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ParanoidObsessive 10/03/20 1:52:38 AM #47:	Zeus posted... That's specific to Lex Luthor, not society at larger. Yeah, but the point remains the same. If you have the power of literal gods and are essentially the most powerful person on the planet, why would you ever want to transform into a grade-A putz and basically go around getting shit on by the plebs? Adam willingly transforming back into "Adam" instead of basically just going "Hells yes, I'm He-Man 24/7 now" is very much on par with Superman occasionally taking off his costume and hiding behind the persona of Clark so he can actually interact with the world. It's more or less the same concept. If anything though, the real question is why none of the people who KNOW both Adam and He-Man ever seem to realize they're the same person (except for the three he mentions he's told). But again, that's narrative convention more than anything (in the same sense that it makes zero sense that Lois Lane wouldn't be able to figure out that Clark is Superman in spite of the entirety of his disguise just being a pair of glasses). Zeus posted... Otherwise Superman still has his powers while he's in civilian identity, He-Man doesn't. That's the theory, sure. But let's be honest - Adam looks absolutely jacked. With a build like that, even without magical sword powers, he should be bench-pressing the Battle Ram. Though considering his power is supposedly drawn from Grayskull itself in some way rather than being an innate part of him (or the sword itself), it's possible that the reason he doesn't spend all his time as He-Man is because the sword or the castle sort of has to charge up between transformations, or he'll run the battery dry. Zeus posted... To bring this around and quote Lex Luthor: "WRRRRRRROOOOOOOONNGG!!" Yes, but you're quoting a terrible Luthor from a terrible movie, so all you're really doing is confirming Garfield's terrible pedigree. Metalsonic66 posted... He was an okay Spider-Man but an awful Peter This is the main problem. Tobey goes too hard on the "Pathetic Peter" side of the continuum, while Garfield goes too hard into the "Asshole Spider-Man" side. But the character needs to be somewhere in-between those two extremes, or it's not really a good Spider-Man. Tom Holland kind of strikes the balance much better, but I also acknowledge that some might not be as keen on him because he feels like a more modernized, Disney-fied (in spite of still being in Sony movies), too-young version of the character. Which kind of makes sense, because that's how the Ultimate version of the character kind of started out, and the MCU as a whole is very strongly influenced by the Ultimate line. WhiskeyDisk posted... i mean for the sake of argument, not fucking a human woman into a cloud of pink mist approaching the speed of light in the direction of the earth's core or escape velocity might be an incentive to perhaps not be a Kryptonian for a bit unless i want to fuck my first cousin, dog, or an Amazon. Yeah, but pretending to be human doesn't really solve that problem at all. If Clark fucks Lois he's still going to explode her uterus unless he's REALLY good at pulling out in time. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:945390428] in GeekHouse ... [t:79003343]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>That's specific to Lex Luthor, not society at larger.</quote> Yeah, but the point remains the same. If you have the power of literal gods and are essentially the most powerful person on the planet, why would you ever want to transform into a grade-A putz and basically go around getting shit on by the plebs? Adam willingly transforming back into "Adam" instead of basically just going "Hells yes, I'm He-Man 24/7 now" is very much on par with Superman occasionally taking off his costume and hiding behind the persona of Clark so he can actually interact with the world. It's more or less the same concept. If anything though, the real question is why none of the people who KNOW both Adam and He-Man ever seem to realize they're the same person (except for the three he mentions he's told). But again, that's narrative convention more than anything (in the same sense that it makes zero sense that Lois Lane wouldn't be able to figure out that Clark is Superman in spite of the entirety of his disguise just being a pair of glasses). <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Otherwise Superman still has his powers while he's in civilian identity, He-Man doesn't.</quote> That's the theory, sure. But let's be honest - Adam looks absolutely jacked. With a build like that, even without magical sword powers, he should be bench-pressing the Battle Ram. Though considering his power is supposedly drawn from Grayskull itself in some way rather than being an innate part of him (or the sword itself), it's possible that the reason he doesn't spend all his time as He-Man is because the sword or the castle sort of has to charge up between transformations, or he'll run the battery dry. <cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>To bring this around and quote Lex Luthor: "WRRRRRRROOOOOOOONNGG!!"</quote> Yes, but you're quoting a terrible Luthor from a terrible movie, so all you're really doing is confirming Garfield's terrible pedigree. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote>He was an okay Spider-Man but an awful Peter</quote> This is the main problem. Tobey goes too hard on the "Pathetic Peter" side of the continuum, while Garfield goes too hard into the "Asshole Spider-Man" side. But the character needs to be somewhere in-between those two extremes, or it's not really a good Spider-Man. Tom Holland kind of strikes the balance much better, but I also acknowledge that some might not be as keen on him because he feels like a more modernized, Disney-fied (in spite of still being in Sony movies), too-young version of the character. Which kind of makes sense, because that's how the Ultimate version of the character kind of started out, and the MCU as a whole is very strongly influenced by the Ultimate line. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>i mean for the sake of argument, not fucking a human woman into a cloud of pink mist approaching the speed of light in the direction of the earth's core or escape velocity might be an incentive to perhaps not be a Kryptonian for a bit unless i want to fuck my first cousin, dog, or an Amazon.</quote> Yeah, but pretending to be human doesn't really solve that problem at all. If Clark fucks Lois he's still going to explode her uterus unless he's REALLY good at pulling out in time. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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