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Post by ArcadiaGrey on Apr 30, 2019 19:41:14 GMT
Speaking as someone who only likes comic books if they're called Beano or Dandy, the first time I heard there was a film about a superhero called Ant-Man I thought it was a joke - a parody of Spider-man or something. Bash Street Kids ftw
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on May 1, 2019 10:39:57 GMT
Speaking as someone who only likes comic books if they're called Beano or Dandy, the first time I heard there was a film about a superhero called Ant-Man I thought it was a joke - a parody of Spider-man or something. Hah, same here, I thought ant-man was a joke on Spiderman. Still waiting for snailman and liver-fluke-man though.
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Post by Lavochkin on May 1, 2019 13:39:33 GMT
Maybe Ant-Man was inspired by this Hanna-Barbera character:
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Post by N7Pathfinder on May 1, 2019 15:26:26 GMT
Maybe Ant-Man was inspired by this Hanna-Barbera character: Ant-Man first came out in 1962, three years prior to Atom Ant.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2019 20:20:56 GMT
The movie itself was solid aside from a few things, but her acting was awful. I wouldn't say it was awful (I've seen worse from other actresses) it just wasn't really as good as I expected it to be, and not quite fitting for the character. She seemed almost awkward in her role to me.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on May 1, 2019 21:04:06 GMT
I wouldn't say it was awful (I've seen worse from other actresses) it just wasn't really as good as I expected it to be, and not quite fitting for the character. She seemed almost awkward in her role to me. I also partly blame the directors and the fact that she had to film Endgame AND Captain Marvel simultaneously.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on May 1, 2019 22:49:58 GMT
I like GOTG Vol 2 more than Vol 1.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on May 1, 2019 22:59:14 GMT
I like GOTG Vol 2 more than Vol 1. Me too.
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Post by davesin on May 2, 2019 11:58:07 GMT
I like Thor: The Dark World.
...I let myself out.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on May 3, 2019 3:21:11 GMT
I like the live action Ghost In The Shell, and I'm a fan of the anime (in general).
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Post by Sifr on May 3, 2019 4:12:50 GMT
I like GOTG Vol 2 more than Vol 1. I didn't like the GOTG films at all.
Mostly I'm confused whether we're supposed to like Quill... or supposed to want to punch him in the face?
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Post by Vortex13 on May 3, 2019 13:55:11 GMT
I don't particularly like it when a fictional setting introduces a class of characters/species (most often seen as the protagonists) as having some innate gift or in-born talent that makes them 'special' or 'super human' compared to their non-powered counterparts.
Star Wars and Force users. Harry Potter and wizards. Mass Effect, Halo, and Star Trek (especially when it comes to non-humanoid aliens) any number of science fiction settings that has a particular species (most often humanity) being the best, most genetically pure/varied/ingenious; whatever descriptor the writers decide to use.
I don't like it for several reasons, first off because it's a lazy writing device that tends to avoid competent writing of characters in favor of just slapping the 'chosen one' moniker on them and using that as a crutch to explain why said character or species is just magically better at everything than everyone.
And secondly, because it implies that eugenics is a thing in these settings. Imagine that you are a character in one of these universes, except not one of the 'special' chosen ones. By the accident of your birth, you are automatically worth less in the eyes of the narrative than these other characters who just happened to be gifted with the ubermensch gene. Non-Force sensitives. Muggles. Anything non-human in various science fiction settings? Your lives are petty and practically worthless compared to this other group of people, and if it came down to it, you and your 'lesser' peoples should be sacrificed if it means preserving the special chosen ones.
Eugenics is a horrible thing in the real world, a term used to justify racism and genocide, and I don't like the vague insinuation that it is not only correct, but would also be justified, in fictional settings.
EDIT: Not to say that I think these settings are strictly pro-eugenics, and I still enjoy them despite that negative connotation.
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Post by N7Pathfinder on May 3, 2019 15:01:04 GMT
I don't particularly like it when a fictional setting introduces a class of characters/species (most often seen as the protagonists) as having some innate gift or in-born talent that makes them 'special' or 'super human' compared to their non-powered counterparts. Star Wars and Force users. Harry Potter and wizards. Mass Effect, Halo, and Star Trek (especially when it comes to non-humanoid aliens) any number of science fiction settings that has a particular species (most often humanity) being the best, most genetically pure/varied/ingenious; whatever descriptor the writers decide to use. I don't like it for several reasons, first off because it's a lazy writing device that tends to avoid competent writing of characters in favor of just slapping the 'chosen one' moniker on them and using that as a crutch to explain why said character or species is just magically better at everything than everyone. And secondly, because it implies that eugenics is a thing in these settings. Imagine that you are a character in one of these universes, except not one of the 'special' chosen ones. By the accident of your birth, you are automatically worth less in the eyes of the narrative than these other characters who just happened to be gifted with the ubermensch gene. Non-Force sensitives. Muggles. Anything non-human in various science fiction settings? Your lives are petty and practically worthless compared to this other group of people, and if it came down to it, you and your 'lesser' peoples should be sacrificed if it means preserving the special chosen ones. Eugenics is a horrible thing in the real world, a term used to justify racism and genocide, and I don't like the vague insinuation that it is not only correct, but would also be justified, in fictional settings. EDIT: Not to say that I think these settings are strictly pro-eugenics, and I still enjoy them despite that negative connotation. That's a very good point actually. It's one of the reasons why in RPG's I generally try to choose character builds that are generally weaker and don't rely exclusively on magic or something to stay alive. I think one way I've found certain media counter this idea of Eugenics is to make the Eugenic a horrible thing to be. In Dragon Age for example, being born with magical abilities puts you in immediate danger. You have a super high chance of getting possessed by a demon and you have to essentially be locked away in a tower isolated from society.
