tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post2435276883750988539..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: UXM #376 & X-MEN #96 – January 2000G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-66735866433393814472014-06-24T23:10:35.215-04:002014-06-24T23:10:35.215-04:00Nah, this crossover didn't make me excited fro...Nah, this crossover didn't make me excited from the beggining. It just feels like any other crossover in the last decade (except for AoA, of course)... They all have the same vibe. They all feel like they have the same starting point, middle and ending.<br />I didn't feel Claremont through this issue.<br />Anyway, Death's character is, again, the weak link in my book, and the thing that irritate me the most. Now he is all powerful again, after that weak performance in Cable's issue, but he still doesn't kill Collosus and Moira when he clearly has the chance, for whatever reason. For some stupid reason Jean cannot do nothing to him with cerebero on (but that's actually a very accurate Claremontian method). Also - Shadowcat should be dead. Wolverine put a sword through her, then electrified her - that surely has to break her concertration and make her solid again, so the sword should cut through her stomach. I call shenanigens.ray swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850259140570017583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-67481065928897594982009-07-12T22:44:19.772-04:002009-07-12T22:44:19.772-04:00"I think Davis' final issues were release..."I think Davis' final issues were released in February 2000, so I'll finish with his run." <br /><br />Sad. <br /><br />I was hoping that you would be moved by the Spirit and go on through the following runs, which would be cheating (the initial idea of a 90s X-Men blog) I suppose. <br />But I really wanted to see your take on Morrison's run.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385215010532785538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-77393067433788179392009-07-10T17:38:05.354-04:002009-07-10T17:38:05.354-04:00"So are the 90s over?
Are we going to get a ..."So are the 90s over?<br /><br />Are we going to get a long rambling summary post to answer your original question?"<br /><br />I think Davis' final issues were released in February 2000, so I'll finish with his run. I'll write an overall summary sometime next week. I don't know if it will be one post or a series.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-58225488310144664062009-07-10T15:29:26.345-04:002009-07-10T15:29:26.345-04:00If I recall interviews properly, I don't think...If I recall interviews properly, I don't think there really was a definite plan for the Twelve when they were created. Even the old stories are inconsistent about who is one and I think it was sort of a Lobdell style "this idea sounds cool and we'll make some stuff up as we go along". But I could be wrong about this. But the idea that they power a big machine was most definitely disappointing. The rest of the story is good, though and I like the Alan Davis Ages of Apocalypse issues.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-90882725974512775692009-07-10T12:39:42.141-04:002009-07-10T12:39:42.141-04:00And it begins...
My hardcore inner nerd never cou...And it begins...<br /><br />My hardcore inner nerd never could fully embrace this storyline, as I LOVED the mystery of the Twelve when I first read it in X-Factor 14 (as a back issue, years after its release) and was amongst those dying to see it re-visited and excited when Marvel announced it would be. <br /><br />And then they revisited it by completely disregarding the established subplot. I know, I know, Master Mold was malfunctioning, etc. but I just couldn't get over the deviation enough to fully enjoy the story (and as X-Men crossover stories go, it's not bad, though the Skrulls, especially the mutant ones, seem out of place and unnecessary). <br /><br />(Making Apocalypse the villain of the piece instead of one of the Twelve especially rubbed me raw, as I had always loved the idea that the villainous Apocalypse was one of the Twelve alongside heroes like Cyclops and Storm; it suggested that whatever role the Twelve had to play, it would be bigger than the usual good guy/bad guy struggle.) <br /><br />I'd love to find out someday what plans, if any, Louise Simonson originally had for the storyline.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-64819533450649494532009-07-10T06:28:15.940-04:002009-07-10T06:28:15.940-04:00So are the 90s over?
Are we going to get a long r...So are the 90s over?<br /><br />Are we going to get a long rambling summary post to answer your original question?JdRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942782360807873267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-64328152635823465582009-07-09T20:13:42.157-04:002009-07-09T20:13:42.157-04:00"Didn't someone use the old "you can..."Didn't someone use the old "you can always tell where the X-Men have been" line here? I think that's what really gave it away for me."<br /><br />That was in the previous issue, along with four or five other Claremont Cliches.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-91536107298517315562009-07-09T12:15:14.265-04:002009-07-09T12:15:14.265-04:00Ah! X-Men 96 is the one I definitely remembered a...Ah! <i>X-Men</i> 96 is the one I definitely remembered as an obvious Claremont script-job! The cover brings it all back to me now! I think I especially noticed it for some reason in a scene where Cyclops and Storm were conversing... Didn't someone use the old "you can always tell where the X-Men have been" line here? I think that's what really gave it away for me.<br /><br />For whatever reason, I was really, really enjoying the X-Men titles at this time -- more than I had in years! And this issue in particular really brings it all back to me. I have very fond memories of eagerly going to the comic shop each week and picking up the next installments! And I wasn't a kid in middle school or something -- I was 21 at the time!<br /><br />It's too bad it all went downhill so fast as soon as Alan Davis left. In my own (admittedly somewhat closed-minded) opinion, this was the last time the X-Men were <i>genuinely</i> enjoyable.Mattnoreply@blogger.com