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One of the reasons I think the Establishment works is that very few characters have only one obscure British pop/sci-fi culture point of reference - they tend to be amalgamations. Coupla things:
Bulman and Truelove aren't so much a queer Regan and Carter as a queer Randal and Hopkirk (Deceased). In the original interviews about the comic before issue 1 came out, Ian Edginton explained that Truelove (gay) occasionally possesses Bulman (straight, homophobic), in order to have sex, amongst other things - this is partly why Bulman spends half his time drinking himself into oblivion. (Also, Truelove's super-ghost condition is the result of Constantine-analogue Jack Carter owing him a favour.) One of the odd things about the way The Establishment's been handled so far though is that we've never had this fully explained, and now Truelove is alive again - which makes you wonder what the point of having the pair of them in the team is, now, unless they have talents we don't know about.
And Rafe Equus is Steed, but he's only the Ralph Fiennes version of Steed, and I'm sure he's meant to be a couple of other people as well (he's descended from an attempt to breed a race of Aryan superhuman English gents, or something).
More thoughts when I've gone back and looked at the last issue again. Incidentally, if anyone has a copy of #1 they don't want, I'd be up for swopsies...
[ 08-02-2002: Message edited by: Flyboy ] |
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