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Yeah I went back and watched the scene again, you're right it's a legit .50 cal. Butcher really wasn't messing around.
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Aug 9, 2019 02:26
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Mat Cauthon posted:Is it a .50 cal that she gets hit with? It seems like rubber bullets or some other kind of non-lethal round. Why would you fire rubber bullets at someone who's bullet proof.
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Aug 9, 2019 02:35
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Maybe rubber is like kryptonite gotta be methodical and scratch it off the list.
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Aug 9, 2019 02:47
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Is it established before then that all the Supes are bulletproof? We know Homelander, Maeve, and Translucent are, and Starlight is strong, but it's left vague for the rest. I guess I just figured that he wouldn't risk hitting Hughie or killing Hughie's girlfriend right in front of him but obvious it ain't that kind of show.
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Aug 9, 2019 02:50
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Mat Cauthon posted:Is it established before then that all the Supes are bulletproof? Doubt it since A-Train got his leg snapped in half and Black Nior got pretty messed up. Not everyone's durability seems to be up there with Homelander.
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Aug 9, 2019 03:17
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My impression was that Homelander was jealous of Stillwell's baby and hated it because he envied and coveted its position.
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Aug 9, 2019 03:26
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Mat Cauthon posted:Is it established before then that all the Supes are bulletproof? We know Homelander, Maeve, and Translucent are, and Starlight is strong, but it's left vague for the rest. I guess I just figured that he wouldn't risk hitting Hughie or killing Hughie's girlfriend right in front of him but obvious it ain't that kind of show. They're generally durable as gently caress, when he first appears Frenchie straight up tells Hughie that killing Supes isn't really feasible.
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Aug 9, 2019 03:34
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Romes128 posted:Doubt it since A-Train got his leg snapped in half and Black Nior got pretty messed up. Not everyone's durability seems to be up there with Homelander. That was both The Female, who's a supe too.
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Aug 9, 2019 03:36
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Zwabu posted:My impression was that Homelander was jealous of Stillwell's baby and hated it because he envied and coveted its position. Real normal guy, that Homelander
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Aug 9, 2019 03:38
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Zwabu posted:My impression was that Homelander was jealous of Stillwell's baby and hated it because he envied and coveted its position. They definitely play this up in all of his interactions with Stillwell or anytime Homelander has to pretend that he had a normal home life, albeit in a very subtle way that relies on you paying attention to seemingly passive emoting by Homelander (seriously if the guy who played him doesn't get an Emmy nod I will be astounded) but there's also a deleted scene in Episode 8 where we see a flashback of adolescent Homelander growing up in the lab and killing a tutor/surrogate mother figure who is apparently the latest in a long line of unfortunate, deceased people shoved into that role. I can see why they cut it, it would've telegraphed the ending pretty obviously but yeah he hated the gently caress out of that baby and probably relished letting it get vaporized.
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Aug 9, 2019 03:57
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I was more worried Homelander would do something to that baby than Butcher at the end there.
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Aug 9, 2019 04:15
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Mat Cauthon posted:Is it established before then that all the Supes are bulletproof? We know Homelander, Maeve, and Translucent are, and Starlight is strong, but it's left vague for the rest. I guess I just figured that he wouldn't risk hitting Hughie or killing Hughie's girlfriend right in front of him but obvious it ain't that kind of show. How do you test to see if someone's bulletproof? I mean, maybe you can take a punch to the face without flinching, and you can take a knife and press it to your skin and hey, it doesn't cut you, yup, you're pretty durable. But I don't know how you test bulletproofity without having huge issues if it turns out that you're not.
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Aug 9, 2019 04:41
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Phenotype posted:How do you test to see if someone's bulletproof? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn8Botjf6h0
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Aug 9, 2019 05:03
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Phenotype posted:How do you test to see if someone's bulletproof? https://youtu.be/xjs1249HBh4?t=23
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Aug 9, 2019 05:09
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Does Starlight have a similar powerset in the comics? I know she's a lot more timid from the (few) issues I read but I never saw her display them before I  stopped
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Aug 9, 2019 06:49
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It's been a while since I read it but I think her power was just light projection, no force-blast component and nothing about converting electricity to power it, though she could also fly. I also liked that the very first thing we saw Homelander do was a classic Superman-esque melt-the-gun trick, establishing the precision and control over his heat vision that he then proceeds to virtually never exercise again for the rest of the season. Because he's the loving Homelander and he can do whatever the gently caress he wants, especially when the cameras aren't rolling.
