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#27531 02/27/04 02:26 PM
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Originally posted by Sonnie Bloke:
I want to know how Jarth, Supes, KQ2 and Vi could go back in time to push Darkseid Junior back through time if it HAD JUST BEEN DESTROYED AS TIME HAD COLLAPSED UP TO THAT POINT !!!
Whether you buy it or not, DnA did offer a pseudo-science explanation:
Garth: I figure... until the time buffer completely fails, this locality has a shred of protected past attached to it. Maybe not much ... maybe no more than thirty minutes, but--"

So you see, while the present was still hanging on, it had about thirty minutes of a past left. (how Garth knew that though, I'll never understand)

#27532 02/27/04 03:11 PM
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Originally posted by jimgallagher:

She can teleport now? Why not just use a threshold thingy? And if she can teleport along with all her other deus ex machine gifts, who needs Gates? I want a list of 3 or 4 specific things she can do with her powers. Enough of this pulling whatever power she needs out of her butt every other issue.
I couldn't agree more. It's cool that the Legion are one of the few books to offer a decent black female character - but her "I can do whatever I want powers" have always got on my nerves.

And what's Superboy doing hanging around? Get rid of him!

This whole arc has been extraordinarily dragged out, they could have done it in 3 issues easily. It bugs me that we are subjected to these poorly paced 6 parters just because they want to collect them into a trade book.

#27533 02/29/04 01:57 AM
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There just doesn't seem to be much to discuss on this issue - here we are with only two pages...

I wonder what the editor's role is in all this. We criticize the writers but isn't it the editor's job to ensure that the plotholes are plugged, the pacing is good and the characters are well developed?


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#27534 02/29/04 11:56 AM
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I've been a staunch defender of DnA for saving the Legion title from cancellation four years ago with Lost and Worlds. I still believe it was during their shift that the Legion came off life support and back to some respectability.

That said, I confess I've been disappointed as well with Dream Crime and Foundations. As much as the writing saved the Legion then, it's been the artwork alone that has carried the title for the last year and a half. I'm convinced that DnA have taken on WAAAAY too many projects, and the Legion stories have been watered-down as a result.

Issue#30: page 1 has 12 words of dialogue; page 6 has 16; page 7 has 11 words; page 8 has 6 words (if you count "gnnh" as a word). This has been 'Friday afternoon' writing. If it were a manufactured car, it'd probably be a lemon. I wish DnA all the best, but for the Legion readers it is time for a change.


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#27535 02/29/04 06:39 PM
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Originally posted by Kid Quislet:
If it were a manufactured car, it'd probably be a lemon.
Well, I always say, "When you get lemons, make lemonade."

So... does anyone want a beverage made from a comic book? It's very pulpy and full of fiber...

#27536 02/29/04 06:42 PM
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But with a line like this: "We all just saved everything that ever was and ever will be" - what do you do for an encore?
"We all just saved everything that ever was, ever will be, and ever conceivably could be in an overpriced Elseworlds hardcover graphic novel!"

#27537 03/01/04 08:42 AM
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Originally posted by Super Lad Kid:
I noticed plotholes in the early DnA stories, too. I just didn't mind so much because we were seeing a much more exciting Legion than we had seen in many a year. The personalities of the characters coming through more than made up for such sillines as Live Wire electrocuting a being that absorbed energy, or Saturn Girl hypnotizing everyone into thinking Apparition was present.
Um wasn't it Abnett and Lanning who gave us the silliness of Saturn Girl Hypnotizing everyone to think that Apparition was around? And speaking of that, why would Ultra Boy become attracted to Saturn Girl right after finding out that she was fooling him with Tinya's image?

Back to Issue 30.

It suffers from the whole time travel paradox contradictions that can ruin stories. I agree with the other comments that Abnett & Lanning's writing seems more rushed and sloppy then their earlier stories. And I was never a big fan of their earlier stories.

So when does the new writer take over?


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#27538 03/01/04 09:17 AM
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Just to say something positive, I really liked the concept of the arc. I'm even really excited that we have a Superboy again. But I do have to echo the "it just doesn't make much sense" and "where's the beef" sentiments. I look forward to some new blood on the title.


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#27539 03/01/04 12:07 PM
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i have to agree with FAT CRAMER's notion of holding the editor somewhat responsible. it was on K.C.Carlson's watch that we got Roger Stern indulging in such silliness as Projectra as snake, "Ze Tongue", Night Girl in a beehive hairdo, and LeViathan. and KC is supposedly a big LSH fan. i wish he explained all of those choices in his interview in Legion Companion. as far as this run, i would really like Steve Wacker to explain allowing seemingly arbitrary plot developments like Cub's aging, gaping plotholes, almost no dialogue for the majority of the Legion characters for years. not a good way to obtain high sales. it's very puzzling. someone's asleep at the wheel. if it's the writers, then it's the editor's job to reign them in and straighten them up.


