toplessrobot.com — A half-dozen of the dumbest doomsday devices the studios have ever expected us to accept without blinking, simply because a lifelong love of nerd culture has left us with crippling self-esteem issues that turn us into mindless drones anytime we hear the words “Daily Planet” or “Cerebro” from the mouths of glamorous movie stars and/or Sam Raimi.
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gerudoxJul 17, 2008
I'm not one to bash on articles. If I don't like them I ignore them. This one is so bad I have to. Buried for being retarded.Most of that list were devices that didn't intend to end the world, just reek havoc.BTW, the reason the water had to be vaporized was because the toxin had to be inhaled. Did anyone else remember when Batman was getting trained in the mountains, that the flower the toxin was derived from was inhaled as it burned, not ingested? Hence the water had to be vaporized and inhaled.If your going to bash a movie based on it's flaws, at least get them right.
vitriolandangstJul 17, 2008
Their Dooms-day device was only slightly more deadly than the Deadly Spleen, who was supposed to be a super hero, but produced his own poison gas.
mahoney07Jul 17, 2008
This list sucked. Number 1 and 2 were fine and number 5 wasn't even supposed to be a doomsday device.buried,
easydomJul 18, 2008
leaving superman with no choice as to but to eject the landmass into space
easydomJul 18, 2008
Science fiction is not about just about expounding valid scientific theories it is about creating worlds that have a far set of cooler rules than ours. This is opposed to fantasy in which everything can be whitewashed by saying its MAGIC, dont get me wrong I like Drizzt as much as anyone else, but i digress, so back to topic. I think that the reason the list was created is because of questionable logic that interferes with our ability to immerse ourselves into the science fiction world that the director is trying to convey.Superman returns is an example of this in recent history, even if you knew nothing about the Superman lore. Yes you can accept that Superman is an alien from space who can fly and is almost invulnerable because its just COOL and you like it, but then do not ask fans to accept that Superman with all his power and supposed intelligence would lift an island of the one substance that can kill him in minute quantities without at least some form of shielding. If you are going to argue that this is a heroic gesture on his part which it certainly is one sense, FIRST establish that Kyrptonite emits UNSTOPPABLE RAYS that leaves him with no choice but to eject the landmass into space. Remember it was already established that he can fly at near light speeds and comes from a more advanced civilization than ours, but he suddenly lacks an understanding of radiation. Dont worry loyal fans when I right the next great Superman movie you can all say hey I knew this guy when he as a nobody posting on digg.com lol! SCENE: Darkseid walking around a bleeding Superman,SCENE: Darkseid lifts Supes by the throat with one handDarkseid: Do you know the difference between you and I, Kyrptonian?Darkseid: You save lives while I CONQUER WORLDS!!!Scene:Darkseid releases Supes and as Supes falls to ground Darkseid uppercuts Supes with such force that the forest trees around them are shattered.
somedirtbagJul 18, 2008
"Hah! The Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock band in 1982. Why don't you just call it Operation Wang Chung, ass."