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I wonder if Identity Crisis may be a reason for the pacing.
Geoff John's was going to tell the origin of Power Girl but then it seemed the Legion rebooted and he had to wait.
So far IC isn't effecting the Legion at all they say. But Power Girl seems to be a part of IC and now the Legion.
Another thing about suspense. If it takes TOO long people lose interest. When I heard Geoff was going to "clean up" Power Girl's origin I couldn't wait...now I don't really care. Marvel's T-Bolts are the same...they set something up for so long...I don't care who the Swordsman is anymore.
I use these examples cause it's taking a long time to meet the legionnaires. I was SUPRISED we got Brin so early and I loved it. But Violet? Eh. Yeah she's a team member I hear. Her debut is going to be anti-climatic at this point methinks.
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I said it before, I'll say it again. Reboot was right.
There have been more duds than even half-successes in Threeboot so far.
And as EDE reminds us, DnA, despite some weaknesses, at least had some good ideas at their disposal, more than Waid has managed thus far.
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I think The Reboot has good things, the new origin, Triad, Umbra, Saturn Girl and really bad moves like Sneackie, Jarth, Emerald Vi. In the current Threeboot I like the return of Projectra, Dream Girl, Sun Boy,Timber Wolf and even Supergil, but not all is good. The silly origin of Triplicate Girl, one world full of female clones can't exist forever, in 70 years all the women are old and must die. Too much changes in Imra, Tinya, Val, Star Boy. I'll wait a little more time.
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I'll admit the series has drug a little bit more than it should, but I think anyone who doesn't dig it more than the previous incarnation has forgotten just how bad the previous incarnation was.
Just a reminder:
Terrorform Zoe! Attack of the 50' Vi! Vi's Green Streak! Cub! Timber Wolverine! Alien Horde of the Week!
And that's just for starters.
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Crap! I can't stop!
Remember:
Hypertaxis! Jarth!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Ugh! I'd forgotten how bad the whole hypertaxis storyline was...
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Unless # 16 shows me different, I'm thinking Reboot and Kent were right.
I submit that there was NOTHING about the postboot Legion that wasn't fixable. Bah! Eryk and I would have had it whipped into tip-top shape in three issues!
There would have been more heroines fighting crime in bikinis than you could shake an earthquake beast at!
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Jeepers! We've already managed to turn it around in MELatLSH:TS! Of course, we had to eliminate like 95% of the cast...
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And little did we suspect that the little Athramite that was getting beaten up by a mob in LEGIONNAIRES ANNUAL # 2 would later join the post-whiteout Legion as Sensory Lad!
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Eryk - one question: are you trying to be the anti-me on this matter; basically vocally hating the postboot just to be the oppposite of me?
And Cobie, I'd have thought better of you than to repost all those lists
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: I said it before, I'll say it again. Reboot was right.
There have been more duds than even half-successes in Threeboot so far.
And as EDE reminds us, DnA, despite some weaknesses, at least had some good ideas at their disposal, more than Waid has managed thus far.
Why, according to your post in the sales thread, are you buying two issues a month then? Over a year is too long to buy ONE issue a month on the hope that it'll magically get better, let alone two...
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'Boot, I don't think either Eryk or myself are trying to be anti-you (and I didn't mean that at all by the lists). There was just so much wrong with the last reboot that I actually can see the point of having the threeboot.
Basically, whether threeboot or reboot, I'll support the Legion, though I may not love either 100%.
If only DnA were allowed to leave earlier and someone continued the reboot with fresh stories that attempted to fix the crap and move forward...
...Although I guess what I really want is the original Legion returned and their stories to continue to go on...
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Actually, I do want to say that I understand that you're angry that the Legion was rebooted again. I really don't blame you for that, because it was *your* Legion.
That's kinda how I feel about the original version too. I think we both (and almost all of us) got burned.
At this point in time, I for the life of me can't see anyway to make it right anymore without continuing on with this new Legion. Outside of DC publishing additional titles, which appears unlikely to ever happen in the next decade...
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My vocal hatred of the postboot has absolutely nothing to do with you, 'Boot.
And it should be noted that I still believe, as I have said repeatedly, that the first year or so of postboot stories are some of the best Legion issues ever. But I believe strongly that it go extremely bad really quickly after that.
I actually wouldn't mind, for example, if they de-booted to Legionnaires Annual #2, and ignored everything that came after that.
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I agree about the first two years of the postboot.
I also think *some* of DnA's run was good:
'Legion of the Damned' - not bad 'Widening Rifts' - better 'Legion Lost #1-7' - meh 'Legion Lost #8-12' - excellent 'Legion Worlds' - excellent 'Legion #1 - 17' - very good after - not so good with each issue coming closer to 'awful'
final Gail Simone arc - great
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