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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Also, The Wasp is seriously just the worst. Maybe in comics, but I like the animated version. She seems so infectiously pumped to be an Avenger. Everybody else treats it like a job. Well, except for Hulk, he seems pretty excited to get into fights as well.
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One day last year it hit me that my D&D characters are basically Hank and Janet from EMH.
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General Ironicus posted:One day last year it hit me that my D&D characters are basically Hank and Janet from EMH. So there's a lot of in-party fighting? (Booooooo! Boooo, FutureBoy! Boooooo!)
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TwoPair posted:Maybe in comics, but I like the animated version. She seems so infectiously pumped to be an Avenger. Everybody else treats it like a job. Well, except for Hulk, he seems pretty excited to get into fights as well. Yeah, Wasp is pretty great in the cartoon.
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Apr 5, 2012 22:18
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AzraelNewtype posted:Yeah, no. I could never hit my 30s skip button fast enough back when that awful thing was there. Not that I listen to the narration either, but that's just about not wanting to waste time. Totally agree, the theme is poo poo and will never grow on me.
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Apr 5, 2012 22:38
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I love the theme! But my friends generally agree that I have terrible taste in music, movies, and pretty much everything. So, y'know, take that for what it's worth.
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Apr 5, 2012 23:57
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It's not a terrible theme. Kinda grows on you. Isn't it the kind of poo poo kids listen to these days?
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Die Laughing posted:It's not a terrible theme. Kinda grows on you. Isn't it the kind of poo poo kids listen to these days? Yeah, and at least they have an original theme instead of just using a generic pop-rock song. I hate the spoken intro and hope they get rid of it.
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I at least like that they went with the 'day unlike any other' for the narration. I've always loved that wording from the Avengers' origin.
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Die Laughing posted:It's not a terrible theme. Kinda grows on you. Isn't it the kind of poo poo kids listen to these days? If by these days you mean about 10 years ago then yes.
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I stumbled across this today. Thomas Perkins, a character designer for EMH season 1 has posted a number of fictitious stills to his blog: http://thomasperkins.blogspot.com/
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Love that one of Wasp as Captain Universe. That's probably the most bad rear end thing they could possibly do with Janet.
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SaintFu posted:I stumbled across this today. Thomas Perkins, a character designer for EMH season 1 has posted a number of fictitious stills to his blog: http://thomasperkins.blogspot.com/ I didn't read the "fictitious" part and instantly freaked out in glee. Oh well, the pictures are still cool.
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Apr 8, 2012 07:46
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If a kid's show ever managed to get a character named Hellstrom, Son of Satan on it... well, that would just be awesome.
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Apr 8, 2012 07:53
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If I were to see an animated Omega the Unknown on TV, I think I could die happy right then and there.
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I just saw this week's GL cartoon. Saint Walker manages to hold his own against a Red Lantern with only his ninja training. Then Mogo easily destroys an asteroid that Kilowog, Hal and Aia combined could only slow down. There doesn't seem to be a proper sense of scale here.
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Baron Bifford posted:I just saw this week's GL cartoon. Saint Walker manages to hold his own against a Red Lantern with only his ninja training. Then Mogo easily destroys an asteroid that Kilowog, Hal and Aia combined could only slow down. There doesn't seem to be a proper sense of scale here.
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I know it sounds absurd for me to nitpick the metaphysics of a loving superhero cartoon, but I figured the power of the GL ring was tied to the user's willpower, not his physical size. The episode basically implies that Mogo has more willpower than those three combined.
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I always thought it was a little bit of both.
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Mogo would also probably be a bit more experienced since he's a planet and they tend to stick around.
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thebardyspoon posted:Mogo would also probably be a bit more experienced since he's a planet and they tend to stick around. Well he does refuses to socialize.
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Mogo is like THE gold standard of using the power of will. He's probably the most powerful lantern unless somebody has taken up the mantle of Ion.
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Mr. Maltose posted:Mogo is like THE gold standard of using the power of will. He's probably the most powerful lantern unless somebody has taken up the mantle of Ion. I don't know about Mogos origin but I imagine a planet that can will itself to life and control its elements would make for a natural wielder of the ring.
