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puritybrown. Initial impressions were very good; the last X-men stuff I read was Dark Phoenix, and the contrast was, well, impressive. Grant Morrison's writing is notable, and the art is quite different, although somehow familiar - I suspect the artist worked on Judge Dredd at some point, or was influenced by it. This is particularly evident when you see some images of Cyclops, looking just like Dredd.
There seems to be something missing, though - and it's not just Storm and Nightcrawler. There's some core element that's not there, and a few elements thrown in to make up for it don't quite make it up.
I can't pin down the difference. It has something to do with the sheer daftness of Emma Frost's outfit (not that glued-on costumes are anything new, but this one is spectacularly unpossible), something to do with the re-characterisation of some of the others, something to do with the lack of imagination in the powers and appearances of the younger mutants in the school.
There are some very good parts. I like the Beast's new shape. I like the way telepathic conferencing is depicted (just me, or does that owe something to the Matrix?). Cyclops is approaching an actual character. I like the new outfits. Some of the dialogue is rather cool.
But overall, it's like mint-flavour, not mint.
puritybrown. Initial impressions were very good; the last X-men stuff I read was Dark Phoenix, and the contrast was, well, impressive. Grant Morrison's writing is notable, and the art is quite different, although somehow familiar - I suspect the artist worked on Judge Dredd at some point, or was influenced by it. This is particularly evident when you see some images of Cyclops, looking just like Dredd. There seems to be something missing, though - and it's not just Storm and Nightcrawler. There's some core element that's not there, and a few elements thrown in to make up for it don't quite make it up.
I can't pin down the difference. It has something to do with the sheer daftness of Emma Frost's outfit (not that glued-on costumes are anything new, but this one is spectacularly unpossible), something to do with the re-characterisation of some of the others, something to do with the lack of imagination in the powers and appearances of the younger mutants in the school.
There are some very good parts. I like the Beast's new shape. I like the way telepathic conferencing is depicted (just me, or does that owe something to the Matrix?). Cyclops is approaching an actual character. I like the new outfits. Some of the dialogue is rather cool.
But overall, it's like mint-flavour, not mint.
