Alpha Flight video at Marvel.com

[sylum69]

Not a bad video if you're completely new to Alpha Flight.

It's nice to see Marvel really push this new series. Has Alpha Flight ever gotten this much publicity in the past?

http://marvel.com/news/story/16125/watch_episode_28_of_the_watcher_alpha_flight_is_ba ck

[suzene]

Not terribly impressed by the slips and errors. Or by the fact that they kept showing the AOA version of the twins.

[rplass]

Cute blonde delivering rapid fire OHOTMU blurbs on the Alphans. Love it! Yeah, some of the images were mixed up but only a little. Note how they used the Alpha Flight Classic pages for Guardian's images and likely used the new X-Men/Alpha Flight book for Shaman (or is it Shayman - I say Shayman)?

I especially like how she emphasized the K in LangKowski.

Marry me?

[Ben]

I'm not too concerned with a few minor errors, let's face it, this is more effort Marvel is putting into AF...and that's a good thing!

[Pex]

Shaman (or is it Shayman - I say Shayman)?

SHAH-min, kinda like omen. Sorta. ;)

[cmdrkoenig67]

Her information about Puck being an original member of Alpha is wrong, though. Shah-min is acceptable, but also Shay-min/Shayman (I've heard the word pronounced this way by British folks).

Dana

[Phil]

Yeah, I tend to lean towards Shay-mun.

[Alpha Rider]

Shay-mon, Sha-man, Sha-men, Sha-na-na, Sham-on-us for letting this thing go so far.

[bigbloo]

This is why I call him Michael.

[Pex]

I dunno, I hear Michael, and I always hear it in K.I.T.T.'s voice from Knight Rider :p

[bigbloo]

There's always Dr Twoyoungmen. Or Dr T. Or Mickey T. :)

[Pex]

Or "Hey, you, the guy with the leather manpurse!" :D

[DIGGER]

I dunno, I hear Michael, and I always hear it in K.I.T.T.'s voice from Knight Rider :p

Which, coincidentally (or not), was also the voice of a DOCTOR on St. Elsewhere... though not Dr. Twoyoungmen unfortunately. :)

DIGGER

[Pex]

I would just like to point out that I have only, at just this second, realized what a silly-sounding last name Twoyoungmen is. Wowzers, how did I not notice this before? :shock:

[Alpha Rider]

I would just like to point out that I have only, at just this second, realized what a silly-sounding last name Twoyoungmen is. Wowzers, how did I not notice this before? :shock:

Are you implying something?

[cmdrkoenig67]

I would just like to point out that I have only, at just this second, realized what a silly-sounding last name Twoyoungmen is. Wowzers, how did I not notice this before? :shock:

it's a real Tsúùt'ínà(Sarcee) family name...John Byrne chose it for that reason.

Dana

[Pex]

Not implying anything (this time, though I can and do imply things on occasion), I just thought it sounded funny. It's interesting that it's a real name though. I honestly would never have guessed it.

[Alpha Rider]

it's a real Tsúùt'ínà(Sarcee) family name...John Byrne chose it for that reason.

Dana

Where did you get this info? I never heard of this.

[DIGGER]

I would just like to point out that I have only, at just this second, realized what a silly-sounding last name Twoyoungmen is. Wowzers, how did I not notice this before? :shock:

Not as bad as Runningwithscissors. But yes the names do have familial meanings. The same can be said for early europeans as well. The last name often indicated that persons occupation ie:Baker, Smith, etc.

DIGGER

[cmdrkoenig67]

Where did you get this info? I never heard of this.

I believe Mr Byrne had said he got the name from a former chief of the Sarcee. A search of certain sites in Alberta proves it's a Sarcee name (I'll PM you about it).

Dana

BTW: If anybody else is interested in researching the name, please fell free to PM me.

[bigbloo]

it's a real Tsúùt'ínà(Sarcee) family name...John Byrne chose it for that reason.

Dana

Tsu... Shu... Tzkhu... and here we are arguing over how to pronounce Shaman... :)

[cmdrkoenig67]

It is a bit of a tongue-twister, isn't it? LOL. The Tsúùt'ínà is the real name for the tribe...The name Sarcee is the name given to them by others.

Dana

[DelBubs]

From what I read on various sites, the Tsúùt'ínà now consider the term 'Sarcee' as offensive. It was a 'Blackfoot' term meaning 'stubborn ones'.

[bigbloo]

From what I read on various sites, the Tsúùt'ínà now consider the term 'Sarcee' as offensive. It was a 'Blackfoot' term meaning 'stubborn ones'.

In that case, I think Micheal should started referring to himself as a Tsúùt'ínà Shaman. I wonder of Pak and Van Lente have heard of this.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Let's tell them!

Dana

[cmdrkoenig67]

From what I read on various sites, the Tsúùt'ínà now consider the term 'Sarcee' as offensive. It was a 'Blackfoot' term meaning 'stubborn ones'.

Yeah...When John Byrne originally used the term in Alpha Flight, I believe it was an accepted term (at least to the general public). As in the past, Eskimo was an accepted term for Inuit peoples (even though many of us didn't understand the words' origins/meanings and that they were offensive).

I'm all for the ignorance of the past being set right.

Dana

[Le Messor]

'Twoyoungmen' as a real last name - the real last name of the real medicine man, iirc - was mentioned in the v1 letters column. No, I don't know where.

I didn't like the bimbo in the video (there's no other word for how she comes across in that video - even if in real life she has a degree in astrophysics or something).

She was too much of a 'all our readers are teenage boys who only like blondes with vast... tracts of land...' type. Trying too hard, and a bit condescending.
As has been pointed out, saying Puck was original but Marrina was not... bluh.

- Le Messor
"There is no way to completely define your terms and ground your references."