I'd really like to know how the editors work or don't. On one hand, they would seem to screw a writer by forcing them to include EVENTs into story lines, on the other, they should be the people telling writers "Nice idea, but we killed Martian Manhunter 3 months ago; so, you can't have him show up next month. Also, Batman can't lift a car above his head." The later isn't interfering in the creative process as much as it is keeping continuity (gasp!) and keeping the cretaed world 'true'. Somebody remind me to ask comic writers about editors once we start doing interviews ;)
--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Widgett Walls <[email protected]> wrote: From: Widgett Walls <[email protected]> Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Final Crisis: Fail? To: "The Unique Geek" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 1:42 PM 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
