In between responding to selenak's post and responding to this one, I read all of Morrison's X-men. BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE.
most of the world's mutants have been stripped of their powers, so the cure issue is moot for the moment.
OK, do any of the X-Men lose their powers? Or is it just lesser mutants ie people losing their powers for dramatic effect, or does it have actual consequences? (and what does house of m refer to?)
Second, would you believe me if I told you that Joss's Emma is probably the least Mary-Sueish version of the character I've ever read?
Hmmm. Thinking on it, this might be the first version I've read where she's not the villain, which might explain a lot. As in, I'm familiar with the character, and I like her, but I've never read her, if you see what I mean. So maybe my expectations of how she'd be written were off...
And thanks for the links, I'll check them out!
(And incidentally, the Morrison guy that we all keep referring to is Grant Morrison, who wrote the main X-men title for several years before Joss took over,
Oh, yeah, I know Morrison! The Invisibles, right? Yeah, I realised that my flatmate had the entirety of his run and went off and read it. I liked his treatment (of plot, if not necessarily all characterisation) a lot more, it has to be said. I think my main problem with the Whedon version wasn't so much Emma's characterisation, per se, but the focus being Emma Emma Emma - kitty kitty - Emma Emma all the time. I've never really read Kitty pryde before, so she's still vaguely interesting for me, but the relentless hard-on he seems to have for focusing every single storyline and twist and character opinion on Emma Frost is really starting to get to me. I mean, I read the old-school X-Men, and that was - the phoenix storylines aside - much more ensemble pieces. Sure, there were strong characters, but AXM seems to be 'The Continuing Romps of The Divine Emma Frost (With Bonus Shagging Kitties)'... which - harsh, yeah, but... I dunno. Everyone kept really building this up and up, so when I finally started reading it, I was really disappointed.
I personally dislike most of the characterization in the Morrison series a lot, so I'm hesitant to rec it, but it does give you a lot of the background that Whedon is working from.)
Really? I find that, the adultery triangle aside - which was particularly skanky, I grant you - the rest of the X-Men seemed a lot more rounded than in Whedon's version. Logan and the children particularly.
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Date: 2007-07-11 07:34 pm (UTC)most of the world's mutants have been stripped of their powers, so the cure issue is moot for the moment.
OK, do any of the X-Men lose their powers? Or is it just lesser mutants ie people losing their powers for dramatic effect, or does it have actual consequences? (and what does house of m refer to?)
Second, would you believe me if I told you that Joss's Emma is probably the least Mary-Sueish version of the character I've ever read?
Hmmm. Thinking on it, this might be the first version I've read where she's not the villain, which might explain a lot. As in, I'm familiar with the character, and I like her, but I've never read her, if you see what I mean. So maybe my expectations of how she'd be written were off...
And thanks for the links, I'll check them out!
(And incidentally, the Morrison guy that we all keep referring to is Grant Morrison, who wrote the main X-men title for several years before Joss took over,
Oh, yeah, I know Morrison! The Invisibles, right? Yeah, I realised that my flatmate had the entirety of his run and went off and read it. I liked his treatment (of plot, if not necessarily all characterisation) a lot more, it has to be said. I think my main problem with the Whedon version wasn't so much Emma's characterisation, per se, but the focus being Emma Emma Emma - kitty kitty - Emma Emma all the time. I've never really read Kitty pryde before, so she's still vaguely interesting for me, but the relentless hard-on he seems to have for focusing every single storyline and twist and character opinion on Emma Frost is really starting to get to me. I mean, I read the old-school X-Men, and that was - the phoenix storylines aside - much more ensemble pieces. Sure, there were strong characters, but AXM seems to be 'The Continuing Romps of The Divine Emma Frost (With Bonus Shagging Kitties)'... which - harsh, yeah, but... I dunno. Everyone kept really building this up and up, so when I finally started reading it, I was really disappointed.
I personally dislike most of the characterization in the Morrison series a lot, so I'm hesitant to rec it, but it does give you a lot of the background that Whedon is working from.)
Really? I find that, the adultery triangle aside - which was particularly skanky, I grant you - the rest of the X-Men seemed a lot more rounded than in Whedon's version. Logan and the children particularly.