tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post3085600637531760295..comments2024-03-29T02:32:15.437-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Uncanny X-Men #233Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-29295615646835955712009-08-07T00:40:58.205-04:002009-08-07T00:40:58.205-04:00Nicely stated, Dave.Nicely stated, Dave.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-4742973565305096562009-08-06T14:11:21.123-04:002009-08-06T14:11:21.123-04:00I think this arc summed up part of what made Clare...I think this arc summed up part of what made Claremonts x-men great, the way he would jump from one ongoing storyline to something completely unexpected. At the time this came out I was not expecting him to suddenly pick up the story of what that alien was several issues earlier and the fate of Harry Palmer but here right out of left field that is exactly what we got! I loved that sort of surprise.<br /><br />This was a proper all action storyline showing Claremont at his best, good character work allround and Harry Palmer made for an excellent moral dillema given we know he's an innocent but there are no easy options in how to deal with him. What eventually awaits him is something only Wolverine could, or rather SHOULD do. I think Storm might have made the same decision yes but Wolverine's role is well defined here as the X-mens Judge, Jury & executioner. <br />Not many writers since have understood Logans moral simplicity hid a much greater personal complexity, he straddled the moral border of being the x-mens concience and taking no-nonsense decisions.Dave M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-31885561126949508442009-08-04T23:47:16.369-04:002009-08-04T23:47:16.369-04:00brick·bat (brkbt)
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1. A piece, especially of br...brick·bat (brkbt)<br />n.<br />1. A piece, especially of brick, used as a weapon or missile.<br /><br />What does he say in that issue? "My name's Brickbat ... because I HIT LIKE ONE!!!" <br /><br />Classic! :)<br /><br />Yeah, there's a website devoted to "X-Men Danglers" (which sounds dirty), and there's a segment devoted entirely to, specifically, "Claremont danglers." It does mention that somebody eventually got around to telling the reverend's story, but not the paramedic, I don't think ... ?<br /><br />Ba, if you'd been reading X-Factor, you would have hated Cyclops even more. Simonson had the occasional nice moment of giving Scott some suitable sense of shame, but often he just came off as a childish little baby. And the end of "Inferno" has some really labored sh*t from Jean trying to justify Scott treating Maddie so badly. "Your lie answered the living lie that Madelyne had become!" Hmmm ... sure, Jean, whatever helps you two sleep at night.<br /><br />Yeah, Anon, I sometimes feel a bit weird when I talk up Silvestri, because his latter-day work is ... well, it's not my cup of tea. I think he's unquestionably a talented artist, but his own sensibilities don't seem particularly concerned with emotional depth. It's all boobs 'n' guns. Still, if that's what he likes -- "To thine own self be true" and all that.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-69558307581282916222009-08-04T23:29:16.444-04:002009-08-04T23:29:16.444-04:00As far as I'm concerned, these issues through ...As far as I'm concerned, these issues through inferno painted my opinion of cyclops forever. Perhaps it's because I read from madelyne's (UXM) pov, and not cyclops' (x-factor). But agreed with Matt - the whole Emma frost thing (not to mention the psylocke thing in the 90s) was completely in character, in my opinion.<br /><br />At some point in the 90s/00s, they had an annual or summat that dealt with the fate of the reverend's wife. She was placed in suspended animation, but I can't remember what happened to her.<br /><br />Also...what the hell is a brickbat?bahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892528094367274617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-67717289799792226102009-08-04T19:50:43.340-04:002009-08-04T19:50:43.340-04:00I'd love to read the plot for this issue speci...I'd love to read the plot for this issue specifically for that sequence... how much of that was Claremont or Silvestri (even Harras)? Looking onward to the rest of Silvestri's career I would be hard placed to find anything drawn with this kind of emotional impact.<br /><br />Where did the Silvestri who laid out this sequence go when he was foisting Cyberforce on us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-91115358956707072262009-08-04T19:30:06.011-04:002009-08-04T19:30:06.011-04:00Yeah, how could Scott ever recover from this?
I...Yeah, how could Scott ever recover from this? <br /><br />It's sort of brilliant that although the scene shows Madelyne being disassembled, it's really Scott that we're seeing be utterly taken apart.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-18683170489176665272009-08-04T16:54:02.663-04:002009-08-04T16:54:02.663-04:00This issue was actually the very first X-Men comic...This issue was actually the very first X-Men comic I ever read, back when I was 8 or so, and it creeped me out big time. That scene with Cyclops, even though its a dream sequence, formed the basis of my mental image of the character for years. When people said his cheating on Jean with Emma was out of character, I never bought it - because this (and X-Factor 13/14)was my first exposure to the character.Matt Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780688232878059439noreply@blogger.com