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I don't see the problem.
I've switched to DSLR's 2 years ago for all of my work, most of it is run & gun and when spring and summer arrives I do weddings too.
With the right setup, you barely have to switch lenses or adjust ISO.
- a 24-70 2.8 lens,
- combine the above lens with a Fader ND variable ND filter, it allows you to stick to ISO 160 for all your outdoor shots,
- a viewfinder so you can judge exposure and focus accurately,
- I also recommend installing Magic Lantern : the zebra and zoom function have helped me tremendously on my commercial work on getting great footage that can take some grading,
- I recommend using the freeware flaat picture profile/style : combined with Magic Lantern it gives great footage, not too flat and perfect to get the maximum dynamic range without any banding when grading.
When shooting weddings, a T2i with that 2.8 24-70 lens on a monopod is really all you need. And of course, some experience in focusing manually.
We carry a steadicam, slider and crane too, and more lenses (a fisheye, a 50mm 1.4 for the closeups and opening dance), but only use these when we have time to set up. On most weddings we do, there's plenty of moments where you can set up a crane and do some detail shots.
The real craft of wedding videos is to NOT document every single thing happening, but to tell the story of that day. That means visiting all locations beforehand, meeting the couple a few times, ...
Simply shooting everything out of fear of missing things will only clutter your final edit and give you headaches when editing.
Can I mention I'm not sure? Immune is a BIG word...
That's a good point. Better to capture it with deep focus rather than deep blurry.
As I usually say about working with both DSLR & Camcorders with DOF adapters: they COMPLETE each other. You can work with BOTH for the same work. One is stronger in low-light while the other performs better in bright daylight (no need of filters to work with f/1.8 lenses).
I'd suggest to get the camcorder to record 80% of what's happening and use the DSLR for close-ups and to fill some parts with interesting artistic and aesthetic shallow DOF shots as transitions. One thing that comes to my mind is: rack focus from a candle to (in the background) the bride & groom holding hands. Shots like that as b-camera would make it less boring to watch, and would be quite interesting visually.
Same. I've done some nice shots at the reception that I used as transition between the outdoor ceremony and the reception. All shots blended with the music they chosen.
Ive had clients who know nothing about video tell me there is a major difference night and day between my old and new stuff and i quote "there are two types of HD" they have determined, and these are clueless consumers.
However i agree that only a fool says you can use a dslr outdoors with nd filters, well, thats bs because what the hell you going to do when the subject decides to go inside you dont have time to unscrew the filter then readjust exposure + iso settings. Thats why the c300 was made, $5000 out of the $12 price is for the nd filter and the other $5000 for the price covers jitters correction (more nicely called "rolling shutter" nby the lalalalalalalas pushing the technology).
The technology also is terrible, there is no inhouse image sharpness whatsoever like youll find on hdv cam, so your literally hanging by a thread with focus adjustments, even on the c300.
You literally move the focus wheel by the width od a needle point the whole shot is ruined.
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Well said blondanfun, that is why i have decided to go all 60d in the prep, then switch to camcorder in church and around the church, then cutaways in church my 100mm f2 dslr, reception all dslr as they are in one place usually... speeches, dance, mingling dslr
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Not everything has to be "film look". You wouldnt want to watch xfactor or american idol or whatever with no zooming and stuff. The "TV" look, imo, works best for receptions that i shoot.
Its not supposed to look like a film! Use a real camcorder.
Also, only a DJ can properly light the reception. The top DJs i know use spotlights that are 50x more powerful than any videographers light.
If the client complanes i point them out to this and explain what happens to cheapazzes who cut corners on lighting. Videographers certainly should have some lighting, but thats stupid to expect more than an onboard cam light since thats a completely different professional service.
Dont use dslr because the client is too stupid or cheap to adequately light the venue.
Ya know, kinda like those lazy ceapazz indie filmmakers who use dslr so they dont need to light the scene...everyone but them sees right through it.
You obviously have no idea what a Vari ND is ... no need to unscrew. Back at the right exposure within a second.
Same for adjusting ISO, which takes another second on my T2i.
About focus adjustments : that would be correct for someone shooting everything at 1.2 or not knowing what (s)he's doing. You do realize that you can stop down a lens ?
Finally, your disdain for your clients speaks for itself.
I actually own a variable ND filter you are referring to, and IMO It's inadequate for indoors live event with no additional lighting. Therefore, has to be unscrewed.
Not sure what the second sentence means, but it sounds aggressive. We're talking about things here, not people.
Didn't mean to sound agressive. However, you calling people "fools" doesn't help much I must say.
All I can say is that I haven't experienced the problems you mention. To me it's much more operator-related than camera-related.
I see plenty of people who have a hard time adapting to shooting with a DSLR cos they refuse to adapt and change their workflow.
Or because they have no or very limited knowledge of photography (which is essential when using DSLR's).
Shooting with a DSLR requires you to get out of your comfort zone of autofocus & automatic exposure. However, if you choose to make the effort and invest some time and energy in educating yourself, the rewards are there in terms of picture quality and the differences with lazy camerawork become very obvious.
About lighting : try shooting indoor with any camcorder without any additional lighting ...
