tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post1467394602523092550..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: The Carnival of Doom, Part 2: The J'onzz CorollaryScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-90844173947770380792021-09-10T10:01:41.651-05:002021-09-10T10:01:41.651-05:00"Willy is wearing the same outfit he was wear..."Willy is wearing the same outfit he was wearing when introduced"<br /><br />Maybe he just has several identical outfits. No sense in unnecessarily confusing the kid right from the start of the day...cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-27933762996133971672021-09-07T13:04:54.405-05:002021-09-07T13:04:54.405-05:00Racehorse often wore (wear?) racing hoods (with bl...Racehorse often wore (wear?) racing hoods (with blinders attached).Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-31988822903140910972021-09-06T15:47:55.528-05:002021-09-06T15:47:55.528-05:00Starsky and Hutch both observed an elementary quan...Starsky and Hutch both observed an elementary quantum phenomenon and one saw a cat and the other saw seashells. <br /><br />I think I remember that episode.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-74180066746946990912021-09-06T15:45:57.269-05:002021-09-06T15:45:57.269-05:00"EEK! That poor man...he'll be killed!&qu..."EEK! That poor man...he'll be killed!"<br />Yeah; I wondered about that.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112155718721908876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89285183016113097602021-09-06T15:13:33.307-05:002021-09-06T15:13:33.307-05:00I was about to suggest that J'onn and Speed fo...I was about to suggest that J'onn and Speed form a buddy detective duo, but I think that might irreparably tear the fabric of reality. Like if Starsky and Hutch both observed an elementary quantum phenomenon and one saw a cat and the other saw seashells. I think that would be bad. Or something. I'm not Werner Heisenberg. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-81291904619360673352021-09-06T14:48:51.156-05:002021-09-06T14:48:51.156-05:00To be fair to the timeline, Willy seems like the s...To be fair to the timeline, Willy seems like the sort of little snot that has ten of the same outfit and <i>still</i> tries to sleep in his clothes.<br /><br />But really, I think the main attraction of this section is "EEK! That poor man...he'll be killed!" as Detective Jones falls out of the plane that's <i>already</i> ready to kill him.<br /><br />My own take on J'Onn is that he's just bored. His world is (probably) dead. We're like ants to him. He <i>says</i> that he was a cop on Mars, but it's not like we can check his references, since--as mentioned--they're all dead and their Mars-Phones have been disconnected. So, while he <i>could</i> just stomp on the ground and bounce the crooks off the Tunnel of Thrills sign and into his and Willy's waiting arms, he'd rather see how this plays out and find some bizarre use of his powers that can become his big signature move...John Chttps://john.colagioia.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-14298764028511795592021-09-06T10:01:24.481-05:002021-09-06T10:01:24.481-05:00My theory is that, in addition to his consistent p...My theory is that, in addition to his consistent powers of super-strength, flight, et cetera, J'onn has the power to give himself any OTHER power that he can imagine but he can only use each such power ONCE and never again -- not entirely unlike how (in at least some incarnations) the H.E.R.O. Dial doesn't allow its user to become the same super-hero twice -- and that's why he keeps needing to think up different ways to accomplish the same feats over and over, because what worked last month won't work this month. :-)cybridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788036470551505985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-6065238742369357602021-09-06T08:12:49.005-05:002021-09-06T08:12:49.005-05:00"Now that the source of the danger is evident..."Now that the source of the danger is evident, it's clearly incumbent upon John to ditch Willy, which, clearly, he doesn't because Martians do not think the way we do and besides, you know he's seen all six original "Lone Wolf and Cub" films and has sidekick envy."<br /><br />So he wants a Zook of his own, I guess.<br /><br />Also:<br /><br />https://lingomash.com/slang-meanings/14664/slang-meaning-of-zook<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com