Story
Different characters from alternating timelines come together to help repair the damaged strands of time! I found the story to be quite ebtertaining and fun. The time lines issue i felt was explained simply and cleanly which was good. It would have been very easy for it all to become too confusing. The posabilities are endless with this kind of set up as we saw with the reversal of roles of Professor X and magneto. Only thing i will say as a nub i am unfamiliar with the significance of the trial of phoenix
7/10
Artwork
I think so far these 2 issues have had my favourite artwork. Bright and colourful a feast for my eyes!! Especiallly as we have just come off some of the new darker x-men arcs. I also felt it gave a good feel for the action and fight panels you felt like a battle was going on a little more then in previous arcs we've read.
8/10
Characters and dialoug
Over all i enjouyed all the characters even tho i wasnt familiar with any of them. I'm not sure if ill find morph annoying down the track but for now he seems fun. Magnus dying was unexpected. I was half expecting him to show up in the final panel or somthing but i think its good that they didnt bring him back as that would cheapen it. I thought it also brought out an interesting question with the role reversal of professior x and magneto. What makes a man the man he is? obviously years of imprisonment and tourture have driven prof x mad, but why in this universe was magneto not lining up with him? What had changed to make him take a softer stance in regards to humanity??
7/10
overall
22/30
Monday, May 31, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Uncanny X-Men - Poptopia
Story
Two seperate story lines once concerning Chamber falling in with a pop princess. and the second about a chemically enhanced bounty hunter Mr Clean hunding down mutants in Londons Sewers. I guess when this was written the world must have been in its Britinay Spears phase so that would explain the first story thread in this. That part was okay without being all that exciting. Second thread about the mutants being hunted in the sewers was a bit better. I guess the point was not all mutants are going to have cool powers that they can use for good/evil its just going to make some people outcasts. Have to say tho im not sure if i want to read stories about them! lol The one thing that i did take from that thread is i want to know more about the organisation/church that chemically altered mr clean and set him to do his job. All in all servicable without being anything special
6/10
Artwork
I enjoyed the artwork in the first 3 issues. There were a couple of full page panels of archangle where i thought hey thats cool!4th issue artwork did nothing fr me really seemed almost rushed to me. I'm guessing it was a different guy who drew it. Some of the action panles where the x-men first met Mr Clean alsoi felt where a bit stilted i didnt get the feeling of anything. Last comment would be my main complaint but i found Chamber annoying to look at. I dunno if thats cos of the artwork? But i suppose drawing a character who has flames for a mouth is difficult so mayb he is just a stupid chatacter idea? OH i totally enjoyes the camel toe in issue 397
5.5/10 (woulda got more if not for issue 4)
Characters + Dialog
didnt really find much out of place here. the explaining the characters orgins every second page al la daredevil is gone/more subtle which is good. I felt again most of the dialog was solid with out being all that clever. the characters acted as i expected they would. All the characters seemed to fit into there stereotypes.
5/10
16.5/30
Two seperate story lines once concerning Chamber falling in with a pop princess. and the second about a chemically enhanced bounty hunter Mr Clean hunding down mutants in Londons Sewers. I guess when this was written the world must have been in its Britinay Spears phase so that would explain the first story thread in this. That part was okay without being all that exciting. Second thread about the mutants being hunted in the sewers was a bit better. I guess the point was not all mutants are going to have cool powers that they can use for good/evil its just going to make some people outcasts. Have to say tho im not sure if i want to read stories about them! lol The one thing that i did take from that thread is i want to know more about the organisation/church that chemically altered mr clean and set him to do his job. All in all servicable without being anything special
6/10
Artwork
I enjoyed the artwork in the first 3 issues. There were a couple of full page panels of archangle where i thought hey thats cool!4th issue artwork did nothing fr me really seemed almost rushed to me. I'm guessing it was a different guy who drew it. Some of the action panles where the x-men first met Mr Clean alsoi felt where a bit stilted i didnt get the feeling of anything. Last comment would be my main complaint but i found Chamber annoying to look at. I dunno if thats cos of the artwork? But i suppose drawing a character who has flames for a mouth is difficult so mayb he is just a stupid chatacter idea? OH i totally enjoyes the camel toe in issue 397
5.5/10 (woulda got more if not for issue 4)
Characters + Dialog
didnt really find much out of place here. the explaining the characters orgins every second page al la daredevil is gone/more subtle which is good. I felt again most of the dialog was solid with out being all that clever. the characters acted as i expected they would. All the characters seemed to fit into there stereotypes.
5/10
16.5/30
Monday, May 24, 2010
New X-Men - E is for Extinction
Story
I found the story reasonably engaging. Obviously it opens up alot of question that i hope will be answered.
who/what is Cassandra Nova where did she cone from? i hope more is explained aout her orifins. Also the fact that the human race will become extinct as well is somthing i hope will be looked at again. all in all i enjoyed it. i thougt it was maybe wrapped up a lil too quick
Also maybe the hints were too subtle but did Cassandra Nova manage to do the mind swap with Professor X? i assumed thats what happened and thats why he outed himself on TV.
