tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post1045236864610967920..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Men (vol. 2) #9Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-19129923463707767482017-03-15T13:35:17.874-05:002017-03-15T13:35:17.874-05:00It was with this storyline that I realized I was g...It was with this storyline that I realized I was getting too old for this stuff. By that I don't mean superhero comics, which I still read. I mean Lobdell/Lee cartoon reality was just too simplistic and, frankly, stupid to enjoy as even a teenager.<br /><br />Revisiting this period makes me appreciate the Claremont/Simonson era even more.Mike-ELhttp://www.comicbooksyndicate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-947413922679478922016-10-24T21:21:35.136-05:002016-10-24T21:21:35.136-05:00And one final note: I'm from Baton Rouge. We a...And one final note: I'm from Baton Rouge. We are an hour from New Orleans. Nobody in New Orleans speaks with a Cajun accent. Like, none whatsoever. If you go south-southwest of there, you will run into people who do, but they don't tend to lace their sentences with old world French. Claremont should have made Gambit come from Houma, but I guess no one would know where that is. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347023924872659184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-20641192792735564592016-10-17T18:17:25.590-05:002016-10-17T18:17:25.590-05:00Yeah, I could accept one isolated underground cham...<br>Yeah, I could accept one isolated underground chamber somehow being carved out and reinforced in New Orleans for Guild purposes, but its floor giving way and the “labyrinth that stretches for miles”… no.<br /><br />Jubilee not being an official X-Man struck me as odd. Sure, Xavier or even Wolverine could have qualms about her going into the field without training, <i>etc.</i>; I’m not sure I see a difference between her and Kitty (in this regard), though, other than that she isn’t even necessarily enrolled in whatever kind of school curriculum remains at the mansion.<br /><br />That “Cajun” dialogue was atrocious.<br /><br />Ghost Rider being infected by the Brood makes no sense to me either — maybe his physical form could be, somehow, but the resultant Brood-dominated entity having access to his supernatural Vengeance Sprit powers I don’t buy.<br /><br />Does that last-gasp energy Bella Donna releases from her eyes at the end play a part in her resurrection?<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-83685452478920602952016-10-13T22:16:47.396-05:002016-10-13T22:16:47.396-05:00I realize that superhero comics books are a ridicu...I realize that superhero comics books are a ridiculous medium to begin with, but the Ghost Rider Brood transformation required a suspension of disbelief that was beyond my capacity, even at 12 years old. When I went to read the comments, I was delighted that the very first one addressed this. I'm sure the rationale behind it was as simple as "Dude, wouldn't it look so cool if Ghost Rider got infected by the Brood!". This was a time when the visual element dominated the storytelling, coherence and plot development be damned. I always found the Cyclops/Psylocke plot odd. It seemed to come out of nowhere. I wonder what Lee's long term plan for that was, if he actually had one at all? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347023924872659184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-30823345171497459012016-10-13T15:43:01.142-05:002016-10-13T15:43:01.142-05:00I've seen Ghost Rider's bones been shatter...I've seen Ghost Rider's bones been shattered and him being beaten up with his own femur to say that whatever the supernatural bells and whistles there comes with it, the skeleton itself as biological matter is human enough to be altered by broodification. Let us remember Wolverine has been saved twice by the fact that the Brood can't transform the adamantium-laced bones.<br /><br />But where the initial Brood embryo is supposed to have been developed when he's nothing but bones and hellfire, I refuse to think about. I'd otherwise say it incubated in Danny Ketch's human form and he turned into Brood Ghost Rider right when it took over, but at this time that's an impossible route.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-19118432318929177232016-10-13T15:31:22.758-05:002016-10-13T15:31:22.758-05:00Whatever one may say of the merits of the Kwannon ...Whatever one may say of the merits of the Kwannon scenario, this one here sure ain't my Betsy from UNCANNY #213!<br /><br />But on the happy note, I did call for the puns the last time, and sure enough, Cyke and Betsy "got a job to do", like in the theme song in that one Bond film located partly in New Orleans, the Guns n' Roses version of which was getting hefty radio play right around the time this issue was written.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-78561540388755404712016-10-13T15:19:27.254-05:002016-10-13T15:19:27.254-05:00I love especially the touch of Betsy seeing Johnny...I love especially the touch of Betsy seeing Johnny Blaze looming there when diving into Ghost Rider's mind. Makes one wonder if this sent any GR fan boys reeling over the answer being there now. It would be in with the times to pull this sort of revelation in the other guys' book on a crossover, teaches the geek to buy all the parts when Marvel puts one out.<br /><br />Of course, how the mystery pans out in the end... technically this doesn't conflict with it maybe perhaps. <i>Blood</i> Feud, *chuckle*.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-85810024059079882642016-10-13T11:19:22.335-05:002016-10-13T11:19:22.335-05:00The Brood Ghost Rider is a cool visual in a totall...The Brood Ghost Rider is a cool visual in a totally 90's way.<br /><br />Bella Donna is a problematic character. I liken her to Mikhail Rasputin in that it really adds nothing to the character by giving them powers. All her character needs to be is someone from Gambit's past. Throwing vaguely defined powers on top of that needlessly complicates things and adds absolutely nothing. You want her to engage in physicality? Give her guns or something. There were a LOT of minor characters with vague energy manipulation powers showing up around this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-6103694452028787422016-10-12T22:34:03.147-05:002016-10-12T22:34:03.147-05:00Lobdell's script describes Ghost Rider as a de...Lobdell's script describes Ghost Rider as a demon that knows the horrors of eternal damnation but the entire point of the current Ghost Rider series is that it was ambiguous whether or not THIS Ghost Rider was a demon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26075493253070839222016-10-12T17:43:40.999-05:002016-10-12T17:43:40.999-05:00Does anyone else find something kind of absurd in ...Does anyone else find something kind of absurd in the idea of a supernatural being (almost) getting turned into a brood host? I mean, absurd even by comic book standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com