Marvel Super Special #17: Xanadu - Atop the Fourth Wall

[@eugenideddis]

"DON'T STOP BELIEVING, that this comic sucks." Not a problem.

[@Tareltonlives]

"Well, you're a woman and I'm Zeus, so....no"

[@jfdrac]

The ONLY time Zeus ever says No to a women is when Sex is not on the table lol

[@JohnTheMod1]

....However, the ink with the blood of KISS wound up getting mixed up with another vat of red ink and wound up being used in issues of Sports Illustrated. I am not making this up.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

The Sports Illustrated mix-up is an unverified rumor.

[@isenokami7810]

Don't lend that guy your bike! You must have seen the Pokemon pilot; you know what's gonna happen!

[@Reallyrandomcircle]

just realised I hate the "the person I loved is gone, but now there's this new identical person to love" shtick

[@ckd8520]

+Reallyrandomcircle Kinda unhealthy isn't it

[@Tareltonlives]

+Reallyrandomcircle Really, really creepy

[@johnalogue9832]

When you say it like that, it makes that Care Bears Nutcracker movie's ending way more disgusting.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Me, too. :( Who here has read the comic book series Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye?

[@gonegoose9985]

Autobot Starscream b

[@Dannypuck]

The freelance thing? Must be Linkara is speaking from experience.

[@AT4W]

+Dan M. Indeed. I didn't start doing videos full time until it was making me more money than my regular job.

[@alexjewett7455]

@@AT4W what was your old job?

[@j.r.richards9425]

If you checked out the credits closer for this things, there are three names that should jump out that Linkara didn't mention: J.M. DeMatteis: aka the creator of Judas Traveller and former writer of Justice League Dark and Justice League 3000. I asked him on Twitter about this comic and he even admitted that this whole comic creation was weird (apparently Marvel also asked him personally to write it as well) Brent Anderson: The artist of Astro City of all things is drawing.Howard Chaykin: The artist for the Image series by Matt Fraction, Satellite Sam; co-wrote American Century over at Vertigo; and wrote and drew I believe the Elseworlds series Batman: Thrillkiller Strange to see them all here.But I agree on Xanadu. Good music, weird as hell movie.

[@kalebsantos-felgenhauer1631]

+AT Productions yes but why is there a don bluth animation

[@kalebsantos72]

J.R. Richards neat

[@Tareltonlives]

"I created Judas Traveller and even I don't know what's this movie's deal"

[@TheSeptet]

I really like the dueling bands sequence.

[@kacektv9405]

To talk on the storyline for a bit Tho i will admit I have an odd nostalgia for the Original Recipe Beefy Nick(Lanipator) Im very proud, if not a tad jealous as a still schlubby guy myself, for his more fitness-y Form of today! Really good for him! Also having alot of fun, and a much needed distraction from rough personal things, revisiting these storylines best I can via their comic book reviews in order!

[@rjb1216]

That whole opening segment is so funny today

[@Merit2397]

R.I.P. Olivia Newton John. You were one of the best pop entertainers of the 1980s. Your music will be loved and shared forever.

[@jessewilley531]

Actually, here's the thing... most people who sign on a staff artists for a magazine, a record company, comic company etc. can't do art outside of their job. Their employers own any and all works produced.

[@ninakrishnamurthy6674]

FYI Linkara, the name "Terpsichore" is typically pronounced as FOUR syllables, not three. There's a long e sound at the end. Also the stress is on the second syllable, not the first and third.

[@Tareltonlives]

I like the music in this and in Sgt. Pepper, and it's great to see Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton John dance together. It's just that the movies are really, really vapid :)

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

+Tareltonlives It certainly IS a weird one, and yet I kinda like it. Probably nostalgia goggles firmly glued in place, but hey, was one of the VHS's around here when I was a kid.

[@o76923]

19:45, in his small talk he's asking where she came from. She's a Muse-one of the daughters of Ouranos, a primordial deity of the sky and the heavens who predated Zeus. Also, when used figuratively, supernal means of exceptional quality; inspired. Taken together, that's an amazing word choice. I have no idea what the author was doing wasting time on this comic instead of writing purple prose for novels.

