Tag: Emplate
341 – Rainbow Connection
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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 334 – Genetic Nonsense
334 – Genetic Nonsense
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In which William Stryker is exceptionally difficult to kill; the terminology around Emplate’s powers is absolute nonsense even by comic-book standards; inkers deserve more credit; we would totally read comics about Murmur the Softpoken Mummy; Bishop comes to the rescue; and nothing really resolves.
X-PLAINED:
- What happened to William Stryker
- Gratuitous use of the adjective “genetic”
- Emplate (again)
- Generation X #12-14
- Inks
- Penance’s original backstory
- Pining
- A really unpleasant reunion
- Accent problems
- Gayle Edgerton
- Vincente
- Bulwark
- D.O.A.
- A somewhat chaotic victory
- Mutant teams from non-anglophone countries
- X-characters Miles would like to write
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NEXT EPISODE: ClanDestine!
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As Mentioned in Episode 301 – Can’t Beat the Real Thing
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301 – Can’t Beat the Real Thing
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In which we enter our fourth century of podcasting with brand new theme music; we have both Wolverine questions and wolverine questions; it is extremely rough to be Bishop; the creator of Garfield may or may not live in a sewer on Earth-616; Rogue needs better coping mechanisms; bigotry is depressingly timeless; and everything is Onslaught now.
X-PLAINED:
- Joseph’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
- Our new theme music
- X-Men Prime #1
- A genuinely cool cover gimmick
- What happened after the end of the world
- Boundaries
- War crimes vs. fashion crimes
- Destruction of real landmarks in fiction
- A mysterious assailant
- Actual embodied chaos god Jim Davis and his Earth-616 namesake
- Several memorable Garfield stories
- Marrow (Sarah Rushman)
- The secret origin of the Morlocks
- A friendship we miss
- Unhealthy coping mechanisms
- The perennially dubious journalistic ethics of Trish Tilby
- Dennis
- The death of Dennis
- Flaws of the mutant metaphor (more) (again)
- Several refugees from Earth-295
- Mr. Summers and Mr. Summers
- The secret origin of the Genoshan mutates
- The Acolytes
- The continuing relevance of the mutant metaphor (more) (again)
- Cross-universe characterization
NEXT EPISODE: The fall of Avalon!
NOTE: The Garfield strips Jay mentions appeared in newspapers, on purpose, in October 1989.
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As Mentioned in Episode 289 – Unsolved Mysteries
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289 – Unsolved Mysteries
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In which this episode is way more topical than it was when we recorded it; Apocalypse makes a terrible Statue of Liberty; there are no reliable narrators; Robbie Robertson and Carmen Sandiego are your new OTP; Emplate is creepy in any universe; lawful evil is still evil; and partial universe reboots come with some fairly silly problems.
X-PLAINED:
- Awkward intersections of fiction and reality
- Pandemic (Dr. Richard Palance)
- Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines
- Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: By the Light
- Brooding in multiple ways at once.
- Corsair (Christopher Summers) (Earth-295)
- Reconciling cross-universe timelines
- The Shi’ar (Earth-295)
- Comparative Summers Backstory
- Robbie Robertson (Earth-295)
- Northstar and Aurora (Earth-295)
- Emplate and the Monets (Earth-295)
- The Bedlam Brothers (Earth-295)
- Brood problems
- The most awkward Summers family reunion to date
- The Absorbing Man (Earth-295)
- Diablo (Earth-295)
- Senator Robert Kelly (Earth-295)
- The fall of the Guthrie family
- An early era of Magneto’s X-Men
- A trip to the moon
- Death (Maximus Boltagon)
- Whether the Beyonder of Earth-295 knows how to poop
- Listening to this podcast with kids
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As Mentioned in Episode 279 – Giant-Size Special #8
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LINKS & FURTHER FESTIVITY:
- Jay Smooth’s timeless “In Defense of Humbug” turns 10 years old this year!
- The movie with the hipster fuckghost is The Spirit of Christmas, which involves disappointingly little ghostfucking but surprisingly accurate 19th-century bartending.
- Tom Otterness’s “Life Underground” statues in NYC’s 14th St./8th Ave. Subway station have a lot in common with Bachalo’s marginalia.
- For more on the intersection of mutant and real-world politics, check out our 2017 RCCC special, Welcome to the Mutant Revolution!
- Follow Christina Strain on Twitter…
- …and check out her upcoming Netflix original movie, Finding Ohana!
The full list of winners of the 2019 Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence will be posted separately on 12/30.
279 – Giant-Size Special #8
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In which Jay would absolutely fight Christmas; we welcome guest X-Perts Christina Strain and Chip Zdarsky; a gift arrives; we consider the relationship of Generation X to Generation X; it is really not okay to leave your discarded skins lying around; D.O.A. is inordinately delightful; Chamber is the punk Shadow; Gateway goes to school; the Generation X TV movie is very, very bad; telepathy is free; the grown-ups are all right; home sucks; freedom rocks; Mondo deserves better; Matt Frewer did most things first; Kevin McNulty has appeared in literally everything; and you remain our favorites, ever.
X-PLAINED:
- Mutation, for some value of the term
- Holidays and the observation thereof
- December 9
- Jay’s ideal Christmas
- How Chris Bachalo’s name is pronounced (more) (again) (sorry)
- Several promotions
- Generation X
- Generation X #1-4
- Generation X
- Husk (Paige Guthrie)
- M (Monet St. Croix)
- Skin (Angelo Espinosa)
- Synch (Everett Thomas)
- Chamber (Jonothon Starsmore)
- The New Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters
- Counting Genises
- The housekeeping implications of body horror
- The M retcon
- Continuity in costume design
- The Danger Grotto
- Emplate (somewhat)
- D.O.A.
- Penance (not that one)
- Scrabble burns
- An alternate take on power duplication
- Mondo ()
- The return of Nanny and the Orphanmaker
- Eliot ()
- A tentative friendship
- How the Age of Apocalypse comes to Generation X
- A movie that never fails to disappoint
- The vagaries of adaptation
- The best on-screen Emma Frost
- Gang emails of the 1990s
- Refrax
- Buff
- William Castle
- The comedic genealogy of Max Headroom
- Hatley Castle
- The 2019 Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
NEXT WEEK: Jay & Miles go on vacation!
NEXT EPISODE: Bishop goes solo!
Special thanks to Christina Strain, Douglas Wolk, and Chip Zdarsky; and–always–to Matt Hunter, David Wynne, Tea Fougner, Anna Sheffey, and all of our patrons and listeners!
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