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  2. Funny Hero Thread

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    The palindromedary wonders if there is something inherently comic about "plastic-man" rubbery type heroes' date=' then considers that few people laugh at Mr. Fantastic.....[/quote']

     

    I'd be inclined to say yes and note that Mr. Fantastic (and Mrs. Incredible) are the two exceptions.

  5. Anyone combine Champs with Call of Cuthulu?

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    Not completely retaining his sanity:

     

    "It is hard to explain just how a single sight of a tangible object with measurable dimensions could so shake and change a man; and we may only say that there is about certain outlines and entities a power of symbolism and suggestion which acts frightfully on a sensitive thinker's perspective and whispers terrible hints of obscure cosmic relationships and unnameable realities behind the protective illusions of common vision. In that second look Willett saw such an outline or entity, for during the next few instants he was undoubtedly as stark raving mad as any inmate of Dr. Waite's private hospital."

     

    He does get better, though.

  8. Champions Universe Movie Casting Call

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    For most moviegoers, British accents seem to be "sufficiently foreign" for the job (and have been so since the 30s, I swear); that said, it wouldn't eliminate the possibility of Christopher Lee as the voice of Destroyer as I think he can do a German accent. He certainly does speak German (and French. And Italian. And several more languages on top of those, at least at a conversational level)...

  9. Foxbat: A place in your campaign?

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    There was a time he kidnapped various people, put them in cages (I forget why), but explained that it was okay for him to keep them there for a few hours because he was calling them 'cubicles' :)

     

    That sounds more like the kind of street theatre I'd have Lady Blue do.

  11. Naive question: Semi-Conscious Control?

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    I was re-reading FRed the other evening and looking at the entry for the "No Conscious Control" limitation, and noted the following quote:

     

    "The GM could occasionally allow the character to turn on the Power, but if allowed, this should involve substantial penalties...."

     

    Then I found myself thinking about the Teen Titans cartoon episode with the Puppet King and Starfire and Raven switching bodies. In that, Starfire learns fairly quickly how to not set off Raven's powers all the time-- but there is a gag moment when she successfully pulls off the conscious control and her delight in that pushes the emotional limit enough to set off the power by accident!

     

    This sort of "semi-conscious control"-- where the character can and does use the power fairly well but sometimes accidentally goes off when excited-- seems like it would fit well in a Teen Champions campaign, and I was just wondering if that book had a writeup of the limitation. FRed doesn't really seem to have one formally written up (Enraged, Accidental Change, and Activation Roll really don't fit).

     

    Anyone ever written up such a limitation? It seems like it'd be a -1/2 at the most depending on how dangerous the power is...

  14. Champions Universe Movie Casting Call

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    then he should be creepy.

     

    Mm, I dunno. I mean, do you not like Doctor Doom because he's melodramatic rather than creepy? Megalomaniacal villains who do the monologue thing and come up with globe-spanning plans of Evil and Destruction have a long and respectable history. There's probably a creepy villain out there who Walken could do better without having to alter Destroyer's fundamental character (though for some reason I'm drawing a blank on just who in the Champs universe might be unusually well-suited to Walken's style).

     

    As for an animated Foxbat, I'd draw on an earlier poster's suggestion and have Adam West voice it. Gary Owens (the original Space Ghost) or George Lowe (Space Ghost: Coast to Coast) would be pretty funny as well.

  19. Champions Universe Movie Casting Call

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    Foxbat would have to be played by a comedian of some sort. Maybe Jim Carrey (though he is better in his serious roles).

     

    I don't know if he has to be a comedian so much as a comic actor-- or possibly even a serious actor playing the inherent ridiculousness straight-faced (after all Foxbat sees himself in quite a dramatic way).

     

    Personally, I'm thinking Patrick Warburton.

     

    And if Seeker exists, there's a an awful strong temptation to make him Steve Irwin...

  23. WWYCD: Stark Contrast

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    Irving's already got achromatic color blindness, so he wouldn't be losing *quite* as much information as most, but it would annoy him and he'd probably seek out the help of his teammates pretty quickly.

     

    My husband's character Elizabeth-- who I think I've mentioned here-- sees the entire EM spectrum, so it would depend on how the effect manifested: if the non-visual spectra still showed up, giving the effect of Gibson's opening line of Neuromancer ("the color of television tuned to a dead channel") she'd be infuriated and probably track the guy down to pummel him.

     

    If it really did reduce the visual information to a black-and-white line effect, she'd probably find the relative quiet relaxing for a while-- and then track the guy down and pummel him for dicking around with her.

  24. movies/t.v. vs comic books

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    And that's the problem. While Peter is a smart guy' date=' having a youngster suddenly bust out the formula for an awesome adhesive and a launcher for it is a bit implausible for someone whose powers don't include super INT.[/quote']

     

    Heck, he wouldn't be a struggling freelance photographer if he came up with synthetic spider-silk-- major corporations would be offering all sorts of financial incentives to get him to work for them (and probably offering to pay for all his schooling in the bargain).

  25. Best SuperHero Fights ever

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    Kyle in the Martian Manhunter's body' date=' being creative with shapeshifting as he is with his ring doing a "My favorite martians" running through a 4 armed barsoomian, mars attacks, an apelike thing I didn't recognize and Marvin.[/quote']

     

    Did the ape-thing look like a gorilla in a diving helmet? That'd be Ro-Man from Robot Monster (though I don't know if they ever explicitly say he's from Mars).

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