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BeautifulBlaze
11/17/18 8:04:20 PM
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It seems like all there is to him is that "he's black." >_>

Also his fights are boring too. He's bulletproof yet thugs keep shooting at him lol.
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Guy_Fieri
11/17/18 8:07:03 PM
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You're just jealous you don't have a bulletproof dick LOL.
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RchHomieQuanChi
11/17/18 8:07:07 PM
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Luke Cage is easily the most charismatic and instantly likable member of the Defenders.
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Jiek_Fafn
11/17/18 8:07:38 PM
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The Defenders had him in an even dumber scenario. Everyone was a ninja that tried to punch him. There was only one bad guy that could injure him at all.
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SSJ2GrimReaper
11/17/18 8:11:41 PM
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He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho
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Skye Reynolds
11/17/18 8:12:30 PM
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BeautifulBlaze posted...
Also his fights are boring too. He's bulletproof yet thugs keep shooting at him lol.


I would complain about this, but it worked for Robocop. Execution is crucial in these situations.
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RchHomieQuanChi
11/17/18 8:13:01 PM
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho


He just needs to fuck Colleen, Elektra, Karen and Trish
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1NfamousACE_2
11/17/18 8:13:37 PM
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TC is racist because people keep shooting at Superman too yet he says nothing.
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ThyCorndog
11/17/18 8:14:07 PM
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BeautifulBlaze posted...
Also his fights are boring too. He's bulletproof yet thugs keep shooting at him lol.

this is the part that bothers me. he's apparently got such a huge reputation that everyone knows about him and that he's bullet proof and they keep trying
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The_Scarecrow
11/17/18 8:14:31 PM
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Netflix Luke Cage is boring. He's better in the comics.
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Zikten
11/17/18 8:15:06 PM
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ThyCorndog posted...
BeautifulBlaze posted...
Also his fights are boring too. He's bulletproof yet thugs keep shooting at him lol.

this is the part that bothers me. he's apparently got such a huge reputation that everyone knows about him and that he's bullet proof and they keep trying

comic book criminals tend to be kinda stupid. they shoot at him the same reason they try to do crime in a city where hundreds of super heroes live. they are complete idiots
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Zikten
11/17/18 8:15:49 PM
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The_Scarecrow posted...
Netflix Luke Cage is boring. He's better in the comics.

yea. I liked his protest in the comic version of Civil War where he sits in the dark in his house at midnight when the new law takes affect. and SHIELD surrounds the house. that was a cool scene
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SSJ2GrimReaper
11/17/18 8:16:25 PM
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The_Scarecrow posted...
Netflix Luke Cage is boring. He's better in the comics.

This applies to all of the Defenders though
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RchHomieQuanChi
11/17/18 8:17:06 PM
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ThyCorndog posted...
BeautifulBlaze posted...
Also his fights are boring too. He's bulletproof yet thugs keep shooting at him lol.

this is the part that bothers me. he's apparently got such a huge reputation that everyone knows about him and that he's bullet proof and they keep trying


I think it's a case of what else can they really do?

They could either take the ass whooping or try to gun him down in the off chance it actually hurts him.

I think one of the goons even says exactly this in S2
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Axiom
11/17/18 8:17:53 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
BeautifulBlaze posted...
Also his fights are boring too. He's bulletproof yet thugs keep shooting at him lol.

this is the part that bothers me. he's apparently got such a huge reputation that everyone knows about him and that he's bullet proof and they keep trying


I think it's a case of what else can they really do?

They could either take the ass whooping or try to gun him down in the off chance it actually hurts him.

I think one of the goons even says exactly this in S2

They keep hoping a stray shot hits him in the eye
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ThyCorndog
11/17/18 8:18:07 PM
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would he whoop their asses if they didn't try to shoot him though
like it makes more sense to run if anything
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1NfamousACE_2
11/17/18 8:19:25 PM
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I did find it funny when he used the car door as shield

Like dude...you're bulletproof
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cuttin_in_farm
11/17/18 8:19:29 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
BeautifulBlaze posted...
Also his fights are boring too. He's bulletproof yet thugs keep shooting at him lol.

this is the part that bothers me. he's apparently got such a huge reputation that everyone knows about him and that he's bullet proof and they keep trying


I think it's a case of what else can they really do?

They could either take the ass whooping or try to gun him down in the off chance it actually hurts him.

