I'll try to keep up a daily schedule on this, but we'll see. If I don't, I won't beat myself up, if I do, you don't beat me up for boring you, ok?
Just read the last two issues of the most recent New Warriors series. This was the series after the Civil War Stamford incident and the reality show version. It lasted 20 or so issues (they're not in front of me so I forget specifics). Apparently, it was made up of all depowered mutants. It hit a couple hot buttons for me, in no particular order....
1. Depowered mutants: I liked M-Day, I like to see the aftermath of that. For noobs out there, basically all but 200 of Marvels mutants (X-Men) had their powers taken from them, and they ain't coming back. So, I was 1/2 way into the last issue before I realized one of the characters I was reading about was Jubilee, former X-Man. I looked back and realized also included was Jono, formerly Chamber, now Apocalypsed up and looking pretty stupid.
My issue here is the old mantra, every comic is someone's first comic. Now, I know, this LITERALLY was the last issue of the series, so I'll forgive them to a point, but in an age where we do have a recap page, can't we do a better job of identifying characters?
2. Time Travel - Man, I loves me some times travels stories. LOVES EM. Alternate worlds, all that shit. I liked the way they did this, using the Sphinx Ka Stone, which is a throwback to the very first NW series. I missed the first couple chapters of it, so story wise I had to come up to speed, but it was easy to follow.
The thing is they all have that hollow, What If? problem. Any change inevitably leads to the worst possible future ever. EVERY one. Someone dies today? They never end up being the Hitler of tomorrow, nope. They're the Gahndi of tomorrow and with his abscence, we're all fucked. I'm sure there are TT stories where the future is better off and the heroes have to go back and have to reverse something they did, because it is against their ethics, leading to a shitty future. I just can't think of one offhand. I'd like to see that.
3. Final Issues - I LOVE FINAL ISSUES. I have an odd, sadist streak in me that for a long time, when I wasn't super completist and only had a few issues of various books, I immediately grabbed the final issue of the comic. I remember I had the last issue of Dazzler, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Nova, and the list goes on. There's something appealing to me about seeing the end of the story. It's like a huge spoiler, and this was pre-internet mind you. I just wanted to know how it ended.
Anyone have their favorite final issues?
MotD: 15 Minutes
I don't know how I missed this movie. I knew it existed, but hadn't heard great things about it. I know why too. It's 2 hours long, and should have been 1 1/2. The climax was the DeNiro story (I won't spoil it here) and then it runs on for about 25 minutes or so which just feels like it's dragging out a not subtle point. I can't imagine how the director/producers didn't realize this. I'm sure they did, perhaps they wanted to give Ed Burns more of a focus, as he was a big up and comer at the time. And he's good in this, I liked it a lot actually, but that last 30 minutes just KILLS the rest of it. KILLS it entirely. Lots of names in the movie, they're all good, but damn, missed opportunity.
No comments:
Post a Comment