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Post by Anders on Feb 20, 2010 3:54:58 GMT -8
Cthulhu is a big deal in the (early) mythos because there the most powerful weapons are dynamite and spells that drive the caster crazy, he's big as a mountain and people go mad by looking at him. For normal humans, that's a pretty insurmountable enemy. He's also made from some alien matter, though I don't think it's clear what that means, and he has the star-spawn to help him.
However, I think it would be reasonable to assume that he has abilities beyond these. It's hardly a stretch to think he could open gates to other dimensions and call forth other beasties, and if he (along with the other Old Ones) have enough mojo to create those spells that preserve them while they wait for the stars to be right they can presumably do other magic stuff.
In any case, the information on Cthulhu given by Lovecraft himself is so scant and occasionally contradictory that there's no way to judge how big a threat he would be to modern superheroes without making an ass-load of assumptions.
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Feb 20, 2010 5:28:32 GMT -8
Actually, Cthulhu only shows up "on screen" once in the original stories.
A 1920's steamship splits his head open like, and I quote:
"a slushy nastiness as of a cloven sunfish"
While the big C does begin to regenerate, this does prevent him from escaping R'lyeh. I don't think a decent modern air force would have too much trouble containing him.
Of course, he's not a Great Old One, merely their great Priest. And the Other Gods, like Yog Sothoth, Nylarhotep, or (stars forbid) Azathoth would be more dangerous.
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Post by Anders on Feb 20, 2010 13:43:14 GMT -8
Well, apparently - and here I'm going by the Wikipedia article - it's not clear whether Cthulhu is one of the GOO's or not, or indeed what the GOO's actually are.
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Post by lostphrack on Feb 20, 2010 14:50:37 GMT -8
Of course, he's not a Great Old One, merely their great Priest. And the Other Gods, like Yog Sothoth, Nylarhotep, or (stars forbid) Azathoth would be more dangerous. Yeah, that's always how I've understood his role in the vague scheme of things. As for powers, isn't there some sort of psychic thing going on too? I could have sworn that there were bits about people having horrible nightmares around the time he was waking up in The Call of Cthulhu. But yeah, slotting him into a superhero universe is problematic at best. Usually for poor Cthulhu.
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Feb 20, 2010 15:10:52 GMT -8
Well there is Shuma-Gorath
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Feb 27, 2010 6:06:41 GMT -8
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths - a couple of spotty bits of plot/character aside, it's the best DC Animated project since JLU went off the air. That's all I have to say on the subject.
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Mar 2, 2010 18:58:07 GMT -8
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Post by paulpogue on Mar 5, 2010 16:36:00 GMT -8
Randomness!
Going through old notes today of an interview I did with Ridley Scott some years back, it suddenly occurs to me that the fact Harrison Ford absolutely denies that Deckard is a replicant, even though Scott insists that he is, is actually totally in keeping with the character in a meta sort of way.
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 5, 2010 19:49:07 GMT -8
Smallville's getting a tenth season? Seriously?
OK, my thinking; If I were Tom Welling (does he have any producing cred on the show now? or at least something going for him in the decision making progress? I don't follow it that closely), and knowing this is as big as he can get in his career without taking some serious risks, I'd go for broke and make the entire season one big, 15-20 episode long Superman Action epic - throw out all the stops sorta thing. But then again, if I were running that show, I would have done that at least 5 years ago.
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 7, 2010 6:36:27 GMT -8
Man it's been a shit week in comics, hasn't it? First, let's dispense with the big drama - yes, Liam Harper being killed off for shock value and to do...whatever the hell they're planning on doing is just more proof that Big two comics editorial is way off the pulse of anything any human wants to see. Second, under-reported creepiness - New Ultimates #1 marks (IMO) the transition point where Jeph Loeb's sentimental work has moved from "tribute of a loving father to a cruelly lost child" to "Cry for help before he puts a gun in his own mouth". I want to be nice because I don't have a lot of nerdrage over Loeb's writing and I don't dislike him as a person or anything, but this is far from the actually moving tributes he's done. Third and final bit of sadness: Subtext from Dwayne McDuffie "Big Two Comics will never give you your rights as a creator or human being and will crush you." www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/03/dwayne-mcduffie-hardware/
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 23, 2010 1:15:48 GMT -8
Passenger: A zombie short story by Jens H. Altmann. The sickest thing I ever wrote. wp.me/pJ3jG-3E
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Post by Anders on Mar 23, 2010 13:08:56 GMT -8
Passenger: A zombie short story by Jens H. Altmann. The sickest thing I ever wrote. wp.me/pJ3jG-3ELike I said there, very brutal and very good.
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Post by K-Box on Mar 24, 2010 17:36:03 GMT -8
Passenger: A zombie short story by Jens H. Altmann. The sickest thing I ever wrote. wp.me/pJ3jG-3E... Damn.
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 25, 2010 0:43:30 GMT -8
Passenger: A zombie short story by Jens H. Altmann. The sickest thing I ever wrote. wp.me/pJ3jG-3E... Damn. I a good way, I hope?
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Post by K-Box on Mar 25, 2010 22:13:40 GMT -8
Indeed so, although it was tough to read.
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