I must say that was the lamest part of the series but by far the most important. But i don't recall it exactly how you described. Anyways, Hulk is always doing that, and he will continue on to hold large objects with no sweat for ever, its his way. If this was his first time than yes it would be his coolest by far.

Actually, he was sweating pretty badly while doing that... Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) taunted him about Bruce Banner's credentials as a scientist in order to enrage him to the point where he could keep it up while Iron Man figured out a way to blast free. I'm by no means an avid Hulk reader, but I do believe that's the most weight the Hulk has ever supported.

Hedgemistress wrote:

And this is as good a time as any to repeat my off-asserted assertion that Secret Wars is an awesome yet simple and straightforward model for a PvP online superhero game. You have two teams, no troublesome civillians (although in the actual Secret Wars, there were some alien villages and the city of Denver), no actual crimes to worry about, just out-and-out anything goes warfare.

Did you ever try out the game Freedom Force? I found it one of the most enjoyable games I've played in years, for being spot on for Silver Age comics, and for some pretty nice gameplay.

It's planned as a trilogy, with each game taking place in another period of comics, and the characters going from shiny heroic to gritty realistic and cynical.

Hedgemistress wrote:

I've seen a few things about it, but never actually seen the game itself.

It's in the bargain bins now, and a good deal in my opinion.

You build up a force of superheroes to choose from, each with unique abilities that you can tweak as they gain experience. Each level (which is the equivalent of an individual comic book story) is a map like a city or somesuch, and you have tasks like stopping the giant robots before they level the city.

It takes its core design from the Baldur's Gate games, in that you select each person and indicate what they should do, who they should attack, etc. It is a big evolution from the level design of BG in that it's truly 3-dimensional. You can fly above buildings, etc. In fact you can destroy the building an enemy is standing on, or throw a streetlamp or car at them, or whatever you can think of.

One of the nice things about it is that there is no set way to solve a level. Depending on who you've chosen for the level and how you've tweaked their abilities, you may go about it in very different ways.

While there's background story that plays out, and each hero has an intentionally cheesy animated backstory you can watch, it's mostly a combat game.

Crispy wrote:

I don't actually own a copy of the full game (only the demo, which I've played through about 10 times - once I completely annihilated half of the city in the first level; buildings, civilians, cars, streetlights, all GONE. I even cleared away all the rubble. It was fun! =P). I'll have to pick up a copy if it's in the bargain bins.

Once you get a ways into the game, if you are using El Diablo he can set off some serious explosions...which was how I handled much stuff. You can't have your own guys too close by, though, or they'll go flying. Often I'd send in the robot to absorb damage and distract, then have Diablo blow things up, since the robot could take a lot of damage.

Some people find aspects of the gameplay tedious, but I was entranced by the ability to freeze frame the game with spell effects in mid-cast, people being thrown through the air from an explosion, etc. You can even move the camera around all that while it's frozen.

Plus it's hard to resist characters having standard attack lines like "Your evil is not wanted here!"

It's the rare game that I fully intend to replay at some point, trying to put together a different batch of characters. Probably when the second one is about to come out, I'll replay the first.

I've always wondered...what does the Aussie dollar look like? I've never seen pictures of it...never seen it used in movies, NOTHING!!!

SuperSaiyanGokuX wrote:

Hedgemistress wrote:

but I do believe that's the most weight the Hulk has ever supported.

Well, that might change next month at the box offices...lol

While we may see the Hulk movie due to having a director I have a lot of respect for (never seen his most successful film, that flying around in trees thing, but "Eat Drink Man Woman" is one of my favorites of all time), but boy do the previews look pretty hokey.

Heh, having smaller coins that are worth more than the larger ones is nothing strange to us Americans... Our dime (10 cents) is the smallest coin we've got... Which means that the penny (1 cent) and the nickel (5 cents) are both larger... The quarter (25 cents) is the largest of the common less-than-a-dollar coins... (there's also a half dollar/50 cent coin that is much bigger than a quarter, but they're no longer being minted, and they're becoming more and more rare... and there are a couple of old dollar coins that are no longer being minted, and a new dollar coin that is currently being minted, but isn't yet as common as the "normal" coins...I think I've only gotten two or three of them so far...lol)

And here are some US money facts that might be interesting and unknown to those from foreign lands:

- A few years ago, they began minting "State Quarters"... There are just like regular quarters, except that the reverse side of each has a picture on it that is relavent to one of the states... They're releasing them three or four a year (in order of statehood) and won't be done until '08... They became a big fad over here, and many, many people have collector's books to hold each of them as they're released...

- Currently, our paper currency isn't very colorful... Light green paper with black and dark green printing... Over the past few years, they've been "upgrading" the bills to have more anti-counterfeit elements and designs (all of them except for the $1 bill, which they've decided wasn't worth the trouble, since no one in their right mind would counterfeit ones...lol) Many of us dislike the new look, though...the new designs of the bills make them look too much like Monopoly money...lol But oh well... However, there are now plans to start minting colorful currency as one more anti-counterfeit measure... So in the near future, we might start seeing full color paper money here in the states...

Yes, I also need...uh...both sides, close up, but not blurry at all....um....also could you tell me what the penalty is for counterfitting currency in Australia....my....uh....teacher! Ya, that's it! My teacher wants to know!