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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 0:39:45 GMT -5
Why is Tiger Man armless? Is it laying the groundwork for a future encounter with a fully appendaged Tiger Man?
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 23, 2014 2:58:45 GMT -5
Seeing the Golden Age Angel reminds me of a character who should come back. He was the greatest villain of his era!!!! The Armless Tiger Man!!!!! He had a relatively recent appearance in the Incredible Hercules. |
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Post by gothos on Jul 23, 2014 14:27:49 GMT -5
I miss the days when a whole issue could be devoted to heroes fighting a big honking monster.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 25, 2014 10:52:34 GMT -5
incompetent sidekicks that get in the way both on the hero and villain side, bonus points if his name is Whitey talking gorillas doing just about anything, blundering misunderstood aliens causing problems, dinosaurs that can talk and fly jets, and space kangaroos superhero telethons and other charitable activities needing a superhero friend to help out to prevent your secret identity from being exposed Ambush Bug running amok, not on tv Which would turn New52 into....this...  Would that sell in 2014? There's probably a cause/group/movement concerned with the rise in beastiality in today's society that would want it banned rather than take it as it is. I don't think silly things like this would stand the onslaught of causes/movements that are in existence today for just about every possible scenario that could/might/has/had/will happen in the interactions of humanity. There's always somebody ready to be offended at something. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 25, 2014 11:01:21 GMT -5
Which would turn New52 into....this... Would that sell in 2014? There's probably a cause/group/movement concerned with the rise in beastiality in today's society that would want it banned rather than take it as it is. I don't think silly things like this would stand the onslaught of causes/movements that are in existence today for just about every possible scenario that could/might/has/had/will happen in the interactions of humanity. There's always somebody ready to be offended at something. I'm offended at people getting offended. Unless of course I'm trying to offend them, then I'm ok with it. |
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Post by tolworthy on Jul 25, 2014 11:49:22 GMT -5
I want villains like the Wizard to mess with superheroes just to mess with them. Pure, unadulterated, unreasonable jealous because-&$(@*-that-guy. I think that made comics more realistic. If you have the ability to nuke the other side, and so do they, it's insane to actually use your nukes. Instead you have d**k waving contests, wars of propaganda: the goal of a supervillain must be to show they are massively more capable and the hero is an idiot. In contrast I find modern grim and gritty stories utterly silly: the villains want to genuinely kill and main people yet somehow nobody is hurt. The old style is at least believable in principle. blundering misunderstood aliens causing problems I love this too. it doesn't make sense for aliens to be smart: if they were, then given the rate of technological progress we would already be defeated. The only way aliens can exist is if they are mostly dumb. It's not a bad success strategy either: insects are individually very dumb, but being so simple allows them to reproduce fast enough to out evolve us every time. It's why I think Dr Who's early no-stairs daleks were so genius: a basic tin can could reproduce very quickly, making it an unstoppable threat, whereas today's flying super-computer daleks do not stand up to any scrutiny at all. There is a good reason why billions of years of evolution has not produced giant brains, and why the humans brains have been shrinking since Neolithic times (when farming made our lives easier): brains are not an efficient way to survive. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 25, 2014 12:03:40 GMT -5
There's probably a cause/group/movement concerned with the rise in beastiality in today's society that would want it banned rather than take it as it is. I don't think silly things like this would stand the onslaught of causes/movements that are in existence today for just about every possible scenario that could/might/has/had/will happen in the interactions of humanity. There's always somebody ready to be offended at something. I'm offended at people getting offended. Unless of course I'm trying to offend them, then I'm ok with it. Oh knock it off, how jolly can you get? |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 25, 2014 13:26:12 GMT -5
brains are not an efficient way to survive. It may be inefficient, but I'm going to keep using mine just the same. Now, when I see someone who is clearly not using theirs, I'll just say, "oh, he's being efficient!" |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 25, 2014 14:01:07 GMT -5
I'm offended at people getting offended. Unless of course I'm trying to offend them, then I'm ok with it. Oh knock it off, how jolly can you get? Check with me tomorrow. I'm on vacation from work for a week, so I should get even jollier. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 25, 2014 14:08:06 GMT -5
There is a good reason why billions of years of evolution has not produced giant brains, and why the humans brains have been shrinking since Neolithic times (when farming made our lives easier): brains are not an efficient way to survive. You seem to be equating brain size to intelligence. Just because Neanderthals had larger brains didn't mean they were smarter than us. It's not like they were smart enough to invent computers and the internet to waste time at work and view porn. They had to do it the (very) old-fashioned way. |
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Post by the4thpip on Jul 25, 2014 14:37:04 GMT -5
I want this on a T-Shirt:  |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 25, 2014 16:02:41 GMT -5
You seem to be equating brain size to intelligence. Just because Neanderthals had larger brains didn't mean they were smarter than us. It's not like they were smart enough to invent computers and the internet to waste time at work and view porn. They had to do it the (very) old-fashioned way. Erotic cave art? |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 25, 2014 16:18:39 GMT -5
You seem to be equating brain size to intelligence. Just because Neanderthals had larger brains didn't mean they were smarter than us. It's not like they were smart enough to invent computers and the internet to waste time at work and view porn. They had to do it the (very) old-fashioned way. Erotic cave art? Some of those stick figures were pretty hot.... |
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Post by Spike-X on Jul 25, 2014 19:24:06 GMT -5
Which would turn New52 into....this... Would that sell in 2014? There's probably a cause/group/movement concerned with the rise in beastiality in today's society that would want it banned rather than take it as it is. I don't think silly things like this would stand the onslaught of causes/movements that are in existence today for just about every possible scenario that could/might/has/had/will happen in the interactions of humanity. There's always somebody ready to be offended at something. Umm...if you say so, I guess... |
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Post by tolworthy on Jul 26, 2014 2:30:02 GMT -5
You seem to be equating brain size to intelligence. Just because Neanderthals had larger brains didn't mean they were smarter than us. It's not like they were smart enough to invent computers and the internet to waste time at work and view porn. They had to do it the (very) old-fashioned way. Fair point. They didn't invent computers (unless you subscribe to the theory that henges could be used to calculate the solstice). All they ever invented was agriculture, cities, civilisation... trivial inconsequential stuff.  I think an argument can be made though that hunting is intellectually more demanding than growing crops, and there are several other reasons to conclude they were smarter on average, but no, it doesn't add up to absolute proof. |
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I think an argument can be made though that hunting is intellectually more demanding than growing crops, and there are several other reasons to conclude they were smarter on average, but no, it doesn't add up to absolute proof.