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Aug 9, 2019 08:09
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McSpanky posted:It's been a while since I read it but I think her power was just light projection, no force-blast component and nothing about converting electricity to power it, though she could also fly. that special forces guys face after he merks that dude running away is awesome.
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Aug 9, 2019 08:22
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Owlbear Camus posted:According to IMFDB it's a .50BMG rifle, the aptly acronymed Serbu BFG-50A. gently caress sakes Butcher, buy a 2nd gun, that ones clearly faulty
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Aug 9, 2019 11:21
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Romes128 posted:Doubt it since A-Train got his leg snapped in half and Black Nior got pretty messed up. Not everyone's durability seems to be up there with Homelander. I vaguely remember A-Train being unnaturally tough too before that scene though, and he did recover very rapidly. The TV show seems to be going for supes just being difficult to kill period, outside of the scope of their superpower. Like how Transluscent somehow was resistant to both being poisoned and drowning (???) despite that ostensibly having nothing to do with his powers.
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Aug 9, 2019 11:35
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^^^^^^ I bet this is going to be a point if they ever show us POTENTIAL COMIC SPOILER what happened to LampLighter, since it's been...lampshaded  heavily in Season 1bring back old gbs posted:gently caress sakes Butcher, buy a 2nd gun, that ones clearly faulty You come at the king, you best not miss *misses* That Italian Guy fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Aug 9, 2019 |
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Aug 9, 2019 11:39
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Owlbear Camus posted:According to IMFDB it's a .50BMG rifle, the aptly acronymed Serbu BFG-50A. not to get  but yeah Israeli 5.56 even rubber tipped have broken palestinian skulls. Not here to start that debate, just saying I imagine a .50 rubber would probably decapitate you
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Aug 9, 2019 12:11
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MiddleOne posted:I vaguely remember A-Train being unnaturally tough too before that scene though, and he did recover very rapidly. The TV show seems to be going for supes just being difficult to kill period, outside of the scope of their superpower. Like how Transluscent somehow was resistant to both being poisoned and drowning (???) despite that ostensibly having nothing to do with his powers. Well he's clearly more resilient than a normal human, otherwise he would have popped just like Hughie's girlfriend, equal and opposite reactions or whatever. He was moving just as fast INTO her as she was getting hit BY him. A speedster could probably kill themselves by tripping at full speed if they didn't have some sort of enhanced durability, even if it isn't on par with Homelander. I was actually expecting this sort of thing to happen to the other speedster during his race with A-Train. I thought Homelander would laser the other guy's achilles and he'd splat into a wall and Butcher was staring at him to catch the act, but they used that scene for something else later. Hell, maybe the V speeds you up at the cost of that durability. So it's even more of a risk. Better pay attention to your footing. bring back old gbs fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Aug 9, 2019 |
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Aug 9, 2019 12:19
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 quote:I'm a very strong saiyan. Very strong. Probably the strongest ever. these supes are out of control
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Aug 9, 2019 12:23
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Alan Smithee posted:
Homelander inviting a College Basketball team to Vought HQ to feast on the new Bacon and Cheese VoughtBurger with a full media presence -the commercials all say the burgers are cooked using patriotic Homelander eye laser tech -A-train on roller skates brings ur meal to the car -the Butchler always tries to steal the secret V sauce
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Aug 9, 2019 12:31
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Unlike comic-book speedsters, A-Train doesn't have any kind of physics-bending power. He's just strong and tough enough to move that fast without killing himself. This means he usually can't do normal things in a fraction of the time because he just rips poo poo apart; the only stunt like that he pulled in the show is when he killed his girlfriend Popclaw.bring back old gbs posted:Homelander inviting a College Basketball team to Vought HQ to feast on the new Bacon and Cheese VoughtBurger with a full media presence
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Aug 9, 2019 14:58
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Halloween Jack posted:Unlike comic-book speedsters, A-Train doesn't have any kind of physics-bending power. He's just strong and tough enough to move that fast without killing himself. This means he usually can't do normal things in a fraction of the time because he just rips poo poo apart; the only stunt like that he pulled in the show is when he killed his girlfriend Popclaw. I forget who it was that said "money is my superpower". Fun fact about A-Train - the thing he wears on his chest isn't armour. It's a splash guard.
