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I'm 5 episides in on Swamp-Thing and have been enjoying it. It's no Doom Patrol but it's a shame it got canned.
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I lost it when Alan Alda popped up. What's the "Iron Man" from?
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Jul 27, 2019 18:53
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I kind of like Paul Lynde as Loki
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Jul 27, 2019 19:44
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That took me an embarrassingly long time to realize it wasn't real, but in my defense I'm old enough to have seen some actual things from that era and the use of actual Hulk Thor and Cap threw me off.
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about halfway through the boys, i appreciate that it makes hughies trauma more of a thing than i remember it being in the comics also, that plane scene e: i really like the guy who plays frenchie site fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jul 27, 2019 |
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Jul 27, 2019 21:11
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You have to keep in mind that The Boys comic is commenting on rich celebrities more so than superhero tropes. It's seeing behind the PR mask.
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Jul 27, 2019 22:26
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I watched a whole bunch of Incredible Hulk reruns on the Sci-Fi Channel, and honestly I'd have watched the poo poo out of this too. Even with KISS and Alan Alda. Especially with KISS and Alan Alda.
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Retro Futurist posted:I kind of like Paul Lynde as Loki He would have been perfect.
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Jul 28, 2019 04:03
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Man, The Boys episode 4 that plane scene was DARK. I actually felt a bit unsettled. . This is the way to adapt Ennis, take the plot points but don't go over the top.
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how the gently caress does Happy! get the stick while meandering tryhard bollocks like Preacher is going into its 4th season everyone is so good in this show e: The only thing so far (ep4) is that Happy himself has become the least interesting and least involved character. But at least he provides some sight gags.
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Medullah posted:This is the way to adapt Ennis, take the plot points but don't go over the top. I was just thinking that. Despite some worries when Rogen was going on about it, it really does seem to have kept the themes without the typical Ennis cartoonish attempts to shock. Some great performances too from Mother's Milk, Homelander and Starlight's actor, to say nothing of Karl Urban.
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Jul 29, 2019 13:32
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Jack Quaid also makes a great Hughie
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Jul 29, 2019 15:18
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Finished the boys last night and i gotta say, i enjoyed it quite a bit more than i expected to. Once you take out the vast majority of ennis' bullshit it actually becomes pretty good
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Jul 29, 2019 15:24
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Marc Bernadin said on Kevin Smith's podcast that he's heard that the major plot conceit of Falcon and WS is the government not wanting Sam to be Cap, which sounds like a great hook. I'm sure when Ross found out he went nuts. I wonder if they'll get meta with it and try to directly parallel fan reaction to casting white or male characters with not-that actors.
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Jul 29, 2019 15:35
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zoux posted:Marc Bernadin said on Kevin Smith's podcast that he's heard that the major plot conceit of Falcon and WS is the government not wanting Sam to be Cap, which sounds like a great hook. I'm sure when Ross found out he went nuts. I always figured the shield usage and throwing ability was because it didn't follow the laws of physics or whatever but also because of the super soldier strength and agility. Falcon has that cool wing suit, sure, but I wonder how he'll use the shield.
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Jul 29, 2019 16:48
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I seem to remember in the comics Hawkeye or somebody trying to use it once and was unable to. Sam also had issue with it at first.
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X-O posted:I seem to remember in the comics Hawkeye or somebody trying to use it once and was unable to. Sam also had issue with it at first. Hawkeye was able to use it right but was about the only one who could, if I remember right. I think he was one of the favored replacements when Steve was gone but he didn't feel like he could measure up.
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Bucky just used the thinking man's shield: a gun.
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Jul 29, 2019 17:22
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Vibrainium is magic, is the easy answer. A wizard threw it
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It makes sense that Hawkeye can kind of use it, since projectiles are his thing, but I also assumed Steve's spacial awareness and agility were also amplified which is why he could bounce it off walls like he was Ronnie O'Sullivan playing out of a safety. Super-geometry if you will.
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Jul 29, 2019 18:23
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They should let Cyclops try to throw the shield then, since he's also a geometry wizard
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Jul 29, 2019 18:28
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Lol Scott Summers Captain America would be such a disaster.
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Jul 29, 2019 19:03
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Captain X shooting shields from his eyes.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:25
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Open Marriage Night posted:Captain X shooting shields from his eyes. That's a common misconception, his eyes are merely portals to the Shield dimension.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:42
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good day for a bris posted:That's a common misconception, his eyes are merely portals to the Shield dimension. 
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Isn't the answer for training a new Captain America just 'throw some money at Taskmaster, let him deal with it'?
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Jul 29, 2019 20:54
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LadyPictureShow posted:Isn't the answer for training a new Captain America just 'throw some money at Taskmaster, let him deal with it'? It worked for John Walker.
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Jul 29, 2019 20:59
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LadyPictureShow posted:Isn't the answer for training a new Captain America just 'throw some money at Taskmaster, let him deal with it'? I think he'd just train him wrong just so he doesn't have the hassle further down the road.
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Jul 29, 2019 21:16
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[somewhere off in the formless void, Elijah Bradley sighs]
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David D. Davidson posted:I think he'd just train him wrong just so he doesn't have the hassle further down the road. Taskmaster is, and shall always be, a consummate professional. Plus I imagine training a new Captain America is probably a nice bulletpoint on a resume.
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Jul 29, 2019 21:40
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As professional as he is, hiring Taskmaster to train your new Captain America is just begging for a Jade Empire twist
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Jul 29, 2019 21:47
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Rhyno posted:It worked for John Walker. I could swear Taskmaster also trained a team of Caps or Buckys, but I might be thinking of a What-If. Any idea?
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LadyPictureShow posted:I could swear Taskmaster also trained a team of Caps or Buckys, but I might be thinking of a What-If. There's a what if where Punisher becomes Cap (and stops Punisher-ing) and then trains a successor who then proceeds to be the first in a whole Captain America Corps. Probably not what you're thinking of but it's one I liked.
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LadyPictureShow posted:I could swear Taskmaster also trained a team of Caps or Buckys, but I might be thinking of a What-If. I think you might be getting confused with the one where Red Skull switches places with Captain America in WW2 and becomes the fascist ruler of the US, letting white racists get the super soldier serum exclusively, and his captain america troops are led by crossbones.
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Nope, I found it! From What If Steve Rogers had refused to give up being Captain America? Featuring: Freedom Force
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Taskmaster is a mutant? Huh, I don't think I've ever seen him in an X book.
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he isn't, i think Jim Valentino just hosed up and assumed he was. his true backstory is that he was a normal human born with a photographic reflexes, and later volunteered for a Hydra version of the Super Soldier Serum that gave him the ability to instantly memorize motor skills at the cost of his actual memory. Alaois fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Skwirl posted:I lost it when Alan Alda popped up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exo-Man 70's TV movie.. long story short: professor develops some kinda fiber that moves or something when electric current passes through it, gets paralyzed, builds cheap plastic armor that gives him limited super strength, bulletproof, uses it to beat up Jose Ferrer or something. It also tends to run out of power at inopportune moments, just like Iron Man's. Can't fly or shoot repulsors, looks like it was made with a bucket and rubberized long johns. It's intensely painful to watch, but if you want late 70's melodrama mixed with lovely sci-fi, here ya go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7cDY_CsezM Marvel would sue the gently caress out of anyone trying to make something like this now; back in 1977, no one gave a poo poo.
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