Originally posted by The Drastic Spastic
just skimming for Nightcrawler bits.
Lawd have me'cy, I thought I was the only one to do that. It's embarassing to admit, but I have flipped thru entired "Essential" volumes, only stopping when I see the goblin ears. I figured it was merely the impatience I seem to have developed in middle age (y'know, life's too short so cut to the chase).
Whew. *wipes brow in relief*
"Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton." From Chapter 9 of _Brother Odd_ by Dean Koontz / from Chapter 10: "Life you can evade; death you cannot."
Originally posted by The Drastic Spastic
just skimming for Nightcrawler bits.
Lawd have me'cy, I thought I was the only one to do that. It's embarassing to admit, but I have flipped thru entired "Essential" volumes, only stopping when I see the goblin ears. I figured it was merely the impatience I seem to have developed in middle age (y'know, life's too short so cut to the chase).
Whew. *wipes brow in relief*
I do that as well. If it's blue, I check it out, and it's not old age, I've been doing that since I was twenty and I still do it at fifty-two. The question I ask myself is: Why am I still reading comical books at my age?
Because comic books are the mythology of our day, and every generation needs heroes and moral touchstones. Comics -- and fantasy in general -- help society figure out what is going on, without the baggage of naming specific populations or situations.
Of course, I took a lot of anthropology at university, so maybe that's not the correct answer. Maybe you just never grew out of it. Teddy Roosevelt never grew out of roughhousing with his grandkids, even as he penned intellectual volumes.
"Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton." From Chapter 9 of _Brother Odd_ by Dean Koontz / from Chapter 10: "Life you can evade; death you cannot."
I think I just never grew up. After twenty plus years of marriage and two children, you would think I would, but I still like to do a lot of the things I did as a child.
...or maybe it's just that Kurt is HOT to look at!!!:pant
Originally posted by Elfdame
Because comic books are the mythology of our day, and every generation needs heroes and moral touchstones. Comics -- and fantasy in general -- help society figure out what is going on, without the baggage of naming specific populations or situations.
I didn't have a chance to buy, but I saw the panels in question, and holy crap, it looks like Nutjob!Nightcrawler is finally coming round. Perhaps he just needed that little extra bit of responsibility to take the crazies away.
I laughed at the benevolent dictatorship line myself.
"Every living creature is unique-- it is a part of our charm."
Originally posted by The Drastic Spastic
Or.... looking at pictures is fun.
Yeah, for you normal types. For the visually impaired, it takes me forever nowadays just to figure out which way to turn the magazine so I can figure out from what perspective we're looking. The old ones from the 1970's are easier for me.
"Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton." From Chapter 9 of _Brother Odd_ by Dean Koontz / from Chapter 10: "Life you can evade; death you cannot."
Originally posted by the_lone_bamf
I didn't have a chance to buy, but I saw the panels in question, and holy crap, it looks like Nutjob!Nightcrawler is finally coming round. Perhaps he just needed that little extra bit of responsibility to take the crazies away.
I laughed at the benevolent dictatorship line myself.
I miss nutjob Nightcrawler. He got more screen time than Mr. Not-So-New and Improved.
Yeahhhhh... but the whole 'Phantom of the X-men' thing was getting old. (Plus, him drooling after Dazzler was getting on my nerves. I think she's icky in UXM.)
"Every living creature is unique-- it is a part of our charm."
Well... the difference is... your comic book guy is just one person which multiple-opinion-disorder... whereas in this thread we have multiple people each expressing their own individual opinions. No need for us all to agree.
"Every living creature is unique-- it is a part of our charm."
I'm sure I'm just inventing a personality for her, but I think we can safely say that she cares about the wellbeing of the Morlocks, without being a psychotic killer-face like 616 Callisto. She was smart enough to realize the violent path that Sunder was leading them down wasn't a good one, and recognized something (however buried beneath issues it might be) in Kurt that would make him a prime leader for their society.
So... maybe it's wrong to say that I prefer her as a character, but seeing as she has brought out a lot of positive qualities in UXM Nightcrawler (from my point of view) I prefer her as a match for Kurt as opposed to icky Dazzler who only complicated his issues.
"Every living creature is unique-- it is a part of our charm."
But complicated issues make for an awesome story. Kind of disappointing how quickly he's snapping back from being a complete psycho into a kingly leader. I guess I've been there though. (Although... I've never killed a man. Haha!) One day your head just clears and everything makes sense again. Being down in the sewer must do it for him.
Yeah, I'll admit the transition was a quick one, to say the least. But at least kingly leader beats "In a coma because we don't know what to do with you".
"Every living creature is unique-- it is a part of our charm."