That's an awful lot of pop culture's message, though, movies and books and TV.
Although it's interesting, because out of the four Marvel and DC movies I'd say DC's went for 'an ordinary Joe is what you need!' and Marvel went more for smart, dedicated, exceptional people.
Have you read Ultimate Gah Lak Tus? It's very smart people resolving the crisis oriented. So much so that Captain America has an emo tear moment because there's nothing to punch.
Yeah, I don't think it's necessarily Marvel's overall message, it's just one that seems to come out repeatedly in events. Possibly an unfortunate confluence of Mark Millar's tendency to write everyone in the most extreme and flawed way possible, Bendis not doing very much research into the actual personalities of characters that aren't his faves, and generally weak event plotting that doesn't explain why the geniuses aren't coming up with the kind of fixes they do every month in their own titles.
You're right, the Ultimate Galactus trilogy was definitely a good example of people using their skill sets in smart ways. I mean, it really doesn't matter if they actually solve anything or all their efforts are stymied, I just want half a page or even a line here and there dedicated to the fact that they're making some effort to help save the world and why it isn't working. (Unlike, say, the way Reed Richards appears in a single-issue tie-in to Fear Itself, witnesses his best friend in the grip of possession only months after the group lost Johnny Storm, and then he and Sue apparently wander off and go home to play cards or something, never to been seen again until somebody else has saved the day.)
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Although it's interesting, because out of the four Marvel and DC movies I'd say DC's went for 'an ordinary Joe is what you need!' and Marvel went more for smart, dedicated, exceptional people.
Have you read Ultimate Gah Lak Tus? It's very smart people resolving the crisis oriented. So much so that Captain America has an emo tear moment because there's nothing to punch.
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You're right, the Ultimate Galactus trilogy was definitely a good example of people using their skill sets in smart ways. I mean, it really doesn't matter if they actually solve anything or all their efforts are stymied, I just want half a page or even a line here and there dedicated to the fact that they're making some effort to help save the world and why it isn't working. (Unlike, say, the way Reed Richards appears in a single-issue tie-in to Fear Itself, witnesses his best friend in the grip of possession only months after the group lost Johnny Storm, and then he and Sue apparently wander off and go home to play cards or something, never to been seen again until somebody else has saved the day.)