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Mat Cauthon posted:Probably something to do with Kid Homelander and turning him or using him to get Homelander to stand down.
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Jul 10, 2020 18:44
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In Invincible, the main character flies through space just by holding his breath. Story wise I hope the way to take down Homelander is by using his own hubris, but I really enjoy the idea that it's possible to be head and shoulders the best and still overrated.
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Jul 10, 2020 19:23
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One thing that’s notable in the comic is that superhero fights aren’t treated as cinematic. Even when it’s between two powerful individuals the winner is usually the one who gets a sucker punch off first and takes the others head off. There’s no back and forth until one prevails like a marvel movie, fights are either won by dirty tricks or overwhelming power.
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Jul 10, 2020 19:29
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Bust Rodd posted:Or maybe the Homelander we know is the beta-lame-o version with an obvious Death Star kill switch and You-Know-Who is the real one The teaser thing they did with him and the terrorist supe seems to point to that but I feel like it's a fake out. More than likely they've come up with some twist/variation to set the series apart from the comic.
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Jul 10, 2020 20:00
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Mat Cauthon posted:The teaser thing they did with him and the terrorist supe seems to point to that but I feel like it's a fake out. More than likely they've come up with some twist/variation to set the series apart from the comic. Yeah, it is worth pointing out that superheroes in series seem to have a set of generic strengths on top of their particular power. Annie takes a couple of shots from a gently caress off rifle and is stunned but unharmed. A-train pulverized a human being but didn't have a scratch on him. Black noir walking away with some injuries from a point blank explosion doesn't necessarily put him as that much more durable than what we've already seen.
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Jul 10, 2020 20:47
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Mat Cauthon posted:He did seem pretty wary of Starlight (or at least considered her a threat enough to not take chances) but there's no guarantee that he isn't invulnerable enough to take a hit from her and keep going or just crater her before she can act. There are a couple of points where everyone seems a bit wary of Annie. I mean, they don't have actual enemies on their level, so it would make sense they'd all be a bit afraid of one another.
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Jul 10, 2020 20:56
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Straight White Shark posted:I feel like this is an artifact of network TV schedules more than anything. If The Boys ran for 13 episodes, yeah, they'd need to mix it up and throw in a couple breaks from the season arc. But streaming shows aren't beholden to arbitrary season lengths and don't need to pad out their run to meet an order. That's the other side of the streaming/serialization debate; streaming schedules allows shows to tell much tighter stories than were ever practical in the network TV era. Shows that try to do the heavily serialized format and drag it out really suck, yeah, but the best solution is generally to just cut out the cruft entirely, not to replace it with filler. There's a structure in a self contained story that can add a lot of depth to a character or two. It's why short stories exist. Wisely adding those in just adds to a show. Exploring relationships or details in a world in a one off can add depth that following a purely serialized format has to stretch to get to.
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Jul 10, 2020 21:19
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Sometimes there is a fun/cool idea to play with, but it doesn't necessarily need to be linked to a season wide arc. Also, the show can go back to a filler episode, and make it part of the main plot if there is a good opportunity, and then the show can look more planned out than it was.
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Jul 10, 2020 22:09
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PostNouveau posted:There are a couple of points where everyone seems a bit wary of Annie.
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Jul 10, 2020 22:39
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What if laser baby inexplicably ends up In Homelander's butt? Would that kill him?
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Jul 10, 2020 22:58
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FilthyImp posted:I bet this is largely because Laserbaby and Homelander have shown that energy-based powers are ridiculously effective and her being able to control light/EM has a big ol' ??? Attached to its upper limit. It's probably also partly that she can at least blind people, and there's no way they want to risk being blinded in their current situation. They've got pretty sweet lives, why give all that up, even if you're not entirely sure she can do it?
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Jul 10, 2020 23:04
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Black Noir is pretty tough, but don't forget he also got slashed up by The Female last season. Even in the show, the fights that are supe vs supe are mainly just sucker punches. A-Train beat TF by repeatedly smashing her head into the wall at super speed. She beat him by leaping out of a vent or something and crowbaring him in the femur. They haven't really had a dramatic movie style fight with anyone yet. Looks like it might be at least one this season though.
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Jul 11, 2020 00:56
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I would really enjoy a twist along the lines of them hiring starlight for her sneaky clean image and non-threatening showy powers only for her to absorb a power station and burn a hole straight through a BN/Homelander/godlevel's chest.
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Jul 11, 2020 01:53
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I'm fine with superfights essentially being first-punch contests. The whole Superman and Doomsday tossing each other through buildings for 10 minutes poo poo gets stupid. It's easier to believe that two guys could lift tanks than to believe that two guys could take a punch from someone who could lift tanks.
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Jul 11, 2020 02:16
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Superman holds his breath in space. He can hold his breath for a really long rear end time.
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Jul 11, 2020 04:46
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MarcusSA posted:Superman holds his breath in space. Superman's Kryptonian cells absorb solar radiation in the vacuum of space at a more efficient rate and due to his solar-powered metabolism 
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Jul 11, 2020 04:59
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Black Noir is pretty tough, but don't forget he also got slashed up by The Female last season. In the comics at least, most Supes punch way above their endurance - as in, a Supe would probably be unable to survive a good punch from themselves. It looks like we'll get at least a Stormfront fight in the series, and that is one of the few prolonged fights I can remember from the comics as well at least until Vas shows up.
