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Dances with Peeps
08/31/09

In reply to Green Hornet Pushed Back To December 2010, But Seth Rogen Feels Just Fine
Seth Rogen? Seth frikkin' Rogen?! I'll be skipping this remake. I'd rather sit through the lameness of the original; at least it had Bruce Lee. I wish Judd Apatow would disappear, along with his merry band of schlubby losers.
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
08/31/09

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I disagree about dumping it. If that were the case, they would have pushed it back to February.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
08/31/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: Could still happen, ya know.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
08/31/09

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"We'll nail down a release date once we figure out what the f$*& kind of movie we are making. We have a cool car though!"
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crashedpc - Haifisch
08/31/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: "An Asian, too! We have an Asian!"

"The movie is supposed to have an Asian."

"... Our release date is the same as Avatar!"
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TemporalSword
08/31/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Also, we'll nail down the script afterwards, too!
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k4man
08/11/09

In reply to Happy Birthday, Marvel Comics!
Am I the only one who finds Captain America boring and bland? I never got him when there are so many better characters out there. Even with the old Avengers, he was the least interesting. I swear he got that sheild instead of a personality.
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♠ Final ♠
08/12/09

@k4man: I'd agree with you up until Brubaker took the book over. You really need to read Winter Soldier, Civil War and Death of Captain America.
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Allen_Richards
08/12/09

@k4man: every character is bland and boring if you have a writer that doesn't know how to use him/her. With Cap, part of the problem is he lives in such a black & white world or moral fortitude that its hard to make him interesting.
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YvesCroesus
08/11/09

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Marvel has always been a huge influence in my life. I'm glad I have been able to see Stan Lee's empire grow into what it is today. I can't wait to see Marvel become the next great American entertainment empire.

What will I be doing to celebrate? I'll continue to read Dark Reign.

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Lamar Henderson
08/11/09

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Wait a minute. Wasn't it only 10 years ago or so that Marvel was celebrating its 35th anniversary? May, I really am getting old.
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Allen_Richards
08/11/09

Timely Comics became Atlas comics which became marvel.
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Lamar Henderson
08/11/09

@Allen_Richards: Yes, but the Timely/Atlas years didn't used to count as "Marvel." Until now, they counted their "birthday" as the release of Fantastic Four #1, not Marvel Comics #1.
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Allen_Richards
08/12/09

@Lamar Henderson: 70 years is a nice anniversary to celebrate, especially when you're pushing Capt. America.
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Lamar Henderson
08/12/09

@Allen_Richards: Yes, but are they celebrating 70 years because they're pushing Captain America, or are they pushing Captain America because they're celebrating 70 years?
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Allen_Richards
08/12/09

@Lamar Henderson: Does it matter? Let's just be thankful for how the medium has changed in 70 years.
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dirtybacon
08/11/09

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Man, I wish I would have worn a comic T-shirt to work today to celebrate.
I think to celebrate, maybe I'll go to a comic shop and pick up a trade... seeing as I haven't cracked open a comic in ages.
Good list up there. My head is swimming with all the great characters that Marvel has brought up through the years.
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scroggzilla raids again
08/11/09

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"And what (if anything) will you be doing to celebrate Marvel's 70th birthday?"
Mentioning, arguably, the lamest villian in the Marvel Universe....Rocket Racer. Thanks Marvel, you stole my childhood and 30 cents in the same move.
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van_line
08/11/09

@SCROGGS!!!: I miss the good old days of the character saying/thinking what is happening.
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Grey_Area
08/11/09

@van_line: I am typing a reply to your comment!!
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dirtybacon
08/11/09

@van_line: you have made me smile, and gained the friendship of the one and only, stupendous.... DIRTYBACON!
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don_mynack
08/11/09

@SCROGGS!!!: PFFFT! Rocket Racer was 10 times better than Big Wheel, a guy who drove around a, uh, Big Wheel, and diedwhen he makes the mistake of driving it into the water. And who can forget Stilt Man?
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zerofritz
08/11/09

@don_mynack: Stilt Man sure wishes Punisher forgot about him.
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Belabras
08/11/09

@SCROGGS!!!:
Please. Dr. Bong is by far the lamest Marvel Villain.
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sumocat
08/11/09

