Ex Machina vol 9: Ring out the Old (spoilers)
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:18 pm
So some answers are finally delivered as to what that thing was that exploded all over Mitchell Hundred & gave him his powers.
The machine that gave Hundred his powers is one part of a series of 4 machines. The 3 other machines each have an ability: the purple box controls animals, a white box controls people & another color box (cant remember which one) controls plant life. All thse machines/boxes were designed by a group of unknown things and sent across the void (whatever that is -space im gonna assume) to dismantle & forcibly pacify human society by a group of aliens, for lack of a clearer term (because at this point we dont even who or what "they" are) but we do know they have designs set on Earth.
So thats the long of it.
This story, along with the last 2 (Ex Cathedra & Dirty Tricks) have been well written and interesting. They didnt leave me feeling all dissapoined like Power Down or Smoke, Smoke.
One thing I absolutely loathed with a vengeance was the first story where BKV wrote himself and Tony Harris into the comic. I hate, Hate, HATE anything that self references or breaks the 4th wall. Nothing takes me out reading a story or watching a movie/show quicker than self-referencing jokes or plot lines. I don't care how funny a self-referencing joke is, to me it smacks of a lazy way for the writer to get easy laughs or smiles from the audience. I simply cannot abide self-referencing gimmicks.
The machine that gave Hundred his powers is one part of a series of 4 machines. The 3 other machines each have an ability: the purple box controls animals, a white box controls people & another color box (cant remember which one) controls plant life. All thse machines/boxes were designed by a group of unknown things and sent across the void (whatever that is -space im gonna assume) to dismantle & forcibly pacify human society by a group of aliens, for lack of a clearer term (because at this point we dont even who or what "they" are) but we do know they have designs set on Earth.
So thats the long of it.
This story, along with the last 2 (Ex Cathedra & Dirty Tricks) have been well written and interesting. They didnt leave me feeling all dissapoined like Power Down or Smoke, Smoke.
One thing I absolutely loathed with a vengeance was the first story where BKV wrote himself and Tony Harris into the comic. I hate, Hate, HATE anything that self references or breaks the 4th wall. Nothing takes me out reading a story or watching a movie/show quicker than self-referencing jokes or plot lines. I don't care how funny a self-referencing joke is, to me it smacks of a lazy way for the writer to get easy laughs or smiles from the audience. I simply cannot abide self-referencing gimmicks.