No!
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
Animation 1: I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Drawn That Way
A thread to discuss television and online animation.
sj - Nov 20, 2015 2:47:24 pm PST #645 of 1080
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
DavidS - Nov 20, 2015 2:53:04 pm PST #646 of 1080
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
FUCK!!!
-t - Nov 20, 2015 2:54:11 pm PST #647 of 1080
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw. Well, I'm not exactly surprised, but a little sad. Otoh, I am maybe more excited for the finale knowing t was always intended as a series finale.
quester - Nov 21, 2015 6:18:21 pm PST #648 of 1080
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
So, I've started rewatching Justice League. And I have a couple of observations.
1. Superman gets his ass kicked a lot. A lot! Mostly by Wonder Woman, but he keeps getting shot with rays that the Atlantians and aliens have that knock him out. WTF?
2. I always watch with the captioning on. So it cracks me up that whenever anything is fired at the super heroes the captioning always says "Pew Pew Pew" Always!
Kalshane - Nov 21, 2015 7:56:18 pm PST #649 of 1080
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Superman gets his ass kicked a lot. A lot! Mostly by Wonder Woman, but he keeps getting shot with rays that the Atlantians and aliens have that knock him out. WTF?
There was apparently a lot of fan outcry about this during season 1, so in Season 2 they brought his power level back up a bit. I think it was an intentional thing to make it seem more believable that Superman needed a team to help him because he couldn't do everything, but it just made him seem wimpy. (For Superman, anyway.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 22, 2015 3:39:32 am PST #650 of 1080
"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
Well, he's supposed to be Superman, not Kinda-strong-and-tough-man.
quester - Nov 22, 2015 9:14:39 am PST #651 of 1080
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
It does sort of take the "super" out of Superman. I like that Diana can match him in strength, but he groans a whole lot more than she does.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 22, 2015 11:44:09 am PST #652 of 1080
"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
I object to that—she should be able to beat him via lifelong combat training and the use of magical weapons, but not his equal in terms of raw power.
quester - Nov 22, 2015 4:41:59 pm PST #653 of 1080
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I'm noticing their relative strengths vary per episode. It's a little confusing.
Kalshane - Nov 23, 2015 5:11:36 am PST #654 of 1080
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
That's super heroes as a genre. Superman will always be as strong as the plot demands and The Flash will always be as fast as the same.
I agree that it's frustrating, though.
I want to say that when they de-nerf Superman starting in season 2, he's clearly stronger than Diana. But in season 1 they're both all over the place.
But Superman generally takes the role of Worf in this series. He constantly gets clobbered to show how tough the bad guy is. (And because he can have a building dropped on him and get back up.)