Quote from: Shasvre on Aug 06, 2010, 12:04:57 AM
Not before the last issue it doesn't. And then he have a pretty good reason to go berzerk.
Ahem...rant time.
I'd say it gets weak two to three issues before the end. Millar completely drops the philosophy that he builds up over the course of the earlier issues. Why? Sure he was sick during the writing period, and Marvel f**ked up deadlines and so on, but frankly it's because I think a) he didn't know how to end it or b) he didn't have the stones to go with the logical conclusion.
Where OML shines is where it dissects the whole "I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do isn't very nice" element of the Wolverine character and shows us where that could lead. Logan's always been a man who's incredibly good at killing people, probably the best at it, but that's always been something he's hated himself for, that he's been ashamed of. Millar seems to understand this, wonderfully explaining Logan's pacifism through the flashback of his killing skills costing him everything.
But what does Millar do with this?
NOTHING.
He creates a man who hates his violent nature,
who hates himself more than he could any villain and then just reverts him to a bunch of awesome Wolverine badass montage kill shots of Logan slicing and dicing baddies even though it contradicts the philosophy that was built prior. It's like an intelligent writer started something great, died, and then had his work finished by some moron.
Frankly, it really pissed me off. Here we have what could've been one of the most AWESOMEMEST comics ever, with a premise I never thought Millar would live up to...But wait? I'm two issues in, and he is! Three issues? Still awesome! etc, etc...But alas, it all goes downhill and its never sat well with me. As you can probably tell.
/rant
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On another note, this is a sweet way to clue yourself up for Shadowland:
http://www.theothermurdockpapers.com/2010/06/enterin-shadowland/