Everyone has good points but in my experience this year it is almost immpossible in a run and gun situation to use all dslr...period... in controlled enviroments it is great, so i have decided to use the 60ds for the prep, the church arrivals and exits, the full reception and speeches and dance which only leaves the ceremony with the hv40s and hfg10s with one dslr for that bokeh cut aways loook or i just may learn how to set up a rod rig and follow focus system, if anyone could enlighten me to the rods and focus wheel and can i then put that system on a monopd/tripod ect... Krewcial do you have rods and follow focus? Then coming down the isle getting everything in focus will be dealt with which is what i am not good at.. ok if the light is good and i use the tamron 17mm end wide open it will work but to wide...maybe
I've become so used to (and skilled) at pulling focus manually that it wouldn't add that much production value to my work.
I have a follow focus but haven't used it on weddings yet, and probably won't. It adds weight to the rig, plus it means using rods (which I don't do today). I might take it along for the controlled shots of the people preparing the venue, stuff like that where you can do multiple takes and have time to set up and compose your shot.
But it shouldn't be a problem to mount it on a monopod. I use the same manfrotto quickmount (actually its from Calumet but compatible with Manfrotto) on all my gear : slider, tripod, monopod and crane. Just the transition from the quickrelease plate to rods might be a challenge if you don't have the right block on your rods.
About using DSLR's : it all depends on the kind of wedding videos you make. We don't make the 60 minute or longer version with the complete ceremony, our full version is somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes. Our clients don't expect a full recording of the church ceremony, since that is not what we do.
If you make 2 to 3 hour videos (which we find boring and noone ever watches again) you definitely need the typical camcorder-on-tripod to capture it all.
Let's see it in that way: You still have the one or the other half frame from photographer flashes, but the XF gets useable footage out of situations where I never had even taken the HV out of the bag.
Daniel, keen and interest doesn't replace experience. I rarely have assistants let shoot anything during the main gig. They were there to change film, batteries, hand me another body,... shooting only in the late phases of the receptions (when ties aren't around the neck anymore, but around the forehead) for practice.
Wedding is stress, and if you let someone shoot who has already trouble to discern green/black (Fuji) and red/black (Ilford) in the hassle, you think they'll deliver great shots? Keenness leads to nervousness and overzealousness. You want to have the cold-bloodedness of a sniper at a wedding.
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About using DSLR's : it all depends on the kind of wedding videos you make. We don't make the 60 minute or longer version with the complete ceremony, our full version is somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes. Our clients don't expect a full recording of the church ceremony, since that is not what we do.
If you make 2 to 3 hour videos (which we find boring and noone ever watches again) you definitely need the typical camcorder-on-tripod to capture it all.[/QUOTE]
I tell a story in my films of the day as it unfolds, i have tried the 20 minurte short form, you deliver they say is that it!! so i now have a good balance with the story in slight order of the day but mixed up a little, i also found jumping forward and back to the day and afternoon and different parts of the day confused the hell out of my clients. my films are roughly 50 minutes long and far from boring but i say still the camcorder is a life saver at times and will carry on mixing to cover myself.
Hahha Talking about wanting everything that happened? That's what has been my experience with some African weddings i did last year. They want everything from prep till the guests walk-out from the reception. That's like about 12 hours plus. The prep you can get around with select shots and the aesthetics but from the service with the sermons, etc till the end is full coverage. Photo shoot- select but the reception again is full coverage.
So i am having to do two versions now - record the full version and then of the full version make some sort of a mini version. i hand them both versions . needless to say i am learning to require in equivalent payment what it demands of me ad my time, and strain on my gear.
I didn't mean to say your films are boring. The only thing is (coming from a documentary background) : it is impossible to make an entertaining and good film if you're forced to include a boring and static ceremony.
My clients know what they can expect from me. I usually meet the client 2 to 3 times before the wedding, we visit the locations together, ... we get to know each other. And my website is pretty clear about how I work.
They hire me for what I do. That is a nice edit that summarizes their wedding day and can be viewed by people who don't even know them without being bored.
Whenever people contact me who expect me to give them at least an hour of film, I simply decline. That's not what I do and I wouldn't be doing them a service. There's plenty of other wedding videographers that can do that for them.
I want to make a good and entertaining film that tells their story and that can also be viewed by people who weren't there or don't even know the couple. If I would make 60 minute -or longer- wedding films with the full ceremony, I would only attract more couples like that. Which I want to avoid. Every movie I make is part of my portfolio. So it is also in my own best interest to make the best and most to-the-point movies I can. It's all about positioning yourself in the market.


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Living with MS is like having a psychotic lover, you know things are going to get crazy and out of control, but the brief moments of calm convince you over and over that things will turn out ok (we have all been there!!).. Its these moments of calm that raise hope and fools you over and over.. But we all know crazy is what crazy does.. there is no hiding!
I have today decided to try something new, before MS twisted itself into my life I used to play guitar, I was in a band that although never released a song achieved plaudits from people I class as musical heroes, took me to places I would have only dreamt off. When the band fizzled out I proceeded to setup a recording studio in my home and kill the boredom by recording personal ramblings, all this stopped abruptly due to the disease crippling my fingers all to often...It was during this time however,I met my now wife Megan in New York City. Who in the brief 5 days together inspired me as soon as I touched down in London to pick up the guitar and write a song for her. the result was a song called "Washington Parks". I think it helped win her heart... well she is my now wife, and those of you that know us know im clearly punching above my weight!!!
