I downloaded it to read it as I don't like crapping on something I haven't read, but ended up deleting it. It sounds exactly like S8, where characterization is thrown away for the plot--not even a good plot.
Moreoever, it sounds just like comments levied at S8: Trying to be Watchmen. What Whedon and Meltzer don't seem to understand is that Moore and DC were smart enough to realize they shouldn't use established characters for such a story. They want the story but are too lazy to do the world-building for it, so you get basically AU fanfic. Which, OK. But admit that's what it is going in and stop calling it canon.
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Date: 2015-07-03 06:32 pm (UTC)I downloaded it to read it as I don't like crapping on something I haven't read, but ended up deleting it. It sounds exactly like S8, where characterization is thrown away for the plot--not even a good plot.
Moreoever, it sounds just like comments levied at S8: Trying to be Watchmen. What Whedon and Meltzer don't seem to understand is that Moore and DC were smart enough to realize they shouldn't use established characters for such a story. They want the story but are too lazy to do the world-building for it, so you get basically AU fanfic. Which, OK. But admit that's what it is going in and stop calling it canon.