From: kps@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Karthik P Sheka)
Subject: Re: Just a thought
Keywords: Villains, highlords,dream
Reply-To: kps@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Karthik P Sheka)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 19:09:57 GMT

In article <BvGD5t.5BC@acsu.buffalo.edu> v083lmh8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Fred @ UB) writes:
>
>	I want to know when they're going to bring in some of the other bad
>guys (ie: Gideon, Hellfire Club).  I want to know how this whole 'highlord'
>thing fits into the scheme of things.  Isn't it what Cable came back in time
>for (remember when Sam got impaled and some ishes beforehand how Cable kept
>mentioning to his computer about Cannonball is a highlord and Gideon got the 
>wrong person (Sunspot)).  This was an intriguing plot and now it's probably in
>the trash.  Also, if it's Canball's rebirthrth then shouldn't he be more 
>powerful?

	God, if it's one thing I want retconned, it's the total existance
of Cable.  The highlord business is a total ripoff of the "Highlander"
movie.
	Hmmm....A good way of ending this business would be to find out
that all these highlords are aliens, who have been imprisoned on Earth,
only to find out that they're virtually immortal here.  When they're sent
here, they take the place of someone on this planet, and that person is
transported to the alien's home planet.  (Well, maybe not.  X-Force is bad,
but not THAT bad...:-)


>	I also, hope they bring in the Bros. of Evil Mutants, they were getting
>nasty.  I think it's time to bring in one some big tanks and give the X-Men
>a beat down to show some real life.  Then (just like in Rocky I,II,III,XX,C),
>they miraculously make a comeback (the classic X-Men tale).  Hopefully, they'll
>bring the brood back and give get a great big showdown!

This latest brotherhood is a pale shade of the "real" ones, namely
Magneto's and Mystique's.  I'm waiting for Magneto to come back from the
dead and spank the toad for acting up again.  The current brotherhood is
made up of a bunch of losers with no personality between them. (You want
personality in super-willains?  How about how the Mystique's brotherhood
changed from super-villains to villians in heroes' clothing, to real heroes.)


>	I hate this fighting amongst themselves, I hate to see friends beating
>on each other, it's sad (sniff).

Definitely something I can agree with.  How many times have you physically
fought someone who was your friend in the last couple of years?  These
people should wise up and realize that violence is very rarely the answer.
Besides, if it were to ever come to a fight between super-powered beings,
the winner is, in almost all cases, the one who manages to connect first.

>	It's about time people got together and did some serious asskicking
>to reach Xavier's dream.  

Prof. Xavier's dream is for mutants and humans to live in peace.  That
means trying to avoid fights whenever possible, not get involved in a fight
because Feral got a little antsy or something.  The latest X-Force should
have been: Feral gets ticked off and attacks one of the other mutants.
That one then either keep her from doing any harm, or knock her out.  No
need for 15+ pages of fight scenes.  Instead, the writer could have done
some useful character development on how X-Force are dealing with Cable
offing Prof. Xavier.


>	Post comments on your favorite villains, we'd like to know how you
feel.


Arcade -- Some great comics were based on him kidnapping various x-men.
He's a great foil for Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler.

Mr. Sinister -- A villian that has brains and powers.  He hasn't been
written by a bad writer yet.

Mystique & her brotherhood / Magneto -- Villians that grew out of the
"conquer the world" idea into real characters.