With Dark Horses’ Prometheus: Fire and Stone and Aliens: Fire and Stone finished, and Aliens vs Predator and Predator not far behind, we’re looking towards February for the release of the concluding story Prometheus: Fire and Stone – Omega. The writers of the various Fire and Stone series have also been conducting short interviews with each other for Comic Vine and as part of the interview with Prometheus: Fire and Stone – Omega writer, Kelly Sue DeConnick, we get our first look at some of the complete internal pages for the book from the extremely talented Agustin Alessio. Beware spoilers:
“Angela and her fellow survivors are stranded on LV-223, but their mission is not over yet. The answer to their quest could be hidden deep underground, but the strangest nightmare of all stands in their way.
* From writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Bitch Planet, Captain Marvel,Pretty Deadly).”
IGN have also released a brief trailer for the upcoming series. Prometheus: Fire and Stone – Omega is due out the 11th of February. Thanks to Ultramorph.
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http://www.comicvine.com/articles/josh-williamson-interviews-kelly-sue-on-prometheus/1100-150946/
Even so, I'd question if that is really long enough to tie up everything presented thus far. I hope it's not too rushed.
Yup, but it's a 44-page special issue.
Can't be sure until Omega comes out on Wednesday.
Yeah...I'm just explaining my system of scoring. I prefer to score out of 100 rather than out of 10. If I do score out of 10, I'll usually include decimals.
60 would be barely passing...below 60 would be varying degrees of fail.
Good comics would get 90 to 92 (A-）
Very good comics would get 93-96 (A)
Exceptionally good comics would get 97-100 (A+)
For instance, I'd give AvP Prey a 92 and Civilised Beasts an 85
I'd go Prometheus > Predator > Aliens > AvP in terms of ranking the four series.
Because things like Alien/Predator/Witchblade/Darkness and Predator vs JLA exist.
But seriously, I agree, 7 and above is good by my standards. 9s and 10s are what I reserve for the rare, almost perfect comic. FaS overall is getting an 8 from me, so far.
That's all well and good in exams but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me when rating media!
If 60 is a bad comic, what's even the point of having 0-40%?
Don't think we're ever destined to agree, my friend.
Well, at my school, below 60 was an F. 60 was not good. It was considered very bad...like on the edge of failing. 75 was acceptable. 80 was considered "OK". 90 or above was considered good.
Not really...AvP Fire and Stone is bad. Elden is a bad character. That doesn't mean the entire Fire and Stone series is rubbish. 7.5 isn't a great score in my book. It's just "OK". Academically, 75% is like what...a C?
I'm pretty excited to pick up my issues this Saturday.
I'd give the 2009 series a 3 or 4 out of 10. I'd say Fire and Stone deserves a 7.5
If Omega is good, I think the aggregate score might be boosted to 8 or higher. Omega's art looks absolutely spectacular. I have high hopes for it.
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So did the Predators in Capcom's AvP Arcade!
You know that is something which has bothered me about the fandom is the adamant claim that Predators take only the skulls. There is nothing in any of the official material, canon or non-canon and this includes crossovers which suggests that Predators don't take trophies of other varieties aside from skulls. If anything, from my understanding they take many things as trophies, more than just skulls-- although skull claiming would be an orthodox means of acquiring a trophy but there is nothing suggesting that they don't take other things.
Greyback took Raphael Adolini's flintlock, and then there was another Elder who had claimed Subotai's sword. So there is some evidence that Predators sometimes do take other objects as trophies aside from skulls. So I don't see it being out of the realm for a Predator to claim a helmet as a means of taking a trophy. I mean as cringeworthy as Deadliest of the Species is.. and I know they are just easter eggs but we do see Batman's skull and cowl, as well as Magneto's skull and helmet, and Cyclops' skull and visor. So I don't see it as unreasonable for a Predator to take an Engineer helmet.
And that is assuming of course, Prometheus and the AvP films are set in the same universe. I say assume because I don't believe they are and instead follow different continuity paths.. Of course, that goes with this theory I have anyways.
Ahab does cheat a bit though...when it's going badly he's not above using shoulder cannon or cloaking to give himself a moment's respite
Probably not...I don't think a predator could beat an Engineer in a brawl. The Engineer would simply be too durable.
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That said...Ahab still limits his tactics to a semblance of honour. He doesn't spam his shoulder cannon, and he is uncloaked for most of the fight. It could be argued that he would've done a lot better had he not initiated the fight by attempting to brawl the Engineer with his fists.
He takes a serious beating because he literally attempts to box with the Engineer. Physically, Ahab is past his prime I believe...so I thought it was a tad foolhardy of him to trade punches with the Engineer. I suppose that's part of Ahab's personality
Hmmmm.. GOOD!! I was worried that it was going to be considering that the same Engineer laid waste to piles and piles of Xenomorphs, seemingly with his bare hands from what I know.. which is little as it is.
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I found Ahab refreshing as a character. He may have teamed up with Galgo when it convenient for him, but Williamson was very successful in differentiating him from Scar, or even Broken Tusk. Ahab is no space samurai, and the scene where he's preparing to suicidally blow up the Perses in order to bring down the Engineer really conveys how mad he is in his quest after the White Whale. He earns his nickname here, and I hope that we get to see more of him in future series. I also liked how Williamson held off on having Ahab use his human vocal mimicry until a key moment in the confrontation with the Engineer. That was a very neat nod to the first two Predator films.
As far as the actual fight between Ahab and the Engineer, I found it pretty satisfying, and Mooneyham's art was well suited to showing just how brutal a confrontation it is. I loved the image of Ahab with the Engineer's skull, as well as the final image of him battling that giant millipede creature. It was neat to see Ahab use his invisibility and barbed projectiles to his advantage. The way the Engineer just keeps coming despite all his injuries was effective at communicating just how powerful they are, and between this comic and the film, I like how the Engineers have been portrayed as so quick to anger that they will put themselves into deadly situations pursuing and trying to pummel to death something that has angered them. These are clearly not tender loving gods.
It was nice, if eminently predictable, to see Galgo come to Ahab's rescue, and his character has grown on me, even if he is fairly one-dimensional. He showed good growth, finally facing a fight rather than running away.
As far as the ending, it was quite cool to have a Predator comic where the main Predator lives to hunt another day, and I thought the ending was a nice bookend while also working as an enticing tease for what we can expect in Omega. Hopefully DeConnick can wrap up the numerous loose ends and deliver a satisfying conclusion to FaS. At least we only have to wait another two weeks!
Don't forget Russell.
I was actually thinking the same thing. Since Engineer and human DNA are a perfect match for each other, I'm asking why aren't our skeletons like that?
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I saw that just now and I just have to say this...
....What?!
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Looking forward to omega. I hope we'll have proper ending for whole story in it. Elden, Alien Queen and maybe deacon included.