Err, wasn't Jason Lee the voice of Syndrome?
Yes, he is.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
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Aims - Aug 30, 2005 8:04:00 am PDT #6936 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 8:20:13 am PDT #6937 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That kid totally needed to be shut down. Maybe Mr. Incredible didn't do it in the smoothest way possible (if he had, and Syndrome hadn't had the craxxy brewing, where would the story be), but he did do the right thing.
Aims - Aug 30, 2005 8:22:08 am PDT #6938 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
And where were Syndrome's parents? Why is Mr Incredible blamed for their lack of teaching and love? Huh huh huh?
Jars - Aug 30, 2005 8:24:58 am PDT #6939 of 10002
I'm on Mr. Incredible's side on this one. The kid was annoying, and getting in the way. Plus he'd already done a bunch of stuff for him. And the kid was annoying.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 30, 2005 8:26:29 am PDT #6940 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why is Mr Incredible balmed for their lack of teaching and love? Huh huh huh?
Because his suit was chafing?
sorry, but the typo made me laugh and laugh at the image it invoked
DebetEsse - Aug 30, 2005 8:28:32 am PDT #6941 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Also, backing up Jars, it is not unlike a kid in a plastic fireman's hat trying to tag along on a run with an actual firefighter.
Aims - Aug 30, 2005 8:37:25 am PDT #6942 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
On another movie, LATimes ran an article re: V for Vendetta and Allan Moore was quoted from a BBC interview as saying he couldn't have suffered worse treatment from Hollywood if he had "sodomized and murdered a busload of children after giving them heroin."
Jessica - Aug 30, 2005 8:40:30 am PDT #6943 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Except that the Incredible kids are shown as having the capabilities (mentally, physically, and morally) of adult superheroes at an even younger age. They come by it naturally. It's "in their blood." (squiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick)
I don't think this is honestly something I can argue rationally, because it hits me so hard at a gut level.
Aims - Aug 30, 2005 8:43:19 am PDT #6944 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's "in their blood."
IT'S THE MIDOCLORIANS AGAIN!!!
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 8:43:28 am PDT #6945 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the Incredible kids are shown as having the capabilities (mentally, physically, and morally) of adult superheroes
I disagree that they're shown to be adult -- they certainly aren't deemed able by the story to act as independent agents outside of an emergency. Their powers mean they're not an immediate liability (plus there's that whole plucky thing, but that's because they're the heroes, as I read it, not because they're plucky).
Even if chibiSyndrome had had powers, babysitting him wouldn't have been Mr. Incredible's job, AND he wouldn't at the time have done it for kids of his own either.