With that in mind I have decided to try and start a project based around this song to raise money and maybe more importantly awareness for Multiple Sclerosis....
My Project in question is to get artists I love to cover the song "Washington Parks" giving their own interpretation all for the purpose of raising money.. I have been so very lucky in talking with two artists I love and admire who are looking into helping. Firstly Crispin Hunt from Longpigs fame who says and I quote "I have to say, its really quite lovely, it touched me in many places, half The Magnetic Fields half Pogues, both of which I love" and also in answering my call to cover the song "I will say yes, but dont know when, but its a beautiful song and I'd enjoy doing it" "
Secondly Marissa Nadler who says "I would be happy to contribute to a good cause and help you out in any way that I could"
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Obviously these tracks will take some time to get to me (very busy people) but when I have them I will publish and inform!!
From buying any of the songs listed on this site you will help millions who benefit daily from the MS Society, So can I make a difference from a couple of songs, I doubt it, but its going to be fun trying....
<<disclaimer>> my wife tells me the songs are great... but she is no Simon Cowell... which is a good thing during those Sunday mornings in bed, but maybe not so in musical talent spotting.. i am not a singer, i am not a poet.. and i am somewhat out of my depth....
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With social media and other new ways of connecting with media people, reviewers and readers, are book publicists overrated or obsolete? Would you work with a publicist or do you prefer the DIY route? Please share your thoughts. Thanks!
Thanks, Kate. A lot of reviewers and media people do prefer to work with publicists rather than the author directly. Thanks for pointing that out.
With the release of my first novel, without an agent, I was at a loss as to how to get a "buzz" going. I happily hired a publicist. No she is not providing me the moon and the stars and that didn't mean that I could just go back to writing full time. I had to do my part too. So far I am very happy with my publicist. I wont know if she is doing me any good though until the end of the quarter when my royalty statement comes in. However I also have to say, its not all about the bottom line either. It's about building fans and getting your name out there to be recognized.
Obsolete? No. Not in my opinion anyway.
Thanks for your response, Courtney.
I'm glad to hear that you're happy with your publicist. Tell me, what were your expectations going in? Did you discuss them with your publicist?
One thing I'd like to point out: don't be disappointed if your royalty statements come in and you've made little money. As you probably know, it does take time for sales to be realized as a result of publicity efforts. Think about your own buying habits - do you typically buy a product the first time you hear about it? Probably not. The same applies to books.
Good luck with your campaign.
Hope you sell lots of books!
Marcia: Thank you! Very much. I guess my expectations going in were to really just get my name out there at to my fan base. I didn't expect more than that. I also dont expect a huge royalty statement. Oh yes it would be lovely, but I sadly live in the real world. Bummer.
Take care
That's a very realistic approach, Courtney. That is what should happen - build name recognition and expand your fan base then convert that base to buyers. That involves a longer process. Good luck!
Does anyone have a publicist that they'd recommend? Are they typically paid hourly? Or a set fee?
Hello Jason,
It depends on the publicist but most of my colleagues work on a set fee. Best way to find one is to ask other authors for recommendation. Get at least 3 names and interview them. Know what you expect from the relationship before you go in. Know what you can afford or are willing to pay and let that known. Some publicists will work with your budget by perhaps showing you things you can do on your own.
Good luck!
I have worked as a publicist in the past and have always done a lot of the work to promote my own books. With my first books (published in the late 90s, early 00s) I had a fair amount of promotional support from the publishers. I just had to coordinate with them and they lined up many interviews for me. Now I find that the in-house publicists don't do as much. My current, very small publisher, has so many books out and has only a part time publicist. What I find as an author promoting my own books, however, is that there is a sense that you are more of an amateur than when someone else is representing you. Even though I know what to do, how to pitch, what types of angles to take and people to contact, I do not have the resources I had when I was working as a professional publicist-- the media database and contacts. So I do value what a publicist can do, not the least of which is being someone else on your side. Unfortunately, I can't afford their services. It's not a matter of it being worthwhile or not, just a matter of my poverty and the amount of money books tend to bring in.
I really feel that social media is overrated when it comes to promotions. It's good to have a presence, but there is too much hype about using social media to market.
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When it comes to the stock market, time is more important than timing.
Because the market is unpredictable, investing is a challenge for even the most informed investors. That's why investing on a regular basis over a period of time may be better than trying to pick the right time to jump into the market.
This process is called dollar cost averaging, and it may help you overcome the uncertainties of the market by investing more strategically.
How dollar cost averaging works
When you invest the same amount regularly, you end up buying fewer units when the market is up and more units when the market is down. This may cut your average cost per share because you're buying fewer units at a higher price and more units at a lower price.
