pownall
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Post by pownall on Sept 14, 2005 16:14:38 GMT
i'd managed to block that movie out till you mentioned it. I', sure theres an avengers movies or some other such group, with captian atom in it, that was a made for TV job, that sucked too.
as for Wolverine, he is better as part if a team, his attitude and mysterious past all lend themselves towards conflicts that are best resolved in a "group of friends" mentality. As for the lazy writing, again thats a product of being mainly a team based character. Plus alot of his stories seemed to be based on some until now forgotten past (normally a chick that died, or thinks he killed someone close to them or some such balls).
I'll look in to the trade paperbacks then, i know waterstones in stockport sells alot of those.
cheers si
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pownall
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giggity giggity
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Post by pownall on Sept 14, 2005 16:24:37 GMT
Find your superhero name here! www.rainbowanimations.com/supername.phpdave pownall got me the moniker "the a perculiar gentleman who likes the homosexual company of other men mountain warrior" lol
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drain
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who loves orange soda?
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Post by drain on Sept 14, 2005 17:11:10 GMT
wolverines used to be my fav actully thinkin about naming my move the beserker and deadpools my fav now
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CK Light
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mmm... fake lopsided smile...
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Post by CK Light on Sept 14, 2005 18:45:33 GMT
Dave, did you choose the bit in your sig specifically because it implies that Batman and Robin are engaged in some kind of romantic entanglement?
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Post by Dan "Dragon" Taylor on Sept 14, 2005 19:29:10 GMT
Find your superhero name here! www.rainbowanimations.com/supername.phpdave pownall got me the moniker "the a perculiar gentleman who likes the homosexual company of other men mountain warrior" lol Dan Taylor = The Bald Gold Digger Daniel Taylor = The Dark Hot Dog Eater Danny Taylor = The Flying Android Dan "Dragon" Taylor = The Sleeping Dinosaur Man The Sleeping Dinosaur Man = The Angry Bread God
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twissie
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Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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Post by twissie on Sept 14, 2005 19:59:54 GMT
Find your superhero name here! www.rainbowanimations.com/supername.phpdave pownall got me the moniker "the a perculiar gentleman who likes the homosexual company of other men mountain warrior" lol Twissie - the questionable man cow Alan Twiss - the sloppy manta ray Twiss - the sleeping fire spitter
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Post by Shane Tyler on Sept 14, 2005 20:11:22 GMT
Shane=the jumping ink drinker shane tyler=The Flaming Vice-Principal shane roberts=The Over-protective Armpit Man suger cane shane=The Glowing Antman lol
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Post by sarahjane on Sept 14, 2005 20:36:20 GMT
sarahjane= the tremendous woman cow sarah= the jumping ink swallower lady sarahj= the slippery employee
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Jesster
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Post by Jesster on Sept 14, 2005 23:01:07 GMT
Jesse Raen -The Jesster.
Honest...
And loving the info on the Green Lantern movie
"Release Date: TBA Cast: TBA Director: TBA Screen Writer(s): TBA Official Site: TBA Trailers: None Status: Script Stage "
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Post by Dan "Dragon" Taylor on Sept 14, 2005 23:06:36 GMT
Jesse Raen = The Hungry Radio Announcer Jesster = The Strong Janitor Jesse's (secret) real name = The Sinister Security Guard Man Jesse Raen Saunders = The Evil Pencil Man
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pownall
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giggity giggity
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Post by pownall on Sept 14, 2005 23:13:40 GMT
I only just saw that the board edited my "superhero" name, it shuld just be simplt "the g*y mountian warrior" but "the a perculiar gentleman who likes the homosexual company of other men mountian warrior" is a definate improvement.
and as for the sig kier.....yes. Yes i did. And i have more too...
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si
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Post by si on Sept 14, 2005 23:33:47 GMT
Jesse Raen -The Jesster. Honest... And loving the info on the Green Lantern movie "Release Date: TBA Cast: TBA Director: TBA Screen Writer(s): TBA Official Site: TBA Trailers: None Status: Script Stage " It could be worse Jesse, they could be going ahead with the rumoured version starring Jack Black as the Lantern.
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Jesster
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Post by Jesster on Sept 15, 2005 12:01:08 GMT
I read about that. I figured it was the first sign of the apocalypse.
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Jesster
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Post by Jesster on Sept 15, 2005 13:11:33 GMT
Since I've decorated my posts with a new Parallax/Spectre signtaure. Thought I'd best post a bio.
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While testing a flight simulator, test pilot Hal Jordan found himself transported to a crashed UFO where he was met by a dying alien. Before he died, the alien gave Hal a green ring and a uniform. Hal discovered that Abin Sur had been part of an intergalactic peacekeeping force known as Green Lanterns. Directed by a blue-skinned race known as the Guardians of the Universe, the Green Lanterns used special rings which allowed them to fly, survive in space, and do nearly anything the bearer can will. These rings were limited only by a 24-hour time limit (after which it needs to be recharged) and a weakness against anything yellow.
Hal Jordan was trained to become Abin Sur’s replacement as the Green Lantern of the sector including Earth, and quickly became one of the greatest of Earth’s heroes. He was a founding member of the Justice League of America, and close friends with Barry Allen, the second Flash, continuing the tradition established by Jay Garrick (Flash I) and Alan Scott (GL I). He also established a mentorly relationship with Kid Flash, which developed into a stronger friendship when Wally came into his own.
