Andrew_A

You're. Having. FUN? Burn the heretic! Burn him!

Yah. You have to keep in mind the target audience. JLU Trickster doesn't work on prime time television. Prime-time-Flash Trickster would be inappropriate for an all ages cartoon. Personally, I just prefer the cartoon version. YMMV.

This is my favourite version of the Trickster. Voice by Mark Hammil of course... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJq2PAI-Fxc

The writing doesn't bother me in the slightest. Yeah it's stupid, but it's not meant to be taken overly seriously. I can live with Supergirl's level of stupidity. I agree with you about Heroes. That was just beyond the pale.

I liked this episode and I like the series overall. JMHO. YMMV. etc. etc.

I'd be down with that.

87% of statistics are made up. And no that doesn't describe eighty percent of Superman stories over the course of eighty years. Not even close. In fact, given the longevity of said character, it's impossible to accurately guesstimate what a representative sample of Superman stories are like. I mean Jerry Siegel, John Byrne, Otto Binder, Jim Shooter, Alan Moore, Dwayne McDuffie, Mort Weisinger, and Denny O'Neil all had very different takes on the character. Then you have to consider the takes of actors like George Newburn, Christopher Reeve, George Reeves, Kirk Alyn, Dean Cain, Danny Dark, Henry Cavill, and several more than I can name. On top of that you have to remember that the time period makes a difference. Eighties Superman is very different from forties Superman is very different from fifties Superman is very different from seventies Superman, et cetera. A story written by Alan Moore in the eighties, is going to be radically different from an Otto Binder story written in the late fifties. Next you have to take into account all the clones of Superman created by others. People keep finding alternate and variant takes on the character. Hyperion, Gladiator, Sentry, Supreme, Plutonian, Icon, Apollo, the High, Captain Marvel (Fawcett version), are all alternate takes on the same basic idea. So, no, Superman's storytelling potential is not limited. If it was, the comics industry would have run out of ideas decades before any of us was born.

Eight decades of comics, would disagree with you. (Not to mention cartoons, movies, movie serials, TV shows, and one really bad broadway play.) This is Superman we're talking about, one of the most recognizable fictional characters in the world.

I'm watching Monday's episode right now and I have a question: Why isn't anyone intimidated by terrorists? Just once, I'd like to see some one say, "If I got to this event it's going to make it harder for Security to protect me. Plus, my presence will put a lot of innocent people in danger. I'm a brilliant businessman/politician/celebrity/whatever. Maybe, just maybe, I'm being a selfish douchebag by insisting that I go." EDIT: Never mind. The episode explained it. However, it's still a ridiculous genre trope.

You guys said it wouldn't happen, but now it might.

I would happily watch that, but I don't think Netflix or Marvel would go for that.

Jessica Jones is pretty dark, but it's also pretty funny at times. Just don't expect to see Marvel's answer to Lois and Clark. In fact, in some ways it's what I would have liked to see in Arrow season 1.

Just to bring the thread back on topic (sort of), this is why I find Superman more relatable than Spider-Man. Both Superman and Spider-Man understand that "with great power comes great responsibility," but Pete acted, a lot of the time, like being Spider-Man and doing the right thing was a burdensome duty. Superman always accepted responsibility as a given, a sacred trust, and a privilege. He did the right thing for the most believable reason of all, because it was the right thing, same as any cop, fire fighter, or paramedic.

Not what I had in mind no. I meant someone who gets powers and realizes that getting wedgies from bullies isn't a big deal. In the early days, Pete whined incessantly about how hard his life is, instead of realizing how cool it is to have super powers and moving on to bigger and better things. Ultimate Spider-Man is closer to what I had in mind.

I agree with you. If you don't like something, don't watch it. I didn't like season 1 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., so I stopped watching. I didn't like season 1, and most of season 2, of Arrow, so I stopped. Life's too short to indulge in something you hate. Complain if it makes you feel better, there might be some valid criticisms, but don't waste time watching crap. BTW, I started watching Arrow again and it's better than before. I love both Flash and Supergirl and I'm debating whether or not to watch AoS again. You'd have to waterboard me before I'd ever watch Daredevil or House of Cards again. Actually, no. Waterboarding might be preferable. More uplifting.

If you want to see really well done mind control, watch Jessica Jones. I'm on the seventh episode and David Tennant is creepy as hell.

This is meant to be a compliment, but I'd buy a comic about someone like that. A story about some bullied kid who gets super powers and uses them to do good, despite his crappy life, is classic super heroics.

Post-Crisis. Sort of. He did shave once in an Alan Moore story. As far as I know the only other time he shaved pre-Byrne, was a silver age story where red kryptonite made his hair and fingernails grow uncontrollably. BTW, the shaving thing Byrne did, always bothered me. How does he cut his hair? Superman, not Byrne.

Maybe I'm too much of a Pollyanna, but I'm not too sure you'd become a super-mass murderer. You'd probably end up with insanely awesome powers, realize that you could wipe out Texas from orbit, and decide that the bullies are kind of beneath you. Being able to shrug off a small nuke might give you increased confidence (or at least increased arrogance). You might decide that if a superpower government couldn't hurt you, then a bully wouldn't be such a big deal.

Okay, this tangent is kind of annoying me, but I just have to chime in. Supergirl's an alien, right? What makes you guys think she orgasms like a normal human being? Maybe "Woman of Steel, Man of Kleenex" isn't a problem. EDIT: For example: In pre-Crisis continuity, Kryptonians under Earth's yellow sun don't grow hair. Superman never had to shave his beard and Supergirl never had to shave her legs. Neither of them ever needed a haircut. I remember one bronze age story where Superman had to convince a skeptical young boy that he really was Clark Kent by showing him his medicine cabinet (no deodorant, mouthwash, shaving cream, etc.).

Good plan and, sadly, not filmable on a weekly TV show budget.

Both Linda and Iris know Barry's ID in the comics. At least they're being true to the source material.

Not exactly. The first time he did it, he had to be sneaky and he couldn't mention Buffy by name on Angel. The second time he did it, he had Angel appear on Buffy, not vice versa. By the time season 5 of Angel rolled around, Buffy (the show) was gone so he could do whatever he liked.

From the Supergirl Wikipedia page. In short, it's probably never gonna happen, but who knows? They could change their minds.

Well the "Interns of SHIELD" thing isn't mine. I wish I could take credit, but it isn't mine. I guess my problem is that the lead characters - with the debatable exception of May - lacked a certain amount of badassery. They didn't feel like larger than life comic book superagents to me. To illustrate, if you were running a third edition Super Agents campaign, would the group look like them? (I am, of course, referring to how they were in season 1. Maybe I should check out the show now?)