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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 23, 2006 23:56:48 GMT
According to an article in today's Telegraph the crux of the issue is: "Would you give up your civil liberties to feel safer in the world?"
Captain America will lead one side, and Iron Man will lead the other.
And no, I'm not typing it all out. Far too long! ;D
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Post by Gray Lensman on Feb 24, 2006 0:04:58 GMT
I'll feel safer when Marvel is under new management. ;D Seriously... I'm having grave doubts about this series. The concept is interesting, but I'm not sure Millar will pull the execution off. The art looks great, that having been said. There's a preview at PopCultureShock, for those interested. It looks to me like the New Warriors are going to bite it early on. I wouldn't miss most of that group, but I'd be very annoyed if Namorita gets killed off. Bad enough nobody's done anything worthwhile with her since Nicieza... |
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Post by hector on Feb 24, 2006 4:17:46 GMT
Has either Millar or Quesada compared it to Watchmen yet?
I dunno. Miller's version of political commentary either go nowhere or leads to unintentional irony. I'll probably just check the first issue.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 24, 2006 4:32:12 GMT
Everything depends on how well Millar can make both cases. It's gonna be VERY hard for the heroes who support registration to not look like complete scumbags who are basically selling their mates out.
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Post by Duncan on Feb 24, 2006 14:06:13 GMT
This is going to be ridiculous, but I have a dreadful feeling I might get it anyway.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 24, 2006 16:06:30 GMT
It has the kind of fascination of an impending train wreck, doesn't it? You can see the thing is going to fall off the tracks, but there's a chance it won't and you can't stop watching just in case it DOES somehow miraculously manage to stay on...
It's like that for me, at least.
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Post by Duncan on Feb 24, 2006 17:39:51 GMT
It's just so evidently an aping of Identity Crisis too, right down to Turner alternate covers which you're gahdamn right I won't buy, and Marvel is not looking very good at this game.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 24, 2006 17:56:28 GMT
True that. It looks to me like they had no real direction of their own, were stunned to discover that DC had one, and have been frantically copying ever since in the hope that they might luck onto something. Not the best way to do it, IMO.
They would have done far better to forget the sales charts and sit their best people down to hammer out a new direction and ideas of their own.
It would be great to have both DC and Marvel with really strong & cohesive directions.
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Post by zyxba on Feb 24, 2006 18:14:25 GMT
I'm gonna get it, just cause it's a major story thing...
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Post by Dr. Doom on Feb 25, 2006 6:53:45 GMT
Yeah, I'll probably get it too. I'm a Millar fan. Plus you can't help but be curious to see what happens.
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Post by The Spider on Feb 25, 2006 17:25:12 GMT
I'd at least give the first issue a look, if only because I've been liking Millar's writing more last year, and the art looks good. The preview does make me feel a little hesitant, but curious about how this goes.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 25, 2006 18:28:09 GMT
It's one of those things where I'm likely to get the trade when I hear how well - or otherwise - Milar has pulled the whole thing off.
IF he's pulled it off I'll get the trade, of course...
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Post by Venom65437 on Feb 27, 2006 7:57:17 GMT
I'll probably pick it up since the books I read will all probably be affected by it. Of course by affected I mean forgotten about it 3 months after it's over.
Ah well.
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