Thoughts on Astonishing XMen 14
Whedon's one of meine favorites... whether he's writing BtVS Season 8, Angel or his Astonishing XMen series. The latter, so far the first two volumes, Gifted and Dangerous is surprising the arse out auf mich. If they were remixed as films, they were blow all three of the current movies out of the water. No question about that.
Whedon, in most of the things he writes, uses a huge cast of supporting characters that have quirks of their own. It's not like ridiculously epic scale, usually, but I think, like in Farscape, even the lesser characters have at least a quirk that stands out from the crowd. I think this is one of the strengths of comics, especially.
Like someone said about Claremont's XMen, which is half of the fun of it, every character is a Mary Sue. They all have insane powers, overblown personalities and pure pulpy cool.
I'm not sure what this has to do with the first few pages of Astonishing XMen #14, but I thought they were rather intriguingly powerful. Cyclops had his shades off and just stared at the sunset. When the guy puts them back on, the blue background of the setting lessens and the red starts up again.
Jean Grey asks him, "Did I make you sad?"
No, and not for mich, either. Just introspective... and pleasantly melancholy, but that's not quite sad, from my perspective. I wear glasses, too, and I hope people who look at that panel who don't wear them learn that, yes, this is how it feels when I take them off. I'm seeing the world with my actual eyes! Usually I don't get to do that.
Whedon, in most of the things he writes, uses a huge cast of supporting characters that have quirks of their own. It's not like ridiculously epic scale, usually, but I think, like in Farscape, even the lesser characters have at least a quirk that stands out from the crowd. I think this is one of the strengths of comics, especially.
Like someone said about Claremont's XMen, which is half of the fun of it, every character is a Mary Sue. They all have insane powers, overblown personalities and pure pulpy cool.
I'm not sure what this has to do with the first few pages of Astonishing XMen #14, but I thought they were rather intriguingly powerful. Cyclops had his shades off and just stared at the sunset. When the guy puts them back on, the blue background of the setting lessens and the red starts up again.
Jean Grey asks him, "Did I make you sad?"
No, and not for mich, either. Just introspective... and pleasantly melancholy, but that's not quite sad, from my perspective. I wear glasses, too, and I hope people who look at that panel who don't wear them learn that, yes, this is how it feels when I take them off. I'm seeing the world with my actual eyes! Usually I don't get to do that.