@Belabras: Dr. Bong should be awesome. Blame the comics code for making him less than he should be.
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Communist Pope
08/11/09

@Belabras: Well, to be fair, Dr. Bong was never intended to be taken seriously. He's parody, at least as far as Steve Gerber was concerned. I have no idea (nor interest in knowing) if subsequent creators have actually tried to use him in a "real" manner.
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scroggzilla raids again
08/12/09

@don_mynack: Than this would represent a giant vortex of lame, wouldn't it?
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Kpibca
08/11/09

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Devil Dinosaur was pretty rad too.
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TemporalSword
08/11/09

In reply to Happy Birthday, Marvel Comics!
I always like Iron Man (along with Batman) because they didn't actually have superpowers, and, in theory and given enough money and motivation, I could actually be them.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/11/09

@TemporalSword: I hate to break it to you son, but regardless of how much you try, you can't be Iron Man or Batman when you grow up (even more than you already have maybe).

1. Tony Stark is a natural genius of the most fantastic order and built the Iron Man armor from scratch, using technology and science that he developed and doesn't exist in our world.

2. Bruce Wayne inherited the GDP of several industrialized nations and total access to the resources of the world's premier technological and industrial firms.

He was also trained by a number of people too awesome to exist in the real world in disciplines just as equally awesome and non-existing. Unless you can find a one arm kung-fu master that can kill people with a single blow or an actual magician who channels the 5th dimension, or a shaman who can teach you to fool your brain into operating at 110% capacity with 4 hrs of sleep every other night, you will never get near the type of training that the Batman has had, even if if your entire life totally committed to it.
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TemporalSword
08/11/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: Hey, I said in theory :) I'll certainly never fly or shoot lightning bolts outta my...hands.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/11/09

@TemporalSword: Yea I know.
I'm just really eager to crush dreams...
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Wenchette
08/11/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: And grind them under your heel while laughing maniacally.
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Bill-Lee
08/11/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: There is one area in which anybody can be Tony Stark: raging alcoholism. And you can be Bruce Wayne: "adopt" (or kidnap) a young boy and train him to be an obsessive crime fighter.
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Belabras
08/11/09

In reply to Happy Birthday, Marvel Comics!
Silver Surfer was the character that did it for me.
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North Star
08/11/09

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I thank Marvel for introducing me to a very nightmare-inducing villain

/shudders
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gods-n-clods
08/11/09

@North Star: Is there a hidden image in there? A Rorschach?
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/11/09

@gods-n-clods: Try clicking on it...
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Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
08/11/09

In reply to Happy Birthday, Marvel Comics!
I have always and will always say, Dr. Doom is one the greatest (and underused) villains from any genre, ever.
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Belabras
08/11/09

@Dr.Quatermass:
Doom finds this comment... adequate.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/11/09

@Belabras:
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Pope John Peeps II
08/11/09

@Dr.Quatermass: And by greatest, you mean "dumbest", and by underused, you mean "way overused"? Because I can't figure out what you're talking about.
Doom has been rebooted more times than my 1992 windows PC. Evil genius - check. Deposed king - check. Reigning king - check. Power armor - check. Master of magical arts, maybe atlantean sorcery - uh... check. Deal with demons for evil power - um what?
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Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
08/11/09

@Pope John Peeps II: I will agree with you that his name is over-used, but in a time where characters are being written from a realistic and/or plausible (used ever so loosely) point of view, Dr. Doom's character has not been used at all. Now, about this dumbest. Dr. Doom is one of the only A-Class villains that hasn't been softened or humanized with some slinky sob story. Ultimates doesn't count, he has hooves. Dr. Doom, if written properly, would destroy the entire super-hero community. Logic being, Marvel wants us to believe that Norman Goblin is some sort of villain-god. Doom would carve an entire set of holes for little Green Eyes of Vengeance. IMHO
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TemporalSword
08/11/09

@Dr.Quatermass: Love the Doom.
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drdoombot
08/11/09

@Dr.Quatermass: I'm glad someone here beat me to it in mentioning Dr. Doom. I agree that he seems to have been left behind while other characters are being used "realistically." Marvel doesn't seem to know what to do with him and Latveria; either his people love him or hate him, he's been deposed and returned to his throne a zillion times. They need to settle it once and for all (I personally love the idea of Latveria being the awesomest place in the world because Doom takes care of his peeps).

