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Re: Colored Champions Pics Has anyone suggested to the Hero guys that a Champions coloring book might be a good idea? Dunno if it actually is, but ISTR that coloring books are inexpensive to produce, and Hero has loads of characters to fill such a tome.

Re: Creepy Pics. I see the photobomb. Just why is it creepy?

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Re: "Neat" Pictures More sidecars:

Re: The cranky thread Well, I didn't make it to the Comic-Con across the street from Sac State University, but I did pay the rest of my bills and I'm not broke! But I missed the Comic-Con!

Re: A Thread for Random Videos NSFW, but funny:

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Paul I happen to enjoy Seth Rogan's characters, at least the animated ones, and Paul is animated, even though the rest of the movie is live-action. Two nerdboys from England attend Comic-con, then drive an RV to "See America", specifically famous sites in UFO history. They make enemies with hostile rednecks and while fleeing from a car they think is the rednecks' truck they are passed, the car crashes before their eyes. When they stop to see if there are any survivors (hey, Hollywood car crashes are pretty bad, even when there's no apparent cause, as in this case) they discover Paul, who is on the run from Area 51. Ultimately, they wind up being chased by multiple government (I assume) agents, rednecks, and a fundamentalist father trying to get his daughter back from the "devil" (Paul) who "abducted" her (actually, one of our now-lovestruck nerdboys). Hilarity ensues. Don't go in with high expectations and you'll be amused. If you can only be pleased by the very best, you may not enjoy Paul, and you have my sympathy.

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Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The first four episodes of The Jack Benny Program, in sequential order. It might not be a very sophisticated production by modern standards, but it's still funny. It's also interesting to note how fully-indoctrinated to the "benefits" of smoking everyone was. I sometimes forget from my own childhood in the '60s how prevalent smoking was. About the only place you were not allowed to smoke was at the gas station or the maternity ward, but it's still sort of interesting to note how much control the sponsors had over content, to the extent that pitches for Lucky Strike cigarettes were worked into the script!

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster But... but.... Could someone believe in mono-atheism? Specifically, the belief that there can be only ONE god who doesn't exist?

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine I'd assumed everyone would assume it's really just a costume. Otherwise, 1940s white folks were often undisturbed by the nudity of "lesser beings" and if they knew that was really her, they'd assume she was an animal and no more required to wear clothing than the family dog. Cow Girl knows this and wears something "feminine" just to ensure people don't start thinking of her as an animal, tame or no. F-F on the other hand, is an avatar of an Egyptian goddess who's standards of modesty are 5,000 years (or so) out of date, and who would not be concerned if she were mistaken for an animal, since she is, in part, just that. If pressed, I suppose she would put something on rather than escalate the hostilities.

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore It's pronounced "mow-lay sauce", and is not made from moles.

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore Cocoa is a main ingredient for chipotle sauce. Don't underestimate the versatility of chocolate.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine WWII era, remember? It's probably "I'm in the Moo-d for Love". Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYkgpF6rvV0

