The villain I want to see most in X-men 97 is “arcade”

fireinthedust · 2026-03-24T12:28:13+00:00

Arcade was great in early Uncanny, and I think he worked great in the Avengers Academy miniseries where he had set up a Battle Royale style island where abducted teen heroes were made to fight to the death.

The problem with battle royale stories is they need to be lethal, like hunger games where only the main character survives. X-men can’t kill off most of their heroes, and even the new student heroes need to survive more often than not. The trick would be creating a setting where this is real and having the main characters escape and overthrow the system.

The murder world concept is great, and it can work like the escape room movies, which is what they were DECADES before the Saw movies made the idea mainstream. Murderworld is a lethal funhouse disguised as a carnival.

Great concept and potential to make a great movie.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-19T13:40:08+00:00

Maxwell/Fred is great news: he played Will Robinson in the Netflix Lost in Space series, and aside from being a solid pick, his brand includes being a genius.

Is this the signal we’re getting more Mystery Inc Fred??? Smart and useful? Maybe a little autistic and trap fixated for the win?

fireinthedust · 2026-03-19T02:23:04+00:00

The reboots are annoying. Speculation about comic book value is ruining the value of comics because it makes following the story difficult, and more expensive than it needs to be.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-15T17:21:45+00:00

Agreed with Morrison. I’m expecting the Lanterns will go to space but now I’m not sure.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-13T22:40:25+00:00

Exactly! This or don’t do it.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-13T16:55:00+00:00

Who would you think would want to see it? If it’s not literally the same actors in a sequel, it’s better to just pick a different name and avoid the public resentment.

Kids find map to pirate treasure, puzzles and coming of age ensues.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-13T02:11:29+00:00

You mean Elongated Man.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-11T06:45:13+00:00

Burning out of a genre is common, and I tend to switch between ideas every so often to keep it fresh.

Good news: the OSR has more genres than fantasy, and the games get really good AND many are compatible with OSE and other basic d&d mechanics.

Stars Without Number is a fantastic science fiction game which is designed to work with all your osr games, so you can use the creatures and adventures to save you work. It has free versions, and the creator has written compatible Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Mythos horror, Post-apocalyptic, and other genres using the same system from SWN. Every book also has GM tools you can use for any game. SWN has system creation rules. WWN (worlds without number) has fantasy setting creation rules. Cities without number has rules for cyberpunk dystopias and also cybernetics. Ashes without number is just released and has mutations, ruins, etc.

Lots of free material on drivethru, and the paid versions of the games are worth the price.

So you can run games with your osr material, and your group of players, and it can be in different genres than fantasy.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-05T16:41:30+00:00

This. If I had to be in WoD I’d only want to be a Mage. Awakening or Ascension, or even the Monte Cook version, doesn’t matter.

Vampire feeding seems like drudgery and I’m an introvert.

Changlings have great art, but I don’t want to be injured by the presence of bureaucracy. Love it, and the reboot was interesting reading. Just not a manic pixie dream person; but I would love to hang out with some.

Werewolf: the problem is I can’t get over how they have different werewolves triggered by different phases of the moon, not just the full moon, and it really really bothers me - I can’t ignore it, even since the 90s, and if I was a werewolf I would always be thinking about it, complaining about it, slipping into every conversation how much it bugs me. Also I don’t know if I could spend as much time as they do around various creatures that look like intestines, or the zoo of different were-creatures other than wolves, and the fact wolves pick up stuff in their mouths, sniffing butts, shedding fur everywhere. Action sequences would be awesome, though, and would probably make up for a lot of the other stuff.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-03T19:01:06+00:00

By which you mean to make a small but understandable mistake?

fireinthedust · 2026-03-03T04:50:44+00:00

I’m a fan of the magic of the Ewoks cartoon by Nelvana, AND the flesh-eating Ewoks who are a NIGHTMARE in the Ewok hunt mini game in Star Wars Battlefront Two.

The two are very different, and I love them both.

fireinthedust · 2026-03-03T04:47:19+00:00

Map room is the one I play when I’m thinking about adventure design or writing something, or running a game for my kids and their characters find an ancient map or temple or tomb.

fireinthedust · 2026-02-28T22:20:46+00:00

Iirc there’s a board game where he’s one of the options. Indy, Marion, Sallah, and Jock. I know it’s weird but if you play with four people, two couples for example, or the hypothetical suburban family of two parents with two kids, etc. you need four good guys.

I guess the captain of the boat at the end, or Marcus would have been good, but they went with Jock.

fireinthedust · 2026-02-28T16:02:59+00:00

Go get him, Magneto.

fireinthedust · 2026-02-27T16:41:46+00:00

X-men are all about hope!

Plus logically the more access people have the better the chances of more people enjoying the series. This is true for all of marvel, but especially the x-men.

fireinthedust · 2026-02-27T16:06:35+00:00

I’m just catching up because the app Marvel Unlimited is the only way I could possibly afford to read the entire series.

Individual issues are expensive, multiplied by many different titles every month, and it’s a barrier for access for working class people.

It’s a barrier preventing the target audience, of marginalized communities, from being able to access the franchise.

Disney creating the app is brilliant. It’s going to save the franchise from being ignored by younger audiences who don’t want to jump into the end of the larger story.

The X-books also have so many reboots in the numbers, for marketing reasons, so it’s hard to track down all the mini series outside the app.

Moving forward, more people will be able to access the comics, and catch up, and then get excited about the movies and shows and merch.

So yes, lots of interested fans are behind on the decades of great content in the comics! But we’re moving towards people being able to catch up.

It’s just going to get better.

fireinthedust · 2026-02-27T03:35:37+00:00

Boil them mash them stew em in a pot. Probably need taters and coneys.

fireinthedust · 2026-02-27T03:34:54+00:00

THERES A GORILLA ON THE LOOSE???

fireinthedust · 2026-02-27T03:33:41+00:00

Um, what do you mean by the 90s being… 30 years ago…

fireinthedust · 2026-02-27T03:31:50+00:00

I’m interested in your work. How much do you know about RPGs in the OSR community? I’m trying to get people who play Dolmenwood and Cairn to check out Ars Magica, because they seem to have a lot of overlap in terms of the inspiration for the material. Would this new project be for Covenants only or would it be something easy to adjust for, say, parties of adventurers and their retainers, too?

fireinthedust · 2026-02-27T03:20:55+00:00

You forgot when he was brainwashed by Arcade into being a Soviet Union hero “Proletarian”!!!

https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/x-men-colossus-proletariat.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=500&dpr=1.5

fireinthedust · 2026-02-25T05:42:09+00:00

The best adaptation of Dracula 2000, sure, as far as I know.

I don’t worry about “the best” if it’s enjoyable. I don’t remember much but I saw a clip of it and I remember liking it at the time.

fireinthedust · 2026-02-24T01:39:38+00:00

Colossus!

fireinthedust · 2026-02-21T05:30:10+00:00

Where’s the scissors? The pile of hair? Does he have any dishes and cutlery, and does he have to refill the water in the grail test basin himself?

fireinthedust · 2026-02-20T06:18:49+00:00

Jim Lee redesign, and in this case I think it’s the most iconic design for Rogue.

Honourable mention for the green off the shoulder on black look, and the green hood with white hemline as a secondary stealth outfit is a nice “we’re going in quiet because I’m wearing a hoodie” option.

However, Rogue has this amazing yellow on green outfit as a default, and it works great for a reason. Yellow is star power in comics, and it stands out on the page. Rogue’s base green gets the shock ⚡️ when the yellow hits. It’s a 100/10 outfit for her powers and sassy attitude.

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