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Re:Sounds like a Star Trek Episode
No. Its Iron Man. I think someone stole this idea from Iron Man. Beta particle generators are one of his power sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man's_armor
http://www.advancediron.org/general-purpose-iron-man-armors/mark-20-the-s.k.i.n.-armor
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Re:mixed feelings
You know, honestly, I was perfectly fine with the leather designs of the X-Men uniforms in those movies. And frankly, it really would have looked live-action absurd if Hugh Jackman was wearing yellow spandex. I expect the same for giant boxy robots.
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Re:Remembrance Day coin?
...sure, if you lead a normal life... If, on the other hand, you seem to attract more improbable events than the Scarlet Witch, then paranoia can actually be helpful...
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Galactus?
This was all caused by Galactus, right? I think I read that somewhere...
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Re:Look up in the sky. It's a flying bull. Ewwwww.I'm not familiar with DC or Marvel's comics, but are there any characters that only have praeternatural powers, not supernatural ones?
From Google:
define: praeternaturalDefinitions of praeternatural on the Web:
Supernatural, or inexplicable by ordinary means.
www.poestories.com/wordlist.php
The preternatural or praeternatural labels things or events which appear outside (Latin praeter) the bounds of nature as currently understood. One could consider that such matters belong in science's "too-difficult" basket.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeternatural
Since it seems that praeternatural and supernatural are synonyms, the more appropriate question would be "Are there any characters with praeternatural powers instead of superhuman powers?" Superhuman would most likely be any powers that don't draw from the realm of the supernatural (like from another planet, or due to mutations, or whatever.)
In that light, I can think of at least three Marvel characters who have praeternatural powers:
Dr. Strange: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/d/drstr ange.htm
Scarlet Witch: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/s/scarl etwitch.htm (seems a mix of supernatural and mutant, actually)
Thor: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/t/thor. htm
I thought that Tigra, my favorite of the Marvel denizens (who I would love to see as the basis for a live action Marvel flick) had supernatural origins, but it looks like she is a mutant type after all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigra -
Re:Look up in the sky. It's a flying bull. Ewwwww.I'm not familiar with DC or Marvel's comics, but are there any characters that only have praeternatural powers, not supernatural ones?
From Google:
define: praeternaturalDefinitions of praeternatural on the Web:
Supernatural, or inexplicable by ordinary means.
www.poestories.com/wordlist.php
The preternatural or praeternatural labels things or events which appear outside (Latin praeter) the bounds of nature as currently understood. One could consider that such matters belong in science's "too-difficult" basket.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeternatural
Since it seems that praeternatural and supernatural are synonyms, the more appropriate question would be "Are there any characters with praeternatural powers instead of superhuman powers?" Superhuman would most likely be any powers that don't draw from the realm of the supernatural (like from another planet, or due to mutations, or whatever.)
In that light, I can think of at least three Marvel characters who have praeternatural powers:
Dr. Strange: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/d/drstr ange.htm
Scarlet Witch: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/s/scarl etwitch.htm (seems a mix of supernatural and mutant, actually)
Thor: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/t/thor. htm
I thought that Tigra, my favorite of the Marvel denizens (who I would love to see as the basis for a live action Marvel flick) had supernatural origins, but it looks like she is a mutant type after all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigra -
Re:Look up in the sky. It's a flying bull. Ewwwww.I'm not familiar with DC or Marvel's comics, but are there any characters that only have praeternatural powers, not supernatural ones?
From Google:
define: praeternaturalDefinitions of praeternatural on the Web:
Supernatural, or inexplicable by ordinary means.
www.poestories.com/wordlist.php
The preternatural or praeternatural labels things or events which appear outside (Latin praeter) the bounds of nature as currently understood. One could consider that such matters belong in science's "too-difficult" basket.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praeternatural
Since it seems that praeternatural and supernatural are synonyms, the more appropriate question would be "Are there any characters with praeternatural powers instead of superhuman powers?" Superhuman would most likely be any powers that don't draw from the realm of the supernatural (like from another planet, or due to mutations, or whatever.)
In that light, I can think of at least three Marvel characters who have praeternatural powers:
Dr. Strange: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/d/drstr ange.htm
Scarlet Witch: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/s/scarl etwitch.htm (seems a mix of supernatural and mutant, actually)
Thor: http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/t/thor. htm
I thought that Tigra, my favorite of the Marvel denizens (who I would love to see as the basis for a live action Marvel flick) had supernatural origins, but it looks like she is a mutant type after all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigra -
Re:BBC Article sensationlizes?
if you stop and think long enough to remember that visible light is part of the EM spectrum too
So's ultraviolet light.