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Aug 9, 2019 15:06
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McSpanky posted:It's been a while since I read it but I think her power was just light projection, no force-blast component and nothing about converting electricity to power it, though she could also fly. i think it's funny that he always starts the beam away and then cuts across so it looks cooler when he could just shoot the beam at them and kill them.
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Aug 9, 2019 15:22
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Honestly the most brutal scene in the show for me was A-Train slamming Limiko’s head into the concrete wall multiple times a second for like over a minute. Kimiko surviving that was a surprise.
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Aug 9, 2019 15:22
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Bust Rodd posted:Honestly the most brutal scene in the show for me was A-Train slamming Limiko’s head into the concrete wall multiple times a second for like over a minute. Kimiko surviving that was a surprise. I thought she was dead and always wondered how she survived until the fight with Black Noir
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Aug 9, 2019 15:26
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A Train has super speed but not super reflexes, which is why he hit Robin (being hopped up on Compound V didn't help things obviously).
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Aug 9, 2019 15:27
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Bust Rodd posted:Honestly the most brutal scene in the show for me was A-Train slamming Limiko’s head into the concrete wall multiple times a second for like over a minute. Kimiko surviving that was a surprise. One little thing I liked about that scene--I'd have to rewatch it to be sure, but it seemed like A-Train was around the corner and completely out of sight from the platform until Frenchie started yelling, then instead of hiding or running he immediately pokes his head out for the world to see.
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Aug 9, 2019 15:32
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Panfilo posted:A Train has super speed but not super reflexes, which is why he hit Robin (being hopped up on Compound V didn't help things obviously). He was dodging energy blasts from Starlight so he does have super reflexes. Being high as a kite is a more likely explanation.
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Aug 9, 2019 15:34
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i think haley joel getting his cranium cracked was the most brutal.
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Aug 9, 2019 15:38
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Honestly not as brutal as the scene with his daughter. Imagine wanting nothing more than to be in her life, and then patting her on the back... and realizing in an instant that she doesn’t want to be around you or get to know you and just wants to go home. Honestly HJO knocked Mesmir out of the park, I thought he did a great job. I also literally have never seen the 6th Sense or A.I. so I never got sick of him either.
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Aug 9, 2019 15:45
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Jedit posted:I forget who it was that said "money is my superpower". 
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Aug 9, 2019 16:15
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Superbat is basically Iron Man Bruce Wayne rich and his idea was "I'm gonna use this money to be a loving superhero celeb". I think his last line in Final Crisis is "behold! the power of money unleashed!" Also they ripped it off for BvS when Flash asks Bruce what his power is
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Aug 9, 2019 16:54
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For some reason I though the actor who plays Mallory was the same as the actor who played Milner in Utopia. Isn't the Amazon version out this year some time. Utopia was perfect already if tragically killed off too soon, to save mankind from itself.
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Aug 9, 2019 17:35
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Groovelord Neato posted:i think haley joel getting his cranium cracked was the most brutal. I think this is the first show to have a over the top death by facesitting. At least it was also a landlord death.
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Aug 9, 2019 17:43
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I’ll just come out and say it: Show needs a touch more boobie. I really almost barfed when I thought Homie was gonna nurse from Stilwell in that one scene but they cut away from it and I was so relieved. But just gimme like a scene in a strip club or something. I don’t wanna see Maeve or Starlight or Kimiko naked, I just want a little more senseless nudity. As it stands, shout out to the show just have like a shredded dude hang song in the first episode or two to try to flip “gratuitous nudity” on its head.
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Aug 9, 2019 17:51
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You saying we should've seen if The Deep was a grower or a shower when he pulled a Louis C.K. on Starlight?
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Aug 9, 2019 18:07
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