tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post4350341735043696060..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining X-Factor #18Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-20299848540068768172017-12-06T15:19:28.734-06:002017-12-06T15:19:28.734-06:00Scott wears a visor (possibly with a HUD?) or glas...Scott wears a visor (possibly with a HUD?) or glasses all the time. Maybe the holograms are projected into it? For his eyes only?Raiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286453208874745377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-5744537927746471502014-01-27T13:02:18.726-06:002014-01-27T13:02:18.726-06:00@Blam: Which sort-of answers the questions on this...@Blam: <i>Which sort-of answers the questions on this topic belatedly left by me on earlier posts, but also doesn't, because as mentioned in comments above the kids saw him yelling at empty air before, and holograms aren't selectively viewable that way, plus I doubt Hodge could have sent visions to Scott way out in Alaska at Maddie's gravesite, even though that vision of Maddie/Phoenix basically warned Scott that Angel was about to kill himself.</i><br /><br />Yeah, I don't think we're supposed to assume the Alaskan visions were Hodge's holograms (Hodgegrams?) but legitimate visions seen by a barely-sane Scott (Maddy warning him about Angel could be viewed as his subconscious having realized Angel was likely to become suicidal as a result of all that's happened, and warning him as such), thus causing him to further question his sanity when he began seeing the Hodge holograms back in NY. <br /><br />Off course, that still doesn't explain the selective viewability of the actual holograms since, as you say, holograms don't work that way. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-63447205421793186732014-01-23T07:21:33.797-06:002014-01-23T07:21:33.797-06:00Hanks' clothes are not the best loaners for Ri...<br>Hanks' clothes are not the best loaners for Rictor. Or... anyone, frankly.<br /><br /><i>// did Rusty pick the wrong adult male mentor figure with which to try and have *that* conversation... //</i><br /><br />I agree that blame has to fall at Rusty's feet for seeking advice from a guy who is obviously Going Through Crazy Relationship $#!% at the moment, but <i>man</i> is Scott doing some highly inappropriate oversharing in response.<br /><br />Of course, Skids has a line that makes me wonder if Leech doesn't emit a cluelessness aura with a greater effectiveness radius than his power-canceling one: "Rusty, What's with Scott? He's been acting weird ever since his wife was killed!" <i>You don't say.</i><br /><br /><i>// it's revealed that all the images of Jean/Maddie/Phoenix that Cyclops has been seeing/talking to are all computerized holograms created by Hodge //</i><br /><br />Which sort-of answers the questions on this topic belatedly left by me on earlier posts, but also doesn't, because as mentioned in comments above the kids saw him yelling at empty air before, and holograms aren't selectively viewable that way, plus I doubt Hodge could have sent visions to Scott way out in Alaska at Maddie's gravesite, even though that vision of Maddie/Phoenix basically warned Scott that Angel was about to kill himself.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-89606488996302313402014-01-21T20:14:57.078-06:002014-01-21T20:14:57.078-06:00Yes, of course it's Jean's telekinesis but...Yes, of course it's Jean's telekinesis but the timing and Jean explicitly overhearing and looking into the room makes it hilarious enough for me to think whether it was an intentional gag on the similarity of the visual effects of Jean's and Artie's.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-23706442293678605852014-01-18T09:39:35.519-06:002014-01-18T09:39:35.519-06:00@Reese: Hm, I thought she was actually telekinetic...@Reese: <i>Hm, I thought she was actually telekinetically moving the bed...for some reason o.0</i><br /><br />Yeah, that was my take as well - they're in the midst of getting Rictor settled, and he had to sleep on a cot the night before, so I think the idea is that she's bringing him a proper bed. <br /><br />That said, Jean's pink telekinesis effect and Artie's pink mental projections ARE confusingly similar at times. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11661854673369890882014-01-18T08:12:05.046-06:002014-01-18T08:12:05.046-06:00Hm, I thought she was actually telekinetically mov...Hm, I thought she was actually telekinetically moving the bed...for some reason o.0Reesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-6703698082794625772014-01-15T23:31:26.881-06:002014-01-15T23:31:26.881-06:00That panel where Rusty tries to talk to Scott abou...That panel where Rusty tries to talk to Scott about matters and just outside the door Jean gets an Artie-like mental image of a bed... hilarious!Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-54914921443672039702014-01-11T15:31:02.797-06:002014-01-11T15:31:02.797-06:00Wow! You guys seem serious. Why ARE you FIGHTING? ...Wow! You guys seem serious. Why ARE you FIGHTING? This solves NOTHING! I'm sorry, but I must judge you by your deeds!wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-63428033011168454212014-01-11T13:59:10.314-06:002014-01-11T13:59:10.314-06:00And why did I cast myself as the deadbeat dad?And why did I cast myself as the deadbeat dad?Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-52527277654368743392014-01-11T13:52:13.929-06:002014-01-11T13:52:13.929-06:00"She's far from perfect, but also far fro..."She's far from perfect, but also far from the WORST THING EVER!" <br /><br />[Mentally Throws Desk at Jason]<br /><br />...<br /><br />Wait, how did I end up as Jean? Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-12298867653598133412014-01-11T13:45:30.193-06:002014-01-11T13:45:30.193-06:00Let me have my Simsonson hate, Teebore! It's ...Let me have my Simsonson hate, Teebore! It's all I have left in this world, DAMN YOU!!!<br /><br />[blasts Teebore with eyebeams]Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11943120230871165642014-01-11T13:20:06.855-06:002014-01-11T13:20:06.855-06:00@Jason: I fixed that sentence for you. :)
Yes, ye...@Jason: <i>I fixed that sentence for you. :)</i><br /><br />Yes, yes, because Louise Simonson is the only writer in the history of superhero comics to have her characters resort to using their powers in the course of an argument. :) Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-7998674939798756742014-01-10T17:53:23.137-06:002014-01-10T17:53:23.137-06:00"As the world's foremost scholar in X-Men..."As the world's foremost scholar in X-Men sexing ... "<br /><br />That's quite a claim! Do you have a column where people can write in questions? If not, you should start one. :)<br /><br />"Mutants. Deeds. Know Them."<br /><br />Yessss. <br /><br />"This being Louise Simonson, "having it out" of course means throwing furniture around and blasting things."<br /><br />I fixed that sentence for you. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-26181573337731244192014-01-10T16:10:17.663-06:002014-01-10T16:10:17.663-06:00@Ben: I have never been able to stand these issues...@Ben: <i>I have never been able to stand these issues of X-Factor, but Walt Simonson does some amazing covers</i><br /><br />Indeed. The interiors are quite good too. He puts some nice little touches on things (like the texture of Scott's visor) that I really like. <br /><br />@Abigail: <i>As the world's foremost scholar in X-Men sexing, I think it's pretty clear they had sexored before #132.</i><br /><br />I tend to think so as well, though there's definitely an argument to be made for #132 being the first time. Theoretically, "lovers" could just be a reference to their emotional connection - was that word commonly used to indicate a physical connection in ~1980 (I honestly have no idea either way)? Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-76956944071738193752014-01-10T15:37:25.940-06:002014-01-10T15:37:25.940-06:00(Oops-- meant #13, which I guess wasn't last i...(Oops-- meant #13, which I guess wasn't last issue at all...)Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-47587888402780737102014-01-10T15:00:16.221-06:002014-01-10T15:00:16.221-06:00As the world's foremost scholar in X-Men sexin...As the world's foremost scholar in X-Men sexing, I think it's pretty clear they had sexored before #132. The get described as "lovers" in a caption in that issue, before that kiss, even!Abigail Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176919191948017238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-16519823149049368552014-01-10T14:50:09.249-06:002014-01-10T14:50:09.249-06:00I have never been able to stand these issues of X-...I have never been able to stand these issues of X-Factor, but Walt Simonson does some amazing covers. This one and the last one are both gorgeous.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-2299200291763466672014-01-10T13:38:23.516-06:002014-01-10T13:38:23.516-06:00@Anonymous: I don't think that we're suppo...@Anonymous: <i>I don't think that we're supposed to assume that ALL the images were holograms. </i><br /><br />Yeah, I should have been more precise - I simply meant all the images Scott had been talking to while at X-Factor HQ (so just the ones in #17 & #18). Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-75382852517987062112014-01-10T13:13:06.055-06:002014-01-10T13:13:06.055-06:00"Additionally, it's revealed that all the..."Additionally, it's revealed that all the images of Jean/Maddie/Phoenix that Cyclops has been seeing/talking to are all computerized holograms created by Hodge. "<br />I don't think that we're supposed to assume that ALL the images were holograms. Remember, in X-Factor 14,Scott talks to a "hallucination" of Xavier in front of two cops and they clearly can't see anything. Also, in X-Factor 15, Scott talks to a "Maddie" in front of her gravesite. It's very difficult to see when Hodge would have had time to plant the hologram generator, since he had no way of knowing (a) Scott would mistakenly conclude Maddie was dead and (b) where Scott would bury her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com