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As much as I hate to say anything negative about any... any... a... BAHAHA sorry couldn't keep that up.

This is a mediocre attempt to create a moving comic book of sorts. The voice acting is pretty bad (especially Emma Frost, ugh), and it's based on John Cassaday's weird-ass interpretation of the X-Men. For Joss Whedon, there's relatively few rambling pop-culture dialogue session. Mostly I just find it stale and derivative. I haven't read X-Men heavily since the 90s, and the thing is it's the same. Hasn't the comic changed at all since then? Same problems, same plots. Snooze. The art is nice (interpretation notwithstanding), but the 3-D mapping they used to make things move is creepy and unsettling. With a better story and better voice work I could get around it. Despite all that, it's worth a watch. The score is also derivative but suitable. Overall...maybe a 2.5/5 or a "fair" rating.

Moving comics suck and honestly, just feel lazy to me.

ThatNickGuy said:

Moving comics suck and honestly, just feel lazy to me.

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Oh God this.

ThatNickGuy said:

Moving comics suck and honestly, just feel lazy to me.

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Jeebus, yes.

Covar said:

Oh God this.

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Yuuuuup.

Wow, for once I dislike something and people agree with me. What is this feeling inside? Is it what you humans call....love?

Fleeting?

fade said:

Wow, for once I dislike something and people agree with me. What is this feeling inside? Is it what you humans call....love?

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Hey don't get me wrong I loved Astonishing X-men, especially when you compare it to the other shit that was going on in X-men at the time. I just hate motion comics.

What the hell is a motion comic? What differentiates a moving comic and actual animation?

Ravenpoe said:

What the hell is a motion comic? What differentiates a moving comic and actual animation?

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a moving comic looks like this

I'm on episode 2. Man the "3-D motion" is weeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiirding me out. I will say this Fade, what exactly is odd about John Cassaday's version of the X-Men? They look pretty normal to me?

twitchmoss said:

a moving comic looks like this

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What... why... that's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

...wtf was that?

Espy said:

I'm on episode 2. Man the "3-D motion" is weeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiirding me out. I will say this Fade, what exactly is odd about John Cassaday's version of the X-Men? They look pretty normal to me?

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I can't really put my finger on it. There's something off about his drawings that I don't like. But mostly it's his interpretation of Beast.

Ah. He's always been one of my favorite artists. His work on Planetary is... mind blowing.

His beast does look a little odd though.

Whedon and Cassaday's run on astonishing was great. The motion comic lacks.

UPDATE on the Motion Comic thing.

Iron Man:Extremis is.... actually VERY good. The animation is tops, way less weird than X-Men and the story is fantastic (thanks to Mr. Warren Ellis).