I think one of the goons even says exactly this in S2


This. If you run into him, and all you have is a gun, you can bet your ass Im going to try something.
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Skye Reynolds
11/17/18 8:19:38 PM
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For the most part, I'm not that familiar with Luke Cage. I know his backstory, and I know that his wife was invented because the company wouldn't let him date the character the writer wanted him to be with, but that's about it. That, and he's sort of a recovered superhero on account of being the "first" black superhero.

If he's consistently invincible, that's boring. At some point, you have to be challenged to be interesting. Going back to the Robocop comparison, bullets didn't work but then the bad guys dropped steel beams on him. There's plenty you can do with a character of that strength level to keep the competition alive and give the people a reason to root for the hero. It doesn't have to be as simple as he walks on the scene, he wins.
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Zikten
11/17/18 8:24:56 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
wouldn't let him date the character the writer wanted him to be with

who did they want him to be with?
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Ivynn
11/17/18 8:25:07 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho


He just needs to fuck Colleen, Elektra, Karen and Trish


Rumor has it season 3 was cancelled because it was all about the Netflix MCU ladies gettin' Luke's D.
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RchHomieQuanChi
11/17/18 8:29:09 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
For the most part, I'm not that familiar with Luke Cage. I know his backstory, and I know that his wife was invented because the company wouldn't let him date the character the writer wanted him to be with, but that's about it. That, and he's sort of a recovered superhero on account of being the "first" black superhero.

If he's consistently invincible, that's boring. At some point, you have to be challenged to be interesting. Going back to the Robocop comparison, bullets didn't work but then the bad guys dropped steel beams on him. There's plenty you can do with a character of that strength level to keep the competition alive and give the people a reason to root for the hero. It doesn't have to be as simple as he walks on the scene, he wins.


Only his skin is bulletproof. His inner organs and all that other stuff is just regular human parts.

He can still be stopped with enough concussive force. Jessica Jones used a shotgun at point blank range to knock him out.
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Skye Reynolds
11/17/18 8:30:26 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Jessica Jones used a shotgun at point blank range to knock him out.


Was that in the comics or the show?
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RchHomieQuanChi
11/17/18 8:33:16 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Jessica Jones used a shotgun at point blank range to knock him out.


Was that in the comics or the show?


In the show, though it might be true in the comics.
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Makeveli_lives
11/17/18 8:33:23 PM
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1NfamousACE_2 posted...
I did find it funny when he used the car door as shield

Like dude...you're bulletproof

Bullets bounce off him. He steps into a room with weapons it could ricochet and kill someone else. If I remember correctly, that scene took place in a safe house in the hood, implying civilians outside. It was the logical thing to do.
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SSJ2GrimReaper
11/17/18 8:36:35 PM
#26:


Skye Reynolds posted...
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Jessica Jones used a shotgun at point blank range to knock him out.


Was that in the comics or the show?

The show. That never happens in the comic iirc
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BeautifulBlaze
11/17/18 8:40:00 PM
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1NfamousACE_2 posted...
TC is racist because people keep shooting at Superman too yet he says nothing.


I find Superman boring too. Only ever liked him on the animated Justice League.
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Skye Reynolds
11/17/18 8:40:39 PM
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Jessica Jones used a shotgun at point blank range to knock him out.


Was that in the comics or the show?

The show. That never happens in the comic iirc


Ah, thanks.
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TheRealDill2000
11/17/18 8:41:10 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho


He just needs to fuck Colleen, Elektra, Karen and Trish

Aren't there laws against necrophilia?
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Makeveli_lives
11/17/18 8:45:20 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
If he's consistently invincible, that's boring. At some point, you have to be challenged to be interesting. Going back to the Robocop comparison, bullets didn't work but then the bad guys dropped steel beams on him. There's plenty you can do with a character of that strength level to keep the competition alive and give the people a reason to root for the hero. It doesn't have to be as simple as he walks on the scene, he wins.

He can drown and choke
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RchHomieQuanChi
11/17/18 8:45:45 PM
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TheRealDill2000 posted...
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho


He just needs to fuck Colleen, Elektra, Karen and Trish

Aren't there laws against necrophilia?


Not for Daredevil apparently.
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SSJ2GrimReaper
11/17/18 8:46:45 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
Ah, thanks.

Yeah they kinda changed Luke and Jessica's whole relationship backstory in the shows
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1NfamousACE_2
11/17/18 9:01:02 PM
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Makeveli_lives posted...
1NfamousACE_2 posted...
I did find it funny when he used the car door as shield

Like dude...you're bulletproof

Bullets bounce off him. He steps into a room with weapons it could ricochet and kill someone else. If I remember correctly, that scene took place in a safe house in the hood, implying civilians outside. It was the logical thing to do.


