Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!soren From: soren@reed.UUCP (Soren Petersen) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: X-Factor review (and spoiler) Message-ID: <2127@reed.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 02:59:26 EST Article-I.D.: reed.2127 Posted: Sun Nov 10 02:59:26 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 06:52:06 EST References: <679@ihlts.UUCP> <172@isieng.UUCP> Reply-To: soren@reed.UUCP (Soren Petersen) Distribution: net Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 37 Keywords: mutants, money, Marvel In article <172@isieng.UUCP> laurie@isieng.UUCP (Laurie Sefton) writes: > > >The X-Factor stuff is *dreadful*! I cannot believe that they have managed >to revert characterizations to early Kirby--the Beast hasn't spoken like >that for years now. I thought he had gotten his act together in between >his mini-series (tales to astonish?), and his appearance in the Avengers >a while back (a long while back). > >And why is Scott portrayed as such a flaming Bozo? Are we back to the days >of ("oh, I love Jean so much, but I don't know how to tell her") >{thoughts inside of ()} garbage. Scott has been portrayed as indecisive >before, but not *this* bad!! And he *knows* he is being cruel to Maddy- >he may have been a wimp before, but cruelty was not one of his traits Wait a minute. How would *you* react if the one person you truly loved but thought dead came back to life. Yes Scott is no doubt aware he is being cruel, but he is under one hell of a lot of stress. I don't approve of a lot of the stuff that is going on in X-Factor, but the portrayal of Scott's indecision seems quite well handled to me. And while we are on the subject, I am getting sick of all this dumping on X-Factor. I agree that it is stunningly mediocre at best, but that still makes it better than at least half of the Marvel line--as good as Defenders was, and much better than current Avengers. However, that is not the point. Were X-Factor #1 the greatest comic in history, the net reaction would be just as negative. Nobody wastes time putting down, for instance, The Thing, although it is much worse than X-Factor--it isn't worth the effort, and neither is X-Factor. >I'm disgusted... So am I. Have a nice day Soren Petersen