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Post by mikelmidnight on Sept 3, 2019 11:44:56 GMT -5
I'm more ambivalent about it. I don't have any intrinsic problem with rebooting the Legion ... but there have been so many reboots that it's difficult for me to invest emotionally in yet one more.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 3, 2019 12:45:53 GMT -5
I think that's the issue for me... it's been what, like 6 reboots now? How do you care after that? Especially since it's (more or less) the same characters.. they may swap some genders/ethnicities/planet of origin/etc... but they seem to be trying to split the difference by using beloved characters to cash in on nostalglia AND have new ones for new readers. IMO, it doesn't work, either take the concept and do it in a totally new way, or stick with what came before and work logically from that point, this nonsense is just annoying.
That's BEFORE I worry about the fact that it's going to be Bendis.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 3, 2019 18:04:36 GMT -5
I'm more ambivalent about it. I don't have any intrinsic problem with rebooting the Legion ... but there have been so many reboots that it's difficult for me to invest emotionally in yet one more.
Yes, that’s precisely the problem. If it’s not the “real” characters in the book (meaning the ones a reader developed an attachment for), then the only reasons to stick around when a comic is rebooted are just the same as for any other title, without the drawing power of wanting to know what happens to old friends... and if it comes to a choice, I’d rather read new episodes of Saga than “Characters who resemble the old Legion fight new versions of Computo, Mordru and the Fatal Five... again”. Some readers may well develop their own attachment for these new Legionnaires. More power to them, and I wish them a lack of reboot in the foreseeable future. For my part I’ve been there twice, and that was enough. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 3, 2019 19:23:16 GMT -5
Some of these characters will be new and some will not.
Despite Bendis being at the controls, my love for the Legion is stronger than my dislike of Bendis' work (except Daredevil which he was masterful at).
Anxious to see.
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 5, 2019 5:09:11 GMT -5
Doomsday Clock #11 has just effectively erased the old Legion, with Imra Ardeen fading out of existence after Adrian Veidt tells her she's no longer a part of the timeline. This happening so suddenly makes me suspect that it was a last minute rewrite after what seems to have been a fairly hasty decision to reboot the Legion.
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 7, 2019 15:20:41 GMT -5
I have to disagree.
The Legion relaunch has been in the work for a long time.
I think what DC is trying to do is loosen the connection to the present DCU and let it stand on its own.
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 17, 2019 4:34:39 GMT -5
I have to disagree. The Legion relaunch has been in the work for a long time. I think what DC is trying to do is loosen the connection to the present DCU and let it stand on its own. But less than a month ago, a preview image from Superman 14 was released which showed the Legion in their classic form; by the time the book actually came out (after the initial print run was recalled), that image had been reworked to show the new look Legion! And if they want to lessen the connection to the DCU, why is Jon Kent joining the Legion? |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 17, 2019 10:28:45 GMT -5
I can't answer that.
The problem with them being tethered to the DCU is it confuses some people, understandably.
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Post by rberman on Sept 17, 2019 10:38:44 GMT -5
I can't answer that. The problem with them being tethered to the DCU is it confuses some people, understandably. What's the nature of the confusion? A super-team in the far future seems easier to understand than the multiverse. I was never confused by time travel stories as a kid, though of course sometimes writers do dumb things with them. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 17, 2019 18:32:40 GMT -5
I can't answer that. The problem with them being tethered to the DCU is it confuses some people, understandably. What's the nature of the confusion? A super-team in the far future seems easier to understand than the multiverse. I was never confused by time travel stories as a kid, though of course sometimes writers do dumb things with them. I agree, but would add that as a kid I had no problem with the multiverse either. |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 18, 2019 7:14:22 GMT -5
I can't answer that. The problem with them being tethered to the DCU is it confuses some people, understandably. I don't really see why it would. For that matter, I can't recall anybody much being confused by it in the past. |
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 18, 2019 9:58:06 GMT -5
I never was but I've heard that from others in the past.
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