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Post by balok on Jun 16, 2006 18:08:58 GMT -5
Did anyone else reading this find Reed's behavior a little strange? He seems a bit... enthusiastic, moreso that one might expect. Especially given his recent run-in's with the government? And the comment he made to Sue about the "42" disc seemed very out of character.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I'm catching a whiff of rodentia here.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Jun 17, 2006 7:17:45 GMT -5
Agreed. And Reed does have a history of psychologically manipulating his teammates.
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Post by Shiryu on Jun 19, 2006 5:17:49 GMT -5
I haven't read any FF issue recently, but I had the same feeling from the Illuminati one shot and especially from CW 1. Reed is not usually the type of person who behaves like that with friends. I remember in Secret Wars he was very compassionate even with the enemies...
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Post by Yellowjacket on Jun 26, 2006 8:40:43 GMT -5
For sure, Reed is very enthusiastic with the registration act. Either there is a hidden complot (42) or this seems to be the beginning of a FF split. Btw, it probably has nothing to do with CW but in Squadron Supreme Emil Burbank answers on one question ("the answer to life, the universe and everything") with: 42.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Jun 26, 2006 16:48:02 GMT -5
For sure, Reed is very enthusiastic with the registration act. Either there is a hidden complot (42) or this seems to be the beginning of a FF split. Btw, it probably has nothing to do with CW but in Squadron Supreme Emil Burbank answers on one question ("the answer to life, the universe and everything") with: 42. I don’t read Squadron Supreme, but the quote is very obviously a nod to Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a science-fiction comedy which originated as a BBC radio series and has spawned several sequels plus adaptations in television, novels, comics, and film. The allusion involving Reed is less obvious, but I nevertheless made the association. For more on the answer 42, I heartily recommend you experience The Hitchhiker’s Guide in some form or other.
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Post by Yellowjacket on Jun 28, 2006 9:26:56 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation. I did see the TV series (years ago) but never read the books. Maybe I should do this once.
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Post by Engage on Aug 5, 2006 14:55:44 GMT -5
This is what should be called "Galactus Reed". This is the Reed who feels extreme danger and throws himself into something. Quite often he ignores the outside world when he does it. Civil War's Reed is "Galactus Reed", plus a weird apathetic opinion toward Johnny. That's the only weird thing about this Reed. When like this he usually takes science (numbers) over emotion, as seen when he turned off the mind of his son.
This Reed either saves the day or his wife walks out on him. I'm not sure which one is coming, but I imagine it has to do with the outcome of 42.
I think 42 has to do with the terrigen mists. I haven't found anything about them in any book but they seem like something that should be important to Civil War.
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Post by steed on Aug 14, 2006 10:11:06 GMT -5
As I asked in another thread, does the 42 have anything to do with the prison break in the New Avengers?
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Post by balok on Aug 16, 2006 10:45:19 GMT -5
As I asked in another thread, does the 42 have anything to do with the prison break in the New Avengers? Not that I recall. The prison break in New Avengers was chiefly a device to unite the people Bendis wanted in the group. It hasn't really been addressed much (it's been referred to). Best of my knowledge the only individual they actually went after was they guy hired to do the job: Electro. The escapees are showing up elsewhere mostly.
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Post by Shiryu on Aug 18, 2006 19:21:18 GMT -5
I've read a review of the latest FF issue (from ffplaza.com) and it seems that this time it's the Thing that does possibly the wisest thing in regards to the whole CW scenario. Wonder if this will make Reed think over his actions again
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Post by Yellowjacket on Aug 28, 2006 7:50:23 GMT -5
Yeah, it seems the wisest guys are all moving to Califo... uh, Canada. Thank God most of them are not so smart at all, otherwise we wouldn´t have CW. Which I do appreciate.
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