Byrneout wrote:
I am in the apparent minority who enjoyed Jurgens Solar run. I felt it was an interesting expression or what a character with Solar's potential could do.
Yes, the hero characters in that run seemed simplistic - I felt that was intentional, and a sarcastic jab at a lot of the heroes being presented in other books at the time.
When you strip the story down to the core, it was about Solar trying to find some way to be at peace, and to keep in touch with his then rapidly fading humanity. After all, he built an entire WORLD just to give his human side *one place* where he was happy and untroubled by the powers and responsibilities he obtained as Solar. I find that to be a pretty powerful message.
**NOTE** I'm referring to the entuire Jurgens run as a whole, not just the specific issues mentioned... which in retrospect, I did rather dislike.**
Agreed. I felt the same way also.
Solar #46-50 is IMO the most interesting story arc in the series after issue #18. If Jurgens had followed those issues with something more respectable (51 and 52 weren't horrible but 53 and 54 were awful), we probably would have a much different impression of his contribution to the title.
it had its moments, but the brave new world storyline did have some stupid dialogue. IMO, jurgens's solar was great, it was everyone around solar that sucked
HE CREATES AN ENTIRE WORLD BECAUSE HE HAD AN ARGUEMENT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND! And then after his existance throws it into world wide chaos, he just leaves it without a care.
...sorry had to get that off my chest. I really hated that *SQUEE*. LOL
I think that is part of what Jurgens was going for, a shift away from what had gone before. It was actually kinda funny, if you think about it. How exactly would a superbeing throw a temper tantrum? So, he's tifcked at his woman and leaves to another part of the comsos where he rearranges a world to suit his needs. Sounds plausible, within the parameters of the character. I do think that Jurgens illustrations were great and his sense of Solar himself, the real one, was great, but indeed, the supporting cast was terrible. I wonder what ever happened to that minseries he was supposedly working on with the other characters. Glad it never saw the light of day. They were awful.
xodacia81 wrote:
I think that is part of what Jurgens was going for, a shift away from what had gone before. It was actually kinda funny, if you think about it. How exactly would a superbeing throw a temper tantrum? So, he's tifcked at his woman and leaves to another part of the comsos where he rearranges a world to suit his needs. Sounds plausible, within the parameters of the character. I do think that Jurgens illustrations were great and his sense of Solar himself, the real one, was great, but indeed, the supporting cast was terrible. I wonder what ever happened to that minseries he was supposedly working on with the other characters. Glad it never saw the light of day. They were awful.
here here, jurgens had the right idea, just poor execution
The final issues of Solar had potential but such poor execution. It's a darn shame, because the character was so wonderful and there was so much that could be done with the concept.
I've been rereading the last 20 or so issues of X-O Manowar and the Hotwire character from #57 and 58 has got to be one of the lamest characters I can remember, although most of those villains from the last issues of X-O were fairly forgettable.
J-Scott-R wrote:I've been rereading the last 20 or so issues of X-O Manowar and the Hotwire character from #57 and 58 has got to be one of the lamest characters I can remember, although most of those villains from the last issues of X-O were fairly forgettable.
J-Scott-R wrote:I've been rereading the last 20 or so issues of X-O Manowar and the Hotwire character from #57 and 58 has got to be one of the lamest characters I can remember, although most of those villains from the last issues of X-O were fairly forgettable.
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