Parallax: Emerald Twilight Tragically, this seemingly picture-perfect hero’s life began to spiral out of control after the destruction of Coast City. In the course of something like three issues, Hal went mad, killed most of the Green Lanterns and Guardians, and the last power ring fell into the hands of freelance artist Kyle Rayner. Hal left Earth, and ultimately decided the ultimate solution was to take the leftover instabilities from the Crisis on Infinite Earths and use them to unmake the universe, then remake it the way he wanted. (See Zero Hour.) Calling himself Parallax, he nearly succeeded, until a group of other heroes managed to recreate the “Big Bang,” allowing the universe to re-form itself naturally.
Parallax finally sacrificed himself to save the Earth when a giant space-going creature was devouring the Sun. While some saw it as merely a continuation of his “God complex,” others saw it as an act of redemption, the final sacrifice of a hero.
Becoming the Spectre Jordan returned to Earth when the world and Heaven itself were threatened by the power of the Spectre—God’s Wrath incarnate. Seeking a new host for the Spectre (the previous one, Jim Corrigan, was no longer interested now that he had finally earned a place in heaven), Earth’s heroes settled on the only other soul who had the will: Hal Jordan. He agreed, seeking a chance to redeem himself, having no idea what he was getting into. As the Spectre, he could sense the guilt in mortals’ (and immortals’) minds. No longer recognizable as Hal Jordan, he roamed the Earth on his mission of vengeance...or redemption.
Rebirth In deep space, Kyle Rayner discovered that Parallax was actually an ancient creature of pure fear, imprisoned in the main Oan power battery. Somehow it had escaped and corrupted Hal’s mind, leading him to commit genocide and more. Hal’s body—which had not decomposed—was retrieved, and somehow Hal’s spirit was released from the Spectre and returned to his body, bringing him back to life...and back to his role as Green Lantern.
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So there you have it. Will follow shortly with an brief history of the Green Lantern in it's entirety as a comic book. Just trying to find one.
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Jesster
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Post by Jesster on Sept 15, 2005 13:12:29 GMT
Found one...
Green Lantern (sometimes called The Green Lantern in the early days) was created by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger and first appeared in All-American Comics #16 (1940). This Green Lantern was Alan Scott, an engineer who had come into possession of a magic lantern. From this he crafted a power ring which gave him the power to control any metal object, and which had to be charged every 24 hours by touching it to the lantern for a time. His powers were soon retconned such that his ring was able to affect any material except wood.
Scott was a founding member of the Justice Society of America, and starred in his own title, Green Lantern, during the 1940s. His adventures during the Golden Age of comic books came to an end when superheroes fell into disfavor in the industry in the early 1950s, when the JSA's adventures ended with All-Star Comics #57 (1951).
A few years later, DC Comics had successfully revived The Flash in a new incarnation, with the name and powers being used by an entirely new character, and it was decided that Green Lantern would be similarly revived. This Green Lantern was Hal Jordan, a test pilot who was given the ring by a dying alien, and who became a member of the Green Lantern Corps, an interstellar organization of police overseen by the Guardians of the Universe. The Corps' rings were powerless against anything colored yellow. Jordan's creation was motivated by a desire to make him more of a science fiction hero (editor Julius Schwartz being a longtime SF fan and literary agent) to boost sales.
The Green Lantern Corps bears many similarities to the Lensmen from the stories of E.E. Doc Smith. The Lensmen, who hail from various alien races, bear a device known as the Lens which gives them enhanced physical and mental abilities, bequeathed to them by the advanced and benevolent Arisians. The Lensmen are the vanguard of the Galactic Patrol, an interstellar police force. However, both John Broome, writer of the early Hal Jordan tales, and Schwartz denied any connection. Broome, in particular, denied all knowledge of Smith's stories. Schwartz also denied reading them, although he admitted that, as an SF fan, he had of course heard of them.
This Green Lantern was a member of the Justice League of America and starred in his own title, and eventually met his predecessor, who was established to live on the parallel world of Earth-Two, separate from Jordan's Earth-One. The two Lanterns struck up a close friendship and periodically come to each other's aid in various adventures.
By the late 1960s, however, Green Lantern's popularity was flagging. Hal Jordan creators Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams attempted to spark new interest in the book by adding the character Green Arrow to the series, and having them travel through America encounting various "real world" issues, to which they reacted in different ways, Green Lantern being fundamentally a lawman while Green Arrow was a liberal iconoclast. Although not a commercial success, this "relevant" era is considered to have spearheaded the efforts of comic books to become more than light fantasy.
During the 1970s and 1980s, the focus of the series (which was cancelled and restarted several times) gradually shifted from Jordan to the Green Lantern Corps as a whole. Jordan gave up the role for a time, surrendering his role to fellow Earthman John Stewart. After he took up the ring again, Jordan was joined by a legion of other Green Lanterns, both human and alien.
Jordan's career came to an end when he went insane following the destruction of his old home, Coast City, by the villainous alien Mongul. He destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians, absorbing their power and taking the name Parallax . One Guardian survived, however, and passed one remaining ring on to a randomly-chosen human named Kyle Rayner. This ring lacked the flaws of the earlier rings, and Rayner gradually molded himself into a hero, joining a new incarnation of the Justice League.
Jordan eventually died in the events of The Final Night , when he used his power to reignite Earth's Sun (which had been threatened by a interstellar predator known as a Sun-Eater) and was later resurrected as the spirit of vengeance, The Spectre. Rayner had a brief fling with godhood himself, as Ion, but his adventures as Green Lantern continue to this day.
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