tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post5272742464185606890..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Force #19Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-77092355457050559852017-05-30T17:08:39.767-05:002017-05-30T17:08:39.767-05:00“You need an open hand to grab the steering wheel,...<br>“You need an open hand to grab the steering wheel, see, but then you have to close it like a fist around the wheel to drive…”<br /><i>“Just go, Sam.”</i><br /><br />I’m pretty sure I didn’t know about Sunspot’s blast power until the <i>Days of Future Past</i> movie — which I had thought invented it for cinematic reasons until post-movie conversation set me straight.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-59959834818122777092017-05-16T17:54:52.217-05:002017-05-16T17:54:52.217-05:00One thing that impressed me about this issue was t...One thing that impressed me about this issue was that I feel that THIS is when Sam fully "came into his own" as the leader we all knew he was capable of. It's kinda a shame that whenever he joins any other non-X-Force team he regresses to over-excited dork/preening frat boy mode.Jon Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783906806644566810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-86635457578468019502017-05-12T11:05:37.515-05:002017-05-12T11:05:37.515-05:00Many of these costumes are the ones I associate wi...Many of these costumes are the ones I associate with the X-Force characters, and like you, it's probably due to the action figures (though not all of them had toys back then). Certainly these are, to me, the definitive looks for Warpath, Boomer, Siryn, and Rictor, though I tend to associate Cannonball, Shatterstar, Sunspot, and Feral with their Liefeld-era costumes.<br /><br />(That said, much as the pink/purple is the look I consider "iconic" for X-FORCE Cannonball, I actually like this blue outfit a little more.)<br /><br />"<b>After having the blame for the failure of Weapon: Prime at his feet, Bridge quits SHIELD.</b>"<br /><br />I did not know that. By the time of "Onslaught", he's a SHIELD agent again. He even, if I recall correctly, serves as the acting Director of SHIELD for a brief period around that point (and he looks very cool in a traditional SHIELD jumpsuit).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-5683794931885307652017-05-11T23:14:44.626-05:002017-05-11T23:14:44.626-05:00"Though the name has been used casually off-a..."Though the name has been used casually off-and-on, this issue effectively marks the point at which Boom-Boom's codename is officially changed to Boomer (it is, after all, right there on her costume...)."<br />Although that's not very clear from the story...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-6135565310949899432017-05-11T21:11:17.626-05:002017-05-11T21:11:17.626-05:00"The boathouse on the grounds of the Xavier S..."The boathouse on the grounds of the Xavier School is set to be on the shore of the Spuyten Duyvil Cove; I *think* this is the first time the body of water has been named."<br /><br />Having grown up in Westchester County, it was always cool to see shoutouts to local areas. The thing is I never exactly figured out where the mansion was supposed to be geographically. "Salem Center" isn't a real area, but there is a town called North Salem on the Northeastern tip of Westchester county. However, Spuyten Duyvil is a neighborhood in the Bronx adjacent to Yonkers, with is on the Southwest corner of Westchester. Is Salem Center meant to be like Gotham City, where its true location is never actually revealed?Ian Millerhttp://ianjmiller.deviantart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-9135033430774916982017-05-11T19:34:08.376-05:002017-05-11T19:34:08.376-05:00I just missed in your review some comentary about ...I just missed in your review some comentary about Feral taking the small mouse that Cannonball used in his speech (probably to eat it).Cesar R. Pontualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375109987794647615noreply@blogger.com