"Your brother really wanted to be Batman didn't he"
From Stargirl: the lost children #2 (2023) by Geoff Johns and Todd Nauck
We all know Green Arrow started as a rip-off Batman, but sometimes I feel like this treatment he gets is kind of unfair, many characters started "ripping-off" something in a way (especially cross publishers), so ok Ollie had a whole insane rogue gallery and gadgets much like Batman, but he became something else with time, however there's always a joke like this one once in a while, I'm not a die hard fan of Ollie, it just occurred to me, I actually like the fact that he has the crazy gadgets and an Arrow cave
Arrow cave - there's so much to unpack here
First: who is the artist Ollie is paying for all those life-size dolls of his allies and foes? Is this the same artist who made Superman's mannequin room full of Lois Lanes? Is there a very rich artist in the DC universe specialized in creating life-size dolls for superheros?
Also: why are there some ethnic variations of Green Arrow's costumes on the background? When was the sombrero costume used? And when will we be seeing Ollie wearing that animal print bodysuit? Questions I need answers for DC
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Some games that are currently stuck on older consoles that I hope get rereleased in some way, Part 3:
Part 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
Yakuza/Like a Dragon: Black Panther 1 and 2/Kurohyo: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho and Kurohyo 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura hen(both do have fan translations, though).
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 1-3(all three are on Steam, but it'd be good to have them on consoles, too).
Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand
Legend of Legaia
The Legend of Dragoon
Ape Escape 3(it was supposed to be part of the PS2onPS4 set of games, but never materialized)
Devil Survivor 1 and 2.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Shin Megami Tensei IV/IV Apocalypse
Bravely Default/Bravely Second
Project X Zone 1 and 2
Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha Vs the Souless Army and Raidou Kuzunoha Vs King Abaddon(I think both are on the PS3 PSN)
Tail Concerto
Clash at Demonhead
Pokemon Ranger series
Golden Sun series
Viva Piñata series
Steambot Chronicles
Sakura Wars series
Ar Tonelico series
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Tears to Tiara series
Sonic Heroes and Sonic Unleashed
Star Ocean: Blue Sphere
Devil May Cry 4(it is on Steam, but is otherwise stuck on the PS3/Xbox 360, I think).
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine(I don't know much about Warhammer 40K, but I watched someone play this and it looked pretty cool)
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! series(and Elite Beat Agents, too).
Whiplash
Shining series(both the Shining Force games and the post-Shining Force games that have Tony Taka or Noizi Ito as the artist)
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Top 7 BEST Dragon Ball Transformations
Honorable mention: Yung King Piccolo
Does this count as a transformation?
Mecha Tao
Yup, the best villain in all of Dragon Ball also did this first. Eat your heart out, Frieza.
Wait, does this not count either??
Muscle Bottom Trunks
This is where Super Saiyan and its myriad iterations (including "SS2" and whatever you nerds call the version Goku and Gohan have when they emerge from the Room of Spirit and Time) would go, but I decided to choose just my favorite one instead.
I think this transformation has over half a dozen names: Super Saiyan Third Grade, Super Saiyan 1.5, Super Super Saiyan, Ultra Super Saiyan, lmao jesus christ, Power-weighted Super Saiyan, Power stressed Super Saiyan Bitch Super Saiyan, and somehow the list just keeps going on. But what I like most about it is that everyone can do it.
Well not the Super Saiyan part, you have to have a little bit of Saiyan in your brainpan to do that, but the getting big. Doing so makes you stronger, but also so much slower that the difference just doesn't matter (for those of you that just watch youtube videos, and don't read the fucking comic). Frieza is such a useless he/they thembo that he also mistook it for a legitimate transformation against Goku on Namek. Y'know, his 100% (this time for real guyz).
Golden Fuuureeeza
I railed against lazy recolors in my worst transformations list, but Frieza is the physical embodiment of sloth and affluenza. He was the strongest being in the universe by far barring an ancient alien prophecy for fucking decades. And what does he do with all that power? Well, ride around on a rascal scooter, of course, while sending endless swathes of Appule's to do his dirty work. Instead of lifting a finger for an hour and then being immortal FOREVER.
And that's why it works for me in all the ways Resurrection F didn't. He's supposed to be stupid and ostentatious. Dragon Ball Super writers, you're NOT.
Janemba
Frankly, this is the biggest glow up in Dragon Ball history. From lazy Buu clone to, well, admittedly a lazy clone of another great character. But he has a sword! And that moveset. And it's an actually good filler movie in which Hitler dies (again).
Just look at him
Legendary Super Saiyan
Why is greenish Super Saiyan soooooo coooool??? Well, I'll tell you why.
It's because it just is. Super Saiyan? Actually so cool. Green? Such a good color Victorian aristocrats were willing to kill themselves using a shade of it that contained arsenic. It was basically their version of Oceangate, but they all did it! We could only be so lucky nowadays. And the lore implications? Mmm, yeah. Yeah!
You see, in canon Goku did a little prophecy, but Toriyama can't help but be a great writer, so instead of just being the generic Chosen One a la every bad shonen we all know and love, he's not. He's just not. Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, baby Trunks, baby Goku, they all do it too. Turns out, Super Saiyan is something each and every Saiyan can do. And then filler happens, Broly shows up, and everyone sees that this is because he's the real Chosen Boy.
And he's green! And we all loved it so hard we got a quality version a century later.
Nice. That's history for you.
Great Ape
The OG. Look at this trendsetter. If this isn't the second best, what is? You're wrong.
Perfect Cell
It's perfect...
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“Bonzo, the Ape Archer” has a name that is undoubtedly derived from the Ronald Reagan chimpanzee movie, “Bedtime for Bonzo” (1951)
How is it that Bonzo was so good at archery? The answer is that he was in fact a human inside an ape suit.
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Essentially, Noa is the archetype of the classic hero: honorable and naive, raised in a safe place with a happy childhood surrounded by friends and family who love him. His world has always been confined to the village where, to top it off, his father was something of a leader, giving Noa an important status within the clan. From a specific event, he begins his journey towards adventure and the understanding of everything around him. He emerges from the cave both literally and metaphorically. Ironically, this happens when a character typical of adventure stories appears in his life: the outsider with ambiguous morals and dubious intentions, whom you can't entirely trust, and whose actions do not adhere to the laws of ethics and morality. Yet, the hero is destined to encounter this character time and time again because their paths are inexorably linked. What's amusing about this is that the archetype of Mae is often portrayed by men in fiction, hence why the dynamic, with her being a woman, seems much more interesting in this case.
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