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X-Men: Resisting Avengers Oppression For Five Decades

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Aaron is pitching Amazing X-Men as the flipside of WatXM. It is what the JGS teachers are doing when they aren't teaching, it lets them be superheroes again. He also said that while the initial arc has a small team, the cast can include anyone who is a teacher at the school.

    Both of those things are wonderful.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    With X-Factor ending in September I might actually talk with Peter David at DragonCon next month, or at least go to his panel if he's having any.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Aaron is pitching Amazing X-Men as the flipside of WatXM. It is what the JGS teachers are doing when they aren't teaching, it lets them be superheroes again. He also said that while the initial arc has a small team, the cast can include anyone who is a teacher at the school.

    Both of those things are wonderful.

    It'd be neat if he used this opportunity to focus a little more on the kids in WatXM, I feel like they get shortchanged sometimes in favor of the teachers.

  • ZyrxilZyrxil Registered User regular
    An X-Students series in the style of Harry Potter. Make it happen!

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    Zyrxil wrote: »
    An X-Students series in the style of Harry Potter. Make it happen!

    with Quentin Quire as Harry

  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    Quentin doesn't need even more screentime

    It's kind of annoying that Aaron's characters constantly get the spotlight over all the other students

    Why even bring the Utopia kids over if you're going to do fuck all with them

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    because Quentin is the second best X-character going right now, after Legion

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    Whenever Quentin isn't on panel, all the other characters should be asking "Where's Quentin?"

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    well, that or "thank god we've got a break from Quentin"

    he's a great character to read, he'd be insufferable to actually deal with

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    Besides, Quire isn't one of Aaron's characters, he was created by Grant Morrison back in New X-Men

  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    I WAS MAKING A SIMPSONS REFERENCE

    (specifically poochy)

    (not that I don't like Quire but I'm seriously tired of the book being The Quentin And Idie Show Also Starring Shark-Girl and Eye-Boy and fifty background characters who'll never get more than a line of dialogue ever again)

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    Besides, Quire isn't one of Aaron's characters, he was created by Grant Morrison back in New X-Men

    yeah but Jason Aaron made him actually interesting to read about

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  • ShinyRedKnightShinyRedKnight Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Aaron is pitching Amazing X-Men as the flipside of WatXM. It is what the JGS teachers are doing when they aren't teaching, it lets them be superheroes again. He also said that while the initial arc has a small team, the cast can include anyone who is a teacher at the school.

    Both of those things are wonderful.

    Now that's going to be cool. I'm gonna have to wait though, I prefer getting trades over single issues. (If I miss an issue and can't find it I go insane, and don't get new ones until I find the one I missed, which leads to missing even more issues... and so on)

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Furu wrote: »
    Quentin doesn't need even more screentime

    It's kind of annoying that Aaron's characters constantly get the spotlight over all the other students

    Why even bring the Utopia kids over if you're going to do fuck all with them
    Because what is the point of a school with 5 students?

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Furu wrote: »
    Quentin doesn't need even more screentime

    It's kind of annoying that Aaron's characters constantly get the spotlight over all the other students

    Why even bring the Utopia kids over if you're going to do fuck all with them
    Because what is the point of a school with 5 students?

    So they're background filler. Great.

    I just want them to be used.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Man I can hardly blame Aaron for taking a cast of 5 or so students and focusing on them

    He already had to juggle Wolverine, Kitty, Iceman, Warbird and Beast on top of that

    I'd much rather have a fun, entertaining book with a small, focused cast versus one that tries to handle too many characters even if it means I miss out on regular Rockslide/Anole appearances

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    Furu wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Furu wrote: »
    Quentin doesn't need even more screentime

    It's kind of annoying that Aaron's characters constantly get the spotlight over all the other students

    Why even bring the Utopia kids over if you're going to do fuck all with them
    Because what is the point of a school with 5 students?

    So they're background filler. Great.

    I just want them to be used.

    I'm calling Dennis Hopeless right now.

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  • AutomaticzenAutomaticzen Registered User regular
    edited July 2013
    Uncanny #9: Goddamn, Cyke.
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    Talking to new SHIELD agent, Dazzler.

    Stone cold.

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    uhhh

  • ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    Uncanny #9: Goddamn, Cyke.
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    Talking to new SHIELD agent, Dazzler.

    Stone cold.

    Counterpoint
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  • AutomaticzenAutomaticzen Registered User regular
    The whole issue was on point. Shame about the last page.

