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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 3, 2011 16:18:30 GMT -5
My big one, and yeah, it's a nitpick, but as someone with even just a basic knowledge of physics, how does Cyclops have a head? Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Every time Cyke shoots an optic blast, his neck should, at the very least, snap in a very sickening manner. Yeah, it's dumb, but this is the kind of stuff that occurs to me. I was thinking along the same lines, Cyke wears his Ruby Quartz Visor so he doesn't blast his Eye beams everywhere so wouldn't wearing it the first time have blasted his head off like Phil Lamarr in Pulp Fiction?
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Post by A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto) on Jan 3, 2011 17:20:42 GMT -5
For a very long time, I didn't understand why everyone in the old cartoons would fall on banana peels. That is.... until I tried it myself just to see. Man, those things are really slippery!!
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Post by N E O G E O B O Y S on Jan 3, 2011 17:29:13 GMT -5
Oh, and I could never for the life of me understand why Tom in the Tom & Jerry cartoons was always depicted as the bad guy. He's trying to protect his home from a mouse who keeps stealing his owners' hard-earned food! How does that make him evil?! Why should I root for the asshole mouse?! Oh and on top of that, the poor guy constantly gets horribly injured while defending what is his. When I was a kid, all I saw was a honest house cat being constantly tortured by an evil mouse who was advocating slacking and living off other people's work. Seriously, I loved the cartoons, but I always hoped Tom would eventually catch the little bastard. Seriously, f*** that mouse, it's like the douchebag co-worker who doesn't do squat yet gets all the credit when something good is done and gets a promotion before you do. Thank You, I was thinking the same and I couldn't find the words, every single time that he can, jerry stoles tom's girlfriend, and also, tom always has the odds against him, jerry has size advantage to hide, and when they are in the garden, he always hide behing the big bully dog Hell, when tom ''died'' in the episode centered in france, I felt like ''Im done with this cartoon'' How do all those mystery solving teen groups (ie, scooby doo) make money? I mean, they do drive vans around quite a bit which must cost them gas money, not to mention paying for essentials like food and clothing? I guess you could argue that the citizens are grateful for the teens stopping the crimes that they pay them, but you never see them getting paid. Aren't Daphne Parents multimillionaires? They could make it just for adventure sake
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 3, 2011 22:48:17 GMT -5
I will be the bastard and try to explain some of these In Popeye, why did Popeye and Bluto feud over Olive Oyl? I could see if she had a decent personality, but she was a complete bitch who would play one off of the other, but then when Bluto got her she'd scream bloody murder and Popeye would eat Spinach and go kick his ass. And where are the cops when all this is going down? You'd think people would call the cops of them for Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct, and Destruction of Property. Well have you seen them? Popeye has a severe smoking addiction (he must smell like a tire fire by now) not too mention those weird growths on his forearm. As for Bluto? Well he's a fatty-fat-fat. You really think they have anybody better waiting for them somewhere? As for the cops, well you ever see the South Park episode featuring the "cripple fight"? Yeah, nobodies gonna break this up, it's too much fun to watch. Here's what I never understood about the Marvel Universe. Heroes like the Fantastic 4 and the Avengers are generally beloved while the X-Men are mistrusted and sometimes outright hated just because they're mutants. So if you get superpowers by accidentally exposing yourself to deadly levels of radiation you're a-ok, but if you're born with your powers then SCREW YOU!!? Well I hate to defend Marvel on this since I think they've gotten way too out of hand on the mutant hate, to the point where it is VERY difficult to suspend my disbelief, but I think this has more to do with the legitimacy of the group they're in then anything else. As others have said, the Fantastic Four have public identities and their actions are pretty transparent. The Avengers are seen as pretty much an official, sanctioned, superhero team in the Marvel Universe. Even if the general public doesn't know their identities or specifics, somebody of some importance does, whether SHIELD or the US government or whatever. Somebody is out there keeping them in line, or at the very least accountable for them. The X-Men have long been a secretive, outlaw group who pretty much keep themselves isolated from the general public. Although like I said, Marvel has taken this to way too much of an extreme. You just got your life saved by someone with superhuman powers, that you think might possibly by a mutant. Instead of being thankful or in awe, your first reaction is to dismiss them as less then human and run away in anger and fear? How is that in anyway a natural human reaction? You can only argue racism for so long. On a similar note, I was watching the 90's X-Men cartoon the other day (which, in my opinion, has not held up well), and they