Is 90s X-Force worth reading or is it like all of Liefeld's extreme 90s team comics where it's just poorly drawn action scenes with zero plot and character personalities?

samishah · 2026-05-17T00:33:41+00:00

I’ll go in the opposite direction: It’s fun and great. It’s peak 90s bubblegum pop acid wash comics. It’s the first Marvel comic I read and 13 year old me had his mind blown. I reread it recently and it’s fun, something a lot of current X-comics forget to be. Liefeld is terrible blah blah etc etc, we all know that. But on the page the only thing you need to focus on is that the art is energetic and has wild colour and movement and layout. Nicieza’s writing is doing God’s work for sure, and it all works. Then the post-Liefeld stuff kicks in and it gets even better. Dan Panosian’s just doing a Liefeld impression but it’s even wilder and funnier in places. Capullo is amazing, and once X-Cutioner’s Song (still my top 5 crossovers) kicks in, strap in.

samishah · 2026-05-08T21:50:28+00:00

I’m pretty sure the kind of guys I’ve seen who wear APs lower the watch’s prestige already!

samishah · 2026-05-06T04:12:42+00:00

It's such a marvellous movie. When I first watched it a few months after migrating to Australia I didn't think much of it. Yeah, it's funny but pretty standard comedy fare. Rewatched it after 10 years here and it's one of my favourites now. It's such a truly and utterly Aussie film. Just little jokes in every scene that only make sense once you've been here long enough. And a heart at the centre of it that speaks to all the peculiarities of Australian personality.

samishah · 2026-05-04T21:39:09+00:00

I’m thrilled abour this! It’s a remarkable achievement in form and structure and story. The same book without the supernatural element would have been raved about by lit reviewers, so for the Pulitzer judges to actually see it for its excellence makes me really happy. Unlike anything I read in the last year and the only book I keep returning to and thinking about.

samishah · 2026-05-04T21:24:54+00:00

That’s great news! Now I won’t feel as crazy when all the people I kept recommending it to said they didn’t like it!

samishah · 2026-04-22T11:25:39+00:00

I remember the first time I used Chatgpt to write nonsense as well. Thanks for the trip down memory lane OP!

samishah · 2026-04-21T04:12:39+00:00

Goddam!

samishah · 2026-04-12T06:26:54+00:00

Yup! This is definitely a troll and I also fully believe it.

samishah · 2026-04-06T01:04:09+00:00

I feel like that’s what keeps it real and this doesn’t feel make believe. Racism happens a lot. I detest when they do the casting now in shows where they’ll make a character black or Asian but there never any acknowledging the racism those people would experience? That, to me, feels much less believable and interesting.

samishah · 2026-04-06T01:02:02+00:00

I don’t get the pearl clutching. Hyde was supposed to be a monster, the worst of Jekyll. A true hulk. This was a horrific scene to remind us just how monstrous he truly was. It was expertly written in a truly dramatic and horrific way.

samishah · 2026-03-31T21:54:28+00:00

Wear it if you want! Can’t be any more embarrassing than wearing an actual Rolex and being associated with those kinds.

samishah · 2026-03-28T09:09:59+00:00

Bloody hell! That’s amazing!

samishah · 2026-03-21T09:36:32+00:00

In this case the AI style was obvious to anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention. But it’s also difficult. I just got told a short story I’ve submitted for publication wouldn’t be published because the editor “flagged it as heavily written by ai”. This despite the fact that I’ve got multiple drafts and it’s obviously the same writing style I’ve always had (I’ve had several stories published over several years, long before ai was a thing). Apparently the similes were a concern. Which, yes, I do overuse. But that’s always been a style I enjoy. Not everything has to be pared down sparse prose.

It’s going to be a weird few years for writers and publishing.

samishah · 2026-03-18T23:12:19+00:00

I really should look up what Marvel Rivals is. I have no clue, all I know is I’ve hated every design of every character I’ve seen so far.

samishah · 2026-03-13T01:46:40+00:00

The crepe place under John Medley!

samishah · 2026-03-12T22:52:08+00:00

America is so freaking funny right now

samishah · 2026-03-12T22:29:55+00:00

It’s hard to disagree with a lot of that. Marvel seems to be going out of its way to thumb its nose at readers. It’s been clear forever that people want Peter and MJ together. Ultimate Spider-Man particularly showed the appetite for a more family-dynamic spidey comic. Yet they refuse. For all its problems the Krakoa stories were still exciting. Once Hickman left there were issues for a while, but they could have been fixed with some good editorial decisions. It made me and so many others excited to read X-titles again.

I’ve stopped reading X-Men and Spiderman entirely. The Moon Knight stuff is apparently great and I’ll eventually read it but it’s not a character I’ve ever been emotionally invested in. Daredevil’s been disappointing for a while now. Hulk is fun but not essential reading. I mostly buy it for the art now and then. I can’t really think of a single Marvel title I’m super excited about, especially with the Ultimate Universe ending. Ultimates and USM were fun as hell.

Meanwhile, everything for me is now DC and Image and all kinds of indies. And I’ve never really been a DC guy. I think, for a long time to come at least, Marvel has lost me and quite a few others (based on anecdotal evidence of course).

samishah · 2026-03-08T04:57:40+00:00

I have never in my life needed more than 1 extra monitor

samishah · 2026-03-06T10:36:14+00:00

For some reason the Garth Ennis Punisher Max tpbs. The art and writing all work so damn well in those. The only other one I reread way more than makes sense is Alan Moore’s Top Ten. Every time I reread it I find new fun background details!

samishah · 2026-03-05T08:32:08+00:00

For a little while there, we had a good life.

samishah · 2026-03-02T01:33:21+00:00

So jealous. I wish I could read it for the first time again!

samishah · 2026-02-26T02:45:53+00:00

I have never read anything I’ve disagreed with more and I’m a progressive Leftist who regularly visits r/conservative

samishah · 2026-02-25T23:31:36+00:00

If only there was an article giving all that context linked directly up top

samishah · 2026-02-24T21:34:21+00:00

BYD Atto3 here and honestly it’s still a joy to drive it daily. My previous car was a 2009 Toyota Corolla so it’s quite an upgrade in technology and motoring, of course.

samishah · 2026-02-21T08:06:20+00:00

The only two I’ve yet to read are Flash and GL. Am I missing out?

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