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rashthedoctor's review
2.0
So People who read this raved about it and loved the story and loved the art ... Meanwhile I hated the story , hated the art , hated the countless philosophical exposition ...huh?
The art is obviously going to be the first thing to catch the readers eye as a change in the illustrator is bought about , And though I did mention before that the art Romita JR is not for everyone as many will (& did ) like it and many won't (& didn't ) like it , Here Jock took over from Romita and I was unlike many who liked it , wasn't at all impressed , sorry but I need things to look pretty and dark , this here wasn't at all pretty for any panel for me , that said I do see why some would like it .
The problem with the story that I seemed to have was the unnecessary philosophical chatter that Victor and Batman share , the story was like 30% Victor telling what his menancing plan is , 10 % Action scene and 60% just philosophical debate between batman and victor and a lot of chatter .
I also took heavy issue with the conclusion , which involved Batman doing something absolutely Insane and rubbish , it was so over-the-top and unrealistic it made me want to puke . I actually was rolling my eyes at it and it really annoyed me.
Frankly there's very little that I can say good about this , and believe me I Love Scott Snyder , I have loved like 80% of his work , this sadly will be counted , for me at least, amongst the 20% of Snyder's work that I absolutely dislike .
Overall I'd personally not recommend this one-shot but considering the number of people who have liked it , I leave it to the audience to decide whether or not they want to spend their cash on it .
The art is obviously going to be the first thing to catch the readers eye as a change in the illustrator is bought about , And though I did mention before that the art Romita JR is not for everyone as many will (& did ) like it and many won't (& didn't ) like it , Here Jock took over from Romita and I was unlike many who liked it , wasn't at all impressed , sorry but I need things to look pretty and dark , this here wasn't at all pretty for any panel for me , that said I do see why some would like it .
The problem with the story that I seemed to have was the unnecessary philosophical chatter that Victor and Batman share , the story was like 30% Victor telling what his menancing plan is , 10 % Action scene and 60% just philosophical debate between batman and victor and a lot of chatter .
I also took heavy issue with the conclusion , which involved Batman doing something absolutely Insane and rubbish , it was so over-the-top and unrealistic it made me want to puke . I actually was rolling my eyes at it and it really annoyed me.
Frankly there's very little that I can say good about this , and believe me I Love Scott Snyder , I have loved like 80% of his work , this sadly will be counted , for me at least, amongst the 20% of Snyder's work that I absolutely dislike .
Overall I'd personally not recommend this one-shot but considering the number of people who have liked it , I leave it to the audience to decide whether or not they want to spend their cash on it .
marisacarpico's review
5.0
This was legitimately great—main story and back-up. Jock is such a fantastic artist and Francavilla does beautiful work in a totally different way. Snyder has finally hit his stride with this book, though it is sort of silly that this issue depends so heavily on a poem that was also quoted in Twilight.
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