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quetzelish's review
2.0
Age of Ultron is a bit of a mess. It has an over reliance on boring 2 page spreads that make it difficult to follow the narrative at times and don't add much. The story itself is all over the place and truthfully the only interesting parts are after the issue 5 mark. Until then, we get heros standing around and looking defeated, brooding on how the world has gone to hell and almost everyone talks and acts the same, regardless of who their character is. I wish I would have liked this event more. It had some interesting ideas such as Ultron taking over the world and ruling it as well as but the ideas don't go anywhere and apart from the attempt to stop Ultron , nothing is in the book for longer than part of an issue. The twist at the end of issue 3 and into issue 4, I thought, was clever and well done but it's overshadowed by the blandness of the heroes and the wanton killing of many of them.
Had the focus been more on how Ultron actually brought about the Age of Ultron and conquered the future as opposed to just seeing Ultron sentinels kill heroes left right after, off panel, wiping out most of humanity, this may have been a much better event. As it stands, its only purpose seems to have been to and start the Hunger miniseries in the Ultimate universe. I'd say still read it, but don't purchase it. It's not bad, per se, it's just boring and unfocused. I'd say check it out of the library or if you have Marvel Unlimited read it there but don't buy it unless you find that you can look past its flaws (or, you know, you find it for like $2). If you want to read this type of story done a bit better, read Hickman's Avengers and New Avengers series, it has the luxury of being able to take more time to tell a more coherent story.
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Wolverine and Sue going back in time as well as the rest of the avengers going into the futureSpoiler
with time travelHad the focus been more on how Ultron actually brought about the Age of Ultron and conquered the future as opposed to just seeing Ultron sentinels kill heroes left right after, off panel, wiping out most of humanity, this may have been a much better event. As it stands, its only purpose seems to have been to
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introduce Angelarachelreads30's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Kept getting lost but the overall story was good
sophie's review
2.0
How a bunch of superheroes deal with living in what is essentially the apocalypse would normally be really really interesting to me. But somehow that story never really plays out. Marvel's at it's best when it's being hopeful instead of grim like this story is. And the ways in which it all plays out gets convoluted and focussed on mostly Wolverine pretty fast.
The side stories to this event are a lot more interesting. I don't know the background a lot of them so some of them just left me feeling confused and a bit bored. There is a Black Widow story in there that I really LOVE though.
The side stories to this event are a lot more interesting. I don't know the background a lot of them so some of them just left me feeling confused and a bit bored. There is a Black Widow story in there that I really LOVE though.
teresareads's review
2.0
I can see how this concept would make a good movie, but the movie will have to be very different from this.
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