tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18827721.post114265388597293930..comments2023-09-29T05:33:35.867-04:00Comments on Superheroes, etc.: This American SuperheroMick Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06320185841491084888noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18827721.post-1142908798739582862006-03-20T21:39:00.000-05:002006-03-20T21:39:00.000-05:00Joel,Didn't read the book but I remember the movie...Joel,<BR/><BR/>Didn't read the book but I remember the movie. <BR/><BR/>And don't even get me started on jetpacks, man! You'll burn your ass off!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Bill,<BR/><BR/>Well, the narrator did say he asked people why they chose the powers they chose, and that almost no one said they would use it to fight crime. <BR/><BR/>But yeah, the woman in question had a right to her point of view, but I didn't like how the narrator took it and basically made it the defining moment of the piece. She seemed to assume that, given the choice of either this power or that power, everyone ("if honest") would choose based on their self-image. Me, I don't have any particularly mythic view of myself. Hell, I look like Kevin Smith if Kevin Smith let himself go. More. But I'd choose flight. Not because I have a mythic view of myself, but for purely pragmatic reasons. Like free travel, and no parking. Plus, crime-fighting notwithstanding, how fucking cool would it be to fly?Mick Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06320185841491084888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18827721.post-1142894896997936542006-03-20T17:48:00.000-05:002006-03-20T17:48:00.000-05:00Have you read memoirs of an Invisible Man? The mo...Have you read <I>memoirs of an Invisible Man</I>? The movie (w/ Chevy Chase was excrement, but I seem to remember the book as being quite good.<BR/><BR/>However, you are correct that invisibility as a power falls apart under pretty much any logical analysis. (...which is why I have stopped all work on developing an invisiblity potion, in favor of focusing my efforts exclusively on my jetpack)Jhunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10729450667676575566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18827721.post-1142894757051330012006-03-20T17:45:00.000-05:002006-03-20T17:45:00.000-05:00That segment always bothered me too. The narrow-mi...That segment always bothered me too. The narrow-mindedness of that one woman was one problem, but mainly I thought they never brought up the most important distinction between the two powers: with flight you could actually go out and help people fairly easily (by joining the fire department, I figure), but invisibility, not so much. That's how I chose, but maybe I've just read too many comic books.<BR/><BR/>BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18827721.post-1142893647712587472006-03-20T17:27:00.000-05:002006-03-20T17:27:00.000-05:00Yeah, but on the show he said that people asked qu...Yeah, but on the show he said that people asked questions like "Are your clothes invisible" and he said "yes," so wouldn't your sleep mask go invisible, too.<BR/><BR/>Actually, the whole thing got me thinking about invisibility. There's that issue of Wolverine where Sue Storm blinds Wolverine by making his optic nerves invisible. Well, when she turns invisible don't HER optic nerves turn invisible? So wouldn't SHE be blind?<BR/><BR/>Invisibility is just too damn complicated. And in everything from Hollow Man to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man, invisible people just don't have happy endings and they almost always go bugfuck crazy. It's just a bad idea.Mick Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06320185841491084888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18827721.post-1142880549604670722006-03-20T13:49:00.000-05:002006-03-20T13:49:00.000-05:00The Superpowers TAL episode is indeed a repeat (fi...The Superpowers TAL episode is indeed a repeat (first aired 2/23/01, which doesn't change the fact that it's a great episode. I wish my (admittedly Canadian) radio station played TAL. Thank god for the internet.<BR/><BR/>But come on, Mick. If you had invisible eyelids you could just wear a sleep mask.Jhunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10729450667676575566noreply@blogger.com