Return of X-Positions?

[Ambaryerno]

It'd be nice to see them back, but CBR will just lob up BP fastballs, and the interviewies will evade answering them cleanly.

I miss the days when writers and editors were actually willing to address critical questions and comments. I've still got all my old DC Star Trek books from back in the 90s, and some of the letters that were published in the mail column were downright SCATHING. AND the writers and editor actually took the time to address their complaints directly. These days it seems they only publish positive remarks, or critical feedback they can spin (IE some of the claims we saw that the criticism of Bendis's direction in ANXM and UXM showed how "passionate" the base was about what he was doing).

[Materiel]

Wasn't there a pretty awful interaction with a particular writer because of the color of the characters he chose?

[Bafflement]

They have to fit it into the new CBR format:

"10 non-answers Marvel Editorial thinks you should hear! Number 6 will shock you!"

[Perfection/Emma 2]

Why? Marvel doesn't really care about the X-Men

[Anduinel]

Wasn't there a pretty awful interaction with a particular writer because of the color of the characters he chose?

What are you talking about? The X-Po questions all got vetted beforehand.

[Grey]

I like them but a lot of people seemed to not enjoy the types of answers they gave. Personally I think the answers they gave to plot or character related questions were purposefully vague as not to give spoilers.

Anywho the high "yes" poll number makes me suspect even though people say they don't like he vague answers they still enjoy the ambiguity, even if not consciously.

[Silver Fang]

I like them but a lot of people seemed to not enjoy the types of answers they gave. Personally I think the answers they gave to plot or character related questions were purposefully vague as not to give spoilers.

Anywho the high "yes" poll number makes me suspect even though people say they don't like he vague answers they still enjoy the ambiguity, even if not consciously.

It gives you something to speculate over, which is better / more fun than nothing. lol

[Master of Sound]

I miss them interviews

[MarvelMaster616]

I miss the weekly X-POSITION columns too. Would love to be able to ask writers like Dennis Hopeless, Tom Taylor, and Cullen Bunn some questions. There's just only so much you can ask with 140 characters on Twitter. I don't know if CBR has the connections to do it anymore, but I'd love to see these return. Given the current strength of the X-books, I think the time is right to make it happen again.

[Maestroneto]

Wasn't there a pretty awful interaction with a particular writer because of the color of the characters he chose?

That was on the forum, not an X-POS.

[spirit2011]

It'd be worth it for the extra art previews alone.

Yes, I really miss that

[Ambaryerno]

That was on the forum, not an X-POS.

IIRC it was Cullen Bunn responding to comments about the XMB cast.

[Anduinel]

IIRC it was Cullen Bunn responding to comments about the XMB cast.

That? Yeah, Bunn deciding to leave had nothing to do with the X-Position interviews. There was a general discussion about the lack of diversity in XMB going on, someone said Bunn's lack of diversity was consistent across his work, and Bunn stepped in with this:

That's fine if you think that, but I'll call BULL in a huge way. Apparently, you're looking at a small sampling of the work I've been doing for the past 10 years.

As for X-Men Blue. You're right. And I have stated that making the cast more diverse is a goal of mine... one that is already being addressed... but it has to take place in a way that works for the comic.

Shockingly, things went downhill from there.

[cc008]

Why? Marvel doesn't really care about the X-Men

Marvel doesn't own CBR

[Confuzzled]

Why was Bunn blamed for editorial's decision to push the Bore 5 down our throats? Silly.