On Waiting for Turtle-Boy
I'm probably one of the few, based on the many, many bad reviews, but I've actually been somewhat enjoying DC's Countdown - mainly because I know that it's all set-up at this point and can sort of see the distant road ahead. Not the particulars, not the road's destination, just if the road ahead is one I want to travel.
I could be totally proven wrong, but I'm giving it a few more week's to get out of the "set-up" mode and into full-fledged "major stuff's happening now!" mode before I drop it. I still hold out hope.
I (and again, this is probably just me) particularly like the Jimmy Olsen bits. We're starting to get a peppering of Silver-Age Olsen.. that's a good thing, and I hope we'll have a lot of fun with that arc. Hopefully, we'll see his whole wacky history touched on before it ends... I mean, the dude's done everything, if you think about it! Everything. He could teach us a lot. Seriously:
"... kids!" Kids!! She meant to finish with "Kids!" Ran out of room! (Honestly!)
Jimmy Olsen: Pimp.
4 comments:
*snerk*
Seriously though, I don't mind Countdown, it helps to fill the weekly void left by 52. I've come to rather enjoy getting a book every week. Since Mary Marvel is apparently going to show up in black, does that mean she gets her new powers from Black Adam?
I can hardly wait to see what new lameassed power Jimmy is going to demonstrate.
I haven't read 52, though it's sitting in my pile. I like to read these big events all at once. What's wrong with Countdown?
I LIKE Countdown. It's just that everytime I read a review, everyone is saying how boring it is. Which is why it is refreshing to read your point of view.
Most reviews I've read dislike the pacing (somewhat agree, but I have the feeling that it's supposed to start slow and snowball to whatever big finish happens), could care less about the main characters (cast is going to expand - but c'mon! Jimmy Olsen! Fourth World!), and have a lot of problems with the numerous continunity mistakes (for example, should Jimmy and Perry really know that Tim Drake was an ex-Robin? That's important info. I agree with this one, but I guess I'm willing to overlook them).
Currently, I don't think it's horrible (as I've read in a few reviews), or great (haven't read that anywhere), but somewhere in the middle. Let's call it "curiously interesting so far." I really can't help the feeling that it's going to start really piling things on soon.
This will probably read better when finished in trade format. But, I'm like Sally - I just like a continuous weekly story for whatever reason. And this one's decent enough.
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