[@Cartoonicus]

That's it no more headphones during a Linkara video, period.

[@SpeedyEric1]

The musical number on the 40's and 80's musical styles reminds me of a duel of Harvey Finevoice and 90's Kid.

[@Avigorus]

OK, I am officially adding "Get Linkara a copy of the Sgt. Pepper comic" to my "if I win the lottery to-do list" :p

[@AT4W]

+Joseph Torres No need to, this was from two years ago and I have since been given a copy. ^_~

[@jfdrac]

I know its probably well known by now but since this is my first go through I think that must be the secret origin of Lord Vyce we heard there cant wait to find out

[@lynngreen7978]

Jesus wins. Theology.

[@eugenideddis]

Cannot wait for Sgt. Peppers review

[@L1701]

The review is on his website, it's the 400th episode special.

[@eugenideddis]

+Loy Turns This comment was made a month before it came out... Wait, did I successfully predict the 400th episode without realizing it.

[@jakebryant3445]

A Close Encounter comic adaptation? And the writer of it said it was the worst experience of his career? Fascinating.

[@jfdrac]

I can only guess it was due to all the approval and redoes it requires....Seems like most hate to work on adaptions due to this

[@bioticninja2170]

Huh... whenever I see the name “Xanadu” crop up, my first thought is pokemon. It certainly would make things more interesting if this was a night club themed around xatu and other psychic and/or flying types. Would certainly make about as much sense

[@jurrianhenseler109]

The Sergeant Pepper comic was also published in the Netherlands, "Het filmverhaal in stripvorm" translates to "the story of the movie in Comic book form"

[@Kirkklan]

"...To...Just...Think about it...." I accidentally pressed the pause button at this point, which made the joke you made next all the more hilarious.

[@DaisyDream_pers]

more singing Linkara! SING FOR ME!!!

[@yoranger8349]

Ursula I knew it I found you

[@carlossilva6828]

20:25 Ha! Good old fashion nightmare fuel!!! And also AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! THAT FACE!!!!! WHAT YOU WANT!!? WHO ARE YOU!!!??

[@heidifedor]

I saw the broadway musical a few years ago, it poked a lot of fun at the movie.

[@michaeljoseph1707]

Hey Linkara have you ever heard about a character called MADAME Xanadu?

[@dylannix2372]

31:44 Goddamn that beard is magnificent

[@VeryDryBones]

am I sensing a Sergeant Pepper's and the Lonely Hearts Club review soon

[@FeedEgg]

"Too much pink energy is dangerous!" hahahahahahahaahah

[@alexveverka3913]

Hell, small talk is celestial when there is a lack of it naturally in comics like Frank Miller

[@boooRatt1]

I own some of the old Marvel Graphic Novels and there're a few I'm sure you'd have a field day with like Star Slammers, Super Boxers, *Heartburst* (I really want to see you read this one and make sense of it), and *Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned and Forsaked* (This one! I can't even read the dialogue is sooooo strange I need a 2nd or 3rd party to read it and intemperate it so I can figure out WTF is going on! It's based on a series of plays and novels I think or that's what I've read on it on Wikipedia, but still perfect for you and your crew, Linkara!).

[@cameronheaton9900]

The kiss comic is next

[@alexjewett7455]

26:52 for Zeus, it happens at least once every other week.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Well I suppose they were trying to match the crazy visuals of the movie with the use of the thesaurus instead. It IS a quirky little thing, after all.

[@Sheepyhead]

Woo mention of Denmark :D

[@ilopominecrafter]

400 for a copy of sgt pepper’s comic? And he reviewed it as the 400th episode… hmmm… coincidence?

[@dudezippo]

I'm not sure the sun can rise over the ocean on the west coast.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

11:55 LEARNING THE FREELANCE PROCESS

[@roguebanshee]

The main reason it didn't come with a CD: The comic was released in 1980, CD's and players weren't commercially available until 1982.

