I'll watch it.
No one pays attention to me, cause I listen to the voices in my head.
Bah, "faux-documentary style".
'I don't like the look of it at all,' said the King: 'however, it may kiss my hand if it likes.'
'I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked.
'Don't be impertinent,' said the King, 'and don't look at me like that!' He got behind Alice as he spoke.
'A cat may look at a king,' said Alice.
Hmmm... It has potential. That it's not being released in January is a point in its favor. Then again, Cloverfield, the obvious inspiration here, was a January release.
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That looks really cool.
That was a lot better than the blurb made me expect. Not sure about it yet, but has potential.
Can't tell you how many times i've waived my hand at some jackhole on the interstate waiting for their car to careen of the road.
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Yeah, I don't regard that as evil. I regard it as a natural reaction to that level of annoyingness. Jackholes shouldn't be annoying to people with superpowers. That seems like common sense to me. Can't tell if someone has superpowers or not? Then assume that they do, and don't be annoying.
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Originally Posted by ObiWan
Can't tell you how many times i've waived my hand at some jackhole on the interstate waiting for their car to careen of the road.
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus
Looks interesting. Might check it out.
They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!
@Starflier
Sadly, this is what most of us would do with superpowers. The world would have to either kill us or be conquered by us.
"Samual_Tow - Be disappointed all you want, people. You just don't appreciate the miracles that are taking place here."
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Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
Sadly, this is what most of us would do with superpowers. The world would have to either kill us or be conquered by us.
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The US government would not tolerate any individual that powerful that they could not directly control.
You couldn't hide. If you could fly, they'd pick you up on radar and track you by satellite. They'd figure out pretty quick where your base of operations was from the patterns of anyone who sights you.
If you turned yourself in, they would not hesitate to try and cut you to pieces to find out how you worked.
Going public or getting the people's backing and support (if you even could), wouldn't help. The feds would attack you on a busy afternoon in Times Square in front of a crowd of millions and claim it was for national security. And they'd blame you for any casualties they cause.
Even if you did nothing but catch falling planes, they'd just use the media to spin that it was you making them crash in the first place.
Really, it has to come down to you or them. Like you said, either you seize control, or those in control will destroy you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman:_Secret_Identity
IMO, Superman: Secret Identity is probably the most "realistic" story about what would happen if someone half-decent got super powers 'in the real world', but even then I find it incredibly naive and overly optimistic.
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Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
What alternative is there? Aside from never ever using your powers?
The US government would not tolerate any individual that powerful that they could not directly control. You couldn't hide. If you could fly, they'd pick you up on radar and track you by satellite. They'd figure out pretty quick where your base of operations was from the patterns of anyone who sights you. If you turned yourself in, they would not hesitate to try and cut you to pieces to find out how you worked. Going public or getting the people's backing and support (if you even could), wouldn't help. The feds would attack you on a busy afternoon in Times Square in front of a crowd of millions and claim it was for national security. And they'd blame you for any casualties they cause. Even if you did nothing but catch falling planes, they'd just use the media to spin that it was you making them crash in the first place. Really, it has to come down to you or them. Like you said, either you seize control, or those in control will destroy you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman:_Secret_Identity IMO, Superman: Secret Identity is probably the most "realistic" story about what would happen if someone half-decent got super powers 'in the real world', but even then I find it incredibly naive and overly optimistic. . |
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Silverspar on Kelly Hu: A face that could melt paint off the wall *shivers*
Someone play my AE arc! "The Heart of Statesman" ID: 343405
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Ever read Supreme Power?
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Looking at Comic Vine, there's like 3-4 books titled that. Which should I look at?
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Look for the ones by JMS and Gary Frank under the MAX line. There's been others but they didn't quite capture what they did with the main title.
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Looking at Comic Vine, there's like 3-4 books titled that. Which should I look at? . |
- CaptainFoamerang
Silverspar on Kelly Hu: A face that could melt paint off the wall *shivers*
Someone play my AE arc! "The Heart of Statesman" ID: 343405
Courtesy of Superherohype: http://www.superherohype.com/news/ar...icle-unleashed
Premise - , three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to them developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities, and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
Looks interesting.. so long as they have a lot of action and minimize the teen angst (hard considering the main characters are teens) it might be worth the watch