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LordPants posted:I just assumed that he'd been knocked silly, and that's why it came (no pun intended) up on his screen, instead of say spinning stars or something. Which is echoed by the cover having him lying apparently dead with a test pattern on his screen. Yeah I took it to mean the same, or a case of desperate profanity in visual form, like a soldier muttering "we're hosed you motherfuckin' cocksocker, this is bullshit ..." as he bleeds out. For those on the fence because of how cliche and generic the plot sounds, give it a shot. I was put off by the most basic summary making it sound generic as hell "Two soldiers from a world of magic and a world of technology at war with each other fall in love, then run off to raise the baby their homelands don't want anyone to know about," but within the first issues it's made very clear it's not quite going where you think it would, and written by an author with respect for his audience. The characters all have surprising depth, when they could've very easily been written as one note villains or heroes, they instead feel like real people, with dreams and flaws. It does strike me as all ending in tears though. Too much of the reoccurring theme is the consequences of violence and collateral damage spiraling out of control that I'm sure we're going to have plenty more heartbreaking scenes.
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I actually like Alana and Marko. I'd say part of why the other characters seem so interesting is because the story has to sell you on smaller characters and their limited screen time pretty quickly. You're gonna relate to the couple, they don't need to be nuanced right out the gate to have your sympathy in the same way the bounty hunter who solves everything with ultra-violence and self-centered blue-blood need to be. Jedit posted:Lying. I'd say Marko and Alana have legitimately fallen in love not in an attempt to emulate the book, the book is just what got things started as a conversation point since both realized the subversive "The alien doesn't have to be your enemy" message of the author. I'm just nitpicking about that because as you've said the pair are very well portrayed and refreshingly have steered clear of the cliche this story could've gone with.
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tvb posted:Another good issue for fans of The Will (like me). What's best about his storylines is that they've made him such a great character, but as Vaughan pointed out in an interview, you have to balance that likability with the conceit that you can never fully root for him, because his job is ostensibly to kill or capture our protagonists. (Though it seems increasingly likely that if it came down to it, he would let them go and settle for avenging The Stalk.) He is quite broken and prone to violence, so I wouldn't be surprised if we get something more alienating soon. I don't think he's going to just get his revenge then ride off into the sunset. He's now got a reason to hate his prey after their encounter, and who knows what twisted way he'll 'make things' right for The Stalk other than his plans for Robot, and sticking with the theme of the comic I'm sure Robot or his family will lash out if The Will gets his way.
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Saoshyant posted:And *BANG* from the last Ex Machina. Yeah, he knows his thing. I do wish he didn't have an ending already planned, though, as at this stage it does sound way too early to let the story flow properly towards that end goal. Having plans now doesn't mean he can't alter things as the story progresses and he's inspired. Hell the last page still even leaves a lot of things in between.
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