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My favorite comedy writer happened to do an article on Silver Age Superman protecting his identity recently.
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Jun 23, 2015 22:25
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WickedHate posted:My favorite comedy writer happened to do an article on Silver Age Superman protecting his identity recently. That was a great read, thanks.
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Jun 24, 2015 00:00
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It could be like that SNL skit The Rock did several years ago, where Superman actually does a terrible job of hiding his secret identity, and everyone at the Daily Planet jokes about it around him just to laugh at his denials.
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Jun 24, 2015 01:42
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Sarcasm is a super power?
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Jun 24, 2015 01:46
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Keromaru5 posted:It could be like that SNL skit The Rock did several years ago, where Superman actually does a terrible job of hiding his secret identity, and everyone at the Daily Planet jokes about it around him just to laugh at his denials. That skit lived or died on Rock's performance and he nailed it. If they don't put him in a superhero movie someday we're gonna lose a hell of an opportunity with that charming SOB.
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Jun 24, 2015 02:27
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He's Black Adam. It ain't Namor like it should be, but Black Adam's a fine consolation prize.
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Jun 24, 2015 02:32
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McSpanky posted:That skit lived or died on Rock's performance and he nailed it. If they don't put him in a superhero movie someday we're gonna lose a hell of an opportunity with that charming SOB. Ironically, he's set to star in the Big Trouble in Little China remake, which does a pretty good job of tearing down Jack Burton as the stereotypical 80's action star. I don't know that the Rock's particular brand of humor will work for it as well as Kurt Russell, but there it is.
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Jun 24, 2015 02:33
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mind the walrus posted:My preferred take is that everyone around him knows but lives in a constant state of terror and paranoia, but I like that one almost as much. Not terror and paranoia, but I'm positive that All-Star Superman has just about the entire Daily Planet staff guessing the secret on their own. And they realize how much Superman needs to be Clark Kent so they just don't say anything.
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Jun 24, 2015 02:49
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McSpanky posted:That skit lived or died on Rock's performance and he nailed it. If they don't put him in a superhero movie someday we're gonna lose a hell of an opportunity with that charming SOB. All of The Rock's SNL skits are great. How could anyone forget Nicotrel?
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Jun 24, 2015 02:53
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Random Stranger posted:Not terror and paranoia, but I'm positive that All-Star Superman has just about the entire Daily Planet staff guessing the secret on their own. And they realize how much Superman needs to be Clark Kent so they just don't say anything. In All-Star Superman, Clark tells Lois himself and she straight up doesn't believe him.
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Jun 24, 2015 03:04
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Travis343 posted:In All-Star Superman, Clark tells Lois himself and she straight up doesn't believe him. To be fair, All-Star Superman also has the part in it where he brings Lois to the Fortress of Solitude, and something he's doing causes her to hallucinate that the reason he brought her there was to make her the sole breeder for a new race of Kryptonians, which is pretty hosed up for something that's effectively a PG-13.
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Jun 24, 2015 03:41
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Sometimes I forget that Lois Lane and Superman are both crazy people.
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Jun 24, 2015 03:53
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Random Stranger posted:Not terror and paranoia, but I'm positive that All-Star Superman has just about the entire Daily Planet staff guessing the secret on their own. And they realize how much Superman needs to be Clark Kent so they just don't say anything. Yeah but the terror and paranoia comes from not knowing if Superman's listening or how far away he can hear, or if he's watching what you write through x-ray vision, so it's not like you can just chat it out in the break room. Employee orientation periods at the Planet must be a logistical nightmare. Travis343 posted:In All-Star Superman, Clark tells Lois himself and she straight up doesn't believe him. Yes but All-Star Lois was also kind-of a narcissistic rear end in a top hat.
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Jun 24, 2015 03:55
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Keromaru5 posted:It could be like that SNL skit The Rock did several years ago, where Superman actually does a terrible job of hiding his secret identity, and everyone at the Daily Planet jokes about it around him just to laugh at his denials. Was that the one from like 10 years ago where they lie about a drug lord hideout and Clark covers up his absence with "I need to go... to sleep."
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Jun 24, 2015 04:02
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mind the walrus posted:Yes but All-Star Lois was also kind-of a narcissistic rear end in a top hat. Probably the most accurate silver age tribute in that book.
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Jun 24, 2015 04:42
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sitchelin posted:All of The Rock's SNL skits are great. How could anyone forget Nicotrel? Holy poo poo he was tiny. Holy poo poo I consider that as being tiny. Wow.
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Jun 24, 2015 07:31
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PJOmega posted:Holy poo poo he was tiny. He was both smaller and had a higher body fat percentage, all while still being a terrifyingly huge dude. The Rock is not human.
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Jun 24, 2015 08:08
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Well, of course not. He's The Rock. He might have been born Dwayne Johnson, took the stage name Rocky Maivia, but in the end he is, now and forever, The Rock. And the Rock is pretty fine with that. ...Thinking that and typing it makes it sound almost like a superhero comic in itself. Didn't he get a comic at one point, briefly? Bloodly fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Jun 24, 2015 11:35
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Keromaru5 posted:It could be like that SNL skit The Rock did several years ago, where Superman actually does a terrible job of hiding his secret identity, and everyone at the Daily Planet jokes about it around him just to laugh at his denials. http://www.trilulilu.ro/video-divertisment/the-rock-is-superman
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Jun 24, 2015 11:58
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Keromaru5 posted:It could be like that SNL skit The Rock did several years ago, where Superman actually does a terrible job of hiding his secret identity, and everyone at the Daily Planet jokes about it around him just to laugh at his denials. "several years" = 15 years. Dear Lord...