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Jul 11, 2020 13:45
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FilthyImp posted:Alternately: Turns out 19th century science is right and Superman breathes the luminiferous aether.
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Jul 11, 2020 16:01
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Can superman get cancer or STDs?
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Jul 11, 2020 18:38
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Khanstant posted:Can superman get cancer or STDs? He is rendered vulnerable by pink Claptonite.
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Jul 11, 2020 19:00
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Superman gets wrecked by "magic", which makes sense I suppose since it's magic.
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Jul 11, 2020 19:00
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PostNouveau posted:Superman gets wrecked by "magic", which makes sense I suppose since it's magic. It's not like Kryptonite to him, it's just that he's the same as anyone else when it comes to magic. A spell that makes someone stands still ignores how strong you are, and a sword that can cut through anything cuts through him just as well as any other dude on the street. He can still dodge a magic sword or punch you faster than you can cast a spell though.
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Jul 11, 2020 19:08
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The comics go back and forth on that, to the point where I think the 80s Reboot was like "Due to his Kryptonian heritage, Superman's HYPER RATIONAL mind is not attuned to magic and..."
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Jul 11, 2020 20:17
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I still like that one of the times Shazam k.o. supes in one punch was because 1) Shazam is almost as strong 2) superman is vulnerable to magic 3) Shazam just sucker-punched him And he feels really bad about it! Man, Shazam is fun.give Jason Aaron a run with him. It seems they are setting up black noir to have the kinda same powers as the female.like he's the buffed wolverine of the 7.
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Jul 11, 2020 23:01
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The discussion about how to kill Homelander made me feel kinda bad for him. He is undoubtedly a massive psychopath now, but he was bred to be one. The flashback he had of himself as a small child in that sterile room with the scientists handing him a blanket or whatever just about sums him up, and he has every right to lash out at those people. The problem is that those people put the whole world between Homelander and them. He is basically a beauty pageant kid as much as Starlight is, and that is what makes it satisfying to see him take control and turn what the people who controlled him back on them. It's a story about liberation, but unfortunately also about laser eyes and a total disregard for the sanctity of life.
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Jul 11, 2020 23:16
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FilthyImp posted:The comics go back and forth on that, to the point where I think the 80s Reboot was like "Due to his Kryptonian heritage, Superman's HYPER RATIONAL mind is not attuned to magic and..." I don't recall this. The Byrne reboot is what established that he isn't invulnerable to magic, nor is he more vulnerable to it.
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Jul 11, 2020 23:20
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Homelander panics when he finds out he has a deadly peanut allergy
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Jul 11, 2020 23:22
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bobjr posted:Homelander panics when he finds out he has a deadly peanut allergy A
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Jul 11, 2020 23:32
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Antifa Poltergeist posted:I still like that one of the times Shazam k.o. supes in one punch was because *adjusting spectacles* If you mean the Morrison JLA run, that was two punches.. the first one kind of stunned him (...billy?) the second one clobbered him. Thor > Superman I'm fuckin bored, I was really hoping this would drop in July Supreme Allah fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Jul 11, 2020 |
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Jul 11, 2020 23:38
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I wonder if homelander is going to juice up on V this season. He's already barely in control of himself but imagine if he was high and overcharged at the same time.
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Jul 11, 2020 23:56
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Supreme Allah posted:*adjusting spectacles* If you mean the Morrison JLA run, that was two punches.. the first one kind of stunned him (...billy?) the second one clobbered him. Thor > Superman I loved that story. As mentioned, Shazam feels loving horrible for doing it, and is quick to point out that it only worked because it was a sucker punch and Superman would NEVER expect him to pull something like that.
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Jul 12, 2020 02:33
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As Nero Danced posted:I wonder if homelander is going to juice up on V this season. He's already barely in control of himself but imagine if he was high and overcharged at the same time. Is Compound V “more equals better” or does an injection unlock your X-gene?
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Jul 12, 2020 02:51
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Bust Rodd posted:Is Compound V “more equals better” or does an injection unlock your X-gene? An adult supe on it just gets a rush and, if we remember popclaw, it's likely not a good idea to do a bunch at once...
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Jul 12, 2020 03:03
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A-Train treated it kinda like super cocaine. He took it to get faster, so apparently it not only gets you high, it boosts your powers a bit as well. Downside is, apparently it's easy to overdose.
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Jul 12, 2020 05:45
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:A WHEN THE gently caress DID I EAT PEANUTS AND CORN LAST??!?!?!
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Jul 12, 2020 08:10
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Antifa Poltergeist posted:I still like that one of the times Shazam k.o. supes in one punch was because The Shazam movie was pretty drat good FWIW. I wasn’t expecting to like it at all but it was quite fun.
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Jul 12, 2020 09:19
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MarcusSA posted:The Shazam movie was pretty drat good FWIW. I wasn’t expecting to like it at all but it was quite fun. Shazam is known as the Big Red Cheese, and they made the very wise decision to lean hard into that for the movie.
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Jul 12, 2020 10:59
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Didn't see this posted earlier - Season 1 bloopers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH2HzjuBLfA
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Jul 12, 2020 15:46
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Didn't see this posted earlier - Season 1 bloopers. I had no idea about Anthony Starr's real accent till the end of that video!
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Jul 12, 2020 17:12
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Karl seems like a lot of fun to work with lol
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