Here's an example of how dollar cost averaging might work over a six-month period (actual results will vary):
Amount Invested | Unit Price | Shares Bought | |
January | $200 | $12 | 16.67 |
February | $200 | $11 | 18.18 |
March | $200 | $9 | 22.22 |
April | $200 | $8 | 25.00 |
May | $200 | $9 | 22.22 |
June | $200 | $10 | 20.00 |
Total | $1200 | $59 | 124.29 |
Average Unit Price: $59 / 6 months= $9.83
Average Price Paid: $1,200 / 124.29= $9.65
The advantages
With dollar cost averaging you tend to worry less about market fluctuations and whether you chose the right time to invest. And if you use a dollar cost averaging strategy throughout your period of investing, you may be able to reduce volatility in your portfolio by as much as 40%.1
Another advantage is that you end up buying more units when prices are lower. A dollar cost averaging strategy involves continuous investment, regardless of the investment's fluctuating prices. Be sure to consider your financial ability to continue purchases through periods of low price levels.
If you're enrolled in your employer-sponsored plan, like a 401(k), 457 or 403(b) plan, you're actually practicing dollar cost averaging. You're making contributions in consistent amounts, and you're able to take advantage of regular investing through payroll deductions.
Other things to consider
Although dollar cost averaging is a good method for long-term investing without having to navigate market fluctuations, you aren't guaranteed a profit or protected from loss in a declining market. Dollar cost averaging helps you avoid investing too much when the market is high and too little when the market is low.
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For more information about dollar cost averaging and how to make your money work better for you, contact your investment professional. Don't have an investment professional? Learn why to work with one and how to choose one.
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In recent years, I have been involved in conversations with colleague college and university presidents from across the country about the idea of signing a carbon-neutrality pact on behalf of our respective institutions. These conversations have been in-depth, meaningful, and sincere.
I have applauded my colleague presidents and their institutions for the care and consistency with which they have addressed the issue of sustainability and the role that colleges and universities should take in addressing these concerns. Clearly we have a role to play – a significant leadership role. Many of my peers have signed a pact, committing their institutions to achieving carbon neutrality as soon as possible. While I am committed to the ideals that these pacts entail, before signing on to this movement on behalf of St. Bonaventure, I thought it wise to engage the campus community in a conversation – a thorough investigation of what this means to our community.
As a Catholic institution in the Franciscan tradition, clearly we have a historical commitment to and responsibility for conducting our personal and professional business in a "sustainable" manner. However, also in the Franciscan tradition, we must carefully consider all of our community members' perspectives on this matter in the context of the challenges and opportunities that face us today.
The Sustainability Commission has been charged to do just that: create opportunities for education, dialogue, and discussion toward creating St. Bonaventure University's vision and associated policies and procedures that will guide our institutional climate commitment. I express appreciation for the many members of our community: faculty, staff, students, alumni, administrators and friends, who have signed on to lead this discussion – to lead St. Bonaventure University to a sustainable future.
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Comment Giver | Re: The Uncanny X-Men (1978) Uncanny X-Men 122 (Claremont & Byrne) The X-Men are back in the US, wondering just how and why the school is all closed up, and where Professor Xavier has gone. Colossus is having issues with letting his team mates down, Cyclops is testing his abilities, but it is Wolverine who realises the truth, it is not a physical thing but a loss of confidence in himself; by showing Colossus that he, Wolverine still believes in him, Colossus begins to recover. The rest of the X-Men are busy reactivating the various components of the mansion, while Colleen continues to try and get close to Scott. In another Galaxy on the world Imperial Centre at the heart og Shiar Empire Xavier still mourns his perceived loss of his X-Men, but his relationship with the soon to be crowned Empress of the Empire continues to strengthen. In Scotland Jean Grey literally bumps into a dashing figure, he introduces himself as Jason Wyngarde, they exchange a few words and go on their way, but something about him haunts Jean. As he returns to Muir Island she cannot help but feel a connection with him. Moira notices but assumes it is something to do with her growing powers. On the shore Wyngarde notes that she is attracted to him, and that everything is as it should be. He lights a cigarette and the shadow that is thrown against the wall is not the shadow of the man. A few dock workers muse on where Angus McWhirter is. Scott starts to open up more to Colleen Logan drops Ororo off in a very slum ridden area of Harlem. He is determined to keep an eye on her but as he pulls away he sees a reflection in the mirror, Mariko! Ororo wanders the streets, this is where she lived as a young child, and she returns to her familys apartment, it is now a drug den. She is attacked, and starts to defend herself, leaving her back open. As an addict prepares to attack she is save by Luke Cage Power Man and Misty Knight who had heard rumours of a posh white haired woman walking the streets. Colleen, despite being told to leave Scott alone, tries to push the relationship into something more serious. Elsewhere on a jet flying across the Atlantic Black Tom Cassidy and Juggernaut are planning their revenge on the X-Men. It seems that they are prepared to hire a very unusual assassin in order to do it. A man named Arcade. Before working together on the X-Men Claremont and Byrne had collaborated on a comic called Marvel Team Up, which basically did what the title said: various Marvel heroes would team up, normally Spider-man and someone else. In an excellent two part story they introduced Captain Britain into US continuity teaming him with Spider-man. Here the two heroes are trapped in Murderworld, a lethal Amusement Park created by Arcade. Arcade was very well received and it was inevitable that he would return, but everyone expected it to be against Spider-man, not the X-Men thus creating one of their most popular foes. The introduction of Jason Wyngarde is notable for being the first step on the road to the stunning storyline that will run until its epic conclusion in X-Men 137. |
