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Rhyno posted:Stupid spoiler typo. Sorry everyone who hadn't gotten to that yet. It was a twist at the end of the first issue, once the second one is out you're mostly in the clear
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:25 |
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# ? May 13, 2024 06:41 |
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Skwirl posted:It was a twist at the end of the first issue, once the second one is out you're mostly in the clear Just covering myself, I only got to the book today. Some people might be waiting to read it all in one go.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:26 |
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Rhyno posted:Just covering myself, I only got to the book today. Some people might be waiting to read it all in one go. Nah, it's good to keep it in spoilers, there's a reason I didn't say what was in the spoiler. I was just saying don't beat yourself up over it.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:33 |
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My opinion of Extinction will be solely on if it brings Scott back.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:36 |
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They'll bring back Scott but kill Emma in the space Avengers thing she's in.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:36 |
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Aphrodite posted:They'll bring back Scott but kill Emma in the space Avengers thing she's in. I'm willing to make that trade.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:41 |
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You ready for 2 years of "JEAN!"? Strap in.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:47 |
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I was born ready, muthafucka.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:48 |
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Hey look, I'd rather have Scott and Emma but the Scott part is the most important.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:48 |
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Aphrodite posted:You ready for 2 years of "JEAN!"? Strap in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRwkcV1VL7k Actually, I really hope if they bring old Scott back they wait awhile to hook him up with Jean again. I know they will eventually because comics, but let her date someone else for half a minute first. I don't particularly care who Storm, or Nightcrawler if he's not shacking up with his sister at the moment, but someone else.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:53 |
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Plus I think a whole bit in the resurrection story was Jean realizing she's passed Scott? (Which makes little sense for her since she's spent all that time in between dead, but whatever.)
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 19:58 |
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Lol if you expect characterization to stick.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 20:03 |
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Aphrodite posted:Plus I think a whole bit in the resurrection story was Jean realizing she's passed Scott? I think it was in an annual she visited his grave and said she wished that he was with her. My whole thing with Scott and Jean is this. If they decide to put them together, then great. Have them grow together, don't do any love triangles, and make them happy with each other. If they don't put them together, then have them as good friends on good terms who realize that their relationship just didn't work and there's no hard feelings, then give them whoever as love interests. Just go with one or the other, skip the "will they/won't they" part, and don't recycle tired love triangles.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 20:06 |
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Comics in general could do to get away from love triangles. They are always terrible
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 20:30 |
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CharlestheHammer posted:Lol if you expect characterization to stick. Then if it ain't gonna stick, can we get (mostly) hero Emma back?
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 20:39 |
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What’s more heroic than being an Avenger?
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 20:44 |
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CharlestheHammer posted:Comics in general could do to get away from love triangles. They are always terrible All fiction could do to drop them. It's not a triangle you dolts, in the real world it's just cheating.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 20:49 |
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Rhyno posted:All fiction could do to drop them. It's not a triangle you dolts, in the real world it's just cheating. The biggest problem with the concept is that it's usually just a V with a kinda lovely person in the middle. If you have to have a love triangle, each side should behave the same. Just three people who each can't decide which of the other two they want to hook up with.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 21:02 |
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Aphrodite posted:Plus I think a whole bit in the resurrection story was Jean realizing she's passed Scott? I think Jean as a Phoenix host is semi-alive/conscious of what's going on around her in the White Hot Room. She definitely popped up from time to time even after her death in the context of the Phoenix.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 23:12 |
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I know there are reading order to take a macro View and kind of just tell you what series to read, but is there any like really in-depth accurate reading orders for X-Men that tells you every series in the order of which they were released and when they cross over at what issue and what needs to be up to on all the series for that cross over to make sense? I'm considering an actual real deal start from zero like Jay and Miles. Perhaps things will finally make sense then.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 23:22 |
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Covok posted:I know there are reading order to take a macro View and kind of just tell you what series to read, but is there any like really in-depth accurate reading orders for X-Men that tells you every series in the order of which they were released and when they cross over at what issue and what needs to be up to on all the series for that cross over to make sense?
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 23:29 |
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Covok posted:I know there are reading order to take a macro View and kind of just tell you what series to read, but is there any like really in-depth accurate reading orders for X-Men that tells you every series in the order of which they were released and when they cross over at what issue and what needs to be up to on all the series for that cross over to make sense? It's not necessarily going to tell you about every guest appearance or whatever, but comics are generally pretty good about letting you know when a crossover or event or miniseries is happening (because they want you to buy those books, too!) If you decided to start reading Uncanny from issue 94 or whatever the editor's notes would keep you pretty clued in to when New Mutants starts/the Wolverine mini happens/etc. Chronologial reading has never been my thing, but one piece of advice J&M dropped way back was looking at sites for stuff like X-Men chronologically and then USE THAT AS A READING LIST ONLY. But I suspect that that might be more in-universe chronologically that publishing order.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 23:41 |
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Covok posted:I know there are reading order to take a macro View and kind of just tell you what series to read, but is there any like really in-depth accurate reading orders for X-Men that tells you every series in the order of which they were released and when they cross over at what issue and what needs to be up to on all the series for that cross over to make sense? Even if that existed it still wouldn't make sense. The X-Men are basically Finnegan's Wake.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 23:43 |
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Skwirl posted:Even if that existed it still wouldn't make sense. The X-Men are basically Finnegan's Wake. It exists and it doesn't. I did google "x-men chronological" for a lark and this site immediately made my eyes glaze over. I've read almost everything on this guide and it is still absolute gibberish.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 23:47 |
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Rhyno posted:All fiction could do to drop them. It's not a triangle you dolts, in the real world it's just cheating. Here's a solution: Make them poly.
