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ConfusedUs posted:I feel like the only way I'd like a The Thing solo is if they went full camp with it. Like the Batman: Brave and the Bold animated series a few years ago, make it so that the hero is the straight man to every zany thing in the universe. The one issue I had as a kid had him randomly stumbling upon magical leprechauns. 
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Look folks, The Thing is basically The Hulk if instead of being a terrifying rage monster, he was the nicest, most humble guy you’ll ever know. If you can’t get behind that, there’s something wrong inside of you.
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Jul 4, 2018 17:04
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The thing is just a blue collar guy from the rough streets who lives in a magic skyscraper with infinite money. And hell,
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Jul 4, 2018 17:14
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Matt Lindland posted:The thing is just a blue collar guy from the rough streets who lives in a magic skyscraper with infinite money. And hell, I liked how in the Ultimate imprint, he was straight-up suicidal, but couldn’t find a way to actually do it. Which just made things worse for him. Poor guy.
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Jul 4, 2018 18:02
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Has anyone ever done anything with the fact that, for all that he's not as smart as Reed, the Thing is still a former test pilot and astronaut who probably has multiple degrees in engineering?
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Jul 4, 2018 18:15
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Isn't every F4 member an accomplished scientific person? And that's why they were in the spaceship on the first place? It's just that Reed has to be the smartest person in the whole multiverse, I guess.
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Jul 4, 2018 18:20
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Wheat Loaf posted:Has anyone ever done anything with the fact that, for all that he's not as smart as Reed, the Thing is still a former test pilot and astronaut who probably has multiple degrees in engineering? Isn't the fact that he's the best pilot in the F4 (rock fingers or no) still part of his character? Samuringa posted:Isn't every F4 member an accomplished scientific person? And that's why they were in the spaceship on the first place? Not really. Sue was a wannabe actor, Johnny was a teenage gearhead. At least in the original comics -- that may have been retconned for all I know. Selachian fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Jul 4, 2018 |
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Jul 4, 2018 18:24
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Samuringa posted:Isn't every F4 member an accomplished scientific person? And that's why they were in the spaceship on the first place? That was just in the Ultimate universe. In 616 Sue and Johnny tagged along for insanely stupid reasons and Ben was just Reed's BFF and a pilot.
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Jul 4, 2018 18:30
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ecavalli posted:Look folks, The Thing is basically The Hulk if instead of being a terrifying rage monster, he was the nicest, most humble guy you’ll ever know. If you can’t get behind that, there’s something wrong inside of you. That's not true. The Hulk bangs way more. Like there's a solid 99% chance if the Hulk runs into a princess from the future/an alien planet/the microverse it's going down.
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Jul 4, 2018 18:41
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Wheat Loaf posted:Has anyone ever done anything with the fact that, for all that he's not as smart as Reed, the Thing is still a former test pilot and astronaut who probably has multiple degrees in engineering? Given that his origin story literally consists of him correctly pointing out that the mission should be scrubbed due to being dangerous, but Sue Storm mocking him for being a coward and letting the commies win the space race, until he gives in and goes anyway, I don't think Ben Grimm was ever depicted as being particularly 'smart.'
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Jul 4, 2018 18:50
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Selachian posted:Not really. Sue was a wannabe actor, Johnny was a teenage gearhead. At least in the original comics -- that may have been retconned for all I know. Zore posted:That was just in the Ultimate universe. In 616 Sue and Johnny tagged along for insanely stupid reasons and Ben was just Reed's BFF and a pilot. Oh, I can't wait for the continuity lecture on this one, those are always a good time  Although the F4 hasn't had a main title since Secret Wars, right? There's a chance nobody might even know?
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Jul 4, 2018 18:51
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Samuringa posted:Oh, I can't wait for the continuity lecture on this one, those are always a good time Correct, Reed, Sue and the kids have been missing then.
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Jul 4, 2018 19:10
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Mulva posted:That's not true. I thought Ben has a steady girlfriend? I suppose a lot can change in the 20 years since I last read a F4 comic, she probably got killed for pathos or got her sight back and left him because it made her shallow or something.
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Jul 4, 2018 19:17
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Friends, Marvel has a handy-dandy Power Grid right on their official Wiki! Thing has an Intelligence rating of 2, which is Normal. Johnny is a 4 (Gifted), Sue is a 5 (Genius) and Reed is a 6 (Super-Genius).
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Jul 4, 2018 19:23
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Endless Mike posted:Friends, Marvel has a handy-dandy Power Grid right on their official Wiki! Thing has an Intelligence rating of 2, which is Normal. Johnny is a 4 (Gifted), Sue is a 5 (Genius) and Reed is a 6 (Super-Genius). I know self-reported numbers when I see them.
