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There was the recent comic mini series: Khan Ruling in H==l that showed what life was like on Ceti Alpha 5 before and after Ceti Alpha 6 exploded.

I think that Alpha 5 and 6 had orbits that kept them on opposite sides of the sun thus when 6 exploded the shockwaves would reach Ceti Alpha 5 and shift its orbit until it was in the same orbital path and distance that 6 was. I think that was how they explained it.

Overall though, they were still pretty sloppy to not know a planet was missing from the star system and it was pretty insane for the Federation to not quarantine the system to ensure that Khan never escaped. They couldn't possibly have believed that Khan would have stayed content for his life ruling Ceti Alpha 5.

I never said Google was staffed by idiots, I'm simply posting hypothetical questions.

I suspect that for safety reasons a human must still be in the drivers seat ready to take control in case of malfunction or unforeseen complications.

Could these automated cars compensate for sudden stops due to an accident occurring up the road, or would they just keep on driving INTO the accident if the human inside doesn't take control?

If a deer is in the road while the automatic pilot compensate by slowing or stopping the car to avoid hitting the deer? Or just keep on going?

He's had a job in the past doing freelance artwork for the Captain America comic by Marvel within the pages of his own comic.

Nowadays, he's pretty much in charge of the Avengers, SHIELD, and is protecting the entire world from threats so a civilian job is pretty much out the door.

Also I think his ID is public knowledge, so if Steve Rogers goes looking for a job he'd likely be hired because he is Captain America instead for the skill set he'd bring to the job.

From Cap's wikipedia entry:

Captain America has no superhuman powers, although as a result of the Super-Soldier Serum and "Vita-Ray" treatment, he is transformed from a frail young man into a "perfect" specimen of human development and conditioning.[79] Captain America's strength, endurance, agility, speed, reflexes, durability, and healing are at the zenith of natural human potential. Rogers' body regularly replenishes the super-soldier serum; it does not wear off.[80]

The formula enhances all of his metabolic functions and prevents the build-up of fatigue poisons in his muscles, giving him endurance far in excess of an ordinary human being. This accounts for many of his extraordinary feats, including bench pressing 1200 pounds (545 kg) and running a mile (1.6 km) in 73 seconds (49 mph/78 kph).[81] Furthermore, his enhancements are the reason why he was able to survive being frozen in suspended animation for decades.


I think Marvel classifies superhuman strength as the ability to lift 1 ton minimum. Cap falls a bit short of that mark. On the other hand, I'd say Cap could easily match Khan Noonien Singh in terms of abilities.

Cap can get drunk it just takes a lot more alcohol then it would take the average person. He also recovers from intoxication faster so he wouldn't be impaired for long.

In the comics it was stated the serum prevented crystallization of his blood and tissues, hence his survival in the ice.

However if the serum enhances one to peak human perfection both physically and mentally then it would follow that their immune system/healing ability would also be amped up. He's not Wolverine level of healing but he can still heal faster then a normal person can.

Hulu and the WB website should have the episodes available. As to nostalgia testing, for me at least this series holds up far better then Star Trek.

Yeah I've been hearing that, which is why I've been hesitant to watch it.

However I did check on Wikipedia and if correct, the Lost Tales takes place during the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Alliance.

But now we hit a continuity snag, If the Lost Tales states that Dr. Franklin is dead, then how come he's there 10 years later at Sheridan's farewell dinner? He did examine Sheridan and determined that the energy Lorien put into him was running out of power but he had no idea how to treat it or recharge Sheridan.

Edit: I just did some more poking around, apparently the Lost Tales states that G'kar and Franklin are exploring space beyond the rim.

Good to know, I haven't seen the Lost Tales yet.

Correct, if my memory serves I don't think Joss was overwhelmingly thrilled with how the movie turned out.

Indeed.

What I think some fans forget or don't realize about Cap is that the Super Soldier Serum brought him from a sickly 98 pound weakling to the peak of human physical and mental capabilities.

Steve Rogers is as good as a human can get without going to superhuman levels. He can still be hurt, shot, stabbed and can die if the wounds are serious enough and he does still feel pain and fatigue.

But on the other hand, a good way to describe his physical capabilities would be that anything an olympic gold medalist can do, with some practice and training Steve Rogers will match and exceed with ease.

Sure it's a name gag, just like when in the comics they linked Mar-Vell to Rick Jones was a tribute to Billy Batson/Captain Marvel.

Correct, though as I recall sometime after he was thawed out in the comics, the military crunched the numbers and figured out how much back pay he was owed. It was quite a significant sum as I recall.

His original triangular shield was a steel alloy.

The round shield that he later received and that fans commonly associate him with was at first a bulletproof shield back in the Timely comics.

After he was retconned into the MU, his shield was damaged and wrecked a few times until it was revealed/retconned that Stark was studying Caps' actual shield and that the previously wrecked ones were replicas.

Cap's shield is a unique mix of vibranium and steel, not adamantium. The scientist that was working with the alloy that would become Cap's shield apparently fell asleep at the controls and somehow the vibranium and steel mixed and formed the alloy. It has never been reproduced, and attempts to reproduce it as I recall are what made adamantium.

