Why name the badass mutant soldier from the future 'Cable'?

[Odd Rödney]

Would Commander X had been better? I wish we would have seen where Liefeld was going with Cable. He had so many past connections to MU characters and was even a Vietnam vet. Oh well.

No, somehow that's worse, lol.

[Sbono13]

Yep. He’s like a tether between the future and the present. Hence “Cable.”

Yes. He's like a "Link to the Past" or a "Link Between Worlds," a similarly cool name.

[Jackraow21]

Come to think of it his name is pretty stupid. Now he’s a stupid, lame character to match his stupid, lame codename. Way to go, Marvel! And f@#$ Kid Cable. Ha.

[Odd Rödney]

Come to think of it his name is pretty stupid. Now he’s a stupid, lame character to match his stupid, lame codename. Way to go, Marvel! And f@#$ Kid Cable. Ha.

Aw he's just a kid, you can't be that mean to a kid.