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  • Re: Marvel Studios Promotes Executive Who Believes The X-Men are "Outda

    From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to davidjohnston29@yahoo.com on Wed Sep 22 07:41:47 2021
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    In article <sidp2o$e1i$1@dont-email.me>, davidjohnston29@yahoo.com wrote:
    On 2021-09-21 4:31 p.m., RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 21 September 2021 at 04:57:31 UTC-4, BTR1701 wrote:

    She wants to rename the X-Men.

    Yes, "X-Persons" has such a ring to it...

    "You're just...to fat and ugly." - Teenage Head.
    And stupid.

    The actual alternatives used in the comics are X-Force and X-Factor.

    Those are different teams altogther.

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  • From Winston@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Wed Sep 22 12:16:08 2021
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:
    In article <sidp2o$e1i$1@dont-email.me>, davidjohnston29@yahoo.com wrote:
    On 2021-09-21 4:31 p.m., RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 21 September 2021 at 04:57:31 UTC-4, BTR1701 wrote:

    She wants to rename the X-Men.

    Yes, "X-Persons" has such a ring to it...

    "You're just...to fat and ugly." - Teenage Head.
    And stupid.

    The actual alternatives used in the comics are X-Force and X-Factor.

    Those are different teams altogther.

    I think the point being made was that there are lots of potential
    X-{name}s where, unlike "Men", {name} has no gender. "X-Mostly Men and
    a token Woman or two" doesn't have the same ring to it. :)
    -WBE

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  • From David Johnston@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Wed Sep 22 11:29:13 2021
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    On 2021-09-22 5:41 a.m., Ubiquitous wrote:
    In article <sidp2o$e1i$1@dont-email.me>, davidjohnston29@yahoo.com wrote:
    On 2021-09-21 4:31 p.m., RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 21 September 2021 at 04:57:31 UTC-4, BTR1701 wrote:

    She wants to rename the X-Men.

    Yes, "X-Persons" has such a ring to it...

    "You're just...to fat and ugly." - Teenage Head.
    And stupid.

    The actual alternatives used in the comics are X-Force and X-Factor.

    Those are different teams altogther.


    I wouldn't say that. The original X-Factor team was in fact the
    original X-Men team

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