The Incredible family maps to the FF pretty well. Elastigirl to Reed, Violet to Sue, and Mr. Incredible to the Thing. Plus, the baby can burst into flame.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
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DXMachina - Nov 20, 2004 10:20:21 am PST #6576 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Mr. Broom - Nov 20, 2004 10:23:04 am PST #6577 of 10000
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Which is almost as funny a take on the FF as Dr. Impossible's clan in the Venture Bros. episode "Ice Station Impossible". So wrong.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2004 10:23:43 am PST #6578 of 10000
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The Incredible family maps to the FF pretty well. Elastigirl to Reed, Violet to Sue, and Mr. Incredible to the Thing. Plus, the baby can burst into flame.
Yep. I totally got a FF vibe off them (didn't think of Mr. Incredible as the Thing, though I guess that works well enough), and I was very happy to see Jack-Jack pull a Human Torch. But I had no idea Sue could do force fields too, so Violet's power seemed a little arbitrary. Now? So much sense! Awesome.
CaBil - Nov 20, 2004 10:28:20 am PST #6579 of 10000
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Well, the Human Torch flighty nature seems to map onto Dash, while his actual powers seem to map onto Jack-Jack, while the Thing's appearance maps onto Jack-Jack while his strength goes to Mr. Incredible.
Reed's ability to turn a toaster into a gateway to the negative zone, his giant squishy brain ability, seems to have missed this particular clan...
What I particularly liked was that the foe at the end of the movie, mapped very well with Mole-man, the foe from the very first appearance of the FF.
Thomash - Nov 20, 2004 10:33:59 am PST #6580 of 10000
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In the end though, they aren't the FF. And a lot of their powers are pretty standard in superhero worlds. I saw that The Incredible's abilities were more closely tied to their personalities.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2004 10:34:49 am PST #6581 of 10000
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What I particularly liked was that the foe at the end of the movie, mapped very well with Mole-man, the foe from the very first appearance of the FF.
That's awesome.
And what do you know, the latest EW has a First Look at Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom. He looks like a metal dude in a dark green hood. Which, well, is what he looks like, right?
DXMachina - Nov 20, 2004 10:37:25 am PST #6582 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Well, invisibility plus force field is pretty unique, but otherwise, yeah.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2004 10:37:53 am PST #6583 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In the end though, they aren't the FF.
Are there are any other superhero families like the FF? I mean, I know there are lots of superheroes who are related, but I can't think of ones who actually fight as a family.
And a lot of their powers are pretty standard in superhero worlds.
Yeah, definitely.
I saw that The Incredible's abilities were more closely tied to their personalities.
That's interesting.
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Or maybe their personalities developed out of their abilities.
Thomash - Nov 20, 2004 10:42:10 am PST #6584 of 10000
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Or maybe their personalities developed out of their abilities.
That could work both ways. For Dash he certainly seemed a reflection of his power. But he's also a little kid. Violet's power looked more like a reflection of her introverted self. I don't think she realized she was invisible when the cute boy at school looked at her early on in the movie. It seemed like that was an unconscious reaction.
Thomash - Nov 20, 2004 11:12:02 am PST #6585 of 10000
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Something I said?