"So silly, so bad, I love it"

[LoneWolf21]

So, as far as the X-books are concerned, what're your guilty pleasures? You know those things that are so weird, so rediciculous, but dang it, somehow, you wind up loving the thing anyway, regardless of what the critics or other people say, You know it's cheesy, you know it's over the top, and you don't care.

[The Fury]

Weird rediciculous things I like that happen in the X-men I like?

I can't think of a thing.

Unless you count ressurections, Alternate futures and Wolverine getting his arse handed to him. Or are they too big?

[Phineas Q. Butterfat]

Sometimes reading them at all are guilty pleasures, but...

1. Anytime an X-team plays a sport. It's always painfully enjoyable.

2. A big "event" crossover between the X-books, like X-cutioners Song or X-tinction agenda (bonus cheese for working an 'X' in there somewhere). They're such a mishmash that rarely makes too much sense, I love it.

3. Dumb catch phrases - sadly, not seen much these days.
e.g. "Bub", "Sugah", "Ungablich", "Gott in Himmel", "Lenin's Ghost", "Spaceeba" (any Russian/German words Claremont looked up), "mister", "Godess", "fuzzy-elf", "canuckle-head", oh, I could go on...

[Ecoman]

Dumb catch phrases - sadly, not seen much these days.
e.g. "Bub", "Sugah", "Ungablich", "Gott in Himmel", "Lenin's Ghost", "Spaceeba" (any Russian/German words Claremont looked up), "mister", "Godess", "fuzzy-elf", "canuckle-head", oh, I could go on...

Couldn't agree more.

Also I like some of the really bad costumes.
Wolverine and Kitty's original costumes come to mind.

[nubly]

and lets not forget liefeld on x-force :D

[PhoenixBoyX]

For me, the silly random thing would go to hands down how only like 6 or 7 years has passed since The New Mutants were formed. I mean, really.
Think about the sheer volume of shit that has happened since.
Jean's ressurrection and death, etc. If only like 4 years has passed since GenX and the Summer's didn't get married too far before that, ya know, that was a short, shitty marriage.
-Nick

[DDM]

Rob Liefeld's original The New Mutants (#87-100) & X-Force.

Emma Frost's costumes

[Beast]

Jubilee getting a solo book. :)

[Ryan K]

I laughed when Ultimate Beast died.

[Indigo Al]

The Fallen Angels - Siryn, Madrox, Sunspot, Warlock, Devil Dinosaur, Moon Boy, Ariel, Chance, The Vanisher, Boom Boom, Gomi and two cyborg lobsters.

How do you not love a book like that?

Sauron is also another.

[Beast]

I laughed when Ultimate Beast died.
Hey, that's mean Ryan. Especially since I was paying the book a compliment. The very idea sounded illogical, but it was one of the best solo books that came out of Reloaded. I only wish it had sold better. :(

[Ryan K]

Hey, that's mean Ryan. Especially since I was paying the book a compliment. The very idea sounded illogical, but it was one of the best solo books that came out of Reloaded. I only wish it had sold better. :(

You know I was funning with ya. :)

[Beast]

You know I was funning with ya. :)
Gotcha. Sorry. Beast's death is still a sensitive subject for this fan. :)

[xmanson]

Claremont's S&M obsession.

[bagheera]

Elsie Dee, Elsie Dee, Elsie Dee!!!!! I love that little enunication problem of her's.


I also agree with any use of "bub", "mein gott", "tovarisch", etc.

And with any X-men sports event!

Any danger room adventure!

Murderworld!!!!

Professor X ----------He walks! He's crippled! He walks! He's crippled! He thinks he's walking but Magneto is really controlling him! He's crippled! It's almost as much of a joke as X-men dying and coming back!!

:rolleyes:

[Hi-Fi]

Lockheed!!!! Best X-Dragon ever!

[ChoasMAC]

ADAM X aka XTREME !!! Sorry but his character was my weird guilty pleasure. I loved his powers and history (or at least what was hinted). I wish Fabian had a chance to bring this character back in the way he was ment to be. :D

[Archyduke]

The X-Babies.

Oh, and Maggot. I liked Maggot... along with much of the Kelly/Seagle runs...

[xmanson]

As mentioned earlier.. Elsie Dee!!!!

[Hi-Fi]

The X-Babies.



Right on!! I love that one-shot with Kitty and the X-Babies...and the Agent!

[HellFrost]

3. Dumb catch phrases - sadly, not seen much these days.
e.g. "Bub", "Sugah", "Ungablich", "Gott in Himmel", "Lenin's Ghost", "Spaceeba" (any Russian/German words Claremont looked up), "mister", "Godess", "fuzzy-elf", "canuckle-head", oh, I could go on...
one phrase...

