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I probably pitched that a bit high, Keith. Let me try to explain it a little more simply. "Vitriol" is used, inevitably and tediously, to describe criticism with which the writer does not agree. It is never usefully qualified, and expects assent simply by the use of the magic word "vitriol". As a sign of a lazy argument, it's up there with "hippocracy/hipocracy/hypocrysy". Along with "oversensitive", it is a word I would ban from the language, because to do so would make people clever.
On the plus side, Final Crisis is livening up, isn't it? I question the competence of anyone finding it hard to follow, especially since it is made up of Morrison trops that have been in the language since the 90s. Kiddies in camps - Zenith, Klarion, check! They-make-you-amnesia naught sexy dirty mind control - Zenith, Invisibles, Filth, you name it, really - check! Our weapons are useless against it? Oh, checkity-check-check! This is all good stuff, albeit a rehash of both Rock of Ages and World War III, and lots more fun than all the scene setting. Whoatu the Notcher is definitely lining up to be the Question-style damp blanket of the story so far, but we'll see how it goes. Most Excellent Superbat rocks quite hard, although it would be nice to have a Japanese superhero who is not a bloody sumo wrestler (Goraiku) or a kerazy Toyman otaku. Still, that will be resolved by the Return of Other Doctor Light.
I'm getting a wee bit dizzy with the bail-in and bail-out, but this seems to be the state of DC at the moment. After Seven Soldiers, everyone largely ignored it, barring the odd crowd scene, for two years, and now it's back, baby! Like it.
Meanwhile, is anyone a bit worried about JG Jones? Some of the line work is really quite odd. |
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