that mean to deny it would mean you shouldn’t post because you didn’t do research saying it existed?

Do I exist? What is real?

themightyzenith

ealford1985 wrote: »

Do I exist? What is real?

Cheesus is real.

spinnytop

colonelwing wrote: »

what gamergate "is" (it never even existed to begin with)

That which is, cannot is not.