tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post8097555782536230012..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Factor #16Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-86764926940398907182014-01-15T23:32:51.192-06:002014-01-15T23:32:51.192-06:00I know that just last issue I praised Walt Simonso...<br>I know that just last issue I praised Walt Simonson but I still have to say that the art got a <i>serious</i> upgrade this issue with Mazzucchelli penciling and Rubinstein doing a fine job on the inks. For my money, anyway.<br /><br /><i>// Emma La Porte ... and Rusty make peace, after which she enters the Morlock Tunnels to bring religion to them as well. I don't believe we'll ever hear from her again. //</i><br /><br />So it went about as well as you'd expect.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4393258815038781712013-12-18T00:07:46.742-06:002013-12-18T00:07:46.742-06:00@Teebore: That's exactly what I was thinking r...<i>@Teebore: That's exactly what I was thinking reading this issue: that it felt like an episode of a TV show after something significant happened, but instead of showing us the fallout of that significant event or the next step in the story, we get a random sidequest just to draw things out and pad out the episode count. </i><br /><br />It reminds me of when X-Files was on (which, to be fair, I only watched sporadically). Every year or so they would promote a shocking, revelation packed episode that promised to blow the lid off of everything and CHANGE THINGS FOREVER. The episode would basically raise a few questions and the following episodes would just sort of plod along as usual. It was a yearly reminder of why I never really watched the show all that much.<br /><br />TONIGHT ON X-FACTOR: Cyclops whines! Masque Whines! The shocking death of a team member! All this and Simon Cowell!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-37333141715705528352013-12-16T12:28:21.988-06:002013-12-16T12:28:21.988-06:00@Anonymous: I assume the reason we never hear from...@Anonymous: <i>I assume the reason we never hear from Emma again is that the Morlocks killed her for trying to cram her religion down their throats.</i><br /><br />Ha! Even though Erg set a "no-killing" policy, I wouldn't be surprised if he waived it in her case. :) <br /><br />@Dan: <i>It's exactly the kind of crap most TV shows pull to keep people interested. Maybe that's what they were doing here?</i><br /><br />That's exactly what I was thinking reading this issue: that it felt like an episode of a TV show after something significant happened, but instead of showing us the fallout of that significant event or the next step in the story, we get a random sidequest just to draw things out and pad out the episode count. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-27558710222856190592013-12-14T03:14:03.807-06:002013-12-14T03:14:03.807-06:00Lol! I think I like the cut of your jib!Lol! I think I like the cut of your jib!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659086093669118972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4698527476264552882013-12-14T01:25:47.802-06:002013-12-14T01:25:47.802-06:00I wonder what readers at the time thought of this ...I wonder what readers at the time thought of this as the immediate follow-up to Angel's death. Must have been maddening. It's exactly the kind of crap most TV shows pull to keep people interested. Maybe that's what they were doing here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4235189968567955992013-12-13T17:16:30.444-06:002013-12-13T17:16:30.444-06:00I assume the reason we never hear from Emma again ...I assume the reason we never hear from Emma again is that the Morlocks killed her for trying to cram her religion down their throats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-23655198153709771932013-12-13T16:44:51.210-06:002013-12-13T16:44:51.210-06:00@Matt: For the record, I have nothing against the ...@Matt: For the record, I have nothing against the phrase per se. It just stuck out when three different teenaged characters used in the span of one issue. :)Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-87223259137734606202013-12-13T16:07:06.449-06:002013-12-13T16:07:06.449-06:00Heh... I say "good grief" sometimes.Heh... I say "good grief" sometimes.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com