@gettogaara said:
@UncleEmu: You can't simplify it that much man. By that logic basically all of the stories in comics would be recycled material(Which is possible considering how long Superman and Batman have been around lol). Someone is always going to try to drive Batman crazy no matter what you're reading, that's pretty much a recurring theme. The league is similar but they also have their differences from the court including their purposes. Obviously Court of Owls wasn't the most original story but it brought a few fresh ideas to the table while remaining enjoyable at the same time. To me that's what matters.
@FatihBATMAN said:
why does morrison have so much freedom!! aaaaarghhh
Like you said earlier, the guy's been at this for a long time. Now that he's leaving I guess DC just wants to let him end things the way he wants.
Obviously stories get recycled from time to time but the Court tried to recycle story tropes(evil brother/relative,secret society) waaay too soon after the Black Glove and Hush storylines.@gettogaara said:
@entropy_aegis: @entropy_aegis said:
Lincoln March was the big bad of a story that lasted a year and spanned more than 2 dozens titles,I expect a little more than"HOO I'm your brother" which was only brought up at the climax.
The girl secured the Oroborus trigger,and yes he was brutalized by someone who was VASTLY superior to him.Damian losing to Heretic is good writing,Damian beating him(a guy who wiped the floor with Batman) would have been bad writing.There was also nothing new about the Court.
I hadn't paid attention to what the girl had in her arms in my first reading to be honest so after looking at the comic again, I'm glad that Damian's death wasn't completely meaningless but I don't think you're getting my point on why I consider it bad writing. Obviously he's scared and obviously he's not going to defeat Heretic(although the various arrows didn't exactly make it a fair fight) but it's about the way he died just feeling plain unnatural. It didn't help that we knew what was going to happen before even picking the comic up but we probably won't be able to see eye to eye on this.
As for the Court of Owls, how was there nothing new? I mean yeah Bruce has had a brother before but we don't even know if Lincoln March is actually his brother. We also don't know if he's even alive or dead which means he might come back for more development at a later point in time. The whole idea of a group made up of the oldest and wealthiest families in Gotham who watch over the city by removing those in power who they don't agree with is fairly original. The closest thing I can think of is the League of Assassins and that's just because they're both societies that kill.
He was never gonna defeat Heretic ever unless you think Damian can beat Batman,and how was it unnatural.Hush says hi to the bolded part,Snyder didn't make us care about Lincoln,how much development did he get prior to the big reveal? and the cliffhanger is generic.
The only problem with the Court was that WE DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE,who the frick are these wealthy families? simple answer they're nobodies,and what's their fascination with owls may I ask?
Snyder had 11 issues and an annual to flesh out the Court,he couldn't do it(not counting the dozen tie inns),sorry but that's poor writing.
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