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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 18, 2011 14:53:05 GMT -8
So, in the interest of being positive, here's a thread about great moments/lines that define runs, that stand out and you still call back to years later.
First a bit of music to set the tempo - start this and read on:
Grant Morrison's first JLA arc.
"Alarms are going off all over the world."
"He can hear them."
And then, Superman puts it all together - what the Hyperclan really is, and how they've disabled him.
And then, IT'S ON.
Really, that line to me summarizes the Morrison JLA - Alarms are going off all over the world, and only the Justice League can respond to them. They are the big guns that you only call out when the threat is truly apocalyptic. It's a line I go back to, when I work on my superhero RPGs (particularly the big-stakes stuff like the GUARD) or when I want to talk about what a "big moment" is.
Tag. You're it.
Michael
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Mar 18, 2011 14:59:34 GMT -8
Want to feel chills?
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 18, 2011 15:53:16 GMT -8
Yeah, that's the stuff.
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Post by paulpogue on Mar 18, 2011 16:39:50 GMT -8
Top 10, issue 10 -- Smax demonstrates why everyone's scared of him, without ever once raising his voice:
"Sir, Captain Traynor sir. All due respect, sir ... Permission to use extreme force."
"You imbecile! You think this is actually going to go to trial?"
"No sir, commissioner sir. No, I don't think this is going to end in trial."
Angel, "A Hole in the World" -- Two moments in which Wesley Wyndham-Pryce, of all people, demonstrates why he's the scariest badass in the entire Buffy canon:
BANG! "Please send anyone else not working on Ms. Burkle's case to me."
BANG! "... Were you even listening?"
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Mar 18, 2011 16:56:45 GMT -8
On a similar note:
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Mar 18, 2011 18:11:31 GMT -8
Oh, and speaking for the opposition:
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 18, 2011 19:49:14 GMT -8
Top 10, issue 10 -- Smax demonstrates why everyone's scared of him, without ever once raising his voice: "Sir, Captain Traynor sir. All due respect, sir ... Permission to use extreme force." "You imbecile! You think this is actually going to go to trial?" "No sir, commissioner sir. No, I don't think this is going to end in trial." Angel, "A Hole in the World" -- Two moments in which Wesley Wyndham-Pryce, of all people, demonstrates why he's the scariest badass in the entire Buffy canon: BANG! "Please send anyone else not working on Ms. Burkle's case to me." BANG! "... Were you even listening?" Man, it's freaky - I just finished rereading Top 10 yesterday. |
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Post by michaelpaciocco on Mar 18, 2011 19:49:39 GMT -8
"I AM THE FOURTH MAN"  |
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 19, 2011 0:00:59 GMT -8
That scene sold me on Smith as the Doctor. That one. Right there. |
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Post by K-Box on Mar 20, 2011 0:25:25 GMT -8
Lex Luthor confronting Death of the Endless in Action Comics #894After so many writers reducing him to a Silver Age-style mad scientist or a Donald Trump TO THE EXTREME, Paul Cornell gives us the ultimate nemesis of Superman — who, let's not forget, is the DCU's own Jesus Christ — as ... the ultimate atheist superhero. But do you reconcile atheism with a world in which Gods, PLURAL, have not only been PROVEN to exist, but also frequently fight both with and against superheroes? "Deciding on atheism isn't a logical choice. It's an ethical one." And after Death has done everything in her power to get him to come to terms with his own mortality, not to mention the prospect of having his life's choices judged by a higher power, how does Luthor respond? "I'm not going to participate in this 'process' of yours. I'm never going to accept it. I'm not going to bow my head. To anyone. So do what you're going to do. Send me where you're going to send me. I'll find something to do. I'll find something to win. Even when I'm dead." THIS is the attitude of a man who not only believes that he CAN kill the world's greatest superhero, but that he also has a MORAL IMPERATIVE to do so. THAT is how you write a supervillain.
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Post by K-Box on Mar 20, 2011 0:39:18 GMT -8
Oh, and a non-comics example? Gary, a.k.a. FORMER Henchman 21, in the "Operation P.R.O.M." episode of The Venture Bros.Really, a TON of characters got some bad-ass moments here, from Brock first motorcycling, then just flat-out RUNNING to the compound to save everyone's lives, to Treister shooting himself out of a cannon into space with a note saying "FIX IT!" taped to his chest, but more than anyone, THIS was the episode where Gary grew up, and laid a verbal smackdown on The Monarch that was an entire SEASON in the making. |
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 20, 2011 3:45:00 GMT -8
I already posted it somewhere else here, but in the context of this thread it bears repeating. This is, to me, one of the most iconic superhero moments ever. Amazing Spider-Man #33.    |
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Post by paulpogue on Mar 20, 2011 7:08:12 GMT -8
If those three pages were the ONLY thing Stan and Steve ever did together, they'd still be among the greatest comic teams in history.
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Post by Mario Di Giacomo on Mar 20, 2011 12:03:31 GMT -8
Just because:
For a movie I saw on a whim, it was so much better than I expected.
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Post by jensaltmann on Mar 21, 2011 2:15:46 GMT -8
That's a movie that I need to give a second chance. When I saw it it was the German dubbed version, I was soaked all the way to the skin from rain, and shivering from cold when the water in my clothes dried. So, considering that I was in a very miserable condition when I saw it, I was unhappy with it. I need to see it in better conditions. As in, in the original English, and while I'm warm and dry. Maybe I'll like it better.
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