Bullets go through car doors
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DrizztLink
11/17/18 9:08:03 PM
#34:


From Seanbaby:

Luke Cage, or Power Man, is a hero for hire. Which means you have to pay him. So when you hire him for a job and you don't pay up, here's what you do next: buy a shovel and start digging that foot out yo' jive turkey ass. I'm not sure if I'm saying that right.

The Luke Cage comic had some problems. He had all the rage of a revolutionary 70s black man, but angry black men in the 70s didn't write no jive funny books. And from the looks of his jibba jabba, I don't think they even had one around to do part-time consulting. So at any given time, Luke Cage may or may not have been saying things that mean anything. Then this nonsense moon language was sent to people even more square where they put it through a filter to make sure it was rated G.

This may be why every panel of every issue, Luke Cage punctuates his sentences by putting his fist through all nearby objects. Because it's hard to express your anger at the establishment when your mouth only forms kindergarten Madlibs. In one issue, he gets stiffed on a heroing invoice by Dr. Doom and lets out a string of expletives so confusing to me that I had to call in outside assistance. As I often do in African-American matters, I asked my black girlfriend for help. Was Power Man speaking a forgotten dialect of her people's tongue? Or was it meaningless gibberish from a mental breakdown that transcended racial differences? This is a word-for-word transcript of our meeting.

Seanbaby: "Sweetie, could you read a page of this Luke Cage comic? I want to verify that he's talking nonsense, or jive."
Girlfriend: "What's Luke Cage's power?"
Seanbaby: "He's just tough. He lifts like 40 tons and is kind of bulletproof."
Girlfriend: "Just tough? They can't give a ***** a freeze ray?"

She never answered my question. I think she may have been covering; embarrassed that she didn't know what the fuck he was talking about either. I didn't press the issue because I immediately knew I was going to quote her, and was trying to figure out a polite way to ask her where the apostrophe goes in the n-word.

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Makeveli_lives
11/17/18 9:08:29 PM
#35:


1NfamousACE_2 posted...
Makeveli_lives posted...
1NfamousACE_2 posted...
I did find it funny when he used the car door as shield

Like dude...you're bulletproof

Bullets bounce off him. He steps into a room with weapons it could ricochet and kill someone else. If I remember correctly, that scene took place in a safe house in the hood, implying civilians outside. It was the logical thing to do.


Bullets go through car doors

The door will absorb enough impact that they'll simply bounce off him instead of ricocheting
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TheRealDill2000
11/17/18 9:28:00 PM
#36:


RchHomieQuanChi posted...
TheRealDill2000 posted...
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho


He just needs to fuck Colleen, Elektra, Karen and Trish

Aren't there laws against necrophilia?


Not for Daredevil apparently.

He's a lawyer and knows the workarounds.
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2SweetforTurtle
11/17/18 10:07:06 PM
#37:


TheRealDill2000 posted...
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho


He just needs to fuck Colleen, Elektra, Karen and Trish

Aren't there laws against necrophilia?


Pretty sure shes alive
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DrizztLink
11/17/18 10:14:17 PM
#38:


2SweetforTurtle posted...
TheRealDill2000 posted...
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
He did get to fuck Jessica/Misty/Claire tho


He just needs to fuck Colleen, Elektra, Karen and Trish

Aren't there laws against necrophilia?


Pretty sure shes alive

Who fucking knows with her.

If she's not dead she's a Skrull. If she's not a Skrull she's an LMD. If she's not an LMD a psychic is fucking with you.
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kuwab0
11/17/18 11:36:45 PM
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Luke Cage that doesnt wear a yellow shirt and yell Sweet Christmas is boring
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Makeveli_lives
11/18/18 6:04:41 AM
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kuwab0 posted...
Luke Cage that doesnt wear a yellow shirt and yell Sweet Christmas is boring

He did
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dave_is_slick
11/18/18 6:49:13 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
From Seanbaby:

Luke Cage, or Power Man, is a hero for hire. Which means you have to pay him. So when you hire him for a job and you don't pay up, here's what you do next: buy a shovel and start digging that foot out yo' jive turkey ass. I'm not sure if I'm saying that right.

The Luke Cage comic had some problems. He had all the rage of a revolutionary 70s black man, but angry black men in the 70s didn't write no jive funny books. And from the looks of his jibba jabba, I don't think they even had one around to do part-time consulting. So at any given time, Luke Cage may or may not have been saying things that mean anything. Then this nonsense moon language was sent to people even more square where they put it through a filter to make sure it was rated G.

