... - make the villains more powerful and more 'grandiose' or come up with new villians, or, you can make the stories about something other than taking out...
... Movies, as a medium, have trouble with anything over two characters at a time... That's true of how they are made, but it doesn't really have to be so. ......
... ED won't help you against Grapples, so they could still grab you, and flush your head in the toilet, or steal your pants and toss you in the Girl's Locker...
Herc and WW are mythological heroes; Thor is an actual deity. The religious right would scream idolatry like bloody murder if the movie treated him with...
... <SNIP> ... I think you might like Busiek's take on the character, especially right after the end of "52", when he starts getting his Powers back, after a...
... Actually, yes it does... No one's ever managed to do a movie with a large cast of 'significant' characters. You might, on occasion, be able to focus on...
... <SNIP> ... How about haing him played by a guy with a California Surfer accent? Giving him Tracking scent as his major power, but only when he shouted out...
... No, Money can be taken away! Wealth, unless you bought it with an 'OAF' Limitation, cannot be taken away... In fact, it's easier to deprive someone of...
hmmmmm, i'd say he's blackedout, or more likely to young, to rember when they did that TV movie with the Bill Bixby Hulk and Thor. "William A. Peterson"...
... But, remember Heinlein's opinion on "Destination: Moon", or how Anne Rice felt about "The Vampire LeStat" (with Tom Cruise, no less!? Hollywood screws up...
... <SNIP> ... No, I'm going to tell you I haven't seen it... ... That latter is most of WHY I didn't go to see it... I'm not really interested in the origin...
... first created...And, Byrne's Luthor (while an interesting character) was much less a Scientist, and much more a 'Robber Baron'... Which is a good thing,...
... especially right after the end of "52", when he starts getting his Powers back, after a year-long stint without them! ... writes the guy so that you *can*...
... form) over Novels... Which invalidates any comparison with movies, since they aren't serial (except possibly for Planet of the Apes, since there are what, ...
... accent? Giving him Tracking scent as his major power, but only when he shouted out "O-o-o-o-o-din!!!"? {Sounded a little bit like he was a second-sting...
... so fixated on! {Goodness, who the heck would want to live there?} Agreed, it's an awful set of game mechanics, clearly hasn't been playtested worth a damn,...
... Now, why do you think that is? Could it be because Lex was one of the very first, and most successful, Comics villans, and thus, worth copying? ... And,...
... <SNIP> ... Hey! What do you want from a couple of 13-year old Jewish kids in America, during the Depression? What were you writing when you were 13 years...
... No, since my reason for saying that Movies are inferior is just because they are NOT serial in nature! Unless this is just a backdoor way of conceding the...
... Ferrigno/ Bill Bixby TVseires, towards the end of the run... ... And, they haven't gotten much better, since then! ... Ewwww! I never saw BoP, but...
... <SNIP> ... Now, if such powers *did* exist in the real World, do you think you could count on such 'protection' from your GM? ... Agreed. <SNIP> ... I have...
... <SNIP> ... As I said, "Try Again"! If a publisher doesn't make money, how is he going to pay the writer who told such wonderful stories, or the artist who...
... the very first, and most successful, Comics villans, and thus, worth copying? There is that, of course. Much as Howard Lovecraft's horror stories seem...
... in America, during the Depression? What were you writing when you were 13 years old, huh? Panaches of The Lost World and The Secret of Nimh which I threw...
... because they are NOT serial in nature! That's an apples and oranges thing. ... trying to sneak out of the actual admission... I really have no idea what...
... <SNIP> ... Yes, but 'lesser men' don't follow up such 'slander' with smiley faces! :-> ... Thank goodness! :-> ... Never is a very long time... <SNIP> ...
... <SNIP> ... "Now, Take my Wife... Please!" ... Those will work, too... <SNIP> ... I believe it's called "The Eagle and the Mountain"... Great stuff! ... ...
... Yes, and don't wake me! Hey, getting back to the subject of authors, what do you think of Mark Millar. I'm reading a GN by him right now that I wouldn't ...
... well written! You have my condolences... I find the current super-scary Batman to be plenty well- written...maybe he's not to your taste, I'll even buy...
