I don't think much of it so far. It feels like a What If? that is going on too long. Maybe if this had been published before Marvel Now! started it would feel like there was more at stake (which is to say, maybe readers would have fooled themselves into thinking this was some big ending before a relaunch).
But as it is being published now, at a time where a lot of the current Now! era titles are knocking it out of the park doing their own thing, and others are just getting started and finding their feet, Age of Ultron feels like a distraction. A one-off yarn, and one that doesn't have as much world-building to it as House of M. It is some extra doom and dreary without much point that I can see. It just feels like an Avengers take of Days of Future Past, and is nowhere near as entertaining as what Bendis is doing on the current X-books.
I was really loving it up until book 8, They started changing the future and they fought people that were called the defenders. I thought that that was kind of ridiculous and at the tony stark came in and he looked so messed up compared to the iron man we all know. They have started going in a bad direction for this series, but i hope it will reroute itself in a better direction soon.
The boys have been reviewing this series in chunks. I missed the last recording, but I don't believe its being reviewed very well on the show. I think it's leaving the crew wanting.
To add a couple things onto what David D posted, this time traveling story feels time dispersed. Spidey is clearly 'amazing.' Saying he is 'superior' is clearly BS.
The book cost is way too much & has discourage me from buying the issues. This is also another example of how Bendis decompressed a story (issues 1 & 2 could've easily been 1 issue.) I feel like this is a story strung together by "large panels" & "shock value" moments. The story itself feels like plot points scavenged from other time traveling/apocalyptic stories. For some reason, it reminds me of a failed attempted to recreate Avengers Forever.
All the devastation seems moot at this point. The entire Marvel Universe has moved on through Marvel NOW!
In general, I'm pretty much enjoying the story and the series. That said, though, I think Matt makes some very good points, especially about the decompression.
I know not everyone can do this, but I swore off of events right before AvX. I can't keep spending extra money on earth shattering and universe altering events that will at best, soon be ret-conned anyway, or at worst, change nothing but give the heroes an "So that's what we're capable of?" moment. I'm glad I didn't get suckered into this. Everything before it just felt wrong anyway--this was supposed to be released pre-Marvel Now! I'll eventually read it when it's collected and in my library. But for now I'm content with listening to the Geeks talk about it. What about the spoilers, you say? What's to spoil when the story changes nothing in the universe?
When you have Thanksgiving-sized meals every day, Thanksgiving can begin to lose its uniqueness. If you're having an event every summer, then how is it special? Even moreso when it changes absolutely nothing?
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But as it is being published now, at a time where a lot of the current Now! era titles are knocking it out of the park doing their own thing, and others are just getting started and finding their feet, Age of Ultron feels like a distraction. A one-off yarn, and one that doesn't have as much world-building to it as House of M. It is some extra doom and dreary without much point that I can see. It just feels like an Avengers take of Days of Future Past, and is nowhere near as entertaining as what Bendis is doing on the current X-books.
To add a couple things onto what David D posted, this time traveling story feels time dispersed. Spidey is clearly 'amazing.' Saying he is 'superior' is clearly BS.
The book cost is way too much & has discourage me from buying the issues. This is also another example of how Bendis decompressed a story (issues 1 & 2 could've easily been 1 issue.) I feel like this is a story strung together by "large panels" & "shock value" moments. The story itself feels like plot points scavenged from other time traveling/apocalyptic stories. For some reason, it reminds me of a failed attempted to recreate Avengers Forever.
All the devastation seems moot at this point. The entire Marvel Universe has moved on through Marvel NOW!
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When you have Thanksgiving-sized meals every day, Thanksgiving can begin to lose its uniqueness. If you're having an event every summer, then how is it special? Even moreso when it changes absolutely nothing?
Sorry for being such a cynical Sally post. :D