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Ganesh- Thank love it's not just me then.

Chris Weston's art was definitely regressing to the stuff he was doing in Invisibles, though at the bottom of Page 4 I did think the Hand were sending in a squad of Slade's to deal with the situation. And the policeman attacking Greg on page 20 was very badly done, he doesn't actually seem to be connecting, plus the fact that Greg would have to spin 180 degrees before he could be hit in the stomach anyway.

If this killer sperm is attacking women why are at least two of them going in with the 'Special Squad'?

But basically, porn. :Sigh: Oh Grant Morrison, you really are dangerous. It makes Garth Ennis suddenly look so mature. Considering the slamming he got for 'The Pro' and Warren Ellis for his 'hooker Wonder Woman' I'm a bit disappointed that Morrison seems to have escaped here. He seems to be trying to write a comedy but without any jokes. I was wondering when a dildo would turn up and wasn't surprised that anal rape turned out to be Tex's undoing. Shall I be alone in my noticing of the homosexuality-misogyny idea that Grant presented in this issue?

I presume the complete lack of decent characterisation, flimsy plot set-ups and sudden changes from scene to scene are supposed to be hilarious meta-commentary on how porn films themselves work, but it's just like with 'Existenz', if you are not going to put in any depth because the media you are criticising has none, then you run the risk of being boring, and this is what I feel Morrison does here. This whole Pornomancy gig is extremely dull, untransgressive and not actually saying anything new or interesting. Is there some Sephiroth for fighting boredom then?

By contrast the Greg Feely bits were more interesting. I just hope that next issue someone points out that you can't arrest Greg for paedophilia when there isn't any proof. Unless as someone said Greg's real and Ned is the graft on I can't see why we don't actually see any proof of noncery unless this is just exciting stuff to end off the issue. It seems that Greg has forgotten the clue to Tony's health that he got in issue 4.

But "Thank the Lord above our Laurie's safe now."?! Who talks like this?! Is issue 7 going to be written in the style of The Sun?

My basic complaint is this; When The Filth started out, Morrison as making various claims that it would be more down to earth than The Invisibles, more like real people than fashion models. He also said something about it would have more depth. So far it's shallower than a paddling pool. I like the idea of the Hand, I like seeing glimpses of the base but so far no indication of why they exist, just that they do, or what gives them the right to do what they do.

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