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Subj: Re: I'll simulate discussion at least. Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 04:11:38 pm EST (Viewed 338 times) | Reply Subj: I'll simulate discussion at least. Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 04:27:31 am EST (Viewed 7 times) | ||||||
Quote: Iron Man vol 5 #1-19: I’d heard good things about Fraction’s shellhead and I wasn’t mislead. There’s some very solid work here, albeit clearly initially aimed at meeting the Iron Man movie crowd; Iron Man is “born†in Afghanistan, Pepper is Stark’s perky potential love interest, the “repulsor battery†chestpiece is the unique key to Iron Man technology and so on. Stark is likeable for the first time in an age and in his “Most Wanted†phase (#8 onwards) seems to be paying his karmic debts for Civil War. Fraction seems to be gradually rolling Tony back to a more usable status quo, eliminating the do-anything Extremis armour, the “Starktech dataspine†etc. My main concerns are that Pepper has now joined the long list of Tony’s friends who regularly wear second class suits of his armour and that now her relationship with Stark has become sexual she’s no longer able to stick around for the long haul.I wrote a couple essays on the current arc, located on my blog; http://nitzthebloody.blogspot.com/2009/10/compensating-with-repulsor-power-iron.html And at the end of the arc; http://nitzthebloody.blogspot.com/2009/10/those-who-use-r-word-iron-man-and.html I am inclined to agree regarding Pepper, as sleeping with a superhero gives venereal bad karma. That said, I really like the way Pepper is being handled in this series, and am glad that Marvel and Fraction are aware of the movie's success and incorporating it into the book. Continuity issues aside ( such as HOW DO REPULSORS POWER ANYTHING, the new HOW DO TRANSISTORS POWER ANYTHING ), I'm glad to see that the book isn't so thematically different from the commercially successful and highly entertaining film. Quote: Mighty Avengers #21-29: This book feels more like the Avengers than any other out there, and I suspect that’s Slott’s intention. Jarvis is the key, I suspect. Kudos for taking Pym forward and putting him centre stage without removing any of his baggage, for bringing the Vision back into an Avengers team (albeit not quite the right Vision), and for finding something to do with Quicksilver. I really enjoyed Hawkeye’s (Clint Barton’s) recent guest shot and his exchanges with Pietro, and Jarvis’ reaction to an old-style roomful of gathered heroes in the Infinite Avengers Mansion.My problem with Dan Slott's writing is that he's better at comedy than drama, and tends to give characters comedic stereotype personalities and witty banter even when the story doesn't suit it. This isn't as much of a problem in Mighty Avengers, but we still get rather flimsy character development ( most notably with Cassie Lang, who is so very, very far below the competence and maturity requisite for being an Avenger ). Still, it is good to see a continuation of the Old Avengers, and one that doesn't try to erase present continuity, at that. Quote: I'm watching Clone Wars and Super Hero Squad with the children. The former's second series doesn't seem as strong as the first, with no outstanding episodes yet. The latter is goofy fun as long as I switch my brain off; it's interesting to see the cartoon pay more attention to characterisation and continuity than some comics.Super Hero Squad is fun for all the continuity Easter Eggs within; seeing Captain America heading to a re-enactment and saying " What's the worst that could happen in a Civil War " was just mean.  Quote: Meanwhile I'm working on using all this to stoke a genuine adventure story that can also address themes of rulership, collapse of civilisation, faith, expectations of religion, expectations of heroes, and why dragons have a right to rule the Earth.They certainly couldn't do much worse than us, so... www.rubysworldcomic.com | |||||||
