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A review by angrybooklady
Civil War II by
2.0
Well, ummmm.....the art was pretty.
Sigh. Look, I don't have the general hatred for Bendis that some folks seem to have. I've enjoyed plenty of his work in the past. I can usually even find something I like about the work I don't enjoy. But this was some of the most awkwardly forced characterization I have seen.
Mark Millar's Civil War was far from perfect. (Sidenote: Millar's work is generally something I enjoy far less than Bendis's.) I don't think Civil War lived up to its potential in the end, but in my opinion it kept things together a lot longer than this mess. You understood why there was a divide in the superhero community in the first place. And, even after it became clear which side was supposed to be the wrong one, you could still understand why Tony was doing what he was doing.
In Civil War II, there was no reason for Carol to behave the way she did or continue down the path she was on. I could almost buy it in the beginning, even though arresting people for stuff they might do is way more cut and dry than the Superhero Registration Act. Carol wasn't working with a lot of moral ambiguity to begin with. But Carol is a good person and was doing it for the right reasons, even if it was a terrible idea. But after it became obvious it was a terrible idea and was impossible to defend, Carol still stuck with it! Why?
I'm pretty sure the answer to that question is that The Powers That Be at Marvel decided: "Hey, we have a summer blockbuster called Civil War, that resembles Millar's story if you squint really hard. We should have a new Civil War event to sell more books! Get Bendis to shit out something as fast as he can!" This is the new Marvel, apparently, where we structure our comic universe around the Cinematic Universe and screw the fans who don't like it, I guess.
I'm not trying to be that person who accuses movie fans of not reading the source material or whatever it is those fake geek boys do. If a fan only wants to watch RDJ play Iron Man and couldn't care less about what's happening in the comics, that's fine. I genuinely hope they enjoy the films, because there's a lot to enjoy. But if Marvel could stop shoving comic fans aside for their next iteration of Blatant Movie Advertising: A Marvel Event, that would be great.
Sigh. Look, I don't have the general hatred for Bendis that some folks seem to have. I've enjoyed plenty of his work in the past. I can usually even find something I like about the work I don't enjoy. But this was some of the most awkwardly forced characterization I have seen.
Mark Millar's Civil War was far from perfect. (Sidenote: Millar's work is generally something I enjoy far less than Bendis's.) I don't think Civil War lived up to its potential in the end, but in my opinion it kept things together a lot longer than this mess. You understood why there was a divide in the superhero community in the first place. And, even after it became clear which side was supposed to be the wrong one, you could still understand why Tony was doing what he was doing.
In Civil War II, there was no reason for Carol to behave the way she did or continue down the path she was on. I could almost buy it in the beginning, even though arresting people for stuff they might do is way more cut and dry than the Superhero Registration Act. Carol wasn't working with a lot of moral ambiguity to begin with. But Carol is a good person and was doing it for the right reasons, even if it was a terrible idea. But after it became obvious it was a terrible idea and was impossible to defend, Carol still stuck with it! Why?
I'm pretty sure the answer to that question is that The Powers That Be at Marvel decided: "Hey, we have a summer blockbuster called Civil War, that resembles Millar's story if you squint really hard. We should have a new Civil War event to sell more books! Get Bendis to shit out something as fast as he can!" This is the new Marvel, apparently, where we structure our comic universe around the Cinematic Universe and screw the fans who don't like it, I guess.
I'm not trying to be that person who accuses movie fans of not reading the source material or whatever it is those fake geek boys do. If a fan only wants to watch RDJ play Iron Man and couldn't care less about what's happening in the comics, that's fine. I genuinely hope they enjoy the films, because there's a lot to enjoy. But if Marvel could stop shoving comic fans aside for their next iteration of Blatant Movie Advertising: A Marvel Event, that would be great.