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Only 4 days to the Nightcrawler mini and counting! I can't wait. It?ll be a huge coup if I ever get this issue thanks to my verdammt comic store, but oh well. Is everyone else psyched?
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Psyched and broke http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/frown.gif
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But mommy, do I really need a signature?"
~starting to count the hours, minutes and the seconds with her fingers~
CAN'T HARDLY WAIT!
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I won't be able to get it (at the same time everyone else does, anyway) but if he's still a priest at the end, I don't want to hear about it.
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"Let's just file it under U for uncanny and move on."
Personally, I kinda like the idea of him being a priest, but I seem to be the only one sometimes
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i think he will be... but that's just becsuse of what i -think- Casey has planned for him in Uncanny. i think Casey wants to ditch the priest angle and got dibs on it, so it wont be done in the mini. i mean really, would he come up with a villain like the Supreme Pontiff and the Church of Humanity if he didn't want to do something with it in terms of Kurt being s priest? and you have to have noticed there has been little to no actual mention of him being a priest lately, and certainly none of those awful preachy speeches. Also, Casey SAID that the confrontation with the Supreme Pontiff would have long term consequences for Nighty which he would resolve later. I think they are just taking it slow, i mean if he just woke up one morning and decided not to be a priest anymore it would be unreslistic, and would weaken his character
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So I'm going to have to wait even longer for a confrontation that will have long-term consequences so his character wouldn't be weakened by sudden unrealistic change such as waking up one morning and deciding to be a priest... or was it waking up one morning and deciding to NOT be a priest? Maybe we should just have another six month gap and then not explain EITHER of them cause nothing could make me happier *pauses to wipe spittle from the screen* ... I'd prefer to just be able to conveniently forget the whole nasty business. *whine* And "taking it slow" is not helping! I want it dealt with and done with now, dammit! Well, actually, last year. Yes, last year would have been a little more punctual of them. Anyway, I think it's time for my point.
It should be dealt with in the mini because if it isn't Joe Casey only knows how long it will take him to get to it! Sure, he wants to do it himself, and sure Supreme Pontiff (btw wtf?) is coming up soon... but my negative tendencies have caused me see the following quote like this:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nocturne:
...Casey SAID that the confrontation with the Supreme Pontiff would have long term consequences for Nighty which he would resolve later.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
With the italics, I mean. Later? LATER? *wipewipe* OK. *deep breath* I hope that's a misquote.
And another point I just thought of/realized/remembered! I don't want the mini to be packed with all those iffy faith issues if it isn't going to go anywhere towards removing/resolving them. Thank you.
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"Let's just file it under U for uncanny and move on."
[This message has been edited by Fasheem (edited November 24, 2001).]
ladies and gentlement fasheem make a point!!!i only want to wake up in the morning an realize that the "priest thing" was a horrible nightmare and kurt is fine now!
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[This message has been edited by kurtlover (edited November 24, 2001).]
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fasheem:
It should be dealt with in the mini because if it isn't Joe Casey only knows how long it will take him to get to it! Sure, he wants to do it himself, and sure Supreme Pontiff (btw wtf?)
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big bad religious guy behind Mr Clean and the massscre of sll those mutants in the sewers in england. Nighty and the team meet up with some of his henchmen in 399 and the man himself in #400, so really it is only a week after the mini comes out that this begins to get resolved, who knows Casey may finish off the priest thing before the mini is finished!
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With the italics, I mean. Later? LATER? *wipewipe* OK. *deep breath* I hope that's a misquote.
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yes, i know we are impatient to get it over and done with, but does thst mean Casey, just as he's starting to get good, should sacrafice the basics of good storytelling to make fans of one character happy? no. i love Nighty, but i also love X-Men, and don't want the books to be bad (again) merely to please fans of one chsrscter.
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And another point I just thought of/realized/remembered! I don't want the mini to be packed with all those iffy faith issues if it isn't going to go anywhere towards removing/resolving them. Thank you.
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you never know, maybe the two will tie together somehow. Casey said later, but i don't think he means Clsremonts ideas of later, i think he means a few issues tops.
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Ooh, that's where our mindsets differ. To me, they CANNOT be good until the priest thing is gone. It's the um, worm in the apple or whatever. To me, one panel of "Hey! This is silly! I don't want to be a priest!" would be an entirely acceptable way of clearing the whole thing up. Because it may be the easy way out, it may be unrealistic, it may be just plain bad story-telling but it sure as hell beats the alternative. Which is even just one more issue of celibate 'crawler.
Non-fans don't care how it's done. They don't even care if it is done. They would, in fact, likely prefer the single panel scenario as it wouldn't take up too much space. Hmm. Looks like I'm a non-fan, doesn't it? This may require further thought. Although, the Supreme Pontiff thing will likely turn out much the same. Except with a full page of soul-searching rather than just one panel. http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif
I was just rereading your post Nocturne... saying "bad (again)" would mean that you find Uncanny good? Man, even without the preaching, even blocking the unfortunate circumstances of my hero... it sucks. Although when I block the awful art, I may not choose such a harsh word. I may just say "not very good." But the art, it is there, yes?
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"Let's just file it under U for uncanny and move on."
[This message has been edited by Fasheem (edited November 24, 2001).]
Ugh... Don't get me started on the art... Prior to the "Poptopia" arc and the first two issues of the storyline with Churchill were fine but then, in the third, he's gone and (who was it?) Rubi(?) took over and was bad. Then they got really ballsy/stupid and handed the pencils over to a five-year-old draw the forth! ~She gags.~ It was horrible!
But about the whole priest thing - I'm not for him being a priest, although, I do like his character having a spiritual side. Kurt's too much of a swash-buckling ladies man to swear off the fairer sex for the rest of his life. Having him go to church on occassion is fine, but they shouldn't put him there for good.
Besides, being Catholic, I know it takes a fairly long time to actually become a priest and furthermore, it's not something that you decide overnight (or during a six month gap) like our friends at Marvel seem to think it is. Not to mention, how many spins can one put on handing out the eucharist?
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i just didn't like the art in 398, which is odd becsuse i normally like Ashley Wood. i don't think it's great right now, but it's ok, not half as bad as a lot of people seem to think. there have certainly been much worse. i thought that 399 wss a big step up. as i see it the first bunch of issues, he was just getting everything together to the point where he could tell the stories he wants to, with the characters he wants, and now that there will be a regular artist again, maybe thigs'll get better. if i'm anything it's optimistic, no one can be a genius all the time, and i think casey just had s bad spell at as particularily bad time http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
seriously, i hate the priest thing, but i would not be happy with a one panel 'i don't wanna be a priest no more' end to it, because to me that would mean he has no resolve, doesn't follow thru with his decisions. there needs to be something that happens that forces him to make a decision that huge (not that there was one for him becoming a priest in the first place, but that's in the past and can't change that)
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Three Days everyone!!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by amethystfaire:
But about the whole priest thing - I'm not for him being a priest, although, I do like his character having a spiritual side . . . Besides, being Catholic, I know it takes a fairly long time to actually become a priest and furthermore, it's not something that you decide overnight (or during a six month gap) like our friends at Marvel seem to think it is. Not to mention, how many spins can one put on handing out the eucharist?
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Yeah, it struck me as odd that he considers himself a priest after six months. I'm catholic as well, and as cool as it is to have my favorite elf share my faith (I assume, judging by what the authors put in there) I'm not sure if his writers know what they are doing. It seems like they have no idea what it is that priests do. All in all I like the idea, I'd just want something done that proves him being a priest actually has a point, not just some random decision to "spice up" the character
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Two days and counting!
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Only one day left! I am so excited I could cry. But I won't.
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