Comments on Rokk's Comic Book Revolution: Comic Book Review: Ultimatum #1

@AverageJoe: Comment of the week. Nuff said!

2008-11-11T10:52:00.000-05:00

@AverageJoe: Comment of the week. Nuff said!

Kevin: LOL! I had the same thought as I saw New Y...

2008-11-11T10:51:00.000-05:00

Kevin: LOL! I had the same thought as I saw New York being flooded and Latveria being frozen.

@Ampersand: You and are see Ultimates #1 from more...

2008-11-11T10:50:00.000-05:00

@Ampersand: You and are see Ultimates #1 from more or less the same point of view. I just did not find it to be a technically well crafted story. The dialogue was painfully cheesy at certain points.

@Anonymous: LOL! Good point about the next issue ...

2008-11-11T10:49:00.001-05:00

@Anonymous: LOL! Good point about the next issue being better or worse!

@Hobosk8er: I can be a harsh guy at times! ;) I c...

2008-11-11T10:49:00.000-05:00

@Hobosk8er: I can be a harsh guy at times! ;) I can certainly agree with you that Miller's Ultimates was far superior to what Loeb gave us with Ultimates 3.

re: averagejoei am with you, like I said, as a fir...

2008-11-11T04:48:00.000-05:00

re: averagejoe
i am with you, like I said, as a first issue, its pretty good, as far as television is concerned, the first episode is all flash, trying to get the population pumped for the story to come. Let it be said that loeb will probably not deliver on the story that is to come, but for now, as a first issue, ultimatum #1 is not a bad start. And dont get me wrong, i dont think that loebs ultimates was any good at all, Millar is probably my favorite writer out there (ultimates 1 and 2 got me into comics, Bendis' Ultimate spider-man got me to stay) and i think that ultimates 3 was tripe, but I just think that you are judging this a bit too harshly.
-hobosk8er

While I was a little bit more generous with my rat...

2008-11-11T03:27:00.000-05:00

While I was a little bit more generous with my rating for this issue, I gave it a 6 out of 10, but still I agree with a lot of what you said. And was I the only one that was thinking of The Day After Tomorrow movie when all of New York became flooded and Latveria was buried under a snow storm

For a first issue, I am tending to like this more ...

2008-11-10T22:15:00.000-05:00

For a first issue, I am tending to like this more than hate it. Most television shows and movies have an opening sequence to "hook" the viewer. Not much story, mostly flash. From that perspective, i like the way this issue starts off. Is it deep or complex? No. Does it need to be at this point? I don't think so. Magneto is one of my favourites so it's nice to see the death of his children really push him over the edge. Granted, if history is any indication, Loeb will eventually drop the ball again, bur for now I give it an 8 overall. Yes, an 8 may be high for the deep thinkers out there, but compared to Secret Invasion, i'm liking this ride MUCH better...

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If anything, I think you are being too lenient wit...

2008-11-10T17:19:00.000-05:00

If anything, I think you are being too lenient with this.

I have also followed the Ultimate Universe since the beginning and between this and Loeb's Ultimates (which i didn't buy, thank God), i have very little hope there's going to be anything left after he's done.

Dialogue was horrible, characterization was completely off, bad cheesy lines, and zero regard for the stories that came before this (Loeb even managed to screw up his own continuity somehow!)

I think the last page tells everything: "NEXT: Thi...

2008-11-10T14:41:00.000-05:00

I think the last page tells everything: "NEXT: Things get worse". Next issues will be worse than this one

@Hobosk8er: Yeah, I have been reading the Ultimate...

2008-11-10T13:23:00.000-05:00

@Hobosk8er: Yeah, I have been reading the Ultimate Universe titles since their inception as well. And I still found this to be rather unimpressive. I didn't even think that it touched on a lot of story points. Basically, the issue deals with the fact that Magneto hates humans and is going to unleash natural disasters designed to kill off all humans. Eh, it reads as shallow as Loeb's work on the Ultimates.

Maybe Loeb will surprise me and crank out a captivating story. But, the fact that the rest of his work for Marvel has been so disappointing leaves me less than optomistic about the potential of Ultimatum.

I have been reading the ultimate universe titles s...

2008-11-10T12:40:00.000-05:00

I have been reading the ultimate universe titles since their inception, and i have to disagree with your review. I would have given the story 7 or 8 night girls. It was not a bad read at all, and it touches on alot of the story points that had already been established in the universe. The place where magneto is hanging out is asteroid m which was used in a story in Ultimate X men where magneto was going to reverse the polarity of the earth and kill everything outside of his citadel. The X-men stopped him. Magneto got thors hammer in Ultimates 3 when he kicked thors ass. I thought it was a good start to the story, kick it off with lots of energy and action. The only thing i thought was kind of stupid is that they killed off beast. again. Other than that, i thought it was a good start to the event. If the rest of the event is like this then we may have a problem, but as far as first issues go, pretty good.
-hobosk8er