Topic: Matter-Eater Lad, Bouncing Boy, Chemical King, and Ferro Lad!
Eryk Davis Ester
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Yeah, I can see how Matter-Eater Lad is totally lacking in any appeal. Why would anybody possibly want to read about a guy who hides his disfunctional family from his friends because he's embarrassed by them? Or a guy who takes out the beautiful girl and stands up to her jerk boyfriend at the end of the night only to have her go back to the jerk in the end? I can't imagine anyone possibly relating to that guy.
And what dumb powers. You know, when I think of wussy animals, I think of things like lions, crocodiles, and sharks. Because, after all, what are they going to do, bite you? What a goofy combat strategy that is! Oh, maybe he's a little less wussy than a lion or shark, because he can actually eat anything, plus the whole super-speed aspect, but still...
And I can definitely see why bringing Blok back would be a much better idea. After all, nothing says "kewl" like a big, dumb, lumbering, rock who talks to other rocks! The mass appeal of that character is just so obvious! Oh, and notice how his name is just like "block", only without a "c"? That's just so hip!
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
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EDE, I don't trust you know what hip is. But it's ok cause Waid doesn't either.
This book is finally getting better throwing guys like BB and MEL in there will not help.
Quislet is more entertaining personally on the joke side...and much cooler powers. They can get any member to play the shy teenage geek for guys like you to relate with.
And I would gladly sacrficie my 80's lessr known characters as long as BB and MEL do not show up.
From: Tampa | Registered: Mar 2004
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Also if MEL had large canines and would rip the throat out of opponents...I may like him.
New Mutants had a character called Doug Ramsey. He had a useless power...but it wasn't inflating like a beach ball. it worked.
In this series so far Waid has given us a ton of Bouncing Boy's. How many of the extended Legion fans have we seen with useless powers but use courage to make a difference.
I can accept Chuck Taine or Tenzil Kim...as characters but with a tweak to the silly powers. For instance I enjoyed Chuck as the mechanic in the last version of the Legion.
But I guess tweaking their powers to translate better to this generation is a sin or something.
From: Tampa | Registered: Mar 2004
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I don't care about power tweaks, I just hope when (not if, if the cartoon gets popular) Chuck and Tenzil come back, they aren't purple or polka-dotted or sentient mildew.
Eryk Davis Ester
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Oh, I agree in essence about wanting everyone back. It seems to me it would've made a lot of sense with Waid starting the story in media res to have somehow acknowledged that all these other characters already exist, even if the series is not going to be focusing on them. Then the series could move on, and not have to spend the next decade waiting for everyone to be re-introduced.
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
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THAT would have been ideal. I want everyone back too, even my personal non-faves like Tellus, because every fan should be able to see their favorites even if they appear infrequently (as would likely have to happen if everyone DID come back).
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Most of the "hippest," now, whatever characters are from the Golden and Silver Ages originally. Most of their powers have not been changed to appease one fan, nor should they have been.
Luckily, the cartoon producers are intelligent enough to see the value of Bouncing Boy and Matter-Eater Lad (at least) without a need to "translate their powers to this generation."
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From: San Diego, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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Yep, bring 'em all back. (Even Monstress - they can kill her off again.) But bring them back as the good guys - that LSV is getting entirely too crowded!
Chemical King was the least utilized of these four - no revivals after his death. So he is certainly due some panel time, IMO. However, I would really like to see what Mark Waid could do with MEL and BB - and what costumes/looks Barry would give them.
quote:Originally posted by Nightcrawler: Luckily, the cartoon producers are intelligent enough to see the value of Bouncing Boy and Matter-Eater Lad (at least) without a need to "translate their powers to this generation."
Well it is geared toward children. It is intelligent if it's for that age group. And a comic geared toward children would be great as well.
Sadly there intelligence didn't cover Brainiac 5 who is now a transformer.
From: Tampa | Registered: Mar 2004
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quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: I don't care about power tweaks, I just hope when (not if, if the cartoon gets popular) Chuck and Tenzil come back, they aren't purple or polka-dotted or sentient mildew.
But if they were sentient mildew, you know who else would be showing up, Lash?
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I'm not opposed to having non-classic characters show up, but not at the expense of these already under-utilized classic Legionnaires!
You're equating the terms 'classic' and 'Silver Age'. What makes Chemical King more 'classic' than Kid Quantum? He may be an older character than she is, but I don't think he's a better character.
My idea is that all eras of the Legion count equally. And therefore the Silver Age is quite overrepresented. I don't object to any of the four characters in the thread title showing up, but if I was looking to add characters to the cast of the book I would definitely not be looking at them first.
Matthew E is the sage of this thread. Silver does NOT equal Classic. I do not begrudge others supporting the characters they want to see, but let's bring in the more worthwhile later characters too.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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