Yeah, but it was a very quick, easy, and simple solution. He just needed to fall in love with his physical therapist, who turns out to be a psychic healer, but when she heals his broken back, her mind regresses into that of a 4 year old and forgotten by the Batman writers ever since.
[Movies] Avengers
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That's a lot like a character I had come up with when a friend and I had tried our hand at a ridiculous super hero comic a long, long time ago. He was a speedster who was severely obese because he needed the energy to move at the speeds he did. The more he used hia power the skinnier he got until he was out of juice.
GasBandit
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I will, thank you
I mean, hell, everybody seems to find kryptonite lying in the gutter these days.
Well there was the meteor swarm in Smallville that caused all the Meteor Freaks...I will, thank you
I mean, hell, everybody seems to find kryptonite lying in the gutter these days.
Originally the tying her up only removed her power if it was done by a man... which is why a lot of her female villains always had a henchman around for that purpose...
GL's weakness was retconned to fear, which yellow represented... so it's still there, just very watered down, moreso then kryptonite (kryptonite lasers only make Supes feel woozy now, while killing a human, how totally surprising).
BananaHands
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The weakness thing just seems silly.
But it's also the logical result of overpowering your heroes to ludicrous levels... or in Wonder Woman's case being into bondage...
GasBandit
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Yeah, I can see how that works... stupidly strong leads to a stupid achilles' heel. Every member of the Avengers is susceptible to a sniper's bullet at an unforeseen time (assuming Banner isn't hulked out)... even Thor. He spins his hammer to deflect bullets. Why would he need to if bullets couldn't hurt him? Supes and Wonder Woman get passive invulnerability. Without some manner of debilitating allergy to green rock or sommat, they become uninteresting characters.
Actually, a lot of heroes deflect bullets even if the bullets can't kill them. Wonder Woman does it with her bracers, while Thor does it with his hammer. Neither can be killed by a bullet, but they block anyways because it likely still hurts like a bitch. In Thor's case he has been hit by much worst and survived.
Superman just lets them bounce off his chest because he likely does not feel anything from it, so why bother?
GasBandit
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Point of fact, wolverine did draw blood on Thor.. that tells me not 100% bulletproof like Supes.
Never said he was 100% bulletproof. Just saying he likely shrugs off bullets with some scratches and welts. It's not like Superman where you don't even see the clothes get damaged. Hell, he has taken melee weapons like magical swords and axes to the gut and not had his skin broken.
Also, Wolverine is a bit of a special case, Adamantium claws and all that. Adamantium is often used as one of those dues ex metals that can do magical things whenever they want to make Wolverine seem like a badass.
Right. In the RPG, Adamantium and Uru trade blows for "toughest stuff in the Universe."
--Patrick
That seems like poor writing, since the only other weakness that Superman has besides Kryptonite is magic.
I was talking about Thor. Thor has taken magical axes to the gut without a scratch.
Speaking of Thor, did anyone else watch the last season of the Avengers cartoon? I just finished the last episode, and I swear, half the series was just ways for them to make Thor seems like an utter badass. Case in point...
In the episode, Secret Invasion, after most of the Avengers have been defeated by the Super Skrulls, Thor shows up with the real Captain America and basically goes ape on nearly all the Super Skrulls.
In the episode, Ultron Unlimited, all the heroes are captured and replaced with duplicates, with Thor the last one. He is defeated after monumental effort from the fake Avengers. After he is saved by Captain America he becomes the only one really holding his own versus Ultron and almost by himself defeats all the fake Avengers. After the Vision releases Ultron's head from his body, it is Thor that hammers it clear off his shoulders. Did I mention Ultron's body in the episode was made of Adamantium?
In the episode, Live Kree or Die, The Avengers are stuck on the Kree homeworld and being chased by the massive Kree army. Thor decides to stay back and fight them all himself, and he wins. He later rejoins the Avengers while they attempt to break the shield of the Supreme Intelligence, a job they were failing at, and breaks the shield with one hammer throw.
The last episode, Avengers Assemble, had Galactus appear to devour Earth. Galactus is pretty much unstoppable, and start sucking the life out of the planet. Spider-Man asks Captain America why he is so calm as the world ends, and Captain America tells him that he "hears it". Spider-Man asks him to clarify and Captain continues "I hear the thunder." Next scene is lightening coming down and knocking back Galactus, followed by Thor flying in, landing Mjornir straight into the world devourers chest, causing him to fall to his knees. He has his badass speech, and ends with him and Iron Man knocking Galactus into the negative zone. Total badass.
