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A more appropriate title would be “Disappointment Itself”. Nothing about this feels new, or imaginative, or creative. It all feels…

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I wasn’t too sure how this series was going to go until now, but damn, I’m liking the path it’s…

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After the big build up this fell flat for me. The action scenes (what there were of them) were abstract…

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February 17, 2013 8:07 pm Sorry, no I get it. But the fact that you acknowledge something stupid, and try and get out in front of it doesn't make that thing less stupid. At least not in this case. To me the whole concept of replacing Nick Fury with Sam Jackson "Nick Fury" because of the movies is just insulting. Does anyone believe that by doing so suddenly millions of movie goers are now going to be rabid comic readers? Or are rabid comic readers going to feel pushed aside for movie goers that never appear?
February 14, 2013 8:39 am Wow this was bad - art, story, characterizations, plot, dialogue - across the board awful. And how much more blatantly desperate to tie it in with the movies can they get by introducing the new "Nick Fury" by saying: "Nick Fury. His Name is Nick Fury now."..."It's his name now. Deal with it, move on." Seriously? Someone wrote that?! God that's bad.
August 31, 2011 8:15 pm Yeah, I'm buying the book because of Coipel's art, and that fact that Thor is my favorite character, but I have no idea why anyone is letting Fraction write this book. His dialogue is horrible and he has no idea, apparently, how to write these characters. Maybe he's great at writing books about normal, modern-day superheroes, but gods, cosmic level beings and epic storylines seems to be more than he's capable of. I think I'll just ignore the text, make up my own story and enjoy it as a Coipel art book. Between this and Fear Itself, Fraction should be booted from comics, or at the very least not let anywhere near a top tier title.
July 27, 2011 9:14 pm What I immediately thought was that Fraction needs to go read Masamune Shiro's Orion series. Now that's what Gods fighting is like - cool and totally bat shit crazy creative. This seemed way too lazy and completely uncreative. Two ultra powerful beings staring at each other and getting in each others heads, to what end...?

I want epic. This was boring. Worse than boring, it was a lot of nothing. And why does Thor suddenly hate the Surfer? Other writers I could see treating their having to fight each other as a necessary battle between respected equals. Here, Thor just seems like an ass for no apparent reason.
May 2, 2010 10:49 am Glad they're leaning towards the Coipel design, but the photo is kinda vague. I agree that it looks kind of costume-y. I hope it's not just a big rubber suit. I want to see actual metal scaled armor (or a believable fake), cloth and leather.
March 7, 2009 8:55 pm

I thought the movie was great. A couple quick things I didn't like so much though because they pulled me out of the movie had to do with the effects:

  1) the CG for Manhattan was a bit spotty and didn't hold up I thought. Sometimes the facial animation was good and looked realistic. Other times it just didn't look good at all. Too obviously CG and CG animation. The same with his clothes too by the way when he's getting dressed to go on TV. Too nit-picky? Maybe, but c'mon, this is a big budget film. They don't have any excuses for anything second rate when it comes to effects.

Not sure how often, or even if they used Billy's actual face in any of his scenes, but they could have done better. If you want to see how much better, take a look at this.

 2) the makeup used for the older versions of the characters looked too much like prosthetics and makeup.  Not only that, but the comedian and Sally Jupiter were supposed to be 67 (if I remeber right), but even though they looked older, they sure didn't look or act like any 67 year old I've ever seen. More like 57 or 47 maybe. Besides, when's the last time you saw a 67 year old man knock out a chunk of tile/brick wall with his fist like it was cardboard?

 These aren't huge issues, and I enjoyed the movie a lot, but those 2 things made it a little difficult to remain immersed in the world they were rying to create.

February 11, 2009 9:16 pm

Wow. I read this and all I can think is, I want more. Now!

And the fact that the back-up story carries just as much emotional weight (IMO), and isn't just a throw away, makes it that much more amazing to me. These guys are on a roll that I wish would never stop.

February 11, 2009 9:09 pm

Amazing. BPRD has become a book that makes me remember (again) why I read comics. Freakin' sublime.