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In which Jay remains angry at a font; a person who is obviously Kang the Conqueror is not in fact Kang the Conqueror; the pig men deserve better; and Nightcrawler should never, ever, ever be allowed to attempt grief counseling.
X-PLAINED:
- Storm/Cable
- Cable #85-86, 88
- Cable (more)(again)
- Earth-4935
- Mother Askani
- Irene Merryweather
- Several cryptic witches
- Are you as dangerous as you think martial arts training for advanced students
- Shin
- An unlikely sound effect
- The Black Dawn
- A time catapult
- An End of Time
- Earth-805110
- The House on the Borderline
- Gaunt
- One of Esad Ribic’s more entertaining accomplishments
- A fight
- One way to weaponize the T-O virus
- The future past of Rachel Summers
- Cable’s friendship with Moira MacTaggert
- Streets of Fire
- Grief counseling? Sort of? I guess?
- A very impressive spear
- Our muppet counterparts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn
Sounds like Ku-Cullen.
Don’t feel bad, making Americans mispronounce Irish stuff is a national past time.
Streets of Fire was kind of a fever dream. Willem DaFoe as a Greaser Biker Gang Boss, Michael Pare causing another project to fail utterly, a song whose lyrics are ‘It’s not that we’re going nowhere, baby, is that we should be going nowhere FAST”, a song that was an inescapable top-40 hit that no one realized was in the film and a hyper-stylized fairy-tale world of wet, neon-drenched streets. I can’t say it was GOOD (it’s been a long time), but I do remember it was ENTERTAINING as HELL.
Soldier, like Streets of Fire, was a summer flop in the theaters. It’s a Paul Anderson flick (he of the Resident Evil flicks) and I’ve never seen it…but it would have been relatively recent for this comic. It’s not a bad comparison for Cable, really, with Kurt Russell as a soldier trained from a kid to be a mindless killing machine with no exposure to society…who is thrown out like trash and then found and reactivated to help a bunch of the downtrodden against the next generation of soldiers.
Pretty sure they meant the 1998 Dark City, which I can see comparisons with Cable [the Heston movie, not so much]. Yojimbo and Zatoichi certainly track for Cable, the former more than the latter.
IIRC the “Nowhere Fast” that charted was the Meatloaf version, which has the same writer (Jim “Bat Out of Hell” Steinman), and much of the same energy, though different lyrics.
The movie version by the in-universe band “Fire Inc” is (and I say this as a die-hard lover of Meatloaf) better, though honestly, both versions are bangers. (According to wikipedia, the Fire Inc version is “Wagnerian Rock” and the Meatloaf is “Hard Rock/Synth pop” which might be splitting hairs a bit for my tastes, but fair enough)
And I agree that Streets of Fire isn’t necessarily good, but you’ll enjoy the hell out of it! It might not linger long as a story in your memory, but the soundtrack is well worth hunting down.
See Streets of Fire ASAP!I t’s incredible. The aesthetic immaculate. It’s by the same writer/director as the Warriors (which if you haven’t see also see ASAP) . it’s got Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, and William Defoe. It had a massive impact in Japan where it inspired the videogame final fight and on anime. You can totally see it street tough leads and villains as well as singing idols in anime around that time.
If the witch type person is part of a trio and is named Alecto, that’s not the Norn, or the Fates being referenced, that’s the… ahem “Kindly Ones”… oh all right, I’ll risk their wrath, the Furies; Tisiphone, Alecto and Megaera.
I can’t fault your choice of Muppet replacements, but I confess my mind had already gone to Waldorf and Scooter…. and I feel I should apologise for that. 🙂
Cable and Storm have weirdly a lot in common, now that I think about it. They were both born in 20th century New York, relocated in early childhood to a radically different place with a lower standard of living, were raised there for a few years before being orphaned, had to survive on their own for a while as adolescents, and then eventually wound up as a savior figure to a local religious movement. They’re also both very large personalities, but in fairly complementary ways. I could maybe see them working as a couple if it weren’t for how awkward it makes things with Jean.
So excited my hyper specific interest in House on the Borderland got a mention! It recently got republished in the UK, not sure about the US, but I strongly recommend for all X-fans.
Cable in Female Trouble:
– “STAB YOUR EYES! I TOLD YOU I WANTED CHA-CHA POUCHES. BLACK ONES!”
– The Biker is clearly played by Stryfe, as Divine out of drag played him in the original
– whereas Hope is technically the more appropriate choice for Taffy, Nate Grey is a far better casting
– ’92 Jean can very easily be imagined rolling around on the ground, crushed by a Christmas tree, crying “not on christmas” over and over.
On a more serious note, it actually seems like the TO virus almost acts like every paranoid AIDS fantasy (i.e. a drop of blood anywhere and you’re full-on infected). Which is both a little upsetting ideologically and really makes it seem that, within the context of the comics, Cable should REALLY have the most stringent safe sex protocols that might even put Rogue’s to shame.
If you’re looking to add a little whimsy to your life, can I highly recommend saying the name of the this issue’s inker like a Minion? Here, give it a try.
*Andrew Pepoy*
I do it every time he comes up in this podcast and it really helps in these trying times.
I’ve never seen Streets of Fire, but the soundtrack was in regular rotation on my college radio show, after borrowing it from the library. Bombastic, campy fun. Especially fond memories of “Countdown to Love” and “Tonight is What it Means to Be Young.”