Kalli posted:

He needs to copy a shot then use it from where and the height the player shot at though.

Same deal with Golf. He can copy the perfect form... but will not know how much power to use to compensate for the course or wind. He'd be a hell of a pitcher though.

Toshimo posted:

The Question IRL posted:

Yes exactly. He is obviously some one trick pony whose super power is only useful in a very specific set of circumstances.
That's why he he always gets his rear end kicked.

(Sarcasm off.)

Lot of posters here sounding like AI villains in a AAA console game.
"Sure they say that Taskmaster is this amazing dude who can replicate any action he sees. But I bet I could stump him by moving in an unpredictable manner. Also, while we are at it, I bet Wolverine isn't really the Best There Is At What He Does."

Libra posted:

I would do a series of cool moves followed by one really stupid one that leaves me mortally wounded, in the hopes that he would copy me.

quote:

[...]Finally, the last man strode into the arena. The crowd leaned in, eager to see him dismembered or worse by the Ya-at warrior, who scarcely had suffered a scratch and was oiled and offered refreshments by its house slaves.

The two warriors squared off, the young nobleman dwarfed by his opponent, and the bell was rung. The nobleman then did a very strange thing. He threw out a single sword stroke that was so artless, so completely lacking in skill, that a child might have made it. It was like a village idiot absentmindedly hurling a stick into a muddy pond. The Ya-at warrior was so shocked and offended by the young nobleman’s complete and utter lack of skill and technique that the hulking warrior was caught by surprise and decapitated in one blow.

The crowd was taken aback and instantly sprung up in confusion, disarray, and rage, for surely the young man must have cheated. The king descended from his gilded palanquin and quieted the crowd, addressing the young man directly.

“What trickery did you use to defeat my warrior?” demanded the king, at this point sputtering with disbelief himself. “No trickery,” said the young man, who was absentmindedly toeing the ya-at’s corpse.

“Then what technique? What sword art did you learn to make such a blow?” said the king.

“My technique is no technique,” said the young man. “My art is no art. It was an idiot’s blow.”

“Ten thousand warriors have failed to defeat my gladiator,” said the king, gaping. “Trained in ten thousand fighting arts from across the Wheel. How could an artless fool have defeated my prize slave?” The young man scratched his chin. “Well, not anyone can use my lack of technique. No ordinary fool could make that blow,” he replied “only one extremely dedicated to foolishness.”

It was immediately apparent to the king that this young man was extraordinarily powerful.

Precambrian posted:

"Taskmaster, you fool! You've copied Wimp Lo, who we've trained wrong, as a joke!"

Toshimo posted:

flatluigi posted:

there are much more flattering looking skeletons in wrestling than that

Drakyn posted:

Ah, a Kill Six Billion Demons technique.

Darthemed posted:

Spidey Super Stories #26 (1977)

flatluigi posted:

there are much more flattering looking skeletons in wrestling than that

Elissimpark posted:

I'd love to watch a Spidey Super Stories movie or series - the slightly insane and childlike enthusiasm is fantastic.

Problem is, you wouldn't want it just be campy, I think the source material deserves better.

Draga posted:

https://twitter.com/KungFu_Grip/status/725970583473647616

Keromaru5 posted:

A few weeks ago I watched a video on the '66 Batman movie, which pointed out that for all the goofiness, (1) it was a reasonably accurate portrayal of the Batman comics at the time, and (2) it's all played rather straight, with Adam West giving it his all with the gravitas.

Elissimpark posted:

Oh yeah, the grimdark Batman thing is only a relatively recent thing. I wanna say Dark Knight Returns is about the start of it, but I'm probably horribly wrong.

Keromaru5 posted:

DC's main project for several decades was to try as hard as possible to make everyone forget the Adam West Batman.

Anyway, I would very much be into a similar take on Spider-Man.

Push El Burrito posted:

Now I'm sad we didn't get Adam West Spider-Man.

Keromaru5 posted:

A few weeks ago I watched a video on the '66 Batman movie, which pointed out that for all the goofiness, (1) it was a reasonably accurate portrayal of the Batman comics at the time, and (2) it's all played rather straight, with Adam West giving it his all with the gravitas.

Alhazred posted:

It's also really boring. I really struggled with getting through it.

Bucnasti posted:

Batman started out dark, he used to have no problem shooting people. in the 50's concern about "juvenile delinquency" prompted the creation of the Comics Code which had super strict rules about what could be depicted in comics, Batman was cleaned up and made code friendly so it could remain on newstands.
With the loosening of the Code requirements in the 70s Batman started getting more serious, O'Neill set the stage for the dark batman we all know now.