In talking with a few people at local comic store, there was a discussion about the best version of or best idea for X-force. Quite a few people expressed that they were tired of the hit-squad, black-ops version that's existed since all the Hope stuff. In fact quite a few preferred the New mutants proactive, preemptive version as opposed to the more recent kill squad's. The store owner even had a cool idea kind of combining an Exiles/Xtreme Xmen theme with the X-Force hit squad in which people jumped around different futures killing off the biggest threats to mutants, but that's just his dream idea so to speak.
I guess some of my question is whether you are tired of the kill squad theme and possibly the character Cable in general? Most of the time in looking at most people's dream team's Cable seems to be absent. As far as Cable's character I don't hate him but I certainly don't see him as must read. I admit it just doesn't seem right to have an X-force without Cable since it was his idea in the first place. I guess having two versions is ok but personally I want less x-books and tighter writing amongst a few good ones. I've always leaned toward the idea of the preemptive proactive team. The kill-squad served its purpose for a time but now I'm kind of meh...... there's really no new villain that's been established that needs killing in my opinion.
I also am not a fan of killing off all the villains, though I can certainly see the logic behind some needing to go. Its just that to kill off all the villains leads to what we have now heroes fighting heroes. I think the Xmen are suffering from having a lack of villains, so they fight each other, but maybe that's just me. And let's face it, while death in the comic world is being used as a plot device and maybe not so permanent, this also contributes to the angst that many of us feel toward this particular plot device, as it cheapens everything.
Then I take a step back and look at some of the characters in Xmen..... and it seems to me that some are best served in a kill squad. Cable only uses guns and Im not even sure he has any mutant power anymore, Domino while a good strategist basicallly seems to be a marksman and always uses guns or knives, even Wolverine..... I mean come on the guy has blades coming out of his hands..really? These characters and others seem to just lend themselves to being good for that one thing. Nobody shoots off guns to wound lol. But I guess by that logic you could say the same about telepaths, who could just shutdown someone's nervous system or kill them with a thought.
Just curious as to what your favorite idea for Xforce is/was? Is the X-force kill-squad idea getting old? And finally some thoughts on Cable... can there be an Xforce without him? Should he go back to his reality or is he an all-time great?
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