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# ? Sep 3, 2018 23:59 |
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Rochallor posted:It exists and it doesn't. I did google "x-men chronological" for a lark and this site immediately made my eyes glaze over. I've read almost everything on this guide and it is still absolute gibberish. X-Men isn't Finnegan's Wake, it's Schrodinger's Cat.
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# ? Sep 4, 2018 00:50 |
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If I was thinking of picking up an X-Men monthly again, which one would you recommend?
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# ? Sep 4, 2018 01:46 |
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Robot Wendigo posted:If I was thinking of picking up an X-Men monthly again, which one would you recommend? weapon x
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# ? Sep 4, 2018 01:51 |
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Robot Wendigo posted:If I was thinking of picking up an X-Men monthly again, which one would you recommend? Red. And also X-23.
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# ? Sep 4, 2018 02:17 |
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Extermination chat: I really, really wish they hadn't given Young Cable such an ugly neonazi haircut.
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# ? Sep 4, 2018 20:49 |
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I'm not sure Extermination really "works" for me since every death/disappearance so far I've reacted with "good, gently caress 'em". Can't wait til the O5 are out of this universe; they've outstayed their welcome by years now. And (spoilers for Extermination, obviously:) Cable killing Cable is hilarious, because as far as I'm concerned, the more convoluted his history, the better. He's the time paradox that walks like a man.
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# ? Sep 5, 2018 00:24 |
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Alaois posted:weapon x Dawgstar posted:Red. And also X-23. Thanks! I'll pick one of each this weekend and see how I fare.
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# ? Sep 5, 2018 00:41 |
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Rochallor posted:I don't know if anybody is actually still reading New Mutants-Dead Souls, but it wrapped up this week on a major cliffhanger. After being really iffy on the first couple of issues I ended up really enjoying it. The art is great--Illyana especially--and Rosenberg has a good handle on the voice of the characters. I have been considering reading these based just on the strength of the covers but I'm waiting until they all hit unlimited (bad fan here).
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# ? Sep 5, 2018 01:27 |
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This isn't even the first time Cable has killed Cable! Sorry, discussion threads don't get tags.
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# ? Sep 5, 2018 01:39 |
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I think Extermination depends a lot on what the ending is to see if it's an effective/good story. Like, if it's setting the plate to clear off some extra characters and either bring Scott back or have young Scott stay, I'm fine with that. I do like the original five though, so I'm fine if they do stay.
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# ? Sep 5, 2018 01:41 |
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I wasn't really reading comics when the whole O5 thing happened but why on earth would they just stick around forever? Wasn't the entire purpose to show them how lovely the world got or mistakes along the way so they could go back and do things better? If they just stay in the future isn't that kind of loving up yet another non-616 Earth that has to putt along with no X-Men team? Seems like a really lovely issue of What If? where Magneto just immediately wipes out homo sapiens. Just send them back and then in a year follow up with a series in their multiverse showing what improvements they made as a result of the things they learned in 616 land.
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# ? Sep 6, 2018 17:32 |
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davebo posted:I wasn't really reading comics when the whole O5 thing happened but why on earth would they just stick around forever? Wasn't the entire purpose to show them how lovely the world got or mistakes along the way so they could go back and do things better? If they just stay in the future isn't that kind of loving up yet another non-616 Earth that has to putt along with no X-Men team? Seems like a really lovely issue of What If? where Magneto just immediately wipes out homo sapiens. Just send them back and then in a year follow up with a series in their multiverse showing what improvements they made as a result of the things they learned in 616 land. I think they were a Bendis idea, on the whole, and with no more Bendis around everybody wants to put their own stamp on the franchise. Which is understandable! Even if it is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
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# ? Sep 6, 2018 19:09 |
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They tried to go home and couldn't for some reason.
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# ? Sep 6, 2018 19:09 |
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I actually like this current team/arc of Astonishing X-Men.
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# ? Sep 6, 2018 19:53 |
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davebo posted:I wasn't really reading comics when the whole O5 thing happened but why on earth would they just stick around forever? Wasn't the entire purpose to show them how lovely the world got or mistakes along the way so they could go back and do things better? If they just stay in the future isn't that kind of loving up yet another non-616 Earth that has to putt along with no X-Men team? Seems like a really lovely issue of What If? where Magneto just immediately wipes out homo sapiens. Just send them back and then in a year follow up with a series in their multiverse showing what improvements they made as a result of the things they learned in 616 land. They were supposed to make Cyclops remember his (Xavier's) ideals and stop That failed. Young Cyclops almost died and caused a time paradox. They tried to go back and couldn't until they used magic instead of science. Saw duplicates of themselves. Assumed time adjusted. Later found out those were imposters from the Future Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Beat them. Decided to stick around in present until they "fixed the future." They think Xavier will mindwipe them if they go back so they can't change the past, only the future.
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# ? Sep 6, 2018 21:13 |