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Ex Machina, Vol. 10: Term Limits
by Tony Harris, Brian K. Vaughan
And we come to the end in a mostly satisfying albeit frustrating and haphazard manner. The underlying 'big story' is finally played out with an exciting build up and some stunning turn of events. Until Hundred just stops it with barely any effort involved. It's almost a non event, though given everything else at play here it's understandable.
Trying to thrown in a last minute political hot topic (abortion) at this late stage is either ballsy or stupid and I can't figure out which. Did we really need this and did it contribute anything? Not really but it's been the pattern for most of this run.
The final issue is confounding, genius and moving all at the same time yet didn't really do it for me. I felt many of the many cast acted so far out of established character (even taking into account the time jumps) that it just felt off. The only one I liked was Kremlin's coda, bringing to a head his obsession and frankly stupid motivation for his vague behind the scenes machinations (really, what did he actually achieve?).
Still, as Lord Acton quoted, 'absolute power...etc' and I felt this was probably the most realistic (albeit upsetting aspect of the ending). For the greater good, no matter who gets hurt. Powerful stuff.
So, yeah. Reading this back to back was definitely worthwhile and it has had some impressive highs. The political aspect felt pretty unique even if it did become rote and seems a little dated now, the artwork was not bad for the most part (issues with posturing aside) and it feels different to everything else out there. Sure, it's not perfect but I think its worth it.
I think I'll move onto Saga now though I'm tempted to pick up Y which again, has been on my watch list for far too long.
Trying to thrown in a last minute political hot topic (abortion) at this late stage is either ballsy or stupid and I can't figure out which. Did we really need this and did it contribute anything? Not really but it's been the pattern for most of this run.
The final issue is confounding, genius and moving all at the same time yet didn't really do it for me. I felt many of the many cast acted so far out of established character (even taking into account the time jumps) that it just felt off. The only one I liked was Kremlin's coda, bringing to a head his obsession and frankly stupid motivation for his vague behind the scenes machinations (really, what did he actually achieve?).
Still, as Lord Acton quoted, 'absolute power...etc' and I felt this was probably the most realistic (albeit upsetting aspect of the ending). For the greater good, no matter who gets hurt. Powerful stuff.
So, yeah. Reading this back to back was definitely worthwhile and it has had some impressive highs. The political aspect felt pretty unique even if it did become rote and seems a little dated now, the artwork was not bad for the most part (issues with posturing aside) and it feels different to everything else out there. Sure, it's not perfect but I think its worth it.
I think I'll move onto Saga now though I'm tempted to pick up Y which again, has been on my watch list for far too long.