Just read the first issue. Not Millar or Mcniven's best work but by no means terrible either. Had a lot of drama and suspense and a lot of the balls to the wall action that makes Millar one of the best writers in the industry.
Millar is one of the best writers in the industry and as always his work is good but I have a few minor complaints.
Firstly, the plot. It's a fun concept and Millar has ran with this sort of thing before (people keep referring to the Batman/Joker metaphor but for me this is very similar to Wanted) but it better pick up the pace. I don't want another few issues focusing purely on the conflict between the Villain and the Washington Commissioner. It's been nicely established, so hopefully it will move forward and take new directions. We all know that the Villain is a super badass who could kill him and as fun as it is to up the ante, unless we see a super "hero" come or something crawling out the woodwork or some sort of left turn, this could get very stale by issue 3 or 4.
My second quibble is the excessive violence. Again this was a trope of Wanted. It suited the bombastic, rape, shoot, kill and rape some more vibe of that comic but I can quickly see myself growing bored with this. Millar is a master of the comic form. His run on Ultimates is my favourite comic series, ever, bar none. There was plenty of action and it was justified. Heck I could even buy hack and slashness of Old Man Logan. I don't have a problem with lots of violence. But I want some substance as well.
Thirdly, the dialogue. I usually love Millar's dialogue. he writes in a way that often leaves some cool, witty or touching remark that projects coolness off the page. It worked really well in Ultimates and especially in Ultimate X-men. It sucked in Kick Ass and in Nemesis it was a step back on form. However his Nemesis could easily have the exact same voice here of Wesley Gibson of Wanted. There's even a little of his Ultimate Magneto seeping through from Ultimate X-men. Again, something we've seen before.
Don't get me wrong. This is by no means a bad comic. Plus, it's Millar, he wrote my favourite comic. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and look forward to future issues. My only complaints are minor and can be simply summed up. I want Millar to stretch his creative legs again. This is starting to feel like a rehash of his favourite idea; focusing on the villains. He looked at it from one angle in Wanted, the same concept from another angle in Old Man Logan and the same concept from another angle in 1985. Now Nemesis seems to be a new slant on this same concept again.
I want him to push the creative boat out a little bit and not just in terms of violence and swearing.
Originally posted by willRules
Just read the first issue. Not Millar or Mcniven's best work but by no means terrible either. Had a lot of drama and suspense and a lot of the balls to the wall action that makes Millar one of the best writers in the industry.Millar is one of the best writers in the industry and as always his work is good but I have a few minor complaints.
Firstly, the plot. It's a fun concept and Millar has ran with this sort of thing before (people keep referring to the Batman/Joker metaphor but for me this is very similar to Wanted) but it better pick up the pace. I don't want another few issues focusing purely on the conflict between the Villain and the Washington Commissioner. It's been nicely established, so hopefully it will move forward and take new directions. We all know that the Villain is a super badass who could kill him and as fun as it is to up the ante, unless we see a super "hero" come or something crawling out the woodwork or some sort of left turn, this could get very stale by issue 3 or 4.
My second quibble is the excessive violence. Again this was a trope of Wanted. It suited the bombastic, rape, shoot, kill and rape some more vibe of that comic but I can quickly see myself growing bored with this. Millar is a master of the comic form. His run on Ultimates is my favourite comic series, ever, bar none. There was plenty of action and it was justified. Heck I could even buy hack and slashness of Old Man Logan. I don't have a problem with lots of violence. But I want some substance as well.
Thirdly, the dialogue. I usually love Millar's dialogue. he writes in a way that often leaves some cool, witty or touching remark that projects coolness off the page. It worked really well in Ultimates and especially in Ultimate X-men. It sucked in Kick Ass and in Nemesis it was a step back on form. However his Nemesis could easily have the exact same voice here of Wesley Gibson of Wanted. There's even a little of his Ultimate Magneto seeping through from Ultimate X-men. Again, something we've seen before.
Don't get me wrong. This is by no means a bad comic. Plus, it's Millar, he wrote my favourite comic. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and look forward to future issues. My only complaints are minor and can be simply summed up. I want Millar to stretch his creative legs again. This is starting to feel like a rehash of his favourite idea; focusing on the villains. He looked at it from one angle in Wanted, the same concept from another angle in Old Man Logan and the same concept from another angle in 1985. Now Nemesis seems to be a new slant on this same concept again.I want him to push the creative boat out a little bit and not just in terms of violence and swearing.
So you're saying - Millar works best when he's somewhat kept on the straight and narrow of doing a book in mainstream Marvel. Get him to Marvel's indie ICON imprint, or another indie publisher, and he gets too far over the top with his freedom?
Originally posted by roughrider
So you're saying - Millar works best when he's somewhat kept on the straight and narrow of doing a book in mainstream Marvel. Get him to Marvel's indie ICON imprint, or another indie publisher, and he gets too far over the top with his freedom?
More or less, yes. I mean this in a very generalised way but his talent lies in being cool and bringing the shock factor. If it's some creator owned or obscure indie character, potentialy it could be brilliant but obviously, I'm gonna care more about Spider-man or Captain America as I've had years of emotional investment in them, so when Millar has Spider-man unmask in Civil War #2 (forgetting retcons out of his control) it's that much more shocking than an unknon character doing something.