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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
Finally, Doctor Strange will be getting a theatrical movie. If all goes well, hopefully in 2016. It's regrettable that actor John Colicos passed away. Otherwise, he would have been perfect for the role of the villain, BARON MORDO, who was Dr. Strange's main foe besides the Dread Dormammu. If you look at Colicos, his facial resemblance to Baron Mordo is uncanny.
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
Orville, I would have backed you 100% for John Colicos.
On the other hand, I thought that Heath Ledger was wrong for the Joker in every way, until I saw the film. He became argueably the best ever. SO they may get an actor who pulls it off well. Time will tell. What to you think of casting Benedict Cumberbatch?
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Ray Chelt Special user Changing the world with my 988 Posts |
The Shadow..now there was a mystical hero.the power to cloud men's minds, then shoot them.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
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On Oct 31, 2014, Cliffg37 wrote: Benedict is passable,as far as facial resemblance goes. But I was thinking of a different actor whose name escapes me now. When I remember it, then I'll post. |
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts |
Dr Fates helment was laying on a table in the first episode of the new "Constantine".
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
Thanks for the heads up about Dr. Fate. Not having seen the premiere of Constantine, I missed that segment on Dr. Fate's helmet. Just as Stephen Strange is the main sorcerer for Marvel, so is Dr. Fate the main one for DC. But now it seems that Constantine is in the limelight. Sounds contradictory, though, that he can be an Exorcist and yet practice Black Magick at the same time.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
DC's Constantine is gradually shaping up to develop into a great series. The last episode I've seen is where Vinyl-records have demons in them, so playing and broadcasting them on the radio makes people go berserk. To my great delight, Constantine satisfies me as much as Dr. Fate and Dr. Strange. The only difference is that Constantine does Not wear any costume. Other than that, his sorcery satisfies me as much as those two costumed-sorcerers.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Folks enjoying the occasional nods to the comic (and the comic book cover art?) ?
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
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On Nov 5, 2014, Orville_Smith wrote: Was just a moment - nobody putting on the helmet yet.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
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On Nov 15, 2014, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Now that you got me watching the Constantine series, I was pleasantly surprised when still another DC character made an appearance on that TVseries. It's the episode on Voodooism, and we see a police detective named Jim Corrigan. For those who are not familiar, Jim Corrigan is the alter-ego of the DC hero, the Spectre. The Spectre is the supernatural manifestation of Jim Corrigan who was murdered and then resurrected. Here is a classic mystical hero who began from way back during the 1940s and still makes occasional appearances. |
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
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On Aug 23, 2014, mastermindreader wrote: ...and The Green Lama.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
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On Nov 29, 2014, Steve_Mollett wrote: Until recently, I used to think that the Green Lama was just a comic book hero. But, to my surprise, I find that he actually began as a Pulp hero. Although later on, he was adapted to comic books as well. |
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JRob Veteran user Central South Carolina 395 Posts |
I've always liked The Specter, but he comes under the heading of too powerful
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
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On Dec 14, 2014, JRob wrote: What always confused me about The Spectre is his relationship with Jim Corrigan. At times, it is shown they are separate personages, but on the other hand, they are sometimes shown as being one and the same. I certainly agree with you that The Spectre is too powerful, even omnipotent. At least he has an Achilles Heel, that is, he has to occasionally rejuvenate himself by entering the physical body of Corrigan, spiritually intertwined as the two characters are. In one of his stories, to OFFSET his apparent omnipotence, The Spectre had to pay a penalty because his carelessness made one of his energy-bolts hit an innocent bystander. As a result, the voice of, presumably, God, penalized The Spectre by taking away much of his powers. But that transpired for only one story, so by the next issue, he was back to his original omnipotence. |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
Problem is, different people write the stories and as long as there's enough action, some amount of inconsistency is accepted.
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
It's also a matter of taste. For The Spectre,I preferred writer Gardner Fox, especially when compared with Michael Fleisher who made The Spectre into a Horror-type character. I don't know how Fleisher was able to get those stories past the Censorship as The Spectre made criminals die in particularly grisly ways. For example, literally transforming a murderer into a statue of wood, then using a buzz-saw to slice the wooden body into multiple pieces. And believe me, that was NO sawing-a-lady-in-half illusion.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
As I said,I prefer writer Gardner Fox when it comes to The Spectre. Fascinating was the issue where the origin of the universe was shown, where it was shown that at the event of the Big Bang that BOTH God and Satan came into existence at the same time. I know that the predominant belief is that God created Satan. But since God is All-powerful, why can he not destroy Satan? After all, the predominant belief is that Satan still survives and continues to wreak havoc. So writer Gardner Fox seems to have had a more logical idea,i.e., that God and Satan are equal. From that basis, we can also presume that both Good and Evil are eternal.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
There was a series called "God, the Devil, and Bob" which dealt with God getting fed up with the world and letting the Devil pick an average person who will stand for humanity and if he fails, God will let the Devil destroy the world. ("Oh, you're not teasing me are you? Like with Sodom and Gamorrah?") The Devil picks Bob; (God, looks at the Devils choice and looks out at us; "Don't start any long books!")
My point is the series made it clear that while God DID in fact create Satan, he can't destroy him because he needs him to test humanity (which we're not doing so well at, I'd like to add.) At one point the Devil gets depressed and decides to just stop being evil. God can't stand it; "Yes, I want people to BE good, but not because they don't have any other choice!") He sends Bob to He11 to contact the Devil and get him back on the job. (BOB: "How do I do that?" GOD: "Oh it's easy, (gesturing) go to He11 Bob!" Bob walks around a rock and finds a guy on a spit over a fire. BOB: "Excuse me, is this He11?" MAN: "You know, I never asked. You just have to assume!")
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
Marvel also had a series called Son Of Satan. I'm not too familiar with that character, but I am familiar with DC's Etrigan the Demon. I guess you could call The Demon an anti-hero because without the control of Jason Blood, Etrigan would kill ruthlessly. The relationship between Etrigan and Jason Blood is quite a twist on spirit-possession because you could say that it's the good-guy, Jason, who possesses the Demon. Blood uses an incantation to change into the Demon. Or should I instead say "invocation" because to invocate is to summon an entity?? To my understanding, that's the difference between invocation and incantation.
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Orville Smith New user 87 Posts |
Confusing about that Jason Blood is that his actual nature is never made clear. Is he just a "shell" for the Demon Etrigan? Or is Jason Blood an actual inhabitant of another dimension who was summoned by Merlin?
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