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I figure Rudy's voice is going to get better with time, not for any diagetic reason but the VA is doing his best Mantzoukas impression and it's really hard to do an impression and inflection at the same time. It takes time and a lot of practice that the VA might not have had time for.
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Panfilo posted:A superhero immune to 199 bullets a day (resetting once every 24 hours) would be a pretty funny superpower. That's basically Empowered. Emp has a super-suit that gives her immense strength and invulnerability, but the suit itself is not invulnerable and once it's been damaged enough she loses her powers until it can regenerate.
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Apr 24, 2021 23:15
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Jedit posted:That's basically Empowered. Emp has a super-suit that gives her immense strength and invulnerability, but the suit itself is not invulnerable and once it's been damaged enough she loses her powers until it can regenerate. And she's naked afterwards. I am enjoying the series way more than I thought based on my reaction to the comics. I might have to give them a try again. There's only one major spoiler I know from the comics but i think that happens down the line, so i'd be going in fresh.
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Apr 24, 2021 23:40
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I think part of the trope with mooks or grunts that exist just to get merced is also meant to display that they don't have a choice when an altercation occurs. We saw this when Titan confronted the security forces and told them they could put in the token effort and live, or they could try to fight and die. Whether it be soldiers or other government workers, or goons and other private security, they have to be seen as doing their job or they're gonna have a bad exit interview with their boss (who probably don't give a gently caress that it was an indestructible super they were facing, they are paid to fight and protect property). We see it as a trope but in reality it's a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. This ignores isolated incidents where a single person finds the super and decides "nope, I didn't see that, we can't stop them and they haven't tripped an alarm, I'm not gonna be that guy that ruins it for everyone"
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Apr 25, 2021 01:59
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Iron Man 3 kind of did that too https://youtu.be/i4vAZZ8iLGY Last guys says "these dudes are weird I'm out" (Ignore the part where his armor pieces can't break through a lovely wooden garage door)
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Apr 25, 2021 02:10
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well that new ep was certainly intense. fun to see Omni run into some stuff he wasn't necessarily equal to.
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Apr 25, 2021 21:36
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Mr Interweb posted:some general thoughts thus far: That or the Band Leader from Whiplash, which is also loving intense. He's possibly more of a sociopath in that movie than as the Nazi in Oz. (In my experience, this is accurate of many band directors)
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Apr 25, 2021 21:48
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Only problem I had this ep is that it makes Amber's annoyance last episode weirder. I 100% buy and do not fault her reasoning for dumping Mark in general, but it makes it obvious that last ep was just withholding info for the sake of drama. Like, it feels weird that in e6 her specific objection was 'you ran away' unless she was trying to phrase it in such a way as to force Mark to own up to what he did, but it didn't feel like that what she was doing in the ep itself. Would have been nice if we had some sort of hint that she was basically just giving him rope to hang himself with, but they wrote it in how they did so the reveal of her knowing in e7 would be a surprise and that's to her character's detriment. E6 was the worst of the season basically because of this IMO.
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Apr 25, 2021 22:45
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I think JK blends in pretty well as Omni-Man for me, only one who stands out for me is Mantzoukas. He's like three times as old as his character and just using his normal distinctive voice. I loved Immortal coming back, I liked the whole not-Justice League a lot. It would have been really cool if he had put up more of a fight though, I mean he sure did, but he basically lives in some other dimension while he's dead right? It would have been cool if we saw some stuff hinting that he had learned from his first fight with Omni-Man and when Omni-Man went to kill him the same way again he predicted it and delivered a perfect counter and did some stuff to put Nolan in serious danger before he dropped the hammer and did something more surprising than just punching to take him out again. Him being full of battle rage was so hype though. If the timing were better and it was Immortal, the cyborgs, and the Kaiju all vs. Nolan at once with Cecil delivering a distraction at the right time they probably could have taken him down before Mark showed up. Now we might see the new Guardians vs. Nolan with a conflicted Mark in the middle.
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Apr 25, 2021 22:46
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Justice League parodies are a dime a dozen, so g egg he immortal is a nice twist, since he brings something a little different to the table.
