Reloaded EXCALIBUR

Dan McEwen wrote:
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> lord zog <evil_lord_zog RemoveThis @spin.net.au> wrote in
> news:405A8D59.B49DF249@spin.net.au:
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> > Paul O'Brien wrote:
> >>
> >> In message <13d78654.0403150602.6d9459e5 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>, JinX
> >> <jinxdv8 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> writes
> >> >
> >> >My guess is that it is a play on "reforging" with the country taking
> >> >on the metaphor of the sword.
> >>
> >> According to Claremont, it's a reference to King Arthur and the Round
> >> Table, which he's always considered to be an influence on his X-Men.
> >>
> >> *shrug*
> >
> > FFS. Claremont should have been sent to Glue Factory a long time ago,
> > along with Xavier.
>
> I tend to agree. That said, enough people like his work that he
> continues to be published, and it always boils down to the numbers.

*sigh*

His Alien vs Predator series was the last consitantly decent work he's
done. It's like watching the bloody Sex Pistols or Rolling Stone doing one
of their geriatric reunion concerts.


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Jon
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In article <405C5A19.5FE4522F.RemoveThis@spin.net.au>,
lord zog <evil_lord_zog.RemoveThis@spin.net.au> wrote:

> [Claremont's] Alien vs Predator series was the last consitantly decent work he's
> done. It's like watching the bloody Sex Pistols or Rolling Stone doing one
> of their geriatric reunion concerts.

Hey! I saw the Stones last year and they still rock! I also saw
Aerosmith, and Steven Tyler was flubbing lyrics from the teleprompter ...