"Oh My Stars And Garters!?"

it's the best. :D But not said enough.

[Beast]

one phrase...

"Oh My Stars And Garters!?"

it's the best. :D But not said enough.
Heh. I love that one. I'm actually glad that Dark Beast has uttered it a couple times over in Excalibur. I'd like to hear the 'Real Slim Beasty' toss it around a few times as well. :)

[Neolucifer]

I must say ...well.. beak :D

[Archyduke]

Beak's not a guilty pleasure! Messr. Bohusk is the connoisseur's choice of character,a sign of truly refined taste and sensibility. Stand up and declare your Beak-love proudly!

[Beast]

Wooo! I didn't know there were so many Beak fans around here. Frankly I consider him the best thing to come out of Morrison's run. And I hope that nothing bad happens to him while he's with the Exiles. Though I know he'll just end up in character limbo if/when he does go back to 616. :(

[bagheera]

How could I have forgotten the X-babies???? We had their picture on my girl's birthday cake. Can you be a geek at 8 years old?

And yes, Beak is great also.


Any fastball special!!!!!

[Dread Pirate Bluetail]

One frame comes to mind from the first arc of "Ultimate X-Men"...

"The scenery, bub - the scenery."

I enjoy UXM, but at that frame, I was taken completely out of the story and started laughing hysterically. Then again, alot of UXM moments do that to me...like the entire Manga issue.

[Indigo Al]

Claremont's S&M obsession.

Can we turn this into its own thread? There are just way too many examples of this that I, in my innocent youth, just never noticed until later....

[Risque]

When the x-studs walk around shirtless, or fight shirtless, for no apparent reason except to attract female readers. :D

[Beast]

When the x-studs walk around shirtless, or fight shirtless, for no apparent reason except to attract female readers. :D
Don't limit it just to female readers, especially on this board. :D

[bagheera]

When the x-studs walk around shirtless, or fight shirtless, for no apparent reason except to attract female readers. :D

:D Funny you should say that, because when I picked up my X-titles today, I was thinking how very much I enjoy the endless line of pics of Wolverine with his uniform torn half-off. I don't think anyone else comes anywhere near him for tattered uniform shots...............and it does keep some of us coming back.

That, plus he is one of the few heroes with a HAIRY chest!!!! Thank God for that!

[Beast]

:D Funny you should say that, because when I picked up my X-titles today, I was thinking how very much I enjoy the endless line of pics of Wolverine with his uniform torn half-off. I don't think anyone else comes anywhere near him for tattered uniform shots...............and it does keep some of us coming back.

That, plus he is one of the few heroes with a HAIRY chest!!!! Thank God for that!
Bah. Beast runs around topless all the time, and he has a much hairier chest than ole Logan. ;)

[xakko]

Bah. Beast runs around topless all the time, and he has a much hairier chest than ole Logan. ;)

Hairier back, too...

[Fuzzy_Blue_Fetish]

When the x-studs walk around shirtless, or fight shirtless, for no apparent reason except to attract female readers. :D

Oh, it's not just the females.

A lack of clothing on the men is always fun in the X-Books, and is definitely my not so guilty pleasure. It is indeed most prominent on Logan, who's outfits seem to rip to shreds if someone so much as sneezes. But hairy chests are a good thing.

But not as good as a pre-kitty Hank running around in nothing but his underwear. I swear, how lucky can you be? You get to run around everywhere in your underwear, and everyone just nods and says, "Good morning, Hank. What are the results of your research?" I wish I could get away with that. But while I might not be good to look at, Hank sure is. Mrowl!!!

But even if an X-male in question is in full uniform, it's still okay 'cause the thing is usually so skintight that a little imagination gets the rest of the job done.

Ah, feel the perviness.

-FBF (who occasionally reads the comics for the story.)

[Beast]

Oh, it's not just the females.

A lack of clothing on the men is always fun in the X-Books, and is definitely my not so guilty pleasure. It is indeed most prominent on Logan, who's outfits seem to rip to shreds if someone so much as sneezes. But hairy chests are a good thing.

But not as good as a pre-kitty Hank running around in nothing but his underwear. I swear, how lucky can you be? You get to run around everywhere in your underwear, and everyone just nods and says, "Good morning, Hank. What are the results of your research?" I wish I could get away with that. But while I might not be good to look at, Hank sure is. Mrowl!!!

But even if an X-male in question is in full uniform, it's still okay 'cause the thing is usually so skintight that a little imagination gets the rest of the job done.

