Dislike, but the majority really, really like this piece of utter sh*t.

Not surprising, Bendis could and would sway the American demographic to do just about anything.

I kinda don't like how the story goes.

@time: Lol Time. Naive, naive, naive Time.

I don't know why they have to put those x-men from the past to the present.

I really don;'t think it sounds interesting

@time: Um, why're you even mentioning Fraction ? Nobody liked his sh*t to begin with.

And as villainized as Gillen's run was, he actually did manage to pull through with some above-average issues. Bendis' entire run to date has been sh*t under only a couple of months since initial release, and it keeps on getting worse. lolol.

@JoseDRiveraTCR7: In the words of Naruto...believe it. Grey's more or less put down how i feel about this "concept" in words. Marvel's quality of writing and seemingly innovative creative team mixes have suffered a series of degradation since Alonso took over, and this is what all of that has culminated in. Brian Bendis headlining the X-Men, in hopes of somehow boosting the franchise in analogous to what happened during his stint on the Avengers--lol no.

I think this regrettable, repentant, even.

I can't say I'm a huge fan of Bendis, but the crew in this book leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe I was just spoiled with the Extinction Team?

Its okay. Not great but not terrible.

@JoseDRiveraTCR7 said:

Wow, I can't believe the hate for this book.

I can, but i do not think it is as awful as some people are making it sound out to be.

Does anyone remember that Chuck Austen run? Jesus Christ! It was like someone got a special needs kid drunk on Mad Dog 20/20, and Capri suns, beat the special needs child with his or her own velcro shoes, and then made them write the X-Men! Fraction and Bendis has nothing on Chuck Austen! You want to read some bad X-Men? Pick up Chuck Austen's X-Men, read it, and then burn it!!!

If this is the future of X-Men comics, I would rather stop collecting them.

It's really stupid. And it's especially stupid how Bendis have no idea of how time travel works in the marvel universe, and no editors bothers to tell him.

I like it a bunch, actually. It's not really what interests me about the X-men, but, for what it is, I think it's being done pretty well. I would like to see more actually happen per issue, but the art almost makes up for that.

I'm not super into the idea of this becoming what the X-men are about, but I doubt it will, so, for now, I'm still on board.

eh, and I don't think it makes anyone look any smarter, or their opinion any more informed, to just crap all over it because they don't like it.

@time: yeah, the cast is pretty solid in my eyes.

I do think you're right (about your 2nd and 3rd points), that most of what people are disliking so much is the premise, more than the actual story, which I do understand; it is super contrived.

I just think that, if you can look past that, it is pretty fun.

It may not be one of the great, essential X-men stories, but it is pretty fun.

Liking it so far interesting concept.

I'm actually looking forward to every new issue for this book. Its not so much the journey so far, its the destination that has me interested. Where will all this lead to?

I'm actually surprised by the amount of hate. But i think this is a question best asked after Bendis's run is over. Some who hate it now may end up liking how it turns out, and vice versa.

2nd issue had me holding tears back.

@HopesummersFORtheFUTURE: Kids ? Lolololol. Oh, Americana.

I haven't read it.

I like it. It's far better than the other X-Books we had before, and I like how the story is going

@Veitha said:

I like it. It's far better than the other X-Books we had before, and I like how the story is going

yeah. I would like to see more happen per issue, but I think it'll hold up well in a trade, so I mostly agree with this.

As for where the story's going, that I'm a little more trepidatious about...

To me, Bendis is the very embodiment of "phoning it in." Good grief, didn't you people learn anything from his treatment of Doctor Doom? I've never seen a character so... thoroughly assassinated. I cried a little on the inside, and a little more on the outside, when I saw that scene with him and Ms. Marvel. After Morrison, Whedon, and Ellis writing X-Men gave us comics for adults, Bendis' takes us back to the '60s old-school of comicdom, with comics squarely aimed at pre-teens. From this I can only gather that Marvel is still angsting over who their primary demographic is supposed to be.

Maybe they'll figure out that most kids won't be able to afford the price they're asking monthly for their star Marvel NOW titles, and that'll bite them in the wallet. Who knows? And call me a philistine if you like, but I enjoyed cat beast. Why? It gave him depth; he was worried about this devolution robbing him of his last vestiges of intellect and where things might go from there. It actually made him more open-minded, interesting, and actually funny. It was nice that he actually went back to the lab too and concentrated on being a scientist. You know, rather than being an alliterating blue-blond bimbo who claimed to be an amazing scientist but so frequently sucked at being one.

And the time travel story? That has to be the most contrived thing I've read since ... what, maybe Age of Apocalypse? I mean, I can see it now. Years down the road, the X-Men are sent back to their original point of origin so that they can play out their history as it was supposed to. Charles Xavier wipes their memories and then...

"Um. Professor... could you explain to us how we've suddenly gained pubes overnight?"

"Uh. Er... iiiit must be a new mutation, Scott!"

Then the X-Men of present day suddenly become 10 years or so older, and the space-time continuum snaps in twain.

It's painfully bad. I want Morrison back! Or Whedon! Or Ellis! Or... heaven help me... I want Chuck Austen back! I've never actually had a comic-based migraine as bad as those that Bendis tends to give me. The man is a hack, an utter hack.

@AuldWolf: did.. did you make an account just so you could go on that rant?

because I have to say, even though I disagreed with most of what you actually said, I would have to respect that.

Issue 6 was great.

Loving it and regretting not buying it sooner. Felt like the idea was stupid in the 1st place but did not think of the stuff that could happen. LOL.

I love it it's really been a great series so far, and makes up for how mediocre AvX was. It takes the sour things that happened in AvX and turns it into a more entertaining and interesting scenario. As opposed to the forced AvX event which was clearly biased in favor of Avengers due to there movie.