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Post by masterprime64 on Feb 17, 2011 17:30:10 GMT -5
It would be great uf HT actually stayed dead.
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Post by cm24 on Feb 17, 2011 17:32:39 GMT -5
I hope they won't kill anyone in the books I am reading now lol
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Zoom
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Forever, Rose
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Post by Zoom on Feb 17, 2011 22:20:12 GMT -5
Every time they kill off a major character, I drop the book. I'm not buying FF or X-Men right now anyways, but I wouldn't go near them after they killed off the HT and Nightcrawler on principle that good stories > shock value. As much as I love the character, I still have to admit that Nightcrawler's death was well done. I don't think they did it purely for shock value. He's too popular to die. The second some writer wants to use him, they'll bring him back with some flimsy excuse. His death had no immediate purpose other than for someone to die so that the characters could get emotional. With this in mind, his death was for shock value. |
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Post by jakefury on Feb 17, 2011 22:32:56 GMT -5
Personally, no matter how good the story is if one of my faves gets killed off it just feels like a bad attempt at shock value sales.
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spidey_17
The Unstoppable Ledgernaut
With Great Power Comes Great.... suffering?
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Post by spidey_17 on Feb 27, 2011 19:19:55 GMT -5
What a clever idea........
o wait...
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Post by NorCalCO on Feb 28, 2011 1:40:35 GMT -5
Saying that they are going to be killing off a character a quarter will automatically make all the deaths seem contrived. It might give a temporary boost in sales, but I think it's a bad idea in the long term. Nightcrawler and Cable's deaths in Second Coming were incredibly well done in my opinion, but I'm already wondering how / when they'll be coming back. I agree with what some others said before, just tell good stories that people will want to read. I'm not opposed to the occasional death of a character, but it's not necessary to evoke a strong emotional response. Good story telling should do that.
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