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Dodgeball! (And Terrorism In X-Men)
For some reason, over supper I started talking about dodgeball with my father. Then I made a quiz. What Dodgeball Player Are You?
I'm telling you man, dodgeball. It's Darwinian.
I picked up an issue of Uncanny X-Men today, after quite a drought. I was shocked to learn that they'd killed off a bunch of people again, and blown up a major US city again. Even more shocking (ha!) was the appropriation/integration of current major American social concerns. The issue is #442 and the front cover has a grim looking Wolverine, dog togs hanging out over a torn uniform, fists clenched and claws popped, standing before an empty helmet of Magneto's and this... fantastical gas mask cum corpse. Wolverine is Determined. Grieving. Even Sad.
The subject of #442 is the aftermath of a devastating terrorist attack on New York(!) city. Now, given that I haven't been keeping up with the book, I can't comment on what led Magneto to such a drastic Final Solution, but I can tell you that a) he's dead again; b) Jean's dead again; c) and terrorists are evil sumbitch's who definitely do not deserve a proper burial (especially when they kill Americans). The reading experience was surreal, to say the least.
The letters page offers a special treat. An American soldier has written in to compliment the book's team on its hard work. Uncanny helps him spend some time outside of his terrifying reality. The team behind Uncanny is pleased to have helped One of Our Boys to deal.
Of course, now I have to pick up the back issues, in order to properly celebrate Jean's (third? fourth?) death, and figure out where Mags went wrong (too little crack?). However, I really am... I hesitate to say disturbed. Unsettled, at least, at how blatantly the Marvel team has copped something from real life, and dealt with it so poorly. Again. It's like the Legacy Virus = HIV all over again.
And randomly, it occurs to me that I'm in dire need of the odd media icon. My collection is getting increasingly odd. X-Men? Pirates of the Carribean? Harry Potter? Plzbithnx.
I'm telling you man, dodgeball. It's Darwinian.
I picked up an issue of Uncanny X-Men today, after quite a drought. I was shocked to learn that they'd killed off a bunch of people again, and blown up a major US city again. Even more shocking (ha!) was the appropriation/integration of current major American social concerns. The issue is #442 and the front cover has a grim looking Wolverine, dog togs hanging out over a torn uniform, fists clenched and claws popped, standing before an empty helmet of Magneto's and this... fantastical gas mask cum corpse. Wolverine is Determined. Grieving. Even Sad.
The subject of #442 is the aftermath of a devastating terrorist attack on New York(!) city. Now, given that I haven't been keeping up with the book, I can't comment on what led Magneto to such a drastic Final Solution, but I can tell you that a) he's dead again; b) Jean's dead again; c) and terrorists are evil sumbitch's who definitely do not deserve a proper burial (especially when they kill Americans). The reading experience was surreal, to say the least.
The letters page offers a special treat. An American soldier has written in to compliment the book's team on its hard work. Uncanny helps him spend some time outside of his terrifying reality. The team behind Uncanny is pleased to have helped One of Our Boys to deal.
Of course, now I have to pick up the back issues, in order to properly celebrate Jean's (third? fourth?) death, and figure out where Mags went wrong (too little crack?). However, I really am... I hesitate to say disturbed. Unsettled, at least, at how blatantly the Marvel team has copped something from real life, and dealt with it so poorly. Again. It's like the Legacy Virus = HIV all over again.
And randomly, it occurs to me that I'm in dire need of the odd media icon. My collection is getting increasingly odd. X-Men? Pirates of the Carribean? Harry Potter? Plzbithnx.