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loveallthis's review
4.0
Fun! Funny! Exciting! If you like Joss Whedon, and/or Wolverine, and/or comics in general, read this series.
Four stars.
Four stars.
yeoldemandan's review
5.0
The Danger Room plot was interesting but felt a little bit like a stop gap between the Breakworld/mutant cure plots and the new villain revealed at the end. But the fights with Danger were so very true to the characters that I will forgive the diversion.
jennykeery's review
3.0
First of all, the artwork in this volume is fantastic. I would gladly have any page displayed in a frame on my wall, though the panels inside the danger room are especially memorable. Considering I didn't rate him particularly highly in [b:Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted|31979|Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1 Gifted|Joss Whedon|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1355062295s/31979.jpg|154982], Cassaday's style and attention to detail have grown on me very quickly.
Unfortunately the main story is quite weak (see here for a quick spoiler and a giggle) but Whedon's talent for witty, moving dialogue saves the day, just. I suspect my love for Peter Rasputin also helps!
Unfortunately the main story is quite weak (see here for a quick spoiler and a giggle) but Whedon's talent for witty, moving dialogue saves the day, just. I suspect my love for Peter Rasputin also helps!
colophonphile's review
Yes there are "spoilers" ahead. If that really bothers you, so be it. It doesn't bother me.
I read this quickly after the first volume in the series. I can't say that I love John Cassaday's art here. The frequent employment of gradients as generic backgrounds just seems, well, generic after awhile. As for his depictions of the characters, I have liked his work, especially on Planetary and, at times, Captain America, but never really felt like he had his own take on X-Men visually, with the exception of Beast — that's in contrast with, say, the versions of these characters by Chris Bachalo and Frank Quitely, two favorites. In addition, while the plot was intriguing, it was also a little extravagant in its execution, and ended up reminding me of the tail end of Grant Morrison's run, when things just got too out of the author's control. Here what gets out of control is the idea of the Danger Room becoming sentient. It's a nifty concept, but goes haywire fast. There's also just so much packed in here, not just a sentient Danger Room but the Sentinels and, at the close, the Hellfire Club. It seems like any one of those things could be stretched out longer, and the proliferation of developments ends up diminishing each of them individually. I will say the moral conflict at the end, about AI as a new life form to be respected, was handled quite well.
I read this quickly after the first volume in the series. I can't say that I love John Cassaday's art here. The frequent employment of gradients as generic backgrounds just seems, well, generic after awhile. As for his depictions of the characters, I have liked his work, especially on Planetary and, at times, Captain America, but never really felt like he had his own take on X-Men visually, with the exception of Beast — that's in contrast with, say, the versions of these characters by Chris Bachalo and Frank Quitely, two favorites. In addition, while the plot was intriguing, it was also a little extravagant in its execution, and ended up reminding me of the tail end of Grant Morrison's run, when things just got too out of the author's control. Here what gets out of control is the idea of the Danger Room becoming sentient. It's a nifty concept, but goes haywire fast. There's also just so much packed in here, not just a sentient Danger Room but the Sentinels and, at the close, the Hellfire Club. It seems like any one of those things could be stretched out longer, and the proliferation of developments ends up diminishing each of them individually. I will say the moral conflict at the end, about AI as a new life form to be respected, was handled quite well.
bloodravenlib's review
5.0
See my short note on it:
[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/07/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-3.html]
[http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/07/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-3.html]
stewreads's review
4.0
Not as good as volume 1, but still very interesting. Always appreciate good art and a villain that doesn't go down by the end of an issue.
renatasnacks's review
3.0
Hmm... I wanted to like this, and I did, but I wasn't totally on board w/the plot. Oh well! Still fun.
shinychick's review
5.0
Oh, love, love, love. Whoever thought that Professor X was an asshole? And the art pertaining to the storyline - woot. Woot!
tbr_the_unconquered's review
3.0
The X-Men team of Joss Whedon is still not comfortable with each other in the second volume. They tolerate each other but barely so and yet as the story opens they are on their way to battle a giant monster out in the open in the city. The team gels together much more as they face the next challenge which stems right from with the Xavier’s school. The most devastating blows anyone will ever take will come from within the fold of their own families and this is what happens to the X-Men when their danger room turns against them.
Not having read the earlier volume prior to Whedon’s run was a slight deterrent since I could not really understand the rift between the team and Prof. X and yet that doesn’t affect the story all that much. The majority of the book is a prolonged combat between the mutants and the rogue A.I. Whedon chooses to explore his characters a bit more in this volume – Cyclops, Wolverine, Beast and Kitty are all given this treatment throughout the book. Emma Frost and Xavier are the exceptions since they are still cloaked in an enigma which leaves the door open for further volumes. Since I am pretty new to the X-Men in the comic medium, it was refreshing to see them face off against a foe who could outsmart them and especially mind games being the X-Men forte, someone who could outplay them is a first for me.
Recommended. This is a good one.
Not having read the earlier volume prior to Whedon’s run was a slight deterrent since I could not really understand the rift between the team and Prof. X and yet that doesn’t affect the story all that much. The majority of the book is a prolonged combat between the mutants and the rogue A.I. Whedon chooses to explore his characters a bit more in this volume – Cyclops, Wolverine, Beast and Kitty are all given this treatment throughout the book. Emma Frost and Xavier are the exceptions since they are still cloaked in an enigma which leaves the door open for further volumes. Since I am pretty new to the X-Men in the comic medium, it was refreshing to see them face off against a foe who could outsmart them and especially mind games being the X-Men forte, someone who could outplay them is a first for me.
Recommended. This is a good one.
theteenidol's review
4.0
An interesting take on self-aware AI wrapped in an X-Men story. Also, a brief, but very enjoyable, cameo by the Fantastic Four.