Well, I finished Rush Hour. Not looking forward to the television series after watching this. The chemistry between Chris and Jackie can't be replicated, not even Shanghai Noon could do it. Anyways, Hickman....
I ain't gonna compare much about Hickman and Remender. Only that one needs to understand that what Hickman does and what Remender does are two different things.
I understand the complaints about Hickman not doing enough on character development. This is not true, in fact,there are some things that people gloss over saying that. The entire FF run has tremendous character development with the following characters: Reed and his family/morals, the death of Johnny, Bentley and The Wizard, Franklin and Future Franklin, Valeria and Doom and Nathaniel Richards. In Avengers, it's between the Illuminati. Sure, some members here cannot be totally accounted for, such as Beast and Hulk as they are tied up in their own series (All-New X-Men and Hulk respectively). But the animosity Namor and BP had and the progressive downfall of Dr. Strange is something that is constantly there in NA. That's not something one can easily gloss over. Even when it clearly doesn't compare to what he did in his FF run, it's still there.
Now unfortunately, his Avengers suffers in the character development department. And while some of it is there in regards to Sunspot, Cannonball and Smasher, Thor and Hyperion, it's not enough. It pales in comparison to his work in FF regarding character development, and even in his NA. It hits it's stride in the Original Sin tie-in issues and in Time Runs Out. You see that Steve has become an old fart and up his own ass not focusing on the bigger picture. And in several issues, you can see how he feels about catching Reed and Stark. Hell, he even fought Tony at the end of the world. After Tony saved them all from an alien fleet about to annihilate the Earth by orbital assault, the last thing Steve decides to do is beat Tony up. But as we know, Time Runs Out technically reads as one book, so it doesn't count much.
Remender does a great job balancing character development and plot development. Unfortunately when he goes beyond a certain scope, it all falls apart. Example: AXIS. I won't go over as to why that was trash, because most of you have read it and know what has occurred in that event. Too many characters, too many things happening at once, etc. This is not a problem Hickman has, as his scope is much bigger and can handle it much better than Remender can. And that's where Hickman falls short of. In his Avengers run, his book starts with a rather large team and while his character development is not up to par with Remender's work on Uncanny Avengers or Secret Avengers, it still is beyond what Remender can do in regards to master planning and plot development. And sometimes, that's enough. One can't possibly focus on every character in depth with a roster of that size. Hickman tried, with some success. And that's more than I can say about Remender when he tried to do the same thing in AXIS.
That's not a knock on Remender btw. He's good, but his scope isn't that big.
I ain't gonna compare much about Hickman and Remender. Only that one needs to understand that what Hickman does and what Remender does are two different things.
I understand the complaints about Hickman not doing enough on character development. This is not true, in fact,there are some things that people gloss over saying that. The entire FF run has tremendous character development with the following characters: Reed and his family/morals, the death of Johnny, Bentley and The Wizard, Franklin and Future Franklin, Valeria and Doom and Nathaniel Richards. In Avengers, it's between the Illuminati. Sure, some members here cannot be totally accounted for, such as Beast and Hulk as they are tied up in their own series (All-New X-Men and Hulk respectively). But the animosity Namor and BP had and the progressive downfall of Dr. Strange is something that is constantly there in NA. That's not something one can easily gloss over. Even when it clearly doesn't compare to what he did in his FF run, it's still there.
Now unfortunately, his Avengers suffers in the character development department. And while some of it is there in regards to Sunspot, Cannonball and Smasher, Thor and Hyperion, it's not enough. It pales in comparison to his work in FF regarding character development, and even in his NA. It hits it's stride in the Original Sin tie-in issues and in Time Runs Out. You see that Steve has become an old fart and up his own ass not focusing on the bigger picture. And in several issues, you can see how he feels about catching Reed and Stark. Hell, he even fought Tony at the end of the world. After Tony saved them all from an alien fleet about to annihilate the Earth by orbital assault, the last thing Steve decides to do is beat Tony up. But as we know, Time Runs Out technically reads as one book, so it doesn't count much.
Remender does a great job balancing character development and plot development. Unfortunately when he goes beyond a certain scope, it all falls apart. Example: AXIS. I won't go over as to why that was trash, because most of you have read it and know what has occurred in that event. Too many characters, too many things happening at once, etc. This is not a problem Hickman has, as his scope is much bigger and can handle it much better than Remender can. And that's where Hickman falls short of. In his Avengers run, his book starts with a rather large team and while his character development is not up to par with Remender's work on Uncanny Avengers or Secret Avengers, it still is beyond what Remender can do in regards to master planning and plot development. And sometimes, that's enough. One can't possibly focus on every character in depth with a roster of that size. Hickman tried, with some success. And that's more than I can say about Remender when he tried to do the same thing in AXIS.
That's not a knock on Remender btw. He's good, but his scope isn't that big.
