Goodwill
Well-Known Member
Millar's made a mark on this title, whether good or bad. What do you think?
I believe most of you know how I feel about his run so far. The first issue was fun. The novelty of the Fantastic Four finally getting into the thick of things and actually being part of the world in terms of celebrity and an allegience with the Ultimates was, well, fantastic. I really liked how Millar set that up. Then, as the zombies were introduced (Which I'm convinced only came around to beef up Marvel's horror titles), that was taken away for pure bull****, in my honest opinion. Not only was it obscure, but extremely pointless. There are cooler things to explore--Namor, the Inhumans, time travel, the N-Zone... EVEN DOOM! Furthermore, Millar really dumbed down the title. Any writer following Ellis is going to look stupid when they attempt what he accomplished--science. Millar doesn't really even try to make sense... He's just trying to be convincing but fails miserably. I hate that about his writing. Lastly, and probably most importantly to me, are these three issue arcs. They take away from so much. From what we've seen now, it's going to be a stretch to tie all of these stories together. Seriously. I don't have faith in that. Millar should've done two six-issue arcs and focused on Doom and Namor. He would've put Ellis' run in the back of our heads with a Doom arc. Seriously.
I believe most of you know how I feel about his run so far. The first issue was fun. The novelty of the Fantastic Four finally getting into the thick of things and actually being part of the world in terms of celebrity and an allegience with the Ultimates was, well, fantastic. I really liked how Millar set that up. Then, as the zombies were introduced (Which I'm convinced only came around to beef up Marvel's horror titles), that was taken away for pure bull****, in my honest opinion. Not only was it obscure, but extremely pointless. There are cooler things to explore--Namor, the Inhumans, time travel, the N-Zone... EVEN DOOM! Furthermore, Millar really dumbed down the title. Any writer following Ellis is going to look stupid when they attempt what he accomplished--science. Millar doesn't really even try to make sense... He's just trying to be convincing but fails miserably. I hate that about his writing. Lastly, and probably most importantly to me, are these three issue arcs. They take away from so much. From what we've seen now, it's going to be a stretch to tie all of these stories together. Seriously. I don't have faith in that. Millar should've done two six-issue arcs and focused on Doom and Namor. He would've put Ellis' run in the back of our heads with a Doom arc. Seriously.