tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post2521184742658277920..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Gambit and the X-Ternals #1Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-3559173181999006342019-06-12T20:12:18.095-05:002019-06-12T20:12:18.095-05:00Good catch! Especially since, as we'll see in ...Good catch! Especially since, as we'll see in GENERATION NEXT, Portland is the site of a huge mutant prison. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-3829212332594873412019-06-12T20:11:29.988-05:002019-06-12T20:11:29.988-05:00Nope. And it's not like her pre-Generation X c...Nope. And it's not like her pre-Generation X costume was *that* bad, either. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-60580726322073509542019-06-12T20:10:46.870-05:002019-06-12T20:10:46.870-05:00Yeah, I think putting Boomer in the Jubilee spot w...Yeah, I think putting Boomer in the Jubilee spot would help make this feel just a smidge more like X-FORCE. At least Lila has New Mutants roots, and was hanging out with X-Force not all that long ago. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-62204832987876190662019-06-12T20:09:39.403-05:002019-06-12T20:09:39.403-05:00Thanks! I'm interested to revisit this series ...Thanks! I'm interested to revisit this series more than some of the others; I don't remember a lot more than the broadstrokes, so I'm curious to see how it holds up. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-91718201969993679032019-06-11T23:59:34.013-05:002019-06-11T23:59:34.013-05:00// Guido & Jubilee perform a fastball special....<br><i>// Guido & Jubilee perform a fastball special. //</i><br /><br />Which instead of a super-strong guy throwing a man with a powerful healing factor and nigh-unbreakable skeleton is a super-strong guy (Strong Guy!) throwing… a teenage girl.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11197483456781218952019-06-10T13:47:52.586-05:002019-06-10T13:47:52.586-05:00"Gambit uses throwing knives instead of playi..."Gambit uses throwing knives instead of playing cards in this reality."<br /><br />Fabian: Hey, do you think anybody remembers Longshot exists?<br />Editor: Who?<br />Fabian: Perfect, thanks!<br /><br /><br />I'm also calling bullshit on that "D'oh!," Jubes. For an event set in 1995, even if Matt Groening wasn't a victim of a culling, no way does he get around to creating America's favorite family. I'll No-Prize it that she once saved Dan Castellaneta from Abyss.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195303135115277997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-84189344493451771282019-06-08T05:05:23.585-05:002019-06-08T05:05:23.585-05:00I was sent an official X-Men/Edge newsletter, havi...I was sent an official X-Men/Edge newsletter, having written into the X-books a couple of times. I remember them talking about Age of Apocalypse and saying "Some things weren't so bad, like Jubilee had a better costume". I'm looking at this now and thinking "That is not actually a better costume".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-34755572230773922672019-06-07T21:18:14.793-05:002019-06-07T21:18:14.793-05:00Siryn has a supporting role in X-Man. Neither Boom...Siryn has a supporting role in X-Man. Neither Boom-Boom nor Warpath appear, though Thunderbird does has a small bit in X-Calibre.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-36055850932701509062019-06-07T21:17:29.206-05:002019-06-07T21:17:29.206-05:00I love this book. The world building, the action, ...I love this book. The world building, the action, X-Men in space! (I don't care what the haters say. X-Men in space are awesome.) It stands alongside Factor X as my favorite of the whole crossover.<br /><br /><b>And while it comes from the same creative team as X-Force, it is obviously the series which departs the most from its prime counterpart: of the main X-Force characters, only one (Sunspot) is a main character in this series, and the fifth (out of five) most important one at that (Rictor, meanwhile, is on hand as the series' primary villain).</b><br /><br />Casting choices aside, this departure seems inevitable. Nicieza has, by this point, developed X-Force into a proper successor to the New Mutants, but the AoA already has an in-training series. Similarly, X-Force's original mission statement -- "to the extreme!" (cue 90s guitar riff) -- doesn't really work in a world where the X-Men are comfortable with killing and the characters have all pushed their powers far past what we've seen them do before.<br /><br />As for the cast, it <i>is</i> odd, but I kind of love this mishmash of characters. I suppose they could have subbed in Boomer for Jubilee if they wanted to make the X-Force counterpart a bit clearer, though.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-90670494009058703382019-06-07T19:57:15.533-05:002019-06-07T19:57:15.533-05:00What happened to Boom-boom, Warpath and Siryn in t...What happened to Boom-boom, Warpath and Siryn in the AoA reality?Licínio Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545823888354348526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-32547619378481827472019-06-07T17:18:53.643-05:002019-06-07T17:18:53.643-05:00I read it as "Lil-a" (like "Lily&qu...I read it as "Lil-a" (like "Lily" but with an "uh" sound at the end) until listening to the X-Plain the X-Men podcast, where they beat "Lie-la" into my head.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-84024335508603673612019-06-07T16:22:22.508-05:002019-06-07T16:22:22.508-05:00Li-la.
But also, Wol-ve-ri-ne, so, you know.Li-la.<br /><br />But also, Wol-ve-ri-ne, so, you know.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-12854511150170330572019-06-07T15:21:03.269-05:002019-06-07T15:21:03.269-05:00I thought I would've loved this series based o...I thought I would've loved this series based on my appreciation for Lila, Gambit and Guido, but it's mostly forgettable. I've always felt Lila Cheney was an underrated character, so I'm glad she's used here. The cheesecake-y moments where her clothes disintegrate when she first uses her powers are pretty laughable. I don't seem to remember that being an effect of her power in the 616 reality. <br />I'm intrigued to see what you think of this series. As always, great review.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734795370457911188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-75932943098360228022019-06-07T15:14:16.467-05:002019-06-07T15:14:16.467-05:00I've always read it as "Lie-la", but...I've always read it as "Lie-la", but I have no idea if that's correct. <br /><br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-20542256603681880782019-06-07T15:11:53.957-05:002019-06-07T15:11:53.957-05:00Is it pronounced lee-la or lie-la?Is it pronounced lee-la or lie-la?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com