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No, but they have hired hitmen and the Mob. Compare like things. ...which, in many cases, has discovered identities to the major players anyway. they might have been compromised, but the situation still worked. all of the X-Men The Fantastic Four and we saw how that worked out. fact is, it's a workable system with checks and balances. Even if you have just a few heroes like, say, Cap and Tony, who are regulating the thing (like the Justice League), it works out. But you still have a method of answering to laws.

We Have CIA Agents, FBI Agents, DEA Agents, ICE Agents and friggin IRS agents (not to mention regular police officers) who function under cover in highly dangerous and very covert operations ALL THE TIME. Their cover is known to a handful of people. Now, in the Marvel U there already exists an entity which can easily incorporate this: SHIELD/SWORD. Also, Cap and Tony share one thing, one very important thing in common: EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS WHO THEY ARE. So the identity stint isn't as big an issue until you start talking about shadier people, which the feds already know who THEY are, too. Who, in the end, was the biggest story when they de-masked? Spidey. In the Marvel U, people KNOW who these people are for the most part, and many of them are already in Government Service.

Ok, let's look at it this way (and keep in mind my personal politics so you can see my argument clearer, for Christ's Sake). Let's preface this by stating the obvious: I am not one that likes overt Government regulation. I believe, by and large, the less the better. However, I DO believe there should be some regulations in place for certain things, and in a world where people have super-powers, I think it's necessary. Now, let's look at what was proposed: The government said "if you want to continue fighting crime, you have to be registered.". In and of itself, there's nothing wrong with that. If I wanted, tomorrow, to fight crime, I'd have to do what everybody else who wants to fight crime does: I'd join the police or the military. Now, on that basic premise, there is nothing wrong with the idea of Registration. I'd even say there's nothing wrong with apprehending those who then refuse to follow the law. Really, at that point, you have but two choices: either arrest them (or try to) or turn a blind eye (which has been going on for years, ie, spider-man). now, this whole mind controlling/body controlling villains into doing this against their will, and holding American Citizens in a detention center without due process: that's bullshit. The story was effectively written with a certain political bias, which again, it's to be expected: writers are writers. But assuming real world rules applied to Marvel? That shit wouldn't have happened that way. All of those people would have been registered from the beginning and they would have been either a. made to work for the government (military or police) or b. regulated their powers for obvious safety reasons.

no, you don't wanna know. Anyone else I'll tell...I think you might actually go and kill Joe Q.

so, err...magic, transdimensional squid?

need....sleep....cataclysm....possesses me.....

believe it or not, it's not that bad. I actually picked it up by mistake. But with Magneto and Pietro in the story line, it's shaping up to be pretty good. well...enjoyable.

queue Jay in 3....2....1...... Avengers - The Children's Crusade. and I was almost on time with that.....

so, err, Wanda Maximoff is back. And she's getting married.

One of the Fantastic Four will die. This is some heavy shit. I'm going with Sue. Her death would be the most devastating to the group, if that's what they're going for. It's also the practical answer. Reed is the leader, and there can't be a FF without him. Also, he's too important in the MU. Ben is an Avenger. That leave Sue and Johnny. If they're going for serious shock value, Sue is the way to go. What do you all think?

hm, what's this? Howard the Duck, Denis the Menace and League of Sean Connery and Friends rated better than Jonah Hex? This is bullshit: X2 better than Bats Begins or Iron Man 2? Tank Girl better than, well, anything? bleh

not much has changed from '07 to now, Nick. You've simply come around to the view that some structure is necessary, and that's ok. from then to now we've seen, what? Maybe 10 new posters? And how many posters have left since then? Probably like 5? I was ribbing you about the 'welcome to my view three years ago' bit, but c'mon now. It was funny cos it was true

....so after years, we're finally doing what I've been saying we should have done years ago. Welcome to 2007, Nick

If after pulling this team from heaven together Miami doesn't manage to own and win the Championship, I'm going back to comics.

Oh, The '90's, how I miss thee. an actual quote from this film: Sgt. Shaved Balls:[seeing a man and a woman kissing] Holy Phallus! What are they DOING down there?

actually, I kinda like it. but why change the backstory? and how's that gonna work? is this like in the new Ultimate DCU?

Ask Bruce Willis. this thing is funny as shit.

wait for it...wait for it.....

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes? If George W. Bush had spent 850 thousand dollars of Tax Payer money to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky? If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you have approved? If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip? If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who did not pay their income taxes, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 states in the United States , would you have said that he is clueless. If George W. Bush would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out his front door in Texas , would you have thought he was a self important, conceded, egotistical prick. If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment? If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is? If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite? If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11? If George W Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence? If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have approved. If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt in one year, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved? So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 10 months -- so you'll have three years and two months to come up with an answer.

actually no, I'm not

I wanna play....

Green Arrow + Mockingbird Hawkeye + Songbird are they even trying anymore?