X-Men: Battle of the Atom Author: Visit Amazon's Brian Michael Bendis Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0785189068 | Format: PDF
X-Men: Battle of the Atom Description
- Series: X-Men
- Hardcover: 148 pages
- Publisher: Marvel (January 21, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785189068
- ISBN-13: 978-0785189060
- Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Let's clear the air. X-Men: Battle of the Atom is a failure on many levels. So much so, expect Marvel to reset the entire plot-line or pretend it never happened. Instead of giving spoilers, let's review why it fails.
1. Dialogue. You know your book sails into sorry waters when the leadership says lines like, "You started it!" The cast comes off trite, banal, and boring. If everyone were teenagers, instead of experienced heroes, it may be believable. But they're not, so everyone comes off stupid and self-centered.
2. Plot Holes Galore. In any work of fiction, goals push motivation to the story's end. Unfortunately, the motivations nor the goals never make any sense in Battle of the Atom. The 'why' lacks clear reasoning or explanation, much less the power to make certain 'heroes' into the monsters they become. Events just happen, and that's that. Yes, you read that right. More to the point, the motivation's not there. Events happen because the plot demands it. And no answers are given. This is a critical misstep you expect from a novice. Not an experienced writer.
3. Cardboard. Characters die. A lot. And you won't care because there's no connection. In fact, you expect it because it's also required to clear the overloaded cast. It also means nothing because . . . well . . . what does death mean in comics these days? Nothing. And you'll feel a lot of that reading this work.
4. Change. We're not talking a new cast-of-characters. We're talking actual change that means something to the X-Men universe. Change with meaning. Change with growth. Change with character. Again, there is none. No one learns anything. No one sees the other side's point-of-view. No one changes. And in fiction, that's a huge failure.
5. Forced Actions.
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