Dr. MID-Nite

I respect that, but also respect that in my campaign...she ties in with the Egyptian god Apep instead of with Nama, which makes her a foil for Solaria, a player character who is an Avatar of the Egyptian god Ra in said campaign. So...her origin is still magical...but still different in many ways from what was presented in 5th Ed VIPER. 

Journey to the West: This is probably the best film attached to Steven Chow since Kung Fu Hustle. It's the story of of a buddhist monk who wants to be a demon hunter. Problem is that his methods are a bit too pacifist for the public at large. When a pig demon starts causing havoc, the monk goes on a quest to find the legendary Monkey King to help. The SPFX in this are pretty good and the leads are engaging enough to make the 140 minute run time go by fast. Recommended.

I have only....just now...seen an episode of Game of Thrones....

Color me among them who would have preferred seeing the Serpent Society over a movie version of one of Marvel's absolute worst "events'.

In fairness...the original source material has a fair amount of "stupid balls". Thus, I try to enjoy what I do like and hope the negative doesn't drag it down too much.

In fairness...the original source material has a fair amount of "stupid balls". Thus, I try to enjoy what I do like and hope the negative doesn't drag it down too much.

Sadly, I fear not enough people would have invested time and thought into mitigating those effects. Because that also would have meant investing energy and money. Look at where we are on the global warming front today -- the warning has been in effect for decades, the science has been overwhelmingly in support of it for years. Yet we're still debating whether keeping our coastal cities from flooding is worth the negative impact on our economy. And that's with the dissemination of knowledge at an all-time high.
 
The normal state of the majority of humanity is complacency. As long as we're warm and our bellies are full, we don't want to deal with inconvenient truths. We're also too fixated on finding a technological fix for the problems we create with every new technology. As a people we need to change the way we live our lives, our relationship to our world. I'm not very optimistic we'll find the motivation to do that before things get so much worse that we'll have no choice, which may be too late. Then again, I grew up half expecting the world to end in a nuclear holocaust, or under a choking cloud of industrial pollution. We managed to find the wisdom to avert those man-made crises; maybe we'll avert this latest one in time.

Nov 3rd....1954: The very first Godzilla movie premiered.

Nov 3rd....1954: The very first Godzilla movie premiered.

Me too! Storn is the best. If all works out as planned, the interior chapter pages will also be by him, with each being a swipe/homage to a famous GA cover redone with Champs Universe characters. Superman shaking dudes out of a car, Captain Marvel Jr. smashing a stone swastika, maybe a Spirit cover with words written down the side of a tenement building. 

1187-Muslims take Jerusalem.
 
1835-Texas starts their war for independence.
 
1959-Twillight Zone premieres.

1187-Muslims take Jerusalem.
 
1835-Texas starts their war for independence.
 
1959-Twillight Zone premieres.

1187-Muslims take Jerusalem.
 
1835-Texas starts their war for independence.
 
1959-Twillight Zone premieres.

1187-Muslims take Jerusalem.
 
1835-Texas starts their war for independence.
 
1959-Twillight Zone premieres.

Yeah, one of the great moments in the Donner Superman movies in my opinion was:
 
General Zod: He cares. He actually cares for these Earth people.
Ursa: Like pets?
General Zod: I suppose.
Ursa: Sentimental idiot!
 
Followed by "No! The people!"
 
That was both faithful to the core character concept and damn entertaining as a moral dilemma (if you battle them in the city, Clark, thousands will die... run away?).

I have zero interest in Pokemon Go...or Game of Thrones....or Walking Dead

I have zero interest in Pokemon Go...or Game of Thrones....or Walking Dead

Color me among them who would have preferred seeing the Serpent Society over a movie version of one of Marvel's absolute worst "events'.

