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I'm certainly not looking forward to killing to show the consequences of fighting in the 31st century. Like, we don't have killing everywhere around us in the 21st.
A thousand years from now, and to understand consequences, we have to have dead and wounded warriors. I think Giffen and Levitz are the ones who need to understand about consequences. We'll see.
And I hope it's not Cos. His family has already lost Pol.
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quote:Originally posted by EmeraldEmperor: My guess is Cosmic Boy is going to die after showing how heroic he is without his powers.
CB lost his powers? Hmm, did I go pick up my issues last month? Drat, I think I'd better get over there. Lost track of time.
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I think the key phrase from what Giffen's saying is that "We'll make it harder to do things in the 30th Century." Considering that they talked about a massive galactic-wide blackout when this was announced, I'm thinking that part of it is that technology is going to be regressed or at least heavily complicated. Think like the endings of Mass Effect 3.
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For me I hope they kill off a lot of the newbies and focus on the 'classic' Legionnaires. Not that I hate the newbies but they are getting too much face time at the expense of characters we know and loved for years.
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The things that bugs me about the newbies are their irreverent attitudes and their outfits. But Chemical Kid's minor character growth in the latish issue dod molidfy me somewhat.
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The newbs are boring and have no fashion sense. I think Chemical Kid could be saved with a make over. The rest can die at the hands of the Fatal Five.
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I hope Levitz is able to reign in Giffen's tendency to go over the top with some things. Remember, it was Giffen's idea to blow up the Earth, an ill-advised move that led to the entire franchise being rebooted. In fact, some of what I'm hearing from him now reminds me of the massive changes that came with the 5YL series. Although that series, in retrospect, was very well done, it did take the Legion past the point of no return in many ways.
As far as killing off major characters I want a free pass to substitute Harmonia Li for any one character that he decides to do away with. I can't imagine myself being a fan of any Legion that lost, say, Cham or Tinya and kept Harmonia instead. The fact is that Harmonia callously allowed Titan to be destroyed, even though it was clearly shown that she knew what was likely to happen and could have acted to prevent it. As far as I'm concerned, that makes her culpable in the deaths of millions (billions?) of sentients and definitely not Legion material.
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quote:Originally posted by Jay Kay: I think the key phrase from what Giffen's saying is that "We'll make it harder to do things in the 30th Century." Considering that they talked about a massive galactic-wide blackout when this was announced, I'm thinking that part of it is that technology is going to be regressed or at least heavily complicated. Think like the endings of Mass Effect 3.
I don't know what the endings of Mass Effect 3 are, but I don't think the writers can make things too difficult and retain the essense of the Legion.
Multiple planets and cultures with quick space travel linking them are absolute requirements for this book.
And they really only have three or four options - science, religion, magic or multiple billions of Shikaris/Gates/Rond Vidars(Green Lanterns.)
I like the kids, Glorith and Dragonwing. They have vast potential, imo, and kids tend to be emotional and extreme in their attitudes, so they don't bother me. CK is not a favorite of mine, though, I'm afraid.
Harmonia is a waste of space.
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The attitude of the kids doesn't bother me so much as they are, you know, kids, and it strikes me as fairly standard, if cliched, newbie characterization. I'm much more bothered characterization-wise by turning Brek into someone irresponsible enough that he passes out drunk in the street or the continued Vril-ification of Brainy.
I really think the title needs some of the boldness of the 5YL era or DnA's run, both of which had things I really didn't like, but at least they weren't boring, which is what the title has hovered around being the past few years. And, anyway, stuff I don't like can always be fixed in the inevitable next reboot.
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My Major objection to the Vrillification of Brainy isn't the change in Brainy so much as the absconding with the personality of the of the best characters I've ever read. Vril is a character that Brainy should be afraid of, should they ever meet.
and speaking of all time best
quote:Originally posted by the Hermit: I hope Levitz is able to reign in Giffen's tendency to go over the top with some things. Remember, it was Giffen's idea to blow up the Earth,
one of the best single issues, ever.
But in hind sight, I'm not sure it being "Earth" was what made it. I think that whole story line probably would have worked as Legion trying fruitlessly to save some other system, probably a Legion home world.
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I actually thought that bringing in the Pocket Universe Earth as a replacement was actually a pretty sweet idea. I would've been pretty happy with that, if Zero Hour hadn't happened.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I actually thought that bringing in the Pocket Universe Earth as a replacement was actually a pretty sweet idea. I would've been pretty happy with that, if Zero Hour hadn't happened.
Me, too.
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