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Everyone in this comic book is yelling at all times. (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
There is also a lot of leaping. The early ’90s were very leaping-heavy years. (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
Garrison, you delightful scamp! (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
That’s right. The Six Pack is named after beer. (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
Grizzly is kind of a delight in this series. (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
Stryfe is ALWAYS a delight. (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
Look at these ridiculous guns. LOOK AT THEM. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
Every fight in this series is exuberantly ridiculous, and it’s great. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
Cable is a really, really terrible boss. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
More leaping! (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
MORE LEAPING! (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
Having studied under Cable, Kane knows how to leap into battle. (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
Blood and Metal also does the action-movie thing where the hardboiled dialogue is often vaguely suggestive. (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
“It makes sense, though. Having an evil clone runs in my family.” (Cable: Blood and Metal #1)
Yes, Garrison. Ninjas. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
That’s Stryfe; and this explains a thing or three. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
We forgot to mention this scene in the episode, but at one point, Garrison Kane is just randomly eating a fucking enormous sandwich. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
And then on the next page, he dramatically rips his shirt off, because, look, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
Shorts! (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
Look, if you haven’t worked out that Stryfe looks like Cable by this point in the series, I’m not sure I can help you. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
I keep imagining Stryfe yelling, “Brother!” in Liquid Snake’s voice; and now you can, too. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
“I also got you some unflattering but comfortable briefs. (Cable: Blood and Metal #2)
NEXT EPISODE: X-Factor gets political.
LINKS & FURTHER TOMFOOLERY:
- DID YOU KNOW THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE AT FLAMECON? Of course you did, because we won’t shut up about it! Come see us at table P119, and check out the live episode!
- The Adventures of Dr. McNinja is a masterpiece of modern literature; plus, it’s by the only person who will ever love Robocop vs. Terminator as much as Jay does.
- The new She-Ra design is awesome, and so is all the fan art that it has inspired.
- The Tim Minchin line Jay paraphrased in this episode comes from the song “White Wine in the Sun.”
- Wanna hang out online with a bunch of really nice X-Men fans? Hell, yeah, you do! Join the X-Plain the X-Men Discord!
The Adventures of Doctor McNinja is truly one of the greatest… things… ever! It is actually one of those things that helps me not smoke; whenever I have a shitty day I read a few dozen pages of the epic (I HIGHLY suggest you all go out and get the omnibus, it is almost 500 pages and very affordable, not to mention one of the funniest things ever written) to relieve stress instead of breaking down and buying a pack of smokes. Actually, ANYthing written by Christopher Hastings is a fun time. I hear there is a Gwenpool action figure in the works too…
Oh, and Robocop vs. Terminator…. soooo much awesome!
You’d think with all the leaping, it would have been Batroc’s time to shine.
I am glad to hear that Jay shares the same basic aesthetic that I have for children’s action cartoons (re: She-ra’s new design): that I should be able to imagine a small child in the target audience running around pretending to be that character with whatever they can find around the house.
Also that if adorable tiny me asked to be that character for Halloween, my mother (who made all our childhood costumes) would not curse the costume designer to the high heavens. (as kids, we were far too exacting about the costumes for people who weren’t making their own, and Mom’s skill level was mostly ‘pick up a pattern and dust off the sewing machine’).
Boy, am I glad to not having read this series *yawn*. On the other hand, JRJR is always fekting great even under the worst circumstances.