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    Clonus got a reaction from Christopher R Taylor in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    Uh-hunh.  A company that can't leave the skies blue in a Superman movie can't handle Booster Gold.  
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    Clonus reacted to Ternaugh in Supergirl   
    Guys, they couldn't move in. It's extremely obvious that the station landed at an angle, and everyone knows that only villain lairs are allowed to be slanted like that.
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    Clonus got a reaction from Enforcer84 in Supergirl   
    Actually in the comic books superheroes don't give up their powers to serial killers to save one life.  They never did.  They might pretended to be complying but there would always be a last minute trick that would give them victory, however implausibly.  They also take their secret identities a bit more seriously than casually exposing them to dozens of strangers.  And if you give shadowy alien-hunting organizations a gigantic invisible alien complex equipped with cells to hold super-powered prisoners...they don't leave it vacant.  They move in and use it as their own base of operations/prison.    
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    Clonus got a reaction from Hermit in Supergirl   
    Actually in the comic books superheroes don't give up their powers to serial killers to save one life.  They never did.  They might pretended to be complying but there would always be a last minute trick that would give them victory, however implausibly.  They also take their secret identities a bit more seriously than casually exposing them to dozens of strangers.  And if you give shadowy alien-hunting organizations a gigantic invisible alien complex equipped with cells to hold super-powered prisoners...they don't leave it vacant.  They move in and use it as their own base of operations/prison.    
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    Clonus reacted to zslane in Supergirl   
    There are many elements and tropes that make superhero adventures look and feel like superhero adventures. Not all of them need be, or should be, employed when adapted for live-action tv shows or feature films where your goal is to appeal to more than just 9-year olds. Making a show that is suitable for, and entertaining to kids doen't mean it has to only be suitable for and entertaining to them. Writing for "all ages" seems to be a rare skill that only Pixar's writers seem to have mastered.
     
    In fact, I would say that The Incredibles is a good example of a superhero movie that "feels like the comics" but isn't dumbed down to a child-like mentality level.
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    Clonus got a reaction from McCoy in Supergirl   
    But...there's plenty of gravity in space.  It's all over the joint.  It's what makes free-fall, free-fall
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    Clonus got a reaction from Enforcer84 in The Flash   
    And for something superficial:  Those Hawk costumes are the best looking full-on superhero costumes ever seen on television.  Also the FX wings were way way better than the previous TV Hawkman could show.  
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    Clonus got a reaction from Vondy in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    I dunno.  "White guy who is better than Asians at the martial art they invented" is a pretty venerable Hollywood (and comic book) stereotype in its own right.  
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    Clonus got a reaction from death tribble in Random Song Lyrics Thread   
    Your loyeliness, 
    I can hear you coming up the stair
    I can smell you flipping back your hair
    Your care is in the air
    Of this endless night
    We may not get another
    Putting on my boots
    One after the other
     
    Think of your embrace
    I'll return when the war is won
    You know justice must be done
     
    In the darkness
    They come out 
    When I have the advantage
    They will be surprised
    If and when they try
    To look me in the eye
    When I broke his arm
    To reach into scars
    Will he be replaced
    Like all of the others
     
    Think of your embrace
    I'll return when the war is won
    You know justice must be done
     
    If I ever saw
    If I ever saw
    I never saw the light
    Until it took my sight
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    Clonus reacted to Enforcer84 in In other news...   
    Random Patent Generator created to battle Patent Trolls
     
    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2084755-computer-generates-all-possible-ideas-to-beat-patent-trolls/
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    Clonus got a reaction from Ragitsu in Ctrl+V   
    oday, the Cold War has disappeared but thousands of those weapons have not. In a strange turn of history, the threat of global nuclear war has gone down, but the risk of a nuclear attack has gone up. More nations have acquired these weapons. Testing has continued. Black market trade in nuclear secrets and nuclear materials abound. The technology to build a bomb has spread. Terrorists are determined to buy, build or steal one. Our efforts to contain these dangers are centered on a global non-proliferation regime, but as more people and nations break the rules, we could reach the point where the center cannot hold.
    Now, understand, this matters to people everywhere. One nuclear weapon exploded in one city -– be it New York or Moscow, Islamabad or Mumbai, Tokyo or Tel Aviv, Paris or Prague –- could kill hundreds of thousands of people. And no matter where it happens, there is no end to what the consequences might be -– for our global safety, our security, our society, our economy, to our ultimate survival.
    Some argue that the spread of these weapons cannot be stopped, cannot be checked -– that we are destined to live in a world where more nations and more people possess the ultimate tools of destruction. Such fatalism is a deadly adversary, for if we believe that the spread of nuclear weapons is inevitable, then in some way we are admitting to ourselves that the use of nuclear weapons is inevitable.
    Just as we stood for freedom in the 20th century, we must stand together for the right of people everywhere to live free from fear in the 21st century. (Applause.) And as nuclear power –- as a nuclear power, as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it, we can start it.
    So today, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. 
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    Clonus got a reaction from Logan D. Hurricanes in A Thread For Random Links   
    http://imgur.com/gallery/KjxL5bc
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    Clonus got a reaction from Lord Liaden in Supergirl   
    Actually they aren't.  Her real defining traits are her fear of isolation and her desire to please others.  
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    Clonus got a reaction from Ragitsu in Ctrl+V   
    “He also is a person that kills journalists, political opponents and invades countries. Obviously that would be a concern, would it not,” Scarborough asked.

