A video game villain. A tribute to a sci-fi author. A Technicolor hero. A big boy. A WWII cyborg. Which are hot, which are not? The Girls of the Hot Squad continue their evaluation of Who’s Who #5’s entries based on sheer datability.
Featuring permanent panelists Elyse, Isabel, Josée, Nathalie, Shotgun, and Amelie.
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Colonel Computron: Kinda surprised this design wasn’t more heavily mocked, because it’s pretty ridiculous. I can’t defend the arbitrary English spelling of “colonel”. I’ve never understood how that follows any laws of grammar or physics.
Colonel Future: Great art by Eduardo Baretto (goes without saying), but I’m not sure he deserved a full entry. I think they could have given him a half page along with…
Color Kid: Look at that image to text ratio! And yes if he’s a “kid” he’s a WB/CW kid, pushing 30 and playing 16.
Colossal Boy: Not even bucket boots could wreck his hotness. I expected discussions about him…ahem…growing certain body parts. But I didn’t expect them to be discussed as a mode of transportation. I had to walk out of the room for a few minutes during one of the fits of recorded laughter, came back and it was still going.
Commander Steel: Yeah, his evolution into an ultra-conservative sociopath really did him no favors. And it wasn’t written by some hack, it was by the guy that created him, Gerry Conway, and the guy who wrote him more than anyone, Roy Thomas! So we can’t blame it on later writers not “getting” the character. I always thought his costume was cool, but he is a pretty thin Captain America substitute.
Great episode ! I had frenchy information and i learned how to properly say kernel! I loved Capitaine Flamme but i was way more into Goldorak (Grendizer) and Albator (Captain Harlock) they were more popular here in Québec. Love the podcast! Where else can i hear about “regular penis energy”!!!
Honestly, who wasn’t? Americans look at me funny when I mention Goldorak and Albator (even under their English names). What was popular in one market just wasn’t in others.
My dad is the biggest Goldorak fan i know. During the first run he was working the week-end but he brought his tv to work and took his break to watch Goldorak on the job!!!
Hey, we didn’t have a lot of options in the 70s.
Colonel Computron is no Video-Man. (See Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends.)
Hmm, favorite color. I’m boring so it’s blue, but I have a lot of affection for forest green, and somehow I own a lot of burgundy clothes specifically.
I actually knew the grandson Steel from JLA before I heard about Commander Steel, since I was apparently the only nerd not reading All-Star Squadron back then. Seeing grandpa being practically villainous to his grandson does not endear me to read his other appearances, as I can’t unsee that perspective. I’m glad the gals called out how ridiculous his costume looks.
Thanks for the laughs, squad!
I’ve had a strong dislike for Commander Steel ever since an issue of All-Star Squadron where he talked about liberating a concentration camp, and his narration is all about how weak and pathetic the prisoners were for not freeing themselves. That and his turn into a right-wing politician after the war tell me he would be a huge ICE supporter. Screw that guy.
He’s kind of a prototypical Ultimate Captain America.
Missed a few episodes so catching up:
Chronos to Claw:
Chronos — that costume rules. Everyone is bonkers for not loving it. It’s basically a “laundry day but make it time themed” outfit. French Canada clearly has no sense of whimsy.
Cinnamon — I loved the logic here: “she’s hot, so she can kill people.” No notes.
Side note: when I started listening to this show, I did not realize how much of it would revolve around boots. And yet… here we are.
Clayface to Cluemaster:
This episode opened with Siskoid being kind of savage. I’m pretty sure I witnessed a crime.
Most recent episode (silly name to silly name):
Right out of the gate—shade being thrown about favorite colors. Shade. Colors. It’s been three episodes since my last comment and I haven’t lost a step!
Classic Pine.
Colonel Computron — loved the impromptu French lesson, and now I will never pronounce “Computron” normally again. Not that it comes up often… or ever… but still.
Colonel Future — so he’s just a guy who worries about things that never happen and shows up 45 minutes early to everything? Pretty sure that’s just my wife. (ba-dum-tss)
Color Kid looks like the original “hello fellow kids” meme.
Colossal Boy — listen… if everything scales up proportionally, including his ding dong…that raises some serious and deeply concerning questions. Feels like a drowning hazard situation and I don’t want to think about it any further.
Side note: I’m not always sure who it is, but whichever member of the Hot Squad has that cackle that slowly fades out and ends in a defeated little “noooo” — that is my favorite laugh on the show.