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#27540 03/02/04 06:44 AM
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And all this confusion cannot be good for the neophyte reader. If the whole damn point of the reboot was to make the Legion "accessible" to new readers, I can't imagine that anyone picking up this particular arc would NOT feel lost. Hell, I feel lost. Which one is Superboy? Darkseid wanted to take over his body from when he was young? What?


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#27541 03/02/04 10:05 AM
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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq:
And speaking of that, why would Ultra Boy become attracted to Saturn Girl right after finding out that she was fooling him with Tinya's image?
Is there a polite way of pointing out that "Apparition" had been sharing a bed with Ultra Boy for months?


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#27542 03/02/04 10:12 AM
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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq:
[b]And speaking of that, why would Ultra Boy become attracted to Saturn Girl right after finding out that she was fooling him with Tinya's image?
Is there a polite way of pointing out that "Apparition" had been sharing a bed with Ultra Boy for months? [/b]
Still there is the "EEW!" factor of finding out that the person you thought you were sleeping with is someone else and had been actively deceiving you.


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#27543 03/02/04 10:28 AM
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Well, technically Jo was alone in bed smile

But still, he doesn't necessarily strike me as the deepest of people smile


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#27544 03/02/04 12:08 PM
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Originally posted by Gorilla Nebula:
i have to agree with FAT CRAMER's notion of holding the editor somewhat responsible. it was on K.C.Carlson's watch that we got Roger Stern indulging in such silliness as Projectra as snake, "Ze Tongue", Night Girl in a beehive hairdo, and LeViathan. and KC is supposedly a big LSH fan. i wish he explained all of those choices in his interview in Legion Companion.
Wasn't this under McAvennie's editorship? My memory is that it was once Carlson stepped down that the reboot Legion fell apart.

Strange that once McAvennie left, DnA's run started to go downhill...

#27545 03/02/04 10:11 PM
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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq:
[b]And speaking of that, why would Ultra Boy become attracted to Saturn Girl right after finding out that she was fooling him with Tinya's image?
Is there a polite way of pointing out that "Apparition" had been sharing a bed with Ultra Boy for months? [/b]
SaturnGirl = SHAMELESS HUSSY.


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#27546 03/05/04 03:10 PM
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So how come Clark's hair was short when he was a servant of darkness and then long again when he had his own clothes on at the end of the story? Does he have a super hair growing button in the middle of his back?


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#27547 03/05/04 04:32 PM
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LEGION #30-- Generally, I like what they’re doing. It was cool to see the new Superboy meet a young Clark Kent (esp. as Clark will not remember any of it, and thus not screw up whatever timeline we have at the moment). I think Chris Batista’s people are the most anorexic since Lee Moder’s, so maybe somebody should talk to him about that. Only one point really bugged me. This is the WORST-written Darkseid I’ve ever seen. Considering D&A’s abilities with characterization, this is inexplicable and inexcusable. Didn’t they read ANY of the original Jack Kirby stories???

#27548 03/06/04 12:44 PM
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Okay, I loved the art. The story was confusing, but they saved the universe and both Kon and Clark were heroes. Not crazy about Superboy in the Legion, but the story was a good read and I can't wait until the next 2 issues to wrap up the loose ends of Legion Lost.

PS: Either bring back the old Jan or at least give Garth the ability to manipulate the elements in his body so he can change back to human form at
will. His present form is just too creepy for me.

#27549 03/06/04 05:29 PM
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Just read LEGION 30.

*yawn!*

When does Gail's run begin, again...?


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#27550 03/06/04 05:43 PM
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Originally posted by Kid Quislet:
I've been a staunch defender of DnA for saving the Legion title from cancellation four years ago with Lost and Worlds. I still believe it was during their shift that the Legion came off life support and back to some respectability.

That said, I confess I've been disappointed as well with Dream Crime and Foundations. As much as the writing saved the Legion then, it's been the artwork alone that has carried the title for the last year and a half. I'm convinced that DnA have taken on WAAAAY too many projects, and the Legion stories have been watered-down as a result.

Issue#30: page 1 has 12 words of dialogue; page 6 has 16; page 7 has 11 words; page 8 has 6 words (if you count "gnnh" as a word). This has been 'Friday afternoon' writing. If it were a manufactured car, it'd probably be a lemon. I wish DnA all the best, but for the Legion readers it is time for a change.
Best post ever!


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#27551 03/06/04 05:48 PM
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Originally posted by jimgallagher:
Does he have a super hair growing button in the middle of his back?
I want one of these.


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#27552 03/06/04 06:16 PM
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I think I've GOT one, Lashie. unfortunately, that's exactly what it does-- in the middle of my BACK... frown eek shake


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#27553 03/11/04 01:57 PM
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I admit some of the issues made my head hurt as well.

#27554 03/12/04 02:21 AM
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Originally posted by Kid Apocalypse:
I admit some of the issues made my head hurt as well.
Maybe we've discovered a new, relatively benign weapon.


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#27555 03/12/04 10:57 AM
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That's . . . an unusual power, but not great enough for the Legion. Perhaps you should try the Legion of Substitute Heroes. They're a group of Legion rejects who have banded together and are doing fine work.


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