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May 30, 2006
Why X-Men 3 Is So Disappointing
Mike went to see X-Men: The Last Stand, and warns everyone not to get your hopes up:
None of my favorite ones were in it. I couldn't have been the only kid who loved "Lariat," the guy with the mammoth, prehensile penis. Or "Waft," the dorky dude who could turn into a mildly unpleasant smell. Him and Wolverine fighting would've been great comic relief. Or "Spurt"--remember Spurt, the guy who could empty his circulatory system at will? I guess I understand why they didn't use him; his was obviously a one-shot kind of skill. Still, I remember crying during the issue with the blood drive. "To Serve His Fellow Man."
The rest is here.
Posted at May 30, 2006 07:53 AM | TrackBackIf Mike misses Lariat that much, let me suggest some of them Japanese cartoons. I've seen some characters that bear a remarkable similarity.
Posted by: BRG at May 30, 2006 08:07 AMOh I beg to differ. This weekend when I saw X-men 3 I was introduced to a new favorite. One of the mutants on the bad guys side appeared to be WAY into Emo. Since we didnt get to see her power until the end, throughout the movie I was betting that she posessed an abillity to super-cry or perhaps super-cut-herself all while listening to super-bad-music.
Which got me wondering, in the world of X-men are their some mutants whose super-power is just too cool to get involved in the inter-mutant conflict? Say for example your power was the abillity to get free drinks, avoid traffic tickets, or super-remember-where-the-hell-your-keys-are. Man, life would be too good to even consider hanging out with those battle hungry freaks.
Posted by: Jake at May 30, 2006 09:47 AMdear Jonathan:
sorry you wasted your time watching the x-man movie
considering your political views expressed on ATR (views i concur with), you should've watched "V for Vendetta" - a very appropriate movie for these grim times
Posted by: theDdoubleSstandard at June 1, 2006 05:48 PMOF course it's common. Collective punishments are SOP when fighting insurgencies. Fallujah is another example of one such, carried out on a larger scale. Before the charred bodies of the security staff were swinging from the bridge, nine or so parents had been gunned down. They had been protesting the presence of US military at the local elementary school - they feared their being on site would draw violence.
Posted by: Maezeppa at June 3, 2006 11:21 PM
