Earth 2... It was OK

[Pixie_Solanas]

#3 was mediocre, at best. The dialogue between Alan Scott (fresh off a catastrophic accident and the death of his fiancee, mind you) and the green flame was horrendous.

Hawkgirl's costume looks like a bad leftover from the set of Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo. High top sneakers, really?

And the endscene with the white house being swallowed up by rot: i'm all for anarchist-leanings in my comics, but i've got to admit that imagery right there is a bit overdone.

[Rafa-Rivas-2099]

Well, you somehow got the idea that I'm claiming that my first post is a professional review or somemething of the sort (I didn't give you a reason to think such thing), so, yeah, maybe your laugh is justified. I was analytical while reading it, but I never said that I gave a full analysis or that what I did would knock your socks off. I merely stated that what I've seen so far is "ok" and broke it down a bit. There's nothing wrong there. And for the record, keeping the old characterization or not does't affect the quality of the story, but we have to consider that we're talkin about a shared continuity.

I stand by my original opinion: it was just ok. Which is reasonable, if you take, say, V for Vendetta or a Sandman arc as popular high points of reference of what can achieved. I dont mean that Earth 2 should have been that good to be enjoyable (I don't even regret reading it), but a little extra work on the breakdowns and the lines coul have hit the spot. For instance, both Alan and Jay take their encounters with their [suspiciously similar -I hope there's a point to that] mystical benefators way to casually. Alan is even annoyed by it. Somehow both of them have no sense of amazement. Didn't shock the characters, I didn't feel much shock from the writer, why woul I be amazed by thse scenes? I piled details like those and by the time I made my opinion, I felt they prevent the story from being more than "ok".

[Rafa-Rivas-2099]

#3 was mediocre, at best. The dialogue between Alan Scott (fresh off a catastrophic accident and the death of his fiancee, mind you) and the green flame was horrendous.

Besides, maybe green flame really talks like that.

Thank you.

So, it wasn't just me, then? Haha. I couln't help but think of Monty Python, the poor green flame gets no respect.

[MajorHoy]

I thought issue #3 was the weakest so far. And yeah, I think it was probably the dialogue of the green flame. There were many pages devoted to Alan taking on the identity of Green Lantern so there wasn't much else to focus on. Again the hint of danger coming and not just Grundy. Like his revamp also of what I saw. Great interaction between Jay and Hawkgirl (we get her next issue, right?). But this issue was a bit slower than the previous two. But overall the title has been really well done. Three issues and there's really been a lot set out for the book to deal with. Not sure if it would have been possible to shorten Alan's becoming Green Lantern so I don't hold this against the book. Besides, maybe green flame really talks like that.

That's probably because green flames don't get invited to that many parties.

[Fate's Faith]

The should have given the green flame a Brazillian accent...

[Rafa-Rivas-2099]

The should have given the green flame a Brazillian accent...

That-- would have made a lot of sense. Maybe a bit more if a voice in the background said "Bwahaha".