#620? Yes, Bunn's run got cut far too short.
Last edited by nx01a; 08-12-2018 at 04:17 PM.
Originally Posted by The General, JLA #38
It would be perfect if Rico and Ziggy were in it!
I may be misinterpreting what was said. I take that as meaning they won't be appearing at all and were just on the promo for aesthetic. Of course not everyone will get the same amount of focus and character work, but I'm AT LEAST hoping to see everyone included somewhere and hopefully speak a line or two. well..........except Eye Boy which breaks my theory.......mmmmmmmmmnevermind im still pumped.
I'd put you more in the "Jott hater" category than the "Scemma shipper" category.
Compelling to you? No. But, then, you hate Jott. Trying to make such an argument to you (and those who share your view) is a pointless waste of time. You'll automatically dismiss any such argument out of hand....and I really don't care to have any character I care about involved with either part of that particular duo, Jean least of all, but I doubt anyone can present a compelling argument that Jott is somehow more interesting than Scemma or that it provides more opportunity for dynamic character interaction.
It amazes me that so many people on this board take Thompson's view of liking Emma more than Jean as some kind of personal attack. Not everyone has the same "zero sum" myopic view that just because one character gets some good treatment means that another character gets crappy treatment. There is more than enough room in the X-universe for Emma and Jean to be in different spotlights doing different things.
Especially considering she doesn't even say she dislikes Jean. She just says the Jott relationship was romanticised which is a common trope in the 90s.
If a writer said they'd favoured Storm or anyone else you'd get the same response. It's the same reaction you'd the if you tried to pry away the ring of power from Golem.
I wish a writer would say they are a big fan of Storm.
We haven't had one of those since Claremont himself.
Well, I have to agree with Kelly Thompson. I feel exactly the same as her.
Yep, making the franchise revolve around the decisions of one character (or even the dynamic of two) is part of what has brought them so low now. We had a decade and a half where editorial saw Cyclops as the axle around which the X-Men turned, and Axel Alonso said as much. People who started reading from 2001-2015 actually believed it, which is sad. Too many characters to count were put on the back burner for this, so yeah, once that era was over, there's a major vacuum. People who are Whedon/Morrison era fans seem to kind of have this thing of "who are these other people and why should I care about them?" because that's how they were written for so long. They didn't matter to the franchise narrative. Guggenheim only continued the same nonsense in Gold (and failed abysmally). What editorial needs to understand is that there shouldn't be just a couple of characters that are the backbone of the X-Men, that are so pivotal to the narrative that they have to be included in everything.
Sorry to see the thread took a wrong turn for a bit, but glad it seems to be back on track, now.
Ditto, he certainly does, and that's why I'm so stoked for him gettin' the gig.
Yep, ya gotta balance the creative aspect, with a business perspective.
Seriously though, I'd like 'em all to contribute at least SOMEthing, or else I'll be disappointed.
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