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Comment Giver | Re: The Uncanny X-Men (1978) Uncanny X-Men 123 – 124 (Claremont and Byrne) Spider-man is swinging through the city when he spots Colleen and Scott, as he knows them both he swings down and says hello. Scott is distracted, he has been trying to get hold of Jean's parents but cannot get them anywhere. As Spidey swings away a strange garbage truck seems to come out of nowhere, behind Scott and Colleen. There is a horrendous noise which Spider-men recognises, but when he goes back the couple are gone. He heads off to try and warn the X-Men. Kurt and Peter are on a double date with girlfriends Amanda and Betsy to the Metropolitan Music House, but instead of being shown to Professor Xavier's private box they are shown to another room, which fills with gas rendering them unconscious. Logan returning from a successful dinner date with Mariko is distracted, so is caught by the same garbage truck that caught Cyclops. Sean is relaxing at the mansion, and is shot with a tranquiliser gun when he goes to answer the phone; which leaves Storm to come and answer it, only to be shot from behind. It is Arcade who answers the call, speaking to Spider-man, telling him that his warning has come far too late. The X-Men all come to in costume trapped inside giant glass spheres. These are balls on a massive pinball machine. One by one they are launched, hitting buffers and barriers that deliver electric shocks and explosions. Arcade is disappointed, Spider-man escaped these, the X-Men didn't. They are individually sent down holes to whatever awaits them. They are told if they don't play the games or try to escape outside the rules, their loved ones will be killed. While the others try to fight their way out of various traps – Cyclops in a room with a compressing wall, Colossus been confronted by a legendary Russian spy, Wolverine fighting deformed robot versions of himself, Nightcrawler in an arena with dodgem cars, all fitted with buzzsaws; Banshee being attacked by fighter planes – powerless without his sonics, Storm in trapped in a room filled with rising water. There appears to be one exit which in fact part of the trap, and when she uses ker lightning it reflects back at her and she falls. Cyclops twists the rules, blasting out through the side of the chamber rather than one of the doors provided, this links him with Wolverines room and in seconds they have defeated the macabre Wolverines. As Wolvie turns to say something to Cyclops, he is smashed in the face by a giant steel fist. Colossus looms over them, brainwashed into believing he has betrayed Russia, and the X-Men are the cause of his betrayal... as such he is going to destroy them. While the X-Men struggle against the traps Arcade describes to his captors how he was a spoiled little rich boy, who's father saw as a waste of space and cut him off at 18, in return Arcade murder his dad, and with a knack for murder became an assassin, growing more ambitious until he built Murderworld. It was only when he was hired to take out Captain Britain and Spider-man that he realised how much fun it would be to take on superheroes. Colossus hurls Wolverine as a wall, the impact could kill him, but the door revolves, and Wolverine is gone, when he does the same to Cyclops he too slips through a revolving door. Storms room is nearly full of water, she is close to being engulfed... Cyclops arrives in time to see Nightcrawler cut down and more deadly dodgems appear... Wolverine finds Banshee overwhelmed by aircraft from all time zones. But His vision might show an incredible scene, but his others senses scream that they are in a much smaller space. Closing his eyes he slams his claws into the middle of thin air... and tears through a wall. A hole guarded by The Hulk and Magneto... Storm swims to the bottom of the room and finds the water inlet. There is a grill cover, enough for her to get an arm through. In desperation she begins to loose a lightning bolt down the opening, hoping it might have an effect.... Cyclops gives into his own senses, almost unconsciously doing geometrical assessments in his head – a side effect of his power, the releases a single powerful optic blast. It hits one dodgem, reflects to a wall then to another dodgem and so on until in one blast they have been destroyed. One of the cars smashes through the wall, allowing Cyclops and Nightcrawler to escape into the tunnels – currently unguarded because the robots are fighting Wolverine and Banshee... Arcade's henchman Chambers reports that whole systems are being burned out by Storms lightning charge... As Cyclops breaks into the room with Wolverine and Banshee, Nightcrawler scouts the tunnels, and by chance stumbles on Arcade's control room. He teleports in, knocks Arcade out, and stuns his companion, Ms Locke. Grabbing her gun and begins to shoot up the controls. He misses Chambers however who manages to knock the X-Man out. He is put in a pretty parcel just like the girls. Cyclops destroys the Magneto robot, as Wolverine finishes off the Hulk. There is a creak and the wall gives as tons of water rush through. As the flow subsides, Cyclops finds Storm, drowned. In desperation he performs CPR and saves her, but then as she begins to breath Colossus appears, grabs her and Cyclops by the throat and begins to throttle them. Both try to talk him around, but it is Storm that reaches him, telling him how she had nothing until the X-Men made them a family, Peter, Colossus is like a brother to her. The words trigger a dormant memory, the loss of his own brother and what it would mean to him and he does not want to go through that again. It is enough to break Arcade's conditioning. Knowing when he is beaten Arcade ejects the X-Men from Murderworld, depositing them in a disused fairground that could be miles away from his base. The X-Men find Nightcrawler and the girls there, with a note congratulating them... until next time. |
