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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Lord Evan wrote: |
| oooh, whats your source on Uncanny 494? I'm eager to check it out... |
Normally I use the comicbookresources forum, they seem to be pretty good with their spoilers and a couple of them seem to have connections to the writers. Plus people like Kyle and Yost post over there occasionally.
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6050530&postcount=47
This is the link that I got the spoilers from. It appears that some people who preordered their comics have got Uncanny 494 already.
Oh and Ace, there is still no Gambit but that changes next issue.
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| I have to admit that I'm finding the whole of MC kinda stop-start. There are some bits that have rushed by and I've found myself thinking "slow down, I want to know what's happening," and there are others that have been soooo slooow and I've found myself wishing they'd just hurry up. |
I wonder if that's because we're juggling five writers back and forth from issue to issue. (I suppose you could say four, depending on whether you lump Kyle and Yost together...which I don't.) I can't imagine it's easy to take all those different styles and mesh them together on a weekly basis. And as much as I like Brubaker, I'm not so sure he's well suited to the X-World, so far, at least for me, his issues of MCX have been the lower points.
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| Loki has been ressurected as a Woman |
That was a good issue. I love how Loki managed to trick Thor into bringing back the Asgardian villains. And you know the 'Loki as a woman' bit isn't permanent, I think he's just finally being shown to be the shape-shifter he was in mythology. Still it was a nice twist in him/her coming back. I figured Loki would appear in this episode, and I thought it was a bit curious how the figure on the cover looked a little like Sif, but Thor didn't exactly seem happy to see her. Which now begs the question: Where is Sif? If Heimdall couldn't find her, maybe it's because Doom and Loki have her tucked away somewhere to use as leverage against the God of Thunder.
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Lord Evan
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Well, i'm starting this back up Post-Messiah.
And we start out with a thoroughly depressing week in comics. How depressing? Lets get started:
Emperor Vulcan: While I expected this story to round itself out with the final defeat of Vulcan and Havok, Polaris, and Marvel Girl finally returning to earth and becoming part of an active team. It turns out that Vulcan Wins, Havok, Polaris, and the Starjammers are kidnapped, and Vulcan is hailed as the true and glorious Emperor of the Shiar.
Way to make me waste my money.
Captain America: The Captain is back in action as Bucky takes up the shield. Unfortunately, America has gone to hell in a hand basket thanks to the efforts of Red Skull, the economy is hanging on by a thread, the people are angry, riots begin in major Cities across America, and the captured SHIELD agents finally make their re-apperance as they open fire into a crowd at the request of Doctor Faustus.
Good Stuff.
Avengers: Initiative: MVP, the mysterious hero killed in the beginning of the first issue of this great new comic is back, and is driven quite insane by the events of....well....his death. So whats the first thing the Initiative does? They strap a dangerous weapon on his arm, and he goes on a rampage, killing numerous major characters, and its still not over yet.
New Avengers Annual: Well, the build up to the confrontation with the Hood was a good one, and while the final fight was....Underwhelming, the conclusion was most upsetting, as Doctor Strange, fearful of his wreckless use of powers, abandons the team.
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Sounds like a pretty shitty week. Thanks for summing it up for us anyway. I'm so glad I haven't been following Vulcan. I'd be so pissed off at an 'ending' like that.
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I got on my bus after picking up the comics, and I tend to flip through the last few pages of the comics I buy before I read the whole thing (the juicy bits tend to be in the back).
So I flip through Vulcan, and its mild disbelief, its like: "Are you kidding me? This has to be some kind of joke..."
So the next one I pick up is Avengers Annual, and I see Dr. Strange talk about how he must re-learn what he has learned, and he cannot protect them any longer, and he teleports away, and thats more "Why is it always my favorite character?"
So it put me in a sour mood XP
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I know that "Why is it always my favorite character" feeling.
I did pretty much the same thing with New Exiles (Blink off to limbo, Sage and AoA Creed bastardized) and with that damn Wolverine arc about a year ago (poor Creed). Other than Remy, who I'm now holding a faint hope for, X-23, who I'm wary about (yay Claw Force) and Spider-Girl that's it for my faves.
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I got hopes for Gambit, Corsair is dead, Doctor Strange has gone back to limbo (possibly in the literal sense), and Thor has an unstable release schedule.
