tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post114103565077577677..comments2023-09-09T04:03:00.560-05:00Comments on The Fortress of Soliloquy: Kelly On, Wayward SonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1141677732945587962006-03-06T14:42:00.000-06:002006-03-06T14:42:00.000-06:00Kind of like how the Thunderbolt stopped looking l...Kind of like how the Thunderbolt stopped looking like Johnny Thunder, too. The writers and artists seem to only selectively remember that Johnny and the Thuderbolt got merged.<BR/><BR/>I liked Crisis Times Five the last time I read it. The problem was, the first three or four times I read it, I couldn't tell what the hell was going on. Except his Julie Schwartz Mystery in Space tribute, and perhaps Arkham Asylum, it remains for me the most confusing Morrison story I've ever read. I'm all for compression, but another issue (or a better artist than Howard Porter) would have done wonders for that story.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1141674759213397232006-03-06T13:52:00.000-06:002006-03-06T13:52:00.000-06:00I... kinda like Crisis Times Five. I mean, that p...I... kinda like Crisis Times Five. I mean, that part with Captain Marvel and Green Lantern in the fifth dimension's some of the most memorable work Porter's ever done. Good memorable, not "God bless him for trying, he must not have thumbs" memorable. Plus, that's where Wildcat's nine lives first popped up, and I kind of love that.<BR/><BR/>And also the fact that the Thunderbolt is supposed to be purple now but isn't. I love when fairly recent continuity is ignored without explanation.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681540647028985792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1141608689524551222006-03-05T19:31:00.000-06:002006-03-05T19:31:00.000-06:00Agreed, Ragnell. Thankfully, I'm able to quarantin...Agreed, Ragnell. Thankfully, I'm able to quarantine those from the rest of the run in my memory and enjoy the other good stories. I do the same with Morrison's run and "Crisis Times Five," and the exact opposite with the whole of Chuck Austen's work, and "Superman: Metropolis."<BR/><BR/>Kalinara: it seemed like there was a Faith story that Kelly never got the chance to do (would've been nice if it were there instead of White Rage), and then she got swallowed up by the black hole of awful that was Byrne's Doom Patrol. So, yeah, she ended up a big glowing plot device. I honestly would have preferred her ending up in a relationship or getting some sort of characterization rather than see Dawn macking with Firestorm and Green Arrow in turn, or yet another "I used to be a villain!" comment from Major DisasterTom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1141602191037070622006-03-05T17:43:00.000-06:002006-03-05T17:43:00.000-06:00I liked Two-minute Warning and Obsidian Age, Golde...I liked Two-minute Warning and Obsidian Age, Golden Perfect was all right, but mainly because it focused on Wonder Woman. But I couldn't take Stream of Subconscious and the White Rage. They combined to be just too terrible and heavy-handed and so earned my eternal dislike.Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1141595269255498202006-03-05T15:47:00.000-06:002006-03-05T15:47:00.000-06:00I don't mind Kelly, but Faith was definitely misha...I don't mind Kelly, but Faith was definitely mishandled. There was no emotional investment at all, for me. I get that she was supposed to be "mysterious", but I think you can only really pull that off if you have something like a solo comic to really delve into the "mystery". As it was, her powers and abilities were never explained adequately (which is I think, important in a group comic), so she became Deus Ex Machina to me, and without any real look at what made her tick, they lost me.<BR/><BR/>Obsidian Age was a fun story though.kalinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417686761943716312noreply@blogger.com