tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post7175356046754214027..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Cable #5Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-90349831568984175272018-01-08T22:05:35.522-06:002018-01-08T22:05:35.522-06:00Note that Cable's mechanical parts were clearl...Note that Cable's mechanical parts were clearly intended to be bionic at this late date, since Cable removes a plasma charge from his mechanical parts and uses it to cause an explosion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-17706797351572390212018-01-07T12:02:14.339-06:002018-01-07T12:02:14.339-06:00I recall about halfway through the issue feeling s...<br>I recall about halfway through the issue feeling surprised that so much of the focus was on Cable, then remembering that this wasn’t an issue of <i>X-Force</i>, which could be simply a function of my exhaustion or, more charitably, at least in part a result of the opening sequence's effort to establish the characters’ and by extension the books’ relationships with one another.<br /><br />On the other hand, I spent the entire issue unsure of whether Cable is supposed to know Sinsear is the guy he left alive on that mission or be confused and/or dismissive of Sinsear’s ranting about Cable having created him — although honestly I’ll cop to not even realizing that Sinsear had appeared before, which probably is a measure of how far apart I’ve read the issues in this series to date and how little of an impression the details have made.<br /><br />Also, I found Cable’s last-page soliloquy on Tolliver laughably portentous.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-60710418786019232442018-01-05T16:35:53.003-06:002018-01-05T16:35:53.003-06:00I'm not the biggest Cable fan, but I did like ...I'm not the biggest Cable fan, but I did like his "You chose to be a machine, I chose to be a man!" scene.angmc43@hotmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379700547226493861noreply@blogger.com