The South Korean hero Hwarang
 
HWARANG   Val Char Cost  20 STR    10   20 DEX    20   20 CON   10  13 INT      3  11 EGO    1  15 PRE     5   7  OCV   20   7  DCV   20   4  OMCV  3   4  DMCV  3  10 PD      8  10 ED      8   5  SPD  30   8  REC   4  40 END   4  14 BOD   4  40 STN  10   18m RUN   6   4m SWIM 0 20m LEAP  8 Characteristics Cost: 177   Cost Power  10    Shin Gong: Clairsentience (Sight Group) (20 Active Points); Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (1/2 DCV; -1/2), Increased Endurance Cost (x2 END; -1/2) Powers Cost: 10   Cost Martial Arts Maneuver   8     +2 HTH Damage Class(es)   4     Block:  1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort   5     Breaking Throw:  1/2 Phase, -2 OCV, +0 DCV, HKA 2 1/2d6 , Target Falls   4     Choke:  1/2 Phase, -2 OCV, +0 DCV, Grab One Limb; 3d6 NND   4     Disarm:  1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, +1 DCV, Disarm; 40 STR to Disarm   4     Dodge:  1/2 Phase, -- OCV, +5 DCV, Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort   4     Escape:  1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, 45 STR vs. Grabs   4     Finger Strike:  1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, +1 DCV, 3d6 NND   5     Joint Break:  1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, -2 DCV, Grab One Limb; HKA 3d6 +1 , Disable   5     Kick:  1/2 Phase, -2 OCV, +1 DCV, 10d6 Strike   3     Kuchigi:  1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, -1 DCV, Grab Two Limbs, 40 STR for holding on   4     Punch/Elbow Strike:  1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +2 DCV, 8d6 Strike   5     Takeaway:  1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, Grab Weapon, 40 STR to take weapon away   3     Throw:  1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +1 DCV, 6d6 +v/10, Target Falls Martial Arts Cost: 62   Cost Skill   3     Acrobatics 13-   3     Breakfall 13-  12    +4 with Martial Arts    4     +2 OCV with deflect   0     Language:  Korean (idiomatic) (4 Active Points)   3     Language:  English (completely fluent)   3     Scholar   2     1)  KS: Hapkido (3 Active Points) 12-   2     2)  KS: Hwarang-Do (3 Active Points) 12-   2     3)  KS: Korean Culture and Civilization (3 Active Points) 12-   2     4)  KS: Korean History (3 Active Points) 12-   2     5)  KS: Kuk Sool Won (3 Active Points) 12-   2     6)  KS: Tae Kwan Do (3 Active Points) 12-   2     7)  KS: Tang Soo Do (3 Active Points) 12-   2     8)  KS: Yu-Sool (3 Active Points) 12-   3     Stealth 13-   4     WF:  Common Martial Arts Melee Weapons, Common Melee Weapons Skills Cost: 51   Cost Talent  20    Danger Sense (self only, out of combat) 12-  15    Combat Sense 12- Talents Cost: 35   Total Character Cost: 335   Pts. Complication  15   Hunted:  North Korean government and military Infrequently (Mo Pow; NCI; Limited Geographical Area; Harshly Punish)  20   Psychological Complication:  Code of the Hwarang (Very Common; Strong)  20   Psychological Complication:  Code Against Killing (Common; Total)  20   Psychological Complication:  Ardent Korean Patriot/Hates North Korean government (Common; Total)  15   Social Complication:  Secret Identity Frequently, Major  10   Watched:  South Korean Government Infrequently (Mo Pow; NCI; Limited Geographical Area; Mildly Punish) Complication Points: 100   Hwarang.hdc

Look! Up in the Sky!
 


 
He's very excited about this. Took him two years to get into that shape.

Rage, the 7 foot tall swole former prison guard with permanent roid rage.  He had lack of weakness and hardened defenses, so I made them impenetrable as well to represent how tough he is to hurt.
 
Rage   Val Char Cost  70  STR   60  17  DEX   14  30  CON  20  10  INT     0  12  EGO   2  30  PRE   20   6   OCV  15   6   DCV  15   3   OMCV  0   3   DMCV  0  30  PD     28          Resistant PD 30 (hardened, impenetrable)  26  ED     24          Resistant ED 26 (hardened, impenetrable)   5   SPD   30  22  REC  18  70  END  10  20  BOD  10  74  STN   27   18m RUN   6   4m SWIM 0 28m LEAP 12 Characteristics Cost: 317   Cost Power  30    Damage Resistance: Hardened (+1/4), Impenetrable (+1/4), Resistant (+1/2) (30 Active Points) applied to PD  26    Damage Resistance: Hardened (+1/4), Impenetrable (+1/4), Resistant (+1/2) (26 Active Points) applied to ED  10    Tough: Power Defense (10 points)   5     Tough Eyes: Sight Group Flash Defense (5 points)   5     Sturdy: Knockback Resistance -5m Powers Cost: 76   Cost Skill   3     AK: San Quentin 12-  24    +3 with HTH Combat   3     PS: Prison Guard 12-   3     Streetwise 15- Skills Cost: 33   Total Character Cost: 426   Pts. Complication  10   Distinctive Features:  Face twisted in constant anger (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)  35   Enraged:  Berserk Own blood is drawn (Uncommon), go 14-, recover 8-  15   Hunted:  The Champions Infrequently (Mo Pow; Harshly Punish)  20   Hunted:  VIPER Infrequently (Mo Pow; NCI; Harshly Punish)  10   Negative Reputation:  Vicious and Sadistic, Frequently  20   Psychological Complication:  Vicious and Sadistic (Common; Total)  20   Psychological Complication:  Takes time to torture in combat (Very Common; Strong)  10   Susceptibility:  Healing powers 2d6 damage Instant (Uncommon)  10   Susceptibility:  Attempts to calm with mental powers 2d6 damage Instant (Uncommon) Complication Points: 150  
 

Rage.hdc

The sheet doesn't have any notation of a focus that I saw, but I'll check again.  He has powers without the suit, and uses the suit for protection, as I read it.
 
EDIT: OK looking him over again, he gets most of his stats from the suit too.  I'll go over him and figure out what the build is.  Unfortunately all they give is his stats and the OIF notification, so I have to reverse engineer the original stat and then how much the focus gives.
 
EDIT: Rebuilt him properly with his stats through the suit.

Big Hero 6
Ultraman 80
King Kong Escapes

I don't know, genre burn out is a possibility, but then, there's a lot of directions you can take superhero movies if you have the guts to, and if you have good scripts. That's one of the reasons its such a shame Green Lantern failed. WB tried something more lighthearted than its Batman movies... as would be fitting I think. Now the real problem was the script sucked big time, and we were given a yellow poo monster instead of a villain with personality. But WB learned the wrong message, thought they needed to be 'oh so serious' and now the DC heroes are in grim/dark mode, or so it seems for the movie plans.
 
Marvel's got a winning formula so far, but yes, the formula could get too repetitive. In some ways , I think Captain America is the odd man out as he's not 'lovable jerkass learns valuable moral lesson and saves the day' like Tony, arrogant Prince Thor, or even the GoTG. He starts out as a really decent NICE guy...and they just add abs. It actually made him stand out in my mind. Though I'm very pro Cap so biased.