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New Ultimates
Written by Last Angry Geek Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:07
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04.12.2011 - 23:41 | Grimm
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04.13.2011 - 13:30 | Transformers03You got a SIGNED version of Ultimate X #1.......I am soo jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04.13.2011 - 00:30 | php1014:43 - she looks like Xena (Warrior Princess)!
Your comments looked lonely, so I helped (and to prove I watched it).
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04.13.2011 - 06:13 | DarkBee
She made me think more of Chyna. Nice review, btw.
Also: Ultimate Scarlet Witch? ROWR!
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04.13.2011 - 08:00 | Drake666
Ultimate Scarlet Witch == Incestuous relation with Quicksilver... *shudders*
Damn.
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04.13.2011 - 00:33 | TheKaraI read this as well looking for something in the ultimate universe to read, and yeah it is good, but like most people good tends to drift more towards average than actually good. I loved the art of it, I couldn't stand Hawkeye in it though. But like you I would probably give it 2 1/2 stars as well.
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04.13.2011 - 00:37 | Xain666
I would have loved if ultimate x-men played more of a part in these books (its my favorite of the ultimate timeline), but I suppose I will just have to make do with iron man being Thor-blasted. Just a quick confirmation was this at the same point in time as Morph's (Xavier's son) return to life?
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04.13.2011 - 00:45 | That Black Guy With the G
I'm honestly starting to believe Jeph Loeb is a secret agent of DC, sent to Marvel for the sole purpose of screwing things up.
I liked Batman: Hush. It was the series that got me reading Batman comics again. It was fun. And then, he comes to Marvel, and it's...Ultimatum. And Red Hulk. And Onslaught: Reborn, fricking ONSLAUGHT: REBORN. Ugh.
This didn't seem so bad, though.
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04.13.2011 - 02:38 | DreamingWingsI didn't think much of the whole Red Hulk thing either. However lots of people seem to dig it and, at least as I've heard, it sold really well and brought in a sizable chunk of new Hulk readers.
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04.13.2011 - 07:46 | That Black Guy With the GOh, it sold well. Well-selling junk is still junk.
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04.13.2011 - 01:11 | Deimos1984rd
There was some parts of the comic that I did like but I stick with the original universe.
BTW that woman did look like Xena.
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04.13.2011 - 02:50 | FunkyM
Great vid LAG.
And I haven't been keeping up with the Ultimate Universe of late, there hasn't been a UK reprint digest since about '05-ish...
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04.13.2011 - 02:52 | BlackStorme24
Since I'm way more into comics then I am movies, I would have to say that you make my favorite videos on this site. I enjoy your input on comics and I use it when looking for new comics to read. Thanks for the great videos and I hope to see more very soon. Take care.
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04.13.2011 - 04:33 | Shinigami
That was actually intresting. Thanks LAG from this review. Oh and Zarda did kinda look like Xena.
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04.13.2011 - 05:11 | Mikey Insanity
Nice review, LAG.
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04.13.2011 - 07:38 | Cferra
Nicely done, LAG. Personally, I am so so on the Ultimate universe. For some reason it seems a lot like Heroes Reborn in some ways. I don't know. Eh, we're all entitled to like different things.
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04.13.2011 - 07:45 | DaxStrife
Frank Cho did the art? Wow, I wondered what he was doing after "Liberty Meadows."
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04.13.2011 - 08:07 | ProphetTenebraeI'm pretty surprised that Marvel handed Loeb the Ultimates again after the ruinous Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum... I mean, those were just awful, hell Ultimates 3 was worthy of Linkara's ire and he alluded to a review of Ultimatum in that same review.
New Ultimates was... OK, I suppose. 2.5 stars is about right but I'd for me that a lot of that would go toward Cho's art... Ha, I hadn't realised how much like Xena: Warrior Princess he made Zarda.
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I liked his work while he was at DC, and even his Marvel "colour" books with Tim Sale. But in my opinion, I feel that after the death of his son Sam, the quality of Jeph's writing has dropped. You can see that in Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum as they were dark and rather disturbing. He's a talented writer, and I hope his work improves soon.
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04.13.2011 - 09:21 | whatever42
I don't really keep up on many comic stories because there are other things that attract me more, but this comic didn't look too bad. A 2.5 sounds about right from what you showed.
Good video Geek. Keep up the good work.
