Final thoughts on Brightest Day?

[Old School Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Old School]

lots of haters it seems from various messageboards. some liked it, others dropped it like myself 1/2 way through.

I thought there was gonna be more depth to it, alot more storytelling and not the same characters standing around basically doing what they were doing an issue or two before. Sure there were some great scenes, a few great issues, cool looking covers or so. But the majority that I read I was just not getting into it as it progressed as did some as well.


thoughts?

[IonFan Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close IonFan]

if it wasn't for the "it was all just so we could bring back ST and fool all the GL fans who thought it had something to do with GL just so we could get all of thier money lol" i'd vote So-So, but it was so i vote Hate It ( even though i'm still in it til the end)

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

It's not over yet, so I couldn't tell ya.

[myuserid Lantern Hex Find all posts View Profile Close myuserid]

I read three issues then realized it was only a money grab from DC.

Haven't read or cared about it since.

[Zander Yurami Fear is Power Find all posts View Profile Close Zander Yurami]

Dropped after number 5

[FrEaKjOkErXXX Torch Bearer Find all posts View Profile Close FrEaKjOkErXXX]

Dropped it with #7. I gave it until the reveals of their purposes to decide if I would continue reading. Their goals did not excite me and I dropped it.

[bjread Hal's Understudy Find all posts View Profile Close bjread]

I was on board with every issue until the whole Swamp Thing bit....now I hate it.

[Maverick_GL Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Maverick_GL]

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It's not over yet, so I couldn't tell ya.

Same here, although so far it has not been very impressive (story-wise). The art is nice though, but that's like 30% of the battle for me.

[Black Manta Senior Corps Member Find all posts View Profile Close Black Manta]

It's not over yet, so I couldn't tell ya.

Half this.

and

Half-I-Love-Reis'-Aquaman...

Voted So-So...

[Dr. Naysay Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Dr. Naysay]

I didn't hate it because it wasn't worth hating.

It's a completely bland and pointless story... but is it awful or objectionable in any particular way? Not really.

[Raker616 Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Raker616]

Can't pass a final judgement until the last issue comes out but i'm loving it, it's been the one weekly that i've actually been able to follow from start to finish and enjoy it. Alot will depend on the resolutions etc. from BD #24 but i'm sure the haters will continue to hate even though most of them aren't even reading the book.

[War of Light Vet Hal's Understudy Find all posts View Profile Close War of Light Vet]

Not over yet, besides i think I'd like to read it all consecutively too before I call the spectre in and pass a final judgement.

I have been enjoying it, some stuff does seem a tad shoehorned in, but I freakin loved swamp thing as a kid, so I'm stoked for that. And the whole parliament of trees and dark avatar actually makes sense to me, so I'm excited to see what happens in the last issue.

Will Dove bite the boomerang? Or does deadman die again saving her? You know hawk wont do shit. From the solicits it seems they search for swamp thing, so does that mean he comes backs and then leaves? Does alec holland search out bayou jack and tomahawk to help him protect the swamp? So many questions to be answered and only one issue left.

[d3v1lb0y Red Lantern Black Ops Find all posts View Profile Close d3v1lb0y]

Why resurrect 12 if you only needed 6???
Some of the resurrections now seem pointless... but less see how it ends

Deadman ... I get the whole "I want to live" thing
Hawkman/girl... end the curse and now could get interesting
Aquaman... about time he was back
Firestorm... GREAT he's back, now get him a monthly and a good writer
Martian Manhunter... interesting but he's more of a mentor type of character

Don't care about the rest...
Captain Boomerang... BLAH!
Zoon... they only did it so he can start FLASHPOINT... I bet it's all his fault!
Osiris... WTF! Black Adam would've been better
Jade... hmmmm not hatting it
Max... the whole WW killing him it's pointless now
Hawk... Double BLAH!

[Michael Heide Heide Finition Find all posts View Profile Close Michael Heide]

I didn't hate it because it wasn't worth hating.

It's a completely bland and pointless story... but is it awful or objectionable in any particular way? Not really.

This.

[Tommy Boy Hal's Understudy Find all posts View Profile Close Tommy Boy]

It's crap.

Doesn't go much deeper than that. I've stuck with this turd party the whole way through expecting the tie-in to the overarching GL story and instead of tying into the spectrum, tying into something great and grand, out of the blue and disturbingly abrupt they come off with some elemental crap? Token bad-guy propped up on a stick? All this discovery just to have the Martian Manhunter do his best impression of a dirt clod?

I'm all about letting the professionals do their thing and enjoying what it is they do but this went from hopeful excitement, a mystery in the reasoning for each ressurected soul, trying to deduct from past clues and information how each mission was going to in some way contribute some emotion/color to the white and without each mission, would weaken the white to the point of an inability to stop the black. Instead the book went from building climax to "Hey! Instead of the making the next logical step and bringing all this stuff together in a manner that is consistent with current GL universe canon, let's go all M. Night Shamalamading-dong and throw in a twist that makes no sense!"

Rock on Martian Turdhunter. Rock on Geoff "I'm Totally Out Of Ideas" Johns.