tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post7415011759389116839..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Cable #15Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-56435461094487265642018-12-18T17:49:51.341-06:002018-12-18T17:49:51.341-06:00The ceremony of light comes up again in the Storm ...The ceremony of light comes up again in the Storm miniseries. Also, I thought it was maybe mentioned in an earlier Uncanny issue when Archangel was in the tunnels (was he kidnapped? I can't quite remember),but I feel like I dreamt that one up.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870554260675984193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-33825684365711927882018-11-07T20:21:11.963-06:002018-11-07T20:21:11.963-06:00I’m with Domino on Alice, but I would probably pic...<br>I’m with Domino on <i>Alice</i>, but I would probably pick <i>The Annotated Alice</i> for the volume of fascinating stuff therein; you can always read the main story text ignoring the notes.<br /><br />Agreed on how the Ceremony of Light — and its restrictive parameters, in particular — is rather odd.<br /><br />I’ll dig out some Loeb quotes on joining the X-Men office from my interview with him later.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-35819226218992902902018-11-02T22:35:03.556-05:002018-11-02T22:35:03.556-05:00That "desert island" conversation contai...That "desert island" conversation contains almost everything I like and hate about Jeph Loeb: the thing about Cyclops is a terrific little character moment that shows a writer who is tuned into what makes his subjects tick, not just their basic personality traits. On the other hand, nearly every other answer is exactly that: choices based on broad personality traits that are so bland as to be almost insulting. It feels like he asked someone, "what's a military-type book?" and they responded, "you mean like Art of War?" and he was all, "bingo!" Same deal with "Sinatra album," "weird fairytale book" and "punk record." That last one is as galling as the first. No one's favorite album is "Never Mind the Bollocks." Not even the Sex Pistols would choose that.<br /><br /> All it needed is Loeb appropriating a famous movie scene/line without annotation, and we'd have Full Blown Loeb. I'm glad his talents at Marvel's screen/tv division have been put to better use.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-44231923580430406652018-11-02T18:00:41.265-05:002018-11-02T18:00:41.265-05:00As I said in the comments of your last Adjectivele...As I said in the comments of your last Adjectiveless review, this was the era where I started to branch out into the broader X-line -- but I was still a little ways off from picking up Cable regularly. I don't think I was missing much, bth.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-38609588668262442062018-11-02T17:57:39.481-05:002018-11-02T17:57:39.481-05:00Cable's posh taste is maybe my favorite runnin...Cable's posh taste is maybe my favorite running gag in all X-comics.<br /><br />I wonder if it started as a way for writers to let the air out of this ridiculous EXTREME badass cyborg-mutant-from-the-future or whether someone along the way (probably Liefeld) thought being cultured and being all-caps EXTREME went hand-in-hand somehow.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665503542091489778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-79125766178269477602018-11-02T17:16:16.605-05:002018-11-02T17:16:16.605-05:00I do thing (a) Ceremony of Light gets some presenc...I do thing (a) Ceremony of Light gets some presence when the Marrow/Gene Nation business gets on.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-86888099808733688412018-11-02T14:56:00.212-05:002018-11-02T14:56:00.212-05:00I like Cable's taste in music!I like Cable's taste in music!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com