There are definitely "big picture" problems with the story. It doesn't feel like there's a Crisis going on to me, just a series of random, interesting (and some bad) events. I think part of the problem is that the story is super-compressed.
I've been digging the Legion of 3 Worlds and Superman Beyond or whatever it's called. I think my liking the latter is mostly because it has the OG Captain Marvel in it, though. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure how I feel about it. It just seems like a bizarre Elseworlds > story they are going to undo. Maybe I'm wrong and everything that happens > in Final Crisis will stay around, but it seems unlikely given that the > entire world has gone nutso. > > It reminds me somewhat of Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol towards the > end. A bunch of stuff is going on, each scene unto itself sort of makes > sense, but the whole picture just isn't there. > > I'm really not sure what this mini-series is supposed to be about other > than, "The Day the Bad Guys Won". And I got that from the advertising. > > Now, I have been enjoying Final Crisis: Revelations. In some ways it seems > to be explaining what is going on better than the main title. Especially > the Anti-life equation stuff. > > The Irredeemable Shag > http://onceuponageek.com > http://firestormfan.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of Erika > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:13 PM > To: The Unique Geek > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Final Crisis: Fail? > > > One of my favorite bloggers has described FC as "a complete failure." > > "There are a lot of cool Grant Morrison ideas in here, there are some > fairly bad-ass moments of heroes doing cool things, but it's all > strained through the darkness of a world won by Darkseid which, in > different circumstances, might seem a stark contrast to DC Comics in > general, but given the dark, dreary tone of the DC Universe over the > past two or three years, it just seems stale." > > I'm curious: Are you guys reading it? Thoughts? I think parts of it > are amazing, but it's not terribly cohesive. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
