tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12531491.post799705231248241407..comments2023-10-05T06:44:34.479-04:00Comments on hypnoray: The Decompression Project - Irresponsiblejoncormierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00865627865285684437noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12531491.post-9851508825810660072008-01-23T13:28:00.000-05:002008-01-23T13:28:00.000-05:00No no, this all makes sense. I enjoyed reading th...No no, this all makes sense. I enjoyed reading the latest trade but when I wanted to start writing about it I was sort of at a loss for words because, well, the entire focus is on character interaction. Whenever motivation is explored it gets sloppy, and that makes it hard to write about critically. There's only so many times you can reiterate that the dialogue is well done between all the characters.joncormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865627865285684437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12531491.post-30014108628045419142008-01-21T05:18:00.000-05:002008-01-21T05:18:00.000-05:00If I wasn't enjoying the exercise of you following...If I wasn't enjoying the exercise of you following through with this, I'd say "stop now". What I missed in this one, that I got (however it was I got it, it doesn't matter) from the others before it, was a sense of payoff. This is where the...ah, can I call it the "Ultimization"? of Spidey starts to break down, for my money. In the end, all we get is a slightly -- and being honest, it's really only <I>very</I> slightly -- more nuanced May. We kind of get her horror of Spider-Man here, but the cheat is, that's all we get. Geldoff, Good God, he's not an important character AT ALL, he's a soggy grace note of Bendis', and in my opinion this is where the discipline Bendis has showed up 'til now starts to slip off him. I was prepared to believe, reading this as it came out, that it was setting something meaningful up -- future character bits, future action bits, whatever -- and I waited for it, faithfully, just until a certain one-panel event that occurs in a few issues, when I decided that the Ultimization principle of "setting up" had been abandoned. And then all that was left was the question "do I love decompression, or don't I?", and I decided that I didn't, and lost interest in the book completely. As far as I remember it in hindsight, absolutely <I>nothing</I> ever comes of the deeper explanation of May Parker's fear of Spider-Man, and the one-panel occurance I refer to -- I mean, maybe it isn't a big deal really, certainly I know many people who'd say I'm blowing it out of proportion, and in the end you may agree, but all I'm saying is that's when I stopped waiting for "payoff". And to my knowledge Bendis has not delivered "payoff" since then. I'm almost convinced now that he hasn't got a clue what payoff <I>is</I>...I mean I read House Of M, I've read New Avengers...<BR/><BR/>But after I read this Aunt May therapist issue, that's <I>the first time</I> I really doubted him.<BR/><BR/>My two cents, and forgive me for acting all mysterious, Jon. I just want to see how your reactions match/don't match mine.<BR/><BR/>Hey, thanks for doing this, it's actually kind of cathartic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com