had those collars on Genosha that they would put on mutants to remove their mutant powers. Were these ever in the comics? Because they seem like the biggest plot hole in X-Men comic history. I mean, if someone could shrink them slightly and make them able to attach to a part of the body that you wouldn't normally see during the day (like say the upper leg), they could make a FORTUNE selling them to mutants who have difficulty interacting with the general public due to there mutations or mutants who have trouble controlling their powers. You could be a legit millionaire not to mention something of a hero for creating these thing (possibly up for a Nobel Prize), why are you wasting your time with illegal slave labor? Why they never showed any of the kids parents in ed edd n eddy How come they never did on Charlie Brown either? Aunt May was like 80 when Peter Parker originally moved in with her. How is she still alive? You don't actually believe that "One More Day" was Peter's first deal with the devil do you? He does what he has to do to keep them wheat cakes a comin'. In " The rise of Arsenal", why was Green Arrow thrown in jail for killing Prometheus? I mean sure, Green Arrow did get rid of the body, HOWEVER Prometheus did just destroy Star City and kill thousands of people with the help of the Electrocutioner. It would be like throwing Hal Jordan in prison for beating the s*** out of Mongrol after he destroyed Coast City. This always really bugged me. I've never read all of "Cry for Justice", nor any of "The Rise of Arsenal", but how exactly could Star City prosecute Ollie for Prometheus' murder? There were no witnesses, I think the body is still in Limbo. Did the Star City police go to Limbo to collect it? What evidence did they have that Ollie committed this "murder"? What evidence do they have that the crime was even committed? Only Ollie's word. And Ollie wouldn't be the first person who admitted to a crime that never occurred and gets dismissed by the police for being a kook. Then of course there is his trial. Apparently Ollie pleads guilty, still has a jury trial for some reason, is found not guilty, then still sentenced to exile. This is so illegal and unconstitutional and shows so little knowledge of how the US legal system works that I think the judge that actually pulled this garbage would probably face more jailtime then Ollie would've for Prometheus' death. Now I haven't read any Green Arrow since but has anybody ever made an attempt to fix this gross stupidity?
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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 4, 2011 2:51:03 GMT -5
I got a question about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where did the Turtles get the money to pay for pizzas and stuff? None of them had jobs.
Maybe they mugged the bad guys they beat up, but somehow I don't think villains (especially robot ninjas) carry their wallets on them. Besides, if the villains had money they likely wouldn't have turned to crime in the first place.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 4, 2011 2:59:29 GMT -5
I got a question about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where did the Turtles get the money to pay for pizzas and stuff? None of them had jobs. Maybe they mugged the bad guys they beat up, but somehow I don't think villains (especially robot ninjas) carry their wallets on them. Besides, if the villains had money they likely wouldn't have turned to crime in the first place. They lived in the sewer. I'm sure there were times that money went down into sewers in New York.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 4, 2011 3:34:19 GMT -5
I have a problem with the entire premise of Pokemon. The show is about capturing animals in order to train them to fight other animals. Didn't Michael Vick go to jail for something like this? Ash never electrocuted or otherwise killed them for losing fights. Besides, Pokemon are not like blood sport animals in that they choose to fight, do so whether trainers are involved or not, and fight non-fatally exclusively. The few times these trusts are broken, it's treated as an atrocious act, such as a trainer you meet in Lavender Town who has only one Pokemon, saying Team Rocket killed the rest of his Pokemon.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 4, 2011 8:53:51 GMT -5
I got a question about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where did the Turtles get the money to pay for pizzas and stuff? None of them had jobs. Maybe they mugged the bad guys they beat up, but somehow I don't think villains (especially robot ninjas) carry their wallets on them. Besides, if the villains had money they likely wouldn't have turned to crime in the first place. They lived in the sewer. I'm sure there were times that money went down into sewers in New York. Yeah, but was it enough to afford tv sets or vans or blimps or martial arts weapons or the machines that donatello did?
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 4, 2011 8:57:17 GMT -5
They lived in the sewer. I'm sure there were times that money went down into sewers in New York. Yeah, but was it enough to afford tv sets or vans or blimps or martial arts weapons or the machines that donatello did? Well in the early season's most of the higher-tech stuff was pretty much stolen from Baxter Stockman after he went to jail. As for the rest, I wouldn't be surprised if a TV set that only needed a few minor repairs floated into the sewer one day.