Ah, feel the perviness.

-FBF (who occasionally reads the comics for the story.)
You're my twin arn't you? :)

Hank and his X-Speedo, Oh my stars and garters! :D

[Fuzzy_Blue_Fetish]

You're my twin arn't you? :)

Maybe a soulmate?

Hank and his X-Speedo, Oh my stars and garters! :D

Word.

-FBF (hungry for something chocolate, and considering a midnight Denny's run)

[Beast]

Maybe a soulmate?
As long as your name isn't Trish Tilby. ;) :D

[gambitsgurl]

Gambit
need I say more.

[tommythecat]

liefelds x-force, its so goofy and bad

[SybaritaCybernetico]

Bah. Beast runs around topless all the time, and he has a much hairier chest than ole Logan. ;)

Logan is just hot, hot, hot....and yes, I would love EVERY single issue of every book he appears in to include at least one shirtless shot of the guy...

[Kid Seven]

Mind Control....You are getting sleepy...

Death. Resurrection. Death! No that was a robot. Death! No, something about a cocoon or whatnot. Death! Um...just kidding?

Mark Millar's run.

[David Bedlam]

My all time number one guilty pleasure?

Chuck Austen.

When reading his stuff, I'm often reduced to laughter. True, it's not the reaction he wanted, but entertained is entertained! I even managed to enjoy 'The Draco'!

[KHNH]

Although my logical brain HATES the integration of Aliens into the X-Universe, (look what it brought us? Phoenix, the Brood.... and those Horrible Starjammers!), it is obvious that I'd do it all again for Deathbird. :)

[G. Wayne]

Sometimes reading them at all are guilty pleasures, but...

1. Anytime an X-team plays a sport. It's always painfully enjoyable.

2. A big "event" crossover between the X-books, like X-cutioners Song or X-tinction agenda (bonus cheese for working an 'X' in there somewhere). They're such a mishmash that rarely makes too much sense, I love it.

3. Dumb catch phrases - sadly, not seen much these days.
e.g. "Bub", "Sugah", "Ungablich", "Gott in Himmel", "Lenin's Ghost", "Spaceeba" (any Russian/German words Claremont looked up), "mister", "Godess", "fuzzy-elf", "canuckle-head", oh, I could go on...

hah, "mein gott" and "gott en himmel" have worked themselves into my speech. i think it and use it online more than i actually say it though. 'course i listen to a lot of german music too.

sammy the fish boy.

the sudden proliferation of more "freak" mutants after the genosha ultra-mega-super sentinel attacks. they were around all the time, honest.

and for that matter, "nimrod". :D

[David Bedlam]

the sudden proliferation of more "freak" mutants after the genosha ultra-mega-super sentinel attacks. they were around all the time, honest.

I actually think that was a very good idea. I mean, not all humans have underwear model bodies, so why should mutants?

[Fede]

i love whenever emma frost says something ironic or sarcastic like:

jean: "what makes you such a bitch emma?"
emma: "breeding darling, top class breeding"

"i'm a patient woman, but sometimes i wish all children had a single neck and i was knotting a rope around it!"

jean: "his entire being is disintegrating into confetti."
emma: "i felt like that every day during my "lost years"."

"anyone still wishing to complain to mr. logan about injuries sustained during yesterdays' field expedition will, I'm afraid, be completely wasting his or her time."

About Kitty: "our own poster child, isnt it sweet? "the non threatening shadowcat, or sprite, or ariel, or whatever incredibly unimpressive name you're using nowadays "

..................................

[KHNH]

i love whenever emma frost says something ironic or sarcastic {...}

I have to admit it... I do adore it! Emma is really growing on me... In a moldy/fungus kinda way.

[StarsAndGarters]

For me, the silly random thing would go to hands down how only like 6 or 7 years has passed since The New Mutants were formed. I mean, really.
Think about the sheer volume of shit that has happened since.
Jean's ressurrection and death, etc. If only like 4 years has passed since GenX and the Summer's didn't get married too far before that, ya know, that was a short, shitty marriage.
-NickHaha seriously, and how much time is passing between Jean dying in NXM #150 and getting brought back in Endsong #1? That's gotta be like a matter of months. And Emma wonders why Scott's still thinking about her. :rolleyes: one phrase...

"Oh My Stars And Garters!?"

it's the best. :D But not said enough.You. Are my favorite person. In the whole world.It is indeed most prominent on Logan, who's outfits seem to rip to shreds if someone so much as sneezes.The way I understand it, writers do that to show Logan's healing factor. Like "Man that was a killer blow, look at his shirt, but Logan's still going! Wow, he's badass!"