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Apr 26, 2021 00:34
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e X posted:Justice league Paradies are a dime a dozen, so g egg he immortal is a nice twist, since he brings something a little different to the table. He's just flying brick Vandal Savage
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Apr 26, 2021 01:05
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I really like the comedy in this show too. I had a genuine laugh-out-loud moment when Mark was about to tell Amber "I'm in(vincible)...." and you're expecting it to cut to the title screen because it always does at similar moments, but instead she slams the door in his face. I thought the timing of that gag was just perfect.
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Apr 26, 2021 01:13
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Honestly, episode was rad. Just saying it again. JK Simmons is so loving good as Omni Man and the way they've set the stage for a face-off between father and son in front of the world with cameras rolling has me fully torqued for the next episode. I have a feeling they'll wrap things up satisfactorily and if there's a cliffhanger it'll be a post-credit kinda thing, not some cock-tease that makes the whole product unsatisfying.
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Apr 26, 2021 01:17
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i've seen him in many many great roles but i was enthralled by whiplash. what a great movie to watch alone in the dark with the volume all the way up
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The interaction between William and Omniman was genuinely unnerving, got serious Homelander vibes
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Apr 26, 2021 06:14
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I got real loving angry that nothing goes the way he wanted it vibes. All these human cattle are acting real uppity.
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Apr 26, 2021 06:56
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Same. In the vein of David Carradine explaining what Superman really thinks of humans to Uma Thurman in Kill Bill Vol. 2.
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Apr 26, 2021 06:58
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After Preacher, The Boys and now Invincible, we're going to have to accept as a people that Seth Rogen just makes good comic adaptions. Especially given the expectations of people when those adaptations were announced.
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Apr 26, 2021 16:00
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zoux posted:After Preacher, The Boys and now Invincible, we're going to have to accept as a people that Seth Rogen just makes good comic adaptions. Especially given the expectations of people when those adaptations were announced. Not a hard thing to accept. A jolly looking stoner is exactly the kind of guy I'd expect to make good comic book adaptations. Now Trump on the other hand, would be hard to accept.
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Apr 26, 2021 16:26
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I really got bored with Preacher before the end of season 1. It was just people with redneck accents being lovely to each other. Once and a while the Angels would pop up and do something interesting would happen but I really did not give a poo poo about the problems of the people of Anneville. Preacher is a road trip story, not just another show about how people interact with each other.
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Apr 26, 2021 19:16
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twistedmentat posted:I really got bored with Preacher before the end of season 1. It was just people with redneck accents being lovely to each other. Once and a while the Angels would pop up and do something interesting would happen but I really did not give a poo poo about the problems of the people of Anneville. Preacher is a road trip story, not just another show about how people interact with each other. I lost steam during S2 when they got stuck in New Orleans, and I was like, oh, they don't what to spend budget on road tripping
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Kulkasha posted:I lost steam during S2 when they got stuck in New Orleans, and I was like, oh, they don't what to spend budget on road tripping It reminded me a lot of Walking Dead really. "Oh the real monsters are people!" Shut the gently caress up, everyone knows that, you're not saying anything interesting. Maybe people want to see actual monsters and supernatural stuff happening? American Gods was more of a road trip but I also got bored of that because it didn't have a point. Shadow goes with Mr Wednesday and visits this weird, and then this weirdo, and by halfway through the season i'm confused on what the point is.
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Preacher had potential but it got weaker as it went on. I never saw the last season. Was it worth the watch?
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Piell posted:He's just flying brick Vandal Savage Maybe, but as far as Justice League knockoffs go, that's hell of creative.
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Apr 27, 2021 10:33
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Immortal is a cool concept, yeah. Also am I right in thinking that it showed he was Abe Lincoln?
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Apr 27, 2021 11:52
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Collapsing Farts posted:Preacher had potential but it got weaker as it went on. I never saw the last season. Was it worth the watch? The final season has a lot of cool stuff going on. I'd say it's slightly weaker than the 1st but way stronger than 2nd and 3rd.
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Nephthys posted:Immortal is a cool concept, yeah. Also am I right in thinking that it showed he was Abe Lincoln? Yes, the Immortal is explicitly Abraham Lincoln.
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Apr 27, 2021 12:15
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Nephthys posted:Immortal is a cool concept, yeah. Also am I right in thinking that it showed he was Abe Lincoln? He was actually Mary Todd Lincoln at the time.
