tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post932997092741945431..comments2024-03-29T02:32:15.437-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Jason Powell on Uncanny X-Men #180Geoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-3414003471549534272010-06-05T15:25:05.382-04:002010-06-05T15:25:05.382-04:00I picked up the Secret Wars trade for the first ti...I picked up the Secret Wars trade for the first time a few years back and the love affair that Colossus goes through on Battleworld felt completely out of character. Now reading these issues leading up to the Secret Wars time jump puts Peter's state of mind in context. I still don't think I will ever have the love for Secret Wars that people who first read it as kids do.Isaac P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-30149422880103992782010-04-12T09:06:27.862-04:002010-04-12T09:06:27.862-04:00Best Storm and Kitty scene ever.
But Jason, I re...Best Storm and Kitty scene ever. <br /><br />But Jason, I read somewhere Shooter was the one who wanted to end the Kitty/Peter romance. He didn't like the idea of a 19-year old being with a minor...wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-51770410376242211812008-11-15T08:23:00.000-05:002008-11-15T08:23:00.000-05:00I never cared for MoStorm much -- thought it was a...I never cared for MoStorm much -- thought it was an implausible and contrived direction for the character to take. Also, I never for a moment thought it was demonic possession or some such -- as soon as the new look appeared, my twentyish self was all "oh, here's Claremont trying to be soap-opera and edgy at the same time". <BR/><BR/>That said, I firmly agree that it was much, much better than just rerunning Dark Phoenix again.<BR/><BR/>...in retrospect, the MoStorm years are really period pieces. Mohawks are transgressive; turning a previously gentle and naive character into someone who hits people in the face with two-by-fours (and loves it! fun!) is character development. It's all very Eighties, no?<BR/><BR/>There's a conversation to be had about Storm's awakening to, first violence, then love and sex, as compared to Jean's; there are a number of interesting comparanda, most notably that Storm's sexual awakening comes after being /de/powered. (On the other hand, she gets to live through it.) But maybe later.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Doug M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-23693526730091185932008-11-14T08:35:00.000-05:002008-11-14T08:35:00.000-05:00Wow, I'd never connected the two "Storm versus str...Wow, I'd never connected the two "Storm versus street punks" scenes before. It does strike home just how much the character changed between the two scenes.<BR/><BR/>As for the scene in issue 180 where she takes on the street punks, I've always been partial to the panel where she picks up a two-by-four and bashes two thugs in the face at the same time. Nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-36159075986012452082008-11-13T21:01:00.000-05:002008-11-13T21:01:00.000-05:00Yes, well said. From more than one vector, this is...Yes, well said. From more than one vector, this is a cleverly constructed scene. The push-and-pull of the Storm/Kitty relationship -- with Storm continually jealous of having her place in Kitty's life usurped, first by Stevie, then by Peter and Illyana -- followed by Kitty resenting Ororo's transformation, is all very true to life, I think. <BR/><BR/>It's interesting too, your point about anti-climax/genre-inversion. If Dark Phoenix is the template for all other X-Men stories to follow, how perfectly natural to see Storm's transformation as heading along the same path. Yet, as you say, the expected explosion turns out to be an implosion, instead. A gentle conversation -- rather than battles on the moon -- is what ends the thread.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-73944775445557371652008-11-13T18:41:00.000-05:002008-11-13T18:41:00.000-05:00The other thing to say about that generally terrif...The other thing to say about that generally terrific Storm/Kitty scene is that it's a masterpiece of anti-climax -- or maybe genre-twisting is a better term. After a multi-issue build-up of the Storm situation... that Something Was Wrong With Her, some lurking menace, a telepathic whammy of some sort, a demonic possession... it was just a person going through some changes. The subverting of the genre trope, making so it was really <I>just</I> a character thing, was very powerful. At the time, I was sure that Something was going on with Storm. Turns out -- she was a person.<BR/><BR/>Wow.<BR/><BR/>And if the bit at the end of the dialogue about Kitty's asking about the permanence of love is sentimental, then it is honest and earned sentiment.<BR/><BR/>A great moment.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524368948187746248noreply@blogger.com