In the episode, Ultron Unlimited, all the heroes are captured and replaced with duplicates, with Thor the last one. He is defeated after monumental effort from the fake Avengers. After he is saved by Captain America he becomes the only one really holding his own versus Ultron and almost by himself defeats all the fake Avengers. After the Vision releases Ultron's head from his body, it is Thor that hammers it clear off his shoulders. Did I mention Ultron's body in the episode was made of Adamantium?
In the episode, Live Kree or Die, The Avengers are stuck on the Kree homeworld and being chased by the massive Kree army. Thor decides to stay back and fight them all himself, and he wins. He later rejoins the Avengers while they attempt to break the shield of the Supreme Intelligence, a job they were failing at, and breaks the shield with one hammer throw.
The last episode, Avengers Assemble, had Galactus appear to devour Earth. Galactus is pretty much unstoppable, and start sucking the life out of the planet. Spider-Man asks Captain America why he is so calm as the world ends, and Captain America tells him that he "hears it". Spider-Man asks him to clarify and Captain continues "I hear the thunder." Next scene is lightening coming down and knocking back Galactus, followed by Thor flying in, landing Mjornir straight into the world devourers chest, causing him to fall to his knees. He has his badass speech, and ends with him and Iron Man knocking Galactus into the negative zone. Total badass.
Yeah, it's too bad they cancelled that Avengers series. They want a "different" Avengers cartoon. One that is closer to the movies.
Though I still think Ironman: Armored Adventures is the better show.
Though I still think Ironman: Armored Adventures is the better show.
Yup, very sad about that.
They were doing a great job setting up Surtur as a big villain next season, but now I will never see his arc come to completion.
That said, the series conclusion was fantastic. In fact, it reminded me a lot of JLU's finale. If they were going out, they at least got a chance to go out with a bang.
I never could find the episodes playing on TV, and from what Wikipedia is telling me, most of the second half of Season 2 has only been played in Australia. I watched all the episodes by downloading them from torrents when I learned they were out. I was actually expecting to see the last episode later this week, but they already had the torrent up for the last 4 episodes when I checked Monday.
Likely because they're not out in North America, yet. Australia, for whatever reason, has already aired the rest of the season (and rather quickly, I might add).
This is where "legally obtaining" something from an "anonymous friend on the internet" comes in handy.
This is where "legally obtaining" something from an "anonymous friend on the internet" comes in handy.
The last one to show on DisneyXD was Red Hulk.
So thanks guys for putting untagged spoilers in here.
So thanks guys for putting untagged spoilers in here.
Wait... I did tag my spoilers. Where are there spoilers?
P.S. Looking it over I think I realized what comment you were implying, so I tagged it. I didn't think it was a spoiler since it was kind of hinted through the season, but then I realized it kind of gives away the fact the story arc lacked closure. I guess that counts.
Back to the cartoon...
It obviously felt a bit rushed near the end. It was like they realized they were getting cancelled and attempted as best they could to close as many story arcs they had running as they could, mostly with the Kree. I have a feeling Surtur was actually going to be one of the big bad guys for the end of this season but since they wanted to go out with a bang they chose Galactus instead and pulled in all the other heroes that have worked with them throughout the series.
Item 47
Marvel has produced another short feature to be included on one of their DVDs. Item 47 is the story of a group of people who find a Chitauri weapon after the events of the Avengers and make some very poor choices about what to do next. It will be screened at Comic-Con next week. (via Entertainment Weekly)
In case anyone missed out on the other short subjects:
The Consultant
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
Marvel has produced another short feature to be included on one of their DVDs. Item 47 is the story of a group of people who find a Chitauri weapon after the events of the Avengers and make some very poor choices about what to do next. It will be screened at Comic-Con next week. (via Entertainment Weekly)
In case anyone missed out on the other short subjects:
The Consultant
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
North_Ranger
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Technology with multiple uses, my good friend. Who knows, maybe the Chitauri are avid at rollerblade disco?
North_Ranger
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Everything else I can buy... but Kuzco? Seriously?
I can't think of another Disney character that is as spoiled...
Fuckin furries
Give him a break, he is the best Robin Hood of the last 40 years.
GasBandit
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fuck me, he cleared it
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