As usual, there's an appropriate TVtropes term for this kind of thing. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness
Obsessive fans of continuity should really know when to pick and choose which moments are worth keeping, and which to throw away. Too bad everybody keeps chucking out the fun stuff, since "respectable" art has serious themes. Here's a relevant comparision; when Steven Spielberg started making movies for the critics instead of his audiences, his popularity plumented.
Comic companies keep feeling that they've got to prove they're "relevant" to prove that comics are no longer just for kids, but they keep forgetting that potential audience left them when they showed no interest in telling any stories they felt personally invested or relateable to.
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness
Obsessive fans of continuity should really know when to pick and choose which moments are worth keeping, and which to throw away. Too bad everybody keeps chucking out the fun stuff, since "respectable" art has serious themes. Here's a relevant comparision; when Steven Spielberg started making movies for the critics instead of his audiences, his popularity plumented.
Comic companies keep feeling that they've got to prove they're "relevant" to prove that comics are no longer just for kids, but they keep forgetting that potential audience left them when they showed no interest in telling any stories they felt personally invested or relateable to.