Comments on: Everybody loves to hate Milla http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/10/everybody-loves-to-hate-milla/ A Daredevil Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Zach http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/10/everybody-loves-to-hate-milla/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Zach Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:48:15 +0000 http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/?p=1422#comment-1256 I actually really like Milla, and I'm also really glad with the way things ended. I think from the beginning she was supposed to be the Karen Page rebound. Matt never had the chance to marry his true love so he kind of settles for Milla who we all know probably isn't going to stay with him the rest of his life. Also, even though Milla isn't too involved in the Brubaker run she is a main plot piece for basically his entire run. What I really like about her is that she's still around as an entity. Even if she stays in her deteriorated mental state for every subsequent run she is still there . . . somewhere, waiting for stories to be told. Worst case is that she turns into Glorianna O'Breen. If that's the case I'm sad, but I think there are still tales to be told about Matt's unhinged ex. I actually really like Milla, and I’m also really glad with the way things ended. I think from the beginning she was supposed to be the Karen Page rebound. Matt never had the chance to marry his true love so he kind of settles for Milla who we all know probably isn’t going to stay with him the rest of his life. Also, even though Milla isn’t too involved in the Brubaker run she is a main plot piece for basically his entire run. What I really like about her is that she’s still around as an entity. Even if she stays in her deteriorated mental state for every subsequent run she is still there . . . somewhere, waiting for stories to be told. Worst case is that she turns into Glorianna O’Breen. If that’s the case I’m sad, but I think there are still tales to be told about Matt’s unhinged ex.

]]> By: Lloyd http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/10/everybody-loves-to-hate-milla/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Lloyd Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:21:44 +0000 http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/?p=1422#comment-1249 I really liked Milla and felt that her character was a little let-down by Brubaker's run. She went from a major character in the Bendis run to a background character, with nothing new being added to add to her personality. I also read the books as trades and so it really didn't seem like Milla was in the DD world for very long. 40 issues is a long time when reading an issue each month, but as a hand-full of trades, she became a minor blip in the life of Matt Murdock. I thought she deserved better, and a longer run. Of course, when I first read about the two of them getting together, you knew it was never going to last and so that probably prevented a lot of people (including me) really becomming *too* attached to her. In the same way that you know that Foggy will always be okay when he's kidnapped/attacked/stabbed, you just knew Milla wouldn't be around for too long when she first appeared. As a side note, I've never really read any of the Elektra stories (I'm not a fan of Frank Miller) and anytime a character comes back from the dead, my interest wanes even further, so I don't have a huge amount to compare it to. My DD world basically starts with Guardian Devil. I really liked Milla and felt that her character was a little let-down by Brubaker’s run. She went from a major character in the Bendis run to a background character, with nothing new being added to add to her personality.

I also read the books as trades and so it really didn’t seem like Milla was in the DD world for very long. 40 issues is a long time when reading an issue each month, but as a hand-full of trades, she became a minor blip in the life of Matt Murdock. I thought she deserved better, and a longer run.

Of course, when I first read about the two of them getting together, you knew it was never going to last and so that probably prevented a lot of people (including me) really becomming *too* attached to her. In the same way that you know that Foggy will always be okay when he’s kidnapped/attacked/stabbed, you just knew Milla wouldn’t be around for too long when she first appeared.

As a side note, I’ve never really read any of the Elektra stories (I’m not a fan of Frank Miller) and anytime a character comes back from the dead, my interest wanes even further, so I don’t have a huge amount to compare it to. My DD world basically starts with Guardian Devil.

]]> By: OHara http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/10/everybody-loves-to-hate-milla/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 OHara Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:53:22 +0000 http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/?p=1422#comment-1235 <b>I’ve never been attached to her</b> Me neither. For all her independance she's still a pretty passive character and maybe not as exciting as his other women? <b>The first time Matt Murdock tried to save a blind person about to be hit by a car, he wasn’t so fortunate.</b> Psychologically, being able to succeed in this case was a strong pull towards Milla. How many other past failures could he right when he had a start like that? Perhaps that's why the downhill of this relationship has sent him half crazy himself. It was so promising a start but as usual, it couldn't last. I’ve never been attached to her
Me neither. For all her independance she’s still a pretty passive character and maybe not as exciting as his other women?
The first time Matt Murdock tried to save a blind person about to be hit by a car, he wasn’t so fortunate.
Psychologically, being able to succeed in this case was a strong pull towards Milla. How many other past failures could he right when he had a start like that?
Perhaps that’s why the downhill of this relationship has sent him half crazy himself. It was so promising a start but as usual, it couldn’t last.

]]> By: Bill http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2009/10/everybody-loves-to-hate-milla/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Bill Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:56:27 +0000 http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/?p=1422#comment-1234 Great post Christine. I've been thinking about this a while. When I look at Milla, at the time she was introduced, she was exactly what Matt Murdock, didn’t need…and in typical DD fashion, that’s what he got. The worries he had about the people he loves getting hurt or killed because of what he did were amplified x 50 with Milla. She was more helpless that any of Matt other girlfriends, hero or not, and things always end badly for them. I, for one, was still very nostalgic for Karen Page when Milla came along, and to be a bit of a sexist (don’t bash me to hard for this because I know it makes me sound like a dick) she just wasn’t as cute as Karen was (sans heroin days). I always felt like Milla was just in the way, maybe this was by design. It’s not that I exactly hated her, but I felt like she was the “step-girlfriend,” forced on me after we lost the real girlfriend. “You can’t make me like her, she’s not the real girlfriend.” Again all of this could have been by design. I was excited about a lot of plot stuff that sprung up because of her, the married thing, after years of DD autonomy was unique and interesting. It raised my DD respect level, but, all and all, not the girl I would have picked for Matt. Elektra anyone? Great post Christine. I’ve been thinking about this a while.
When I look at Milla, at the time she was introduced, she was exactly what Matt Murdock, didn’t need…and in typical DD fashion, that’s what he got.
The worries he had about the people he loves getting hurt or killed because of what he did were amplified x 50 with Milla. She was more helpless that any of Matt other girlfriends, hero or not, and things always end badly for them.
I, for one, was still very nostalgic for Karen Page when Milla came along, and to be a bit of a sexist (don’t bash me to hard for this because I know it makes me sound like a dick) she just wasn’t as cute as Karen was (sans heroin days).
I always felt like Milla was just in the way, maybe this was by design. It’s not that I exactly hated her, but I felt like she was the “step-girlfriend,” forced on me after we lost the real girlfriend. “You can’t make me like her, she’s not the real girlfriend.” Again all of this could have been by design.
I was excited about a lot of plot stuff that sprung up because of her, the married thing, after years of DD autonomy was unique and interesting. It raised my DD respect level, but, all and all, not the girl I would have picked for Matt.
Elektra anyone?

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