Ultimate Extinction #5 of 5 (SPOILERS!!!!!)

[plungingforward]

My favorite line was when Fury said "Human beings can kick the hell out of anything." Military man through and through.

Great line. Actually made me laugh a bit.
Otherwise, though, this book was a total downer, and finally took the final shine off of Ultimate Nightmare, which was so good it carried me through Ultimate Fillibuster* and most of Ultimate Letdown.
For a story full of good ideas and good art, where did it go wrong? Primarily characters. I just didn't give a damn whether anybody lived or died in this book. The dialogue was wooden, the attitudes were forced ... eh, you get the point. Add to this a bit of force-fitting to get the plot wrapped up, and you have what we've got here.
The Extinction series gets a 1.5 of 5, including a full half-point reduction for the inexplicable "Captain Whitey" exchange.
On the up-side, I'm liking the UFF book these days. Go zombies!

*A series most notable for filling an ENTIRE PAGE with a shot of THE WALL of a SHIELD facility. It is the page opposite the almost-as-boring rocket launch, if you care to find it. Open the book, fold the rocket page over, and look ... a wall. In light of that (and all the other pointless two-page splashes) can anybody tell me with a straight face the series wasn't a deliberate time-waster?

 

[Victor Von Doom]

Great line. Actually made me laugh a bit.
Otherwise, though, this book was a total downer, and finally took the final shine off of Ultimate Nightmare, which was so good it carried me through Ultimate Fillibuster* and most of Ultimate Letdown.
For a story full of good ideas and good art, where did it go wrong? Primarily characters. I just didn't give a damn whether anybody lived or died in this book. The dialogue was wooden, the attitudes were forced ... eh, you get the point. Add to this a bit of force-fitting to get the plot wrapped up, and you have what we've got here.
The Extinction series gets a 1.5 of 5, including a full half-point reduction for the inexplicable "Captain Whitey" exchange.
On the up-side, I'm liking the UFF book these days. Go zombies!

*A series most notable for filling an ENTIRE PAGE with a shot of THE WALL of a SHIELD facility. It is the page opposite the almost-as-boring rocket launch, if you care to find it. Open the book, fold the rocket page over, and look ... a wall. In light of that (and all the other pointless two-page splashes) can anybody tell me with a straight face the series wasn't a deliberate time-waster?

Awesome post. These points bring it all back to my other thread on this train of thought.

http://www.ultimatecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5402

 

[vintsukka]

The ending did seem rushed and anticlimactic, but that's how it was gonna be from the start. It was pretty clear G wouldn't land but they would find a way to "scare" it away. I'm actually kinda liking it, it made sense in a way and the door was left open for G to return some day.

I liked that fact that Reed's plan was to harness the young universe's big bang, and not send G to the universe as most here (including me) were expecting.

I still stand by my anticlimatic post.

You're right, your post was anticlimactic. It lacked drama.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

You're right, your post was anticlimactic. It lacked drama.

Haha...word play...brilliant.

 

[E.Vi.L.]

Haha...word play...brilliant.

It wasn't a wordplay. It's the litteral interpretation of what you wrote. And yes, it's funny. See : :lol:

 

[DIrishB]

Oh, so I'm giving out cop-out-ish impression, am I?

:furious:

Not at all. Your summary was superb and inclusive of the entire story. Its just a summary, however, and only meant to be a short breakdown of the issue itself. Once I read the actual issue I agreed the story was rushed, which is the original impression I had from your summary. It was just padded being the issue itself. Therefore, not as rushed.

Good question. . .

Seeing as Sam and Phil were the biggest (And best, in my opinion) additions to the Ultimate U we've seen in awhile, it is a little dissapointing that we don't see them in Ultimates 2, unless they show up in issue 12.

Also, Sam is going to co-star in the Ultimates Annual 2, so we know they haven't dissapeared.

Maybe the two of them have been working on top-secret S.H.I.E.L.D. projects?

Probably. We'll probably get at least a little backstory info on what Wilson has been up to since the events of Ultimate Extinction in the Annual, but probably no more than an off hand comment, etc. As for Mahr-vel, I'm sure we'll see him in the future, its just a matter of when and in what title or mini.

