tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post6625848730079487162..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Force #22Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-90665438565137035482017-08-15T22:50:03.400-05:002017-08-15T22:50:03.400-05:00Hmm. While definitely uneven, Capullo’s art is ove...<br>Hmm. While definitely uneven, Capullo’s art is overall much cleaner and more open than I’d have expected from the period — given that the first time I recall having seen his stuff was the <i>Angela</i> miniseries and attendant <i>Spawn</i> work — reminding me of Rick Leonardi and even P. Craig Russell in places here. <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11282370474855199532017-07-30T14:18:49.697-05:002017-07-30T14:18:49.697-05:00I figured it had more to do with them not wanting ...I figured it had more to do with them not wanting Cable's future tech to fall into the wrong hands. In this case the US government.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949704011965317686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-72007730027331597972017-07-13T20:32:27.119-05:002017-07-13T20:32:27.119-05:00The funny thing about Cable's "legacy&quo...The funny thing about Cable's "legacy" is, save using some of the vehicles here and there...X-Force didn't use it. <br /><br />And why the hell did a team of superhumans that could destroy a city in no time, with several that could fly, need all of this equipment for? Guess they could drive the tank to a nearby city to buy groceries.<br /><br />It shouldn't surprise anyone who read superhero comics back then that none of these thoughts occurred to me at the time. It just seemed COOL.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605826105741513741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-61280133806945709122017-07-13T17:41:03.841-05:002017-07-13T17:41:03.841-05:00So the final gift was guns all along...
"The...So the final gift was guns all along...<br /><br />"<b>The result is a run of issues that harken back to some of Claremont's best runs, in terms of structure, in which the emphasis is placed on ongoing narratives rather than finite, clearly-defined story arcs.</b>"<br /><br />Good analysis, and with that sentence you nailed precisely why I have little interest in Marvel comics these days. Everything now (and for quite some time) is a story arc. "Rolling plots" are a thing of the past; everything is just a series of multi-part arcs with their own sub-plots and their own "beginning-middle-end" structure, like a movie. That style of storytelling in an ongoing, serialized comic just doesn't appeal to me at all. I much prefer ongoing sub-plots that last beyond single arcs, and plots that come and go, bleeding and overlapping one into the next, rather than being confined to an arc structure.<br /><br />"<b>Remember Rob Dibble?</b>"<br /><br />I do, but mainly from THE BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW rather than his playing career.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com