From: clark@netcom.com (Sue Clark)
Subject: Re: X-Problems? X-answers...
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 05:40:40 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

sl859@cc.usu.edu writes:

>> C'mon, the X-books aren't all that bad now.
>>   X-MEN - maybe the best of the bunch.  Fabian N. (won't even try to
>> write it) is one of Marvel's best writers.  Art Thibert and Andy
>> Kubert are great artists with good storytelling techniques.

>	I do enjoy this story because of Rogue and Psylocke, a duo I 
>have enjoyed since their first creations, yes, I have been reading them
>this long...  I just wish they had more character and less boob shots!
>Rogue and Psylocke have ENORMOUS potential to becoming great characters
>but no one seems to be able to manage writing a story that will develope
>their characters beyond the point of "look at my breasts I am in lust 
>with Cyclops/Gambit"

I agree!  No matter if you liked or didn't like Claremont, he could
write good women characters.  No one since has been able to.  Okay, no
one since has really been able to write good characters.  Still this, for
me was one of the best parts of Claremont's X-Men.

>>   UNCANNY - OK, this book is pitifully written (Scott Lobdell never
>> could write) and drawn even worse (Tom Raney-ugh!).  Our only hope is
>> for Lobdell to go to Image, or at least for Joe Queseda's art to make
>> up for his (numerous) shortcomings.
>	
>	UG is right!  The way they handled Callisto and the Morlocks was 
>DISPICABLE!   And to make his brother go mad and then the thing with 
>Storm and Forge after all the time building the characters up to dash them
>away is simply UNFORGIVABLE!  I feel especially enraged the way they have
>handled Storm who used to show such strength and mystery in character...
>Now she's a whining boob who goes claustrophobic and paranoid and preachy.
>She used to hate that when Cyclops was trying to become leader, she bested
>him but now she is chuck full of inconsistencies as if they don't know what
>she is about.  I think having her subject to Xavier and bend to his every 
>will is a BIG mistake... Since she dispised this in the past, yet no mention
>of it has occured lately.  The way she handled the Moorlocks was sad, she used
>to be their leader and yet she didn't appear to care one bit for them...
>All the character she built when she had lost her powers HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
>IGNORED!  I am really Peeved at this! 
>~~~~~~~~ 

Yup.  Pretty sad to see.

>	The art sucks and the story is really slow moving.
>I think the characters have REAL potential, but their fights with the
>chosen supervillains, to me are VERY unconvincing!  I Hope that
>they get a real artist to do the characters justice and that they face
>some super villains that have some substance to them... Because to me
>the Whole Mr. Sinister story is STUPID and a bad idea in the first place,
>and all these evil doers that keep popping up from NOWHERE, yet are supposed
>to be long lost brothers and sisters are REALLY LAME!

So you're proposing we use both WRITERS and ARTISTS.  How unoriginal.
;)
>P.S.  Oh an additional reason for why the Phoenix may have lied about
>Rachel and her past was to keep Rachel as her host instead of being 
>held by that cocky little twerp, Feron!  (Don't get me wrong, I actually 
>like him!  and hope he becomes a permanent character, but his character
>faults make him great fun!)  I just hope they bring Rachel back... 

I'm in agrement w/this, too.  I always liked Rachel.
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Sue Clark
clark@netcom.com