Tell me Shatterstar… do you like gladiator movies?
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)I love Peter David’s writing and with his milestone issue #50 he did an excellent job of tying up not only ALL the loose threads he’s been dangling not just for the past 8 issues or so (Summers Rebellion, unevil Fitzroy, Cortex, incontinent Doctor Doom), but also the ones that have been out there since the beginning of the series (finally the definitive answer to what IS the story with Layla Miller?). I don’t want to spoil anything, but I do wonder if that’s what happens to Layla, where does she go from there (or then)? I have to admit it felt a bit rushed and tidy to have it all dropped in our laps with a lovely anniversary bow on it, but I’m eagerly anticipating what happens next!
Worlds and times collide in this double-sized conclusion to the year long storyline that has revitalized X-Factor. Will the Summers Rebellion triumph as is supposed to happen…or will it be derailed? Will Madrox make it back to his own time? Will Siryn, Monet and the rest of the team have their final showdown with Cortex? Will we actually learn just how it is that Layla Miller knows stuff? Will someone die?
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You probably remember the uproar the RicShatty kiss caused from character creator Rob Liefeld. At the time X-Factor writer Peter David handled Liefeld’s reaction with grace and aplomb. Peter David made a number of humorous comments aimed at Liefeld and he’s stuck to his guns on at least one of them.
In a discussion over at Robot6 (which by the way mentioned QueerSUPE yesterday!!!), Peter David decided that he would have Guido ask “Tell me Shatterstar… do you like gladiator movies?” as a reference to the classic film Airplane in which Captain Oveur makes similar suggestive remarks to the young boy visiting the cockpit. I suppose you should expect that when entering anyplace called “The Cockpit.”
In a preview of X-Factor #200 (due in December) which relocates X-Factor Investigations to NYC to find out why “the Invisible Woman has Vanished, he did just that.
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10/30/2009 at 10:34 pm
LOVING the “Airplane” reference, which I watched last Saturday… Despite the gay content, I haven’t been reading this. Should I be?
10/31/2009 at 1:48 am
I’m going to say yes as I’ve loved everything I found by Peter David since his Hulk and Aquaman. For me he is on a very short list of writers whose work I will check out no matter what the characters are. To have him working on a peripheral X-Book like X-Factor is ideal as it gives him access to the Marvel pantheon and still leaves room for him to write what he wants (within reason).
I’d recommend checking out Peter David’s X-Fctor run from the beginning (I think there are trades) if you haven’t been reading it.
10/31/2009 at 1:32 pm
Wow! It sounds like the title is doing well and Peter David writing is good too. I like the reference to Airplane too. LOL. Funny.
11/01/2009 at 7:13 pm
Maybe I`ll get the trade… I really don`t care for any of these characters…
11/01/2009 at 8:15 pm
I’ve been getting the issues since the kiss and found myself pretty quickly drawn into the story and the characters. With another writer, the gladiator line could have come across as crass, but David’s track record in support of GLBT issues makes it pretty humorous.