It was a fun read, but fully agree that the Galactus arc was a bit underwhelming because you do not feel the epic nature of it unlike how it was built up by Nightmare and Secret.

I felt that Misty Knight was just tacked on and the only purpose why the Moondragons are there was that the Ultimates and X-Men had something to fight aside from the Silver Surfers.

I liked Reed's weapon, it really shows how clever Ellis is. Gah Lak Tus pussing out felt like a cop-out but I understand the logic of the thing. It's not that Gah Lak Tus thinks it's no match. It's just inconvenient. Like why would a hawk try to eat a skunk when rats would be easier to fight and they don't spew stinky liquids. This also opens up the possibility of Gah Lak Tus and Silver Surfer's return in the future. Who knows, now that Gah Lak Tus realizes that its primitive psychology is its main weakness, it might try to "evolve" into a more intelligent entity.

Good thoughts.

 

[Spade]

i was also thinking tha gah lak tus has never been imjured before, like vison said out of all the times a race has not even been able to slow it down, but they actually destroyed part of it so it probably ran off because 1) it was in shoch and 2) for all it knew they could have had more guns

 

[MaxwellSmart]

i was also thinking tha gah lak tus has never been imjured before, like vison said out of all the times a race has not even been able to slow it down, but they actually destroyed part of it so it probably ran off because 1) it was in shoch and 2) for all it knew they could have had more guns

Good point. I support your reasoning, but still think it need more action. It was a lot of holding your breath and then bang it was over. Now I'm thinking the only reason for the clone people was to let the other character do something.

 

[Hyperstorm]

Am I the only one who thinks it's the single most moronic ****ing idea Fury has ever had to send plans for a super-WMD capable of blowing up to species he has no idea about? What if the Skrull's or the Kree get a hold of it and use it to destroy the civilizations that Earth was trying to save or the Earth itself?

 

[Lynx]

Am I the only one who thinks it's the single most moronic ****ing idea Fury has ever had to send plans for a super-WMD capable of blowing up to species he has no idea about? What if the Skrull's or the Kree get a hold of it and use it to destroy the civilizations that Earth was trying to save or the Earth itself?

Well, it was a cool trick for Ellis to throw that out there for other writers to pick up on.

But yes, it was really stupid (And somehwat out-of-character) of Fury to do that.

 

[Gadzookie]

i liked the series although they should have made gah lak tus ( i love the word play , also captain Mar Vhel lol ) the old galactus not thosand of little robots

 

[thee great one]

I found it pretty good. Nothing great but strong.

I liked how they did it.

B

 

[Entropy]

You know, if anything you got to admit, Ellis and this story has proven that ultimate Reed Richards is THE most bad-*** supergenius there is.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Okay, I just thought of the most bad *** things Ultimate Reed could have said. "General, I want you to know that if you ever use this weapon against any human being, I will be forced to respond in kind and trust me when I say I will have bigger and badder waiting for that day."

 

[Entropy]

Okay, I just thought of the most bad *** things Ultimate Reed could have said. "General, I want you to know that if you ever use this weapon against any human being, I will be forced to respond in kind and trust me when I say I will have bigger and badder waiting for that day."

That's pretty good. How about this one.

"I thought of this thing Fury, I built it. Don't imagine for a minute that I'm not capable of coming up with something scarier."

 

[moonmaster]

I wish this had been an issue longer. It was just rushed.

But the way they get rid of Gah Lak Tus was unbelievably awesome.

Still, it wasn't as good as it should have been.

 

[TheManWithoutFear]

Not too impressed and I think Marvel kinda sat back and said, "well we blew this one so just put out issue 5 and get it over with". A lot of the entire trilogy was good but really it had no significant impact which is a shame because it was supposed to help at least make the Ultimate Universe as a whole look cooler... oh well, brought out some pretty interesting new characters.

2/5 for the issue.

Why can't you guys make polls when I'm away? Rate Ultimate Extinction. Rate the Gah Lak Tus Trilogy as a whole?