tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post195748756313997577..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Jason Powell on Uncanny X-Men #141Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-39788129105179362972008-07-04T10:57:00.000-04:002008-07-04T10:57:00.000-04:00Nice review, Jason. Days of Future Past was alway...Nice review, Jason. Days of Future Past was always the my favorite X-Men story.Streeboramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246099190675220076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-11108829337002204892008-07-04T01:03:00.000-04:002008-07-04T01:03:00.000-04:00Shlomo, interesting question re: "the offensive." ...Shlomo, interesting question re: "the offensive." The closest thing I can think of is the early Silver Age issue when Professor X has a vague intuition that Magneto is going to recruit the Sub-Mariner. So he sends his astral self out spying and learns that, yes, he was right.<BR/><BR/>Probably doesn't count. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-66348431218576123042008-07-03T14:38:00.000-04:002008-07-03T14:38:00.000-04:00Nice one, Josh. Works for me.Nice one, Josh. Works for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-9073987715491855862008-07-03T12:47:00.000-04:002008-07-03T12:47:00.000-04:00James: The No-Prize explaination would be that Kit...James: The No-Prize explaination would be that Kitty probably always smelled a little nervous/jittery to Wolvie back then. <BR/><BR/>(Same way that dogs can tell if you're nervous around them or not.)<BR/><BR/>Kate isn't scared, so her mind doesn't make Kitty's body produce whatever produces that smell.Josh Hechingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548677734587910038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-57036176731002291212008-07-03T12:20:00.000-04:002008-07-03T12:20:00.000-04:00Oh man, I've still never read this properly, but i...Oh man, I've still never read this properly, but it always bugged the hell out of me that Wolverine can *smell* the older Kate take control of Kitty. Seriously: whuuuut?!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740669500899738381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-15212728461182813832008-07-03T12:04:00.000-04:002008-07-03T12:04:00.000-04:00This story marks the first instance of time-travel...This story marks the first instance of time-travel in the series, and to me it remains the most endearing use of this plot-device. Number one: it gets in and gets out. Theres no time-traveler/displaced person to wander around with a confusing back-story for years to come. Number two: its not even physical time-travel, only mental, which allows the sci-fi element to be a little more subtle. <BR/><BR/>I think this plot-device is yet another way for the writers to hedge their bets regarding the role of superheroes: they cant be too proactive because then they seem like vigilantes, but if theyre only playing defense than they seem to be always playing catch-up. Having some vague knowledge of the future allows them to have "evidence" of a crime, without actually having done any illegal snooping. <BR/><BR/>ignoring the whole sci-fi/ethical issue of trying to stop a crime before its committed... Is this the first instance of the x-men "taking the offensive"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com