I'm still scratching my head, trying to figure out what the big deal was about the Age of Ultron limited series. I was prepared (and excited) for something colossal to happen. What I got was a mishmash of storylines and characters. There was no cohesion. Every issue featured different characters. And issue #10 was so "top secret" that it had to come in a sealed polybag? So they saved the universe from Ultron's threat by changing the timestream. And...the big revelation is bringing some scantily clad chick named Angela over from Image Comics' Spawn series? Meh. Even Flashpoint was more interesting, and I hate what that did to the DC Universe.
Figuring it was a tie-in to the conclusion, I pre-ordered what was previously listed as Age of Ultron #10UC before Marvel changed the title to Hunger. Wow. What an idiot I am. As hinted at, it *does* feature Galactus (just a tiny bit), but it's mostly about teenage punk Rick Jones from Marvel's Ultimate Universe, which I don't even read.
Because I've always been a fan of the Vision (especially when he and Scarlet Witch were a couple in the 1980s), I also picked up Avengers A.I., thinking a team full of robot-like characters sounded pretty interesting and something unique. Sadly, the first issue was pretty disappointing because it was extremely...average. I didn't care about any of the characters (even Vision who wasn't even in the story enough, being that he's probably the biggest draw).
Age of Ultron (and anything related to it) has -- so far -- been pretty lame. DC's Flashpoint at least made some sense. I don't get the whole Marvel NOW initiative. What exactly are they trying to do besides just restart series with #1 issues for the sake of sales? Where are the big, life-changing events? More importantly, where are the decent stories?
