Some fans, please. And they're the minority, judging by how riled up the fandom got when Devil's Due went on their killing spree a while back. Most of us feel that these characters should be preserved for the future, rather than killed off to demonstrate how "mature" and "adult" the story is. Blowing up Moscow got the point across just fine without resorting to the unnecessary deaths of Bazooka, Major Bludd, etc.

Which has always been Warren Ellis's M.O. (Ellis is a comic book writer who wrote Resolute, by the way). Back in around 1992 or '93, he took over writing Doom 2099 for Marvel Comics and killed off the entire supporting cast in his first issue! Killing characters off for no reason other than shock value is what he does, and for some reason people seem to think it's ingenious and clever, rather than the work of a hack who can't think of anything better to do with the characters.

Sorry if I sound snarky, but I just don't like Warren Ellis and I don't like needless, shocking, "THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S G.I. JOE"-style deaths. I'm not trying to start a fight, just presenting my opinion.

(And that said, for the most part, I actually enjoyed Resolute. I skipped the webisodes and watched the whole thing on Cartoon Network instead. When I have more time later, I'll give my thoughts in the Resolute thread.)

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