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As Mentioned in Episode 344 – Where No Mutant Has Gone Before

August 29, 2021 Jay Leave a comment

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A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… (Star Trex)

And then, Gladiator punched the Enterprise. (Star Trex)

This throwaway gag basically carries the issue. (Star Trex)

Everything Deathbird knows about diplomacy, she learned from Edgar Rice Burroughs novel covers. (Star Trex)

Several hundred years later… (Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact)

“I mean, we pay about as much attention to the Prime Directive…” (Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact)

This scene really looks like they should all be holding cocktails. (Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact)

Kang saying “Civility costs nothing” never stops being funny. (Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact)

Well, he’s doomed. (Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact)

And so’s she. (Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact)

We told you about that so we could tell you about this. (Planet X)

NEXT EPISODE: All of the Marvels. ALL of them. (feat. Douglas Wolk)

LINKS & FURTHER CROSSOVERS

Listen to Tina’s X-Plain debut in Episode 62 – Giant-Size Special #2…
…Check out her other podcasts at Welcome to Television…
…and follow her on Twitter!
Learn more about Proteus in Episode 10 – Not All Mandroids and Episode 166 – Proteus Has Two Mommies.
For the lowdown on Kang, listen to Episode 85 – Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts Part 9!

344 – Where No Mutant Has Gone Before (feat. Tina Carleton)

August 29, 2021 Jay 15 comments

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In which the X-Men cross over with two generations of Star Trek; your grandma invented slash fiction; Gladiator punches a starship; we designate a universe; Leonard McCoy gets bowdlerized; “Gary” is a silly name for a god; Elizabeth Dehner deserves better; a lot of things happen in space; Worf and Wolverine enjoy a brief but intense romance; the X-Men should have more to say about the ethics of “curing” mutation; and we successfully delay Onslaught by another week.

X-PLAINED:

Cross-franchise creative footprints
Collecting Star Trek in the ‘90s
Secret origins of Tina and Jay’s friendship
Star Trex
Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact
Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Planet X
Delta Vega
“Where No Man Has Gone Before”
The Shi’ar (again)
The relationship of Star Trek to the Marvel Universe
Earth-1701, which may or may not also be Earth-200500
Proteus (again)
A dubious date
First Contact
The Borg
Several temporal anomalies
The Traveler
Michael Jan Friedman
Xhaldia
Time Hooks and/or Chrono-compasses
Prune juice
Your new ship
The Drakkon
A simulated Charles Xavier
A Highland sex ghost, apparently?

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As Mentioned in Episode 343 – The Water Cooler of Violence

August 15, 2021 Jay 5 comments

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LIES ALL LIES (X-Force #55)

(Probably not a LMD. This time.) (X-Force #55)

I’m not sure sound works like that, but it’s still cool. (X-Force #55)

And now you know how animated Wolverine feels. (X-Force #55)

Well, that’s one way to open a giant door. (X-Force #55)

Seriously, why is he in his underwear? (X-Force #55)

It’s really not any harder to believe than anything else in this comic. (X-Force #55)

Sacrelicious! (X-Force #56)

The Benjamin Russell storyline really doesn’t make any sense when you break it down… (X-Force #56)

I have nightmares like this. (X-Force #56)

IT WAS GAMESMASTER ALL ALONG SURE WHY NOT (X-Force #56)

We kinda forgot to cover this first time ’round. (X-Men Unlimited #8)

Puberty’s rough, buddy. (X-Men Unlimited #8)

“There’s a new mutant about to manifest! Let’s have the MOST UNSETTLING X-Man go follow him around!” (X-Men Unlimited #8)

Seriously, there is NO evidence at this point that it’s the word “mutant” that sends the kid running and not, say, the lightning. (X-Men Unlimited #8)

This is the part where it starts to feel like one of those books you could get in the ’80s with your kid’s name as the protagonist. (X-Men Unlimited #8)

See what I mean? (X-Men Unlimited #8)

“They usually bring you back in a dozen or so issues. Why?” (X-Men Unlimited #8)

And they all lived happily ever after.* *Joined the Thunderbolts, became Maverick, maybe blew up? (X-Men Unlimited #8)

NEXT EPISODE: Where no mutant has gone before!

LINKS & FURTHER CATASTROPHES:

For the backstory on the Weisman Institute, listen to Episode 304 – Explosive Ops.
Please enjoy the genius that is Hans Jensen.

343 – The Water Cooler of Violence

August 15, 2021 Jay 13 comments

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In which X-Force carries on the New Mutants’ tradition of property damage; a lot of people have infiltrated Helicarriers; G.W. Bridge makes it weird; Gamesmaster returns to no particular end; and we go back in time to cover the origins of Chris Bradley.

