So Vaughan has gone and made the bad guys act like real life bad guys. The old trope of the dimly lit room full of military bad guys is outdated and simply untrue. What makes We Stand On Guard stand out as an elite series is its tweaks of the classic formulae. BKV parlays that moment into a damned-if-you-do suicide mission in We Stand On Guard’s robot-centric future, and completes half of the Official Stallone Cinematic Checklist in one swift motion. The way such a classic scenario makes the blood pump through my veins is something that will never get old. Obviously, the rebels come up with a plan to save him and kill the bad guys, but the setup is the meat of what we come to experience. Continuing an immaculate adaption of the “Just shoot, dammit” standoff, the hostage, Dunn, demands the good guys fire even if it means his life will be taken along with his captors. The issue opens with a perfect example of BKV’s redefinition of the construct. For some reason (really, for many reasons), this one feels a touch more plausible. It’s a refined version of the against-all-odds fight for the good of mankind that we’ve seen and loved for decades. It’s a terrestrial Star Wars (or a Predator with more Predators). We’ve followed a not quite invincible team of combatant rebels and grown to love the ones who haven’t been brutally killed in the line of duty as they attempt to hold off the American invasion. So where are we? A dystopian Canadian future, and an unprovoked military assault from the resource hungry United States. Nothing quite like the thrill of a good comeback. We’ve grown to care for this misfit band of wannabe heroes, and now that we’ve made it to the fifth issue, we finally begin to see some payoff. Vaughan’s scarily believable setting his characters are lent emotions that allow the audience to identify with them in honest ways. And boy, do I love that this thing’s stayed true to its mold. The wizened 1989 action movie that is We Stand On Guard continues along the path it’s laid for itself with pointed smarts and harsh violence.
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