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Endless Mike posted:Friends, Marvel has a handy-dandy Power Grid right on their official Wiki! Thing has an Intelligence rating of 2, which is Normal. Johnny is a 4 (Gifted), Sue is a 5 (Genius) and Reed is a 6 (Super-Genius). I don't remember Sue's FASERIP, but I'm pretty sure Johnny only had "Good" levels of Reason.
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Bruceski posted:I thought Ben has a steady girlfriend? I suppose a lot can change in the 20 years since I last read a F4 comic, she probably got killed for pathos or got her sight back and left him because it made her shallow or something. The blind woman, Alicia Masters? She's still around. But I think the only time they banged was in Hickman's run when the Future Foundation kids developed a potion that turned Thing normal for a couple days.
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Skwirl posted:The blind woman, Alicia Masters? She's still around. But I think the only time they banged was in Hickman's run when the Future Foundation kids developed a potion that turned Thing normal for a couple days. Little had they realized what he was talking about when the Thing thanked them for giving him a potion that let him get his rocks off.
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Jul 4, 2018 20:03
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Ultimate Ben's power evolution was pretty neat and kind of long overdue for 616 Ben.
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Mulva posted:The Hulk bangs way more. Like there's a solid 99% chance if the Hulk runs into a princess from the future/an alien planet/the microverse it's going down. I'm not going to link it here, but everyone that has seen that one particular Hulk .gif has that image in their head right now.
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Jul 4, 2018 21:39
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That one time the Hulk got laid and Banner couldn't hulk out anymore cause he had chilled out
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Jul 4, 2018 21:46
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Rhyno posted:Ultimate Ben's power evolution was pretty neat and kind of long overdue for 616 Ben. What was this? I sort of stopped reading Ultimates halfway through the run. (Cause I'm an idiot)
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Jul 4, 2018 22:27
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So the most important thing that happened in Batman #50 was that it had a scene in Porky’s Bar, making the Batman/Elmer Fudd Special canon.
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Jul 4, 2018 22:48
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Infinitum posted:What was this? I sort of stopped reading Ultimates halfway through the run. (Cause I'm an idiot) No you were better off. It happens in the Ultimate Doom/Mystery/Trashcan trilogy that Bendis wrote where Reed is revealed to have become a villain. Ben's skin flakes off and he's normal except now he can like power up and he's purple and glowing and has all his Thing powers. Then he and Sue hook up out of nowhere and she proposes to him.
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Jul 4, 2018 23:51
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Rhyno posted:Then he and Sue hook up out of nowhere and she proposes to him. What??
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Jul 5, 2018 00:02
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To be fair, Reed made them drink pee.
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Jul 5, 2018 00:03
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Somebody post the panel of Ultimate Sue rejecting Reed, which then led to the Ultimate universe to somehow predict the rise of dangerous Incel terrorists.
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Rhyno posted:No you were better off. It happens in the Ultimate Doom/Mystery/Trashcan trilogy that Bendis wrote where Reed is revealed to have become a villain. Ben's skin flakes off and he's normal except now he can like power up and he's purple and glowing and has all his Thing powers. What the gently caress?! I legit can’t tell if this is a joke or not.
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ecavalli posted:What the gently caress?! 100 percent true, and involves bright red lipstick and collagen injections.
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Jul 5, 2018 00:32
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'Purple and glowing'? Thing turned into Thanos? 
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Jul 5, 2018 00:34
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Rhyno posted:No you were better off. It happens in the Ultimate Doom/Mystery/Trashcan trilogy that Bendis wrote where Reed is revealed to have become a villain. Ben's skin flakes off and he's normal except now he can like power up and he's purple and glowing and has all his Thing powers. Yeah I'm glad I stopped reading that... like The Maker is such a cool rear end villain, but I never knew about... purple glowy Thing powers  Post pics 
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Jul 5, 2018 00:35
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He's not Thanos-like. He's just like, regular person sized and happens to be glowing pink.
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Jul 5, 2018 00:37
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A quick round of Google-Fu Man I feel like I gotta read the whole Ultimates run again at some point
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Jul 5, 2018 00:42
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What the gently caress, Bendis?
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Jul 5, 2018 00:52
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I was trying to find a panel but the only relevant offline comic I had was Ultimate FF, which I forgot triples down on the stupidity of the Ultimate line by only showing Ben's energy form between panels as he transforms into regular rock Thing because editorial status quo conquers all. Also Doom is alive because the other Doom that Ben killed was actually Sue's mom, yay comics.
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Jul 5, 2018 00:53
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Infinitum posted:A quick round of Google-Fu I’m honestly impressed that it’s worse than I imagined.
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Jul 5, 2018 00:55
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ecavalli posted:I’m honestly impressed that it’s worse than I imagined. The Ultimate Universe post-mortem.
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Jul 5, 2018 00:59
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Infinitum posted:
Really? Because that is not the feeling I'm getting from this, more of a relief I never read it in the first place.
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Infinitum posted:A quick round of Google-Fu I don't know if I hate this or when supes was blue and electric more.
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