This may be why every panel of every issue, Luke Cage punctuates his sentences by putting his fist through all nearby objects. Because it's hard to express your anger at the establishment when your mouth only forms kindergarten Madlibs. In one issue, he gets stiffed on a heroing invoice by Dr. Doom and lets out a string of expletives so confusing to me that I had to call in outside assistance. As I often do in African-American matters, I asked my black girlfriend for help. Was Power Man speaking a forgotten dialect of her people's tongue? Or was it meaningless gibberish from a mental breakdown that transcended racial differences? This is a word-for-word transcript of our meeting.

Seanbaby: "Sweetie, could you read a page of this Luke Cage comic? I want to verify that he's talking nonsense, or jive."
Girlfriend: "What's Luke Cage's power?"
Seanbaby: "He's just tough. He lifts like 40 tons and is kind of bulletproof."
Girlfriend: "Just tough? They can't give a ***** a freeze ray?"

She never answered my question. I think she may have been covering; embarrassed that she didn't know what the fuck he was talking about either. I didn't press the issue because I immediately knew I was going to quote her, and was trying to figure out a polite way to ask her where the apostrophe goes in the n-word.

That dude is painfully unfunny.
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juicebox4
11/18/18 6:55:45 AM
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BeautifulBlaze posted...
It seems like all there is to him is that "he's black." >_>

yep. and his show likes good RnB. that's about it and he plows JJ from time to time
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Skywalker82
11/18/18 7:21:26 AM
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Luke Cage is great. The show messed up casting an uncharismatic guy, but Luke in the comics is good.

So is Iron Fist. Those two were miscast and unfortunately led to the shows being canceled.
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Knowledge_King
11/18/18 12:03:30 PM
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They....literally explain verbatim why people still shoot at him. Also he's the most interesting one they got right now. Or at least his show/storyline is.
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DrizztLink
11/18/18 7:50:19 PM
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dave_is_slick posted...
That dude is painfully unfunny.

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Darmik
11/18/18 7:57:57 PM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
For the most part, I'm not that familiar with Luke Cage. I know his backstory, and I know that his wife was invented because the company wouldn't let him date the character the writer wanted him to be with, but that's about it. That, and he's sort of a recovered superhero on account of being the "first" black superhero.

If he's consistently invincible, that's boring. At some point, you have to be challenged to be interesting. Going back to the Robocop comparison, bullets didn't work but then the bad guys dropped steel beams on him. There's plenty you can do with a character of that strength level to keep the competition alive and give the people a reason to root for the hero. It doesn't have to be as simple as he walks on the scene, he wins.


I'd put him below Spider-Man when it comes to abilities for what it's worth.
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DrizztLink
11/18/18 8:03:26 PM
#47:


Darmik posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
For the most part, I'm not that familiar with Luke Cage. I know his backstory, and I know that his wife was invented because the company wouldn't let him date the character the writer wanted him to be with, but that's about it. That, and he's sort of a recovered superhero on account of being the "first" black superhero.

If he's consistently invincible, that's boring. At some point, you have to be challenged to be interesting. Going back to the Robocop comparison, bullets didn't work but then the bad guys dropped steel beams on him. There's plenty you can do with a character of that strength level to keep the competition alive and give the people a reason to root for the hero. It doesn't have to be as simple as he walks on the scene, he wins.


I'd put him below Spider-Man when it comes to abilities for what it's worth.

It's not that he's invincible, his skin is unbreakable.

There have been a few times where blunt trauma (explosion, close range shotgun) damaged his insides and doctors couldn't get through his skin to do anything.
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Guy_Fieri
11/18/18 10:23:28 PM
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Couldn't you just use poison/toxic gas on him
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averagejoel
11/18/18 10:35:09 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
Darmik posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...
For the most part, I'm not that familiar with Luke Cage. I know his backstory, and I know that his wife was invented because the company wouldn't let him date the character the writer wanted him to be with, but that's about it. That, and he's sort of a recovered superhero on account of being the "first" black superhero.

If he's consistently invincible, that's boring. At some point, you have to be challenged to be interesting. Going back to the Robocop comparison, bullets didn't work but then the bad guys dropped steel beams on him. There's plenty you can do with a character of that strength level to keep the competition alive and give the people a reason to root for the hero. It doesn't have to be as simple as he walks on the scene, he wins.


I'd put him below Spider-Man when it comes to abilities for what it's worth.

It's not that he's invincible, his skin is unbreakable.

There have been a few times where blunt trauma (explosion, close range shotgun) damaged his insides and doctors couldn't get through his skin to do anything.

there was also a time when someone stronger than him knocked him out and pushed him into a river
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