tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post3496636604802131068..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: The Other Secret Invasion: Millennium #8Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-77984624923217136452008-12-12T08:21:00.000-08:002008-12-12T08:21:00.000-08:00While I've no doubt DC had high hopes for characte...While I've no doubt DC had high hopes for characters to be spun out of MILLENNIUM, it was probably just standard practice to add a "TM" to anything that resembled a logo. You can do that without having to file any paperwork or pay any fees, though it wouldn't carry the same weight as having registered a trademark (that's the R in a clrcle).B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13149909637037742873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-53885700851137182792008-12-10T19:50:00.000-08:002008-12-10T19:50:00.000-08:00Anyway my pedantic streak requires me to point out...<I>Anyway my pedantic streak requires me to point out that the New Guardians did go on to star in their own 12 issue series and that they've been seen as recently as the Jimenez run on Wonder Woman.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, I know. I was just exaggerating how short-lived the heroes of the new millennium were. None of them actually made it 2000...<BR/><BR/>I think Jet popped up as a Global Guardian in Geoff Johns' first OYL Green Lantern arc...<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>How does Legends hold up in 2008?</I> <BR/><BR/>It held up okay in '06 or '07, whenever I last read it. I read it during <I>Civil War</I>, and it wasn't too bad. The basic idea was okay, and the last chapter assembling a pretty temporary Justice League. And I liked the art a lot. But, otherwise, yeah, not so great.Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-7385987728815163222008-12-10T08:30:00.000-08:002008-12-10T08:30:00.000-08:00Worst. Phantom Stranger panel. Ever.Matt's absol...Worst. Phantom Stranger panel. Ever.<BR/><BR/>Matt's absolutely right about Ostrander and Millennium. Also: Ostrander's Squad issues were the best thin about War of the Gods, and his Spectre issues were the best thing about Final Night, the Eclipso storylines, the post-ZH Zero Month, etc. (Not the best part of Underworld Unleashed, though-- that was Starman.) Even more than Peter David, Ostrander does great work when bringing his titles into linewide premises. <BR/><BR/>For all that, Legends is kind of eh. The premise is silly, the character roster is artificial (you can't use a book that's about destroying earth's belief in its superheroic legends as a launching pad for a whole bunch of new heroes-- the "legend" part and the "never heard of 'em" part work against each other) and the scale's wonky. Great cosmic plan; small mob beating up Robin. Subdue the earth; unleash a few hellhounds on it. Lots of great writing and great moments, and it's not awful or stupid in the way so many crossovers are, but it's not great either.<BR/><BR/>The minicrossover within the Ostranderverse, the Janus Directive, kicks ass. But at the DCU level, Legends and the 52-ending World War III have given Ostrander a surprisingly low batting average.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-75182842213236464712008-12-10T06:44:00.000-08:002008-12-10T06:44:00.000-08:00Good GOD, Millenium was horrible...and yet I find ...Good GOD, Millenium was horrible...and yet I find that I actually enjoyed reading it. Possibly because it WAS so horribly awfully campily bad, that it was good in a really strange way. <BR/><BR/>Plus Gregorio is just fabulous.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-70520613332170291712008-12-10T05:49:00.000-08:002008-12-10T05:49:00.000-08:00Millennium definitely has its upsides. The thing i...Millennium definitely has its upsides. The thing is, they all involve the Suicide Squad and that "section" of the crossover. Some of that stuff was really, really good. <BR/><BR/>Did Ostrander ever get to do a major event? It was englehart on Millennium. Giffen on Invasion. Who did Legends? That was Ostrander and Len Wein or someone right?<BR/><BR/>How does Legends hold up in 2008?Matt Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471002482074216223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-85971979026416156222008-12-09T23:06:00.000-08:002008-12-09T23:06:00.000-08:00Thanks, I've been enjoying this series of posts. ...Thanks, I've been enjoying this series of posts. Wow, even when I was a kid I thought Millennium was a stinky pile and now... <BR/><BR/>Anyway my pedantic streak requires me to point out that the New Guardians did go on to star in their own 12 issue series and that they've been seen as recently as the Jimenez run on Wonder Woman.Kid Kyotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831945346163986586noreply@blogger.com