tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454804294678084718.post7846060587627321714..comments2021-03-21T11:48:45.790+00:00Comments on Mightier Than the Sword: Review - The Age of Apocalypse (X-Men)Paul Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04498209913967406314noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454804294678084718.post-88238044221425291312012-11-22T21:10:06.306+00:002012-11-22T21:10:06.306+00:00Wow... that was all a long time ago. Looking back ...Wow... that was all a long time ago. Looking back at my comment, I may have gone a bit mad!<br /><br />Explaining the mechanics of comic books wasn't a how-to guide, near as I can remember, but more to do with why I had some difficulty adjusting. I'm used to reading text without pictures, so I sought to explain why the pictures changed things. Mind you, a year on I'm much more accustomed to reading comic books, so it's nearly second nature, but AoA was such a big thing I had to read it - and it took me some time getting used to that.<br /><br />Thank you for explaining why the arm didn't grow back, though. I haven't read the Weapon X serial, so I completely missed that explanation.<br /><br />Sorry for freaking out last year! My essay of a comment seems way too charged now! Hehehe!Paul Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498209913967406314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454804294678084718.post-53552052271872077712012-11-21T23:34:09.020+00:002012-11-21T23:34:09.020+00:00Hello again, sorry if you think what I wrote was s...Hello again, sorry if you think what I wrote was supposed to be an insult, I said the review makes you come off as an idiot, not that you actually are one. But I just dont think anybpdy needs the mechanics of how to read a comic explained to them, even the uninitiated have read comic strips in newspapers or whatever. And it clearly stated in the Weapon X serieal that the destruction of Logan's hand was permanent due to both the adamamtium and bone being pulvarized, don't forget this series is from 1995, quite a while before Wolverine became the seemingly unkillable mess he is nowadays.<br />And lastly Marvel's books are easier to get into because Joe Quesada mandated they be , this was in the early 2000's, before the movie franchises were embedded in pop culture, only Blade and the original X-Men were out at the time. They were made more accessable as Marvel had just survived bankrupcy and needed new readers, so writers were told to stop harkening back to previous issues and all the editor's box outs were dropped.<br />Anyway hope that clears up my intent, and sorry if I offended you.<br />And the name's Phill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454804294678084718.post-54480687779234380552011-08-08T12:20:43.720+01:002011-08-08T12:20:43.720+01:00I have a few things to say to that:
Firstly, if yo...I have a few things to say to that:<br />Firstly, if you're going to insult me, at the very least use a name - even a pseudonym - so I have someone to address.<br /><br />Secondly, insulting me in your first sentence is not a good idea. Immediately your next points come across as an attack rather than a comment.<br /><br />Thirdly, no I didn't read War and Peace as a child. But I didn't read comics either. If you read the start of the review you would see that I made that quite clear: I don't read comics. This was the first time I really did. And for people who spend the first fifteen years of their reading life reading novels and textbooks, a comic - particularly one where the images stretch across the pages and then don't proceed to take on a coherent order - can be something of a challenge. Like I said, it was hard to get used to, but I did.<br /><br />Fourthly, my experience with Wolverine/Weapon X - and I do read up on characters and stories even if I haven't read all the comics - is that his hand ought to have grown back. The healing ability is independent of the adamantium on his skeleton. Unless I missed some explanation that says canonically why the bone won't brow back, this is an error by the writers. OR it's a change in Weapon X as a result of the change in his life: his abilities obviously change as others' do, but it's much more subtle given his primary ability is an accelerated healing rate. Remove the need to heal as much (against all the enemies that Xavier seemed to land him up against) and that might explain the missing hand. But as yet, I don't understand why the skeleton didn't grow back. (NB he still has a skeleton, as shown in a different story arc when Magneto removes the adamantium from his bones.)<br /><br />And finally, I'm actually going to agree with you on a point: Marvel comics are a lot easier to get into, but that's not all because of the writers. The simple fact that there are films and people have an interest in the comics makes them easier to read. That's basic psychology: an interest in doing something can make it a lot less difficult because your head is in the right place.<br /><br />Now, where is your bridge so I can make sure you get the message?Paul Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498209913967406314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4454804294678084718.post-50896344061850997922011-08-07T11:11:27.935+01:002011-08-07T11:11:27.935+01:00Pretty bad review mate, not only does it make you ...Pretty bad review mate, not only does it make you come off as an idiot (who has trouble reading comics?!?, what did you read as a child? War and peace?) But you make points which are fully explained, the reason weapon x's hand didn't grow back is that the adamantium was destroyed. Marvel comics are not as difficult to get into as they used to be either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com