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  5. [Humour]SciFi TV Quotes

    in Star Hero

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    Re: [Humour]SciFi TV Quotes

     

    Two more from Firefly.

     

    Jayne: "If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak."

     

    Simon: "River...come on out, River! The nice man wants to kidnap you!"

     

    DS9

     

    Quark: "I'm not rescuing you, I'm taking you along as emergency rations!"

  14. Nudity and Sex in comics books

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    Re: Nudity and Sex in comics books

     

    Sex and nudity doesn't seem a good match for all characters. I'd be perfectly happy with nothing much more explicit than fade-to-black for Batman, Spiderman, and Captain America.

     

    I want warning in advance of bad writing and freaky rape scenes.

  15. Horror Hero rant

    in Other Genres

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    Re: Horror Hero rant

     

    In the horror movies I've seen - I don't think I've come across a single characters close to the level of normal intelligence you find in horror literature (except possibly Hellraiser 5).

     

    As many jokes as were in it, I think Tremors (the first one, the only one) did a good job with making their protagonists relatively intelligent Everymen. Rednecks, yes, but not *stupid* rednecks.

     

    I loved that movie just because the FIRST TIME something scary happened, they tried to leave town. None of this "let's stay here while the walls bleed" crap.

  16. Avenger/Justice League in the "real" world

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    Re: Avenger/Justice League in the "real" world

     

    Actually,the rule about using only weapons stolen from criminals is not a good idea.The police might think that you're a criminal then....

     

    My thought was that in the real world, a vigilante is a criminal. So you might as well have something that gets traced to Capone and not you.

     

    Unless you are Jackie Chan, and can kill people with Bubble Yum, in which case you should definitely do that, just to encourage gum control.

  17. Avenger/Justice League in the "real" world

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    Re: Avenger/Justice League in the "real" world

     

    Heh, that's a great list, Iuz. Unfortunately my first reaction to the first two rules is "But I ****ing hate Halle Berry!" :nonp:

     

    You should probably use only weapons stolen from criminals. And don't train at the range or go to a dojo. And, this is very important, do NOT have a cool skill-giving or useful-to-crimefighting job.

  18. Avenger/Justice League in the "real" world

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    Re: Avenger/Justice League in the "real" world

     

    Rubric wrote: Perhaps the best way to analyze this subject is to look at the real world and ask yourself, "Why aren't there more vigilante crime fighters in real life?"***

     

    This might be more a look into my own mental health than anything else, but my own concerns would revolve a whole lot less around my getting shot/killed, and a whole lot more about what negative press would do to my family and about having to pretty much give up my family to protect them.

     

    Then there's forensic evidence and our lovely legal system. I doubt a mask or sunglasses would go as far in a real world setting.

     

    "Well, we're looking for a Caucasian woman, 5'1", bright red hair, about 15-25 years old, waving a shotgun and wearing Wranglers and a tee shirt, but we'll never find her, 1/3 of her face was covered! Damn her vigilante brilliance!"

  19. Name for villain?

    in Champions

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    Re: Name for villain?

     

    I'm not sure what mood you're going for - Plague Vector could go light or dark. Virus, Vyrus, et. al. is kind of generic. El Disgusto, the Unpopular would probably not do serious very well, ditto for Shrill Buzzing.

  22. Your Character's Greatest Fear?

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    Re: Your Character's Greatest Fear?

     

    I'm just doing my main superhero team, GAUNTLET. (Guardians Against Undead Nightmares, Thugs, Lowlives, and Evil Things)

     

    1) The Demon (Kung-fu powers) fears becoming a cold-blooded killer. He's very much the honorable martial artist, and he wants to be feared ("did you know criminals are naturally superstitious? I read it in a book!") only by the bad guys.

     

    2) The Owl (Gun-fighter/Gadgeteer) is completely paranoid. Her single greatest fear is of ending up drugged up to her eyeballs in a mental hospital. She knows she's not crazy, but society seems to have issues with flying Punisher knock-offs.

     

    3) Accelerant (Pyrokinetic/Empath) fears going mad. He's a pyrokinetic empath on a team of messed up people. The Owl alone once made blood come out of his nose. He'd also prefer to avoid barbequeing any teammates accidentally.

     

    4) Freight-Train (Super-speedster/Brick) fears becoming a science experiment. He got his powers from "a shiny rock," and a bunch of people seem to want to get their hands on him. He still isn't very good at maintaining a secret identity.

     

    5) Stargazer (Magically Enhanced) is afraid of her powers and her relative inability to control them. She also has a complete phobia of killing humans.

     

    6) AK-47 (Anime catgirl) is afraid of zombies, her deadbeat dad who is a minor deity with nasty sense of humor, and her highschool principal.

  23. WWE Hero

    in Other Genres

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    You might want to give the REALLY big guys (not those "WWE-normal" size guys of 6'3") some sort of stamina or invulnerability boost. Like the way Undertaker was pretty much impervious to most damage.

     

    Girls should get some sort of boost despite their size, though. Remember, a slap from a chick hurts more than a German suplex from her boyfriend. But you can break them in half afterwards.

     

    You should get some sort of style points if your move is more insanely dangerous to yourself than to your opponent. Diving headbutts from the top of the cage, Swanton bombs, etc.

  24. The Land Hero

    in Fantasy Hero

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    Next, I still cannot believe people are so overwhelmed with Thomas raping the woman. [...snip...] Hell, she even forgives him!

     

    Well, that said more nice things about Lena than it did about Covenant. It doesn't reduce his crime in my eyes; it just makes her a better person than I could be.

     

    I don't think it's because I'm a woman that it bothers me. My mom pretty much said what you did. I think it's that he's so self-absorbed that I never could enjoy him as an antihero. He's mopey. And he wasn't a leper long enough for it to be entirely his disease making him so unlikeable - some of that must really be him.

  25. Ship Naming

    in Star Hero

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    A landscaper, I'm fond of the Latin names for plants. Not so much for Earth stuff, but good for alien planets and their warships.

     

    "Captain, the Tajates warships just uncloaked! They've formed an alliance with the Echinops and are going to massacre Primula!"

     

    Nobody has to know I just said the marigolds have teamed up with the thistles and are going after the primroses.

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