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Michael Roberts
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We could always just lock this thread since the question was asked and
answered.
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Kurt's puns weren't that bad.
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Michael Roberts
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However, Professor, here's some more references for you, if that's what you require:
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Not commenting on the rest of your discussion, but I don't think two wikis and the FAQ from a fansite are the strongest references. Especially ones containing a line like:
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| This is possibly the explanation that the inhabitants of Apokolips, used-car salesmen, lawyers, and Martha Stewart are unable to use these devices. |
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Gene Kovacs
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Does that change the accuracy of the information originally given?
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John Bodin
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Sorry for the Wikipedia comment, Gene -- I ran across that when looking for images of the Mother Box, so I presumed (obviously incorrectly) that you go the info from there, too. My apologies.
My comments still stand, though -- I don't recall ever seeing a square Mother Box, and I was unfamiliar with the Forever People's funky cube-shaped Mother Box . . . I only recall seeing rectangular, cassette-shaped red or gray Mother Boxes. The picture of Metron holding the cube looked to me like some artist's attempt to one-up Kirby by reinterpreting what a Mother Box should look like -- and since that looked nothing like any Kirby-penned Mother Box that I could recall, I figured the reason for the change from Kirby's norm was an intent to out-do the master (trying to be kewler than the old-school "masters," if you will).
Please accept my apologies for the tone of my response -- my original post was a bit snarky with the "kewl" comment because I had never seen Kirby draw a cube-shaped Mother Box, so I thought someone was trying to one-up Kirby by doing it "right" (or at least "better" or "different").
Perhaps I over-reacted to your response because I guess I was engaging in a bit of mind-reading, but if that was out-of-line, your "Kreskin" comment was equally out-of-line, IMO. You stated that as YOU understand it, the "look" of a Mother Box is up for interpretation. In my response, I stated that I'm not a New Gods expert by any means, but whenever I think of a
"Mother Box" I usually imagine a cassette-shaped red or gray box like
the pics posted by Daniel and Gerry. You called me out, you're now a forum hero (at least Paul Kimball's hero, anyway), but I still say that object that Metron is holding looks more like a cross between a Cosmic Cube and a Borg ship than it does a Mother Box . . . the rest of my comment was indeed mind-reading, so you are right about that. Again, my apologies for my snarky tone.
NOW, let's just leave it at that and let's get back to our regular, civil discussion, okay?
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Michael Roberts
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Does that change the accuracy of the information originally given?
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Accuracy, no. Reliability, yes. Also, I believe Darkseid has been shown to be able to use a Mother Box, so that quote I pulled out is incorrect.
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John Bodin
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Michael Roberts wrote:
| Also, I believe Darkseid has been shown to be able to use a Mother Box, so that quote I pulled out is incorrect. |
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Which raises an interesting point, perhaps -- if only those of good moral character can use a Mother Box, and if Darkseid (and other inhabitants of Apokolips?) can use a Mother Box, then doesn't that indicate that, as a god, perhaps Darkseid is truly above what we humans percieve as "good" and "moral"? Certainly raises some questions for the theologians and the philosophers . . .
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Gene Kovacs
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No problems John.
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John Bodin
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Back at you, Gene!
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Al Cook
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This world would be a much better place if we geeks and nerds were the
ones in charge of fighting our wars...
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John Bodin
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I dunno, Al, what if, like Darkseid,, perhaps we geeks and nerds are truly above what other humans perceive as "good" and "moral"? I guess it really doesn't matter, as long as we all get along, eh?
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Thomas Moudry
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There was a good issue of the current Blue Beetle series that prominently
featured a Mother Box, Lonar and Metron. It's in the second paperback
collection entitled "Road Trip."
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James Wright
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Except for Green Lantern's ring, or possibly Iron Man's armor, I would so love to have my very own Mother Box.
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