1. magneto was right (accepted all mutants to his cause instead of just the pretty ones, taught them to love and respect themselves, actively fought against anti-mutant rhetoric in order to prevent another holocaust)
2. magneto was kind of stupid (regularly played chess with a telepath)
Today, I will be doing a review but not of the movie.
At the risk of going all Jack Harkess meme on this, I’m going to be reviewing the movie theater’s decor.
I went to the Movies 8 over on 71st and Memorial in Tulsa, Oklahoma to see X-Men First Class with my friend Ron. Once upon a time, this was one of the first-run cinemas in town. I remember that it having eight screens was a big deal back then
What struck me this time was that the interior of the building has not changed since that time.
Yes. Those walls are purple. Yes. That’s a checkered floor going into the theater.
Your eyes do not deceive. There has been no Photoshopping. That is a turquoise-and-hot-pink door.
When’s the last time anything at this this place changed? Fortunately, the evidence is on the walls:
In case those images are small… have a glimpse of what is meant by ‘today’:
Mickey can get a Miami Vice jacket, but Donald still gets no pants?It is a conspiracy, I tell you.
I know what some of you are thinking. This isn’t a retro-refit. This is the same decor this place had when it opened and I have witnesses to prove it. Sometimes you don’t need a time machine, you just need ownership that’s averse to change, self-investment and interior decorators.
The 80s lives on in our hearts and in small multiplex cinemas, apparently.
Here’s the thing: There is no one-size-fits-all coming-out narrative. We don’t often talk about this, the same way we don’t often talk about the fluidity of identity.
There is no one-size-fits-all coming-out narrative because there is no one-size-fits-all experience of sexual orientation. Or friendship. Because different people have different social needs and part of being a good friend is recognizing that. But there are kids — and adults — for whom hearing a frightening truth from a trusted friend is a huge and welcome relief: a signpost to a revelation; permission to acknowledge and articulate a secret they’ve been running from.
It’s possible to follow the best-practices list to a T and screw up. It’s possible to deviate from it and do just fine. Once more, with feeling: There is no one-size-fits-all coming-out narrative.
I wrote a very long and unusually (for me, anyway) personal op-ed about queer identity, coming-out narratives, and All-New X-Men #40, for playboy.com. (For those uncomfortable clicking through–this will also be up at rachelandmiles.com come Saturday.)
This is quite a thorough article that brings up a lot of interesting points.
Phil Noto’s Northstar Wedding Cover: Beautiful Art, Terrible Omen
By Andrew Wheeler
The great Phil Noto is a master at catching those little moments of empathy. And that makes him a great choice for the variant cover for Astonishing X-Men #51, the wedding of Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar) and Kyle Jinadu.
The cover is a “create your own wedding” variant featuring tender snapshots of some of Marvel’s best-known couples, including Jean-Paul and Kyle. It also features a prominent blank spot where fans can add their own wedding photo or draw one in. It’s a very sweet idea, and Noto’s portraits are beautiful, but we couldn’t help notice a very important thing: most of these couples are not together anymore. That can’t be a good sign.
I want to get this cover just so I can draw a photo of Aunt May in that blank spot. There used to be a different photo there, but now the devil has it.
Previously, on X-Men…
Transformers #22: Optimus Prime and Megatron sit alone in a room and talk about how they feel about each other.
LOOK OUT, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS YOUR SLASHINESS HAS BEEN USURPED
Entertainment Weekly Gives us an Exclusive Look at Psylocke, Magneto & Apocalypse
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
I thought BLUE LIPS was the best I could hope for!!
Also that is an impressively comic-accurate Psylocke, but unfortunately, it’s Psylocke, so who gives a shit?
MAN-E-FACES confirmed for X-Men Apocalypse
I’m required to relink this periodically
it’s that time again
krupski asked:
It was definitely there, but you missed it!
I know it was like 2005 or so, but when John Stewart and Hawkgirl made out in the cartoon, the racist uproar was palpable on some message boards. A greatest hits of “I’m super racist but let me phrase it in this codewordy way,” like “Justice League is trying to push an agenda” and “they’re just doing this to get attention” and stuff. Some folks called DCAU Justice League “Minoriteam,” because it had one black guy on it. I did a comic about it.
(Lex Luthor?)
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siphersaysstuff
Who is your dad, now?
I WILL reblog this video every damn time I see it because this kids is A GENIUS
