Stan Lee Gives His Input On The End Of The Marvel Comics Universe

Stan the man

MexSuperman - Stan Lee is *like '[frick] this' in his head

MexSuperman - you don't *know that for sure

type slower my friend. one missing word can ruin a sentence.

@Minty - according to that Simon Kinberg guy, Stan Lee really liked the casting of Jordan, thought it was a positive new direction for the character.

Reboots are necessary if you want to get new readers.As for older readers you still have your collection.

@DeuxExSponge gets it!

lol @ the people who think he cares

Stan says it'll probably be good. And not in a typical Stan Lee saying it'll be good kind of way. He's pointing out that they can't get themselves stuck in a repetitive rut. And he's right. This is Stan the EIC speaking, here. Stan the writer. Stan the ringleader.
He says it'll probably be good.
So it'll probably be good.
So fvck you all.
(sorry, that last part was a bit much)

My brain tells me that Stan probably doesn't give a shiny shoe about anything going on at Marvel anymore... but I've been wrong before.

This story is still important though, since we're about to see the end of something that Stan helped build and develop over the course of the 60's.

I think it'll get a lot of people into comics, or back into comics if they've been out for a while. Look how popular All New X-Men has been.

Awesome guy

@AisA


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@Melkaticox - Yeah I s'pose you're right. I was just curious. I get that the dude's made enough money not to care any more.

Anyone old enough to remember the classic marvel storylines is too old to complain. You're over 21, AKA not Marvel's f*cking demographic anymore.

@NoTucksGiven - Lol, makes sense

@AisA Nepotism - you keep using that word but I don't think you know what it means. It means owing your success to a direct relative, not your buddies. The casting of Mike was definitely them looking at a cast of white stereotypes and thinking it needed an update. Someone here wrote an editorial called 'Mike Jordan is the Human Torch for the same reason Steve Harvey is the host of Family Fued' and the opening statement was 'because Family Fued was formerly the whitest show on television.' Thats hilarious! also true.

Frank Storm is black now too, making him the adoptive father of a white girl, and Sue the adopted daughter of an elderly black man - these characters' identities were changed far more than Johnny Storm's identity. I heard some things about what they're doing with Johnny to make him an iconic and memorable version of the Human Torch, the best rumor I heard thus far was that he'll have flame patterns stenciled in his hair - which sounds kinda awesome, no? As long as he still does things like fixing cars and has an uneven temper then its still gotta be Johnny Storm in there somewhere screaming to be let out.

The biggest problem with the cast is making them all the same age, they're supposed to be a nuclear family, but I think they did that for chemistry reasons. So with all that said I'm not as discouraged by the studio's questionable decisionmaking as I used to be. Before Trank got the job, it was just a rumor at this point, but he said there needs to be a good Fantastic Four movie, and then hearing that its more like Chronicle than Avengers is reassuring, it means there are added dimensions to the characters, I mean if Whedon directed Fantastic Four it'd be so hard to take seriously!