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Jan. 12th, 2004 08:06 amAlias was pretty interesting last night. ( cut for spoilers )
Owel, while waiting for Alias to come on after dinner, read the Kingdom Come series Charlie left for Krug to read. I think I actually like it better than the whole marvel/universe/paradise-X series. Its simpler and much easier to take in. I never read DC, and only passingly familiar with the DC universe. So I think there were a couple of things I didn't get. But I think it would be easier for someone not familar with DC to read Kingdom Come than it would be for someone not familiar with Marvel to read the whatever-X series.
Whatever-X was pretty intereesting but also very complex. It took everything you knew about the Marvel universe and turned it on its side. Not to mention the radical changes that took place throughout the entire storyline. I mean, both series are a look into the future of their respective Earths. The future marvel Earth significantly differs from the current one way more than DCs. The whatever-X stroyline starts off with the repercussions when the entire world's population is superpowered, but turns into this epic where they recreate the very universe. Kingdom Come, the whole world isn't superpowered, but the number of super-beings has significantly increased due to the superheroes/villains of now having children (though I'm sure more aliens came, and more people had freak accidents that gave them powers) Its a tale of jaded and/or fallen heroes, irresponsible "gods", and a resentful/scared human populace. Its nice and straightfoward, doesn't really delve deeply into the mythos like whatever-X did. Both are fine works, I think.
Anyways, so far its been a typical dreary monday morning.
Owel, while waiting for Alias to come on after dinner, read the Kingdom Come series Charlie left for Krug to read. I think I actually like it better than the whole marvel/universe/paradise-X series. Its simpler and much easier to take in. I never read DC, and only passingly familiar with the DC universe. So I think there were a couple of things I didn't get. But I think it would be easier for someone not familar with DC to read Kingdom Come than it would be for someone not familiar with Marvel to read the whatever-X series.
Whatever-X was pretty intereesting but also very complex. It took everything you knew about the Marvel universe and turned it on its side. Not to mention the radical changes that took place throughout the entire storyline. I mean, both series are a look into the future of their respective Earths. The future marvel Earth significantly differs from the current one way more than DCs. The whatever-X stroyline starts off with the repercussions when the entire world's population is superpowered, but turns into this epic where they recreate the very universe. Kingdom Come, the whole world isn't superpowered, but the number of super-beings has significantly increased due to the superheroes/villains of now having children (though I'm sure more aliens came, and more people had freak accidents that gave them powers) Its a tale of jaded and/or fallen heroes, irresponsible "gods", and a resentful/scared human populace. Its nice and straightfoward, doesn't really delve deeply into the mythos like whatever-X did. Both are fine works, I think.
Anyways, so far its been a typical dreary monday morning.