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Comment Giver | Re: The Uncanny X-Men (1978) Uncanny X-Men 125 (Claremont and Byrne) On Muir Island Moira McTaggert continues to study Jean and the Phoenix power she now has. She notices that Jean is becoming more powerful and revels in using the power, but when she tries to question Jean about something that looks suspiciously like an addiction Jean becomes cagey. Unaware they are being watched my Angus MacWhirter the missing boatman they chat on, Jean admitting that she is different. At the same time MacWhirter seems genuinely afraid of being seen by Moira, but complains of being so very, very hungry. Jean recalls to herself how she has got to this place and moment. From The shuttle crash that killed her, to her rebirth as Phoenix, to the battle with Magneto that she believes left her fellow X-Men dead. Certain points stick in her mind, like talking to a priest on her plane flight to her vacation. Back at the Mansion, Cyclops has the X-Men training in the Danger Room, despite being damaged the room evaluates them well enough. Apparently Wolverine and Nightcrawler would have been killed during the exercise, Colossus injured. Wolverine says he cannot take it seriously. It isn't real. High above the planet Magneto sits in his asteroid base still injured from his battle with the X-Men. As he sits there he suddenly realises there is a picture of a beautiful woman on the screen, and he reacts as scalded when he sees it. A memory, a painful one, from when he still believed he was mostly human. In a pub in Stornoway, the Outer Hebrides Jason Wyngarde sits in a chair and thinks about Jean Grey, how he has stalked her over the last few months. First as a priest on a plane flight, then as a friendly local in Greece, finally as Jason Wyngarde. In his hands he pulls an image of her out of thin air, watching it change from Jean Grey to Marvel Girl, then in her second costume, then Phoenix and ultimately as he will mould her – into the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. While on Muir Island Jean is snapped out of an apparent daydream by Lorna Dane. Brushing the incident off Jean displays off an array of new clothing, literally changing the molecules around her, from one form to another. At the same time Moira begins to come to terms with just how powerful Jean has become, realising more than ever that she needs Xavier. But he is gone.... Perhaps something of her concerns reaches the distant stars as something clicks in Xavier and he realises that he has made a horrendous mistake leaving Jean behind with such a weight of power on her shoulders. He has to return home. Lost in thought Moira paces the halls of Muir Island, until something crunches underfoot. A loose tooth. Realising where she is, knowing that it has to be impossible, she checks the holding cell labelled Mutant X. Horror fills her face when she realises it is empty... Jean is taking a walk across the island, she is aware that Alex Summers believes she is beginning to flaunt her powers from his thoughts, but she sees it differently, she is just becoming more comfortable with what she can do. She enters the facility and picks up a shriek of terror from Moira. She transforms into Phoenix and.... She is in Regency England dressed in the clothes of a Lady, being looked after by servants... And then something strikes her from behind snapping her back into the present day. She turns to face her attacker, sees him and screams... Beast arrives at the Mansion, having been away with the Avengers he is startled to discover that all the alarms have been disconnected, apparently by an expert. As he moves through room after room he is suddenly attacked by Nightcrawler... but when they see each others face they get the shock of their lives – each thought the other dead. Nightcrawler teleports right back to the X-Men, telling them that there is a ghost in the house. Cyclops leads the charge and finds himself face to face with one of his oldest friends. Things really get emotional when they learn, not only did Hank survive but Jean did too. As it becomes apparent that Jean is on Muir Island, Scott becomes more than ready to go, and the X-Men back him up. Even Beast does not want miss the reunion. As they get read Cyclops rings ahead to tell Moira that he is on his way... but is Lorna Dane who answers the phone, and she tries to tell Scott there is serious trouble, something leers through the window behind her... she screams and the line goes dead.... |
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Comment Giver | Re: The Uncanny X-Men (1978) Ahh, there we go. I'm chugging along here with this ongoing history, and forgot to post the latest, one... Ooops. GuruGeorge I'm sure there's plenty of characters out there like that. Arcade has changed so much, since his inception, but like many comic characters, all the interesting changes get removed each time a writer resets the character. |
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Comment Giver | Re: The Uncanny X-Men (1978) The Uncanny X-Men 126-128 The Proteus Saga (Claremont and Byrne) The X-Men fly direct to Muir Island. Recognising danger Cyclops drops the X-Men on the first pass, then lands the plane arriving in time to join Nightcrawler, who has just found the unconscious body of Lorna Dane. Next to her is the desiccated corpse of Angus MacWhirter. Cyclops sends the others out to try and find the missing people on the island. Nightcrawler moves into the shadows, and spots Alex Summers with Jamie Madrox. He shouts a greeting but is attacked by Alex, yelling that he knows it cannot be Nightcrawler - he is dead. Beofre any serious damage can be done Colossus grabs Alex. With a shout of delight he learns that the X-Men survived. Storm and Cyclops spot a shadowy figure moving stealthily down a corridor, and Storm uses a sudden gust of wind to whip the figure into Cyclops grasp. It is Moira, she is nearly overcome when she too realises that the X-Men are still alive - her lover Banshee is too. Cyclops asks where Jean is. He finds her cowering in a corner, and the normally emotionally controlled