Tuesday, September 28, 2010

X-Men 101: #82 - SPY GAMES


Wolverine once saved Peter Parker's parents from Hydra.
(Untold tales of Spider-man #-1)

X-Men 101: #81 - SPIDER-MUTANT


In one of the X-Men's first encounters with Spider-Man, they thought he was a mutant menace! The team was responding to Cerebro's warning of a mutant that was actually a machine Spider-Man defeated before before they'd arrived.
(Uncanny X-Men #35)

Monday, September 27, 2010

Ludicious News 9-27-10

X-Men 101: #80 - HEH, HEH


Wolverine once did the nasty with Mystique while she was in disguise. He knew it was her the whole time with his enhanced senses.
(Wolverine #51)

Flick2 Movie Review: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole


Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole was a brilliant movie. I went into the theatre with the mindset, "Okay, I'm gonna watch this owl movie, looks pretty cool by the trailer. I just hope this isn't Happy Feet. I hated Happy Feet." I stepped into the IMAX theatre and I was blown away. This was no ordinary owl movie. Instead, I got an epic action/adventure story that felt like 300 and Lord of the Rings combined, but with owls. And much to my surprise, when the credits came along, I noticed that it was directed by Zack Snyder, the famed director of 300.

This movie, on top of being visually stunning to watch with its amazingly lifelike movement, great rendered 3D, and slow motion action scenes, had a great story. The epic follows the young owl Soren, voiced by Jim Sturgess, as he searches for the Guardians of Ga'Hoole and makes some interesting friends along the way. I just reread that line and it sounds like a Disney channel made for TV movie but believe me, its far from that. I don't want to give away anything about this movie except that its worth it to watch, especially in the IMAX. You will be amazed and truly enjoy the experience.

Also, as an added bonus, much like the Disney movies have been doing, there is a cartoon before the movie. You get this nicely CG rendered cartoon of Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner. This was also in 3D and was very entertaining. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these making their way to the beginnings of more Warner Brothers movies.

Flick2 Movie Review:
5 out of 5 Stars

X-Men 101: #79 - X-REUNION


Except for their brief appearance in Giant-Size X-Men #1, it had been 21 years in real time (1970-1991) since the original five X-Men were all X-Men together. They rejoined at the request of Professor X after the Shadow King shattered his legs, after they'd been starring in X-Factor.
(Uncanny X-Men #280)

Friday, September 24, 2010

X-Men 101: #78 - DARK BIRTHDAYS






New Mutant Magik didn't grow up on Earth. She was taken to Limbo as a child by the demon Belasco and raised around bizarre demons and Limbo-versions of the X-Men. She returned to Earth the moment she was abducted, but now with demonic knowledge and seven years older.
(Uncanny X-Men #160, Magik #1-4)

Thursday, September 23, 2010

X-Men 101: #77 - BLUE AND GOLD



The X-Men were once two teams, a Blue and Gold Team. The Blue team being led by Cyclops and the Gold team led by Storm.
(X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #281)

X-Men 101: #76 - WHITE PAWNS



Mutants Firestar and Warpath were originally duped by the White Queen to join her evil Hellions. Warpath blamed Professor X for the death of his brother Thunderbird; Firestar blindly trusted the White Queen's judgement.
(Firestar #1, Uncanny X-Men #193)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

X-Men 101: #75 - MUGGED


While a visiting professor at Columbia University, Professor X was attacked and badly beaten by people who didn't like his pro-mutant stance. He tried to halt all of them with his mental powers, but was hit in the back of the head with a brick.
(Uncanny X-Men #192)

X-Men 101: #74 - TURNCOATS


Realizing the U.S. government was stepping up its anti-mutant activity, Mystique offered the services of her new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to the government and renamed the group "Freedom Force."
(Uncanny X-Men #199)

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

X-Men 101: #73 - RED MEANS STOP


Ruby quartz is the only material that can halt Cyclops' concussive optic blasts. He uses it for his visor and his glasses.
(Uncanny X-Men #39)

Monday, September 20, 2010

X-Men 101: #72 - SECRET IDENTITIES


To hide their strange appearances in public, Beast, Nightcrawler and Angel (with his blue skin) use an image inducer to make them look "normal."
(Uncanny X-Men #97)

Friday, September 17, 2010

X-Men 101: #71 - MAGNETO: ABOVE THE LAW!


Magneto was put on trial in front of the world court for crimes against humanity. But, he was set free when it was decided that Magnus was, in effect, a head of state and was outside of the Court's jurisdiction since he'd never signed the Geneva Conventions.
(X-Men vs. Avengers #4)

X-Men 101: #70 - BREAK-UP


Right after Changeling died (posing as Professor X), the U.S. government asked the X-Men to split up to avoid becoming targets of super villains. Three issues later, they got back together.
(Uncanny X-Men #46)

X-Men 101: #69 - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION


While impersonating Jean Grey, the Phoenix entity lost control and became Dark Phoenix. At the height of its madness, it consumed a star, killing the 5 billion aliens living in that solar system.
(Uncanny X-Men #135)

Friday, September 10, 2010

X-Men 101: #68 - MUTANT SATELLITE



Magneto often uses an orbiting headquarters that keeps getting blown up, usually called Asteroid M. It came crashing down to earth during a battle between Exodus and Holocaust and is now used as the island base of the X-Men off of the coast of San Fransisco.
(X-Men #43, Dark Avengers #8)

X-Men 101: #67 - XAVIER'S GANG


Xavier once trained the mutant motorcycling group Team America in the use of their abilities. They had the collective mutant power to manifest the Marauder, a darkly clad motorcyclist extraordinaire.
(New Mutants #5-6, #8)