Runaways Vol. 2 #25-30 (Joss Whedon/Michael Ryan) (Spoilers)

[Foolsfolly]

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I sure wish I could read the next issue of Runaways before October. Any talk of delays not being Whedon's fault are officially bull.

Agh.

It's not worth the wait at all. In fact, the wait will destroy this title.

 

[Sacred&Profane]

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It's not worth the wait at all. In fact, the wait will destroy this title.

Entirely why Whedon was a huge misstep. He had potential, granted, but...crap.

Vaughan needs to return. Desperately. Hopefully, he sees that.

 

[Joe Kalicki]

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Entirely why Whedon was a huge misstep. He had potential, granted, but...crap.

Vaughan needs to return. Desperately. Hopefully, he sees that.

What does he care what happens? Honestly, there's no reason for him to give a crap.

 

[Sacred&Profane]

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What does he care what happens? Honestly, there's no reason for him to give a crap.

I know, but I'm pretending not to in vain hope that he might.

 

[Sacred&Profane]

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As an strange side note, it has been a year, to the day, since Ice mentioned Runaways to me in an off-hand manner, and spawned what would prove to be his worst creation.

I love this damn book.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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And now you get to see your precious obsession go downhill.



Thanks Ice for getting SP's heart broken.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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I'm not really familiar with Moore's work.

And I'm ok with Ramos. His work on the Runaways Saga issue that reviewed BKV's run was acceptable.

 

[Sacred&Profane]

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I'm excited for this new team.
Because they arn't Whedon.
And, Ramos' Nico Minoru really set me off.

 

[ProjectX2]

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...

I don't really care anymore. I haven't read anything since BKV's second to last arc.

 

[ultimatedjf]

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Great news! Now I'm looking forward to picking up the HCs again.

 

[McCheese]

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I'm excited. I haven't really been enjoying Whedon's run and I can't wait to get the Runaways back to LA and back to the right time of course.

Also Chase with powers.:rockon:

 

[Joe Kalicki]

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I liked the idea of Ramos on Runaways before I saw his work on the Runaways Saga and it was terrible.

Terry Moore is okay, I guess.

Dropped.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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Do you like anything that was printed after 1974?

 

[Joe Kalicki]

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Do you like anything that was printed after 1974?

Do trades count?

 

[Foolsfolly]

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I liked the idea of Ramos on Runaways before I saw his work on the Runaways Saga and it was terrible.

Terry Moore is okay, I guess.

Dropped.

Joe...if you manage to stay on this title through Whedon's run...at least give Moore two or three issues to prove himself.

(Foolsfolly then goes back to bashing Loeb and Mad on the very principle of Ultimates 3 without reading it)

 

[Joe Kalicki]

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Joe...if you manage to stay on this title through Whedon's run...at least give Moore two or three issues to prove himself.

(Foolsfolly then goes back to bashing Loeb and Mad on the very principle of Ultimates 3 without reading it)

I'm only staying with Whedon because I hate dropping in mid arc.

Plus the release schedule is so erratic it doesn't really hurt me to buy one extra book every few months.

But I really have no connection to these characters anymore and if I continue with the series at all after Whedon it will be in collected editions.

 

[Foolsfolly]

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I totally understand. I don't think Joss has a real good grasp on these characters. It's a bit meh and I really don't care anymore.

I also get the hatred after that interview with Moore, he sounds almost as if he's planning to bring back superhero names and bring in costumes since he's obsessed with their power levels.

And I don't want to see Runaways as a traditional superhero team book, they're somewhat more than that. But he could be good and I'm willing to hope for that since I'm a fan of the Runaways and I'd like to see them last more than a dozen issues after Vaughan left the title.

That all said, I will drop the book the moment they get bright colored costumes.

 

[Ice]

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Bright colored costumes? NEVER!

 

[TwilightEL]

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NRAMA: Victor?

TM: I believe the predictions about Victor.

NRAMA: Wow. That's not good for Victor. Or anybody else, really.

TM: Yeah. Yeah. Early on, when Victor was introduced to the series, the predictions were not good. And I believed every word I read. Let me just put it that way.

NRAMA: Well, he is the son of Ultron! That's even worse than being a Skrull, isn't it?

TM: [laughs] You know, you can only do so much about genetics.

That statement killed a little part of my soul. I want Victor to be good, but the story he's suggesting could be good and I could accept it. However: Using the word "genetics" to describe robot genealogy is just... ugh. CAPTAIN SEMANTICS STRIKES AGAIN!

"There are two kinds of basic threats that I think my group is going to have to deal with," Moore continued. "One of them is one that's in your face but while you're dealing with that the raptor on the side gets you. So it's going to be a more complex story than what's first apparent on the page. Also I believe that we've established that anything can happen in these characters' world, including that it's very hard to keep a good character dead."

A) That metaphor made no sense.

B) "...it's very hard to keep a good character dead." *apoplexy*

Man, I don't know why I'm being so pessimistic, but I'm really getting a bad feeling about this.

The first quote is from here and the second is from here.

 

[Sacred&Profane]

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His marvel video made me very, very fearful of Gert being resurrected. \

Brian K. Vaughan, Brian K. Vaughan, you're our only hope...

 

[Iceshadow]

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A) That metaphor made no sense.

It's a reference to Jurassic Park, where Muldoon is preoccupied with the raptor in front of him but gets flanked by another raptor.

 

[TwilightEL]

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Preview up. Finally.

 

[McCheese]

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Preview up. Finally.

Meh.

I'm finding it hard to care right now.

 

[Foolsfolly]

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Not reading. It's been what? 3 months? 4 months?

I want each 22 pages to disappoint me or dazzle me all at once because it might be just as long or longer until the next installment.

 

[Bass]

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"He makes you do CHORES?!"

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

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"He makes you do CHORES?!"

Heh.

And I like the Yorkes...

Otherwise, I am looking forward to whoever takes over the book after whedon.

 

[Ice]

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Heh.

And I like the Yorkes...

Otherwise, I am looking forward to whoever takes over the book after whedon.

*AHEM*

 

[Bass]

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Really? I thought Terry Moore was doing SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE. :?

 

[Ice]

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Really? I thought Terry Moore was doing SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE. :?

Right. Because no writer has ever worked on more than one comic at once... :wink:

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

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Then I am extra excited, because I love Terry Moore.