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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Jul 12, 2013 15:07:45 GMT 1
Yes! Thank you! That was exactly what I was thinking but couldn't articulate for some reason! It does seem like a publicity stunt, and doing it for attention, by doing it with a character who is already well-established... I like the way you think! Thanks! And it's too bad that it automatically feels that way. There are probably some people who would like to show established characters like Spider Man in ways we've never seen him before to challenge peoples' perceptions, but the entertainment industry in general is just so starved for attention and prone to lame stunts that I think it's left us jaded. I'm also wary of characters being made gay because they'll probably work to hard to define them that way to the point where it becomes gratuitous or offensive. Aside from the character's romantic preferences, that wouldn't require change for much else. So I can see them making Peter Parker some raging queen that hits on all his male enemies. Maybe there'll be an issue where he uses Spider Man powers to defeat Republicans who oppose gay marriage. Because he's gay, remember? Do we have that gay money now? Well there was that issue where Spidey is fist-bumping Obama pre-election from back in '08...
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Post by Mister Buch on Jul 12, 2013 16:11:11 GMT 1
I have to admit, I kind of liked that one.
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Post by spookyjacobs on Jul 12, 2013 17:25:38 GMT 1
Thanks! And it's too bad that it automatically feels that way. There are probably some people who would like to show established characters like Spider Man in ways we've never seen him before to challenge peoples' perceptions, but the entertainment industry in general is just so starved for attention and prone to lame stunts that I think it's left us jaded. I'm also wary of characters being made gay because they'll probably work to hard to define them that way to the point where it becomes gratuitous or offensive. Aside from the character's romantic preferences, that wouldn't require change for much else. So I can see them making Peter Parker some raging queen that hits on all his male enemies. Maybe there'll be an issue where he uses Spider Man powers to defeat Republicans who oppose gay marriage. Because he's gay, remember? Do we have that gay money now? Well there was that issue where Spidey is fist-bumping Obama pre-election from back in '08... wat. I don't really read comics, so I'm not aware of most of the bizarre things that go on in them. I did know about the body swapping thing that's been going on that was mentioned earlier though.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jul 12, 2013 20:57:43 GMT 1
You all remember the time Mary Poppins stopped the Anti-Christ by melting him into a puddle of goo using her god like powers?
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Post by spookyjacobs on Jul 12, 2013 21:09:57 GMT 1
I had to look this up.
Thus the caring, motherly side of God, in the form of Mary Poppins, came down from the heavens to destroy the Antichrist. She did this by altering reality to transform the Antichrist into a chalk drawing. With the words "splish, splash", she summoned a rainfall to wash away the chalk drawing. She then flies back into the sky, presumably returning to Heaven or the Blazing World.
- The completely serious League of Extraordinary Gentlemen wiki.
I think I can smell colors after reading that,
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jul 12, 2013 21:12:10 GMT 1
This is why I love comics man. My childhood friend defeating the avatar of all evil is so...supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
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Post by jklinders on Jul 12, 2013 21:32:09 GMT 1
I had to look this up. I think I can smell colors after reading that, Sums up my thought better than I could have.
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