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Ah...
I have no problems with the 'Astonishing...' costumes, or with the stated reason for going back to them. It does actually kinda fit in with Morrison's run (for those of you who disagree, check out "Germ-free Generation" and the last part of "Planet X".
The fact is that the X-books ARE superhero comics, and that the main problem with them in the past hasn't been that they have been written as spandex-y superhero books, but that they've been written as really, really BAD spandex-y superhero books.
Morrison came in, took away the spandex and it worked. But it can work with full-body condom costumes as well. Probably.
Earlier in this thread, someone said that they liked the use of this style of costume in 'X-Statix' because it fit with the poppy, campy style that Milligan and the Allreds have going. I agree whole-heartedly, and I think that there's a good chance that the esteemed Mr. Whedon will go for such a style as well. After all, 'Buffy' is pure camp pop culture madness, and 'Angel' isn't far off.
My point, I think, is that we should wait and see what Whedon will do. As it goes, I'm fairly enthusiastic. I think he WAS off his game for a while. 'Firefly' was fairly abysmal, and season seven of 'Buffy' failed miserably (although I think season six was excellent - if anyone wants to argue, my email address is graemelyon@yahoo.co.uk), and I think that Whedon may have reevaluated in the wake of the cancellation of 'Firefly'.
Angel season five has been easily the best thing to come out of Mutant Enemy yet, and the two recent Joss or part-Joss episodes ("Smile Time" and "A Hole In The World") have been utterly intoxicatingly superb - at least on a par with the best of 'Buffy'.
But back to 'Astonishing'. I think the dialogue we've seen thus far is actually rather good, and I'd like to address a couple of complaints about it from earlier in this thread:
1) Mister Six complained about all the exposition in the dialogue. The way I see it, this is the first issue not only of Whedon's run, but of a "new" X-book. Considering this (not to mention the fact that Whedon's name is very likely to bring in at least a few new readers with NO previous connection to the X-comic canon), I would posit that some expositionary dialogue is a good thing, especially since it will no doubt highlight the sides of the characters that Whedon is going to concentrate on. Morrison did much the same thing in "E for Extinction".
2) I also have issue with makeitbleed's bitching about the "born and bred" line. This is, to my mind, EXACTLY how Wolverine would respond to being called a thug, especially in the wake of Morrison's run. In 'New X' Logan was quiet and thoughtful. Of all Morrison's characters, he was the most mature and at peace, except for that one niggling thing. Then came 'Weapon Plus' and 'Planet X', when he had to come to terms with the fact that he is nothing more that a killer. And he did. So having him embrace that in this one line really really works for me.
And I'm rather sure that last paragraph makes NO sense outside my head.
So I am seriously looking forward to this, I think at least as much as I looked forward to each new Morrison issue. Whedon on form is better than sliced bread, and Cassady's art is nice. It might not be astonishing, but at the very least, it should be 'Interesting X-Men'. |
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