You can always tell an old comics fan. We're the only people who ever say the word "nefarious."
I had never read comics when I named the villain in my myth movie for ninth grade English Nefarious.
Right. Sir. Honey.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2004 7:49:25 am PDT #119 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sean K - Jul 11, 2004 7:50:35 am PDT #120 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You can be strong, but have a body that doesn't stand up to huge stresses or vice versa.
Oooh. Good point. The stress on his body there had to have been immense.
Of course, durability in comics can really fall by the wayside sometimes.
All of those busses Supes has picked one handed by the front bumper over the years? Those bumpers should have broken off the buss, really.
Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2004 7:53:20 am PDT #121 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
All of those busses Supes has picked one handed by the front bumper over the years? Those bumpers should have broken off the buss, really.
You should see the innumerable metal objects Clark has literally shattered on Smallville. Superman must have some sort of "Physics Does Not Apply" field around him.
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2004 8:04:43 am PDT #122 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe the chocolate cake is a commentary on the costume not making the man.
As for durability -- I think they're reasonably consistent with it when it comes to people, and completely inconsistent when it comes to objects.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 11, 2004 8:20:20 am PDT #123 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Marvel Universe rated Spider-Man's strength as the 10 ton lifting range, which is both completely insufficient to handle the weight of even one El car and less than just about everybody and his dog among super heroes and villains. Of course, last time I checked the comics Superman couldn't make illusionary duplicates of himself or wipe away someone's memory with a kiss. Lots of creative license is taken in the movies.
Steph L. - Jul 11, 2004 8:32:37 am PDT #124 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
For how long do we whitefont new movies? I can't remember.
Oh! Another sort-of-teary moment was Harry's reaction when he took Spidey's mask off and realized it was Peter.
The thing that surprised me about that scene was I had seen it fifty zillion times in the trailer, and because itwas in the trailer I assumed it was a False Reveal, and either Harry would be interrupted before he could remove the mask or it wouldn't actually be Peter in the suit. It was almost a nice change to have a scene like that actually end with a true reveal.
Lyra, I felt the same way!
Gandalfe - Jul 11, 2004 8:33:54 am PDT #125 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
OK, here's my biggest problem with Spider-Man 2. Are you ready? Doc Ock, outside of the freaky arms, is just human. So, why-oh-why didn't Spidey knock him unconcious with one of those blows to the chin? 'Cause there were a lot of them.
Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2004 8:38:50 am PDT #126 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For how long do we whitefont new movies? I can't remember.
Two weeks.
Gandalfe, here's my five-second fanwank: Those freaky arms, remember, have their own intelligence. Therefore, Doc Ock actually has a greater consciousness level than normal. As they're plugged into his brain, they can keep it going.
Gandalfe - Jul 11, 2004 9:46:13 am PDT #127 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Hmpf. OK, P-C, I'll go with it, but only so I don't keep looking at that and cringing.
erikaj - Jul 11, 2004 10:15:16 am PDT #128 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Everybody needs to step off Ben Braddock. He's one of my Insecure Jewish Woobies.(It's kind of retro of me, but he's on my List. What can I do? It's laminated.) And Lloyd Dobler could not exist in a Braddock-free world. And plastics are just too...plastic. And I still haven't seen the new Spiderman yet, so carry on.