Heck, so are gamma rays. Did Gen. Thaddeus Ross contribute to the original paper? And are they prepared to deal with the possible consequences of a gamma bomb?
(The authors of the paper probably either thought of "the electromagnetic spectrum" as meaning "radio frequencies" or decided to oversimplify for the benefit of an audience most of whose members either never took electricity and magnetism in college or forgot it.)
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Re:BBC Article sensationlizes?
if you stop and think long enough to remember that visible light is part of the EM spectrum too
So's ultraviolet light.
Heck, so are gamma rays. Did Gen. Thaddeus Ross contribute to the original paper? And are they prepared to deal with the possible consequences of a gamma bomb?
(The authors of the paper probably either thought of "the electromagnetic spectrum" as meaning "radio frequencies" or decided to oversimplify for the benefit of an audience most of whose members either never took electricity and magnetism in college or forgot it.)
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The Internet Fights Back, World Totally Crippled
And, in a grand finale, the document recommends that the United States should seek the ability to "provide maximum control of the entire electromagnetic spectrum".
Why go through all the fuss of briefing journalists, thought manipulation and the destruction of networks when all they really need to do is just hire Magneto. -
Marvel will sue
They had the name Graviton years ago. http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/g/grav
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Re:Rich, but probably not in the top 15 globally.
At some points in his career he controlled a lot more than just New York. Furthermore he invested in multiple legitimate businesses at various times as well.
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Re:Don't get me wrong, but what?
> Power Pack > Never heard of them. Think of a band of super-powered kids. If we're lucky it's not a "Adults are dumb because they don't listen movie." However, a full link for info is here http://www.marveldirectory.com/teams/powerpack.ht
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Cloak and Dagger
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Cloak and Dagger
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Re:Don't get me wrong, but what?I have to hit the marvel directory to find out what other geeks are talking about.
Power Pack
Never heard of them.
http://www.marveldirectory.com/teams/powerpack.htm
The Power Pack are too young to act as professional adventurers, but they continue have exploits requiring the use of their superhuman powers when the occasionsarise
Alex took, the name "Gee" due to his power over gravity ("G-power"), Jack called himself "Mass Master" because he could take gaseous form or compress his mass to as to become tiny, Julie called herself Lightspeed became she could fly fast, leaving a trail of colored light behind her, and Katie became the Energizer, due to her ability to store energy and fire it from her body
I would paraphrase this and attempt to poke fun at the idea, but it's pretty awful in it self.
Shang-Chi
Is this like the token Asian guy?
Your thinking of Samuri from the "super friends".
This clearly isn't your average token asian guy who knows kung fu who moved and got employed as a secret agent and likes to fish who's arch nemisis lives in China Town. The fact that he's from china, knows kung fu and likes to fish and happens to have an arch nemisis in Chinatown are totaly beside the point... and was only formaly employed by MI-6. The nunchukas are just a tasteful detail and clearly isn't intended as being stereotypical at all.
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Re:Don't get me wrong, but what?I have to hit the marvel directory to find out what other geeks are talking about.
Power Pack
Never heard of them.
http://www.marveldirectory.com/teams/powerpack.htm
The Power Pack are too young to act as professional adventurers, but they continue have exploits requiring the use of their superhuman powers when the occasionsarise
Alex took, the name "Gee" due to his power over gravity ("G-power"), Jack called himself "Mass Master" because he could take gaseous form or compress his mass to as to become tiny, Julie called herself Lightspeed became she could fly fast, leaving a trail of colored light behind her, and Katie became the Energizer, due to her ability to store energy and fire it from her body
I would paraphrase this and attempt to poke fun at the idea, but it's pretty awful in it self.
Shang-Chi
Is this like the token Asian guy?
Your thinking of Samuri from the "super friends".
This clearly isn't your average token asian guy who knows kung fu who moved and got employed as a secret agent and likes to fish who's arch nemisis lives in China Town. The fact that he's from china, knows kung fu and likes to fish and happens to have an arch nemisis in Chinatown are totaly beside the point... and was only formaly employed by MI-6. The nunchukas are just a tasteful detail and clearly isn't intended as being stereotypical at all.
http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/s/shang chi.htm -
What the hell is an ant-man? I only see antman II
http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/a/antm
a nii.htm
Let me paraphrase the marvel directory.
