Cypocalypse
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Seriously, do you think any storyline after that crossover was as good or even better.
I've read a coupel of issues of the Onslaught saga but it didn't achieve any significant impact on me as much as AOA. I've had a X-Men reading hiatus after that. Somehow, the concept of operation: Zero tolerance didn't appeal to me, nor the introduction of Maggot, Marrow, and Cecilia.
My reading interest went back when the hardcovers were introduced and it became easy to follow Morrison's works. But, I think his work on the X-Men was overrated. His vision was grand, that's for sure but he created too many loopholes in the plot. I don't want to make my post lengthy but to name a few:
a.) Xorn revelation - Nuff said. That means NXM #127 (his origin story) never happaned. He couldn't possibly be Magneto otherwise Emma would have detected him immediately in NXM Annual. Even if Emma missed detecting him, Wolverine should have detected his presence when Xorn became a teacher in the mansion. Actually, Magneto disguising himself as Xorn is too random. Actually, the X-Men's presence in China in that issue was just a side mission. It was not even a mission. They're just attending a funeral for Christ's sake. Mags couldn't possibly have planned the act of disguising himself unless he has a pre-emptive knowledge that the X-Men would be attending a funeral (in which that person's death happened AFTER Magneto disguised himself).
b. The Whole Cassanrda Nova Origin - Nuff Said. *too tired to write the loopholes in tis one*
c. Weapon Plus - Wolverine as Weapon 10 and Captain America as Weapon 1?
Basically, Morrison collapsed under the weight of his own ambition.
On the other hand, Whedon (Morrison's successor) still has something to prove. He's already done two villains (Orc and that Cerebra cyborg) that hardly matters in continuity and will be retconned to oblivion later. He makes an interesting dialogue though.
Honestly, I think the 6-issue arc can be limiting for him. He always have to make arc that would fit 6 issues. Morrison didn't have to be constrained by this limitation.
I've read a coupel of issues of the Onslaught saga but it didn't achieve any significant impact on me as much as AOA. I've had a X-Men reading hiatus after that. Somehow, the concept of operation: Zero tolerance didn't appeal to me, nor the introduction of Maggot, Marrow, and Cecilia.
My reading interest went back when the hardcovers were introduced and it became easy to follow Morrison's works. But, I think his work on the X-Men was overrated. His vision was grand, that's for sure but he created too many loopholes in the plot. I don't want to make my post lengthy but to name a few:
a.) Xorn revelation - Nuff said. That means NXM #127 (his origin story) never happaned. He couldn't possibly be Magneto otherwise Emma would have detected him immediately in NXM Annual. Even if Emma missed detecting him, Wolverine should have detected his presence when Xorn became a teacher in the mansion. Actually, Magneto disguising himself as Xorn is too random. Actually, the X-Men's presence in China in that issue was just a side mission. It was not even a mission. They're just attending a funeral for Christ's sake. Mags couldn't possibly have planned the act of disguising himself unless he has a pre-emptive knowledge that the X-Men would be attending a funeral (in which that person's death happened AFTER Magneto disguised himself).
b. The Whole Cassanrda Nova Origin - Nuff Said. *too tired to write the loopholes in tis one*
c. Weapon Plus - Wolverine as Weapon 10 and Captain America as Weapon 1?
Basically, Morrison collapsed under the weight of his own ambition.
On the other hand, Whedon (Morrison's successor) still has something to prove. He's already done two villains (Orc and that Cerebra cyborg) that hardly matters in continuity and will be retconned to oblivion later. He makes an interesting dialogue though.
Honestly, I think the 6-issue arc can be limiting for him. He always have to make arc that would fit 6 issues. Morrison didn't have to be constrained by this limitation.