7.5/10
Artwork
An improvment over the last arc. tho i must say i did like the artwork in the first daredevil arcs. I im not sure why just maybe didnt seem bold enough for me. From the little i know about comics it seemed solid but unremarkable. nothing really made me go WOW thats awesome.
Please correct me if im wrong here.
5/10
characters and dialouge
I thought it was a solid outing character wise. Emma frost looks like she could be a sexy minx in the coming arcs. Not sure why Cyclopse and jean grey seem to be hitting a rough patch. I assume it has something to do in previous arcs. My only complaint might be that i didnt get the sense of devistation on what happened on Genosha(not sure of that complaint belongs here or in the story section). MIllions of mutants died and i dint feel like we got to empathise with them much.ALso some background info on Cassandra Nova motives other then shes a new evolutionary step wouldnt have gone astray but that might be in an upcoming arc i suppose
6/10
18.5/30
I found the story reasonably engaging. Obviously it opens up alot of question that i hope will be answered.
who/what is Cassandra Nova where did she cone from? i hope more is explained aout her orifins. Also the fact that the human race will become extinct as well is somthing i hope will be looked at again. all in all i enjoyed it. i thougt it was maybe wrapped up a lil too quick
Also maybe the hints were too subtle but did Cassandra Nova manage to do the mind swap with Professor X? i assumed thats what happened and thats why he outed himself on TV.
7.5/10
Artwork
An improvment over the last arc. tho i must say i did like the artwork in the first daredevil arcs. I im not sure why just maybe didnt seem bold enough for me. From the little i know about comics it seemed solid but unremarkable. nothing really made me go WOW thats awesome.
Please correct me if im wrong here.
5/10
characters and dialouge
I thought it was a solid outing character wise. Emma frost looks like she could be a sexy minx in the coming arcs. Not sure why Cyclopse and jean grey seem to be hitting a rough patch. I assume it has something to do in previous arcs. My only complaint might be that i didnt get the sense of devistation on what happened on Genosha(not sure of that complaint belongs here or in the story section). MIllions of mutants died and i dint feel like we got to empathise with them much.ALso some background info on Cassandra Nova motives other then shes a new evolutionary step wouldnt have gone astray but that might be in an upcoming arc i suppose
6/10
18.5/30
Daredevil v2 16 - 19 wake up
Story
Bit a diversion from the main plot concerning a reporter and he's efforts to get to the bottom of what has scarred a young child whos farther was a would be super villian. Hmm i dont really think 4 issues was needed to tell this story. 1 or 2 probably would have been fine. seemed that most of the time the pages were comcerned with the writers inner struggle as to wether he should be covering the kingpin trial or following his heart and getting to the bottom of the boys retardation. I dunno i dont think i want to read comics for tales of inner struggles and slow character studies, thats what i watch porn for. again probably would have been ok if it ddidnt go for so may issues, but even then it just would have been ok.
2/5
Artwork
artwork was a big diversion over what has come before. i didnt really care for it personally. again made me feel like i wasnt reading a cominc.. and i dont mean that in a good im immeresed in this kind of way, i mean this in it looks like a crap art students attempts to be deep and meaningful.
1/5
characters
I guess all this would hinge on if u felt any empathy toward the reporter or the child. I did not. did the reporter have any previous appreences? looked like he had a bit of a backstory but again i cant say i really cared about him or the child.
1/5
total
4 /15
Bit a diversion from the main plot concerning a reporter and he's efforts to get to the bottom of what has scarred a young child whos farther was a would be super villian. Hmm i dont really think 4 issues was needed to tell this story. 1 or 2 probably would have been fine. seemed that most of the time the pages were comcerned with the writers inner struggle as to wether he should be covering the kingpin trial or following his heart and getting to the bottom of the boys retardation. I dunno i dont think i want to read comics for tales of inner struggles and slow character studies, thats what i watch porn for. again probably would have been ok if it ddidnt go for so may issues, but even then it just would have been ok.
2/5
Artwork
artwork was a big diversion over what has come before. i didnt really care for it personally. again made me feel like i wasnt reading a cominc.. and i dont mean that in a good im immeresed in this kind of way, i mean this in it looks like a crap art students attempts to be deep and meaningful.
1/5
characters
I guess all this would hinge on if u felt any empathy toward the reporter or the child. I did not. did the reporter have any previous appreences? looked like he had a bit of a backstory but again i cant say i really cared about him or the child.
