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cosmopsis's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Cable has never made any sense to me. He has always come across to me as that character that Marvel created after they jumped the shark several times. But I kind of like Hope. In this one we see Hope age hypothetically from 9 to 11 or 13 or 15 - it almost seems like the book isn't sure. It's clear that she is supposed to be a powerful mutant - but you have no idea based on the book as to what those powers would be or who she is. And then there is Bishop - who in this book is clearly a bad guy. Bishop has always made even less sense to me than Cable. So interesting story and pretty good art and some decent characterization. But no real beginning and no real end and it includes time travel - so no reason to believe it is part of continuity.
hinkle's review
2.0
Love story starring a nine year old and an eleven year old, who become an eleven year old and a thirteen year old. I didn't catch the next time jump but let's assume it's two years again, so thirteen and fifteen. Still creepy guys, especially b/c it's most significant aspect is when they were REALLY young instead of just really young.
The creepiness is not at all helped by the fact that in almost every close up panel Hope looks like a grown woman. It's partly the colouring, which makes it look like she's wearing lipstick, partly the her eyes, which make it look like she's wearing eye liner, and a very sharp jaw line I've never personally seen in a child.
The creepiness is not at all helped by the fact that in almost every close up panel Hope looks like a grown woman. It's partly the colouring, which makes it look like she's wearing lipstick, partly the her eyes, which make it look like she's wearing eye liner, and a very sharp jaw line I've never personally seen in a child.
yurana's review
2.0
Mhm, this whole story begins o annoy me. The whole Bishop vs. Cable thing just drags out waaaay to long and the longer it drags out the more time I get to think about how Bishop's motivation is completely nonsensical: Both Cable and Bishop acknowledge that the timeline they are in is not their own future, but one in which Hope did not return and the mutants died out.... so how would killing Hope change any of this and wipe out this timeline they're in? Did Bishop think about this... maybe for one second... maybe before he destroyed the whole planet?... So we have a villain who is completely insane... and the same story over and over again: He tries to kill the girl, Cable rescues her in the last second.
Now for my problem with this particular storyline:
Why would our new character (who's name I have already forgotten) fall in love with Hope? The first thing she does is threatening his life. It's also the second and third thing she does. Is it because she is the only person with hair left on the entire planet? Why does he help her? It's just... Hope is not a very nice person (which is understandable), so this makes no sense to me. Well I guess it does't matter because apart from helping Hope and falling in love with her when they are twelve he has no character to speak of anyway.
I think the biggest problem of this series is, that despite it being the story of Hope growing up, we never get a sense of who she really is. Or rather we see her grow up to become a one dimensional stock character: The tough soldier girl with a heart of gold. I hoped for something more interesting.
Now for my problem with this particular storyline:
I think the biggest problem of this series is, that despite it being the story of Hope growing up, we never get a sense of who she really is. Or rather we see her grow up to become a one dimensional stock character: The tough soldier girl with a heart of gold. I hoped for something more interesting.
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