tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post3541854515288217408..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Men: The Silver AgeAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54499000524209228202011-01-10T12:02:31.066-06:002011-01-10T12:02:31.066-06:00@Jason: Oddly enough, she DOES tell him off for th...@Jason: <i>Oddly enough, she DOES tell him off for the Lorna thing, in John Byrne's "Hidden Years"</i><br /><br />Ah, yes, I had forgotten about that (I think I've read through "Hidden Years" once at most). It was one of the few dangling threads from the Silver Age that Byrne actually resolved. <br /><br /><i>Also, is it fair to blame the Silver Age for the "fast and loose plotting" that plagued the X-Men once they hit the 40s? I get the impression Roy Thomas didn't really forget much, and that a lot of his plots were dropped simply because he left the title. </i><br /><br />No, not in the 40s; there was a revolving door of writers by that point, and changing editorial directions seemingly every month. <br /><br />I was thinking more of Thomas' first run, where things like "Jean goes to college" and Ted Roberts got introduced then dropped with little resolution. Maybe he had a long term plan for them that got axed when he left the book the first time (and if so, I'd love to know what it was) but as it stands, it seems like he had plenty of time to go somewhere with those threads and never did, which, in the absence of any other info, I chalk up to the style of the time. <br /><br /><i>Sorry I seem to always comment just to be contradictory. I used to hate that when people did it on my Claremont blogs, and now lookit me. What a hypocrite! </i><br /><br />Ha! No worries; all comments are appreciated, even contradictory ones, especially contradictory ones that help cover for my increasingly-spotty memory. ;)Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-44821503099462355142011-01-08T01:47:24.267-06:002011-01-08T01:47:24.267-06:00"Iceman's long suffering waitress girlfri..."Iceman's long suffering waitress girlfriend Zelda will never get a chance to tell off Bobby for frequently cutting out on their dates and dumping her for Lorna Dane without a second thought."<br /><br />***Oddly enough, she DOES tell him off for the Lorna thing, in John Byrne's "Hidden Years."<br /><br />Also, is it fair to blame the Silver Age for the "fast and loose plotting" that plagued the X-Men once they hit the 40s? I get the impression Roy Thomas didn't really forget much, and that a lot of his plots were dropped simply because he left the title. (And that kind of thing happened in the 70s and 80s and 90s a lot too.)<br /><br />Sorry I seem to always comment just to be contradictory. I used to hate that when people did it on my Claremont blogs, and now lookit me. What a hypocrite!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-40707420658213406972011-01-06T10:35:00.979-06:002011-01-06T10:35:00.979-06:00@Anne: you shut your poop mouth when talking about...@Anne: <i>you shut your poop mouth when talking about Gambit</i><br /><br />There it is... <br /><br />I was waiting for that. :)<br /><br /><i>Do we see Xavier's magical leg braces in all of the cartoons multiple times? </i><br /><br />I don't remember ever seeing them in the 90s 'toon, which is the one with which I'm most familiar, but I could be forgetting them. <br /><br />Variations on the idea will show up in the comics from time to time (most notably the psi-powered exoskeleton he wears to take the fight to Magneto in the early 90s <i>X-Men</i> (v2) #25), and of course, he'll eventually enter into a period where he can walk again, period, but the braces, such as they were depicted in these issues, won't appear again.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-48665371419975056552011-01-06T10:30:10.660-06:002011-01-06T10:30:10.660-06:00first- you shut your poop mouth when talking about...first- you shut your poop mouth when talking about Gambit<br /><br />second- Joan, spot on as always<br /><br />Do we see Xavier's magical leg braces in all of the cartoons multiple times? I feel like they're always around and was suprised to see that they don't show up in the comics againAnne Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695186823472404436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-23975404459496653402011-01-06T10:27:20.793-06:002011-01-06T10:27:20.793-06:00@Jeff: Don't forget Count Nefaria and his Ani-...@Jeff: <i>Don't forget Count Nefaria and his Ani-Men coming up! Or Krakoa the Living Island!</i><br /><br />Oh yeah, Krakoa! That's definitely a Silver Age throwback!<br /><br />@Joan: <i>My goal for the next week is to work this into a casual conversation. </i><br /><br />Let us know how that works out. Try to avoid using it on your husband or other loved ones. ;) <br /><br />BTW I absolutely love that you still call Cyclops 'Orbo'. Cracks me up every damn time.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-59589096167632579362011-01-06T00:22:34.621-06:002011-01-06T00:22:34.621-06:00Time you learned some manners, Tubby!
My goal for...Time you learned some manners, Tubby!<br /><br />My goal for the next week is to work this into a casual conversation. It will undoubtedly be between myself and an inanimate object: <i>"Damn jar won't open...time you learned some manners, Tubby!"</i> I like how Jean slaps Tubby's backfat while Orbo zaps him. Those are the type of wounds that never heal, Jean.Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-86656423366536886982011-01-05T17:41:56.871-06:002011-01-05T17:41:56.871-06:00Don't forget Count Nefaria and his Ani-Men com...Don't forget Count Nefaria and his Ani-Men coming up! Or Krakoa the Living Island!<br /><br />Once Byrne comes along is when the cheesiness really drops out.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447265712189987074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-58037301643936760212011-01-05T16:03:11.115-06:002011-01-05T16:03:11.115-06:00@Falen: And i will miss the zaniness. We had many ...@Falen: <i>And i will miss the zaniness. We had many a good laugh</i><br /><br />Oh, don't worry, there are still laughs aplenty ahead. The 70s don't immediately shed their Silver Age idiosyncrasies, after all, Scott's always gonna angst, and new tropes and styles will pop up that, out of context, are just as chuckle worthy as the Silver Age stuff. <br /><br />If nothing else, there's the not-too-far-ahead issue where the X-Men team up with leprechauns. <br /><br />And eventually, we'll hit the 90s, and then we'll have a whole new batch of goofy stuff to laugh at (like Gambit).Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-58798205349258447552011-01-05T09:25:51.001-06:002011-01-05T09:25:51.001-06:00awww, i'm going to miss all those things about...awww, i'm going to miss all those things about the silver age. And i will miss the zaniness. We had many a good laughSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.com