[@Tareltonlives]

+Morten How about a cassette? I remember buying books that came with cassettes

[@MrRobot1984]

Dawn on a Southern California beach? Does the Earth spine the other way in Xanadu? Or it should be dusk and that's why it's purple.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

That is actually a good point

[@jfdrac]

Well you still have Dawn on the beach....even if the sun is behind you

[@rebeccalovitch8504]

A guilty pleasure.

[@Cdr2002]

To add to the reaper theory… in some circles, Olivia Newton John’s nickname is “Olivia Neutron Bomb”

[@davescomics6820]

7:46 never knew you where an R.E.M. fan Lewis

[@ZealotZeke]

15:34 That's some Junji Ito-looking shit right there. XD

[@MicrowavedAlastair5390]

I think, if we need to assign a reason to Xanadu, it would be this: Because the 80's.

[@adinocc2042]

The city looks like those old metal trash cans!

[@Valdagast]

23:55 She's a Jedi and may blow up the planet!

[@TheUncomplicator]

3:16 she is not a chick anymore,🎼She’s a woman🎼

[@TalysAlankil]

About the Sgt Pepper issue: I don't know for sure, but one of the covers you put in the video was in Dutch, so I'd assume it was also published in the Netherlands and/or Belgium. Not sure that would really help you get your hands on it, though.

[@wellthatwaswierd4570]

First time I listened to this review, I misheard linkara say 'the Beatles white album' and thought he said 'a Peabo Brice album' Had to rewind due to confusion

[@andrewollmann304]

15:10 I just checked both Thesaurus.com and Dictionary.com....”lachrymal” was not the correct word to use there. I’m sure they wanted a word that meant “mournful” or “melancholy,” but it doesn’t. It means “characterized by tears” or “tear-causing.”

[@sesfilmsllc]

Maybe the drugs are for the don bluth scene in the movie.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

I always thought that Olivia Newton John's character dressed like Aleta Ogord from the "Guardians 3000" team

[@jfdrac]

Bwahaha GOTG unite

[@lorddrayvon1426]

Power Rangers has monsters of he day. My Little Pony has lessons of the day. Xanadu has words of the day.

[@blapis-blazuli]

As if Sonny wasn't unappealing enough, some of the artwork makes him look like Lord Farquaad from Shrek.

[@Tardisntimbits]

I wrote a few books as a kid...I also made my own comics...about Baby Super Dave Osborne... because I reaaaally liked Super Dave.... lol.

[@alexanderfix3629]

Tardisntimbits Your profile pic is adorable.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

7:04 it looks like Olivia's leg was backed off and her stocking is her new leg. There is no distinguishing line between where the stocking ensw and her leg begins. How do you fuck that up?

[@lorddrayvon1426]

5:52 those additionals were so poorly integrated that I thought they were staff credits. Writer, penciller, inker. I know they're typically inside but this is a bizarre comic.

[@dancepiglover]

I think it's funny that you actually have those Beanie Babies. Are they yours or borrowed? Are they originals from when they were popular or newer?

[@JoeBearPA]

Cute bearded guy at the end LOL

[@nde8101]

How did you get out of that kabuto suit linkara?

[@AT4W]

+captainrobocop That was Bill, not me. ^_~

[@andreworders7305]

Since you’ve done an episode in rhyme, maybe you can do an episode in song

[@jessewilley531]

J.M. DeMatteis is a great writer when he isn't adapting other people's stuff.

[@larrylaffer3246]

Hey skipping a title for decernable ain't so weird. I did it and it worked out fine.

[@TrueBuddhaCat]

Hey Linkara, if you still can't find a copy of Sg. Pepper's comic; I have another suggestion to do a review on a rock-opera comic done by Marvel, Rock and Rule; it's pretty cool

[@AT4W]

+Jordan Ogle Check the video description. ^_~

[@TrueBuddhaCat]

Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall I'll be sure to do that :)

[@TrueBuddhaCat]

+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall Oh man, well if ever think about doing a review on the Rock and Rule, I can guarantee you the artwork will be less horrifying than Xanadu; also the movie itself is awesome

[@eamonndeane587]

@@TrueBuddhaCat "My Name is Mok, Thanks A Lot".

