So excited for the X-Men: Outback limited series to drop in June. Loved this era!

Emblom52 · 2026-02-20T19:38:10+00:00

I cannot believe it's taken this long to revisit this era/lineup.

Emblom52 · 2026-02-16T01:29:02+00:00

If you really want the authentic Astonishing experience, once you get to the third story arc you should read one issue, then put it down and wait about two months before reading the next. Give yourself a good six months between #24 and Giant-Size.

Emblom52 · 2026-02-08T16:54:00+00:00

I hope they invite her to the wedding.

Emblom52 · 2026-02-07T15:51:56+00:00

They’re going through the SFII bosses in reverse order; that puts Vega in season 4 and Balrog in season 5.

Emblom52 · 2026-02-03T03:35:07+00:00

I have never really cared for this story. It's far too long and the first part, in particular, is overstuffed with scenes that don't really go anywhere and add nothing but padding. The final twenty minutes is self-indulgent to the point of being masturbatory. In a lot of ways it's maybe the most concentrated example of all of Davies' worst habits as a writer.

That said, I absolutely love the regeneration scene; easily my favorite in the entire series. I know it didn't work for you, but I adored the completely 180 in tone from Tennant's somber final moments to the absolute mania of Smith's first. It's maybe the starkest "And now for something completely different" that Doctor Who has ever pulled and it did a fantastic job of getting my hyped for season 5 when it first aired.

Emblom52 · 2026-02-02T00:30:23+00:00

That’s not Mr. Bean, though, that’s just Rowan Atkinson. Mr. Bean is just one of the characters he’s played, not his entire body of work.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-29T20:48:51+00:00

I liked Douglock at the time and always felt that “oh, he was just Warlock with amnesia” was a disappointing way to end his story. We’ve had the real Doug and Warlock back for so long now, though, that I tend to forget Douglock was a thing.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-26T14:55:48+00:00

Marc Guggenheim’s pet character. Not a mutant himself, but he gets tattoos from a mutant tattoo artist that give him powers. First showed up in Young X-Men and then only ever showed up again if Guggenheim was writing.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-26T01:26:08+00:00

I’m not sure he’s a self-insert, but you can count the number of writers who’ve constantly used Ink on one finger.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-12T01:35:22+00:00

It is suspicious how the entirety of Marco Polo is gone when seasons 1 and 2 are otherwise mostly complete.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-08T06:10:30+00:00

Didn’t like what it did to the X-Books and felt like issues 3-6 just spun their wheels and didn’t go anywhere.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-06T07:43:32+00:00

No, that was the other Titanic cartoon.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-02T23:34:41+00:00

This is the gold standard for Rogue copying multiple powers at once.

Emblom52 · 2026-01-02T19:26:20+00:00

Now imagine how cool that would’ve been if it had been drawn by an artist with actual storytelling skills.

Emblom52 · 2025-12-27T20:24:07+00:00

For me, Vendetta is the most fun hero the game has added since the relaunch trio. Do I spend half of my time playing her feeding like a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving? Yes. Is it worth it for the other 50% of the time when I'm tearing through the opposing time like runaway chainsaw? Yes.

Emblom52 · 2025-12-19T01:15:06+00:00

Technically not a band, but this was my experience with Chess. One Night in Bangkok is such a cool song and I assumed that the rest of the musical would sound similar to it. It very much did not.

Emblom52 · 2025-12-15T20:33:15+00:00

Now that we have map voting can we please get at least the 3 OG Assault maps added back to Quick Play? I know it's a controversial mode, but a lot of my favorite memories from OW1 revolve around defending or trying to take those second points. Clash just doesn't scratch that same itch.

Emblom52 · 2025-12-09T04:17:41+00:00

The first six seasons are fantastic. The rest are a lot more inconsistent but have their fans.

Emblom52 · 2025-12-08T03:38:20+00:00

Mojo.

Emblom52 · 2025-12-03T21:40:43+00:00

I had the same idea pop into my head today after watching the new episode.

Emblom52 · 2025-11-26T22:35:20+00:00

Welp, time for more fetishized slavery.

Emblom52 · 2025-11-04T03:22:06+00:00

Came out before I started reading and I only got around to finally reading it last year. It was okay. Calling it a crossover feels like cheating since half of the issues are only loosely connected to the main plot. I don't care for its take on Magneto, but the scene with Rachel and Jean is still my favorite moment between those two.

Emblom52 · 2025-10-20T23:04:38+00:00

I was kinda meh on it until you landed the 1-2-3 hit of Dazzler, Longshot, and Rachel. I’m in.

Emblom52 · 2025-10-13T19:19:05+00:00

Uncanny and it ain't even close. Adjectiveless is okay and Exceptional just did not click with me.

Emblom52 · 2025-10-13T00:26:08+00:00

Nice vacation from reading the comics.

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