That Seems Familiar...And Heroes!

Aaron Shurtleff | October 31, 2007
Scott, the front page banner (or whatever it's called) for the Do-Over Week V, what is that from? I feel like I've seen it before, but I can't recall where. Please let me know. But, please, if telling me would, in any way, give someone a hint as to one of the subjects of the Do-Over Week, wait until next week when themed week is done and gone to tell me. In fact, don't tell me until then anyway, that way, even your not telling me won't act as a hint that it does have something to do with the week, if it does.

I need to calm down the paranoia, eh?

This is a pretty crappy topic, actually, but I don't want to add anything in to this...because then it will get lost in the shuffle, or no one will read it because they don't know that the topic doesn't match the title...

Oh, hell, I'll let the inner geek fly free! I hope this hasn't been done before, but if you could have any sort of superpower, what would you choose? And please refrain from giving me a crazy answer, like omnipotence or something similar. Just one superpower, along with whatever other quirks it would give you.

If it were me, and I could pick, it would probably be something like what the lesser-known comic book hero Speedball has. He has (I guess had) kind of a kinetic energy field, so that he wasn't at all hurt by any kind of impact damage. That's what I'd like...sort of a big shield so that I couldn't be hurt. I'll take the big defense over the big offense any day. I wonder if that says anything about the type of person I am? I'll have to reflect on that.

What about the rest of y'all?

Aaron Shurtleff | October 31, 2007
Oh, and that's pre-Penance, for anyone who actually follows the Marvel Universe that closely. Although the idea of Penance is pretty cool, too, I think. Just not the kind of power I'd want. OK, I'll stop now.

Steve Dunn | October 31, 2007
I would like to be able to fly.

Steve West | October 31, 2007
I want to be like Ant Man! Shrink to the size of ants and communicate with them to do my bidding. Complete control over an entire ant army. An unstoppable armada of... please. Could any superhero be more embarassed by his powers? He must be the laughingstock at the superhero convention. I'd prefer invisibility.

Scott Hardie | November 1, 2007
One of the women depicted in the banner photos is one of the subjects of the week. The other woman has starred in two of her three films. Does it give away the answer to show an undistorted photo of the celebrity on the homepage? I would say that if you can't guess that goo correctly without the help, you probably aren't cut out for this game.

This is kind of a cop-out answer, like wishing for "more wishes" if I could have any one wish granted, but the truth is, I would wish for telekinesis. You cover a lot of the other powers that way, like flight by moving yourself through the air, and super-strength by lifitng or breaking or smashing or whatever with your mind. You could explore space by bringing oxygen with you and propelling yourself at cosmic speeds. You could rescue people from natural disasters, stop armies from attacking, fling nuclear missiles out of the atmosphere, and change the channel without a remote. And the best part is, you can do it all while sitting on your ass. That's the one for me.

Of course, in the comics, they have to restrict it somehow, such as requiring concentration or by limiting how much physical effect one can cause. The former is lame: If you're holding something heavy with your arms, you don't suddenly drop it crashing to the floor because someone taps you on the shoulder. And the latter takes away the fun of being a telekineticist in the first place: If you're powerful enough to lift a chair but not a car, then it's not really any better than having arms, is it?