Any time I say "no one..." on this board I get called on it. Since there are numerous threads for "Countdown" on this bbs, I felt it was worth mentioning that people have been scrutinizing every aspect of this comic since its inception.
I haven't scrutinized the comic, everything I've said I picked up on my first read through. I'm just observant, and have a low-tolerance for polished bullshit.
And I haven't ever called you on
anything like that, as far as I know. I take a common sense approach to language. It's obvious to tell when people are speaking in colloquial generalizations.
Sometimes those are appropriate, other times not so much.
People always quibble about comic artwork. I actually rather liked numerous aspects of the the style used for "The Space Between". In some threads, people have praised the "Countdown" artwork.
For IDW, it's decent artwork. The muted color pallet helps. I haven't liked much of their art, so I suppose it's on par with their stories. I enjoyed most of the artwork in WildStorm's comics, Malibu's DS9, and the later TOS and TNG art during the DC days. Marvel was
really hit or miss with their
Trek art during their last run with the liscence.
Early Voyages greatly impressed me with the quality of art, story, and characterization - although the art took a sour turn during the last storyline.
Starfleet Academy's art was somewhat different, but well-suited to its subject matter. Their DS9 and VOY series were terrible all around, in both art and story.
Anyhow a lot of IDW's art is at once too abstract and too basic, especially in
The Space Between. Some amount of realism is necessary when you're doing a TV or film tie-in. As long as people get the costume and the hair right, people will be satisfied with Wolverine no matter who draws him. But for
Trek, if you go too styilized, it will put off a lot of people.
Obviously you have issues with ST XI that go way beyond "Countdown" and ST Magazine. I really don't understand your need for all the eye-rolling otherwise.
Wrong. I'm actually rather looking forward to, and cautiously-optimistic about,
Star Trek XI. And I was very much looking forward to
Countdown. But the artwork is the best thing about it - the rest is far too simplistic, childish and riddled with mistakes. I wasn't expecting Ed Brubaker-level writing, but something above second-grade would have been appreciated. It would have been more honest to title the series
Star Trek: Letdown.
No one involved in this conversation, and you know what I meant. Since the end of TNG's first season, establishing the year has always been easily accomplished by looking at the first two digits of the stardate, and that's all that's germane to the subject here.