X-PLAINED:

The deaths of several Worthingtons
X-Force #55-56
X-Men Unlimited #8
A legacy of explosions
Uncanny X-Men #333 (briefly) (again)
A heist
Several of the many characters who had successfully infiltrated Helicarriers as of 1996
Dum Dum Dugan
Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
The glory days off LASER tag
Church fights
Subtext
The Weisman Institute for the Criminally Insane (more) (again)
How to pronounce “Risque”
Chris Bradley
Hans Jensen
Nostalgia goggles and their absence
Civilian awareness of cosmic Marvel
Asgard, Oklahoma
Annalee

NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk

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As Mentioned in Episode 342 – Angry Birds

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Yes, it’s as dramatic as it looks. (Archangel #1)

…Kay. (Archangel #1)

Please enjoy the most Nic Cage Archangel you will ever see. (Archangel #1)

THIS guy. (Uncanny X-Men #333)

HOW DOES SHE STILL NOT MANAGE TO ASSOCIATE HIM WITH MAGNETO? (X-Men #53)

Oh, Juggernaut, no. (X-Men #53)

Revenge of X-Men #3. (X-Men #53)

As Mentioned in Episode 341 – Rainbow Connection

August 6, 2021 Jay One comment

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Low-key obsessed with what the hell sound this baby is supposed to be making. (Generation X #15)

When your kid goes away to school and comes back… different. (Generation X #15)

These fucking guys. (Generation X #15)

I am happy and surprised to announce that Giovanni survives the story pretty much unscathed! (Generation X #15)

I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY HER BONES ARE VISIBLE THOUGH (Generation X #16)

Hi, Stan. (Generation X #17)

Oh, THAT guy. (Generation X #17)

Nobody draws rubble like Bachalo. (Generation X #17)

The genre-requisite hall of mirrors. (Generation X #17)

He somehow makes the X-Cutioner look… cool? (Generation X #17)

NEXT EPISODE: Rich-people problems.

341 – Rainbow Connection

August 1, 2021 Jay 7 comments

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In which Chris Bachalo returns to Generation X; we briefly forget that Mondo exists; Synch is an extraordinarily good kid; not everybody gets a jetpack; Jubilee takes a turn as team strategist; Chamber has Onslaught problems; the X-Cutioner has no discernible dignity; the M does not stand for “metaphorical.”

X-PLAINED:

Jubilee’s aunt Hope
Generation X #15-17
Generation X (more) (again)
Emplates (more) (again)
An instance of possession
The Thomas family
Intersectional bias
Passing privilege
Narratively-determined technology
Giovanni the janitor
Synch vs. Mimic
An exceptionally slow-burn reveal
Possession as a vehicle for character development
The X-Cutioner (Carl Denti) (more) (again)
Metaphorical DNA
Fun times at the fair
Ruby quartz adaptive technology
Mutant names

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As Mentioned in Episode 340 – Retconaganda

July 18, 2021 Jay Leave a comment

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Welcome to the X.S.E., where moral ambiguity goes to die. (X.S.E. #1)

The villains in this series are exceptionally one-note even by comics standards. (X.S.E. #1)

I still can’t figure out what’s happening with the purple garment that Bishop and possibly also his grandmother are wearing. (X.S.E. #1)

Bishop has basically always been the same dude. (X.S.E. #1)

Hey, it’s Malcolm… (X.S.E. #2)

…and Randall! (X.S.E. #2)

I know the balloon at the top technically goes with the panel above, but it really looks like Fitzroy is just reciting his own name like a Pokémon. (X.S.E. #3)

De Witness. (X.S.E. #4)

Shackle’s costume is somewhat improbable. (X.S.E. #4)

340 – Retconaganda

July 18, 2021 Jay 11 comments

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In which the X.S.E. miniseries is future copaganda; Earth-1191 has no room for moral ambiguity; Bishop pulls a Marty McFly; Malcolm and Randall get distinct personalities; and you really shouldn’t give officers a symbol of authority that there’s no way to revoke.

X-PLAINED:

Some of Bishop’s further adventures
X.S.E. #1-4
The future, sort of
Earth-1191 (more) (again)
The X.S.E. (more) (again)
Lucas Bishop (more) (again)
Shard Bishop (more) (again)
Grandmother (who may or may not be Storm)
Hancock (who may or may not be Cyclops)
The deeply baffling Bishop family tree
The fallability of childhood memory
Exhumes
Dubious reclamation
Heca’te
The Witness (more) (again)
Trevor Fitzroy (more) (again)
Several potential continuity errors
Malcolm and Randall (more) (again)
Emplates
Shirley
Mexican-American mutants
A cross-media quote

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