Bendis Legion, likes and dislikes. - 10/09/22 04:37 PM
I guess this is kind of my post mortem on this run.
I do have some likes. I think Sook's art...it's fantastic. Great depth, nice design, very imaginative. The art problems I had were that while it was very original, very imaginative, it seemed to sacrifice some of the intrinsic traits of some of the characters. Wolf...he's lean and acrobatic. Yet this one was bulky and just didn't seem to fit. I dug MEL's look, but again, it just didn't seem to fit. Triple G...very nice look, a cool nod to the original. I didn't care for some, like Dream Girl, Shrinking violet, but that was more personal taste, I freely admit. I think the work that went into the redesigns was great. You can see the love and care, but it wound up being very hit and miss for me.
The coloring for the characters was great, but at times the overall look of the first series and the mini seemed washed out.
The writing. Truth be told, I'm not a bendis lover or a bendis hater. I've never really read his stuff before. Problem the first....much was promised. A lot was promised. The hype in the comics world at least was MASSIVE. And what I felt we received was a lot of talk, a lot of dialog...that didn't really say anything about the characters individually or much as a group, really. The group seemed young and optimistic, which I LIKED because I'm effin sick of doom and gloom. But with a cast that large, not much was done with long time legionaries beyond a couple. We got several new group members, like Monster boy and Dr. Fate and Gold Lantern, and I defy you to tell me anything about who they actually are except for a tiny bit about Gold Lantern, a character that was supposed to be a linchpin it seemed.
We got what....three main story endings for the eighteen issues, and I can't really remember them. I get that not every story is gonna end with a galaxy spanning epic that changes the nature of comics themselves, but man, you gotta have a little punch. Even if it's supposed to be a quiet story, you still gotta have an emotional punch to hit it. I'm still not clear on what Rose was supposed to be in all this. A bridge to...what? Where?
Art...admittedly fine, but much of the character connection for me was lost. I'd give it a technical A+, but an emotional connection of a C-.
Writing...I'm sorry to say that this has been a D across the boards. I don't have a problem with the re-imagining of the characters, but to many basic departures and not enough on way to many other characters combined with lackluster stories... I just can't give it any higher.
I think there was a great intent, I think there was a lot of work and love put into it by the creators, but I think it was mostly a whiff.
I do have some likes. I think Sook's art...it's fantastic. Great depth, nice design, very imaginative. The art problems I had were that while it was very original, very imaginative, it seemed to sacrifice some of the intrinsic traits of some of the characters. Wolf...he's lean and acrobatic. Yet this one was bulky and just didn't seem to fit. I dug MEL's look, but again, it just didn't seem to fit. Triple G...very nice look, a cool nod to the original. I didn't care for some, like Dream Girl, Shrinking violet, but that was more personal taste, I freely admit. I think the work that went into the redesigns was great. You can see the love and care, but it wound up being very hit and miss for me.
The coloring for the characters was great, but at times the overall look of the first series and the mini seemed washed out.
The writing. Truth be told, I'm not a bendis lover or a bendis hater. I've never really read his stuff before. Problem the first....much was promised. A lot was promised. The hype in the comics world at least was MASSIVE. And what I felt we received was a lot of talk, a lot of dialog...that didn't really say anything about the characters individually or much as a group, really. The group seemed young and optimistic, which I LIKED because I'm effin sick of doom and gloom. But with a cast that large, not much was done with long time legionaries beyond a couple. We got several new group members, like Monster boy and Dr. Fate and Gold Lantern, and I defy you to tell me anything about who they actually are except for a tiny bit about Gold Lantern, a character that was supposed to be a linchpin it seemed.
We got what....three main story endings for the eighteen issues, and I can't really remember them. I get that not every story is gonna end with a galaxy spanning epic that changes the nature of comics themselves, but man, you gotta have a little punch. Even if it's supposed to be a quiet story, you still gotta have an emotional punch to hit it. I'm still not clear on what Rose was supposed to be in all this. A bridge to...what? Where?
Art...admittedly fine, but much of the character connection for me was lost. I'd give it a technical A+, but an emotional connection of a C-.
Writing...I'm sorry to say that this has been a D across the boards. I don't have a problem with the re-imagining of the characters, but to many basic departures and not enough on way to many other characters combined with lackluster stories... I just can't give it any higher.
I think there was a great intent, I think there was a lot of work and love put into it by the creators, but I think it was mostly a whiff.