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04.13.2011 - 09:35 | wildcard1985Awesome review
One question though I know about the star trek mirror universe but is that really how the comic universes are?
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04.13.2011 - 10:13 | Aiddon
In all honesty, I think most of Loeb's problems came from the death of his son. He really shouldn't have gone back into the comic industry so soon after such a personally devastating event in his life. His writing seems to be recovering, but it's going to be a long time (if ever) until he reaches his former glory
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04.13.2011 - 10:50 | Sephiroth89
I forgot about this show. It has potential really, I think the reason you don't have enough viewers is you gotta be more entertaining.
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04.13.2011 - 12:28 | VRaptorXI must disagree on the "Ult X is good" thing. Yeah...it's "better" than the last few issues of UXM, but that ain't saying much.
Ult X is a series that can't come out on time, still hasn't even gotten the main characters together, and half the characters are blatant knockoffs of the ones they killed in Ultimatum. Seriously, did you see the new Blob? And what are we leading towards...new X Men vs new brotherhood? Hurray "originality".
It would have been so much better if Vaughn wrote Ult X. he actually knew how to use B to D listers and turn them into interesting new characters that actually brought something new to the table. Seriously, his work with Dazzler, Polaris, and Longshot was amazing. They should be the new team, not Wolverine's son, Angel mixed with Batman, and emo Jean.
And of course...I love how so far after the whole "Ultimate deaths mean forever" crap they've been spewing since Ultimatum....we've had about a dozen resurrections.
Why should the X Men follow one set of rules when no one else follows it? Why can't Marvel just be honest, Jeph Loeb didn't know how to write the characters so he killed them to make his own "original" creations. The man has broken Ultimate continuity so much already. They killed 30 characters because Jeph didn't understand the line.
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I don't know if anyone mentioned this.or if anyone knows this but Thor is Deth's uncle since Loki is Deth's father so that kid is likes nephew/grandson.
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Apparently Loki is Thor's Step Brother so yes he is both the uncle and grandfather to his daughters child so family reunions in Asgard must be really tricky. Like walking on eggshells in a minefield while juggling nitroglycerin tricky.
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04.13.2011 - 13:30 | Falcovsleon20
"Think of it as a Michael Bay movie in comic book form."
No that's being too nice to it. Ultimatum is far worse than even the stupidest piece of trash Michael Bay has produced. All it was was senseless killing of characters.
I understand Loeb was still feeling stress over the loss of his son and all when he wrote it but that was not a healthy way of dealing with that.
I don't blame him, I blame Quesada for two reasons for this: 1) talking him to start working again too early and 2) because I blame Quesada and Bendis for everything wrong with most of modern day Marvel even when they don't deserve it because they have yet to show me they can make anything of value.
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04.13.2011 - 18:31 | LHGInformative and useful as ever. And yeah, that guy makes some very impressive tough chicks. I'm not up to date on Zarda there but she looks powerful and darned attractive.
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I did a quick Wikipedia search and found out that Loki was Thor's stepbrother so when he, Thor, put is jizz into Loki's daughter Hela so their child was his son and nephew by law but still the kid was Loki's grandson and by law his nephew so eww!
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04.14.2011 - 12:34 | kuijiblob
geek you are amazing i don't really prefer comics to traditional animation in film but you are by far my favorite online comic book reviewer you got me into x 23 and you make me wanna read whatever you talk about so much more than linkara. i really wish you'd put out more videos especially a top ten non superhero graphic novel list caz i'd really wanna know what in your opinion is your top ten fav. you do such a good job and i really wanna see more you have to release in the future. seriously you should become a marketing agent caz everything you talk about enthused you make me wanna read
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04.14.2011 - 14:08 | Professor Schnöbelhosen
Too. Much. Boobage.
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04.14.2011 - 18:33 | lonewolf23k
I gave up on the Ultimate comics universe sometime after Ultimates 2, and Ultimates 3 was the final nail in that coffin.
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Just found you recently, but I've really been enjoying your work. I've been branching out trying to watch more as I have started my own show. You, along with a few others, have given me a lot of hope for my own site and show.
www.mattoonunderground.co m
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04.14.2011 - 20:41 | realslimshadowen
Well done, LAG! You've really polished your delivery and presentation recently.
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04.17.2011 - 13:33 | charlThor is actually in Hel (Norse Hell, sans an L), not Valhalla (which is like Norse heaven, except with more booze and violence).
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