yamamura Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 They have Menton up on Champions Online! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Menton is up http://www.champions-online.com/villains/menton "Menton took a new, younger, stronger body with powerful latent psychic abilities after breaking away from Doctor Destroyer’s organization." So the most beautiful and physically perfect Spaniard the world has ever know has mind jumped into the body of a scrawny black kid with a mutated brain/skull? Or is that supposed to be his real body and the buff, blond dude was just the shell? Or maybe both are easily discarded shells and none will ever know the true face of Menton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayapuppies Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Menton is up I have to say, I am really not liking the concept art on this one. So far the "named" character art has underwhelmed me in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Menton is up Lame. Hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Menton is up Obviously they are taking the characters in new direction then what we have known in the past. While I don't like the character art design, the whole thing reminds me of the end of Scanners. Who is to say that is Menton's final resting place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Menton is up I'm getting a kind of Hollywood vibe off of the casting. "Let's see... I realize the script calls for an african american woman, but maybe we could cast Arnold, or Tom Cruise instead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Menton is up I find this Menton somewhat reminiscent of . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Cermak Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Re: Menton is up Ugh. That's a terrible look for Menton, and leaves me a little concerned about the future direction of the IP. Which is a shame, because everything before now had been so positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up "My confidence in this venture is dwindling." --The Brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up Yeah, the one thing I liked about CU Menton was that he DIDN'T look like very other stereotypical emaciated psyker. *Le Sigh* Very disappointing, but I'm going to try and stay positive. So far however, 1 for 3 on character design for me personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoresLost Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I Think some one really wanted to do the Leader... or Psimon. Pulsating Brains are so.. sixties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incrdbil Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I say this, not as a HERO fan, or someone dedicated to keeping Menton as he is, but just an evaluation of the look, the image the character gives. It's horrible. It's like Evil Ukrel from Family Matters. Put some suspenders on him and hair..dead ringer. I can't take this villain seriously. In any scene featuring him, I'll imagine him unleashing devatstating telekenetic blasts..then issuing that grating Urkel catchphrase "Did I Do That?" Swing and a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I Think some one really wanted to do the Leader... or Psimon. Pulsating Brains are so.. sixties. At least put the brain in a plexiglass case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I say this, not as a HERo fan, or someone dedicated to keeping Menton as he is, but just an evaluation of the look, the image the character gives. It's horrible. It's like Evil Ukrel from Family Matters. Put some suspenders on him and hair..dead ringer. I can't take this villain seriously. In any sscene featuring him, I'll imagiuen him unleashign devatstating telekenetic blasts..then uissuing that Grating urkel catchphrase "Did I Do That?" Swing and a miss. Thank you for making me laugh like an idiot. Repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up Yeah, the one thing I liked about CU Menton was that he DIDN'T look like very other stereotypical emaciated psyker. *Le Sigh* Very disappointing, but I'm going to try and stay positive. So far however, 1 for 3 on character design for me personally. I totally understand. Also incrdbil, I agree. While I can see a psi that can transfer his mind, not staying in a body that is growing old, I agree he could have been a little more selective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silbeg Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up and how exactly did they capture him? Maybe this "newer younger" body is just a ruse, that Menton was able to implant some abilities on some poor black kid, and set him up to be captured? Wheels within wheels!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I liked the Defender art, the Doctor Destroyer was pretty good. But I admit, Menton doesn't hit the mark for me, not art wise anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up At least put the brain in a plexiglass case. Meh! It's been done: Scroll down to Brainchild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incrdbil Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I liked the Defender art, the Doctor Destroyer was pretty good. But I admit, Menton doesn't hit the mark for me, not art wise anyway. I could handle Defender going back to a helmet, and losing an acre or so of chin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I notice that many of the comments on the Cryptic forums about Menton's look have been positive, but it appears that most of those are by people who have never seen the earlier Champions version; while most of the negative have been by those who are familiar with the PnP Menton. It's probable that our reactions are colored by our previous experience with the character. (And it's possible that we're just a pack of curmudgeons.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I actually like all three of the NPCs they have up so far. But then again I've never actually used the Champions Universe in any gameing. And rarely even used any of the CU characters in my own worlds. So I'm not particularly attached to any incarnation of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up I actually like all three of the NPCs they have up so far. But then again I've never actually used the Champions Universe in any gameing. And rarely even used any of the CU characters in my own worlds. So I'm not particularly attached to any incarnation of them. Burn the heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up Burn the heretic Heck, to make it worse I never really bought anything but the core rules before 5th edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up Meh! It's been done: Scroll down to Brainchild. Well, yea. It's been done a lot. I think the brain in a plexiglass tube is my favorite villain really. (Also done a few times, as in San Angelo Enemies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest voodoo54 Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: Menton is up If they wanted to change the character concept up a little bit, fine, but the whole slimy, pulsating brain thing...ugh:thumbdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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