man is nearly overcome. He looks down on her and gently tries to wake her, she looks up her vision blurred and says: "Jason." When everyone has had chance to get over a multitude of shocks Cyclops gathers them all and listens to the stories. Multiple Man describes hearing Lorna scream, creating duplicates of himself and spreading out looking or her. Then one of the others found someone and it screamed, all energy, all life being sucked from the body. Wolverine wants to go right after the killer, but Cyclops points out that Jean is one of the most powerful beings they know, Lorna is not far behind, and even the Multiple Man has power yet they were overcome easily. They need more information, but Moira seems insistent on doing it all on her own. When Cyclops insists it's bigger than one person she crumbles, admitting that Mutant X is her son. Mutant X has made it to the mainland, but his body is already wearing thin. He sees a figure walking toward him, strong - an ideal candidate for him... he poises to leap as Jason Wyngarde strides by, but there is something about the figure that is just too powerful for Mutant X in his weakened state and he has to let Wyngarde go, taking a drunken sailor instead. As the X-Men set out Phoenix flies over the countryside... suddenly she is back in the Regency, a lady in the middle of a hunt. The hunt is led by Sir Jason Wyngarde, who calls the dogs off their kill, offering the blade to Jean to commit the coup de grace. She bends over to finish the deer off only to find a man in deerskins... which changes into the desiccated corpse of a man and she is back in the real world again. Moira tells the others that her son is severely allergic to metal, it can imprison him, or it can kill him. Wolverine comes across a police man in the middle of a road. He is just about to contact the constable, when it occurs to him that they have been following a single men a car - who said Mutant X could not be a police man? He shouts a warning to Nightcrawler and his whole world turns inside out. The scream though comes from Mutant X, as he tries to possess Wolverine her realises that the X-Man's body is full of metal, to inhabit it would kill him. In fury he begins to let loose with all his powers, warping the world around him, twisting Wolverine and Nightcrawler out of shape, turning solids into liquids, reality into impossible geometric madness. Through this flies Storm, striking the car with a lightning bolt, causing the fuel to explode, it destroys Mutant X's body, but his energy form survives and begins to force his way through the gales toward the X-Woman seeing her as an ideal host> Wolverine can do nothing, other than pin himself and Nightcrawler to the ground as Mutant X, now calling himself Proteus steps closer and closer to Storm. Relentlessly the form of Proteus gets closer and closer to Storm, who realises stretching her powers to the maximum is not going to stop him. She leaps into the air, intent on flying away, but Proteus warps realist around her, turning air into liquid ground, making up left, right up.... Nightcrawler and Wolverine are powerless, although the former tries to help the latter is paralysed knowing he has to help, trying to, but his body not responding. Proteus advances on Storm, determined to claim her body and add her powers to his own... A bullet just misses him. A metal bullet. Moira fires again and begins to take aim with a lethal shot, only to be stopped by Cyclops. When he tells her that they have to capture Proteus not kill him, she knocks him out determined to kill her son, seeing it as the only way. Proteus though, has realised the danger and fled, leaving Moria to give chase once more. The X-Men regroup, try to settle down and regain equilibrium. It is then that Cyclops realises just how badly the team has been hit by their abortive fight, especially Wolverine. For a man that is virtually defined by his senses, to have them torn apart in every possible way has scored him to the core. Deliberately Cyclops winds him up, pushing him to the point of snapping and beyond. Wolverine goes berserk and with no restraint goes for Cyclops, who just avoids the claws, once twice as the other X-Men look on in shock and confusion. As Colossus moves in Cyclops hits him with an optic blast, which reflects off and hits Wolverine in the back throwing him at Cyclops, who catches him in mid flight and tosses him over his shoulder right into Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler responds just in a nick of time and teleports out the way, appearing above Cyclops, which is just what was expected, and he blast Nightcrawler in mid leap. Storm decides enough is enough and calls lightning to subdue Cyclops, only for him to blow the ground out from under her. As she struggles to stand Cyclops surrenders, saying that he realised they had been hit hard, and although their physical scrapes were minor, the psychological one went deeper. He needed to break them out of their shock, especially Wolverine because he needed them combat ready. Wolverine admits he was more shaken than he has ever been, and also reluctantly admits that he does not like Cyclops, but cannot argue with the fact that he is probably the best leader he has ever known. As they begin to reorganise, coming to the understanding that Proteus cannot be tracked - just by changing a body who rules out scent, and he seems undetectable by telepathy; Proteus himself, discard the body of the policeman and claims that of a young female camper. Meanwhile Moira visits her ex-husband in Edinburgh to warn him of Proteus; a hard job made harder by the fact that they hate each other, and she never told him that she had a baby in the first place. McTaggert does not want to know, furious and abusive at the same time. He will not listen to Moira's warnings and she leaves. As he begins to make phone calls to deal with his discovery Proteus has found him, tracking psychic emanations of something embedded deep inside himself - 'The One I Hate' The X-Men reach the city and almost at once Jean senses a psychic scream - she might not be able to sense Proteus but she can hear the scream of his victims as they die. As the X-Men set out Moira is attacked by Proteus, but now he is something more again. He has taken Joe McTaggert, and the two have merged, the perfect symbiotic relationship. A