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Baron Bifford posted:I know it sounds absurd for me to nitpick the metaphysics of a loving superhero cartoon, but I figured the power of the GL ring was tied to the user's willpower, not his physical size. The episode basically implies that Mogo has more willpower than those three combined. Willpower is already a vague concept, but I figure part of the strength of a ringbearer's constructs is how believable the constructs are to the ringbearer, and that in turn is partly a function of scale. If you had a ring, you would innately disbelieve your own creation of an aircraft carrier construct and need some strong willpower to back it up, as opposed to a small shield or sword. You don't need much willpower as a human to conjure up a construct the size of a mote of dust and similarly, in relative terms, a planet shouldn't need much effort to conjure up something to destroy an asteroid.
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Lobok posted:Willpower is already a vague concept, but I figure part of the strength of a ringbearer's constructs is how believable the constructs are to the ringbearer, and that in turn is partly a function of scale. If you had a ring, you would innately disbelieve your own creation of an aircraft carrier construct and need some strong willpower to back it up, as opposed to a small shield or sword. You don't need much willpower as a human to conjure up a construct the size of a mote of dust and similarly, in relative terms, a planet shouldn't need much effort to conjure up something to destroy an asteroid.
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Yeah Mogo is pretty much tippy-top non Ion lantern. He runs the power ring recruitment network, while maintaining Eden planet status and occasionally laying the smackdown on wayward comets, it fits rather well. Heck I remember when Kyle was the only lantern there was a small arc that had an unconscious semi-powerless Mogo engineering a race of creatures out of his crust and leftover will power to gently caress up some douchey colonists who landed on him. Tough to match creating life in your sleep on the willpower scale, even as a pilot with anger issues.
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Well, I can't really blame Bruce Timm for doing it this way, for it is natural for us to think the size = power. Especially since his constructs would be barely noticeable if they were on the same scale as Hal's (when you want a planet to shoot a laser beam, you expect a freaking Death Star). And maybe Mogo's mind is more powerful than a human's. But I do wish that we could see Hal do crazy poo poo like blowing asteroids. All these two seem capable of doing is conjuring hammers and other little things.
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Baron Bifford posted:I... uh... that makes no sense to me whatsoever. In simpler terms, I would think it's harder to create and sustain something bigger than you than something smaller than you. Since an asteroid is smaller than Mogo and bigger than Hal, it follows that Mogo should find it a lot easier than Hal to destroy an asteroid.
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Plus, you know, he's Mogo. He's a loving planet. Does he even have a power ring as we would term it, or does he have something more specialized? He can probably bring a ton more power to bare all in one place, since his battery is likely part of his loving core. He's an Alpha Lantern without all the issues, an entire planet's worth of willpower controlling the most powerful weapon in the universe, and he's used to working on scales most beings can't even comprehend. Plus, you know, he's Mogo.
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I noticed on the narration in the EMH intro that Thor is not a "god" of thunder but a "prince". Did they seriously switch that out? Come the gently caress on.
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Yeah, but that's a pretty easy sacrifice to make
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demolition rickshaw posted:I noticed on the narration in the EMH intro that Thor is not a "god" of thunder but a "prince". Did they seriously switch that out? Come the gently caress on. "Well if he's a GOD then why doesn't he..."
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FilthyImp posted:Probably trying to cut off things like, Never seemed to be an issue before!
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Notice they ALWAYS refer to them as "Asgardians". Like, every point where they can. It sounds sort of unnatural.
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demolition rickshaw posted:Never seemed to be an issue before! I won't lie - I always, always thought it was dumb that an immortal god would be chilling with these guys. I'm sorry, there's just no way around it. Even using the ever-popular D&D definition of god where they're just levelled-up immortal heroes.
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Well Tony did tell Reed he found a scientific explanation for everything about Asgard.
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Nilbop posted:I won't lie - I always, always thought it was dumb that an immortal god would be chilling with these guys. I'm sorry, there's just no way around it. Even using the ever-popular D&D definition of god where they're just levelled-up immortal heroes. Why? What could be more entertaining than hanging out with super heroes? Plus he likes helping people.
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Also, Asgardians are not immortal
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Arctic Baldwin posted:Also, Asgardians are not immortal I knew this was going to come up but damnit as far as fictional long-lived races go they are immortal as far as the humans are concerned.
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The Asgardians also take no part in human affairs, manipulate Earth's natural pocesses, and have no more worshipers, which are arguments for them not being some dictionary definition gods.
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