tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post5206878882722987288..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Uncanny X-Men #305Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-15822561039759725042017-11-08T14:18:14.645-06:002017-11-08T14:18:14.645-06:00The very next issue shows Hodge in techno-organic ...The very next issue shows Hodge in techno-organic form, so if Lobdell changed his mind, he did it in a hurry.<br /><br />I guess it's also possible Jan Duursema mis-drew the Phalanx and there was no time to change the art by the time anyone realized.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-10934031916794836862017-11-08T14:16:23.030-06:002017-11-08T14:16:23.030-06:00"Did we know Opal had moved to the suburbs in..."<b>Did we know Opal had moved to the suburbs in Jersey?</b>"<br /><br />...you didn't receive her change of address card?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-17889331579746259902017-11-08T14:14:06.688-06:002017-11-08T14:14:06.688-06:00Hopefully they were briefed on what happened in Ge...Hopefully they were briefed on what happened in Genosha, since it was kind of a major event. I'd just assume someone had previously explained to them, off-panel, who Cameron Hodge was.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-43636172521505084392017-11-08T03:24:06.863-06:002017-11-08T03:24:06.863-06:00I have read Xman yet but want to read it now after...I have read Xman yet but want to read it now after reading so many good reviews from you in this blog.Let's see now when I will get my hands on it.<a href="http://www.collegepineapple.com/">college tips</a> https://www.blogger.com/profile/10971929554637394513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-42576230636946086132017-11-07T22:19:43.595-06:002017-11-07T22:19:43.595-06:00Rogue & Bishop were two of the only X-Men who ...Rogue & Bishop were two of the only X-Men who weren't in the X-Tinction Agenda vs. Hodge. Shouldn't they be more confused looking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-43936871500606220232017-11-07T18:06:22.202-06:002017-11-07T18:06:22.202-06:00It could be a coincidence insofar as the connectio...<br>It could be a coincidence insofar as the connection to those characters in particular but Montclair is a popular suburb for NYC commuters and its repeated use by writers just makes sense given Marvel’s use of real-world geography. <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-58609598351374858562017-11-07T17:59:27.148-06:002017-11-07T17:59:27.148-06:00The revelation that Xavier mentally nudged Ororo a...<br>The revelation that Xavier mentally nudged Ororo away from stealing as a child — or even the suggestion of it attended by Ororo’s conviction that it’s entirely possible — feels like a huge deal to me.<br /><br />Rogue describes Bishop’s (unintentional, although she doesn’t know that yet) reduction of their opponents to goop as “a teeny bit… <i>extreme</i>”. I’m not 100% sure it’s an intentional dig and/or wink in the direction of Liefeld — or more broadly the whole Image scene, with its violence-is-kewl-and-total-destruction-is-kewlest vibe — but it reads as such, especially as followed <i>sotto voce</i> by “for lack of a better word.”<br /><br />Did we know Opal had moved to the suburbs in Jersey?<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-35423932575349724372017-11-07T15:57:58.159-06:002017-11-07T15:57:58.159-06:00Montclair, NJ, where Opal lives is also where Pat...Montclair, NJ, where Opal lives is also where Patsy Walker's mom's house and once Defenders' headquarters was during/around the JM DeMatteis run of DEFENDERS (right next to Claremont Avenue).<br /><br />Probably a coincidence.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-84994979436575993712017-11-06T08:08:12.787-06:002017-11-06T08:08:12.787-06:00For some unknown reason, the Louis St. Croix flash...For some unknown reason, the Louis St. Croix flashback stuck in my head, but I could never remember which issue it was in or its full context. So thanks for answering a somewhat ridiculous mystery.<br /><br />Given Lobdell's tendency for seat-of-your-pants plotting, I wonder if he initially intended the Phalanx to be the fleshy, stringy things we saw here instead of being tied to the Technarch. I think the final form works better, but this version has a fair bit of body horror attached to it.Melahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539894845356203447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-31374248828778118712017-11-04T13:14:58.440-05:002017-11-04T13:14:58.440-05:00Several readers at the time criticized this issue ...Several readers at the time criticized this issue as being out of character for suggesting Storm is ashamed of her thieving heritage. (Although Ororo's problem seemed more with Xavier for trying to take advantage of it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54262807711230169332017-11-04T00:12:25.796-05:002017-11-04T00:12:25.796-05:00I liked that about Lobdell's writing too, the ...I liked that about Lobdell's writing too, the teasing of long term subplots-until I found out that he teased Onslaught with absolutely zero idea of who or even what Onslaught was. I'm not sure if Claremont-who was clearly the inspiration for seeding long term subplots and coming back to them ages later-ever just came up with something and didn't know what it was going to be, but Onslaught was an example of why that's not a good idea.<br /><br />That it was the basis of a line wide crossover that attempted to reboot a great deal of the line AND bring back the Image guys, though, that was hilarious in hindsight. How 90s Marvel.<br /><br />(They did stick the landing on the Phalanx, and somewhat on Bastion, so, two out of three ain't bad.)Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605826105741513741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-9593195175747410672017-11-03T23:20:47.711-05:002017-11-03T23:20:47.711-05:00"As an adult, I find the fact that it's a..."<b>As an adult, I find the fact that it's already introducing the villains of the next crossover immediately after the series' contribution to the still ongoing current crossover darkly hilarious…</b>"<br /><br />Funny, that’s something I’ve always really liked about Lobdell’s plotting. We’re in the midst of “Fatal Attractions” as he introduces the Phalanx. He teases Onslaught directly after “Age of Apocalypse”. He intros Bastion just before “Onslaught” begins. It’s always seemed like a really cool way to at least create the illusion that all this stuff is building naturally as we go along.<br /><br />As a result, where you see this issue as filler, I look at it as a neat tease of the next big crossover. In fact, the lack of Romita Jr. is the reason this was one of the few UNCANNY issues from this era that I bought off the rack. As noted before, I had dropped the series after 300 because Romita’s art didn’t appeal to me. I did read 304 for the crossover, and I picked up this one too because Duursema’s artwork appealed to me way more than Romita’s. But his return next issue caused me to skip it again, and I only ever picked up one more UNCANNY prior to “Phalanx Covenant” (which is where I became a regular reader).<br /><br />Of course I eventually went back and got the installments I missed as back issues, and I’ve since come around on Romita’s artwork, but at the time this one was a breath of fresh air to me compared to what I perceived as Romita’s ugly, blocky characters.<br /><br />"<b>Jan Duursema (incorrectly spelled as "Duuresma" here)…</b>"<br /><br />Aha! That explains why, for well over a decade, I thought her last name <b>was</b> Duuresma. This would’ve been my first exposure to her, and that misspelling stuck in my head as the default. It was only around 2010 or so that I figured out I’d been wrong that whole time, but I just assumed it had been my mistake. Turns out it was Marvel’s!<br /><br />"<b>Louis will … eventually be established as the grandfather of future Generation X and X-Factor member Monet St. Croix</b>…"<br /><br />I always assumed this guy was meant to be related to M, but I don’t recall ever seeing it confirmed anywhere. I probably just missed it or didn’t pick up on it somehow.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com