Red Tiger

I went to a festival. Did hot yin yoga (the relaxing one) in the morning and hot yoga (the more dynamic variant) in the afternoon.

Holy shit, I am TOAST. Great experience, though. I can't even lie.

When I read the spoilers for Inferno 4 earlier today (yes, I was THAT impatient), I was outraged at what I read.

Then I read the comic myself and I was okay with it. There's a ton of potential for good future stories.

May you roast in hell.

Just when I thought I was out, Inferno #3 pulls me back in.

Maybe Magneto will use it to tear the Orchis Forge apart inside out or something. We know that he couldn't pull it into the sun.

They used their big guns, just not for this enemy. They used them for Mars.

19 hours ago, Winterfell is Burning said:

 

The one you mentioned was hardly the biggest problem, and actually Way of X provides a justification:

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Legion mentions the lack of precogs in Krakoa, and how's that weird. 

But the issues are bigger than this-

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the most obvious one is why wouldn't Moira or Magneto simply kill Mystique before Krakoa, put her dead last in the resurrection line, rather than give her a sit in the council? Basically, the whole story simply requires massive plot induced stupidity for both him and Xavier. And why do their only tactic to fight Orchis is sending X-force people instead of the big guns? 

Also, the way Mystique gets Shaw vote, and why doesn't he change his, is just pathetic. If someone like Austen wrote this, he'd be lambasted. And how is that Hope doesn't notice she's not getting telepathy from "Xavier" and she has Mystique powers? And that's just from the top of my head. 

 

On 11/1/2021 at 4:17 PM, Winterfell is Burning said:

Issue #2 of Inferno, however, didn't impress me. The problem is that Hickman seems to be forcing the characters to move in ways that don't make sense for them for the sake of advancing the plot.

 

Hickman's problem, in my humble opinion, is while he is great at setting up political systems, plot, worldbuilding and stuff like that, he tends to put characterization on the backburner.

On 10/7/2021 at 10:47 AM, Nictarion said:

Issue #1 of Inferno was really good. Definitely closer to HoX, PoX, and X-men #20 in terms of quality, than to the rest of Hickman’s run. 

Really made you understand just how dangerous Orchis and Nimrod are.

The newest X-men is really, really good. I thought Hickman lost his touch, but what he did with Laura, Synch, Darwin and the Children of the Vault was fascinating.

7 hours ago, The Grey Wolf said:

@Virgilius

Never heard of it.

@Red Tiger

From what I've read I just don't think the show would be a good fit for me.

That's kind of the problem. From what you've heard or read rather than what you've seen. You should watch one season and then judge for yourself if it's worth continuing.

Something can be awful on paper and then turn out great (my experience with Bojack Horseman, for instance). Meanwhile something can sound brilliant but be utter garbage in execution.

On 3/13/2021 at 11:03 AM, The Grey Wolf said:

Decided to skip ATLOK.

Bad move.

On 3/12/2021 at 11:55 PM, The Grey Wolf said:

@red snow

Do you recommend I get back into AoT? I stopped at the end of S2.

Season 3 is much stronger than season 2.

18 minutes ago, C.T. Phipps said:

Because the higher ups at Marvel want to segregate every line from the X-men.

Because that's a great message for your racial minority metaphor.

Ridiculously sad, but true.

On 11/19/2020 at 1:45 PM, Inkdaub said:

I finally read House of X/Powers of X.  I liked it but...

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I'm not sure about the resurrections.  I have always felt the comic book character death was cheapened by how regularly they come back. 

Still liked it, though.

Yeah, about that.

So Franklin Richards is not a mutant and never was. Why?

Excalibur 14......WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST READ?!

Okay, so X-men 14 is one of the most shameless displays of recycling I have ever seen. 70% of all pages are reused.

On 7/9/2020 at 3:16 AM, Rippounet said:

I'll beg to differ. On the contrary I'd highly recommend it.

The first time I saw it I really didn't like it. Nothing clicked: I didn't like Korra herself (man, is she annoying!), didn't like the antagonists (and the overall messages of the show), didn't like most of the new themes explored... etc.
It all felt wrong and clumsy, even the pace didn't always work for me.

Then for some reason I started a rewatch a year or two ago and absolutely loved it.
It's hard to explain why. But one main reason was that I initially tried watching Korra soon after AtlA, and the two shows are really nothing alike. That's like saying fire burns, and yet I still think the reason so many people dislike Korra is precisely because they see it as an Avatar show.
I think it's more of a show set in the Avatar universe with a main character that happens to be the avatar.
The funny thing about Korra is that she never truly becomes the avatar. She's surrounded by characters who are much wiser or smarter than she is, and she even struggles to be the best fighter. She's not even always at the center of the story, and other characters are much more likable  (Jinora is far more lovable, the true heir to Aang). In a nutshell, she's more "superhero" than avatar. Despite what she does, as a character she never reaches the presence and charisma of Aang or Roku.
I'm not 100% sure but I think that everything clicked during my rewatch because I didn't see Korra as the avatar, but as an arrogant kid who really needs to learn and grow...
The very opposite of what Aang was.

Korra was meant to be the anti-Aang and the series was meant to be the anti-Last Airbender.

A hormonal teen, instead of a wide-eyed idealist 12-year old.

A city of adventure, instead of a globe-spanning adventure.

I thought Korra had more lows, but overall I liked Korra more than TLA.

Pic is dead.

On 9/27/2020 at 1:12 AM, KingintheNorth4 said:

I've read X of Swords: Creation, and in true Hickman fashion, the investment of your time will be rewarded with quality fan service. 

"Put your mark on him, sister."

On 3/14/2020 at 5:31 PM, red snow said:

I just read X-men #4 (I'm a bit behind since xmas) and the scene where Apocalypse announces he was the cause of the Bronze age collapse was one of the coolest moments in X-men comics for a while and probably Apoacalypse's best in a while. I also liked how the krakoans are open in their plan to conquer earth via commerce and media control instead of outright war. 

That was cool, but I felt like Magneto's speech was even better, simply because of how down-to-earth, methodical and realistic it was. Forget superpowers, we're gonna stomp you guys in the ground by buying all of your institutions.

19 hours ago, Stego said:

It was the best X-Men story since Whedon, and the best SF story I read last year.

 

Fully agree with this and loving the Al Bundyesque approach to the avatar.

LMFAO, why am I not surprised.