I finally watched Six Degrees of Separation. Young Will Smith is yummy and oh-so-talented but I think this one got talked up a bit much for me. It felt like a stage play that was in love with itself.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
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Laga - May 13, 2008 2:48:34 pm PDT #5604 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 13, 2008 3:21:43 pm PDT #5605 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Which hasn't stopped me from attempting to piss off fans who are also fans of The Incredibles by pointing out that Iron Man could only be a villain in that world.
Bwah! How dare he build an armored suit that allows him to act like a superhero? Doesn't he know his proper place is making costumes and other tech for special people born with their powers to tear up?
Laga - May 13, 2008 3:23:24 pm PDT #5606 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ahh, now I get it.
quester - May 13, 2008 3:40:14 pm PDT #5607 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I always thought of Iron Man as an analog for Batman. Brilliant rich guy with a need to dress up and play.
Laga - May 13, 2008 3:43:05 pm PDT #5608 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I always got Iron Man mixed up with Voltron.
Jessica - May 13, 2008 3:52:21 pm PDT #5609 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Which hasn't stopped me from attempting to piss off fans who are also fans of The Incredibles by pointing out that Iron Man could only be a villain in that world.
t loves Raq
Gris - May 13, 2008 4:21:03 pm PDT #5610 of 10000
Hey. New board.
I always thought of Iron Man as an analog for Batman.
This.
Which begs the question: what's the closest Marvel equivalent to Superman? Way too much power for no reason other than being an alien? Also, boring?
Jesse - May 13, 2008 4:23:08 pm PDT #5611 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Here's my question: I think anyone who turns himself into a superhero (as opposed to radiation/interplantary travel/whatever accident of fate) has got to be some kind of psycho. What say you people?
Matt the Bruins fan - May 13, 2008 4:26:27 pm PDT #5612 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Which begs the question: what's the closest Marvel equivalent to Superman? Way too much power for no reason other than being an alien? Also, boring?
I think they split him into two characters: Thor, the awesomely powerful defender sent to earth from far away by his father; and Captain America, the boy scout/apple pie paragon of virtue.
In more recent times they've had Hyperion, who's pretty much a point-by-point ripoff of Superman down to his origin and alliterative secret identity; and the Sentry, who was created to be an over-the-top throwback to the Silver Age.
P.M. Marc - May 13, 2008 5:00:01 pm PDT #5613 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Here's my question: I think anyone who turns himself into a superhero (as opposed to radiation/interplantary travel/whatever accident of fate) has got to be some kind of psycho. What say you people?
Now, bearing in mind that I have been Not Reading Comics since the LAST crisis, so things may have changed, but many of the self-made super men and women are perfectly sane. I mean, Batman's issue is that his parents are dead. Barbara Gordon, the original Batgirl* on the other hand, was just the smart and motivated daughter of a cop who thought she could do some good.
And Michael "Mister Terrific (2)" Holt, while motivated by a pep talk from a supernatural entity after a great personal tragedy, is also self-made and pretty sane.
* In this continuity, at any rate