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Jun 24, 2015 12:46
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Thaddius the Large posted:He was both smaller and had a higher body fat percentage, all while still being a terrifyingly huge dude. The Rock is not human. Also, he's not drug tested anymore.
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Jun 24, 2015 13:28
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Endless Mike posted:It's much easier to eat right and work specific routines when you're not on the road 5 days out of 7. Aw, you think he was drug-tested when he was wrestling. That's adorable.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:41
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Gaz-L posted:Aw, you think he was drug-tested when he was wrestling. That's adorable. Maybe they tested him to make sure he was on drugs.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:48
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Gaz-L posted:Aw, you think he was drug-tested when he was wrestling. That's adorable. Heh. True. I suppose the breast reduction surgery was a good tipoff.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:54
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prefect posted:Maybe they tested him to make sure he was on drugs. Nope. Until about 10 years ago, the only thing other than a toilet WWE wrestlers pissed into, was another wrestler's mouth after a bender.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:58
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Gaz-L posted:Nope. Until about 10 years ago, the only thing other than a toilet WWE wrestlers pissed into, was another wrestler's mouth after a bender. No no, they would occasionally piss and poop into each other's bags.
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Jun 24, 2015 16:03
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Endless Mike posted:Heh. True. I suppose the breast reduction surgery was a good tipoff. I thought that was also due to him being Samoan
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Jun 24, 2015 16:07
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Travis343 posted:In All-Star Superman, Clark tells Lois himself and she straight up doesn't believe him. I like the one where Luthor pours millions of dollars into a computer programme that will reveal Superman's identity, then when it reveals that he's Clark Kent, he flies into a rage, cancels the project and sacks the scientist who designed the software, because obviously nobody as powerful as Superman would choose to be a mild-mannered newspaper reporter.
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Jun 24, 2015 21:35
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Wheat Loaf posted:I like the one where Luthor pours millions of dollars into a computer programme that will reveal Superman's identity, then when it reveals that he's Clark Kent, he flies into a rage, cancels the project and sacks the scientist who designed the software, because obviously nobody as powerful as Superman would choose to be a mild-mannered newspaper reporter. I always got the in universe logic for having a secret identity, but it doesn't make a lot of sense if you dissect it, especially in the Silver age. What're they gonna do, hound him with the press? Put the woman or kid that's already always in loving peril in MORE peril? If someone held Lois hostage Superman could've just made some kinda dumbassed robot to distract them while he shrunk down to the size of an atom and flew into their brain to take direct control of them, and if it was Jimmy well he'd just shrug his shoulders and fart in Jimmy's face so the captor would be like 'OH THIS GUY ISN'T IMPORTANT TO SUPERMAN AT ALL, WHAT GOOD IS HE TO ME I'LL LET HIM GO.' The Silver age was insane.
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Jun 24, 2015 21:52
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John Dyne posted:I always got the in universe logic for having a secret identity, but it doesn't make a lot of sense if you dissect it, especially in the Silver age. What're they gonna do, hound him with the press? Put the woman or kid that's already always in loving peril in MORE peril? If someone held Lois hostage Superman could've just made some kinda dumbassed robot to distract them while he shrunk down to the size of an atom and flew into their brain to take direct control of them, and if it was Jimmy well he'd just shrug his shoulders and fart in Jimmy's face so the captor would be like 'OH THIS GUY ISN'T IMPORTANT TO SUPERMAN AT ALL, WHAT GOOD IS HE TO ME I'LL LET HIM GO.' Well, his Ma and Pa for one are mild mannered folks. One of the first things Conduit did for example was go after them. Lois and Jimmy are in danger pretty often but Superman has people close to him who are not. It also provides a way for him to actually, y'know, exist outside of being Superman. The same story I mentioned above had a scene where Lois forces him to go and get coffee as Superman and it's a genuinely uncomfortable situation where everyone is gawking at him, nobody can really talk directly to him and everyone is afraid there is about to be a super-disaster.
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Jun 24, 2015 22:59
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E is for Extinction #1 Much much later after a human hate group's attack has been thwarted: 
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Jun 24, 2015 23:08
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That is impressively ugly. Also, I thought Beak was just a regular ol' sapien now.
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Jun 24, 2015 23:13
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ImpAtom posted:The same story I mentioned above I'm not seeing you mention a story in this thread.  And I'd love to see the 'Superman buys coffee' panels, but no one seems to have access to them.
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Jun 24, 2015 23:17
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Phylodox posted:That is impressively ugly.
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Jun 24, 2015 23:20
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SynthOrange posted:E is for Extinction #1 When you say "much, much later", do you mean as in Cyclops is in his 60's now? 'Cause that's what it looks like here.
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Jun 24, 2015 23:51
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Got some middle-age spread too.
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Jun 24, 2015 23:53
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Hulk Smash! posted:When you say "much, much later", do you mean as in Cyclops is in his 60's now? 'Cause that's what it looks like here. He's supposed to look old and flubby. It's about the new X-men replacing the old
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Jun 24, 2015 23:56
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Senor Candle posted:He's supposed to look old and flubby. It's about the new X-men replacing the old *classic
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Jun 25, 2015 00:07
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Senor Candle posted:He's supposed to look old and flubby. It's about the new X-men replacing the old zoux posted:*classic Oh, so it's like New Coke? Got it.
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I love that art. Is the book worth picking up? I heard it was picking up on some of the pre-Decimation status quo from Morrison's run.
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