phoenix240 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Sometimes a very interesting even cool character can come from a silly initial concept. There's been quite a few in comics and rpgs. What are some you've run across either in fiction or gaming? For one of mine I'll offer Ruby Thursday, a woman ahead of her time. Of course, this is a very subjective question. "Cool" is a matter of opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts For someone who can create construct for her Ruby Head/Sphere why has she never constructed a Humanoid Head? Psychology I know, but come on. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts bustice is a cool character from a goofy concep fighting crime despite haveing a comparatively lame power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix240 Posted November 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts For someone who can create construct for her Ruby Head/Sphere why has she never constructed a Humanoid Head? Psychology I know, but come on. QM She doesn't need too as she can morph it to a humanoid form for disguise purposes though she genuinely thinks the sphere is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts I admit I do like Ruby Thursday and always thought she had potential. Of course, the coolest character to goofy idea ratio has to belong to the Silver Surfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts I admit I do like Ruby Thursday and always thought she had potential. Of course, the coolest character to goofy idea ratio has to belong to the Silver Surfer. Dazzler! (runs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts I would vote Dinah Soar from GLA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts During John Byrne's run on Alpha Flight I'd have said Puck, though later writers ruined that character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Dazzler! (runs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Ambush Bug. *pop* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Matter Eater Lad. Bouncing Boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix240 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Dazzler! (runs) I like Dazzler but yeah, I guess all pop culture fad based characters do have fine layer of grated cheese by nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts tell that to iron fist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Honestly? The first character I thought of was Foxbat. A comic book nerd who faces (?) his reversal of fortunes by becoming a comic book supervillain? Classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Dazzler! (runs) Out of curiosity, does anyone know if Dazzler's first appearance was before the release of the movie Xanadu, or after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts after i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Out of curiosity' date=' does anyone know if Dazzler's first appearance was before the release of the movie [i']Xanadu[/i], or after? Before, believe it or not, but not by much. X-Men #130 was Feb 1980, Xanadu was released August 1980. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esampson Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Dazzler came out first by probably about a year. In theory they both came out in 1980 but since Dazzler was in the February 1980 issue of X-Men that was probably released a few months earlier than February. Xanadu was released in November of 1980. The story behind the creation of Dazzler is actually sort of interesting. It was originally suppose to be a cross-media product between Marvel and Casablanca Records with Marvel providing the comic books and Casablanca Records producing an 'Alison Blaire' who would perform in concert. Casablanca backed out at the last minute, however, leaving Marvel with the character. (edit: Log-Man beat me to it, and with the correct release date for Xanadu.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts That explains why she looked like a KISS dancer. (Casablanca being KISS's record company) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Much of Casablanca's '70s roster was in the disco/dance/glam vein, and Dazzler's look certainly fit into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts The story behind the creation of Dazzler is actually sort of interesting. It was originally suppose to be a cross-media product between Marvel and Casablanca Records with Marvel providing the comic books and Casablanca Records producing an 'Alison Blaire' who would perform in concert. Casablanca backed out at the last minute, however, leaving Marvel with the character. (edit: Log-Man beat me to it, and with the correct release date for Xanadu.) That is interesting. It was my understanding that there was going to be a live-action movie (or TV movie) with Bo Derek in the role of the Dazzler. I never really had a problem with the Dazzler--I liked the powerset and the costume, although I could have done without the disco-ball pendant and the roller skates. Otherwise, she had potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Well here's a Dazzler Movie treatment(I'm pretty sure it's fake) that's been floating around the net for awhile: http://www.illustratedmedia.com/downloads/Dazzler-Movie-Treatment-scanned.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts That is interesting. It was my understanding that there was going to be a live-action movie (or TV movie) with Bo Derek in the role of the Dazzler. My understanding is that it was meant to be a theatrical release, and when it fell through, the same folks put together a Tarzan movie for Derek instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndreare Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Re: Cool characters from goofy concepts Giuas Ocvtavious (spelling), According to Jim Butcher he was inspired by a forum argument about being able to write a story based on the lamest magic systems pokemon and Pantheonism, the two most overused and generic types of magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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