tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396083279099612355.post3728229033406936458..comments2023-04-05T10:58:51.196+01:00Comments on X-Marathon: X-Factor #2-#3: I Want It All Back, The Way That It WasAbigail Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13778135648601234140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396083279099612355.post-17739891375807914732012-12-10T21:58:13.321+00:002012-12-10T21:58:13.321+00:00Yeah, Layton is not a good fit for this book (wher...Yeah, Layton is not a good fit for this book (whereas I like his Iron Man work). I do wonder if he was doomed to fail - could anyone starting up the first non-Claremont X-book in over ten years have possibly not stood out for one reason or another? <br /><br />Weezie fits on the book much better - for obvious reasons - and once she takes over this and <i>New Mutants</i> it really does start to feel like Claremont is at least in charge of the franchise again (for awhile) even if he's not writing everything. But I wonder if even Weezie would have had read awkwardly had she launched <i>X-Factor</i>.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396083279099612355.post-29051261994611219172012-12-10T21:50:46.109+00:002012-12-10T21:50:46.109+00:00I still maintain the lengths to which he's tak...<i>I still maintain the lengths to which he's taking it at this point is out of character, but at the risk of sounding like a (possibly delusional) broken record, I won't bring this up again until something significant changes in the narrative.</i><br /><br />Well, that's not going to take too long! I post about #7 on the 15th. I think I avoid banging on about it too much until then. But it was a genuine surprise to me - having read only <i>about</i> this before - that he was being treated immediately as being contemptible, rather than this being something that later comics would point out. And it's not like he's an antihero or something. He's Scott Summers, mutant boy scout.<br /><br />I think part of the problem is Layton's very Silver Age style, which does not mesh very well with Claremont's characterisation-led approach.Abigail Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176919191948017238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396083279099612355.post-10546983923219153312012-12-10T20:12:15.985+00:002012-12-10T20:12:15.985+00:00They're trying to make that premise work, even...<i>They're trying to make that premise work, even as they undermine it by having the team refer to themselves as X-Factor even in their mutant garb. </i><br /><br />Which is (one of) the most frustrating part of the book at this point. I'd almost rather they were no-assing it than half-assing it...<br /><br /><i>And as I said for #1, he's not out of character, this is exactly the sort of cretinous thing that he'd do. The bastard. </i><br /><br />I still maintain the lengths to which he's taking it at this point <i>is</i> out of character, but at the risk of sounding like a (possibly delusional) broken record, I won't bring this up again until something significant changes in the narrative. :) Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com