Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

155 – X-Tinction Event

April 16, 2017 Jay 45 comments

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In which the X-Tinction Agenda begins in earnest; Jim Lee rocks our world; Cable doesn’t need any Mickey-Mouse schedules; Jean Grey is not paid by the word; Havok makes a heel turn; Boom Boom’s pretext of self-interest fools no one; Cameron Hodge is STILL the worst; and Jay and Miles make an announcement.

X-PLAINED:

Warlock across the multiverse
Uncanny X-Men #270, New Mutants #95, X-Factor #60
X-Tinction Agenda
The first modern crossover
The creative state of the X-line
Limitations of Marvel Unlimited
Dramatis Personae
Mickey-Mouse schedules
The X-Men, who do not die the old-fashioned way
One-way nude teleportation
Magistrate Summers
The return of Cameron Hodge’s angry severed head
Wipeout (again)
Mutates
The death of Warlock
The esoteric paraphernalia of war
Silver Age misogyny
What we’d do differently if we introduced the X-Men in 2017
Our upcoming hiatus

NEXT EPISODE: It gets worse.

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 119

April 13, 2017 Miles 18 comments

Week of 4/12/2017

Week of 4/12/2017:

In which Jay and Miles talk about the future, Old Man Logan may or may not be beginning its climax, X-Men: Blue is pretty great, and Weapon X works better than it should.

REVIEWED:

Old Man Logan #21 (2:40)
* X-Men: Blue #1 (5:29)
Weapon X #1 (14:44)

*Pick of the Week

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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154 – Leaning into the Metaphor (feat. Sina Grace)

April 10, 2017 Miles 106 comments

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In which incoming Iceman writer Sina Grace joins us to talk about the coolest X-Man; Adult Bobby Drake gets the spotlight; no one looks too closely at the jokester; the mutant metaphor works both globally and personally; and we are all a little horrified by how long ago Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run happened.

X-PLAINED:

The Apocalypse Seed
What ice powers sound like
Ice puns and Memento-style tattoos
Adult coming-out stories
Intersectionality and representation
Iceman on his own
The most Sinister of teases
Cargo shorts
Bobby’s assorted ex-girlfriends
Omega-level ice powers vs. anxiety
Mike Carey’s X-Men
Bobby’s buds Cannonball and Rogue
Yas Northstar
Respecting continuity, avoiding overwhelm
Advice for your younger (and older) self

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NEXT EPISODE: The X-Tinction Agenda begins!

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 118

April 10, 2017 Miles 27 comments

Week of 4/5/2017

In which All-New Wolverine starts a new chapter; X-Men Gold begins; and we have a lot of opinions about corner boxes.

REVIEWED:

X-Men: Gold #1 (00:28)
* All-New Wolverine #19 (10:48)

*Pick of the Week

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Strange Eyes and Brilliant Minds

April 9, 2017 Miles 5 comments

Last night, Jay gave a talk about the mutant metaphor and representation at Books With Pictures in Portland, Oregon. Here’s most of it!

As Mentioned in Episode 153 – Mermaid Parade

April 3, 2017 Jay Leave a comment

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These two have their moments. (Excalibur #28)

Aw. (Excalibur #28)

“I’m Brian’s significantly more fashion-forward brother.” (Excalibur #28)

…’kay. (Excalibur #28)

Well, then. (Excalibur #28)

I don’t know what you do in fights, but… (Excalibur #28)

Man, these Sweet Valley High novels are getting weird. (Excalibur #28)

The Excalibur #29 wall of shame.

Not every day. Just, y’know, most days. (Excalibur #29)

HEY, KIDS! COMICS! (Excalibur #29)

I just. Wow. (Excalibur #29)

Okay, so, that’s a pretty cool layout.

