Post by goldenfist on Dec 29, 2007 10:49:39 GMT -5
Here's what a reviewer had to say in this review for Ultimate Pow
er #9.
This series single-handedly proves there's no such thing as a slam dunk in comics. When you mix Brian Bendis, Jeph Loeb, J. Michael Straczynski and Greg Land into a project, you'd think you'd get something fairly appealing, even if it's set in the ailing Ultimate Universe. Apparently that's not correct as Supreme Power is quite possibly the most boring piece of... work I've read all year. Every issue resulted in the same sequence of events – more fighting and more of Greg Land demonstrating that he's doing some very NSFW research on his computer.
What makes this issue so dull? Try the lack of plot for one. And before the cynics run around screaming about Jeph Loeb, realize that the writer didn't have much to work with when his turn arrived. The prior six issues had mostly dealt with fighting – Loeb was the one who (naturally) had to get the characters to fight to some sort of conclusion. With the addition of the Hulk at the end of the last installment, we finally got to see a less-pretty sequel to the Millar/Hitch Ultimates arc featuring the Hulk - or a much shorter version of World War Hulk. This isn't Loeb's fault, but given that I just barely survived six months of World War, there was no way I was ready for its spiritual, Ultimate successor. Haven't we said all that we need to say about the Hulk? That's not to say this issue's quality was completely out of Loeb's hands but... this ship was on a set course for a while.
Ultimate Power was promised to be a significant milestone in the histories of the Supreme and Ultimate Universes. At least one character would switch worlds, and this was also supposed to provide a hint or two towards Ultimatum, the event that will supposedly "destroy" the Ultimate Universe. Both of said plot elements are there, but neither carries any weight and I doubt anyone is really going to care. They also both feel very awkward and forced. It's odd – Ultimate events have never delivered. I can't recall a single one that I look upon fondly. Ultimate Power, with its simplistic, dull, elementary plot and even more meaningless consequences, holds up that tradition in fine form.
Time to pull the plug on these tired concepts, Marvel. They've been run into the ground and served their purposes.
Review Score:3.5 Awful
er #9.
This series single-handedly proves there's no such thing as a slam dunk in comics. When you mix Brian Bendis, Jeph Loeb, J. Michael Straczynski and Greg Land into a project, you'd think you'd get something fairly appealing, even if it's set in the ailing Ultimate Universe. Apparently that's not correct as Supreme Power is quite possibly the most boring piece of... work I've read all year. Every issue resulted in the same sequence of events – more fighting and more of Greg Land demonstrating that he's doing some very NSFW research on his computer.
What makes this issue so dull? Try the lack of plot for one. And before the cynics run around screaming about Jeph Loeb, realize that the writer didn't have much to work with when his turn arrived. The prior six issues had mostly dealt with fighting – Loeb was the one who (naturally) had to get the characters to fight to some sort of conclusion. With the addition of the Hulk at the end of the last installment, we finally got to see a less-pretty sequel to the Millar/Hitch Ultimates arc featuring the Hulk - or a much shorter version of World War Hulk. This isn't Loeb's fault, but given that I just barely survived six months of World War, there was no way I was ready for its spiritual, Ultimate successor. Haven't we said all that we need to say about the Hulk? That's not to say this issue's quality was completely out of Loeb's hands but... this ship was on a set course for a while.
Ultimate Power was promised to be a significant milestone in the histories of the Supreme and Ultimate Universes. At least one character would switch worlds, and this was also supposed to provide a hint or two towards Ultimatum, the event that will supposedly "destroy" the Ultimate Universe. Both of said plot elements are there, but neither carries any weight and I doubt anyone is really going to care. They also both feel very awkward and forced. It's odd – Ultimate events have never delivered. I can't recall a single one that I look upon fondly. Ultimate Power, with its simplistic, dull, elementary plot and even more meaningless consequences, holds up that tradition in fine form.
Time to pull the plug on these tired concepts, Marvel. They've been run into the ground and served their purposes.
Review Score:3.5 Awful