When Secret Invasion just started, I thought Dr. Doom was going to step in to clean up the Skrull mess with an army of Doombots. Imagine the superheroes having to deal with the fact that the world loved a villain they've fought for years? And on top of that, the heroes themselves would feel pretty shitty about Doom having had to jump in to save their asses. It would've made a lot more sense than what we got.

I feel like we've had Norman Osborn shoved down our throats. He was an A-class villain, but not on a world scale. Osborn Industries was a local chemical plant in NYC and Spider-man was his biggest problem. When did it go from that to an international "OsbornTech" and becoming the most powerful man in the world?

Dr. Doom would have made much more sense. He's been involved in some way at every step of Bendis' story: Secret War began in Latveria, the symbiotes unleashed on NYC came from Doom's satellite, and now he's part of the Cabal. I suppose it could make for a nice plot twist if Doom grabs the reins of the Cabal away from Osborn...
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Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
08/11/09

@drdoombot: :) You make me happy. In reference to the Cabal. Wasn't there a panel somewhere with Namor and Doom referring to a coup (alliance?)? I remember them saying something about it already underway. I would love to see snivelling little Osborn get the rug pulled from under him. Plus, it would make for an interesting Iron Man run.
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drdoombot
08/11/09

@Dr.Quatermass: There was a one-shot where you see Doom and Namor systematically take out each member of the Cabal before Doom turns on Namor (Doom even wears the Hood's red cape!). However, we find out that it was just Doom playing out one scenario in his head.
That reminds me of another thing: isn't it about time to update Doom's armor? I don't mean the appearance; I'm talking about the features. Doom and Richards are the smartest guys on Earth, at the super-genius level, whereas Stark is "just" a genius. With all of his updates to the Iron Man armor in the past few years, it doesn't make sense that a smarter guy wouldn't be upgrading his as well. I have a story idea I'd love to pitch to Marvel where Doom steals the Extremis tech, uses it on himself, and takes it to a level Stark never dreamed of. Of course, considering how easily the Skrulls nullified Stark's Extremis upgrades, it seems the bite has been taken out of that particular development.
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Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
08/11/09

@drdoombot: Nail...hammer...head... Although I don't know if Doom would give a shit about Extremis technology. Doom is by definition arrogant and he has proclaimed loudly over the years that he is perfect. Extremis technology is cyborg technology and its purpose is to enhance the host. It isn't so much a tool as it is a transplant. Doom is probably too vain to admit he would be better with such an enhancement. What I would like to see is Doom developing a new sort of technology that absolutely rivals Extremis technology and proceeding to use it in the ways Stark never could. Not in power, but in seriously boosting the comfort of the entire world community...free of cost. Thereby making Stark look less than genius and maybe a little bit more like Osborn. I would still definitely want to read your idea though.
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drdoombot
08/11/09

@Dr.Quatermass: Stark's implementation of Extremis on himself: sending his thoughts electronically, controlling his armor telepathically, retrieving information from satellites and networks, etc., all seemed like the perfect tools for Doom to wreak havoc on Earth. Imagine him leading an army of Doombots where he is controlling each one personally, or hacking into the US's defense grid and launching nukes. There's lots of fun to be had there.

Speaking of helping the entire world, I wish there was more emphasis on Latveria being the happiest place on Earth. Wakanda is portrayed as a technological paradise, but shouldn't Latveria be one as well? Doom could easily win over the hearts of the world population if they saw how healthy Latverians were, and what advanced gadgets they all had! Where battles with the FF failed, Doom could take over the world using capitalism!
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/11/09

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I hear Dr. Doom still has flashbacks to the time he tried to fight her, and lost so spectacularly.
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Pope John Peeps II
08/11/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye: She was more likeable before they stitched her eyes shut, as apparently that picture shows.
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Belabras
08/11/09

@omgwtflolbbqbye:
Don't mess with her, she's nutty.
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Hamslicer
08/11/09

@Belabras: and BFF with Night Nurse!
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