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Apr 27, 2021 13:11
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Just couldn't let go of the beard, eh?
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Collapsing Farts posted:Preacher had potential but it got weaker as it went on. I never saw the last season. Was it worth the watch? MiddleOne posted:The final season has a lot of cool stuff going on. I'd say it's slightly weaker than the 1st but way stronger than 2nd and 3rd. Yeah, I'd agree. The first three or so episodes of Season 4 are pretty, like, how's it going, but the back part of the season is really good. Helps that they got their budget back, finally. Season 3 isn't so bad, to be honest. I don't remember too much about it, I probably should give it a rewatch.
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Apr 27, 2021 13:54
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Jedit posted:Yes, the Immortal is explicitly Abraham Lincoln. I wonder if people in that continuity are aware he was Abe Lincoln but aren't really impressed because these days he's a bit of a dick plus there's way cooler superheroes around now
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Apr 27, 2021 13:57
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I wonder if people in that continuity are aware he was Abe Lincoln but aren't really impressed because these days he's a bit of a dick plus there's way cooler superheroes around now Is there a similar character in DC or Marvel? The closest I can think of is Samson, who's a C-lister who I think was the actual Samson from the Bible (although don't take my word for it because I don't know anything about him really.) The only one I can think of is Gilgamos from Irredeemable. I think he's pretty much exactly the same story as the Immortal, super long-lived hero who's seen all of history, generic super strength powerset. It'd just be an odd choice to do an analogue of him specifically -- Irredeemable is another story about an off-brand Superman going evil and killing the off-brand Justice League, and I would have thought Invincible was treading so much of the same ground that they wouldn't want to crib minor characters from it too.
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There's Vandal Savage for DC. Not sure about Marvel. Immortals like that are common enough in fiction that I wouldn't call it an analogue of anyone from Irredeemable--especially since Invincible predates it by several years.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I wonder if people in that continuity are aware he was Abe Lincoln but aren't really impressed because these days he's a bit of a dick plus there's way cooler superheroes around now He purposefully set it up so Booth could easily get to him. He just couldn't take any more of Mary Todd's spiritualism bullshit anymore.
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Argue posted:There's Vandal Savage for DC. Not sure about Marvel. Apocalypse is probably the closest Marvel analog, being possibly the first mutant human and thousands of years old, but he is asleep for a lot of it.
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Apr 27, 2021 15:05
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NmareBfly posted:withholding info for the sake of drama That's basically the title of the show. This episode was a big improvement, but there's something missing. I'm not really fussed about whatever Omni-man's secret is, but I can tell the show really wants me to be. Also the episodes should be 10 minutes shorter.
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Immortal was so desperate to conceal that he was immortal that he let Reconstruction get hosed up during his successor's term instead of just acting like the bullet had missed a vital area haha. Either that or his body takes a really long time to actually come back to life after one of his deaths. I don't remember if the comic ever explains how his powers work. It's more just a gag that he's got similar facial hair to Lincoln.
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Ccs posted:Immortal was so desperate to conceal that he was immortal that he let Reconstruction get hosed up during his successor's term instead of just acting like the bullet had missed a vital area haha. I mentioned this in an earlier post right after watching the episode, but I think it's way better writing to never mention it again. I love filling in the blanks there on my own (and reading other people's speculation)
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Just started reading the comic to see what things were like in grand ol' 2003 and I gotta day I actually like a lot of the changes to the supporting characters (though I'm only on issue 10) since they feel more like actual people instead of just silhouettes that are there for the main characters to sound off on every so often. Perhaps the not-Justice League gets more coverage in flashbacks but boy at least in the show they are present before just getting merced by Omniman. Certainly a fun read so far but, much like The Boys, the show has filled out the world a lot better and (so far) is looking to surpass the comic in a lot of ways. Also, I am glad that there isn't a lot of edgy poo poo that turns me away from the comic, as opposed to The Boys
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Ccs posted:I don't remember if the comic ever explains how his powers work. I just read the whole series and he seems to regenerate at the speed of plot. It's a little hard to compare since in the comics Nolan wasn't hurt at all by the guardians and the time between "guardians murdered" and "nolan being outed" was like 3 days e: decided to spoiler that just cause it's comics stuff, but there's nothing in it not presented by the show already
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