So perhaps, within these motion comics, lays the only real cinematic landscape for these stories to exist at all. Each one of the installments runs about the length of a feature film, but it's clear that the one people are most interested in perhaps seeing adapted, blockbuster-style, is "Gifted." But even then, it's not exactly an open story for the uninitiated. division, a sentient Danger Room, more than a few betrayals, some super and surprising Marvel guest stars, and a galactic war that spans to a realm known as the Breakworld. IGN's DVD Review of Astonishing X-Men: "Dangerous" The four-part arc both begins and ends, somewhat, with Kitty Pryde, encompassing on its journey a Mutant Cure, a new S.H.I.E.L.D. To this moment, I still have no idea what he said, although I'm sure it was hilarious. At other moments, particularly in the first story, "Gifted," Nick Fury's voice was so low and gravelly that he was completely drowned out by the incidental background music.
Some moments were really able to pop and make me laugh, while others fell flat, victims of the stilted format and the often frustratingly dry voice work. And with it also comes characters with built-in Whedon tones (echoes of Firefly's Kaylee and Jayne, Buffy's Anya, etc). But within this great X-Men arc were the seeds of that movie. Joss Whedon, the undisputed king of emotional tragicomedy, balancing-act banter and heroic group dynamics, was in top form with last May's The Avengers. Your brain starts to fill in the gaps and everything begins to resonate in a much less awkward manner. And the things that initially bugged you about the format sort of flutter away. And by a "while" I mean watching all four chapters almost back-to-back.to back.to back. But after a while, in all honesty, I got used to it. Occasionally, action pieces will stumble and certain character movements will come off as laughable (especially when nothing moves on screen except someone's eyes). IGN's DVD Review of Astonishing X-Men: "Gifted" Let's be clear though: Even though the depth of the art and the grandeur of the story comes through like a crystal gem in Blu, the entire concept of the motion comic is still clunky.
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