    “Our country does plenty of killing also Joe,” Trump replied. “He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country.”

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    Clonus got a reaction from Ragitsu in Ctrl+V   
    I don't think anyone believes he had that name before five years ago. They think he's just another guy in LA with a gimmick

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    Clonus got a reaction from tkdguy in Ctrl+V   
    the Saint, John Steed, Emma Peel, Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Fu Manchu, Bulldog Drummond and Miss Marple.”
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    Clonus got a reaction from bigbywolfe in DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...   
    The Peter Parker they killed off was pretty redundant.  Just the same guy again, which isn't really making proper use of an alternate universe. 
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    Clonus got a reaction from Lucius in Genre-crossover nightmares   
    Baldur was 
     
    A;  Wildly popular with the Aesir (and everyone else in fact)
    B:  Destined to succeed Odin as the ruler.  
     
    Now who could possibly be threatened by that?  
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    Clonus got a reaction from Pariah in DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...   
    There were lots of black cowboys in the real American West.  
     
     
     
    McDonalds business model is based on being a lot less expensive and time consuming than 5 star grub.  It's not a model that applies to theater movies.  You can't charge less for a low end movie, cycle your viewers through faster and make up the difference in volume.  
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    Clonus got a reaction from Ragitsu in DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...   
    There were lots of black cowboys in the real American West.  
     
     
     
    McDonalds business model is based on being a lot less expensive and time consuming than 5 star grub.  It's not a model that applies to theater movies.  You can't charge less for a low end movie, cycle your viewers through faster and make up the difference in volume.  
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    Clonus got a reaction from Lucius in Genre-crossover nightmares   
    I once had a fanfic idea where Conan/Shinichi discovers that he's supernaturally led to imminent homicides because Loki granted his wish to become the world's greatest detective.  Now Loki wants him to return the favour by proving that Loki didn't really kill Baldur.  
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    Clonus got a reaction from Michael Hopcroft in Genre-crossover nightmares   
    I once had a fanfic idea where Conan/Shinichi discovers that he's supernaturally led to imminent homicides because Loki granted his wish to become the world's greatest detective.  Now Loki wants him to return the favour by proving that Loki didn't really kill Baldur.  
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    Clonus reacted to Christopher in Supers Image game   
    Her design reminds me of the Starcraft Protoss (those spehrical things on the armor. Those things comming out of her head reminds me of the Khala connection) so I guess I roll with that idea.
     
    The Eidolons are not your typical alien species, mainly because they are not a single species at all but still quite easy to identify. The original species early on developed a technique to connect the subconsciousness of Individuums via cybernetic implants - the antenna comming out of thier brains/heads. This resulted in them becomming a semi-collective: Shared subconscious, but still individuals. Able to understand each other instrictively, yet not loose themself.
    The have peacefully existed for centuries. They allowed any person of any species to join thier ranks, resulting in them becomming not quite a single species anymore. Them allowing the smartest and the outcast of every race into thier fold allowed thier scientific knowledge to skyrocket. However such knowledge breeds envy and they had to maintain a strong Military to halt invasions of thier few colonised planets. They never had any ambition besides existing and not getting disturbed in thier entire history. Until now.
     
    Recently there has been a drastical change in ther behavior:
    They have grown more a lot more agressive and imperialistic. They have not yet resorted to forcefully integrating anybody (as far as is known), but species near them feel more uneasy every day with thier actions. It is unknown what brought on this change, but many asume they might have allowed to many of an agressive species into thier fold, resulting in thier shared mind becomming "tainted" with agressive emotions. Or maybe thier subconsciousness fell under the sway of a telepath.
    In either case they are now a menace to be looked out for.
     
    Silium was an advanced scout of the Eidolons send to earth, to scout out potential for invasion. However due to the super population she quickly got "stuck" on this backwater planet: Earth can't be easily invaded and might even be an issue for further expansion. She was active as a villainess for some time until something happened:
    The antenna comming out of her head - the connection to the shared subconsciousness - were damaged, reducing the influence of the semi-collective on her personality drastically. And she suddenly realised that something was definitely not right with her people.
     
    Since then she renamed herself to Salvation and joined the hero side of the Superpopulation, to make up for previous misdeeds. However her true focus remains on saving th Eidolons from whatever has taken hold of them. But she is not yet sure how to go about it:
    She can't approach thier planets or even fleets, without risk of becomming affected again.
    Enemies of the Eidolons hunt her.
    Even the Eidolons themself hunt her, seeing her as traitor and security risk.
    And there is the whole thing that she used to be a villainess.
     
    But Sillium/Salvation won't give up. She knows that deep in thier heart, her people depend on her to cut out whatever has affected her people. The future of the Eidolons depends on her, one of the few remaining free members unaffected by the taint.
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    Clonus got a reaction from bigdamnhero in Aphorisms for a Superhero Universe   
    Those who put "Hell" in their name can expect to visit it.  
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    Clonus reacted to Pattern Ghost in Supergirl   
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