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So....I Read Unity 2000....

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So, I finally laid hands on copies of Unity 2000 1-3 and got ahold of the script/plots for 4-6.

I read them.

Had a scotch and thought about them.

And now...I have to ask....

What the SQUEE SQUEE BLEEPing BLEEEEEP did I just read?

I've no issues with complex stories. I can write a dissertation on the Summers Family Tree and can keep track of DC Universe continuity in my head without missing a beat, but I've no clue what exactly was going on in this story. Can anyone help me out here?

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I'm personally happy that book never was completed because after reading the plots and scripts of 4-6.

I consider it being a mailed in cash grab nothing more, very uninspired effort from Shooter and Starlin

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I really liked some of the interactions afterward.

Conflicts between Priest/Bright and Shooter.

QW was probably the most popular book at the time - and Shooter's Unity 2000 script nearly ignored them.
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betterthanezra wrote: Welcome to the scratch you head club.

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Indeed. I remember some real ..... Whaaaaa, moments.
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Wow. Reading these comments makes me glad I've never read these issues. Now if only I could have avoided Deathmate the same way.
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Could only get to the end of issue one. And even that was a challenge.

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It was something that could have been really cool, but turned out horrible. The only decent bit to me was the Magnus/X-O confrontation.

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Re: So....I Read Unity 2000....

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kevinbastos wrote:I really liked some of the interactions afterward.

Conflicts between Priest/Bright and Shooter.

QW was probably the most popular book at the time - and Shooter's Unity 2000 script nearly ignored them.
Well, these are characters that he had absolutely no connection with, so I can see that maybe he didn't know what to do with them. Of course, his job as a writer is to figure that out, but he may have bene viewing them as less important because they weren't characters from his Valiant.
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Phoenix8008 wrote:Wow. Reading these comments makes me glad I've never read these issues. Now if only I could have avoided Deathmate the same way.
Eh, at least I could (mostly) follow what was going on in Deathmate (Though I'll confess to having a little soft spot for that series. It was my introduction to the VH1 characters).

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DantePD wrote:
Phoenix8008 wrote:Wow. Reading these comments makes me glad I've never read these issues. Now if only I could have avoided Deathmate the same way.
Eh, at least I could (mostly) follow what was going on in Deathmate (Though I'll confess to having a little soft spot for that series. It was my introduction to the VH1 characters).
You're forgiven for liking it some then. :clap:
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Re: So....I Read Unity 2000....

Post by dholden007 »

I actually thought what Shooter was trying to do wasn't bad. Definitely interesting (especially after the explained the concept it in one of his interviews) Too bad the last 3 issues weren't published.


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