Between the mention of The Cockroach That Are Cincinnati yesterday and this Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater reference today, I feel an urge to dig out my cassettes of the Dr. Demento show from the 80s…
It does look like we have the start of a good superteam here. Now all we need to do is get some decent powers for Radiation Man and we should be goof to go!
And so the doughty group of heroic seekers-for-Science, Fact, and the American
sway reaffirm their total togetherness. Free bickering is a known sign of committment
jostling for influence in any serious prepping for struggle. U No U Want it.
He’s quite factually a human who has neural implants which allow him to control a helicopter as a second body. That’s all he has ever been, even when he was a brain in a jar which was itself plugged into the helicopter.
That’s just his fundamental nature. Destroy the helicopter and Nick still exists. But destroy his human brain and he utterly ceases to be.
If he was an AI, with a synthetic consciousness housed within a critical “brain” computer system onboard the helicopter, then things would be as you describe – destroy the human body and he still persists, but destroy his “black box” and he dies.
I was going to complain that Nick has (at least once) said that he is a helicopter, and thus man-chopper would be the correct way to put it, but I see that he called himself “helicopter man”. Perhaps his stable physical relationship with Virginia has changed how he sees himself.
You wanna be a superhero,
You’ve gotta have a wonderful name.
You can’t just save the world tomorrow,
It’s no ticket to a fortune or fame.
The fact that you have superpowers,
Will not help you make out with the dames.
You wanna be a superhero,
You’ve gotta have a wonderful name.
—from “You Gotta Be a Football Hero,” Al Sherman / Buddy Fields / Al Lewis
Echo Bravo being “imprisoned” like this reminds me of a recent X-Men story. A miniaturised anti-mutant spy is observing Kitty Pryde’s team, and is disconcerted to see these “hideous enemies of humanity” peacefully sitting around on a yacht drinking cocktails and watching cartoons.
In the Marvel universe, “mutant” refers specifically to people with genetic mutations, and very specifically to people who have the X-Gene. Even someone who has had their DNA altered, like Spider-Man, is not considered a “mutant,” though people who don’t know Spider-Man’s backstory often mistakenly assume he is one. Miniaturization, meanwhile, is a temporary and reversible process that can be done to any baseline human using technology, as with Ant-Man.
There’s noises in their shindig, yup. It bothers the Whirligig up. They’re discussing a name, but they come out so lame, so he tells them to shut the fig up.
Dangit, now you got her riled up.
Still…Helicopter Man has a nice ring to it. Secret identities and all.
This is delightful!
Hacker Queen, Future Boy, Helicopter Man and Dr. Science!
Dr Science is already taken, though he only has a Master’s Degree. In Science.
Professor Science then, or rename the other guy Master Science.
Can’t call the other guy “The Master”
That sort of thing just isn’t done.
Except in serialized British science fiction television?
Or BtVS.
Between the mention of The Cockroach That Are Cincinnati yesterday and this Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater reference today, I feel an urge to dig out my cassettes of the Dr. Demento show from the 80s…
That’s a very good urge on which to surrender.
Do not resist the demention.
Helicopter Man, Helicopter Man, does whatever a Helicopter can . . .
Good idea, but it doesn’t scan – need to change it to – ‘Copter Man, ‘Copter Man, does whatever a ‘Copter can.
Flies, around, Any height, Brings Skin Horse, right on site.
‘Sad his song doesn’t even scan.’
“Chopper Man”! Remember his Oz antecedent!
It does look like we have the start of a good superteam here. Now all we need to do is get some decent powers for Radiation Man and we should be goof to go!
Uh, that should be good to go instead of goof to go although I suppose the latter might be an occasional option. >_>
“Occasional” with this crowd? More like “constant”!
goof to go is more realistic.
And so the doughty group of heroic seekers-for-Science, Fact, and the American
sway reaffirm their total togetherness. Free bickering is a known sign of committment
jostling for influence in any serious prepping for struggle. U No U Want it.
What does that make Tip? Makeout Man?
Mister Mojo?
Mister Mojo Makeover Makeout Man. Or “M5” for short.
Any of these will work as long as you put “The Fabulous” in front of them.
Ginnick! <3
Thought his superhero name was The Chopper.
Surely he’s Man-Helicopter
he’s a helicopter dressed as a man, not a man dressed as a helicopter
He’s quite factually a human who has neural implants which allow him to control a helicopter as a second body. That’s all he has ever been, even when he was a brain in a jar which was itself plugged into the helicopter.
That’s just his fundamental nature. Destroy the helicopter and Nick still exists. But destroy his human brain and he utterly ceases to be.
If he was an AI, with a synthetic consciousness housed within a critical “brain” computer system onboard the helicopter, then things would be as you describe – destroy the human body and he still persists, but destroy his “black box” and he dies.
I was going to complain that Nick has (at least once) said that he is a helicopter, and thus man-chopper would be the correct way to put it, but I see that he called himself “helicopter man”. Perhaps his stable physical relationship with Virginia has changed how he sees himself.
EB did NOT expect this.
“Helicopter Man” sounds like Ginny’s on the verge of a Dr. Wily moment. As long as she doesn’t put a skull mask on Annex One, we should be fine.
Darn it, I was just going to go there. Would that mean Mega Man works for A-Sig?
And a skull mask on the Annex-1 robot would be cool.
Meanwhile, Nick’s filter is on again & I auto(un)corrected it by force of habit. Without even noticing on the 1st read.
He tends to self-filter around Virginia – something about being a monkey-farting gentleman. She removed the actual filter after she rescued his brain.
You wanna be a superhero,
You’ve gotta have a wonderful name.
You can’t just save the world tomorrow,
It’s no ticket to a fortune or fame.
The fact that you have superpowers,
Will not help you make out with the dames.
You wanna be a superhero,
You’ve gotta have a wonderful name.
—from “You Gotta Be a Football Hero,” Al Sherman / Buddy Fields / Al Lewis
I know Nera enjoys her Kooky earrings but her current pick makes her look like she could be a Biomass double agent.
Echo Bravo being “imprisoned” like this reminds me of a recent X-Men story. A miniaturised anti-mutant spy is observing Kitty Pryde’s team, and is disconcerted to see these “hideous enemies of humanity” peacefully sitting around on a yacht drinking cocktails and watching cartoons.
“Miniaturised anti-mutant spy” is kind of an oxymoron. Being miniaturized is itself a form of mutation.
In the Marvel universe, “mutant” refers specifically to people with genetic mutations, and very specifically to people who have the X-Gene. Even someone who has had their DNA altered, like Spider-Man, is not considered a “mutant,” though people who don’t know Spider-Man’s backstory often mistakenly assume he is one. Miniaturization, meanwhile, is a temporary and reversible process that can be done to any baseline human using technology, as with Ant-Man.
Better than Lawnmower Man, I guess.
Ginny probably knows that the etymology of ‘helicopter’ is ‘screw-wing’.
There’s noises in their shindig, yup. It bothers the Whirligig up. They’re discussing a name, but they come out so lame, so he tells them to shut the fig up.
“Future Boy Jonah” has an INCREDIBLY nice ring to it….