As part of the up-coming NOW! branding, Marvel have announced
a new title by Brian Bendis. The All-New X-Men (does Bendis have shares in the
word ‘New’?) is to feature the original (Huh? I thought this was All-New?) five
members of the X-Men time-travelling to the NOW! and being generally disappointed
that within 10 years or so some of them have died and come back at least once,
and life is a bit crap. Or something.
Here’s what I don’t understand.
Here’s what I don’t understand.
Supposedly the hook is these five characters from a simpler
time (the Sixties) being all ‘I don’t believe it!’ about life and shit for
Mutants in 2012. Except, Marvel’s sliding time-line means that they’re actually
from, oh, the year 2000. Think about that.
I don’t know about you, but things haven’t changed that
much in the last 12 years - certainly not enough to get all nostalgic for
simpler times.
Supposedly this is all in aid of bringing back a Jean Grey
that isn’t a clone. Or resurrected again. I do hope that when she eventually
returns to her own time that she remembers to let one of the other All New All
Different X-Men pilot that shuttle back to Earth in, erm, 2004. It would save a
lot of anguish.
You're absolutely right - it's a cack idea I ecpect to be poorly executed.
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I'm hoping it'll be a wild success - then Marvel can repeat the formula (as they usually do) and unleash upon the world All-New Fantastic Four and All-New Avengers. Wouldn't they be just as fucked off by what's happened in the last 12 years?
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