Any other Avengers Forums out there?

[starfoxxx]

I don't want to sound like a total d!ck here, but the inactivity on these AA boards is getting stale, IMHO.

Any Assemblers out there members of any other Avengers forums, especially if there is talk of current issues and with knowledgable members?

I really enjoy Bronze Age Babies and Marvel Comics of the 1980s, as well as a few other blogs, but I really would like to talk Avengers-centric stuff with REAL Avengers fans.

Definitely NOT dissing anyone here, just curious if there's anybody out there.

starfoxxx

[humanbelly]

Jul 2, 2014 21:22:21 GMT -5 starfoxxx said:

I don't want to sound like a total d!ck here, but the inactivity on these AA boards is getting stale, IMHO.

Any Assemblers out there members of any other Avengers forums, especially if there is talk of current issues and with knowledgable members?

I really enjoy Bronze Age Babies and Marvel Comics of the 1980s, as well as a few other blogs, but I really would like to talk Avengers-centric stuff with REAL Avengers fans.

Definitely NOT dissing anyone here, just curious if there's anybody out there.

starfoxxx

Yep, 'tis a quandry, SF-- (Well, and to be fair, 'tis also summer, when Late-Boomers' attentions shift to things like avoiding yard work and getting the heck out of town and so on.)

Apart from the quietude, we've definitely cultivated two (peacefully co-existing, I'm happy to say) branches on this board: 1) The brave, hardy souls who are keeping current with one or more on-going Avengers titles, and pass on their thoughts and opinions of same, and 2) the "Classic" crowd who prefer to examine and talk about the book from its decades leading up to (and maybe slightly into) the DisAssembled era. Myself, I'm solidly in the second camp, but I thoroughly appreciate following the first camp's threads-- as it keeps me at least slightly in touch with the State of the U (although I must confess that a lot of the time my jaw is hangin' agape whilst I do so.).

Sad to say, I think it's clear that comics/pop-culture/media has moved 'way on in regards to what current fans think of when the name "Avengers" is mentioned. The classic-era Marvel Avengers comic is no longer the primarily-recognized model or source in the eyes of. . . wow, several hundred million (billion??) folks on planet Earth. It's the movie franchise. But even a wildly successful franchise doesn't really provide enough material to inspire extended, on-going discussion in a forum. Well, unless it's a forum where you have to wonder about the participants' unhealthy obsession. So, on-going conversation right at the moment is maybe having some difficulty because 1) the new comics being discussed by our first group don't have as broad an appeal across the board-membership on the whole, and yet 2) the second group can't help but fall into re-hashing the same material over & over again. It's always possible to find new angles and look at things with fresh eyes-- but the peril is definitely there. I mean, if I posit issues #57-#67 as being the greatest-run-ever AGAIN, how many folks are gonna groan and roll their eyes?

What to do?

Oddly enough, I do enjoy revisiting very old threads now and then-- particularly ones from before my time on the board. And since the majority of those participants are no longer around, they themselves become part of the subject of study (Well, except Doc Bong-- I think he was here at the Big Bang. Heck, he probably held the door open for Galactus' entrance into our universe.). The topics go back so far that they can feel new once again.

Also, I'm surprised that we don't have a lot more active discussion of the films-- really, any superhero/sci-fi films-- as they're released. We seem a fairly movie-savvy bunch! And that's where we can stay current and not lose ourselves in perpetual musings on the past.

Ah well-- perhaps I'm overstepping or over-opining. Even in the quiet times, I do still consider this my "home" board-- I doubt that sentimental status can ever be changed-! (Although I do talk everyone's ear off over on Doug & Karen's Bronze Age Babies blog. . . . full disclosure-)

HB

[ultron69]

And I enjoy reading your dissertations over on BAB, HB. When I do get around to reading them, that is.

[Marvel Boy]

I know that I'm not around as much as I would like, that's Real Life for you. Still, I do enjoy coming here to discuss both the new and old of the Avengers.

The only other forum board I participate in is on unstable molecules, a forum of Uncanny X-Men.net. They discuss quite a bit of current Marvel titles, including Avengers and related material. Though the focus is definitely more X-centric, certain members have...strong opinions on the rise and sudden importance of the Avengers in the MU in lieu of the X-Men. Thus deep knowledge of Avengers history isn't as replete as to be found here.

Still, they have some spirited discussions over the current events of the Marvel Universe. They're civil and open-minded, hardly any spamming or trolling. In fact, if you're missing out over some Bendis angst, come see just how well he is destroying the X-franchise. It'd be hilarious if I didn't care about these characters so much.....