I suppose it will be nice to have Magneto back.
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Hoo boy.
X-men 495.
Borderline unreadable folks.
The story begins on a more somber note, with Emma intervening in Scott's troubled dreams. The two wind up waking up in a resort like tree house in the savage land, Emma mostly naked as always, and Choi's artwork is rather pleasing on the eyes. Then it goes back a few days to a confrontation between Scott and Tony Stark, and is by a million miles the best part of the issue. Tony is shocked by the state of the mansion and the sentinels, and tells Scott that things are rough, the business in Alaska has stirred the government's attention, and they are making demands that they all register. Scott tells him to go fuck himself in laymans terms. They werent given magic powers, they arent like him or anyone else, they were born this way, they had no choice, and they will not be sold into slavery for the U.S. Government.
Then he tells Tony that it would make no difference, the X-men have disbanded, the team will die with Xavier.
Cut back to Scott and Emma snuggling, which is what they do for half the issue, and it turns to "LOL, WE LIED TO HIM TO BUY OURSELVES TIME, THE X-MEN ARE STILL GONNA BE AROUND"
Nice way to kill the dramatic tension.
The issue goes from weak to silly from thereon in, with Colossus, Wolvie, and Kurt's wacky train adventure, and culminating in San Francisco traveling back in time for some reason.
What already seemed like a shitty idea for an arc is off to a bad start. At a time where mutant kind is on its knees, everyone is shell-shocked by the horrors of Messiah Complex, Ed Brubaker has gone off to tell a silly little adventure that undermines the dark new universe established for it.
Now I know Bru can write dark, Captain America has been just that over this past year and he has proven himself a remarkable writer in that respect, so why did he go a silly and unemotional direction for this arc. I would like to have seen the X-men shattered.
It would make a great story, they all go their separate ways, try to pick up normal lives, and find that it simply doesn't fit, sure its been done before, but I know Bru could bring something fresh to it.
One thing I would like to have seen is Scott and Emma trying to start up a suburban life, its just an interesting concept because it would never work their relationship would go troubled, Scott would struggle at maintaining the life and Emma would ignore it entirely. And I can only imagine what you would do with the other characters.
Now, theres just one more thing I have to say about the issue: I hate soft Emma. I hate Emma Frost when she is happy and content and in love. Shes a cold-hearted bitch, and that is why I love her. The idea that she can turn on you at any moment, that she has her interests under control, thats what I feel makes her so interesting. She didn't get with Scott out of love, he was lonely and desperate and she took advantage of it without shame. Whedon is doing good with her, I just like to see more of her morally ambiguous side.
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Oh dear. That does not look good. I was thinking about picking it up, just to take a look at it, but if it's going to be that bad I won't bother.
Why did he have to do hippies, after Messiah Complex, why?
Downtime I can understand, but this whole nonsense of "only 5 issues until 500, can't tell a real story" is fucking ridiculous.
*sigh*
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I mean, I cant really say that its bad, it could function as a decent story, possibly.
But its a matter of the timing, they have been through hell, and it should feel like they have been through hell, but it completely undermines everything that has been dragged out in the open and that is just sloppy in my book.
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Mmm. I might still pick it up. I'll take a look at it in my LCS and see what I think then.
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Alright folks, got three new comics this week.
X-Force:
Alright, I cant say I had high hopes for this one, as much as I believe in the capabilities of Kyle and Yost, I just think its a rather dull concept. And it delivers on this concept, half the issue is Cylcops telling Wolverine what to do, when hes going to do it, and whom hes going to do it with and Wolverine saying 'Hell no, I'm not going to do that'. and the second half is him doing it anyway and a lot of blood and gore going down.
Perhaps is that the plot is basically Exposition and violence, neither of which I liked, but the issue bored me, even though we finally got to deal with the purifiers...kinda.
New Avengers: I was afraid the plot was going to let up in the aftermath of Doctor Strange's departure, however, I had forgotten that Jessica, Luke Cage's wife, fled the scene at the end of the issue, right into the arms of the Initiative. Half the issue is a brutal confrontation between Cage and his wife, and discusses what priorities the characters must take. Luke refused to accept the Civil War was over, so he resisted, but now things have gone too far, the Skrulls, the attack on Strange's home, it has pushed her over the edge, and she tells Luke that if he wants to see her or his child again, hes going to have to bite the bullet and surrender to the Initiative. Its a powerful scene, and it shows just how paranoid everyone is as Luke accuses everyone under the sun of being a skrull.
