tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post1310049266377597549..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-MEN #8 – May 1992G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-58280195130336308682008-03-12T00:48:00.000-04:002008-03-12T00:48:00.000-04:00I remember the Scott/Betsy angle.It was later reve...I remember the Scott/Betsy angle.It was later revealed that she mind melded with a ninja assassin named Revanche and it was Revanche who was in control of Pyslocke and moved in on Scott.It was to show that Revanche was ruthless and did not consider jean to be competition for her to get a guy she wantedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-23213172303506603232007-10-08T21:15:00.000-04:002007-10-08T21:15:00.000-04:00Bishop having Tourette's would also explain his me...Bishop having Tourette's would also explain his memories of the Age of Apocalypse, I guess. "Yes, Bishop, there's a traitor in our midst. Yeah, buddy, you lived through twenty years in another timeline where Apocalypse ruled the world. Do you have to bring this up all the friggin' time?"G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-1419431286438793112007-10-06T05:48:00.000-04:002007-10-06T05:48:00.000-04:00The way I saw it, the X-Men just assumed Bishop ha...The way I saw it, the X-Men just assumed Bishop had Tourette's, but instead of making odd noises or swearing, he'd announce "Gambit will betray you all!" for no particular reason. Seriously, did ANYONE other than Gambit take Bishop's warning seriously until Onslaught? "That explosion? Just Bishop trying to kill Gambit again. Those ragamuffins." Even during the numerous "Gambit's dark secrets revealed" stories, I don't recall anyone ever saying, "OMG, he used to do THAT? Maybe Bishop's right and Gambit will kill us in our sleep!" Definitely not one of the better handled storylines of the age (though I guess, relative to the other overarcs, it turned out better).<BR/><BR/>Weird thing is, neither avenue makes much sense. Do the X-Men: a) listen to a gun-toting maniac who says he's from the future over someone they've known and fought with (and entrusted Teen Storm with) for months, or b) discount the maniac because obviously the shady thief who everyone already suspects is going to sell them out at some point isn't really the traitorous type. Apparently, option #3 was chosen: c) stay neutral and hope it all works out. Sorta like how no one bothered to give Remy a reason to stay at the mansion in the first place (other than "because that's where Stormy is" and "because that's where Rogue is").<BR/><BR/>Wasn't there a thing in X-Tinction Agenda where Scott had a little flirty thing with Betsy and Jean got mildly disturbed (I say "mildly" because "upset" for Jean means "turn Mastermind into a vegetable and eat an asparagus sun")? Anyway, I wish they'd get back to the "edgy" Betts. Even back in the pre-ninja days, she wasn't always Miss Prissy (she got in a pretty tense fight with Rogue in #239 just for the hell of it, and of course she conned the team through the Siege Perilous "for their own good"). I don't even mind if they'd return her to the "slut" days, so long as they offer some redeeming qualities to offset it (which they didn't do the first time and she ended up being mauled by Sabretooth, so let that be a lesson).<BR/><BR/>Another sign of Rogue's personality change: she seems to be using moisturizer, at least in the cover. Look at that face! When did the river rat who liked fighting the Juggernaut start using facial cream?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-25149245088697232552007-10-03T20:54:00.000-04:002007-10-03T20:54:00.000-04:00I liked Gambit's solo series, but I think it was p...I liked Gambit's solo series, but I think it was probably too late to redeem the Guilds by that point. I thought the stories set during Gambit's childhood were really good.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-44275349645370329832007-10-03T13:02:00.000-04:002007-10-03T13:02:00.000-04:00Fabian Niceiza does a great job with the Guild in ...Fabian Niceiza does a great job with the Guild in the first twelve issues of the Gambit solo series he did with Steve Skroce. Then it gets bogged down in time travel guk after Skroce leaves. But the first twelve are fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com