tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post2959143509461569845..comments2023-03-28T04:32:18.124-04:00Comments on Witless Prattle: Just Sayin'--Rogues, X-Men, and Character StuffKazekagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-14556114533118681112009-09-11T21:35:00.160-04:002009-09-11T21:35:00.160-04:00Yeah, I think there's little to be gained by s...Yeah, I think there's little to be gained by speculation at this point as, really, until the deal's finalised we won't really know how things are going to jump either way.<br /><br />Well, they've had corporate leashes, but not as big as DC's had heretofore. And while I agree a firm hand could help things immeasurably at Marvel, it depends on how heavy that firm hand is . . .Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-73613205003962304842009-09-08T16:33:26.716-04:002009-09-08T16:33:26.716-04:00I'm not rushing to conclusions re: Disney - th...I'm not rushing to conclusions re: Disney - there are too many variables at work to try and predict their next move. My guess is they'll either make with the censor bombs or leave the actual comics alone so long as they continue to generate IPs for movies.<br /><br />That said, I agree that Marvel has, in the past, benefited from the perception that their creativity flourished thanks to the lack of a corporate leash. On the other hand, looking at where all that freedom led them, getting reined in might not be the worst possible outcome...Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-43247619853361944112009-09-01T17:42:54.024-04:002009-09-01T17:42:54.024-04:00Well, she'd done some X-men annual right befor...Well, she'd done some X-men annual right before the big flip came in, I think, so she was right on the leading edge of that trend.<br /><br />Oh yes. Sadly, I think the Disney buyout puts paid to the possibility of that happening again, I'm afraid. We'll have to wait and see, but I always had this feeling that the reason they could occasionally go off the beam like that was due to the fact that weren't plugged into some uber-corporate entity. <br /><br />Mind you, I'd be happy to be proven wrong. :)Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-61840178339149988462009-08-31T02:27:32.159-04:002009-08-31T02:27:32.159-04:00Oh lord. So she was yet another TV writer coming i...Oh lord. So she was yet another TV writer coming into comics. Well, that explains <i>everything</i>.<br /><br />Agent X, X-Statix, New X-Men, "outing" Daredevil, early Ultimate Spider-Man... that administration had its moments. Few and far between, perhaps, but certainly more than the current group of twits.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-47802773135337029302009-08-22T21:08:56.248-04:002009-08-22T21:08:56.248-04:00Well, I'd already had a chance to see her writ...Well, I'd already had a chance to see her writing--she did an episode of Crusade which I thought was quite good (mind you she was under JMS' direct aegis at the time, so make of that what you will) and she had one in the script stages that had potential as well. Then I thumbed through the Rogue mini and I was like, "Jesus, what happened?"<br /><br />Yyyyyyeah. That's one of the reasons I'm still a bit ambivalent about the Jemas era--I kinda liked my <i>Agent X.</i>Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-34870960697253721872009-08-22T16:33:37.456-04:002009-08-22T16:33:37.456-04:00Bearing in mind Marvel were touting her as Straczy...Bearing in mind Marvel were touting her as Straczynski's protege around the time he was telling us how Gwen Stacy used to play Hide the Glider with Norman Osborn, she wasn't exactly starting off on the right foot either. :)<br /><br />They <i>were</i> a rather unpleasant batch... of course, everyone else had already defected to DC over Jemas' behavior, so it was hardly a surprise.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-2232029238654277062009-08-15T18:19:18.355-04:002009-08-15T18:19:18.355-04:00Arana means "credibility killer" in Span...Arana means "credibility killer" in Spanish, so no surprises there. :) I don't think I read his Loki series--pretty much everything I read from him I found dreadful and nigh-unreadable as nearly all those neophyte writers from the tail end of the Jemas era struck me.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-75877307872474959432009-08-15T08:30:22.230-04:002009-08-15T08:30:22.230-04:00Ah, Robert Rodi. One of the more puzzling writers ...Ah, Robert Rodi. One of the more puzzling writers in comics: I always got the sense that he knew how to write stories and create believable characters, but for some reason that never actually happened on books like "Elektra" or "Rogue". (Although he did do a decent job with that Loki miniseries.) As for Fiona Avery, I'd say Arana killed what little credibility she had to begin with...Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-45479421195804727422009-08-01T20:38:48.695-04:002009-08-01T20:38:48.695-04:00Not being written by Robert Rodi or Fiona Avery he...Not being written by Robert Rodi or Fiona Avery helps, I'm sure. :)<br /><br />And Mystique needs all the help she can get, as when she was stripped of her relationship with Destiny and Rogue, she soon metamorphosed into (and still is, in a way) the least credible mastermind in comics, as every illogical and out of character thing she ever did was somehow finessed into being All Part Of The Plan. Be nice to see <i>that</i> nonsense in the rearview mirror.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-85801671799487133392009-08-01T07:15:14.178-04:002009-08-01T07:15:14.178-04:00A Rogue solo book that won't implode due to it...A Rogue solo book that <i>won't</i> implode due to its own suckiness. We truly are living in strange times. :)<br /><br />And of Mystique's as well - I think it went a long way towards humanizing her, at precisely the right time: she'd still been a relatively new character when Rogue joined the X-Men.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-41316929589793190982009-07-22T17:24:57.416-04:002009-07-22T17:24:57.416-04:00Yeah, that initially made me wonder--he'd done...Yeah, that initially made me wonder--he'd done such a good job of setting her up as a competent leader and it felt like he kept sidelining her, but now I can kinda see it worked to a larger purpose.<br /><br />Especially by tying her more inextricably to Mystique. Even in the early days, their weird mother/daughter relationship was such a compelling part of Rogue's origin, I thought.Kazekagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499536996058174109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207237618509440496.post-30431451882053775062009-07-19T18:11:10.247-04:002009-07-19T18:11:10.247-04:00I admit I was a bit skeptical when Carey started p...I admit I was a bit skeptical when Carey started piling the tragedies on Rogue - Strain 88, then the Hecatomb, the disintegration of her team - but his decision to clear Rogue's mind of everyone <i>except</i> Mystique? Brilliant. It shows that he <i>gets</i> the character, and... well, it's a lot, especially in comparison to his contemporaries.Diana Kingston-Gabaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606122690934557406noreply@blogger.com