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2.85 AVERAGE
2.85 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My friend Jeff aka Hulk Boy messaged me whining wanting to do a buddy read. He told me to look at his up next shelf and pick one that my "live in the boonies" library might have and to go get it. I picked this one. I should have known something was up because the monkeys starting acting really weird.
So you have a super baddie the Red Skull who everyone keeps trying to kill. Yep, that doesn't work. Now he has been reborn as super baddie the Red Onslaught.
The X-men and Avengers need to team up to take down the Red Man..but then they come up with the superstupid idea of an axis. It makes the good guys go bad though.
Like Hulk..dude. He went even more postal than normal.
There was something that I loathed about this book and it happens sometimes in graphic novels. Why do authors through in every imaginable character that was ever in existence in comic book land? It makes the story confusing and I hate the crap.
There were some parts of the book that I did have fun with though..
Tony Stark's badass phone app? Total win.
I also found a character that I liked...Carnage. I could get behind this guy.
And a graphic novel with a soundtrack. Just try getting this out of your head....Then I saw her face..
So I didn't totally hate this book. The monkeys liked it for the violence. They rated it a five and I kicked their asses. They said to show Jeff their Halloween outfit for this year.
Stupid monkeys
I guess since I'm buddy reading this sucker with him I'll feature Jeff...if he ever gets his review up.
Jeffis deluded. thinks he is the all time comic guru. If you aren't following or friends with him, you should be. Sometimes he posts groin kick/vomit/Goldblum gifs that are awesome.
So you have a super baddie the Red Skull who everyone keeps trying to kill. Yep, that doesn't work. Now he has been reborn as super baddie the Red Onslaught.
The X-men and Avengers need to team up to take down the Red Man..but then they come up with the super
Like Hulk..dude. He went even more postal than normal.
There was something that I loathed about this book and it happens sometimes in graphic novels. Why do authors through in every imaginable character that was ever in existence in comic book land? It makes the story confusing and I hate the crap.
There were some parts of the book that I did have fun with though..
Tony Stark's badass phone app? Total win.
I also found a character that I liked...Carnage. I could get behind this guy.
And a graphic novel with a soundtrack. Just try getting this out of your head....Then I saw her face..
So I didn't totally hate this book. The monkeys liked it for the violence. They rated it a five and I kicked their asses. They said to show Jeff their Halloween outfit for this year.
Stupid monkeys
I guess since I'm buddy reading this sucker with him I'll feature Jeff...if he ever gets his review up.
Jeff
Well huh. This is that rare book where the art was better than the writing. And it's not like the art was extraordinary. It's more like the artists understood the story better than the writer. And the writer thought he was wittier than he actually was. To the extend that Deadpool actually comes off pretty good, with writing pretty much dead on - which is weird because I hate Deadpool normally. But at least Marvel gets to declare again that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are not Magneto's children - and therefore could be declared Inhumans. All in all it should have been a lot worse.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Somebody out there really saw Jennifer Lawrence's performance in "Days of Future Past" and thought "What if...Mystique GOOD?! Yes! This good what-if!"
It has always been interesting for us to see what would happen to heroes if their moral compass have been inverted and turned around. Moreso, it is also interesting to see if the bad guys, such as Doom, become good guys and work for the salvation of humanity against its so-called heroes.
However, I feel sad that it has not been executed that well. What I mean is that while we see the Red Onslaught changing everyone, very little effort has been made digging through the issues of our characters. There is just too much, and all the pages only showed how much a tool these people are when their moral compasses turned around, without exploring much of their personalities (see "Stark, Tony"). Deadpool, however is a big, big exception (see Deadpool 39).
Overall, the whole thing is quite okay, but I believe this could have been improved.
However, I feel sad that it has not been executed that well. What I mean is that while we see the Red Onslaught changing everyone, very little effort has been made digging through the issues of our characters. There is just too much, and all the pages only showed how much a tool these people are when their moral compasses turned around, without exploring much of their personalities (see "Stark, Tony"). Deadpool, however is a big, big exception (see Deadpool 39).
Overall, the whole thing is quite okay, but I believe this could have been improved.
Me gusto, aunque un poco confuso. Mi parte favorita fue cuando Loki levanto el mjolnir<3
⭐⭐⭐.5
⭐⭐⭐.5
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is more of a 2.5. It had some cool fights at times but it just felt like more of the same. I get they wanted to have an event… but I would have rather the story been tied up in Uncanny Avengers. I enjoyed that run, but the repetition just started to get old. Felt like the same story being told with barely a different spin.
I must admit that this event had potential - the concept of reversing characters of villans and superheroes is indeed cool. But the way the creators handled it resulted in such poor reviews of the story. I also affiliate such outcome with overhyping big crossover events - they require a big number of characters to participate, which leads to havning not enough space for any of them and because of that readers have problems with really connecting with the story.