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Post by Vortex13 on May 3, 2019 15:46:14 GMT
I don't particularly like it when a fictional setting introduces a class of characters/species (most often seen as the protagonists) as having some innate gift or in-born talent that makes them 'special' or 'super human' compared to their non-powered counterparts. Star Wars and Force users. Harry Potter and wizards. Mass Effect, Halo, and Star Trek (especially when it comes to non-humanoid aliens) any number of science fiction settings that has a particular species (most often humanity) being the best, most genetically pure/varied/ingenious; whatever descriptor the writers decide to use. I don't like it for several reasons, first off because it's a lazy writing device that tends to avoid competent writing of characters in favor of just slapping the 'chosen one' moniker on them and using that as a crutch to explain why said character or species is just magically better at everything than everyone. And secondly, because it implies that eugenics is a thing in these settings. Imagine that you are a character in one of these universes, except not one of the 'special' chosen ones. By the accident of your birth, you are automatically worth less in the eyes of the narrative than these other characters who just happened to be gifted with the ubermensch gene. Non-Force sensitives. Muggles. Anything non-human in various science fiction settings? Your lives are petty and practically worthless compared to this other group of people, and if it came down to it, you and your 'lesser' peoples should be sacrificed if it means preserving the special chosen ones. Eugenics is a horrible thing in the real world, a term used to justify racism and genocide, and I don't like the vague insinuation that it is not only correct, but would also be justified, in fictional settings. EDIT: Not to say that I think these settings are strictly pro-eugenics, and I still enjoy them despite that negative connotation. That's a very good point actually. It's one of the reasons why in RPG's I generally try to choose character builds that are generally weaker and don't rely exclusively on magic or something to stay alive. I think one way I've found certain media counter this idea of Eugenics is to make the Eugenic a horrible thing to be. In Dragon Age for example, being born with magical abilities puts you in immediate danger. You have a super high chance of getting possessed by a demon and you have to essentially be locked away in a tower isolated from society. Settings like Dragon Age, and Warhammer Fantasy/40K are actually pretty good about keeping things 'balanced' in terms of narrative depiction of their respective universes. None of the individual races/species are innately better than the others, and even the general protagonist factions are appreciably grey and checkered in their actions and morality. As for roleplaying, I do that as well in my RPGs (especially table top sessions), though I tend to go with something by trying to create characters that go against the grain of what the lore generalizes about things. Take D&D for instance, I don't particularly like the concept of morality alignments and the notion that all of one particular race is considered chaotic evil/kill on sight so I will try and make a character that bucks that stereotype. I guess that makes said characters a bit of a special snowflake when it comes down to it, but I enjoy the challenge that playing as such a character invokes. How does this character choose to interact with village folk and common people who would see them and attack out hand based on previous experience? Certainly more interesting to me than making a human or half-elf at any rate. Of course that also runs hand in hand with my general notion that humans, and human-like, is boring in fiction. Why do I want more of what I am 24/7 when there's all these 'alien' elements just sitting there underutilized?
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Post by Lavochkin on May 3, 2019 15:50:16 GMT
There's no greater Übermensch in RPGs than the player character himself, "chosen" or not, mage/biotic or not.
