X-Men

X-Men: Dark Phoenix [Blu-ray review]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix proves that you can stray too far away from the source material. When I see people wax on about how much they like these movies, I’m reminded of something that I learned from...

Dark Phoenix (2019): Everything I Loved is Trash Now

Dark Phoenix was always going to be terrible. It struck too many of those signifiers that usually shape a box office disaster. Multiple release date changes, reshoots, confusion over the series’...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: AN ISSUE GUIDE TO CHAPTERS 21-40

A brief word about this interstitial guide While working on this project and the previous Spidey Project, I’ve casual readers and new comic fans asking for direct references to the comics I discuss. B...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: CHAPTER 12 – BANSHEE BEGINS A LONG LINE OF ACCENT HEAVY CHARACTERS

  Chapter 12 Sean Cassidy has played many roles within the Marvel Universe. Young Irish rogue, Interpol agent, early X-Men mind controlled villain, wealthy heir, detective, Castle owner, team mem...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: CHAPTER 11 – THE DEADLY GENESIS TEAM

  Chapter 11 When Professor X sent the original X-Men to investigate a strange mutant energy source in the Pacific, he had no idea what he was sending his students to that day. It turns out that ...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: CHAPTER 9 – POLARIS IS WHOSE DAUGHTER?

  Chapter 9 Lorna Dane was one of the in-between X-Men. Characters shoe horned into the book, as it was in between finding its voice. That first in-between period came after Roy Thomas tried to t...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: CHAPTER 7 – WHY DOES NO ONE TAKE ICEMAN SERIOUSLY?

  Chapter 7 Bobby Drake was always the kid of the group. Growing up with two rather serious parents, made Bobby want to act out all of the time. When he started turning into a snowy mess, Profess...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: CHAPTER 6 – WHAT TO DO WITH THE ANGEL?

  Chapter 6 Warren Worthington III was born into privilege. He was wealthy, never worried about anything. That was until he started sprouting feathery wings from his shoulder blades while at Prep...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: CHAPTER 5 – HOWARD BARR NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY I LIKED DAZZLER SO MUCH

  Chapter 5 Alison Blaire was always meant for something better, yet she embraced what she wanted to be. Even if she was a mutant or not. I’d keep saying that and Howard would keep replying...

THE X-MEN PROJECT: CHAPTER 3 – CYCLOPS OR LET’S BEGIN THE HEADACHE THAT IS THE SUMMERS CLAN

  Chapter 3 Scott Summers was a fairly typical character back in 1963. When Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced him as the leader of the X-Men, he felt like he fit the DC mold of what a hero was. ...