tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post2744263384323099512..comments2024-03-15T07:12:40.918-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Convergence hardcover/paperback (DC Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-33614597035978008952016-03-29T15:18:36.110-05:002016-03-29T15:18:36.110-05:00I've enjoyed most of the Convergence minis I&#...I've enjoyed most of the Convergence minis I've read, though some of it is a bit shaky, especially when it comes to the villains; the stories need, for instance, the Kingdom Come heroes to be the bad guys, but that doesn't read as a realistic take on the Kingdom Come characters to me. And I really didn't like when, as in Nightwing/Oracle, characters from the different universes are simply made up for the stories; unless I'm really mis-remembering, there's no Hawks in Flashpoint, so I'd as soon have seen that story use established Multiverse characters than "Flashpoint" characters who weren't really such.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-21053370057742985312016-03-28T21:24:32.999-05:002016-03-28T21:24:32.999-05:00Edited to add, i did not and will not read the mai...Edited to add, i did not and will not read the main convergence book. I'll read the Mini's. But had no interest in the main book. didn't some of the mini's outsell the main event? OH - Sorry!~ The Question Mini was good too (sorry Rucka)Michael C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02179301800361938280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-7629420936889377592016-03-28T21:22:48.693-05:002016-03-28T21:22:48.693-05:00I've read most of the Convergence Mini's -...I've read most of the Convergence Mini's - those scene you are hoping for aren't in there. They were mostly a disappointment. Take Nightwing/Oracle as an example. I would have LOVED to just read the Old52 version of those characters running around having adventures. Shit, I would have enjoyed two issues of them just talking. But instead, due to the mandate that they 'fight' someone, most of that book is spent on setting up the antagonist (a Hawk couple) and then on the fight itself. Almost no time was spent on NW and Oracle's relationship. Most of the mini's are like that, and you're going to be bummed out. NOtable exceptions, the Shazam one, JLI, and Blue Beetle. :(Michael C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02179301800361938280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-37680024066880988292016-03-28T17:20:27.641-05:002016-03-28T17:20:27.641-05:00You anticipated this being good? From what I'v...You anticipated this being good? From what I've been hearing this is nothing but trash, which got my expectations down. Since I preordered this I was wondering if I would regret it. Thankfully I really liked it. This may be because I've never read any Crisis storyline, but yeah.....feeling a little ashamed about that. Anyway my full thoughts can be found here if you're interested: http://comicvine.gamespot.com/convergence-1-hc/4000-502084/user-reviews/2200-46483/Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17178727978311013660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-67720970445063483222016-03-28T11:37:11.589-05:002016-03-28T11:37:11.589-05:00Convergence is writing by committee at its absolut...Convergence is writing by committee at its absolute worst: a soulless, shapeless excuse for an event that's meant to be the culmination of a bunch of equally pointless, editorially driven stories. And just when you think it can't get any worse, it hits you with an ending that makes absolutely no sense, and has yet to be properly explained anywhere to this day.<br /><br />I mean, if the original Crisis has been retroactively averted, shouldn't all original universes have been spared and the subsequent reboots erased from history? If their idea was to establish that the inifinite multiverse is back, then Multiversity had already done that in a way by revealing there are other multiverses, so there was no need to muddy the waters even further.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com