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MelvinTheJerk posted:Well to reiterate, his greatest weakness is that he's a lovely person always focused on the wrong goal. In the mini series he's focused on trying to become a crime boss. In the above issue he's trying to embarrass the WCA and, I poo poo you not, set up a floating island where he can keep Tigra as a sex slave. Again, this is a dude who controls GRAVITY. When he brags all the time about having god like powers, he's not making GBS threads you. He really is that powerful. He just can't control himself, so he's a joke. The best Graviton Moments, like the best moments for many characters, is in Thunderbolts. Evil Psychologist Moonstone is basically pressganged into being Graviton's shrink, and finally after simmering as a subplot for a couple issues while the Thunderbolts are off being excellently written elsewhere, Moonstone finally has a breakthrough with Graviton about how petty he is. The next issue is Moonstone and the Thunderbolts finding out that Graviton decided to turn part of California into a floating island with his face on it and give the power of flight to basically a group of mallrats. The man is just built pathetic.
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You're right, if only there was a supervillain who was more than just a dumbfuck in a costume. Oh woe, where is a villain with actual depth in the Marvel Universe. Graviton isn't a moron. He's small minded. He's petty. He doesn't always think things through and he constantly underestimates his potential. He's what a regular dude would be with superpowers. If anything, Marvel suffers from having a glut of super villains who stand as A Superhero But Over The Line. Graviton is a tragedy, because he is among the strongest people on the planet but is so self defeating he commits only base ego-powered supervillainy. It's not him going adoyhadoydoy time to get my face punched, it's every human being alive who could be something but is weighted down by their own issues. Calling him a moron is honestly an insult to the character. Mr. Maltose fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Oct 16, 2013 |
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Oct 16, 2013 08:10
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poo poo, I got the order backwards. Anyway, everyone should read Thunderbolts because the length and quality are mind blowing.
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Oct 16, 2013 23:04
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Pretty sure in Geoff Johns JSA that was a thing.
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Nov 5, 2013 21:14
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It could work. Like, there's no reason for him not to be Asian American. It'd be better if Daredevil was though. Russo swerve!
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Nov 8, 2013 21:55
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TwoPair posted:Emeril Lagasse as Bullseye. BAM Guy Fieri as Stilt-Man
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Nov 13, 2013 06:49
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When you realize that the films were written and directed to be a pisstake on the franchise you gain some appreciation for the writing.
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Nov 13, 2013 22:06
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Ripping off Kirkman would be one way of ending a season, yeah.
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Nov 14, 2013 19:23
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Except Superman. For some reason Ennis just digs Superman.
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Nov 18, 2013 02:17
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I don't see how, that monologue is about the same thing. While you're a child (snow crash points out that all men below the age of 25 or so want to be the baddest motherfucker) the capacity for instant and excessive violence is the dream. Then you grow up and realize violence gets you nothing in and of itself.
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Nov 19, 2013 02:02
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I think a lot of conversations that Raven has later in the book give pay to the idea that being the biggest badass is at the end of the day useless in and of itself, but it really doesn't have much to do with Preacher on TV so I'll drop it.
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Nov 19, 2013 04:13
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The last season when the budget ran dry was dire, but I agree. The 90's X-men was worth it for the musical stings alone.
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Nov 25, 2013 02:05
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To be fair, it wouldn't be the first time DC said a bald-faced lie in order to show how different they are from Marvel.
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Dec 5, 2013 15:18
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Would have been if Green Lantern didn't crater in theaters.
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Dec 5, 2013 15:46
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Hulk was better than fans deserved.
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Dec 5, 2013 23:28
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Make Gordan The Grey Ghost, let's go coconuts with it.
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Jan 13, 2014 23:02
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They will also constantly mispronounce his name and it will drive me bugshit insane for no good reason.
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Jan 14, 2014 04:06
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There's like two Batman villains in Arrow, everybody else is in the GA wheelhouse.
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Feb 20, 2014 23:58
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I'd give Firefly to Bats, but most of the baddies are generic DC dudes with ties to Green Arrow.
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Feb 21, 2014 02:27
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Strangely enough turning Elixir into two characters just makes two terrible characters instead of one.
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Feb 24, 2014 20:19
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Not to mention more Kord Industries!
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Feb 27, 2014 20:06
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I'm still hoping for Booster to be a Kord Industries sponsored publicity stunt turned actual hero.
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Feb 27, 2014 20:11
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The old Flash TV show was pretty trend-setting for the effects use, and if it had come out 5 years later it probably would have gone another two seasons. The show was popular but the computer effects killed their budget.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:25
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Basically the first Deadshot episode is where the show finally finds its stride, partially because it shows just how comicbook Arrow is willing to go and partially because Ollie's supporting cast starts becoming solid.
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Yeah, he brings her Deadshot's laptop to get the memory off it.
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Mar 3, 2014 16:25
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I wonder what Diggle's callsign is, if he gets one.
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Mar 5, 2014 03:01
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I'm secretly hoping for Arsenal because all of Ollie's sidekicks need names Roy Harper used to use.
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Mar 5, 2014 03:13
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Thea's Speedy, dude.
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Mar 5, 2014 03:34
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jscolon2.0 posted:Redheads. Nightwing's greatest weekend is redheads. I don't know if that's a typo or not.
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Mar 6, 2014 21:40
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MazingerLok.
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Really, they should just say gently caress it and turn Agents into Joss Whedon's Marvel Sentai. The Helicarrier can turn into a guy in a rubber suit and box Fin Fang Foom.
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Mar 18, 2014 18:14
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Bring Red Ronin into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that's what I say.
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Mar 19, 2014 13:57
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If Ron Perlman spent 6 hours a day in 1989 to be a lion in a soap opera you would think making a dude look like a robot for the foundation of the TV branch of a multi-billion dollar franchise in the year of our lord 2014 wouldn't be out of the question.
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Apr 3, 2014 16:47
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The Dark Avengers talking about how loving hard it is to hero all the time and wondering if they get vacation days is one of the greatest moments in comics, but there's no way to transfer that to AoS.
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Apr 4, 2014 04:56
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That's not sentai, that's Pokemon. It looks like the better kind of ridiculous, too.
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Apr 4, 2014 07:20
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boom boom boom posted:I will never understand how the Tv show that's a faithful adaptation of a very popular best-selling book series spawned a fandom so psychotic about avoiding spoilers I see you haven't tried reading one of the books.
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Apr 14, 2014 20:08
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Teen. I'm man enough to admit that it bugged the poo poo out of me when the film first came out.
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May 12, 2014 01:11
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I really hope that, like in the 90's Flash show, Barry needs to constantly stuff his face to make up for the calorie burn of moving so fast.
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Medullah posted:Now, if you mean Jack Huston, let's just slap a target on Richard Harrow's head! Harrow was already basically Bullseye Noir.
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