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from comixtreme.com:
Review: Here’s another issue almost impossible to discuss without spoiling. So watch me digress.
This is very much an end of an era, not just for Morrison and the New X-Men title, but for me, as this is probably the last “core” X team book I will ever buy. Oh sure, I’ll probably still pick up my “usual suspects” (Wolverine, Ultimate X-Men, X-Statix), but that’s enough X for me. I reserved the first issue of Astonishing because I like Cassaday, but I’m not getting two to see them in their Underoo clad past glory - I think I’m done here. It’s kind of sad, but these last few months, the best non-satire super team book I’ve read is Birds of Prey.
This issue highlights the best thing - to me - about Morrison’s run: the science fiction. He manages to tie this arc in with his first one, and with the one that introduced Fantomex, staying true to its own internal logic. Well done. But at the very end the book highlights what I didn’t like about Morrison’s run: the soap opera. It’s never been as bad as the bilge in Uncanny (what could be, this side of a V.C. Andrews novel?) but I never liked one specific plot, because it made no sense. The writer obviously liked these characters, so he slapped them together, reason be damned. The last two pages are supposed to be a “happy ending”, but struck me as just the opposite. A shame, as I enjoyed the book until then. So maybe I’ll just skip the last two pages. (I should add I’m sure I’ll be in the minority about the last two pages; I’m accustomed to that.)
The art by Silvestri is very good, but occasionally uneven. For instance, I almost didn’t recognize Logan in a close up (but who else could it be?), and sometimes background details get a little confused. But, those minor quibbles aside, the action scenes are terrific, as is the Phoenix transformation and all that ensues. A nice coloring job by the whole crew (please check the above credits - there’s many) remains intense throughout.
I guess it’s an ending for all of us, Grant. It’s been real; keep in touch. But, adios. X-Men - I’ll only see you in advances. |
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), Howard Bloom's "The Lucifer Principle" and "Global Brain", Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene", Susan Blackmore's "The Meme Machine" and certainly others I'll end up stumbling upon.