You've nailed it: Why Event Comics No Longer Work. When any writer at any time can undo or just ignore anything, then much vaunted claims to make earth-shattering changes just can't be taken seriously.
On Jan 16, 8:37 am, Erika <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, "Revelations" has been a much better story. Overall, it's hard > to take Final Crisis seriously, because you know DC is just going to > undo everything, and no one (Batman, Martian Manhunter) is going to > stay dead. It doesn't feel like anything is really at stake, and any > actual human carnage seems awfully remote. I wouldn't call it a fail, > but I don't think it succeeds as an Event That Changes the World. > > On Jan 16, 8:31 am, Terry Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
