I was reading Marvel's House of M issue #2 when I came across this panel where Dr. Hank Mc Coy (aka Beast) was Talking to Dr. Henry Pym (Yellow Jacket) about isolating the mutan gene, much like the Human Genome Project. Note on the lower left panel where they discussed "trying to isolate the one thing that black people black or Filipino people..."
question: If you were to complete the dialoque, what would you have placed? help a poor soul get some answers please.
Off topic: Dean Koontz mentioned a Filipino nurse cursing the main character in Tagalog in the novel "Dragon Tears."
On topic: Oo nga, sana may mas malaking pic para maintindihan namin. Although, puwedeng sabihin niyang "trying to isolate the one thing that black people black (sic) or Filipino people more stubborn." XD
Sorry it's not the mention of "Filipinos" also that I was trying to ask about, Batman would make a lot of mention of filipinos, the Philippines and Imelda Marcos even.
tenkouken got what I was trying to ask. thanks!
-- Edited by sublimeabsurdity at 19:29, 2008-06-25
-- Edited by sublimeabsurdity at 19:37, 2008-06-25
i used to remember Whilce Portacio injecting some Filipino references in his X-men days.Among his interviews, Bishop supposed to be Filipino instead his decease former buddy Malcolm is actually one.Uy,trivia yun.Bet hindi nyo alam...
-- Edited by Happycat at 23:00, 2008-06-25
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bet the artist stopped in the point where he COULD say something good or stupid...
i like his decision to pause..its not good to antagonize a race even if its not his intentions. people can misunderstand...and sometimes do it on purpose.
well, ill agree on tenk if the aim is finishing what he's suppose to say
Mahirap din kasiminsan sa mga ganyan eh, kasi nga as polskie said, pwede ma misinterpret yan ng mga rabid activists kuno na medyo misguided ung fanaticism nila.
i saw it somewhere sa tv though havent got the chance to read/see the comic hehe pinoy ata yung gumawa nung secret invasion hehe makgawa nga rin ng devianart haha wala nga lang akong scanner awts
leinil yu's doing the secret invasion art.heard for that he panel,he just put in people that pissed him off.
on topic: i don't think beast would've made a racist remark.or any x-man for that matter.they're always discriminated anywhere they go,so they should know better.
I remember seeing the news story on ABS-CBN I think. GMA wasjust one of several politicalfigures na kasama. Haven't seen the actual comics though
In a somewhat related topic, I just want to share the following piece from budjette tan (writer of Trese) sent via the alamat egroups:
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Iron Man in Manila
And while everyone was busy checking out the Skrull-supporting- GMA in "Secret Invasion", nobody noticed that Iron Man made another trip to the Philippines in THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN#4.
In the story, Iron Man visited the headquarters of new Triumph Division. (Their HQ looks like the circular church in UP. hehehe)
While meeting with the Pinoy superheroes, Iron Man's mused:
"Interesting thing about super heroes in the Philippinesthe legacies are familiar and run back centuries.
"The sons and daughters of these heroes will one day replace these heroes they train for it their whole lives.
"Theyre excited, nervous, eager, and full of energy.
"If theyre scared, they cover it with bravado, pride , and hope. Reminds me of the early days of the Avengers.
"The Philippines is in great hands.
"Long live The Triumph Division."
Nice touch about Pinoy heroes being family-based, much like the people/families/ clans in Pinoy politics and showbiz. :) heh
@Tora: I'm sorry I couldn't find a link nor could I find the actual comic book, but I think it's The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 5 Issue # 4 by written by Matt Fraction, art by Salvador Larroca and had a US release dated August 6, 2008.
Back on the topic, it's been such a long time since I started this post kasi naguluhan din lang kasi ako the firt time I read it (the comic) reading it again, I realized tama ang mga inputs nina tenkouken, polskie and tora. At ngayon ko rin lang na realize na magulo pala talaga ang umpisa ng thread na ito, pasensya na po, baguhan pa lang kasi sa forums nung I post ko ito.
To rectify things somewhat, here's a backgrounder and restatement of the original post inquiry.
Dr. Henry Pym (Yellow Jacket) was working on trying to isolate the mutant gene (remember, House of M stooryline ito, so ang minority group e ang mga homo sapiens). Dr. Hank Mc Coy (Beast) tries to reason with him and the following conversation ensues
Hank Mc Coy: It's reverse racism, Henry. It's very insulting. It's like trying to isolate the one thing that makes black people black, or Filipino people..
Henry Pym: You don't understand my point. What I want to do is..
Hank Mc Coy: It's not one thing, it's not one DNA strand.. it's millions of them wrapped around a..
And just when we started to accept that people canbe different (culture, race, color, political ideation) ngayon ang issue naman ay kung taga earth ka ba o hinde...
-- Edited by sublimeabsurdity at 10:06, 2008-10-16