being of power and raw hatred. As Proteus melts the world around Moira, the X-Men get closer, leaping into the attack at the last minute. Colossus attacks firs but Proteus turns reality by 90 degrees... Colossus falls. Cyclops beam turns to roses... But Phoenix... Phoenix is more than ready to use her full power only... Proteus grabs Moira and says he will destroy her if they attack. Cyclops simply says that Proteus is too powerful, too evil to be allowed to escape: he is exactly the type of mutant that the X-Men were formed to fight - no matter what the cost. The world has gone mad, the rules of nature, of physics no longer apply. Brick is now liquid, reality folds in on itself, and at the heart of the warp is Proteus and his captive Moria. The X-Men do their best to protect the normal people caught up in the chaos, but it is nearly impossible, for Wolverine especially who is pulled to safety himself by Polaris. After a while Moira tries talking Proteus out of it, but he does not listen, rather he focuses more, telling her that he is no longer just her son, but a melding of her husband, his father too. He feels the pain the break of their marriage, the palpable hatred they had for one another, and turns his powers on her. Everything else snaps back to normal, and Cyclops gambles that he can only turn his power on one target at a time; but Banshee realises that means if Proteus is not concentrating on the world around him, he must targeting Moira, and he charges after her. The X-Men follow. Storm leads the attack, but before she can try anything serious Proteus changes the air around her turning it into amber. Wolverine darts in, and begins to try and cut away the crystal before she suffocates, but without cutting her... Banshee shoot Proteus hitting him in the shoulder, slightly wounded the mutant opens the ground up beneath the injured X-Man and as he falls closes it again. Cyclops starts blasting the ground... Nightcrawler leaps in the hole after his comrade and just reaches him as it starts to close again. In desperation he teleports blind just rescuing Sean... Proteus reaches the foot of Edinburgh castle when Phoenix reaches him, she is angry and determined it is time for a rematch. At first her power is almost unstoppable but Proteus twists reality again, making Phoenix feel as though she is dead, it's enough to overcome her, but as she screams Wolverine attacks, slicing through Proteus with his claws. Being metal they do a lot more damage than normal. As Proteus staggers away, hurt badly for the first time he stumbles between Cyclops and Havoc, and without pause the two brothers hit him from both sides really cutting loose with their full powers. Wolverine follows orders and starts climbing toward the castle, doing his best to get Moira to safety. Proteus reconfigures himself and gives chase, reaching Wolverine grabbing Moira from him and throwing him from the cliff. As a near desiccated husk once again he climbs as Wolverine falls... Cyclops sees Wolverine falling and carefully times a series of optic blasts, timing them to slow the others descent. He reasons that the blasts would kill a normal man, but the others adamantium skeleton will protect him. As they recover Colossus in human form gives pursuit.... Outside the walls of the castle Proteus is in need of a new body, and Moira is the perfect choice, as he moves to take her, a hand reaches over his shoulder... And Peter Rasputin throws him across the space into the Castle wall.... Proteus body disintegrates leaving only the energy form, which launches at Peter, determined to punish him, then possess him... Peter does the only thing left to him - transforms into Colossus... Suddenly there is a figure of organic steel in the heart of the Proteus energy matrix. Pure metal to which is anathema to the evil mutant. Colossus reaches out forcing his steel hands into the heart of Proteus - who expands into a screaming, expansive mass of splintering energy that dissipates spectacularly across the Edinburgh sky. The X-Men arrive fearing the worst but find a victory instead, although bitter one. Despite her resolve Moira is heartbroken at the death of her son, as Sean comforts her the -Men realise they have won, but sometimes even the hardest won victory comes with a bitter cost. |
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Comment Giver | Re: The Uncanny X-Men (1978) The Proteus Saga The Proteus saga was the point where all of Claremont's long term planning started to come together. It has its roots as far back as issue 104 when the cell marked Mutant X was compromised during Magneto's escape. Cyclops is shown to be a great leader for the first time, not only making the hard decisions, even those that go against the grain, and proving that he knows his team inside out. When he realises that the team needs to be broken out of their shell shock, he does not hesitate but attacks the team and beats them. It is something that the modern comics have neglected or forgotten, with Wolverine written currently the idea that Cyclops could even come close to beating him would be unthinkable, but here he does and almost easily. Cyclops understanding of the X-Men, to the extent of being able to fight against them so effectively is something that will not be seen again until Uncanny 175. But then it is for real. We get the first mention that Wolverine has a metal skeleton when Proteus is driven from his possession of the X-Man, but it is when Cyclops saves him with an optic blast that a character actually tells us that Wolverine has an adamantium skeleton. There some other excellent moments - after months of hanging out with Colleen Wing readers must have wondered how Scott and Jean were going to react when they saw each other again, but the steam is completely blown away when it is Jean who says "Jason!" as she awakes. There is an important point that will come back to a contradiction later on, one of the few times Claremont seems to be unaware of his own continuity. At the end of the story it is Colossus who literally saves the day, his steel form destroying Proteus utterly (Well as much as they do in comics), but again and again we will be told that Peter Rasputin is a gentle soul who has never taken a life... and it always grated to me.... because he killed Proteus!! |
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