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Post by Vortex13 on May 3, 2019 15:58:23 GMT
There's no greater Übermensch in RPGs than the player character himself, "chosen" or not, mage/biotic or not. True. Player characters are literally one man armies in RPGs at endgame levels who outshine all the 'puny mortals' trying to fight them. I guess I can overlook that element of Übermensch in such fiction because it's a power fantasy for the player, but also because most RPGs (at least the good ones) let you decide how to interact with the world around you and so aren't necessarily locked into the meta-narrative of the universe that states that Force users are superior to the Muggles because 'reasons'. I have no problem rolflstomping my foes as Commander Shepard, but I don't particularly like it when the narrative says that humans are more "genetically diverse" than the rest of the galaxy's inhabitants, thereby implying that humans are innately better than everyone else because of simply being born human.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2019 4:25:58 GMT
I don't particularly like it when a fictional setting introduces a class of characters/species (most often seen as the protagonists) as having some innate gift or in-born talent that makes them 'special' or 'super human' compared to their non-powered counterparts. Star Wars and Force users. Harry Potter and wizards. Mass Effect, Halo, and Star Trek (especially when it comes to non-humanoid aliens) any number of science fiction settings that has a particular species (most often humanity) being the best, most genetically pure/varied/ingenious; whatever descriptor the writers decide to use. I don't like it for several reasons, first off because it's a lazy writing device that tends to avoid competent writing of characters in favor of just slapping the 'chosen one' moniker on them and using that as a crutch to explain why said character or species is just magically better at everything than everyone. And secondly, because it implies that eugenics is a thing in these settings. Imagine that you are a character in one of these universes, except not one of the 'special' chosen ones. By the accident of your birth, you are automatically worth less in the eyes of the narrative than these other characters who just happened to be gifted with the ubermensch gene. Non-Force sensitives. Muggles. Anything non-human in various science fiction settings? Your lives are petty and practically worthless compared to this other group of people, and if it came down to it, you and your 'lesser' peoples should be sacrificed if it means preserving the special chosen ones. Eugenics is a horrible thing in the real world, a term used to justify racism and genocide, and I don't like the vague insinuation that it is not only correct, but would also be justified, in fictional settings. EDIT: Not to say that I think these settings are strictly pro-eugenics, and I still enjoy them despite that negative connotation. That's a very good point actually. It's one of the reasons why in RPG's I generally try to choose character builds that are generally weaker and don't rely exclusively on magic or something to stay alive. I think one way I've found certain media counter this idea of Eugenics is to make the Eugenic a horrible thing to be. In Dragon Age for example, being born with magical abilities puts you in immediate danger. You have a super high chance of getting possessed by a demon and you have to essentially be locked away in a tower isolated from society. I've always viewed the mages in DA as more like scientists, with all the studying they do and the things they can create and manipulate. I also see the Chantry as the church during medieval times, when they kept science on a short leash and made sure that scientific knowledge only followed the religious narrative.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on May 4, 2019 4:49:57 GMT
I like the Mass Effect 3 ending (even though this comment is not very specific).
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Post by Sifr on May 4, 2019 7:15:44 GMT
That's a very good point actually. It's one of the reasons why in RPG's I generally try to choose character builds that are generally weaker and don't rely exclusively on magic or something to stay alive. I think one way I've found certain media counter this idea of Eugenics is to make the Eugenic a horrible thing to be. In Dragon Age for example, being born with magical abilities puts you in immediate danger. You have a super high chance of getting possessed by a demon and you have to essentially be locked away in a tower isolated from society. The issue of eugenics is complicated in Star Trek. Humanity wanted to prevent another Eugenics War and creating people like Khan by banning genetic augmentation and strictly regulating genetic research. At the same time, this attitude has lead to people who have been found to have been genetically enhanced (illegally) being discriminated against, being barred from entering Starfleet and even facing imprisonment.
In DS9, Doctor Bashir almost lost his medical license and had his career in Starfleet ended after he was outed as being enhanced... despite not being a danger to anyone, having saved countless lives as a Doctor and having his enhancements forced upon him by his parents.
It raises the question of whether the fear of creating another Khan has blinded humanity to the potential of creating more people like Bashir, who use their gifts in service of humanity, not to subjugate it.
At what point does the oft-quoted phrase "Superior intellect breeds superior ambition" go from being a valid warning against the dangers of playing god with the human genome, to denying enhanced people the same basic rights afforded everyone else in the Federation, because they might be dangerous?
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Post by Lavochkin on May 4, 2019 7:59:59 GMT
Ain't nothing wrong with genetic or cybernetic enhancement, it's not different from physical training and dieting in concept.
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Post by theratpack55 on May 4, 2019 20:02:14 GMT
Ain't nothing wrong with genetic or cybernetic enhancement, it's not different from physical training and dieting in concept. Nothing wrong with it, but the difference is about the same as it is between strict dental hygiene and getting a full set of implants. One you work for, the other you pay for.
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Post by Lavochkin on May 4, 2019 20:45:21 GMT
Ain't nothing wrong with genetic or cybernetic enhancement, it's not different from physical training and dieting in concept. Nothing wrong with it, but the difference is about the same as it is between strict dental hygiene and getting a full set of implants. One you work for, the other you pay for. There's still work involved with paying for them.
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Post by theratpack55 on May 5, 2019 7:02:38 GMT
Nothing wrong with it, but the difference is about the same as it is between strict dental hygiene and getting a full set of implants. One you work for, the other you pay for. There's still work involved with paying for them. Not necessarily.All the rich kids would be getting genetic enhancements in the womb and brain implants for their birthdays, like Brazilian butt jobs or Stanford entries.
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Post by Lavochkin on May 5, 2019 8:57:30 GMT
There's still work involved with paying for them. Not necessarily.All the rich kids would be getting genetic enhancements in the womb and brain implants for their birthdays, like Brazilian butt jobs or Stanford entries. Their parents worked for it tho.
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