Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site isieng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!nsc!pyramid!isieng!laurie From: laurie@isieng.UUCP (Laurie Sefton) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: X-Factor review (and spoiler) Message-ID: <174@isieng.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 21:01:37 EST Article-I.D.: isieng.174 Posted: Mon Nov 11 21:01:37 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:31:15 EST References: <679@ihlts.UUCP> <172@isieng.UUCP> <2127@reed.UUCP> Reply-To: laurie@isieng.UUCP (Laurie Sefton) Distribution: net Organization: Integrated Solutions, San Jose, CA Lines: 53 Keywords: mediocre, complaints In article <2127@reed.UUCP> soren@reed.UUCP (Soren Petersen) writes: >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. Really? I certainly don't think so. It looks like another throwback to the "Oh, I love Jean, but I just can't tell her so" of the mid-60's. And being cruel to both your former lover and your wife isn't being a bozo? He has shown *a lot* more maturity in the past, and this seems to wash it all away. Besides, his *friends* don't seem to be offering much advice *or* consolation. Maybe if they just ignore it, it will go away? > >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. > How would you feel if they took "Gone with the Wind", and did a sequel which was a mediocre product? How about a nice little mediocre re-hash of "War and Peace"? I get the distinct feeling that *this* is how our reading audience feels about what has been done to X-Factor. And if Byrne messes up Superman next summer, we'll probably complain about *that* too. If it drops down to the level of say, Flash 320-345, will we say "Oh, well, it's mediocre, so we'll accept it." NOT LIKELY Besides, who out there reads The Thing? Is anyone pointing a gun to our heads and saying "accept mediocre {or worse!} comic books, that's all that we think you want and deserve". Not the last time I checked, anyway. I know I have dropped quite a few books in the last two years because they dropped to below my standards (and before you go on a "she only reads eclectic independent stuff" flame, read my reviews--you'll see I read a pretty wide variety of stuff). > Have a nice day > Soren Petersen I will now..... Laurie Sefton {I'll bet that Integrated Solutions doesn't read The Thing, either--and that they have no opinions on it}