But that one change, the organic webbing, didn't detract from my enjoyment of the movie.
Mine either. it doesn't change the fact that it would've been BETTER (By making Peter a stronger character) to have him develop the fluid.
Hmmmm... maybe we've hatched a new catch phrase. WWGD... What Would Galactus Do? Welllllll.... Galactus and his Infinite Wisdom didn't prevent Doom from getting his hands on the Power Cosmic now, did it?
Yeah.. But in the Lee-Kirby version, Doom took the power from the naive Surfer who's power was limited. Not the freshly arrived Surfer with near unlimited power as in the movie. Let's note that the FF figured a way to remove the power from Doom. So it clearly wasn't omnipotent. And moreover Galactus did safeguard against the power escaping the Earth, thus the barrier.
I understand what you are saying, by entrusting the power to Norrin, he is sort of safeguarding the galaxy from its potential misuse . But the again he gave the power to a ruthless tyrant, Tyros AKA Terrax who at one point was consumed by it (FF#260 but he has since been brought back)
Well I guess that's Galactus learning from his mistake with the Surfer. By giving the power to a more ruthless Herald, he didn't have to worry about him being soft-touched into abandoning Galactus' cause. As long as Galactus himself wasn't vulnerable to Tyros/Terrax, it didn't matter. And regardless, Tyros/ The Surfer/ Firelord all could defend the power in a way that a lifeless object such as the board couldn't.
Mjlojinor... gaaah.. I can spell today... is a token of the power of the Thunder God and in its earliest incarnation, Thor was powerless after being separated from it after 60 seconds, so the power lay within whoever was deemed worthy of possessing it. Doom wasn't worthy (although he may argue with you about that) and still could wield the Power Cosmic and use the board.
There's an excellent story in Thor #191-194 where Loki steals the Odin ring, which gives him power over all of Asgard, including Odin himself (The story coincidentally features an appearance by the Surfer). Thor of course chooses to fight Loki, and is ultimatley beaten. But- Loki then finds himself dying- because the lesson learned is that the ring is a power focal point and doesn't give power, but in fact takes it.
I don't think its a reach to say that eventually Doom's human body would have begun to fail as he attempted a prolonged wielding of cosmic power. But of course, the FF couldn't wait that long, as Doom was trying to kill them.
There's a different set of circumstance with Mjolnir although a similar principle.
One is that Stan eventually explained that Don Blake was actually the original Thor and Odin set about the scenario in which he'd regain the hammer. Walt Simonson- (And I discussed this with him) Wasn't really aware of that when he utilized the "If he be worthy" loophole. For Stan, "If He Be Worthy" really only applied to Don Blake- meaning that he/Thor had to prove his worthiness of regaining the hammer, which at that point, he had.
Stan and Jack were vague about just what the board could do on its volition and you could make a strong argument that it does act on its own from the panel I used as an example.
Were they? In the comics, Doom removes the power from the Surfer. Not the board. Doom is in the context of the story separated from the board numerous times with no loss of power. And the whole concept makes no sense in that if the power were from the board, why wouldn't the Surfer simply summon it back to him? In order for the board to manifest the power it would have to have some type of homing signal- reading the Surfer's genetic make-up or whatever to know to serve him. How could Doom duplicate or manipulate that?
But if the surfer is the source of the power, and the board merely a vessel of that power, it makes sense that Doom could simply draw the power off of the Surfer and command the board.
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