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine A bunch of characters I decided to come up with for another possibly-stillborn campaign setting, with analogues of Superman and Batman, as well as a few others. Some of the origins are kind of sparsely-worded, but I had more inspiration for some than others. Any suggested origin stories will be entertained for TMS (the Mighty Sampson) and Nightstalker, as well as any suggested heroes for further development. As you can probably tell, I had the most fun with Mighty Mouse's origin, especially since I kept tinkering with it, at least twice discarding everything and starting over. I like those best, because I don't know how it'll turn out until it's done. The Mighty Sampson Orphaned infant from another world, the Mighty Sampson was raised by Ma and Pa Clark on their farm in Minnesota. Think Superman with accent. Feline Fury Dawna Principe, Archeologist, was exploring Egyptian ruins when she discovered the legendary Amulet of Bast, rumored to be the source of incredible power. While still at the dig, she was captured by Nazi agents seeking mystical artifacts for Der Führer. Little realizing that Dawna already had secreted the artifact on her person, the Nazis tore up her camp and then began digging the site, leaving her guarded but unbound. Where could she run that they could not find her? Unexpectedly, she felt herself compelled to don the amulet. In that instant, Dawna was transformed into a powerful, cat-like being with incredible reflexes. She could hear a disembodied voice telling her to "drive off the ones who would defile Bast's temple!" and, to her amazement, she did! The Spirit of Bast granted Feline Fury the power of the amulet so long as she continues to use it's power for good. Night Stalker A flying, night-vision-equipped Golden-Age Batman analogue. Mighty Mouse Marty "Mouse" Miller was a high-school student of fairly small stature. In his junior year of High School, he was approached by a white-bearded old man who offered him a program of diet, exercise, and meditation which, he assured the lad, would grant him physical prowess, mystical power and, according to the man, "Stature of an immeasurable sort" which kind of sounded like a guarantee of added height to Marty. Marty began the regimen with high hopes, but after several weeks, he had just about given up hope. Sure, he had grown stronger and more fit, and was even getting better grades than he ever had before, but he was still only 4'8" tall. That night he meditated longer than he ever had before, and fell into a trance. While in the trance, he had a vision of how even a mouse was terrifically strong for its size, which changed into a dream about Mickey Mouse as a superhero. When he awoke, he dismissed the previous night's vision as a dream, but was surprised to discover that the subject of school gossip was the origin of a new hero, the adventures of which sounded much like his dream. Marty continued to have mouse dreams for several weeks, each one seeming to play out the adventures of he new hero. This continued until one dream he heard a voice cry: "You can't continue doing this in your sleep! AWAKE!" Marty immediately became conscious that he was the heroic mouse-being the papers had described, and that he was in a burning apartment building! Before him stood the white-bearded man, who explained "You can do it yourself now; I am done here but you are not! Listen and you will find them!" Upon which pronouncement, he vanished. Now that he was awake, Marty realized he was a 2-foot (~½ meter) humanoid mouse covered in fine fur, tail-and-everything, wearing some sort of athletic outfit with a cape Remembering what the man had said, Marty listened carefully. Over the roar of the flames, he could hear children crying, still inside the burning building! He rushed to the rescue, amazed that not only could he fly, but his small size made it easy to thread his way through the collapsing building towards the children. When he reached them, one of them asked "Who are you?" Without thinking, he started to reply "Marty M..." and then caught himself. Supers were supposed to have secret identities, right? He punched a hole through the wall so the children could escape. He then went to the rooftop water tank and pulled it loose, pouring the water into the building, extinguishing the flames. After leaving the scene, marty meditated some more until he discovered how to transform back into a human. The next day, the big news was that the new superhero told some kids his name last night, and it was going to be printed in the evening edition! Marty sweated bullets the rest of the day. Had be been recognized somehow? Did he stop giving his name before the kid heard enough to rat him out or not? That evening, Marty was relieved that the kids had mis-heard, and reported his name as "Mighty Mouse". That will work, thought Marty! Cow Girl Fiorella Figaro was born a big baby with a happy disposition. This happy disposition didn't change when, at the age of 12, she began growing hair, horns, hooves and a tail, and ultimately topped out at 12 feet tall, looking something like a minotaur. At 16, she tried to join the Justice Society, but was black-balled for her outlandish appearance. Cow-Girl has adapted to her condition better than anyone expected. She is now as well-known for her incongruously high-pitched little-girl voice and sweet disposition as she is for her prodigious strength and outlandish appearance. In an effort to appear more feminine, Cow Girl wears her hair in pigtails, paints her horns, fingernails and hooves with pink nail polish, and usually has a pink bow tied to her tail.

Re: Superhero Images I'll bring the Old Bay!

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I stand corrected.

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Re: What Have You Watched Recently? The Rebirth of Mothra III. Not as abysmally awful as Godzilla's Revenge; I may just watch I & II just so I can say I've seen all the Toho kaiju movies.

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Re: Need a name for a windy character The Cool McCool TV show had a villain called "Hurricane Harry", with a sidekick named "Bellows Belle".

Re: Creepy Pics. [/clowns derail] And from the Dept. of Just-Thought-You-Might-Like-to-Know: Cracked article -- The 7 Most Unintentionally Creepy Places on the Internet.