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The Situation, Issue 1
Follow Jersey Shore reality star "The Situation" as he becomes a superhero as well as stirring up a long running rivalry with one of his brothers, a government employee that's part cyborg.
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First published January 1, 2013
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Mike Sorrentino
3 books44 followersMichael Sorrentino, publicly known by his nickname The Situation, is an American television personality, model and author who appeared on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore starting in 2009.
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February 7, 2013
Yes, this is real. And no, it's not a joke.
Where do I honestly start with this review? The first issue is a mess. I knew going into this that odds are that this comic book would be awful, but I was somewhat expecting some entertainment value from it. After all, Snooki's A Shore Thing had some entertaining parts to it, mostly because I don't think Snooki thought she was fooling anyone with how bad the book was and decided to have fun with it. Neither she nor her ghost writer took it seriously. It had that "so bad it's good" quality that can make mediocre to abysmal books entertaining. The Situation's comic book debut lacks that edge, partially because while it does try to poke fun at various things it wants to take itself seriously more. This leads to a rather uneven reading experience.
Oh sure, it tries. It tries fairly hard by putting The Sitch in some pretty outlandish situations, but most of these fall fairly flat. It tries to be preposterous but ends up being boring. Even worse, it's mostly forgettable after reading. You remember that you read something about Situation, his brother that's half-cyborg or something, and mentions of a super-de-duper high tech motherboard, but not much else. At least I think it's a motherboard, as I remember thinking that in real life ole' Sitchy would probably think it was something to surf on. I'm also fairly curious as to why it's a motherboard. I know it's integral to a computer, but unless I'm mistaken, you don't really store data on a motherboard. It could be incredibly efficient and have a design that could make Bill Gates drool, but it's not like it's going to have big government secrets on it as far as I know. Or maybe that's the point of having this be a motherboard. I'm just sort of wondering why some scientist would be so stupid as to allow him in their lab in the first place, but then I suppose that's for issue two.
I'm aware that this isn't really something to expect a lot out of and that many series take a few issues to really get started. Considering that the average comic book reader would probably see this as something to wipe their posterior with, it's a fairly big failing that this comic doesn't have much to it to grab the reader right off the bat. Not even the occasional camp one-liners such as "Mag-sitch" can really do much for this. I should've written the one liner down so I could give it in its completeness. I know I'm probably misquoting that word.
Fans of Jersey Shore might want to get this. It could be a somewhat fun gag gift, but I'd recommend skipping it and picking up something such as Loaded Bible if you want something entertaining and weird to give to your comic book loving friends.
Where do I honestly start with this review? The first issue is a mess. I knew going into this that odds are that this comic book would be awful, but I was somewhat expecting some entertainment value from it. After all, Snooki's A Shore Thing had some entertaining parts to it, mostly because I don't think Snooki thought she was fooling anyone with how bad the book was and decided to have fun with it. Neither she nor her ghost writer took it seriously. It had that "so bad it's good" quality that can make mediocre to abysmal books entertaining. The Situation's comic book debut lacks that edge, partially because while it does try to poke fun at various things it wants to take itself seriously more. This leads to a rather uneven reading experience.
Oh sure, it tries. It tries fairly hard by putting The Sitch in some pretty outlandish situations, but most of these fall fairly flat. It tries to be preposterous but ends up being boring. Even worse, it's mostly forgettable after reading. You remember that you read something about Situation, his brother that's half-cyborg or something, and mentions of a super-de-duper high tech motherboard, but not much else. At least I think it's a motherboard, as I remember thinking that in real life ole' Sitchy would probably think it was something to surf on. I'm also fairly curious as to why it's a motherboard. I know it's integral to a computer, but unless I'm mistaken, you don't really store data on a motherboard. It could be incredibly efficient and have a design that could make Bill Gates drool, but it's not like it's going to have big government secrets on it as far as I know. Or maybe that's the point of having this be a motherboard. I'm just sort of wondering why some scientist would be so stupid as to allow him in their lab in the first place, but then I suppose that's for issue two.
I'm aware that this isn't really something to expect a lot out of and that many series take a few issues to really get started. Considering that the average comic book reader would probably see this as something to wipe their posterior with, it's a fairly big failing that this comic doesn't have much to it to grab the reader right off the bat. Not even the occasional camp one-liners such as "Mag-sitch" can really do much for this. I should've written the one liner down so I could give it in its completeness. I know I'm probably misquoting that word.
Fans of Jersey Shore might want to get this. It could be a somewhat fun gag gift, but I'd recommend skipping it and picking up something such as Loaded Bible if you want something entertaining and weird to give to your comic book loving friends.
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