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Post by Nutcase65 on Oct 6, 2007 14:17:30 GMT -5
I have two deductions
1st: Doom and Balok are actually aspects of the same person with Multiple personality diorder.
2nd: the Skrull is Dr. Strange here is why I think that. a.Illuminati went out of the way to put Strange on the Skrull homeworld. The switch could have come as far back as that, or they could've got what they needed to switch him when they felt convenient. b. The baby is supposed to be a skrull, or that was the impression we were given at the end of that one issue, so if Strange were a magic casting Skrull he would've cast a spell that wouldn't reveal the baby, which it didn't do
so that is my current guess. Also the fact that Strange chose to allow a demon to inhabit him in WWH was weird to me as well.
just a guess
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Post by Doctor Bong on Oct 6, 2007 14:40:52 GMT -5
or... Doom & Nutcase are actually aspects of the same person with MPD...!!! ;D
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Post by balok on Oct 6, 2007 15:43:02 GMT -5
1st: Doom and Balok are actually aspects of the same person with Multiple personality diorder. If that's true, then the Balok side doesn't know the Doctor Doom side exists. Also, I'm Irish and no one told me. <Looks around> Nope, no four leaf clovers in sight. Guess not. 2nd: the Skrull is Dr. Strange here is why I think that. a.Illuminati went out of the way to put Strange on the Skrull homeworld. The switch could have come as far back as that, or they could've got what they needed to switch him when they felt convenient. b. The baby is supposed to be a skrull, or that was the impression we were given at the end of that one issue, so if Strange were a magic casting Skrull he would've cast a spell that wouldn't reveal the baby, which it didn't do so that is my current guess. Also the fact that Strange chose to allow a demon to inhabit him in WWH was weird to me as well. just a guess A magic casting Skrull? What th' ? When did they get THAT ability?!? I know back when Marvel made ROM, a comic book created as a toy advertisement, he faced the Dire Wraiths who were later judged to be distant cousins of the Skrulls - and the worst of the Wraiths could work black magic. But the toughest of them couldn't take Doctor Strange on its best day and his worst. Don't judge Doctor Strange by how that idiot Bendis is mishandling him. He's very, very, very powerful.
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Post by uberwolf on Oct 6, 2007 16:59:28 GMT -5
Exactly. So what's your little picture thing say Balok? All I can make out is the froggy.
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Post by balok on Oct 6, 2007 19:59:01 GMT -5
Exactly. So what's your little picture thing say Balok? All I can make out is the froggy. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean. Froggy? The only picture I'm aware of is my avatar...
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Post by uberwolf on Oct 6, 2007 23:16:26 GMT -5
Yes, your avatar. It's a little yellow frog with some writing around it I can't make out.
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Post by spiderwasp on Oct 7, 2007 7:55:19 GMT -5
Yes, your avatar. It's a little yellow frog with some writing around it I can't make out. I'm guessing you've got something really clever and funny going here but heck if I get it. If you like Baloks cute little yellow frog, what do you think of my pink elephant?
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Post by balok on Oct 7, 2007 9:46:05 GMT -5
Yes, your avatar. It's a little yellow frog with some writing around it I can't make out. It could be you're pranking me, here, but in case you're serious - I have no idea what you're seeing. I see a blue head from a Star Trek episode...
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Post by uberwolf on Oct 7, 2007 9:47:52 GMT -5
Yes, your avatar. It's a little yellow frog with some writing around it I can't make out. It could be you're pranking me, here, but in case you're serious - I have no idea what you're seeing. I see a blue head from a Star Trek episode... Um.. no.. I'm not getting the big blue head. So everyone else is seeing that? On the other hand spiderwasp's pink elephant is great!
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Post by balok on Oct 7, 2007 10:06:12 GMT -5
Um.. no.. I'm not getting the big blue head. So everyone else is seeing that? Well, I don't know what others are seeing - but I just checked the host and it shows me the same picture I see left of all my posts... It's this alien from Star Trek's "The Corbomite Maneuver."
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Post by sharkar on Oct 7, 2007 13:22:49 GMT -5
It could be you're pranking me, here, but in case you're serious - I have no idea what you're seeing. I see a blue head from a Star Trek episode... Um.. no.. I'm not getting the big blue head. So everyone else is seeing that? The other day I saw what you describe, AA, a page with writing and a little yellow frog in the corner. (At times I also see a blank box as someone's avatar, with an X, indicating my connectivity is poor, meaning low resources on my PC). But now I see the blue Balok avatar. It just means either your PC's resources are/were low at that time (so you could not view the image) or that the website from which Balok downloaded his image was "not available." I'm sure a techie like Shiryu or someone can explain it better. EDIT: P.S. The little yellow frog is part of ImageShack, which is how Balok downloaded his avatar. So if your resources were/are low, what you're seeing is the "underpinning" of his avatar...you're seeing an ImageShack page instead of his avatar.
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Post by uberwolf on Oct 7, 2007 19:39:38 GMT -5
My resources aren't low and I see everyone else's avatar just fine. Only Balok's is off. Some diabolic plot of Doom's no doubt.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Oct 7, 2007 21:08:24 GMT -5
Um.. no.. I'm not getting the big blue head. So everyone else is seeing that? The other day I saw what you describe, AA, a page with writing and a little yellow frog in the corner. (At times I also see a blank box as someone's avatar, with an X, indicating my connectivity is poor, meaning low resources on my PC). But now I see the blue Balok avatar. It just means either your PC's resources are/were low at that time (so you could not view the image) or that the website from which Balok downloaded his image was "not available." I'm sure a techie like Shiryu or someone can explain it better. EDIT: P.S. The little yellow frog is part of ImageShack, which is how Balok downloaded his avatar. So if your resources were/are low, what you're seeing is the "underpinning" of his avatar...you're seeing an ImageShack page instead of his avatar. Starting a few days ago, I also started seeing that alternative frog image. My guess is that something was happening at ImageShack, like an upgrade or heavy usage, that caused that site to temporarily serve the generic alternate graphic in lieu of Balok’s specific graphic. I was still seeing the alternate graphic when I read these posts, but refreshing the page caused the familiar Star Trek face to reappear—evidently my browser had cached the alternate graphic and kept displaying the cached file until I forced the refresh. So, probably refreshing the page or emptying your browser’s cache will get your images up to date.
