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Too early to say where this'll go but the ominous prediction by the Guardians that the universe is about to change makes me think this mini "like the rest of them" lead to infinite crisis.
This is much more the Green Lantern, I want to read as opposed to the soap opera I'm sure the Hal Jordan series is going to turn in to.
Kilowog, Salaak, Guy, Kyle and a cast of thousands investigating mysteries in space, under the direction of enigmatic leadership that knows much more than what's been told. Cool.
Soranik Atu from Korugar looks to be a match for Guy in cynicism and attitude. His about the Guardians, her's about the whole concept of Green Lantern. I want to see how this plays out.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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I did like this issue. I liked Soranik Atu. I suspect that she will become a full fledge Green Lantern.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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Well it looks like Rann Thanagar War #6 settles nothing as well from this issue.
This is getting a little ridiculous with the inability to settle plot lines. Stories bleed from one mini to the next. It's an epidemic, caused by some marketing genius no doubt.
From: Canada | Registered: Apr 2005
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Well, the marketing for DAY OF VENGEANCE, VILLAINS UNITED, RANN-THANAGAR WAR, OMAC and the RETURN OF DONNA TROY made it clear that these were all lead-ins to INFINITE CRISIS, so the way they're ending (or not ending, actually) shouldn't come as a surprise... though I agree it's somewhat annoying.
The success of most of those minis has made the effect spread a bit, unsurprisingly.
It is getting old, though. But at least there won't be a long wait for the beginning of INFINITE CRISIS.
From: Knoxville, TN | Registered: Jul 2003
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Random thoughts: -- Great art. Good with aliens, good with Guy's facial expressions, good creepy looking Guardians. -- I'm actually not thrilled with creepy Guardians as a concept. I've always thought it undermined the franchise that the Guardians became untrustworthy. Why can't they be genuinely beneficient? (I hope they prove to be when their motivation is revealed) -- Love Soranik Atu -- the DCU needs a strong female GL to take center stage along with the boys. (It should've been Hollika Rahn (the one with the mohawk), but I digress...) -- They do a good job of trying to reconcile Guy's seemingly erratic behavior (which usually depended on which writer was at the helm). -- Love that Salakk is back! Take that Marz!! -- The Corps is one of the things I missed after "Emerald Twilight", but it sucks that they've separated it from Hal. I can see why DC would want Hal as the solo star and the rest of the gang pushed into GLC, but one of the best parts of Hal was his adventures with the corps. I hope they dont' separate them too much. It's like they've got it backwards - Kyle was meant to be the solo, earthbound "regular guy" GL and Hal was always the space-cop.
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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Fantastic art, though I like the background scenery better than the people. THIS is the kind of stuff GL should have ALWAYS been and almost never was-- epic science-fiction adventure. When I saw the 2-page spread of Oa, I thought, THIS is the kind of stuff Neal Adams SHOULD have been doing on the book more often-- if Denny O'Neil hadn't been so determined to go completely the other way. (Yeah, I know, a 35-year-old "wrong turn".) For that matter, I've read how Dave Gibbons wanted to do space adventures, but Len Wein decided to have Earthbound super-villains like in the early days. (sigh) Somehow I was expecting my favorite DOCTOR WHO artist back on the art-- which I tend to like better than his writing. Oh well!
The "creepy" Guardians was an aspect of Gerard Jones' run that always bugged me. In retrospect, he was leading up to a big revelation about them... but then he never got the chace to write it! Could Geoff Johns actually get around to that at some point? Hmm...
I somehow got the impression Salaak was dead... or something. During Steve Englehart's GLC run, it always struck me that if they did a GLC cartoon, the perfect actor to do his voice would have been Jonathan Harris! (But I don't get that sense here...)
Looking forward to the rest of this mini!
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: It's like they've got it backwards - Kyle was meant to be the solo, earthbound "regular guy" GL and Hal was always the space-cop.
EXACTLY! That's my biggest qualm about the revival of the GLC. I'm not a Hal fan, but I'm all for giving his fans their space cop. I just want my everyman hardluck hero.
As for this series, the artwork is awesome! Gleason wowed me on Aquaman, he's topped that here. If DC had a "Young Guns" banner, Patrick would be one of them.
Of all the new GLs, Soranik Atu is the only one that grabbed me. Salaak looked familiar, so I'm intrigued by him. The two of them, Kyle and Kilowogg are going to carry the series for me. If all the others were eliminated and the Guardians (with their creepy, annoying, disrespectful, arrogant attitude back in full force) were destroyed, I'd still want to read about these four policing the universe.
Here's to Gibbons and Johns and Gleason making it work as well as this first issue.
From: Denver, CO | Registered: May 2004
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: It's like they've got it backwards - Kyle was meant to be the solo, earthbound "regular guy" GL and Hal was always the space-cop.
EXACTLY! That's my biggest qualm about the revival of the GLC. I'm not a Hal fan, but I'm all for giving his fans their space cop. I just want my everyman hardluck hero.
Yeah, somehow Kyle in space doesn't seem right to me.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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quote:Originally posted by profh0011: I somehow got the impression Salaak was dead... or something. During Steve Englehart's GLC run, it always struck me that if they did a GLC cartoon, the perfect actor to do his voice would have been Jonathan Harris! (But I don't get that sense here...)
Jonathan Harris? I might have to do an imdb search there. I don't usually envision actors when I read comics, but for some reason I "heard" Rene Auberjunois ("Odo" from ST:DS9) as Salakk.
And yes, Salakk did kinda die in the "GL vs. Aliens" mini. It's been a topic of debate since whether or not an intercompany crossover like that was in continuity. I guess we have our answer now!
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Yeah, somehow Kyle in space doesn't seem right to me.
I know I started this whole "Hal in space, Kyle on earth" discussion, but at the same time I can see the merit in taking characters out of their usual milieu. More for Kyle than Hal, since Hal's been earthbound before. With Kyle, at least he's acting more like himself here than in "Rann/Thanagar" and there's certainly no "rookie syndrome" this time (nice nod to that with Kyle's "It's a rookie thing" line - meaning that he's advanced beyond the Marz-imposed perpetual amateur status).
Unlike what was done to Hal in "ET", this actually is "growth" of a character, rather than ripping him apart. I'm sure things will eventually even out or swing the other way where Kyle will be back on earth more and Hal in space more.
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