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I'm still reserving judgment until it hits, because it seems such a nebulous title where I'm sure I won't know how I feel until I actually have that book in my hands, BUT
I'm so sick of reading the Gen Z pitch line. Not because I'm not interested in Zoomer mutants (opposite!) but because it so blatantly and unashamedly undermines the typical excuse of not building on the 'old' School Age characters. Editorial refuses to age them up because they need a body of school age kids? Fine, I don't hate this half as much as other posters on here do. We then get a book, specifically concerning the generational crisis of this age group and those characters are excluded from it. Like I'm no Eye-Boy fan, but what is he if not Generation Z? Why age down characters to keep them school age and then never utilise them? One of my favourite things that Hickman said was not inventing new characters if they weren't necessary and that made me so excited about the whole new epoch but I'm tired man. I'm just so tired.
And, you know, I'm sure there's a potential turnaround or some unique hook that makes this book and its characters worthwhile. It's just the messaging that grates, and even feels a tad... spiteful? But Strain's Gen X had a similar problem ('We chose this cast to focus on the kids who aren't in constant use', despite the fact the supposed big names had been absent for nearly a decade) and I turned around on that eventually. I'm just bleh and venting and trying to be mad at stuff not related to people's personal hygiene.
Sorry guys I'll go back to my New X-Men Complete Collections now
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Was the redhead always that ripped or has he gone on a crash course of ab crunches the likes that would make even Liefeld blush?
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[QUOTE=Kurolegacy;4908834]Was the redhead always that ripped or has he gone on a crash course of ab crunches the likes that would make even Liefeld blush?[/QUOTE]
At-Home Workouts™℠®© are all the rage right now.
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I thought the red head was supposed to be jolly.... and mini crawler was Asian? He looks latino.
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[QUOTE=Journey;4909057]I thought the red head was supposed to be jolly.... and mini crawler was Asian? He looks latino.[/QUOTE]
Lots of brown people are Asian.
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[QUOTE=Frobisher;4909066]Lots of brown people are Asian.[/QUOTE]
Is it ignorant to say that surprises me?
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[QUOTE=Journey;4909070]Is it ignorant to say that surprises me?[/QUOTE]
Indian
Philipino
Bangladeshi
Cambodian
Thai
Malaysian
Its really not that uncommon in areas of South Asia especially
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With this being seemingly a Chris Robinson passion project, I hope Vita and Hickman reign in the whole “sidekick” angle and focus more on outside mutant/human relations and culture building.
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It’s fan art.
[QUOTE=akiresu_;4907783]I'm still reserving judgment until it hits, because it seems such a nebulous title where I'm sure I won't know how I feel until I actually have that book in my hands, BUT
I'm so sick of reading the Gen Z pitch line. Not because I'm not interested in Zoomer mutants (opposite!) but because it so blatantly and unashamedly undermines the typical excuse of not building on the 'old' School Age characters. Editorial refuses to age them up because they need a body of school age kids? Fine, I don't hate this half as much as other posters on here do. We then get a book, specifically concerning the generational crisis of this age group and those characters are excluded from it. Like I'm no Eye-Boy fan, but what is he if not Generation Z? Why age down characters to keep them school age and then never utilise them? One of my favourite things that Hickman said was not inventing new characters if they weren't necessary and that made me so excited about the whole new epoch but I'm tired man. I'm just so tired.
And, you know, I'm sure there's a potential turnaround or some unique hook that makes this book and its characters worthwhile. It's just the messaging that grates, and even feels a tad... spiteful? But Strain's Gen X had a similar problem ('We chose this cast to focus on the kids who aren't in constant use', despite the fact the supposed big names had been absent for nearly a decade) and I turned around on that eventually. I'm just bleh and venting and trying to be mad at stuff not related to people's personal hygiene.
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Yeah I don’t get the focus on Zoomers being mutants being a new thing. Are all the New X-Men suddenly not Zoomers anymore lmao??
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Yeah I don’t get the focus on Zoomers being mutants being a new thing. Are all the New X-Men suddenly not Zoomers anymore lmao??[/QUOTE]
Were they ever?
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[QUOTE=Havok83;4909142]Were they ever?[/QUOTE]
What else would they be?
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this lowkey looks like 5 deviant art oc's, like x-mensonas
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[QUOTE=Tycon;4909152]What else would they be?[/QUOTE]
Millenials