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Post by Nowhere Man on Oct 10, 2014 10:40:03 GMT -5
The writer would have been Stan Lee in FF #4.  |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 10, 2014 10:56:50 GMT -5
The writer would have been Stan Lee in FF #4. Like I said, not an expert in FF history. ; -) |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 10, 2014 11:20:13 GMT -5
Sheer speculation, of course, but I wonder if "The Absent-Minded Professor" (released in March, 1961) was a partial inspiration for the early Reed/Sue dynamic. In the film, Fred MacMurray's eponymous character is so absorbed in his research that he misses his own wedding! Subsequently, another more attentive professor attempts to make time with MacMurray's jilted fiancee'. Naturally, the hero prevails in the end, but only after completing his work and sharing it with the government.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Oct 10, 2014 11:40:08 GMT -5
That could be the case, Phil. It's all an ever so subtle comment on scientific preoccupation. Don't spend TOO MUCH time working on miracle cures or cornucopia technology...because the wife needs a back rub!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 10, 2014 12:10:27 GMT -5
Sheer speculation, of course, but I wonder if "The Absent-Minded Professor" (released in March, 1961) was a partial inspiration for the early Reed/Sue dynamic. In the film, Fred MacMurray's eponymous character is so absorbed in his research that he misses his own wedding! Subsequently, another more attentive professor attempts to make time with MacMurray's jilted fiancee'. Naturally, the hero prevails in the end, but only after completing his work and sharing it with the government. The pre-occupied or absent -minded professor is a cliche that goes back further than the 60s.I've read quite a few SF stories from the 40s and 50s that denotes the same characteristic amongst scientists. You can even imagine Einstein fitting that mold.I recently watched an early 50s movie-"Monkey Business"-starring Cary Grant as a scientist so absorbed by his inner calculations that his wife has to repeat everything and, worse of all, he doesn't notice Marilyn Monroe works right next to him. Talk about absent-minded!! |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 10, 2014 12:19:32 GMT -5
The pre-occupied or absent -minded professor is a cliche that goes back further than the 60s. Of course it does. If I hadn't been so immersed in my work, I would have realized it immediately. Your point is well taken, Ish. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 14:47:09 GMT -5
It can even be more basic than that-the nice guy intellectual vs. the bad boy/jock type is the quintessential romantic conflict, which one will the girl choose? Do nice guys finish last or can he get the girl in the end? Since Stan was looking to put a level of dramatic tension in the book but keeping with some of the super-hero comic tropes, it's a step up from the Lois Clark Superman triangle in comics with a little more edge to it because of the bad-boy Namor persona.
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Post by MDG on Oct 13, 2014 12:08:08 GMT -5
Sheer speculation, of course, but I wonder if "The Absent-Minded Professor" (released in March, 1961) was a partial inspiration for the early Reed/Sue dynamic..... The pre-occupied or absent -minded professor is a cliche that goes back further than the 60s.... Well, look at the 1931 Frankenstein, where everybody but Fritz is on Henry's back to stop mucking about with science and just marry Elizabeth (though there's a school of critical thought that gives an alternate explanation). |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 10, 2017 9:20:54 GMT -5
I'm guessing that the FF headquarters had cameras on every level and she was able to take still photos from those images.  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 10, 2017 13:50:36 GMT -5
It can even be more basic than that-the nice guy intellectual vs. the bad boy/jock type is the quintessential romantic conflict, which one will the girl choose? Do nice guys finish last or can he get the girl in the end? Since Stan was looking to put a level of dramatic tension in the book but keeping with some of the super-hero comic tropes, it's a step up from the Lois Clark Superman triangle in comics with a little more edge to it because of the bad-boy Namor persona. -M Of course this presupposes that Reed is a nice guy. The available evidence, particularly in the very early FF, is that he ain't so nice. |
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Post by badwolf on Dec 10, 2017 16:26:22 GMT -5
Alicia painted them.
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