BafflingBeerMan
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Quote:I mean, if you are going to go with "unconscious understanding of web fluid" it's not that large of a leap to "he gains web fluid."Originally Posted by BlackArachnia
They also implied the web fluid creation was due to the change he underwent. He gained a unconscious understanding of the web fluid.
The reality of the comic is that Peter is really smart. His own modifications to his web fluid and the web shooters are good examples. And it is a wonderful question as to why he never took that skill farther, other than his responsibility as Spider-man interfering with his life.
Wasn't the web fluid formula his dad's, as well? I can see how having him design the fluid in the movies would slow down the pacing of the film/raise more questions: is he really that smart? How did he create the fluid (it is easier to explain "unconscious understanding" in a comic book, not in a movie)? If they tied it to his father, now you have to explain who his father was. How does he find the material to keep on replenishing the cartridges? Where does he keep the cartridges. And so on.
It is just easier, in a streamline sense, to make the fluid organic. I do wish there was more Spidey banter, though. -
The thing about the web shooters is that I have heard the other argument:
"Peter inventing them is so unbelievable since it is a substance that apparently no one else is able to reproduce, it made Pete into this supergenius. So if he was so hard up for cash, why doesn't he used that smarts to make money in the comics/movies? He should be on the level of Tony Stark based on what he is able to make the web fluid do and withstand. Pete being THAT smart and in his situation is a big stretch." -
I'll probably catch it on Netflix. I am a fan of Rogen and Michel Gondry is directing, but I am not terribly excited for it.
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Quote:I feel though that Marvel's covers had pretty much the same M.O. Maybe not when the character of the comic is first being introduced, but later in their lives. I know I went through some of my childhood comics and was amazed about how the covers had very little to do with what is inside.Originally Posted by DarkGob
Their covers certainly were, if not the stories.
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Quote:I am sure D.C.'s comics in the 1960s were full of out of context lines and no plot at allOriginally Posted by DarkGob
Those two things you described are one and the same.
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Yes, I won't let this day die!
November 5th is also the date of when Doc Brown invented the flux capacitor (in 1955). -
At first I didn't get it, but then I realized it was more a parody of SuperDickery than D.C.'s general direction in the 60s.
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President Bartlett as Uncle Ben? Yes, please!
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Quote:Luckily, I have two cakes to celebrate!Originally Posted by Dante
Your's too? Happy Birthday to us both then!
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Quote:Actually, I believe it was only one day (Elections are held on a Tuesday, SP airs on a Wednesday).Originally Posted by Teldon
It took them what four days to do that Obama episode when he was elected?
But I think it was pretty clear Obama was going to win at that point and the only really big time crunch was that they incorporated McCain's and Obama's speeches from Election Night. -
Chocolate?
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I have heard that the comic series is really depressing. That happiness does not last very long in it and is very, very fleeting.
As far as the TV series getting repetitive, I can point to Lost, whereas in its first season, people were worried that the survival aspect of the show would get boring after a few seasons. Of course, they introduced a whole mythology in the second season and the series shifted from survival to exploration.
I don't know if TWD will follow a similar arc, but it can break up "monotomy" by showing flashbacks (to borrow a Lost device) to life before the outbreak, to the month or so Rick was out, and so on. It can also expand upon the comic book series and make the stories a little more epic, while still involving the characters. -
Yes, remember, remember the fifth of November...
CAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
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Quote:Hence why he is called LBJ. And he is also called King James.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Yeah, I'm old, too.
For people of a certain age, "LBJ" has as specific a meaning as "FDR" and "JFK."
So... I'm guessing by context, the "Cavaliers" is a basketball team.
Wait, so he is Presidential Monarch! -
John Lennon approached Stanley Kubrick to direct The Beatles in a LOTR movie
Wow. That would have been, uh, interesting to see.
Though I would have loved a Lennon-penned song "Gandalf in the Caves with Balrogs." -
As soon as Hayward turned to the camera and said "What should I do?" I started cracking up.
I especially love the friends/technicians bit. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
I missed this. Explain?LBJ = LeBron James. Y'know, the basketball player who basically said "Cavalier No More" and abandoned his home team and took his talents to South Beach to play with superstar Dwayne Wade and maybe superstar Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat.Quote:Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Am I the only person who saw the LBJ abbreviation and first thought of the late President Lyndon Baines Johnson and not LeBron James. I haven't watched South Park in years.
He recently did a commercial that pokes fun at his new hated status. That's what the Hayward/Hindsight/Coon montage in the middle of the episode was spoofing. -
Quote:Being a Heat fan, I found both the original and the spoof hilarious (especially when LBJ makes fun of Charles Barkley).Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
Ditto. I can't believe he even made that ad to begin with. What a ******.
Yes, I am a frontrunner, but I've been one since the Heat won in 2006! -
Fairy tales set in the modern day ain't exactly a new idea anyways.
Now, if they have it some the characters are here hiding from a war, the Big Bad Wolf is a detective of sorts, etc, then we are creeping into rip-off territory. -
Loved the LBJ spoof.
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Will give this show a go.
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Campus PD is hilarious and depressing as it makes me realize I was having the wrong type of fun at college, apparently.
And I can't blame G4 for moving away from being tech-centric/tech-exclusive. With the recent success, both critically and commercially, of cable stations like AMC and USA, cable has gone from a niche network meant to cater to individuals that the Big 4/5 braodcast networks didn't want to, to something that can not only produce quality fare like broadcast networks, but can compete and even beat those broadcast shows. So in diversifying, cable networks have been shown to grow and gain in stature. Something that a lot of TV heads want (and frankly, can result in better TV overall if it is done right). -
Quote:As John Locke (the Lost character, not the actual philosopher) once said: "I needed that pain to get where I am now."Originally Posted by Nericus
From a philosophical standpoint, some may think that all memories are important and should be preserved regardless of their traumatic nature as "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it".
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Quote:I expected the kid to go off to a changing room, see a zombie trapped in there, get bit ,and return to dad and Rick and chase after them.Originally Posted by Ironik
The thing about the shower scene, though, was that they were so excited and signing so loudly that I fully expected a ton of zombies to show up. That only a single one did was just Darabont messing with us.
I guess I am just a pessimist when it comes to zombie fiction!