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  • Rich Lane August 20, 2010 at 10:26pm
    So the depressing future that Hundred has been alluding to in flashback since the beginning of the series is a "be careful what you wish for" scenario. Okay, I can buy that, but does it seem to anyone else that Hundred's move from pragmatic idealist to shades-of-gray dirty politician felt forced? We get the whole conversion in one frickin' issue.

    I know Vaughn has gone on record saying this was all planned from the start, but it felt very much like he was forced to give us the Reader's Digest version of a story that played out in much more detailed form in his head.

    I will concede though, that that last page gave me chills. That's a dystopic version of history I'm glad we avoided.
  • Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) August 23, 2010 at 10:17pm
    Well, the reveal of it felt a little forced, I think -- after all, I'd been rooting for him all this time. But the win-at-all-costs aspect of his character has been there all along, if the implication that he rigged the original election is true (and I think it is).

    I was really impressed by the issue. I have to wonder if things would have turned out differently if his mother had survived and remained in the city.

    As for it being a Reader's Digest version, I didn't have that problem with it. It felt fully realized to me, with each sequence revealing more of Mitchell's evolving character. I think it's probably for the best that this part of the story is more of a coda than a longer arc. It might be a tough sell to get an audience to follow the hero you've built up for 6 years as he turns his back on his friends and what we supposed were his principles.
  • DneColt August 25, 2010 at 9:58am
    Finally got to this issue last night. I found it sort of surprising, not least because of the "Reader's Digest version" mechanism (I was much more suprised by Bradbury's final scene). I think if we'd seen Hundred's life from 05 - 08 played out over even 12 more issues, it would have been excruciating. This "highlight" film got us to the end, and gave us enough to guess what happened during the intervening months.

    Clearly the last page was supposed to be a big surprise -- I gather from the bait-and-switch dialogue it was suposed to be a shocker -- but I wasn't sure what the nature of the suprise WAS. Was it that Mitchell threw in with the GOP? (not exactly a huge surprise) Or the implication that he'd stolen this election as well? (more likely than the origional election).

    All I know is, dammit, now I have to reread the whole thing.
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