[@Vahktang]

Do you not need a model release form if you are going to feature a persin in an album cover?

[@jfdrac]

nowadays for sure...in the 70s the rules were a lot more liberal hence why so many lawsuits

[@sesfilmsllc]

Yay nightmare fuel.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

So JM. DeMatteis can use a thesaurus but Gary Brodsky and Frank Miller can't?

[@WeirdWonderful]

So did that St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club issue get fully translated and edited ?

[@alexanderfix3629]

TheApachacha Yep. He reviewed it for his 400th episode.

[@OmegaX9]

Zeus: Greek God of Hypocrisy

[@Cybermat47]

+Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall any chance of a 'The Dark Knight Returns' review at some point? I used to love that story, until I realised Batman is a hypocrite - he uses a gun in the famous "I believe you" scene, then says that guns are the tools of cowards, even though Jim Gordon and the GCPD use guns as well (not to mention the real-life military...). Also, what the hell is up with Nazi Boob Lady, why do people hate Batman for nearly killing the Joker, how does WWIII not start when Russia fires a nuke at the USA, why is Superman okay with killing people for the US government, and why is Selina Kyle a brothel mistress and not retired with all the money she stole as Catwoman?!

[@LtDragonfruit]

Frank Miller

[@andyvasquez6688]

you just know cocaine was involved in the making of this movie lol.

[@andreworders7305]

Doesn’t DC have a character named Xanadu?

[@andreworders7305]

So a random person walked into frame and they used that as the final album cover? Don’t you need consent from photographed parties?

[@magnos_decimus]

i Xanadon't

[@abrakadabra6364]

Am I the only who thinks Sonny looks a lot like the Eighth doctor??

[@joethehero2]

Abra & Kadabra Not really... Sonny looks too douchy to resemble the 8th doctor.

[@RobynRLiden]

*KIRA!!!*

[@DarsiPadilla]

As in...Yoshikage Kira?

[@meowistforlife]

Wait, so I thought there was some other elements to this story but I guess not

[@nathanthompson4613]

Why was the movie posted before this if it’s later in the canon?

[@AT4W]

Because I was slowly releasing stuff on youtube at the time and it took a bit before we were caught up with episodes.

[@nathanthompson4613]

Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall I see. Also, if you aren’t too busy: what do I get from buying the DVD that I can’t get from the free upload?

[@AT4W]

The DVDs don't contain regular episodes - I can't legally release them because of using copyrighted images in them. The DVDs instead contain exclusive episodes using public domain comics. With the exception of the Scrooge riff from the holiday DVD, all the content on the DVDs is exclusive to them, with additional riffs, Longbox of the Damned episodes, and other behind-the-scenes minutiae otherwise not available online.

[@HeroofMightandmagic1]

Nah no Rush? I'm disapointed

[@chaosinc.382]

I wanna see the movie but I'm not a movie watcher...

[@chaosinc.382]

the at4w movie I mean.

[@andreworders7305]

17:18 does he mean “she teach me”? This dialogue makes no sense.

[@takeyouforgranite7850]

Ah, Xanadu... shitty movie, shitty comic. Funny how things work like that, isn't it?

[@Tareltonlives]

Giant floating pair of lips! ♫Science fiction....double feature...♫ Yeah, that art is pretty terrible Considering how this movie's only redeeming value is the musical talent involved, why was it put in a comic?

[@Tareltonlives]

Perfect Batman joke

[@MoonBird-zv4yt]

readcomiconline.com/Comic/Mighty-Morphin-Power-Rangers linkara you must check out the new rangers comic you don't even have to review it but its basically the show but it it followed actually teen logic with how they act in short their not complete Angeles