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Ex Machina, Vol. 10: Term Limits (2010)

by Brian K. Vaughan(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1401228364 (ISBN13: 9781401228361)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

WildStorm

series

Ex Machina

review 1: So far I've only read two Brian K Vaughan series to completion, Y the Last Man and Ex Machina. Both left me disappointed at the conclusion. SEMI-SPOLIERVaughn explains exactly what this ending will be (and what Y the Last Man's ending was) in Hundred's monologue at the beginning of the last chapter: "Happy endings are bullshit. There are only happy pauses. If you follow any story to its conclusion, you always get the same thing. Regret. Pain. Loss. That's why I like superhero books. Month after month, they just keep going. So no matter what terrible things happen, you know there'll always be another chance for wrongs to get righted. It's like, without a last act, those stories never get to become tragedies. I guess that's why they call 'em comics."Mr. Vaughan doesn't write... more comics. He writes truths, makes you care about a world he's created and then...wait, I think I can sum it up like this. It's like in Ghostbusters where Egon is doing the study with the little kid and the puppy...then he says "Let's see what happens when we take away the puppy." Vaughan doesn't just take our puppy away, he takes it out back and shoots it. But damn if I don't love his stories and keep coming back for more.
review 2: If you haven't read this last volume, don't read this review. Finished all ten volumes (only one of them reread), in like two weeks, and I think my overall average and maybe my view of the whole series is something like a 4, though these last two volumes were terrific, and the ending, well, I agree with most reviewers whose reviews of this volume I read or skimmed, and think this was a surprising ending, even disturbing, but not implausible. He tells us what he thinks about typical happy comic book endings, and we have sort of been used to darker finishes and unhappy endings since the mid eighties (Watchmen, Dark Knight, etc), and we have seen evidence of 100's political ambitions. I get why some readers were in a rage, and thinking it was inconsistent with the character of ALL of the major characters in the end, but I was not surprised or disappointed in the turns it takes…. Great story, well told, beautifully drawn, a great team effort. I may feel not quite as satisfying as Y: The Last Man, but it still showcases an amazing talent (or talents, to be fair). He knows how to write, this Vaughn, for sure. On a par with Joss Whedon. less

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