State Your Opinion on A DC Character - Part 2

[Mystirious]

DC took his jacket away?

What the what. That jacket was fab

I bet Anthro stole it Jacket stealing caveman...

 

[Mystirious]

DC took his jacket away?

What the what. That jacket was fab

I bet Anthro stole it Jacket stealing caveman...

 

[Anubis]

They also put an M on his face.

Guess they thought the T looked like he was being T=bagged.

 

[Mystirious]

Whut

Did they seriously put an M on his face

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

oh and just to emphasized his badness(that coolness in laymen terms) if your superhero name starts off in "Mister" as in Miracle or Fantastic. you are a bad Mother shut yo mouth! like with Sidney Poiter "they call me MISTER tibbs!!"Those klanguys were all "boy" but Mr. T was like "it's Mister"you jive turkey bed sheet heads!( that last part i threw in hehe) as he kicked their ass...

oh and no they didnt put an M on his face,yes that art sucks in his new series and yes that jacket was freakin cool as hell!

 

[Kurosawa]

Good character, badly hurt by the reboot.

 

[Hound55]

Yep not believing in god when you have met ghosts and actually seen the afterlife is pretty darn crazy

That's like saying you don't believe France exists while vacationing in Paris

Ultimate Cap goes to Paris specifically to tell people he doesn't believe in France...

 

[The Question]

I never felt they handled his Atheism thing well. I mean, the guy got the idea to become a super hero from God's angel of Vengence.......that right there kinda makes him look more like a dude who sticks his fingers in his ears and goes "Lalalala, I can't hear you! There's no God!"

I don't know, it makes sense to me. Most of the mystical/cosmic beings in DC never actually sit down to get analyized by scientists, and it's not like their existence proves that god exists, all it proves is that those individual entities exist and the universe could still be totally chaotic. From Mr. Terrific's perspective, the simpler explanation is that people like The Spectre are just whacked out metahumans, a phenomena that is testible and measurable in their world. We, as the reader, know it isn't the case, but he doesn't.

 

[SuperFerret]

All in all Flat Earth Atheism is just dumb, and stating that we know, but he doesn't severely undercuts his "Smartest Man" title.

 

[The Question]

All in all Flat Earth Atheism is just dumb, and stating that we know, but he doesn't severely undercuts his "Smartest Man" title.

How so?

 

[Anubis]

Well, that's it for Mr T.

Spoiler

Brainiac 5

 

[Mystirious]

I dig Brainiac 5 He might be incredibly arrogant but he is also oddly adorable as well and I am loving how he is being written in Legion of Superheroes

Ultimate Cap goes to Paris specifically to tell people he doesn't believe in France...

I see what you did there

 

[Enriquespy]

Makes me feel nostalic. Some times, just for fun, I plug in the old Braniac 1, I loved his simplicity, trying to minimise cities and such.

Braniac 5 is cool too...

 

[Mystirious]

His wacky bottle city stealing antics

 

[SuperFerret]

How so?

Gods, demons, angels, magic and all sorts of other mystical stuff occur all around him and he's denying it. That's pretty dumb.

And seeing as how he's supposed to be some sort of Reed Richards level superintelligent scientist, he should be figuring this stuff out. Claiming that such a man of science just doesn't know and decides to just toss up his hands and not believe is just silly.

 

[Anubis]

That's why I say they haven't really explored it correctly. Often times he just comes off as a dude who is simply angry that his wife died and God did nothing to stop it.

I mean sure he sees all these things. Angels, demons, Norse Gods, hell, he knows several people that actually fought in Ragnarok. But is it anything more than just freaky science that hasn't yet been discovered yet? Or simply alternate realities?

Superman wrestled an angel to a standstill. Does that mean that angels don't exist and what he wrestled was just some strange extra dimensional entity calling itself an angel, or that Superman is about as powerful as an angel? These are the sorta questions he should be asking.

 

[Kurosawa]

Mr. Terrific is, IMO, one of those types who is not an atheist, but a believer who is pissed at God and says he doesn't exist because he figures that's the most hurtful thing he could say about God.

As for Brainy, he's my favorite Legionnaire besides Superboy. His romance with Supergirl in the 60's is one of my favorites, and beneath his arrogance is a real vulnerability and a fragility that makes him a very human character. I think he has a lot of parallels with Hank Pym, but luckily he never had a terrible o-o-c incident to tarnish him like Pym did when they had him hit Janet.

 

[Anubis]

They shoulda had Supergirl beat him.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

Brainy 5 rocks! he's like right there teetering on that fine line between hero and evil mad scientist genetically splicing hamster heads onto people. i love it! it's what you would except from some of these smart guys. to be totally pompous,almost amoral... and

I think he has a lot of parallels with Hank Pym, but luckily he never had a terrible o-o-c incident to tarnish him like Pym did when they had him hit Janet.

Hell yeah with him inventing the killer robot Computo, only Brainy would have been smart enough to invent a wife beating robot to alleviate any fault!

Note -BV doesnt condone the invention of wife beating robots! hehe

 

[Kitsune]

oh and just to emphasized his badness(that coolness in laymen terms) if your superhero name starts off in "Mister" as in Miracle or Fantastic. you are a bad Mother shut yo mouth! like with Sidney Poiter "they call me MISTER tibbs!!"Those klanguys were all "boy" but Mr. T was like "it's Mister"you jive turkey bed sheet heads!( that last part i threw in hehe) as he kicked their ass...

oh and no they didnt put an M on his face,yes that art sucks in his new series and yes that jacket was freakin cool as hell!

What if your name starts with Señor?

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

What if your name starts with Señor?

then you a bad Mofo south of the border and do a mean Salsa! Kit. Ay Caramba!

 

[Anubis]

Well that's it for Brainy.

Spoiler

Once you go green.....

Parasite

 

[The Question]

Gods, demons, angels, magic and all sorts of other mystical stuff occur all around him and he's denying it. That's pretty dumb.

He doesn't deny any of those things. He recognizes that beings like The Spectre and the wizard Shazam exist. He's met them. But their existence does not, by itself, prove the existence of God.

And seeing as how he's supposed to be some sort of Reed Richards level superintelligent scientist, he should be figuring this stuff out. Claiming that such a man of science just doesn't know and decides to just toss up his hands and not believe is just silly.

I've always had a problem with that argument. Yes, he's a scientist, and yes, he's a genius, but that doesn't make him omnicient.

 

[SuperFerret]

It doesn't, but the fact that he's not trying to find this stuff out makes him look less intelligent.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

sucks!
1st: The dude is pink or magneta and" boo hoos" how about he hates doing what he does and does it none the less. i like villains that you can sympathize with but dude is a crybaby!
2nd I hear parasite" and automatically think "tape worm" yuck! who want to be reminded of a tape worm! Hehe
3rd : i know "Parasites!" come over my house, eating my food ,drinking my booze and not throwing in some dough. he's got nothing on them !talk about sucking the very life outta you! This cat could learn from them. I dont like them and they aint even pink or magenta! Boo!