1/5
total
4 /15
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Daredevil v2 09-15 – Parts of a hole
Story
I felt the story was a lil more balanced then the last if not quite as big. I think because it was a smaller story it hung togther a lot better there was not that lil bit of a let down in the end, it was a lil more consistent althought didnt reach the highs of the last DD arc. My main criticism of the story would be that nothing was all that suprising. Having Kingpin as the real murderer of echos dad etc was a bit cliched but still i guess served its purpose. All up tho i did enjoy the story though i felt issue 12 was a bit of a waste. Some of the timing did seem a bit off as well Foggy seemed to apparently put away 10 or so criminals/corrupt officials whicle Kingpic was roaming the sweres bleeding. That doesnt seem right to me it would take weeks/months to go through all those cases i cant imagine he would be raoming the sewers bleeding for that long. Unless ive missed something??
3.5/5
Artwork
Again i enjoyed the artwork (cept again for issue 12 which looked bland) I think i enjoyed most was when Echo would think and it would be like a childs drawning i thought that added somthing different and liked in some spopts they blened it in with the rest of the page.
4/5
Dialogue & Characterisation
i enjoyed most of the characters in this. the 2 sets of twins didnt leave much of an impression but i did like the echo character she gives a nice juxtapostion to DD. and the backstory on the Kingpin was good if a lil predictable all in all still enjoyable.
3.5/ 5
total 11/15
I felt the story was a lil more balanced then the last if not quite as big. I think because it was a smaller story it hung togther a lot better there was not that lil bit of a let down in the end, it was a lil more consistent althought didnt reach the highs of the last DD arc. My main criticism of the story would be that nothing was all that suprising. Having Kingpin as the real murderer of echos dad etc was a bit cliched but still i guess served its purpose. All up tho i did enjoy the story though i felt issue 12 was a bit of a waste. Some of the timing did seem a bit off as well Foggy seemed to apparently put away 10 or so criminals/corrupt officials whicle Kingpic was roaming the sweres bleeding. That doesnt seem right to me it would take weeks/months to go through all those cases i cant imagine he would be raoming the sewers bleeding for that long. Unless ive missed something??
3.5/5
Artwork
Again i enjoyed the artwork (cept again for issue 12 which looked bland) I think i enjoyed most was when Echo would think and it would be like a childs drawning i thought that added somthing different and liked in some spopts they blened it in with the rest of the page.
4/5
Dialogue & Characterisation
i enjoyed most of the characters in this. the 2 sets of twins didnt leave much of an impression but i did like the echo character she gives a nice juxtapostion to DD. and the backstory on the Kingpin was good if a lil predictable all in all still enjoyable.
3.5/ 5
total 11/15
Monday, May 17, 2010
Daredevil v2 01-08 – Guardian Devil
ok i haven't read a lot of comics, so my ratings dont really have much context
Story 3.5/5
I really enjoyed the story.
Felt like it was gearing up for something big and then like you said we got the bond villain monologue which i thought was a lil weak if not still enjoyable.
I obviously didn't get the Mysterio surprise as i didnt know the villain at all.
Makes sense to me it probably would have been written at the same time smith was making Dogma very catholic guilt.
I probably would have preferred if there was some kind of supernatural cause behind it rather then just the special effects dude.
Overall tho i did enjoy it
Artwork 4/5
I enjoyed the cartoonyness of it. I agree it prolly didnt suit the dark tone of the story but i think after just reading watchmen i enjoyed the bright colours!
agin i dont really have much to go off here as far as my rating goes.
Dialogue & Characterisation 3.5
again dont know characters that well. However felt daredevil was a well rounded character felt for him when Karen died. I sometimes found some of the explanatory dialog a bit out of place.
I'm not sure if we have to be reminded as often as we are that daredevil is blind and his other senses are heightened.
I felt main villain was a lil bit weak as in his reasons for picking daredevil etc. issue 7 was prolly the weakest because of it
11/15
(I reserve the right to change these ratings as i read more)
Story 3.5/5
I really enjoyed the story.
Felt like it was gearing up for something big and then like you said we got the bond villain monologue which i thought was a lil weak if not still enjoyable.
I obviously didn't get the Mysterio surprise as i didnt know the villain at all.
Makes sense to me it probably would have been written at the same time smith was making Dogma very catholic guilt.
I probably would have preferred if there was some kind of supernatural cause behind it rather then just the special effects dude.
Overall tho i did enjoy it
Artwork 4/5
I enjoyed the cartoonyness of it. I agree it prolly didnt suit the dark tone of the story but i think after just reading watchmen i enjoyed the bright colours!
agin i dont really have much to go off here as far as my rating goes.
Dialogue & Characterisation 3.5
again dont know characters that well. However felt daredevil was a well rounded character felt for him when Karen died. I sometimes found some of the explanatory dialog a bit out of place.
I'm not sure if we have to be reminded as often as we are that daredevil is blind and his other senses are heightened.
I felt main villain was a lil bit weak as in his reasons for picking daredevil etc. issue 7 was prolly the weakest because of it
11/15
(I reserve the right to change these ratings as i read more)
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