ChrisMoses

Tony Stark didn't give him the Stark Armor for that reason. He has his powers then, in fact. It was just a sort of, "Why not?" scenario that Stark gave him that suit. That was after "The Other" story arc when his powers were a big buggy, so maybe there was some fear that he would lose control of them or they wouldn't be reliable, but as far as I remember, he never actually lost them at that point.

I knew Darkhawk had lost his at some point. There was a miniseries called The Loners with him and a few other former heroes, including Turbo and Penance (the mutant, not Speedball).

It's weird to call it a healing factor, but I suppose that's what it is.

Am I going to have to re-read Spider-Man: Reign? I thought someone would back be up on my faulty memory of whether he had lost his powers in that book.

Something like that, yes. And aren't you like a mother of two?

I believe he may have in an alternate reality story, Spider-Man: Reign.

At least I think that was the basis for it. He may have just been really old.

What about Barbara Gordon becoming Oracle?

Ummm. Dr. Strange is currently not the Sorcerer Supreme (that's now Brother Voodoo, I think), but he continues to fight with much tamer spells and abilities.

I have an example on the tip of my brain, but I can't quite get it out. They eventually recovered their lost powers... Bah. I'll get back to you.

They're quick reads. Maybe an hour per book.

Let me know what ya think.

Oh, awesome.

I have a character, Venus DeVine, who is a plant/thermal controller. She's, ya know, divine, a goddess, and above morality, so I think I can play that up to make her available for as many teams as possible by keeping her rogue.

Implication that it's no longer an option, and so you have made your decision.

Well, much like Amy Amp said in this thread (look, people agree with me too!) you "*could*" have shown that you were going to give the movie a chance of its own merits rather than hearsay, but you've chosen to do otherwise, and are now trying to stamp out positive criticisms for the movie in the one place where they should not be just expected but encouraged: The thread titled "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World."

So see it if you want. My opinion and presentation of such should have no bearing on how you make your entertainment choices. I liked the books. I liked the video game. I liked the soundtrack. I liked the movie. I'm hardly an unbiased party.

But as long as it's okay with you, Furio, sir, I think I'll continue to discuss my opinions on a movie and property I enjoy with others of similar tastes, interests and opinions.

So, other people:

I'm taking a friend who has never read the book but played the PSN game with me from start-to-finish over two days to see the movie on Saturday. I'm considering whether I should try to re-read the six books between now and then, or wait until afterwards. They're still fresh enough in my mind that a re-reading isn't necessary, as I read them all again in June when Vol. 6 released in July, but I'm wondering if I'll pick up on anything else. I was already reminded how disappointed I was by the above article that the madness-inducing department store scene wasn't present.

Yep, this is what I intended. Sorry if it came across the other way.

Also, I was going take umbrage with the "romcom" tag, but you're trying to help here, Kris Kringle, and I've done enough disagreeing on the topic.

Great article.

It linked to an article that was written just after Vol. 3 came out, which complained about the tone of that book when compared to the others. I wish I could followup on what the author thinks about that book in the entirety of the series; I think it's a bit much to expect the irreverence of the first two to carry through all six volumes.

No. Saying "see it because of x, y or z" to someone who is withholding seeing an entire movie because they don't like an actor in it is hoping they can develop some common sense of their own. I'm hoping I can appeal to something else that they may want to see the film for.

But, this is the Scott Pilgrim thread. No one has came in here pissing all over the movie - That was in the "Vs. Expendables" thread, so it's misplaced here.

People can see it if they want, or not if they don't. I'm stating reasons why anyone who has similar interests as I (and I assume you all do since we're all gathered on a very niche message board) would do well to give themselves a chance at seeing the film.

And I'm doing it in the SCOTT PILGRIM thread, where everyone frequently reading has either already seen it, is deciding whether they should see it, or is trolling. Which category are you, again?

The second link won't seem to load.

The third is great.

Right on, feel free to ignore me. I'm not going to censor myself (well, I suppose I just did, because obscenities were the first words to enter my mind) about anything that pops into my head on an open forum, especially not on account of you.

This is the thread about Scott Pilgrim. If you don't want to hear about Scott Pilgrim, maybe you should clicked on some other thread?

Or go fu.... Steady...