Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

151 – Czars of Kung Fu

March 20, 2017 Jay 21 comments

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In which Laura easily is worth a dozen Old Mans Logan; Charlotte Jones is the EveryCop; Genosha remains a fairly versatile allegory; Hydra are totally Nazis; Jubilee gets the best sound effects; Rogue has a bad day; and it’ll take more than a sun to stop Lila Cheney.

X-PLAINED:

Graydon Creed
Logan oversaturation (more) (again)
Uncanny X-Men #264, 268, 269
A somewhat convoluted status quo
Death by Derrida
New York’s sewers (kind of) (maybe)
The Misty Knight rule
Jackets of the ’90s
Cap’s cape
Mustache metaphysics
The Press Gang (again)
VR.5
The Doctrine of Hot Pursuit
Dazzler, in handy grenade form
A prescient scenario
Jim Lee signature cocktail dresses
A dubious approach to first aid
Wolverine’s sexy friends
Nazi ducks
Seraph
Ivan Petrovitch
Sexy subversion
Rogue vs. Carol Danvers
Mutants vs. the Terrigen Mists
TaXonomy of ambiguously X-characters

NEXT EPISODE: Days of Future Present!

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 115

March 16, 2017 Jay 24 comments

Week of 3/8/2017 (Thanks for your patience! It’s been… quite a month.)

In which we have a whole, whole lot of feelings about Emma Frost; Old Man Logan goes back to the beginning; our hearts now and forever belong to All-New Wolverine; and we finally remember to do another mailbag segment!

REVIEWED:

Inhumans vs. X-Men #6 (00:54; spoilers begin at 03:10)
Old Man Logan #19 (09:43)
*All-New Wolverine #18 (12:56)

*Pick of the Week (18:46)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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150 – Live at ECCC, feat. Dennis Hopeless and Charles Soule

March 13, 2017 Jay 9 comments

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In which writers Dennis Hopeless and Charles Soule join us for a live episode at Emerald City Comic Con, Age of X is the world’s worst morale boost; Charles and Dennis X-Plain the Marvel Universe; we still can’t get Hieronymus Bosch’s X-Men out of our heads; and apparently somehow we’ve recorded and posted 150 of these things.

X-PLAINED:

Age of X
Evil Moira MacTaggert Disambiguation
The post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe
Major X-Men turning points
ResurrXion
Planning events
A profoundly unexpected crossover
Namor’s definitive qualities
Our dream X-creators
Where to find Havok in current comics
Earned deaths
The pronunciations of several words
Teams we’d like to see revived or revisited

NEXT EPISODE: The road to X-Tinction Agenda continues!

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149 – Panning for Callbacks

March 7, 2017 Jay 32 comments

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In which Old Man Logan is probably better than it deserves to be; Steve McNiven is magical; the post-apocalyptic future probably belongs to the LARPers; Miles’s dad may or may not secretly be Hawkeye; all babies are supervillains; every movie should have a dinosaur chase scene; Emma Frost is our queen forever; and you should never trust a Hitler cosplayer.

X-PLAINED:

Wolverine: Lord of the Vampires
Mark Millar
Wolverine vol. 3 #66-72
Giant-Size Wolverine: Old Man Logan
The Hooded Man
“Old Man Logan” vs. Old Man Logan
The difference between Logan and Wolverine
Old-timey apocalypses
The Hulk Gang
Old Man Hawkeye
The Spider-Buggy
Moloids
Hammer Falls
Ultron-8
Several generations of supervillains
How the world fell under darkness
President Red Skull
Some very cathartic violence
Narrative functions of the rampage

NEXT EPISODE: Live from Emerald City Comic Con, with Dennis Hopeless & Charles Soule!

Special thanks to the Protomen.

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Heads Up…

March 5, 2017 Jay One comment

Because ECCC, Episode 149 will go up on Monday. Thanks for your patience, and so many thanks to everyone who came out to see us in Seattle!!

Love,
J&M

Jay & Miles X-Plain Logan (on Syfy Wire)!

March 1, 2017 Miles 3 comments

The fine folks at Syfy Wire asked us to make a video to tell the Internet about the comics that the Logan movie is based on, and so we did! For our thoughts on Old Man Logan, X-23, Charles Xavier’s road buddy qualifications, and Donald Pierce’s amazing fuchsia cape:

Check it out!

Miles was on Panel on Panels!

February 28, 2017 Miles 3 comments

This past weekend, Miles was on a live episode of the Panel on Panels podcast at Things From Another World‘s X-Men Day event.

Check it out, if you’re so inclined!

As Mentioned in Episode 148 – That’s So Ravens

February 27, 2017 Miles 4 comments

Listen to the podcast here.

Bernard the Poet, you’ve changed! And we’re terrified! (X-Factor #54)

“Warren, be a good boy and you’ll get a prize after the appointment!” (X-Factor #54)

This image really shouldn’t work as well as it does. (X-Factor #54)

It’s a vampire dress! You know, for vampires! (X-Factor #54)

X-Factor in a single panel. (X-Factor #54)

Jeez, devouring people’s souls isn’t enough – you have to be all mean-girls about it too? (X-Factor #56)

The phrase ‘costume drama’ has never been quite so literal. (X-Factor #56)

Miles has never been hospitalized and is pretty sure this right here is just sort of how it goes. (X-Factor #56)

This is basically what that Azrael guy from 90s Batman was hoping to be, right? (X-Factor #56)

“We just got back from our aerobics class and didn’t have time to change. So, what’s up?” (X-Factor #56)

Suddenly, green guys! Nice work, Andy Kubert. (X-Factor #57)

I wish Crimson wore this costume more in this arc. (X-Factor #57)

Accidental bank robbery: one of Jay’s favorite tropes. Also, the whole mirror thing is drawn really nicely. (X-Factor #57)

WELL THAT’S LEGITIMATELY TERRIFYING (X-Factor #57)

“Illusion, Michael.” (X-Factor #57)

“Vampire dress, dilapidated theater, occult trappings – check. Let’s get this LARP night started!” (X-Factor #58)

Surprise, kid! Your mom’s a liar and also kidnapped! (X-Factor #58)

Man, nobody ever invites us to these parties. (X-Factor #58)

So much is happening in this panel! (X-Factor #58)

Charlotte Jones is the hero we need. (X-Factor #58)

Jeez, guys! Knock first! (X-Factor #59)

Charlotte’s mother-in-law is basically the greatest. (X-Factor #59)

“This… this is how parenting works, right?” (X-Factor #59)

God, that last panel. Perfect. (X-Factor #59)

WOOOOO SPRING BREAK (X-Factor #59)

Next time: Old Man Logan.

148 – That’s So Ravens

February 27, 2017 Jay 34 comments

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In which Archangel falls in with the LARP crowd; all yuppies are (probably) vampires; Beast is kind of a jerk; there are a lot of reasons to be mad at Forge; and you should totally come hang out with us at ECCC!

X-PLAINED:

A peculiar scheme
X-Factor #54, 56-59
Crimson
The Ravens
A gallery opening
Several varyingly tortured souls
Charlotte Jones (more)
Archangel vs. Archangel’s wings
Ethical reporting
An accidental bank robbery
The return of a long-lost villain
Timmy Jones

NEXT EPISODE: Old Man Logan!

Special thanks to Lillian Cohen-Moore!

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