IDW TMNT: Alopex
Sep. 12th, 2013 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwatersparkIt occurred to me that I never wrote down my thoughts for the Alopex issue. I think that was mostly because my thoughts were basically "meh."
I was excited for the issue because I love Ross Campbell's art, but the story was just incredibly bland. I agree with TMNT Entity's review of the Alopex issue in that Alopex still has zero personality. We know she's loyal to the Shredder because of a misplaced sense of family, she now wants to kill the Shredder because he torched her birthplace/original family,* and...?
...
...Yeah.
Sorry, but there's just no way I'm going to get excited about a character who has the personality of a piece of cardboard.
* Speaking of which, IDW Shredder so far really needs to read the Evil Overlord's handbook. He's alienating his most loyal henchwomen (Karai & Alopex) to the point where both want to kill him eventually, and he's betting a lot of his plans on his brainwashed nemesis. I can't possibly see how that could go wrong. (/sarcasm) In other words, IDW Shredder is completely Genre Blind, which weirdly makes him feel like not as much of a threat as some previous Shredders have been.
I was excited for the issue because I love Ross Campbell's art, but the story was just incredibly bland. I agree with TMNT Entity's review of the Alopex issue in that Alopex still has zero personality. We know she's loyal to the Shredder because of a misplaced sense of family, she now wants to kill the Shredder because he torched her birthplace/original family,* and...?
...
...Yeah.
Sorry, but there's just no way I'm going to get excited about a character who has the personality of a piece of cardboard.
* Speaking of which, IDW Shredder so far really needs to read the Evil Overlord's handbook. He's alienating his most loyal henchwomen (Karai & Alopex) to the point where both want to kill him eventually, and he's betting a lot of his plans on his brainwashed nemesis. I can't possibly see how that could go wrong. (/sarcasm) In other words, IDW Shredder is completely Genre Blind, which weirdly makes him feel like not as much of a threat as some previous Shredders have been.
