Nericus

Hm, the thing about casting Superman is to find someone that obviously looks like the Man of Steel but can also convey the presence of the Man of Steel. Christopher Reeve had that presence, Brandon Routh....not quite at the same level as Reeve but was still a good Superman (it was the script/plot of Superman Returns that was lacking).

Cavill looks like he can capture some of the presence and does have the appearance to suit up. We shall see.

And for someone that does not have the presence or appearance to play Superman, please do a google search for Nic Cage as Superman. Seeing Cage dressed as Superman is good for a laugh.

Brock had cancer and the symbiote didn't want an unhealthy host. Other reasons exist as I recall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Brock

Also, even Brock and the symbiote were not immune to the effects of the Mephisto mindwipe.

Its a tribute to ish 300's cover and at least this artist can draw feet

Here however is a reminder of what a messterpiece of artwork truly is:

I don't want new ones either, but after looking at all the dayjobs and what they grant vs. what was recently added to the game the only possible new ones I can think of involve tips and shard drops.

Nope, Franklin's quasi-infinite-Deus Ex Machina-cosmic rewriteable-already saved everyone from dying in the onslaught-and later revived Galactus powers and WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THEN MEPHISTO powers are back online.

Reed keeps the mutant known as Leech near Franklin to dampen his powers.

Not bad, except that for all the times the Android Torch has been blown apart his operating system always remains intact, even if it at times his reboot time is a bit slow...

Also I snicker at the articles that state the MU will never again hear the cry of "Flame On" when the Android Torch is the one that coined that saying......

Nice choices, but wasn't Caprica something akin to a dud?

Problem with her magic items going tech is that it pretty much would change the character completely. She is supposed to have the strength, speed, stamina, etc of the gods similar to Captain Marvel/Shazam. So if she is just a tech user like Batman then she would likely not have the speed-reflexes-timing-hand eye coordination needed to deflect bullets or beams with her bracelets. How would the lasso of truth work if it were tech based? By electro shocking the person into telling the truth? Seems like torture and I doubt that would last for long on the networks.

They could have it where she comes from her homeland of the Amazons, armed with her magic weapons, etc. and decides that in order to effectively fight evil in "man's world" that she must learn the ways of "man's world" and that could include creating and running a business empire that she in turn can use its resources in her fight. Given that she and the other amazons are supposedly immortal she could have left her homeland decades ago and spent that time building her corporate empire. This could also be used to show her fighting the Ratzi's in the 40's then returning to her business for a time after the war and then emerging again the present to pick up the fight again.

Yeah that showed how she got it and would retain it for JLU episodes, but still.......its just not needed for a live action show. Where is she going to store it? How is she going to fuel it? Etc etc etc. Her strength and durability rival Superman's so she should be able to fly around the world on her own power like he can and not need the jet.

Just let her fly like Superman.

Seriously though, do we really need the invisible plane? Just let her fly like Superman.

Prophecies tend to be open to multiple interpretations. The prophecy about Anakin being the Chosen One of the Force wasn't fully stated in the movies, but I think the Ep 3 novelization gave some more of it, and the prophecy did not state that the Chosen One would not be a Jedi....go figure.

Still the prophecy of the one as was given in Matrix 1 sounded complete but again, it wasn't the whole prophecy as shown in Matrix Reloaded when Neo got more information from the Architect, and then gets yet the other half of the puzzle from the Oracle in Revolutions. Proof that a little knowledge can and will be dangerous.

Also, was I the only one that watched Matrix 1 when it first came out and deduced at that time that the Oracle was a program? That revelation in Reloaded sure seem to catch a lot of people by surprise. To me though, she couldn't know what she knows about the One or the prophecy and be a rebel from Zion, she'd have to be a program or else the Agents would be after her all the time. Now granted I didn't figure that she was the "mother" of the Matrix until Neo's chat with the Architect.

Smith however is the agent that appears to be gifted/programmed with a bit more cognitive thought processes then the other agents as he was the one to make certain leaps of logic and independent thought as shown in Matrix 1 and then resist the order to recycle himself after Neo blew him up and came back as a viral agent. It sounds like the Architect knew Smith would reject the recycling and upgraded Smith but didn't anticipate Smith going viral.

Also the humans that are bred by the machines in the fields of Earth......are the machines simply cloning humans or are they taking the reproductive material from the captive humans and thus creating new humans to be harvested? If the human race in the fields is really a bunch of clones then could all of "the Ones" that have arisen merely been versions of Neo? If so then perhaps every generation they create another Neo clone to restart the cycle of the Prophecy of the One so that they can reboot the Matrix and slaughter Zion?

Many questions and interpretations of the events. Granted I have not sat down and listed to all the commentary from the Wachowski's that are on the DVD's.

The story sure looked to be over at the end of Revolutions, but the door is left ajar for a follow up movie.

As to prequels: here's an interesting thought: Smith clearly was the "alpha" of the agents. He seemed to be the one that would think more then the others and seemed to be the one in charge up until Neo blew him to bits in Matrix 1, then he comes back as a viral agent for the sequels.

Is that Smith's fate with all five previous versions of the Matrix that the Architect said existed? Is Smith constantly rebooted and mind wiped with each version of the Matrix?

Yeah but some of the defeat badge criteria is still a bit of overkill: 1000 monkies, 1000 LB, 333 Cage Consortium.....

What the Wachowski's ought to consider is doing prequels that show the previous "The Ones" as they attempt to stop the war. Per the Architect, Neo is the 6th version of the "the One".

So who were the other 5? Clones of Neo? Different people? It was apparently his love for Trinity, per the Architect, that made Neo seek a third path to ending the conflict.

Also here's a thought: The machines seem pretty intelligent and capable, surely they have the technology to remove the scorching from the sky that the humans inflicted?

Heh, typical AICN.

I enjoyed all three and never understood the hate. Sure, Matrix 1 could have just stood on its own, but like Yogurt said in Spaceballs, "Perhaps we shall meet again in Spaceballs 2: the search for more money".

Seriously though, despite being able to stand on its own Matrix 1 screamed "SEQUEL" so it was inevitable that sequels would come.

Now with the jumps in FX tech and 3D tech since the Matrix Trilogy was done, a return to the Matrix was inevitable.

The hate stems from fan expectations being too high, similar to the Star Wars prequels.

Matrix Revolutions does leave the door open for Neo to come back, but the door is only open about a millimeter

Can Neo still exist after what happened at the end of Revolutions? Yes.

Does Neo still WANT to exist? No. Quite likely he is downloaded and stored in the Matrix code, but is dormant and won't awaken pending some major catastrophe.

Also the machines did take his body away, perhaps they will clone him and then download him back into it?

I agree that it is possible that Neo was downloaded at the end directly into the machine code of 01, the machine city. However, for Neo to return.....I dunno. He seemed to lose a good portion of his will to live when Trinity died, and he already was planning on making the supreme sacrifice to stop Smith, only this time he was ready to die. The Oracle did tell Neo that he should have been killed when he disconnected from himself when he blew up the drones at the end of Reloaded, but that he wasn't quite ready to die. At the end of Revolutions, he was quite ready to die. So, what motivation will Neo have to return?

Also that whiny kid could also be the next One. In Animatrix, the Kid's Story tells us how he was saved by Neo and crew, only this kid survived dying in the Matrix even as he was rescued. Surviving death in the Matrix seems to be a key factor to being the One.

Still, we'll see. Could be interesting.

Superman was raised well by the Kents.