Dead ISN'T Dead anymore?

[Sven the Returned]

aside from PRS, The Vine and The 1% all of the sect factions don't really do anything except for be incompetent, pre-Omegas Harada seemed to have more sway in world affairs than any sect faction.

That's not entirely true, it's just that it's mostly behind the scenes. The turmoil caused by their infighting during Sect Civil War showed that the day to day running of the world is largely orchestrated by the Sect. Separately, they are silly and punchable, but as a conglomerate of conspiracy, they are very effective. Which works well, I think especially because the Sect factions themselves have a variety of tones- PRS and the Vine are members, after all.

What does not work for me is the way they look, you could not put these baddies into a serious Bloodshot movie and not have people complaining about inconsistency of tones.

See, I think you could, but it would be a very different kind of Bloodshot movie. I could see them working if the tone was similar to Kingsman. But naturally, if you want a more comic-accurate approach to the character then you'd focus on his villains instead, who generally align in tone with him. So it's a moot point, really.

That said, people took Mad Max seriously despite the post Apocalyptic gimp-chic. So as long as everything is a bit ridiculous (which Bloodshot is) it's possible to have the audience suspend their disbelief for the weirder aspects of the VU.

Hard to take Harada seriously after those world dominating goofballs and Harbinger and Bloodshot will be linked unless Bloodshot tanks.

[Sven the Returned]

I agree, there is nothing inconsistent about a universe full of all kinds of characters. It's not like the "serious" characters are necessarily more "realistic". Ridiculous things existing alongside serious things doesn't make the serious things less serious, it actually provides a useful contrast that makes the universe as a whole more three-dimensional. Diversity of tone, IMHO, enhances the aspects of different properties that make them distinct.

Case in point, this little thing called Guardians of the Galaxy with a talking raccoon and his tree buddy. How many billions did that make?

Persoanlly, I'm glad Max didn't DROP DEAD.

They pretty much shipped them into space, but in terms of tone they fit with Ant Man and Iron Man. They don't make the whole world look ridiculous like the tvhead people and the weird nuns.

[agent_graves]

I have no clue on what was the selling point of this story. WTF was the story about anyway????

DD was just the laziest excuse for a comic I've seen in a while. I have no idea why the editors did not simply said "NO!"

Opinions differ, sure. But it's quotes like these that let me know I made the right decision, (besides the fact that, it never peeked my interest) skipping Dead Drop.

[ShadowTuga]

I have no clue on what was the selling point of this story. WTF was the story about anyway????

DD was just the laziest excuse for a comic I've seen in a while. I have no idea why the editors did not simply said "NO!"

Opinions differ, sure. But it's quotes like these that let me know I made the right decision, (besides the fact that, it never peeked my interest) skipping Dead Drop.

VEI fans who did not read it are very lucky, that is my subjective opinion. The only thing good I found on this series was the art. I'd like to see more from that gentleman/lady (can't remember the name, sorry). Story-wise: it. Makes. No. Sense.
Opinions differ, of course. Some folks liked it.

And Ming "'tato-mobile" Doyle is a happy person right now; Kot is the guy to hate, apparently.