February 21, 2017
I think I may be starting to really put my finger on what is so troubling to me inside of the Defiant universe. It isn't really everything - but its forced reliance on the crossing throughout that makes everything so messy inside of it. It happened a few pages in when I realized that I was attempting to follow Lorca's new battle with as he put it in the text, "the few worlds surviving our harvesting would await our weakest moment and launch a combined assault against us to destroy the org." We are witnessing not a world war - but a WORLDS war. Worlds are literally launching an all-out attack on the Plasm world to defeat it. Lorca is relying on Nudge's psychic ability to connect with the entire planet.
Then, page four, we are reminded of Shooter's assault on a line of soldiers awaiting his attack on him - all on a narrow bridge to attack one at a time - and this is not a big deal. Page five, we transfer over to Earth - and the Dark Dominion world that is launching an assault on Martin and Louise inside the bowels of the abandoned subway system. Page eight, we flip back again to the world of Plasm - and are reminded in one frame of the assaults - and communication with yet another world inside the Orbg before going back again to Shooter's assault.
In under ten pages, we are reminded of the WORLDS War - and the INTERDIMENSIONAL conflicts - all in these small panels and pages. Through this, we are reminded of the dwindling resources, but I seem to remember multitudes of bio mass being exploded throughout many of these pages. And I haven't even started to get back to the whole assault that brings about who I am assuming is War Dancer on the cover, right?
The letter from Shooter has the defiance that the company wanted to be know for - and it really has tried to spread its wings in a different way - but may be really lacking the connection to the traditional comics fan. It never could really build upon what I had started with - my interest in connecting over, really.
The end of the comic introduces War Dancer - and I am not really entirely certain yet how he connects with the world set - but more interesting so far than much of this. But again, the comic explodes - and then quickly ends the conflict - without much of any real explanation - and then flips back again to reinstate the whole Splatterball concept - and quickly everyone agrees. "Yes. Lorca's the best leader we ever had. I used to think Splatterball was good - then bad - now good again. Our leader said so - so let's stop the war.
Last thought? Did H.R. Giger do much of the art on this?
Then, page four, we are reminded of Shooter's assault on a line of soldiers awaiting his attack on him - all on a narrow bridge to attack one at a time - and this is not a big deal. Page five, we transfer over to Earth - and the Dark Dominion world that is launching an assault on Martin and Louise inside the bowels of the abandoned subway system. Page eight, we flip back again to the world of Plasm - and are reminded in one frame of the assaults - and communication with yet another world inside the Orbg before going back again to Shooter's assault.
In under ten pages, we are reminded of the WORLDS War - and the INTERDIMENSIONAL conflicts - all in these small panels and pages. Through this, we are reminded of the dwindling resources, but I seem to remember multitudes of bio mass being exploded throughout many of these pages. And I haven't even started to get back to the whole assault that brings about who I am assuming is War Dancer on the cover, right?
The letter from Shooter has the defiance that the company wanted to be know for - and it really has tried to spread its wings in a different way - but may be really lacking the connection to the traditional comics fan. It never could really build upon what I had started with - my interest in connecting over, really.
The end of the comic introduces War Dancer - and I am not really entirely certain yet how he connects with the world set - but more interesting so far than much of this. But again, the comic explodes - and then quickly ends the conflict - without much of any real explanation - and then flips back again to reinstate the whole Splatterball concept - and quickly everyone agrees. "Yes. Lorca's the best leader we ever had. I used to think Splatterball was good - then bad - now good again. Our leader said so - so let's stop the war.
Last thought? Did H.R. Giger do much of the art on this?