Marvel says they don't cater to the movies, yet look what happened to Nick Fury. He was practically cast aside. And his long-lost son just happens to have a resemblance to Samuel L. Jackson. We had the Ultimate comics for that. The movies and comics can still differ, right?
We’ve been over this before, but let me go through it again in the hopes of clarifying things.
There’s a difference between catering to the movies and not being stupid.
More people in the world now know and recognize Nick Fury as an African-American man than have ever known him any other way. He’s depicted that way in film, in animation, and in consumer products.
So, given that, why wouldn’t we make an effort to cross that divide? To not do so only invites more confusion.
I understand that you draw an arbitrary distinction between the desires and reading experience of yourself and others of your generation and those who’ve come later, but we do not.
And saying that we had Ultimate comics for that is like me telling you that you have back issues for that—it does nobody any good and it’s hardly satisfying. (Especially in this instance, where the race issue gives it added context: “Hey, there’s a nice separate-but-equal version right over there for you guys!)
That’s not the movies driving anything, though. That version of Nick Fury came right out of the comics. And nobody made us do this, we chose to do it because it simply made good sense. And we did it in such a way that we left the original Nick Fury and his history intact.
So where is the problem here?
Because it's throwing an established character under the bus for nothing more than a cosmetic change, that doesn't seem to affect anything in the long run?
Because there's no guarantee that this change will actually bring in anyone new from outside of comics?
Because it reinforces the notion that Marvel doesn't care about it's loyal and established fanbase and are more interested in courting the coveted "movie" audience, and they just expect them to put up with whatever crappy story comes out so they can appeal to the movie fans?
Because it diminishes said character in the process by stating that they can be replaced with an identical copy and the rest of the stories aren't affected at all? And it also diminishes the replacement character, as they don't get to be their own thing and are just instead created to be the exact same as the person they are replacing, just of a different race?
I mean, should I go on? There's more, but I kind of figure you don't want to be here all day reading them.