The whole thing's unnecessary.i love whenever emma frost says something ironic or sarcastic like:

"anyone still wishing to complain to mr. logan about injuries sustained during yesterdays' field expedition will, I'm afraid, be completely wasting his or her time." I gotta admit, I like Emma's lines. She's a bitch and I hate her for that, but she's just got so many good zingers. And yet, like KHNH pointed out, she's growing on me too.

[KHNH]

The way I understand it, writers do that to show Logan's healing factor. Like "Man that was a killer blow, look at his shirt, but Logan's still going! Wow, he's badass!"

The whole thing's unnecessary.

Now, now... Do I diss on your furry fetish? Leave us Wolvie lovers alone. He NEEDs to be shirtless, don't you SEE????!!! If he weren't, I'd cry a little.... on the inside....

[Mariah]

Hairier back, too...
OH my god, i love it!!! that was sooooooooo fricken worth looking at this thread

B

[bagheera]

Now, now... Do I diss on your furry fetish? Leave us Wolvie lovers alone. He NEEDs to be shirtless, don't you SEE????!!! If he weren't, I'd cry a little.... on the inside....


I couldn't have said it better! He NEEDS to be shirtless!


Truth can be just that simple and straightforward! :D

[StarsAndGarters]

Now, now... Do I diss on your furry fetish? Leave us Wolvie lovers alone. He NEEDs to be shirtless, don't you SEE????!!! If he weren't, I'd cry a little.... on the inside....LOL Unlike my compatriots in blue, I have no peculiar inclination towards the blue fur. I was going for more of a complete image I guess. I will say that Beast is one of my faves though.

As for Wolvie in shreds of cloth, I don't see why my bad-ass explanation and your ogling explanation can't coexist. :D

[KHNH]

As for Wolvie in shreds of cloth, I don't see why my bad-ass explanation and your ogling explanation can't coexist. :D

Haha, well there's an agency issue; is Wolverine shirtless to demonstrate that he is a badass, or is he a badass because he is shirtless?
I take a more Zen approach: Wolvie is shirtless because he must be.
:p

[StarsAndGarters]

Haha, well there's an agency issue; is Wolverine shirtless to demonstrate that he is a badass, or is he a badass because he is shirtless?
I take a more Zen approach: Wolvie is shirtless because he must be.
:pHaha I like that. He's shirtless because he is. That is how it has always been and how it always should be. The universe is in harmony. :p

[KHNH]

Haha I like that. He's shirtless because he is. That is how it has always been and how it always should be. The universe is in harmony. :p

There! You see! You are now a Zen Master!

[Faded]

In retrospect, I must say I really liked Milligan's run. I mean, I already was one of the handful of people who praised him in (some of) his review threads, but I've been doing some occasional re-reads (like I always do) and I really, really like his final issue. It makes me want to see him do more, actually (though not on Carey's title--dear goodness no I'm not going that far ;)). I kinda wish he got to deal with Polaris more than with her just getting shipped off to Uncanny and back into Havok's arms so quickly after her speech of independence.

[Zombienorthstar]

Beast/Emma dialogue is my favourite thing...though its hardly a guilty pleasure...

i suppose my love of Gen X guest stars Adrienne Frost and the Rising Sons (they should so get a max mini- only two of them were depowered) thats my geekiest x-thing.

[NewChad]

- I miss Storm watering her plants with little rain-clouds while walking around naked.

- Lockheed. Come on, a dragon that disappears for YEARS before someone remembers him again.

- Fastball Special.

- Anytime Wolverine & Cyclops argue. it's the same fight but good to watch.

[Omega Alpha]

When the x-studs walk around shirtless, or fight shirtless, for no apparent reason except to attract female readers. :D

Nah, they just do it to make Iceman happy. :p

[Canemacar]

Despite how confusing it makes continuity, I kinda like time-travel and alternate dimensional stories.

[Darkwave]

Add me to the X-Babies. I hate silly stuff in general. But I just can't bring myself to hate the X-Babies.

[xmanson]

The X-Babies are great, and they really don't show up as often as the complainers like to say.

[Babylon23]

I like all the stories that take the X-Men out of their element: Limbo, the Shi'ar, the Savage Land, etc.

I loved the whole mutant subculture thing that came out of Morrison's run, and the sudden increase in the number of mutants. I wish Marvel had kept that.

Gotta agree with everybody on the character phrases. Wunderbar!

[Frodo-X]

I find no guilt in pleasure.

[Rachel Grey]

I find no guilt in pleasure.

You, sir, are indeed correct.