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Post by hassanchop on Jan 4, 2011 11:58:56 GMT -5
I don't get Hanna Barbera's Rock Odyssey, who is the woman there who is searching for her true love, why does the talking jukebox know her, and why doesn't he explain anything about her?
And why hasn't it gotten released on video?
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Jan 4, 2011 12:55:06 GMT -5
Looking at the wiki for "Angry Beavers", it mentions that the two are twins. Kind of doesn't look like it to me.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 4, 2011 13:01:20 GMT -5
Okay, I wonder if this has been mentioned. Disney is known to have personified animal characters like Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, etc. However, Mickey has Pluto who is a dog and is portrayed as a dog, while Goofy, himself, is a dog and acts like a person. Same with on the show Rocko's Modern Life, that had a lot of animal characters. I think I even went as far as to even see a personified dog character, but Spunky is still a dog. Same with on Arthur, with Pal being a dog, while Binky, himself, is a canine.
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Post by N E O G E O B O Y S on Jan 4, 2011 13:13:49 GMT -5
wasn't goofy a proper race in mickey's world?
I think that he isn't technically a dog
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2011 13:15:23 GMT -5
wasn't goofy a proper race in mickey's world? I think that he isn't technically a dog I always thought he was black.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 4, 2011 15:17:31 GMT -5
Okay, I wonder if this has been mentioned. Disney is known to have personified animal characters like Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, etc. However, Mickey has Pluto who is a dog and is portrayed as a dog, while Goofy, himself, is a dog and acts like a person. Same with on the show Rocko's Modern Life, that had a lot of animal characters. I think I even went as far as to even see a personified dog character, but Spunky is still a dog. Same with on Arthur, with Pal being a dog, while Binky, himself, is a canine. I never understood this complaint. It's like asking why other species of Great Apes don't use toilets or drive cars in the real world. Obviously Pluto and Goofy are on different branches of the Disney dog evolutionary tree.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 4, 2011 16:00:28 GMT -5
Yeah, but was it enough to afford tv sets or vans or blimps or martial arts weapons or the machines that donatello did? Well in the early season's most of the higher-tech stuff was pretty much stolen from Baxter Stockman after he went to jail. As for the rest, I wouldn't be surprised if a TV set that only needed a few minor repairs floated into the sewer one day. Actually, did they have a tv set before they met April? If so, i can see April donating them a tv set so they can watch her and be alerted to any crimes in the city, but that still asks the question, how did they get electricity? I dont think sewers have power outlets AFAIK.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jan 4, 2011 16:12:17 GMT -5
Well in the early season's most of the higher-tech stuff was pretty much stolen from Baxter Stockman after he went to jail. As for the rest, I wouldn't be surprised if a TV set that only needed a few minor repairs floated into the sewer one day. Actually, did they have a tv set before they met April? If so, i can see April donating them a tv set so they can watch her and be alerted to any crimes in the city, but that still asks the question, how did they get electricity? I dont think sewers have power outlets AFAIK. I'm pretty sure they had a TV before they met April. I believe that was one of their first lines to her in the pilot episodes, "we watch a lot of TV". As for electricity, while there might not be actual outlets, I would imagine there are power lines running through down there. I could see Donatello easily splicing into one and hooking up his own outlets.
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Jan 4, 2011 21:28:39 GMT -5
Actually, did they have a tv set before they met April? If so, i can see April donating them a tv set so they can watch her and be alerted to any crimes in the city, but that still asks the question, how did they get electricity? I dont think sewers have power outlets AFAIK. I'm pretty sure they had a TV before they met April. I believe that was one of their first lines to her in the pilot episodes, "we watch a lot of TV". As for electricity, while there might not be actual outlets, I would imagine there are power lines running through down there. I could see Donatello easily splicing into one and hooking up his own outlets. Also as far as Food was concerned, the Pizza guys seem to have just left the Boxes by a manhole cover, turned around for a moment and *poof* ~Pizza Gone~...... There's no concrete evidence that any of the pizzas were paid for. Hell, with thier knowledge of The NYC sewer system, ninja powers and the sheer unbelievability of "I was robbed by Giant Turtles" thay could simply steal any pizzas that the driver had.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Jan 5, 2011 0:10:03 GMT -5
Re: Four Fingers: Only Simpson's God has five fingers. Ponder that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2011 0:56:39 GMT -5
how is family circus still in print? It there just in case you run out of toilet paper.
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