Jack of Hearts
Banned
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2006
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I'm sure most of you have your discussions in the individual issue threads since you buy the comic monthly, but some of us get our UFF in periodic chunks by only buying the trades.
Anyway, thoughts on the latest :
Chrono-Bandits : Puh-lease! A group of hackers gets into the Baxter Building's files, steals plans for a time machine, and builds a working model? We had better find out that someone like Doom is directly involved in this because I am NOT buying that normal folks did this for one second.
Zombie FF : Eh. Zombies are brain-dead, aren't they? Anyway, this just came across as an Exiles story needing a home. The infection spread across the planet in three days? Impossible! If it's spread by bite, there's no way the superhuman population could infect everyone on the planet that fast. Sue brain damages the zombie Reed, yet he's up and talking just like normal by the end of the story. This storyline is a waste of time.
Namor : He was coming along just fine until the big reveal. Without his nobility, Namor is REALLY a lot less interesting. And what's the deal with him summoning Poseidon or whatever? He didn't get Ultimized as poorly as Doom, but he leaves much to be desired.
Mrs Storm : "A wrinkled old trout"!?! Has Namor gone blind after all of these years? I won't fault him for preferring Sue, but at least Reed realizes that Mrs Storm is looking PRETTY good...
The Doom tattoo makes me wonder how soon she'll be surfacing again.
The Mini-Mates and Fantastic Oh-Five : Oh my GOD! These have to be some of the most ridiculous ideas to come along in a while. They effectively made FO5 an emergency plot device, but it's STUPID anyway. The Mini-Mates remind me of those dumb X-Kids from the Mojo universe.
Okay, so do I have anything good to say?
The FF are handled well and the art is a real pleasure. In fact, if the heroes weren't handled so well as to make me dwell less on the lackluster villains, I might have dropped this title long ago. I've really enjoyed the Ultimates and the Ultimate X-Men. I wish the Ultimate FF would get on the ball and match or exceed their quality.
Chrono-Bandits : Puh-lease! A group of hackers gets into the Baxter Building's files, steals plans for a time machine, and builds a working model? We had better find out that someone like Doom is directly involved in this because I am NOT buying that normal folks did this for one second.
Zombie FF : Eh. Zombies are brain-dead, aren't they? Anyway, this just came across as an Exiles story needing a home. The infection spread across the planet in three days? Impossible! If it's spread by bite, there's no way the superhuman population could infect everyone on the planet that fast. Sue brain damages the zombie Reed, yet he's up and talking just like normal by the end of the story. This storyline is a waste of time.
Namor : He was coming along just fine until the big reveal. Without his nobility, Namor is REALLY a lot less interesting. And what's the deal with him summoning Poseidon or whatever? He didn't get Ultimized as poorly as Doom, but he leaves much to be desired.
Mrs Storm : "A wrinkled old trout"!?! Has Namor gone blind after all of these years? I won't fault him for preferring Sue, but at least Reed realizes that Mrs Storm is looking PRETTY good...
The Mini-Mates and Fantastic Oh-Five : Oh my GOD! These have to be some of the most ridiculous ideas to come along in a while. They effectively made FO5 an emergency plot device, but it's STUPID anyway. The Mini-Mates remind me of those dumb X-Kids from the Mojo universe.
Okay, so do I have anything good to say?