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Post by sharkar on Oct 7, 2007 21:13:27 GMT -5
See, I knew someone could explain it better than I could! Thanks, NP.
As mentioned I also saw that ImageShack page instead of the avatar, but when I logged on again later that day I saw the familiar blue Balok head. So I knew it was temporary.
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Post by uberwolf on Oct 7, 2007 22:41:27 GMT -5
refreshing worked. thanks phantom
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Post by uberwolf on Oct 7, 2007 23:43:16 GMT -5
So back on topic, I think BENDIS! is the Skrull, come here from another galaxy to destroy our favorite comic. Really, could someone be that ugly accidentally? I think NOT!
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Post by thew40 on Oct 9, 2007 13:34:05 GMT -5
So back on topic, I think BENDIS! is the Skrull, come here from another galaxy to destroy our favorite comic. Really, could someone be that ugly accidentally? I think NOT! Way to be critical. ~W~
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Post by balok on Oct 9, 2007 19:07:47 GMT -5
The problem is that even to go deep undercover a Skrull wouldn't voluntarily be Bendis. Would you?
Skrull Sergeant: You are to become... Brian Michael Bendis. Skrull Private: I... think I'll take the court martial, sir!!
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Post by spiderwasp on Oct 9, 2007 20:49:44 GMT -5
The problem is that even to go deep undercover a Skrull wouldn't voluntarily be Bendis. Would you? Are you kidding? If I were a Skrull, the first person I'd want to take over would be Bendis. Once I took his place, here's what I'd do. Tell Joe Q. to announce that the next big crossover will be "Avengers Reassembled!" The crossover would start in Thor and Iron Man. In Thor, I'd arrange for the return of Loki (I know Bendis doesn't write it, but do we really think he can't get whatever he wants done.) In Ironman, Tony could agree to a few compromises in the registration allowing heroes to recieve training but not be required to serve the government and not live under threat that their powers may be taken away at any time. My crossover would then continue into NA and MA, where I would have Loki pull something that would unite the two teams against a common foe (The same one that brought the team together in the first place). This would conclude in the final issues of both books. The next month, my crossover would continue with the relaunch of "Avengers" which would contain members of both teams (To satisfy the fans of both books) My line up at this point would be Wasp (Leader), Ms. Marvel, Wonderman, Hawkeye, Spider-man, and Cage. Ironman and Black Widow would work with the team as SHIELD laisons and Dr. Strange would let the team know that he is available when a deus ex machina is needed. The rest would realize that they are too busy or don't really fit in the with the Avengers. Finally, my icing on the cake would be that in issue #4 of the new book, I would bring back Captain America. We know it's going to happen sometime, so what better time than in Avengers #4? To keep from arousing too many suspicions, I would slowly start using thought balloons only in ways that made sense, but suspicion be damned, I'd give everyone back their old personalities and separate voices. Ah, yes. BMB can thank his lucky stars (and garters) that I'm not a Skrull.
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Post by balok on Oct 10, 2007 12:03:09 GMT -5
It's a wonderful plan, spiderwasp, and it even lays the groundwork for the eventual tossing of the SHRA on the rubbish heap of Marvel history where it belongs. But unless another Skrull replaced the Joke, he'd figure it out and move to stop you.
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Post by Doctor Doom on Oct 10, 2007 16:44:38 GMT -5
Plus of course there's always the minor detail that when Bendis said "Hey Joe Q, here's what the next Marvel crossover will be-", Joe Q would, despite what you guys think, tell him to get the hell out of there and take a nice look at what it says on HIS door, and then what it says on Bendis's, and ask who's in charge.
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Post by balok on Oct 11, 2007 11:09:23 GMT -5
Plus of course there's always the minor detail that when Bendis said "Hey Joe Q, here's what the next Marvel crossover will be-", Joe Q would, despite what you guys think, tell him to get the hell out of there and take a nice look at what it says on HIS door, and then what it says on Bendis's, and ask who's in charge. That's basically what I said. However, I doubt the Joke would be quite that blunt about it. He wants to sell books, which means that Bendis has power in proportion to his ability to do that. He can't risk alienating Bendis too much, because whatever else is true, Bendis has duped a lot of people who don't know any better into believing he's a decent storyteller.
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Post by Doctor Doom on Oct 11, 2007 16:08:49 GMT -5
Because the idea of people having different tastes is clearly a fiction to Balok!
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Post by balok on Oct 11, 2007 17:42:29 GMT -5
There's different tastes, and then there's just plain bad.
Bendis, regardless of what his supporters might believe, is in the latter category. He cannot tell coherent stories, his plots advance at a pace that makes glaciers seem hasty, there's little to no characterization, he misuses thought balloons, he shows a profound disrespect for history and characterization.
He. Is. A. Bad. Writer.
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Post by uberwolf on Oct 12, 2007 4:20:50 GMT -5
And you know what else.... you suck BENDIS!
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