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The original CaptainStacy rules apply (although, I think people coming into these threads have been pretty polite, considering how they feel.)
Got this over the weekend. And I think I see where they're going with Freak:
I won't give away any more. Good issue. Can't wait to see what you guys think of it....
Got this over the weekend. And I think I see where they're going with Freak:
Curt Connors goes to see the crime lab where they're working on the samples left behind (who's there, of course, Forensic Specialist Cooper). It turns out that she was just referencing some of his papers on stem cells.
Now, let me interject with a personal anectdote: My girlfriend is getting her PhD in Molecular Pathology. So any time we go to see a movie with fake science, I usually get an earful. She gives me somewhat of a break with Marvel movies, but not much. I spend a fair amount of them watching her sigh and roll her eyes. She even pointed out to me during Spider-Man 1 that there is "No way a spider would bite him like that." Now dig it, she didn't have a problem with him crawling up a wall, but the spider bite: totally ridiculous
And don't even get me started on Fantastic Four (actually, the biggest flaw she found in that movie was that anyone was taking Jessica Alba seriously as a scientist. Or an actress. She took great offense at that.)
Me, I love the fake, goofy science. I loved it when I was watching (the original) Star Trek and Lost in Space as a kid, and I love it now. Radiation, Super Soldier Serums, Artificial Hearts, Unexplained Energy Sources, Mutations, bring 'em on.
So it seems as though Freak is going to have his origins in the realm of Stem Cells, which I think they've warped into a adaptive ability for him. And since they mention that they are animal stem cells (I imagine because they don't want religious picketers outside Marvel's office) they can play around with animal abilities, too. And I like it. Nice way to takle something that's kind of fresh in the news and turning it into a fresh origin. Spidey even makes a joke about all the newbie villains.
Now, let me interject with a personal anectdote: My girlfriend is getting her PhD in Molecular Pathology. So any time we go to see a movie with fake science, I usually get an earful. She gives me somewhat of a break with Marvel movies, but not much. I spend a fair amount of them watching her sigh and roll her eyes. She even pointed out to me during Spider-Man 1 that there is "No way a spider would bite him like that." Now dig it, she didn't have a problem with him crawling up a wall, but the spider bite: totally ridiculous
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Me, I love the fake, goofy science. I loved it when I was watching (the original) Star Trek and Lost in Space as a kid, and I love it now. Radiation, Super Soldier Serums, Artificial Hearts, Unexplained Energy Sources, Mutations, bring 'em on.
So it seems as though Freak is going to have his origins in the realm of Stem Cells, which I think they've warped into a adaptive ability for him. And since they mention that they are animal stem cells (I imagine because they don't want religious picketers outside Marvel's office) they can play around with animal abilities, too. And I like it. Nice way to takle something that's kind of fresh in the news and turning it into a fresh origin. Spidey even makes a joke about all the newbie villains.