Originally posted by The Nuul
Umm...not sure if I like the new twist in these characters so far......😒
If it's half as good as Millar's previous run on the series, it'll still be brilliant ✅ Plus Pacheco is a worthy successor to Hitch.
Best thing to do is pretend this is a continuation of when Millar left the series........
Originally posted by willRules
If it's half as good as Millar's previous run on the series, it'll still be brilliant ✅ Plus Pacheco is a worthy successor to Hitch.Best thing to do is pretend this is a continuation of when Millar left the series........
(Would Marvel consider defining Loeb's run as a dream brought about by mixing pizza with Asgardian mead at the victory celebration, making everyone dream this nightmare?)
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Originally posted by Darth Vicious
My thoughts exactly. I wonder what their reasoning is to kill Cyclops, Professor X, Wolverine and Magneto. I could understand 1 of them, maybe 2 but all 4, just ridiculous.
Shock value is all Loeb has these days.
Originally posted by willRules
Yeah, Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum should be considered out of continuity if Marvel had any sense...........but never mind, look forward to the upcoming run. The only annoying aspect is deciding whether to buy the individual comics or the trade...
You do NOT pay money for this.
Pay in beatings.
Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Seriously, what the hell is happening here?Ultimatum 5??
http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/comics/article/ultimatum-5-of-5-81953
Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Seriously, what the hell is happening here?Ultimatum 5??
Originally posted by willRules
Review of Ultimatum #5Synopsis
The end of the Ultimate universe. Magneto vs the remaining heroes. Many more deaths. Some survive, but most die.
Good/Bad?
Art= David Finch is a good artist but this is nothing particularly special for him. Average to good IMO.
Writing= Well now it's over, I can officially say this is the worst comic series I have ever read and I've read some bad series. This series really does deserve an award for finding new levels of crappiness and then reaching them. Every death feels meaningless by now. The shock of killing off a big name wore off in the first issue, so by the time they'd destroyed half of the characters I loved, I couldn't care. If the goal was to kill of so many characters that I wouldn't care, they succeeded. The plot could have been a one shot. This has less substance than the Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe one shot but much more asinine dialogue.
Characters behave out of character. Their dialogue is out of character. The reboot can't come soon enough, I just hope this is all forgotten. This series is why retcons were invented.
The last page reveal made no sense, came out of literally nowhere and had no impact on me. Just because two dead characters were resurrected (to assassinate the person who was campaigning for their benefit???? What the???) was senseless. Fury had the answer to preventing Magneto's threat, which was a reveal that occurred in the first issue of Ultimate Origins (so all you need to read for this entire crapfest was Ultimate Origins #1).
Ultimately it's redundant of me to complain about the pointlessness and atrocities committed in the name of comic writing here, because this is the end of the series. It opened terribly and immaturely so it should be no surprise that it's conclusion made no sense and was worse than a 5 year old fan fiction.
As a customer, I'm offended and disappointed. Marvel will use sales to justify this with the phrase "Fans vote with their dollars." Well I think customers should demand a refund.
S.S.S
1 point = Worst comic/trade/story arc in human history, burn it or feed it to your pet dinosaur.
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
So I haven't read any Ultimates since Millar left and judging by the reaction here, I guess it sucks now? Anyone care to tell me why that is?Sure is a shame, Millar/Hitch's run was great.
Ultimates kinda of did a pendulum swing. For everything Millar did great, Loeb has done something terrible.
The body count is tooooooo high. There's virtually nobody left. That could be forgivable if it was done in a well written story. It wasn't. I seriously think MOST fans could have written a better story for Ultimates 3 #1-5 and Ultimatum #1-5 than the stories that were actually written.
Ign had the perfect analogy to sum up what Leob has done to the ultimate verse. Here it is.....
Originally posted on ign.com
Reading Ultimatum is like having your older brother root through your toy box. He takes out all your favorite toys and proceeds to smash them together. Maybe he forces G.I. Joe and He-Man to kiss passionately. Maybe he ties a string of firecrackers to the whole lot and watches them explode. Imagine all that trauma. What else can you do but run downstairs and tell Mom? Only in this case, imagine Mom pats older brother on the head and rewards him for a job well done. Then she looks over to you and demands four bucks for all your trouble. That is what reading Ultimatum is like.
Originally posted by willRules
Ultimates kinda of did a pendulum swing. For everything Millar did great, Loeb has done something terrible.The body count is tooooooo high. There's virtually nobody left. That could be forgivable if it was done in a well written story. It wasn't. I seriously think MOST fans could have written a better story for Ultimates 3 #1-5 and Ultimatum #1-5 than the stories that were actually written.
Ign had the perfect analogy to sum up what Leob has done to the ultimate verse. Here it is.....
🙁 That sucks.
Well, I'll have to get a hold of Ultimates 3/Ultimatum at the library or something so I don't waste my money. I'd still like to read them.
People seem to hate Loeb nowadays. I miss when he wrote quality stuff like The Long Halloween and more recently Spider-Man: Blue.
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
🙁 That sucks.Well, I'll have to get a hold of Ultimates 3/Ultimatum at the library or something so I don't waste my money. I'd still like to read them.
People seem to hate Loeb nowadays. I miss when he wrote quality stuff like The Long Halloween and more recently Spider-Man: Blue.
Yeah, totally. I feel bad for the guy. Spider-man: Blue, The Long Halloween and Batman: Hush are all really fun comics, and all have fantastic art to compliment the story. However his recent work on the Ultimate line was appalling. Ultimates should have been Hush/Long Halloween Loeb, instead we got the Red Hulk Loeb. 🙁
Originally posted by SnakeEyesDC++
🙁 That sucks.Well, I'll have to get a hold of Ultimates 3/Ultimatum at the library or something so I don't waste my money. I'd still like to read them.
People seem to hate Loeb nowadays. I miss when he wrote quality stuff like The Long Halloween and more recently Spider-Man: Blue.
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