Saturday, June 4, 2011

Flushpoint???

After hearing all the news about Flashpoint (which is a story that I have no real interest in to begin with)and reading various blogs about it. I have come to the conclusion that I don't really care about whether or not DC is doing a hard or soft re-boot. The main thing I'm concerned about is whether or not I will be able to enjoy the stories of the characters I enjoy reading about. Which looks like at least a couple of them mainly Stargirl and Stephenie Brown are not likely to be doing much for a while. The other thing that it brings to the fore for me is that I've never been all that heavy into continuity and would much rather read something entertaining than something that lines up with what came before. I think part of this stems from my preference for episodic storytelling that doesn't rely on watching or reading every episode (or issue) in order to enjoy the story. Though, on the flip side I think there should be some consistency with the characters which Marvel and DC are pretty good at maintaining with their top tier characters (well, when the characters aren't making deal with the devil to end their marriage anyways). One of the writers I think has done a good job at this (so far) is Rick Remender over on Uncanny X-Force. Each month he has just been blowing me away. I guess I don't really have a point to this post other than as long as the stories are good I'll still read DC books and if the stories are lame, well then there are quite a few awesome book I will continue to read that aren't produced by DC. So, to the whole controversy I say... MEH!

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