Why all the Sentry hate?

Originally posted by Draco69
I said I was indifferent to Sentry as a character because I recognize that his longetivity as a long-term character is about the same as a condom in Anna Nicole Smith's pocketbook.

I am NOT indifferent to the complete misunderstand of Superman's personality and character, as well as how Sentry is ANYTHING but a twist on Superman. He's Superman with yellow paint and an imaginary foe.

Sentry is more like a Superman/Green Lantern/Martian Manhunter Amaglam that looks like Thor/Quasar.

Imaginary foes that can whoop the asses of other superheroes?

Has Supes consciousness ever manifested this way? The creation of a completely different semi-sentient being out of pure thought? Seems interesting enough for me.

New take on Superman? No.

He's in a class of his own.

Yes. Dr. Manhattan is a Superman clone. But at least they gave him some original twists on his character without completely plagarizing his character.

To be exact, Dr. Manhattan was inspired by that Atom character from the old Gold Key comics. All of the major Watchmen characters had direct links to older ones. But he filled the same power void as Superman did in 1980's stories - that being a nuclear deterrent working for the U.S. Goverment.

Reasons to hate the Sentry:
1. A blatant superman rip-off, right down to the big S.
2. If he's meant to be the brooding type why does he wear cheery yellow colors?
3. He is Bendis' deus ex machina device especially since...
He killed off Carnage-- Such waisted potential it could have made for such a badass storyline if Spider-man or one of the symbiote "family" was forced to do it.
(For people wanted to know what Sentry looked like...)

**** all this ripoff bullshit. anybody who occupies the superman position will be called a rippoff, ie someone who is the most powerful and the most looked up to.

Hmmmm.. Sentry seems to kill without remorse as he did Carnage and as he did Attuma here:

An ultra powerful hero with no remorse whatsoever on his consequences of killing bad guys. Cap should be keeping an eye on him instead of watching Wolverine and Ronin.

Oh, Carnage and Attuma got what was coming to them.

Superman rip off?

No.

Sentry seems to be a character whose powers are yet to be defined.

But, so far, we've seen hard light constructs(psionic creation- The Void), super strength, invulnerability, telepathy(As in calming the Hulk and implanting memories into his writer's head), flight, energy absorption(Thunderbolts #14- Sentry was stated to be able to draw energy from anywhere and everywhere).

Hmmmm... And we haven't even seen him get serious yet.

Interesting character indeed.

A better pic of the Sentry

Another:

Originally posted by Adam Warlock
Hmmmm.. Sentry seems to kill without remorse as he did Carnage and as he did Attuma here:

An ultra powerful hero with no remorse whatsoever on his consequences of killing bad guys. Cap should be keeping an eye on him instead of watching Wolverine and Ronin.

Oh, Carnage and Attuma got what was coming to them.

Superman rip off?

No.

Sentry seems to be a character whose powers are yet to be defined.

But, so far, we've seen hard light constructs(psionic creation- The Void), super strength, invulnerability, telepathy(As in calming the Hulk and implanting memories into his writer's head), flight, energy absorption(Thunderbolts #14- Sentry was stated to be able to draw energy from anywhere and everywhere).

Hmmmm... And we haven't even seen him get serious yet.

Interesting character indeed.

Soounds like Supreme or Miracleman - Actually I think the Sentry mini is very good.

"I meant realistic as in psychologically, as a character. I don't give a damn what pseudoscientific bullcrap they put into the back story. I don't care how people measure up in feats. When I try to decide if I like a character or a story, my first thought isn't "HOW DOES THIS STACK UP AGAINST SUPERMAN? WHAT DOES HE LIFT? HAS ANYONE TRIED TO CLOCK HIS TELEPORT RAPIDITY THROUGH A CONGEALING HEMIGLOBULAR MATRIX OF INVERSED TIME BLAH BLAH BLAH" I just ask if it's a good story and a relatable character. "

I must drive you insane ..... but in all honesty i think you are on the wrong forum, and maybe the wrong type of literature ! Have you ever tried Dickens ?

The only thing i hate about him its the design.

Its not creative.

Other than that hes not bad.

Originally posted by yahman
Have you ever tried Dickens ?

Di...dick-ens? 😕

Is that a new Wolverine miniseries or something?

Originally posted by DarkCrawler
Di...dick-ens? 😕

Is that a new Wolverine miniseries or something?

No !!!!!!!!!!! Put i know Namor has a staring role ! 😠

Originally posted by yahman
No !!!!!!!!!!! Put i know Namor has a staring role ! 😠

Namor!? Whaaa? 😱

Hey Fish, go flame elswehere. :rollseyes"

Originally posted by Adam Warlock
Oh, Carnage and Attuma got what was coming to them.

Sentry = meh.
I don't like Superman because he's overpowered and a dick. The same goes for his Marvel ripoff on principle. 😛

Dear Santa,

I've been a good boy, all I want is for Sentry to die...no, no. I have a good reason for such a wish.

Here's list of reason's why Sentry sucks & therefore should be killed off Santa:

1] His ugly costume. Yellow? And with that belt, he looks like he just came from the WWE.

2] Even a bigger d!ck than Superman - does his S logo have to be that big? Whose he trying to impress?

3] Too powerful without good reason for so. Serums? At least Supes an alien while Surfer was changed by Galactus.

4] Gladiator looks better. Gladiator > Supes > Sentry

This is all I want for Christmas,

Here's hoping a I'd find under my tree "The death of Sentry" issue this year.

I hope Sentry gets a face-off with Classic Thor, it will be a marvel fight of this decade.

It is crazy the amount of Sentry bashing you'll find pretty much every comic related place you go on the net. I don't think i've ever seen a character who hasn't even been around for long garner so much hate.

It doesn't really bother me much, people like who they like. Nothing you can do about it. It does get annoying sometimes when people jump on the Sentry-bashing bandwagon just for the sake of it and haven't even read one of his appearances though...

Originally posted by Adam Warlock
Sentry is more like a Superman/Green Lantern/Martian Manhunter Amaglam that looks like Thor/Quasar.

Imaginary foes that can whoop the asses of other superheroes?

Has Supes consciousness ever manifested this way? The creation of a completely different semi-sentient being out of pure thought? Seems interesting enough for me.

New take on Superman? No.

He's in a class of his own.

THE SERUM IS F***IN WEIRD !!!

the idea of sentry: would you rather be a schizotypal overweight alcoholic loser ora being idolized by millions, a hero among heros, the most powerful being on earth by FAR?

the obvious choice is the latter, but would it still be if your existence brought to life a malevolent being who breaks the hulk's bones like twigs? (i'd like to see doomsday do that...pffft.)

sentry has the potential for god-like good, and god-like evil. much more of a well-defined catch-22 than superman ever had,

Originally posted by Next Venom_girl
Reasons to hate the Sentry:
1. A blatant superman rip-off, right down to the big S.
2. If he's meant to be the brooding type why does he wear cheery yellow colors?
3. He is Bendis' deus ex machina device especially since...
He killed off Carnage-- Such waisted potential it could have made for such a badass storyline if Spider-man or one of the symbiote "family" was forced to do it.
(For people wanted to know what Sentry looked like...)

1. Everyone with superstrength and a cape is labeled a rip off of Superman.

2. I don't know. Why does Wolverine go around in brooding in "cheery yellow colors?"

3. We STILL don't know the fianl fate of Carnage. Besides, this is comics. People come back from the dead on a daily basis. Spider-man is dead at the moment. Jean Grey been declard dead. Bucky, Electra, the list goes on and on.