Stan Lee's Next Big Thing: NHL Hockey Heroes
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Remember his nickname is "Sneaky" Stan, not "Capable of Learning from Prior Really, Really Stupid Ideas" Stan.sheic99 said:
Well, don't forget Stan Lee's age here also. I think part of it is that he'll increasingly do anything for money, but I also think a big part of it is that his attitudes haven't grown up with the medium. For example when listening to Stan Lee talk about his attitudes on the Marvel Civil War (which was ruined due to people changing it to involve analogies to real world politics by defining one side clearly as wrong despite the original intent) they were very simplistic and seemed to have no bearing on anything happening either going by the original concepts/lead in, or the current one. He just doesn't think like a lot of people do today, despite his apperances.
Think back to when Stan Lee first started doing his thing, and how absoltly cheezy some of the characters from both Marvel and DC were. I think DC was worse, but on sites like "superdickery" you'll see examples of comics (in great numbers) that are simply "W T F" in some way by today's standards.
Being Hockey Players is no more far fetched than say doing a comic series based on "Mr. T" (he had one), or the original launch of Dazzler where she was "The Disco Dazzler" (I kid you not), and comics where they for example had Mohammad Ali fight Superman. Not to mention cartoon shows back in the day (unconnected to comics) like "Sport Billy".
A number of decades ago this idea probably would have seemed a lot cooler and less silly than it was now, and fit right in. I think the problem is that the world, and the audience has changed. The idea is just too cornball even for the kids today.
Think back to when Stan Lee first started doing his thing, and how absoltly cheezy some of the characters from both Marvel and DC were. I think DC was worse, but on sites like "superdickery" you'll see examples of comics (in great numbers) that are simply "W T F" in some way by today's standards.
Being Hockey Players is no more far fetched than say doing a comic series based on "Mr. T" (he had one), or the original launch of Dazzler where she was "The Disco Dazzler" (I kid you not), and comics where they for example had Mohammad Ali fight Superman. Not to mention cartoon shows back in the day (unconnected to comics) like "Sport Billy".
A number of decades ago this idea probably would have seemed a lot cooler and less silly than it was now, and fit right in. I think the problem is that the world, and the audience has changed. The idea is just too cornball even for the kids today.
Oh my god please no....please no, I don't want "Hockey heros," I just want to sit on my couch with my beer and watch my Edmonton Oilers lose play their games.
Actually, they shoot maple syrup out of their hands.Brnin8 said:
Worst power ever? Some may argue so. Tastiest power ever? Maybe. Maybe.
Indeed, especially the "tween" demographic mentioned in the article. I just can't see boys getting into that of all things when connected with hockey. I think they'd be more interested in the cursing and violence than a Mighty Mighty Duck or a flying Phili Flyer.Therumancer said:
Face, meet palm.
I hope this succeeds though, I really do. Other than Canada and the major markets in the states the NHL is still far behind even sports like college football, golf, and NASCAR, let alone the big ones like baseball, basketball, and football.
I hope this succeeds though, I really do. Other than Canada and the major markets in the states the NHL is still far behind even sports like college football, golf, and NASCAR, let alone the big ones like baseball, basketball, and football.
Yeah, same here.V8 Ninja said:
So, whats gonna be the superpower of the Montreal Canadiens? The power to separate themselves while whining about how unique they are? An ability to accept government funding?
/I kid, I kid.
//GO HABS GO!
/I kid, I kid.
//GO HABS GO!
They're all supposed to be heroes and fight against some kinda mega antagonist.bpm195 said:
I personally like this. each hero gets their own special abilities, and are cooler then what people are saying (whether its in jest or seriousness) and it wont hurt to combine the two. its no worse then his who wants to be a superhero pagent reality show thing he did with Syfy.