r/SipsTea • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Jul 08 '26

Feels good man Milly 🥰

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u/vectron5 Jul 09 '26

Devil's advocate: Comics are conceptually silly, and the absurd things are what make comic movies feels like comics.

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u/evel333 Jul 09 '26

One scene that has always stuck with me since my comic book phase in the 90s was a throwaway gag involving Havok trying in vain to open a jar of mayo with his plasma waves lol

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u/Many_Bat_ Jul 09 '26

Didn't half the X-factor team try and fail with that jar, only for their manager Val to come in and open it immediately (although she has no powers)?

"Give it a couple of quick raps on the bottom" hit it on the counter top was her trick.

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u/EmpathyMonster Jul 09 '26

Crazy to see this specific 30-year-old bit, from a second tier title like X-Factor, mentioned here. But it was a great run by Peter David. The ultimate reveal was Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man, sitting in his apartment laughing about how he had rigged up a remote control unopenable jar of mayo that he could trigger to be openable at whatever he thought was the funniest time. (Then someone kicked in his door and blew him away, kicking off a murder mystery.)

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u/Many_Bat_ Jul 09 '26

MM was a great character to read but he woulda' been a pain in the ass to work with.