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Geek History Lesson

X-Force

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Get ready to lock and load with the most extreme mutant team of the 90s! This week, we're diving into the high-octane world of X-Force. From their origins as the New Mutants to their transformation under the leadership of the time-traveling soldier Cable, we'll explore how this team changed the face of X-comics forever. We'll discuss the creation of fan-favorite characters like Deadpool, who made his debut as an X-Force antagonist, examine Rob Liefeld's distinctive art style, and unpack the team's proactive approach to mutant rights. Whether you're a longtime X-Force fan or just curious about this influential period in comic book history, this episode is packed with more pouches, big guns, and gritted teeth than you can shake a techno-organic virus at!

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0:00.0

Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,

0:05.9

three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her

0:09.6

oversized tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.

0:13.0

All right.

0:14.0

Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.

0:16.0

And don't get us started on Mel.

0:19.0

But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:22.0

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group. a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:22.6

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat.

0:25.6

Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.

0:28.0

P, and O'Ferees, there is another way. From the moment X-Force Number One hit the shells it was clear that this was a different kind of

0:47.8

X-book. The high octane action, the edgy character designs, the melodramatic storylines, it was the perfect reflection of the 1990s

0:56.2

comic book zeitgeist. Now comic book artist and writer Rob Liefeld, he is the creator of X-Force,

1:02.0

and he added massive guns and pouches to match the melodramatic storylines.

1:06.0

But Ashley, I want to ask you, why do you think this resonated so strongly with comic

1:13.8

book fans in the 1990s.

1:16.6

Ooh, it's interesting because if you look at a lot of pop culture

1:19.6

from the 90s, edgy and extreme, or definitely like buzzwords that come to mind.

1:25.2

Even think about the rise in popularity of things like Motor Cross and X Games and

1:29.6

skateboarding and surfing.

1:31.0

And it's also the error of Schwarzenegger and Stallone movies. And Fight Club. and Well, the book, the book about the 1990s. It's a lot of very sort of tough guy media.

1:45.2

And I think Ex Force leans into that.

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