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  • AspectVoidAspectVoid Registered User regular
    Man, Cyclops failed me this issue.
    When Dazzler said "You think I'm coming with you?" he really should have said "If you want the whole story so you can make your own decision, yes." This feels to me like the first time in Uncanny where Scott hasn't been the reasonable one first, and it disappoints me.

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  • ElderlycrawfishElderlycrawfish Registered User regular
    What also bugs me about this issue is that it felt like this was the first time Alison and Scott interacted since AvX, but they actually spoke back in X-Treme 7.1. And they were on pretty good terms then. Oh well.

    Also, kind if getting tired of seeing last page reveal person everywhere. She's becoming the Wolverine of X-Villains. I'm sure it ties in with her appearance in ANXM or something but seriously it seems like she's popping up everywhere lately.

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  • AspectVoidAspectVoid Registered User regular
    What also bugs me about this issue is that it felt like this was the first time Alison and Scott interacted since AvX, but they actually spoke back in X-Treme 7.1. And they were on pretty good terms then. Oh well.

    Also, kind if getting tired of seeing last page reveal person everywhere. She's becoming the Wolverine of X-Villains. I'm sure it ties in with her appearance in ANXM or something but seriously it seems like she's popping up everywhere lately.

    That's because she has this large scale evil plan she is working on, and thus is maneuvering in all of the books to make this large scale plan happen. She's basically an evil mastermind at the moment.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    Uncanny #9 was actually a good issue outside of that rather lazy "fartface/nu-uh poop breath" talk between Alison and Scott. It almost felt like Bendis didn't have anything to really create a conflict between the two, since he already knows Scott knows he's rogue, so he does a cheap name call. And it was just lazy, just throw in a nazi reference too to win the bingo.

    I mean the bigger news in the issue is the Stepford Cuckoos will never be the same!

  • AutomaticzenAutomaticzen Registered User regular
    TexiKen wrote: »
    Uncanny #9 was actually a good issue outside of that rather lazy "fartface/nu-uh poop breath" talk between Alison and Scott. It almost felt like Bendis didn't have anything to really create a conflict between the two, since he already knows Scott knows he's rogue, so he does a cheap name call. And it was just lazy, just throw in a nazi reference too to win the bingo.

    I mean the bigger news in the issue is the Stepford Cuckoos will never be the same!

    I'm ready for the red hair.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHA I CANNOT BELIEVE UNCANNY X-MEN 9 IS REAL OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD

  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    Hullis wrote: »
    HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHA I CANNOT BELIEVE UNCANNY X-MEN 9 IS REAL OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    It was real good is what you mean

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Uncanny X-Men and All New X-Men are without doubt Bendis' greatest work thus far

    certainly in the main Marvel Universe, maybe even better than USM depending on taste

    the guy is killing it

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Yeah I am shocked he wasn't put on anX-Men title before this

    His writing style fits them so much better than the Avengers it is ridiculous

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    Solar wrote: »
    maybe even better than USM depending on taste

    Let's not get ahead of ourselves

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    Solar wrote: »
    Uncanny X-Men and All New X-Men are without doubt Bendis' greatest work thus far

    certainly in the main Marvel Universe, maybe even better than USM depending on taste

    the guy is killing it

    I would not say it's better than Daredevil or Alias yet

    or Powers

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    I'd say that it is definitely better than Alias and Powers

    maybe better than Daredevil

  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    you craycray

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    I posit that it is in fact you who be acting craycray

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    I think it might actually be me who is craycray

    because I've been having a really hard time staying interested in Bendis' X-Books but everyone else seems to love them

  • TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    We all cray

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    I think it might actually be me who is craycray

    because I've been having a really hard time staying interested in Bendis' X-Books but everyone else seems to love them

    Do you need help getting into it??

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  • BullioBullio Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    I could see how the language could bother some people. There're two modes of speech, which are jokey/snarky and matter-of-factly. When everyone is in the latter mode especially, there is a rhythm to the speech (telltale sign is the complete lack of contractions) that makes everyone sound like they are speaking in one voice and it can be distracting once you notice it. I do not know if it is a writing tic that Bendis has in general as I have not read much of his work outside of the X-books and the current GotG run, but I have noticed it especially in ANXM and UXM. GotG not so much.

    Sorry to ruin it for anyone that hadn't already noticed.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    Oh man. Why is ANXM so damn good? Because damn has it been really good.

    I'm not totally sold on Wood's X-Men yet though. It's not bad and I like the cast, but it's very by-the-books so far and not doing anything special, at least yet. That and, it seems to be totally handwaving and forgetting Jubilee is a vampire when she's had some of her best character development to this point as one. This slightly upsets me. :(

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