tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post8021933789966908186..comments2024-03-17T09:20:56.531-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: Anatomy of A SuperheroAdam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-11994680401291621042014-03-26T10:17:28.385-04:002014-03-26T10:17:28.385-04:00What you are discussing is familiarity with a word...What you are discussing is familiarity with a word or an image Matt and LB. It is not the same as comprehending what they are or being familiar with the world/universe in which they dwell.<br /><br />I know what a meteorologist is but I have no clear idea how they spend the majority of their work day. <br /><br />Also, you are making the assumption that this is an area of fandom interest we all share. That is really not true as I have learned over the years. To turn it around, go ahead and discuss Fringe, Doctor Who and Firefly and watch my eyes glaze over. I will have not clue what you are talking about, even though I have seen the ads, watched a handful of episodes of each and see their titles on the covers of books and comics all the time. I am not into them and so the parts of those series that are 'common knowledge' among the fans are alien to me.<br /><br />I have heard wibbly wobbly, timey-wimey a dozen or so times from people and I smile and nod and guess it's from Doctor Who. I actually find it kind of annoying. It's like you're not man enough to actually figure out rules for the time travel element of your setting. Wuss.<br />Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-53551648889621599002014-03-01T09:44:33.422-05:002014-03-01T09:44:33.422-05:00Half those version aren't heroes. Watchmen? He...Half those version aren't heroes. Watchmen? Heroes? Ha.<br /><br />Just have them watch a Chris Reeve Superman movie if they don't know what a superhero is. Which frankly I find hard to believe given their ubiquity. Even those who never read comics are exposed to superheroes everywhere they look: just check print ads, bus stops, commercial vans, etc., for plumbers with capes and what not.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-15482001377737621612014-02-28T11:56:51.279-05:002014-02-28T11:56:51.279-05:00I just don't get this:
I might need a primer...I just don't get this:<br /><br /> I might need a primer on what constitutes a superhero, just because the term itself, in my mind, can have a broad range of meanings <br /><br />They are all over movies, TV, videogames, and the internet these days and quite a bit of it is good. <br /><br />Plan A: /hands stack of comic books - "here's a primer on superheroes"<br /><br />Plan B: go get your free month of Netflix if you don't have it already. Search for "Justice League". Watch those. That's an archetypal super hero team. You can also check out Avengers, earth's mightiest heroes, that one is good too<br /><br />Plan C: There are some movies out there - keywords bat, dark, knight, iron, spider, super, X, and man/men. You may have heard of some of them. There was that Avengers thing a couple of years ago too. Watch them. They should give you some ideas.<br /><br />It's not complicated, these things are all over. It's difficult to do it "wrong" as the genre covers pretty much anything you can imagine. Heck, the Champions books themselves cover this in pretty much all editions. Don't over think it - pick something you like and go with it!<br />Blacksteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-51523284063097865382014-02-28T11:55:12.586-05:002014-02-28T11:55:12.586-05:00Just found your blog today and I enjoy it. I would...Just found your blog today and I enjoy it. I would disagree with you on the "Superheroes uphold the law…" part of your statement. Your definition becomes limited if you follow that route. <br /><br />I like the definition: A Superhero achieves a heroic goal using talents that are superhuman in some respect. A "heroic goal" would involve sacrifice, but I would not bring the law into it. Laws can be corrupted. The government run by tyrannical madmen who, when faced with their ouster, declare Superheroes as criminals. <br /><br />Or take the Watchmen series. The Comedian worked for the government; he obeyed laws. Was he really a "Superhero"? Yes the Watchmen protected innocents, but what happens when the innocents turn on the Superheroes? What happens when the "costumed freaks" are outlawed? You usually cannot turn off your powers, so what happens when using those powers lands you at the feet of a judge?<br /><br />If you look at "Superheroes" that don't "play well with others," if the GM isn't forcing that player to try and re-examine his/her motivation/drive to be "alone" nearly every game session…<br /><br />On the idea of those "loner" Superheroes:<br />Keep in mind, I'm of the opinion that players should be allowed to play any character that interests them. If they are interested at playing a marginal sociopath/psychopath and exploring that psyche, the challenge is on the GM to reign that behavior in somehow. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945534959507591269noreply@blogger.com