Cap's "indestructible" shield has been damaged/destroyed a few times but under extreme circumstances. Secret Wars Vol 1 ish 12 opened with the damaged shield right on page one. It was recently shattered by the Asgardian Fear lord the Serpent in the Fear Itself mega event, and Stark gathered the pieces and had the Asgardian dwarves that made THOR's hammer and other weapons rebuild the shield. The dwarves apparently added the asgardian alloy URU to the shield during the reassembly so the shield should now be even stronger then ever.

So true. The audience had a good laugh at that scene.

One of the more interesting S5 episodes, imo, was the Day of the Dead. Certain people being visited by the spirits of the departed, though how Lennier ended up getting Mr. Morden was a bit of a puzzler. Granted Morden told him he was going to betray the Rangers, but still I would think that the spirit of Marcus would have been the more likely candidate to appear to Lennier and warn him that is following a dark path that will lead to betrayal.

Also I liked how Sheridan's skepticism about the dead having visited was quickly dispelled when he was given the message from Kosh.

As to the overall characters, I liked how many of the characters evolved over the series.

G'kar: starts as a villain then evolves into a leader and inspiration to his people and became a source of sage wisdom and council to the humans. Also a supplier of nukes

Londo: if ever there was a character that was proof that the road to h--l was paved with good intentions it was this character. He gets into working with Morden without thinking through things which is what the Shadows want. He tried to distance himself but ends up going back due to Morden's manipulations, and when he learns the truth he does everything he can to purge Morden and the Shadows from his homeworld, but inadvertently left the door open for the Drakh to take over. Also it's a shame he couldn't pay more attention to the signs of prophecy that were given him:

1. Do not destroy the eye that does not see. This had to be G'kar's cyber eye. I suspect that it could see the Drakh and the Keeper attached to Londo. Hence why it was gone and he was wearing an eye patch again when he finally gets to kill Londo.

2. Do not kill the man who is already dead. Well that could be Morden or Sheridan. Killing Morden may have been a satisfying vengeance kill but it could have also helped provoke the Drakh infiltration. He spares Sheridan's life in the future so that he and Delenn can escape to liberate Centauri Prime.

3. Embrace his greatest fear though it will destroy him. That would be becoming the emperor, and surrendering to Drakh control in the process as well as setting things up for his final and fateful confrontation with G'kar.

Sheridan: from soldier to Captain to revolutionary to President of the Alliance.

Sinclair: from soldier to wise leader to Valen. A life trapped in a temporal loop.

I believe you can watch it on WB's site and on Hulu.

Isn't that where they also stored the copies of Shatner and Nimoy singing?

Unless Earth's Mightiest Lawyers have assembled to hammer out a contract for all studios, then Coulson shouldn't be in Spidey's next movie and Spidey can't appear in the Marvel Movie Universe.

Fox retains all FF rights which also include Surfer and Galactus and I've read they want to reboot the FF. Fox also retains the X-men movie rights so they can't show up in the MMU either.

Well Mar-Vell's Kree birth name is Mar-Vell, but when he first appeared on Earth and battled a KRee Sentry robot, the robot said his name and all the bystanders misunderstood the pronunciation of Mar-Vell as Marvel. So they thought his name was Captain Marvel.

But Mar-Vell showing up could help bring in the Kree, the Chitauri are the Ultimate Marvel version of the Skrulls so we don't need the classic Skrulls showing up. Drax the Destroyer would help introduce Mentor and the Titans, but Adam Warlock may need a movie of his own first and that could be rather.....tricky.

Slight note about Thanos: in his first incarnation back in the Captain Marvel book when he had the cosmic cube in his possession, he flaunted its power repeatedly and kept pumping up his ego, kept beating the heroes and imprisoning them, until he decided it was time for the grand moment of his wish to the cube.

The cube used all it's power to merge Thanos with the universe and thus become the universe thus becoming all powerful. He discarded the drained cube in an effort to make the heroes think that it was now useless. But since no one worshipped Thanos as a god, he couldn't exist without the cube and when Mar-Vell shattered it, reality was restored and he was defeated.

Example: Legion of Doom

Indeed, and THANOS' power levels are nothing to sneeze at. In the final fight during his first incarnation, he was strong enough to fight THOR and the THING at the same time and was beating them until Adam Warlock's spirit returned to turn him into stone.

When Death revived him in the 90's, he was given greater power then before and also as an agent of Death I think at the time he was immune to dying, but Death herself could still punish him for failure or betrayal. In the two part Thanos Quest when he sought the Infinity Gems from the Elders of the Universe, his second target was the power gem which was wielded by the elder called Champion.

Thanos goaded Champion into a fight and was using his vehicle's force fields to shield himself from Champion's punches and noted how by tapping the gem's power he was getting stronger and stronger like the Hulk and then thought of how that was a conflict he'd sought to avoid in the past......so at that point even Thanos respected the sheer might of the Hulk. Later encounters with and without the gems showed him able to handle the Hulk but still....in the next movie HULK may be the one to overpower and defeat Thanos.

Presuming they don't bring in the cosmic heavy weights like Drax, Mar-Vell and Warlock.