And good gravy, you have to love that neapolitan-style hair!!
From Captain Britain #13 (1986)
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Showing posts with label Captain Britain. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Bold Fashion Choices--Captain Psylocke?!?
Most people forget that, for about 5 minutes, Betsy Braddock was Captain Britain:
You can give the credit to Alan Davis. But there's no way to deny--she look sooooo much better than anything she's ever worn as Psylocke.
And good gravy, you have to love that neapolitan-style hair!!
From Captain Britain #13 (1986)
And good gravy, you have to love that neapolitan-style hair!!
From Captain Britain #13 (1986)
Monday, July 16, 2018
Manic Monday Bonus--The End Of Secret Identities?
From Captain Britain #1 (1985):
That is a government official, and as I said, this was 1985, so it was largely before any impacts of the computer revolution (although maybe the Brits used a suped up Atari 5200 for this analysis...).
Imagine, then, in 2018, with computers that can not only do sophisticated facial recognition, but can also recognize people from their gait (so much for a full face mask). And unless you subscribe to the theory that unconscious super-hypnosis projected through Kryptonian glass is what makes people buy the Clark Kent/Superman dichotomy, it becomes less and less likely to believe that such computer-based analysis would be ignored.
And even if the hero uses a full face mask, well, technology can do a voice analysis, not just of a voice print, but of grammar, vocabulary, and other factors. Unless a hero goes full Christian Bale-voice, and doesn't talk very much even then, he's gonna get busted.
Sure, secret identities are a cliche--perhaps a hoary one--but in our increasingly surveilled society, it might be technology, and not modern dramatic sensibilities, that put an end comics using them.
Imagine, then, in 2018, with computers that can not only do sophisticated facial recognition, but can also recognize people from their gait (so much for a full face mask). And unless you subscribe to the theory that unconscious super-hypnosis projected through Kryptonian glass is what makes people buy the Clark Kent/Superman dichotomy, it becomes less and less likely to believe that such computer-based analysis would be ignored.
Sure, secret identities are a cliche--perhaps a hoary one--but in our increasingly surveilled society, it might be technology, and not modern dramatic sensibilities, that put an end comics using them.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
It's Hard Out Here For A Pymp (You Ain't Knowin')
In this week's Secret Avengers, Captain America beams Captain Britain aboard their new super-secret Secret Avengers HQ:
Wait....again, please?
I'm such Rick Remender and Marvel would prefer us to think "Pym-Porter" when we read that.
But admit it--when you saw it, you immediately thought "Pymp-Orter."
Or is it only me, influenced by my incredibly high opinion of Henry Pym?
Because Pym is exactly the the type of whiny, self-pitying fool who thinks that it is indeed hard out there for a pymp.
And speaking of songs that shockingly won an Oscar:
Wait....again, please?
I'm such Rick Remender and Marvel would prefer us to think "Pym-Porter" when we read that.But admit it--when you saw it, you immediately thought "Pymp-Orter."
Or is it only me, influenced by my incredibly high opinion of Henry Pym?
Because Pym is exactly the the type of whiny, self-pitying fool who thinks that it is indeed hard out there for a pymp.
And speaking of songs that shockingly won an Oscar:
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