Scott Lang was an expert in electronics but for some reason couldn't make a buck. So he became a burglar but wasn't very good at it... he got caught and put in jail and got a job with some Marvel invented company that one would know if one ever bothered to read comic books. But he daughter was diagnosed with a terminal illness, probally something to do with all those green screen terminals Scott Lang was forced to used as he coudln't afford a real computer. The only doctor who can help was being helded by some other big evil company the name likely known by anyone who has bothered to read any marvel comics. So he decided to steal AntMan's outfit and magic shrinking gas. Fortunatly the real AntMan had a spair YellowJacket outfit and follows AntMan II and watches him confront the arch villin who's in the business of kidnaping doctors needed by wackos who like to dress up in costume, a common theme in the Marvel world. AntMan II rescues the good doctor who cures his daughter and just when he's about to step up and return the stupid AntMan outfit to AntMan... AntMan says he can keep it so long as he's a good boy.
Sells electronics by day, dresses up as an Ant by night... it's AntMan II!
So, from this I can establish the first AntMan was some guy with magic shrinking gas who liked to put on an ant costume get small and fight crime. And I wondered why I never really bought comic books. -
Re:nuh uh
This can't possibly be harder than adamantium. Otherwise Captain America would have used it instead for his shield.
"A direct blow from Thor's hammer, conveyed with the thunder god's full strength, will slightly dent a solid cylinder of True Adamantium." --http://www.marveldirectory.com/misc/adamantium.h tm
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Re:Zyxel is good stuff
I think I just need to say our products are green and Yellow
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Phew...
For a moment, I thought they were talking about this kind of Sentinel...
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Over the Undermen
Stop their being born? If the "normals" can't handle us, just send us to boarding school. Why waste our time thinking down to their level, anyway?
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In other news....
Marvel is suing Microsoft for damaging their intellectual property.
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Re:DC vs. Pixar?
On the basis of this, shouldn't DC be suing Pixar? I mean, "Elastigirl" is basically "Plastic Man" with breasts
No, it's totally Marvel's Fantastic 4 there.
A) The Incredibles, a superhero team/family of 4 members, lead by Mr. Incredible, who named the team after himself. It includes a husband/wife and brother/sister. One of them is tough and strong, one is invisble and makes force-field bubbles, one stretches out limbs, and one runs fast. There's also a super-powered baby who's not exactly in the team.
B) The Fantastic Four, a superhero team/family of 4 members, lead by Mr. Fantastic, who named the team after himself. It includes a husband/wife and brother/sister. One of them is tough and strong, one is invisble and makes force-field bubbles, one stretches out limbs, and one shoots fire. There's also a super-powered baby who's not exactly in the team.
In case you missed it, the only difference in those discriptions is running fast vs shooting fire. Oh, and the fact that one of them was published 50 years before the other. In a reasonable copyright system, Fantastic Four would be public domain already. -
Designed by Burt Rutan
Burt Rutan = Tony Stark?
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Re:i think it's strange
Even juggernauts have limited resources (not The Juggernaut http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/j/jugg
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...and I claim regulatory power over the FCCThey claim power over my machine? Ha, then I claim regulatory power over the FCC.
All your decency are belong to me.
Seriously, though, WTF? This is a huge stretch beyond their authority. I'm talking Reed Richards here.
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The Real Reason
that Grenwich won't release the photos is because, contrary to Marvel's "official" story line, the real location of the Xavier Shool for Gifted Youngsters is within citiy limits!
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No sheilding!
Then I can be bombarded with cosmic rays and become the human Torch! Flame On!
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Re:Dear The Register,
Hint to moderators: Erik Lehnsherr.
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Re:hrmm
I take it this is the guy you're referring to? Doesn't seem to be that much of a difference from the original goblin if you ask me...
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Re:He needs to go into a school for gifted kids
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Re:I though otherwise, so did my physics teacher.Actually, there was an excellent take on this in an old Fantastic Four (or was it Avengers?), if I recall correctly.
(Warning, major comic book geekiness here)
Anyway... Gladiator (roughly a Shi'ar equivalent of Superman) picks up a building by one corner, which Reed Richards correctly realizes is impossible to do by simple strength, due to structural issues. They end up taking advantage of this realization to stop him.
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Re:Web searching will only get harder...
Yes mods, this is offtopic, I'm just kindly replying to the parent post. This (www.marveldirectory.com) is a site I found about a month ago. Nothing too in-depth but fun to poke around in.
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Re:Superman is not SUPPOSED to be human!
When was Spider-Man ever stronger than the Hulk? Even in their very first encounter, when the Hulk unwittingly attacked him due to trickery from the Green Goblin (yes, I'm aware of how much I'm embarrasing myself by posting this) the Hulk was clearly the stronger of the two.
AFAIK, the only time Spider-Man was stronger than ole' Hulky was when he temporarily inherited the powers of Captain Universe.