tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post4757237969581569246..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining New Mutants #29Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-12671115455695442212013-06-18T11:26:59.871-05:002013-06-18T11:26:59.871-05:00@Blam: The first time I'd ever seen him, or so...@Blam: <i>The first time I'd ever seen him, or so I thought, was when I picked up Peter David's first issue of </i>X-Factor<i> during a brief trial return to the X-line in 1991.</i><br /><br />Yeah, Claremont uses him a few times between this issue and his starring turn in David's <i>X-Factor</i>, but it's pretty much all at a point after you'd left the books. <br /><br /><i>I would think that having sex (on a floating bed or otherwise) was a tacit admission that they'd already become more than friends.</i><br /><br />Yeah, you'd think so maybe. Maybe they just felt they needed "the talk" to make it official. :)Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-58568902711510728772013-05-22T07:39:13.835-05:002013-05-22T07:39:13.835-05:00I liked the motif on last issue's splash page,...<br>I liked the motif on last issue's splash page, but it works even better here with the snow. <br /><br />Y'know, I'm beginning to think that Sam just likes being undressed — also, that he's pretty dim for always forgetting that he's undressed.<br /><br /><i>Guido Carosella makes his first appearance in this issue</i><br /><br />I had absolutely no memory of this. The first time I'd ever seen him, or so I thought, was when I picked up Peter David's first issue of <i>X-Factor</i> during a brief trial return to the X-line in 1991.<br /><br /><i>Later in the issue, Magneto debuts his new "M" costume.</i><br /><br />For some reason, even though I've never been able to scrub the costume from my mind, it's only now making me think of the "No... But my girlfriend goes to Wesleyan" joke (or "Wisconsin" as seems to be predominant on the Interwebs, but since I think I first heard it at Oberlin that probably explains the "Wesleyan").<br /><br /><i>Since </i>Dazzler<i> #38, she has surreptitiously joined Lila's band as a backup singer.</i><br /><br />Even though she had no idea that Lila was a mutant. It's not Magneto-landing-on-Lee's-boat convenient, especially given how mutants were proliferating in the Marvel U at the time and that Dazzler gives a decent rationale for joining Lila's band, but it's a bit of an eye-roll for me that she pops in just as Sam is talking to Lila about the Gladiators.<br /><br /><i>Lee and Magneto reconcile, and admit that they've become more than friends.</i><br /><br />I don't mean to sound old-fashioned, but I would think that having sex (on a floating bed or otherwise) was a tacit admission that they'd already become more than friends.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-46736855637943218352013-05-10T19:35:15.945-05:002013-05-10T19:35:15.945-05:00@Matt
I've always found it odd that Peter Davi...<b>@Matt<br />I've always found it odd that Peter David did away with Guido's Brooklyn-style accent in X-Factor. Not that the character had had a tone of appearances before then, but whenever he did pop up, he had the accent. I'm not complaining, mind you -- the Guido I first read was David's version -- but it seemed an unusual choice.<br /><br />And if I recall correctly, when Claremont used Guido in an X-Treme X-Men storyline, in typical modern-day Claremont fashion, he totally ignored everything that had been done with the character since he had last written him, and even reverted him to this accent.</b><br /><br />I didn't mind the eventual softening, if not outright removal, of Guido's accent. He'll always speak that way in my head, but reading it is another thing. It was probably a good move; Gambit went from random French dropping to dialogue you could barely read. Rogue went from saying "Ah" to even more dialogue you could barely read. So it's probably for the best, at least in terms of my sanity.<br /><br />And yes, Claremont's X-Treme Guido was full on Brooklyn. I remember how jarring that was. Hell, it was jarring to see Guido in a book PERIOD around that time. Still a couple of years before the X-Factor revival, if I'm not mistaken.<br /><br />This makes me think, it's a good thing Nightcrawler was spared the phonetic regional dialect thing and was made into a random German phrase spouter. That would have been awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-19854709516498959102013-05-09T15:34:45.829-05:002013-05-09T15:34:45.829-05:00@Matt: And if I recall correctly, when Claremont u...@Matt: <i>And if I recall correctly, when Claremont used Guido in an X-Treme X-Men storyline</i><br /><br />Speaking of forgettable, I'd completely forgotten Claremont used Strong Guy in <i>X-Treme X-Men</i> at one point. <br /><br /><i>Oh, I forgot last week that the other reason I feel Sienkiewicz must have designed the "Giant M" costume is that it first appeared in an issue he illustrated.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I had completely forgotten the costume showed up before #200, so I was surprised to see it here. I even thought, "well, that explains why Matt thought Sienkiewicz designed it" when I saw it. <br /><br /><i>Anyway, what's up with Professor X going straight to Magneto and offering him leadership of the X-Men?</i><br /><br />Well, he mentions in his "chat" with Magneto that he basically telepathically blasted everyone, but the only people who responded were Magneto and Captain America (presumably because of his weakened condition, somehow). That's not the most concrete of explanations, but I've never taken his charge here to mean "welp, you're in charge of the X-Men now", but rather, "I'm dealing with some stuff and there's this big threat that can't wait, so go gather up my mutant militia in my stead and fight the good fight until I can join you". Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-47578258260710167572013-05-09T14:34:08.646-05:002013-05-09T14:34:08.646-05:00The fact that I read this little over a year ago a...The fact that I read this little over a year ago and have barely any recollection of the story pretty much says it all, as far as I'm concerned. This storyline was (literally) forgettable. Other than the long-awaited return of Axe, of course.<br /><br />"<b>Guido Carosella makes his first appearance in this issue</b>..."<br /><br />I've always found it odd that Peter David did away with Guido's Brooklyn-style accent in <i>X-Factor</i>. Not that the character had had a tone of appearances before then, but whenever he did pop up, he had the accent. I'm not complaining, mind you -- the Guido I first read was David's version -- but it seemed an unusual choice.<br /><br />And if I recall correctly, when Claremont used Guido in an <i>X-Treme X-Men</i> storyline, in typical modern-day Claremont fashion, he totally ignored everything that had been done with the character since he had last written him, and even reverted him to this accent.<br /><br />"<b>Later in the issue, Magneto debuts his new 'M' costume.</b>"<br /><br />Oh, I forgot last week that the other reason I feel Sienkiewicz must have designed the "Giant M" costume is that it first appeared in an issue he illustrated.<br /><br />Anyway, what's up with Professor X going straight to Magneto and offering him leadership of the X-Men? Okay, Nightcrawler's not cutting it, and yes, the X-Men worked alongside Magneto during the Secret Wars, but... wouldn't you expect him to go to Cyclops first? Or maybe ask Beast or Angel if they could take a leave of absence from the Defenders? The jump straight to Magneto, not just as a team member, but as the team <i>leader</i>, seems like a stretch to me.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com