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE (Excalibur #29)

Breakfast with Excalibur is aggressively informal. (Excalibur #29)

Alysande “I knew I’d have been better off staying home and drinking” Stuart. (Excalibur #30)

Not mentioning W.H.O. here was kind of a waste. (Excalibur #30)

And then Captain Britain got his ass kicked by the elderly. (Excalibur #30)

Good dog. (Excalibur #30)

These delightful scamps! (Excalibur #30)

[Insert Second Coming joke here.] (Excalibur #31)

I really hope they never stop bringing that up, because it never stops being funny. (Excalibur #31)

Um. Can we… maybe not? (Excalibur #31)

LOOK AT THIS GOOFY TURTLE-LOOKING DUDE (Excalibur #31)

They’re about as effective as they look. (Excalibur #31)

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153 – Mermaid Parade

April 3, 2017 Jay 13 comments

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In which Miles gets an etymology lesson; Nightcrawler is the most dateable guy in the X-Universe; Meggan is basically all the cryptids; Michael Higgins must be stopped; Alistair Stuart is terrible at adulting; we really hope Brian wasn’t too attached to that airplane; and in retrospect, there probably should have been a Spalding Gray joke in there somewhere.

X-PLAINED:

The Montesi Formula
Excalibur #28-31
The Gilded Lady
The quintessential post-college experience
The word “cooter”
Relative gullibility
A generally unacceptable issue
Loungewear
Vampires, kind of
Some uncomfortably colonial imagery
Krakoa, Jr.
The Vega Men
The aftermath of Axis
Colossus’s probable politics

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episodes 116 & 117

April 1, 2017 Jay 4 comments

Jay here! I’m once again in the middle of prepping for a move–this time, cross-country–and really struggling to keep balls in the air. With that disclaimer in mind, here are respectively more and less belated last two weeks’ video reviews!

Week of 3/2/2017:

In which Uncanny and Extraordinary X-Men conclude!

REVIEWED:

Uncanny X-Men #19 (00:34)
*Extraordinary X-Men #20 (06:58)

*Pick of the Week (11:55)

Week of 3/29/2917:

In which we say goodbye to one more series, and ResurrXion begins!

REVIEWED:

*All-New X-Men #19 (00:48)
Old Man Logan #18 (08:02)
X-Men Prime (11:22)

*Pick of the Week (17:08)

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152 – Ghosts of Future Present

March 27, 2017 Jay 58 comments

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In which Franklin Richards makes everything more complicated; Reed Richards is a terrible parent; Days of Future Present is a surprisingly good ghost story; Valeria Richards is awesome (but does not appear in this crossover); everyone’s got hounds these days; Banshee is your sad cyborg dad; Phoenix has a lot of feelings; and X-Factor once again manages to up the ante for child endangerment.

X-PLAINED:

Nightcrawler’s brief clerical career
Days of Future Present
Annuals, in general
Some extraordinarily specific Namor headcanon
Fantastic Four Annual #23
New Mutants Annual #6
X-Factor Annual #5
Uncanny X-Men Annual #14
Franklin Richards
Several statuses quo
The reproductive potential of Doombots
Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)
Ahab
A Code Red Time Emergency
One of Jay’s dream pitches
Your sad cyborg dad
The worst tea party
One hell of a kiss
Robocop vs. Terminator

NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur gets eclectic!

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As Mentioned in Episode 151 – Czars of Kung Fu

March 20, 2017 Jay 9 comments

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WELL, THEN. (Uncanny X-Men #264)

“Also, we think they might be slightly evil.” (Uncanny X-Men #264)

Seriously, though, THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO MENTION THE TENTACLES AGAIN. (Uncanny X-Men #264)

But can it teach aerobics? I DON’T THINK SO. (Uncanny X-Men #264)

Wolverine WWII flashbacks are usually pretty fun. (Uncanny X-Men #268)

No, YOU ship it. (Uncanny X-Men #268)

Her hair is so great, though. (Uncanny X-Men #268)

How can one character be so awesome? It seems kind of unfair. (Uncanny X-Men #268)

Don’t fuck with Seraph. She’ll kick your ass and leave you with a blood debt to Viper. (Uncanny X-Men #268)

“Look, it was this or leather pants.” (Uncanny X-Men #268)

It’s fair to assume that whatever Jubilee is doing in the background is roughly a million times more entertaining than whatever’s going on in the A-plot. (Uncanny X-Men #268)