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Posted by BKole on 3/29/2008, 8:13 am
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Well -

What did we think?

I liked Fantastic Four; I generally always do, I like Mike Carey's work, and particularly enjoyed Ultimate Vision because of the central character, rather than the premise. The Thanos/Cosmic Cube thing has been going on for a while now. I prefered the Art with Pascual Ferry at the Pencils, I'm finding Kirkham's stuff to be really distracting, everyone's sort of blocky and generic looking. But still, I liked it.

Ultimate Iron Man v2, however, I only liked because of the art. The storyline, whilst trying to be a bit clever and a bit espionage, lost me from the second Issue. I never understand why people feel the need to involved A)Terrorists, and B) make them Islamic. England had huge problems with the IRA, and they, clearly, are not Islamic. Especially when the writer doesn't really have a clear handle on it besides "Oh Look. He lives in a Desert, lets strap a bomb to him and lob him into the plot.". So, Like the Art, the story...less So.

Ultimate Spider-Man - Another stonking issue. Really enjoyed this, although i was hoping they'd keep Liz around to round out a little teenager adventure team. I hope they reproduce that dynamic in later issues, the only problem with the story was the glaring Editorial omission that Nightcrawler was still on the damn team. Otherwise, Greatness prevails.

Ultimate X-Men - The Less said the better. The art isn't anywhere near as beautiful and polished looking as NewUniversal, In fact, i think it's back to Xtreme X-Men level, if not worse. The storyline, didn't make a huge amount of sense. Whack some Armor on the guys, give them "cool" names and lob them at Apocolypse, who is a very bad man. Oh and Phoenix is back. Good times. Not.

Ultimate Human - A talky issue, but a good one none the less. Ellis writes fantastic issues of talking, in my opinion, I'm sure some could say that he needs to put in more action, but Pete Wisdom of the Ultimate universe is every bit the bastard he should be. Looking forward to the next issue, and disappointed that it's coming towards the end. Ellis needs to write more Ultimate stuff.

To be honest, I think if we had an all British Creative team of writers on the series we could get much better Books. Ellis on Ultimates, as he seems to get the core premise of the characters, particularly Hulk and Stark. I'd love to see him on Thor again.

Milligan on X-Men, doing something similar to what he did on X-Statix, taking us back to what it used to be like when Millar was about - World tour, but i'm sure Milligan could and would reinvent some decent villains without calling upon the dregs of the 90's

It'd be a damn good series of books then!

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New Releases [Spoilers] - BKole 3/29/2008, 8:13 am
- Mostly agree... - The One 3/29/2008, 5:12 pm
  - Re: Mostly agree... - jay 3/30/2008, 6:03 pm
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--Previous Message-- : Well - : : What did we think? : : I liked Fantastic Four; I generally always : do, I like Mike Carey's work, and : particularly enjoyed Ultimate Vision because : of the central character, rather than the : premise. The Thanos/Cosmic Cube thing has : been going on for a while now. I prefered : the Art with Pascual Ferry at the Pencils, : I'm finding Kirkham's stuff to be really : distracting, everyone's sort of blocky and : generic looking. But still, I liked it. : : Ultimate Iron Man v2, however, I only liked : because of the art. The storyline, whilst : trying to be a bit clever and a bit : espionage, lost me from the second Issue. I : never understand why people feel the need to : involved A)Terrorists, and B) make them : Islamic. England had huge problems with the : IRA, and they, clearly, are not Islamic. : Especially when the writer doesn't really : have a clear handle on it besides "Oh : Look. He lives in a Desert, lets strap a : bomb to him and lob him into the : plot.". So, Like the Art, the : story...less So. : : Ultimate Spider-Man - Another stonking : issue. Really enjoyed this, although i was : hoping they'd keep Liz around to round out a : little teenager adventure team. I hope they : reproduce that dynamic in later issues, the : only problem with the story was the glaring : Editorial omission that Nightcrawler was : still on the damn team. Otherwise, Greatness : prevails. : : Ultimate X-Men - The Less said the better. : The art isn't anywhere near as beautiful and : polished looking as NewUniversal, In fact, i : think it's back to Xtreme X-Men level, if : not worse. The storyline, didn't make a huge : amount of sense. Whack some Armor on the : guys, give them "cool" names and : lob them at Apocolypse, who is a very bad : man. Oh and Phoenix is back. Good times. : Not. : : Ultimate Human - A talky issue, but a good : one none the less. Ellis writes fantastic : issues of talking, in my opinion, I'm sure : some could say that he needs to put in more : action, but Pete Wisdom of the Ultimate : universe is every bit the bastard he should : be. Looking forward to the next issue, and : disappointed that it's coming towards the : end. Ellis needs to write more Ultimate : stuff. : : To be honest, I think if we had an all : British Creative team of writers on the : series we could get much better Books. Ellis : on Ultimates, as he seems to get the core : premise of the characters, particularly Hulk : and Stark. I'd love to see him on Thor : again. : : Milligan on X-Men, doing something similar : to what he did on X-Statix, taking us back : to what it used to be like when Millar was : about - World tour, but i'm sure Milligan : could and would reinvent some decent : villains without calling upon the dregs of : the 90's : : It'd be a damn good series of books then! :

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