Beaky Beaky, Very Beaky

[andygates]

Ooh, IMDB says that X-Men: Origins is going to have Beak! 

I like Beak.  Beak (for you non-saddo types) is a mutant with... a beak.  That's it.  He's just a gangly guy with a beak.  He can't talk to birds.  Can't fly.  He's just got a honking great beak. 

He's a great subversion of that whole superhero power-tradeoff thing.  Because while X-Men has long been a metaphor for various alienated groups - racism, homophobia, teen angst - the truth is that you don't get nifty abilities just because you're in a picked-on group.  It's not like "I realized I was gay... but at the same time, my ability to co-ordinate fabrics was elevated to fabulous levels!" 

Comments

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

You didn't read right to the end, did you?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Well, okay, eventually he gets supered up. You've got to do something with all the XP you get from hanging around with alpha mutants. ;)

Oh! Which continuity has the Glaswegian whale x-man?

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

If I tell you it'll just confirm my status as a saddo.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Am I right in thinking it's The End?

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it's the last couple of books in Morrison's New X-Men.

Damn you! Damn your eyes!

But, you know, maybe you're right. It was just that The End sucked major ass and that's about all I remember about it. Could be that the Glaswegian Whale was the one good thing about it so I've ported his memory over into Morrison's New X-Men, which is still top slot in my list of story arcs.

Although that single frame from from Whedon's Astonishing showing Logan thinking "I really like beer" comes pretty damned close.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

That was a most excellent panel.