tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post5808356580187524641..comments2024-03-29T06:46:16.113-04:00Comments on The Legion of Super Bloggers! : Review: Adventure Comics #505MetropolisKid41http://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-73866825658260678742019-08-22T18:59:01.292-04:002019-08-22T18:59:01.292-04:00I read this story when it first came out, at that ...I read this story when it first came out, at that point I was a newcomer to the Legion having only read the Action arc and parts of the Threeboot and I remember enjoying it. I thought the Threeboot was better, but... Revisiting it, though, it just brings home how much it represented the Geoff Johns Problem: it replaces an interesting present with a version of the past that’s both less interesting and highly misremembered.esteban138https://www.blogger.com/profile/16710963218674106511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-6385304436136445282019-06-09T13:01:49.851-04:002019-06-09T13:01:49.851-04:00I remember NOT liking this particular plot point. ...I remember NOT liking this particular plot point. Here is a character whose entire reason for being is that he was ostracized as a child for being different, i.e. a singular birth. So if he really DID have a twin....did he know it all along, and just never tell anyone? That sounds wrong, character-wise. If he just found out recently, HOW did he find out? Their parents died years ago in a space-ship accident (unless that was ret-conned out). <br /><br />To me this was another example of a Geoff Johns eff-up of a perfectly fine origin story. Russell Burbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756652514507714383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-86372810517372966692019-06-08T15:29:06.644-04:002019-06-08T15:29:06.644-04:00I was annoyed that Garth 'acquired' some o...I was annoyed that Garth 'acquired' some of Live Wire's hot-headedness. He rarely showed such traits in the original Legion. I do like how it is said that Ayla is a lot more like him than we usually see. And at the time I thought that it was a little bit goofy, but ultimately interesting, that Mekt might have a twin after all...Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267403631542001938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-43185826482384412192019-06-07T10:39:06.379-04:002019-06-07T10:39:06.379-04:00It's a nice story pitch. 5YL set up that part ...It's a nice story pitch. 5YL set up that part of Mekt's sociopathic behavior was due to his singleton birth. Now if Mekt has a twin, what does that really mean? His twin would not have lightning powers. Is his twin male or female? Is that person also a sociopath? It has possibilities for a story but more than likely would just upend continuity. Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126076908616048728noreply@blogger.com