The second half is a bit lighter as the remaining Avengers get introduced to their new home, a large appartment bought up by Iron Fist through a friend. Then they set about trying to piece things together and find out who is who before its too late.
A great issue, and I assure you I don't much miss Lenil Yu's sloppy style artwork.
X-factor:
Now THIS is what I am talking about, it is everything Uncanny should have been. The entire group is all but shattered after Messiah Complex, we find out Siryn is pregnant (and in the funniest of fashion, in a confessional)
Siryn: ...And I had impure thoughts about this guy, Jamie.
Priest:I see, anything else?
Siryn: Not really.
Priest: Very well. Two hail Marys and an act of contri-
Siryn: And I got myself knocked up with Jamie's child.
Priest:.....Ah.....
After the loss of Layla, the group is shell-shocked. And the announcement of Rahne's departure sends Jamie into a rage. Richter begins picking fights with people, and luckily Guido shows up and tries to save him, but it seems that Mutantkind is at a loss, most of the remaining mutants who can blend in are leaving mutant town, and it seems as though our heroes having nothing left to fight for.
I could go into more detail, but the issue demands to be read. Its quite painful to see a group of people who were the closest of comrades just a few issues prior begin to turn on one another, and the little details really drive some of these home, like the Jamie has begun to wear makeup so nobody can see his tattoo, and that Rahne doesnt say goodbye to Rictor, who has depended on her for so long.
Its excellent stuff.
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Yay X-Factor. I'm so glad that it's not a let down. I've been really digging it since before the crossover and it's good to see that there is at least one book that hasn't been broken by Messiah Complex.
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Aw man...it has been a really dry month.
I've honestly wanted to continue the column, but there is so little motivation across any of the books. So I'll just throw out a brief summing up of events in recent books:
Secret invasion is ramping up, although the Mighty Avengers are kind of dicking off in Latveria (Long story short, New York got attacked by symbiotes, which were traced back to a satellite that belonged to Dr. Doom, although it has been shown that Doom had no knowledge of it, and I suspect the Skrulls pulled a little misdirection.
In X-factor, it seems the team is ripping apart at the seams, Richter is in deep distress over Rahne's departure for X-force, Maddrox is feeling the heat as mutants abandon mutant town, and the lack of X-men doesn't help the situation. And thats without Siryn dropping the baby bomb. Furthermore, it has been confirmed that Darwin and Longshot shall be joining the cast
Magneto has resurfaced in Legacy, and seems quite eager to help Xavier and speak down to his disciple, Exodus.
X-force is....well...to be quite frank, I'm not following. Its really turning out to be my kind of book. Quite simply because I don't much care for any cast members on it. I'm hoping they will get more, but right now its just above uncanny.
Speaking of uncanny. The bore fest continues. Apparently some strange...being thing...has reverted San Francisco to the 1960s. However, the B story, involving Kurt, Wolvie, and Colossus seems to be taking an interesting turn, and even manages to touch on what the whole damn book should be about, as Wolvie questions the new search for meaning they must all undertake, being X-men has consumed their lives, taken their family and friends from them one by one, and they will seriously need to re-evaluate who they are before they move forward.
Also, kudos to Joss Whedons constant delay, I can now give you this information:
RIP KITTY PRYDE
Nice.....
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Yeah, I know what you mean about motivation to read the current crop of books. X-Force sucks. I never thought I'd say that about Kyle and Yost, but it really sucks.
Cable also sucks and I've only read one issue. It's decompressed like woah, and just improbable. More so than usual.
Legacy is slow, and X-Factor seems to be pretty slow as well. Which given how fast paced MCX was, it's a bit to adjust to.
Uncanny is pretty. And like you said, the second string of the story is interesting, at least. But hippies. I'm still not digging it.
I used to look forward to Thursdays, and I'd be in my LCS as soon as I could be. Now I barely bother going.
Seems their big 'reboot/rebrand' thing hasn't worked too well.
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