Colossus (X-Men)

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Mutatnt and proud! Join us as we join the X-Men again this week and dive into a staple member of Giant Sized X-Men, Colossus, exploring his origin, heritage, mutation, and that one encounter with the techno organic virus ... We teach you about his romantic relationship with Kitty Pryde, his elder brother bond with Magik, and tell you about the differences his character undergoes in the Ultimate Universe. Whether you're a deep cut X-Men fan or excited to see Colossus return to the big screen in Deadpool and Wolverine, this episode is the perfect way to learn how exactly to pronounce "Piotr".

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0:00.0	The Colossus of the X-Men is the archetype of a gentle giant. He's peaceful, he's
0:17.7	selfless, he's reluctant to hurt or kill anyone and he is often seen putting himself
0:22.4	in danger to protect others from the time we meet him in giant-sized X-Men to this very day.
0:27.3	So Jason, I'm going to read you what is considered to be Colossus's most famous quote describing himself and tell me if this fits a
0:36.6	gentle giant are you ready okay okay in my best Russian accent please I want to
0:41.4	hear this I am not made of steel.
0:44.0	Rage.
0:45.0	I am made of rage.
0:48.0	Is how Peter Rasputin describes himself in astonishing X-Men, volume three. Number five,
0:55.3	written by the man who directed the first Avengers movie, whose name I will not say on this
0:59.6	podcast. It kind of goes against the classic characterization of Colossus, which we're going to explain more in depth in this episode, but I wanted to open with this idea because when I think of Colossus I do think of him as this big nice soft
1:16.8	but strong man but this quote about him being made of rage is what the internet thinks Colossus is.
1:25.0	I'm with the internet.
1:27.0	Oh, okay, then I think this is the perfect time to get into it as we go on a jolly giant Russian romp
1:33.6	through X-Men storytelling filled with tropes.
1:36.3	And I'm just gonna say hello and welcome
1:37.9	to Geek History lesson.
1:39.0	I'm Ashley Victoria Robinson.
1:40.6	And I'm Jason Inman.
1:42.0	Welcome to the Mine University because this is the
1:44.7	podcast. We're one comic book writer from Canada and one TV writer from Kansas
1:48.2	to tell you everything you need to know about a pop culture character and a little bit
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