Does anyone besides me...

Wish · Post by **Wish** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 8:49 am

...feel a little bad for Hyperman? Yes, he's been kind of a jerk, and yeah, he's Mr. Perfect, but if Lance's story about his origins are truthful, he's nothing but a pawn. He's done nothing but help the human race, tried to be an 'ideal man' and got repaid by trickery and scorn. Just another by-product of consorting with the human race, it seems..Of course, there's also something to be said here about the slippery nature of perfection and the elusiveness of fictions like 'the ideal man.' (who doesn't exist and never will.) As always, virtues can turn to devestating liabilities when one isn't watching closely. Still, poor Hyperman. His only crime was being born a super studmuffin.Poor dumb beefcake.-Wish
Who could develop a taste for dumb beefcake if more of it came looking like Hypes.
[This message has been edited by wish (edited 03-11-2001).]

Czhorat · Post by **Czhorat** » Fri Mar 09, 2001 8:55 am

I know what you mean, Wish. I've felt a little bad for him for a while now.He might have been more than a bit naive and a little bit full of himself, but he at least seemed to be trying to do the right thing. What did he end up getting? Lance Clarkston's scorn, Agent Jones' manipulation, and a nasty beating at the hands of Rumy. Too bad those hyper-powers didn't include hyper-brains.

NathanAlderman · Post by **NathanAlderman** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 12:50 pm

My feelings of sympathy for Hype are tempered somewhat by my suspicions about his origin.He knows he's "supposed" to be the perfect man. But he seems a little unclear on that, vacillating back and forth between "supposed" and "am." And most importantly, he asks himself what Capt. Turk would do-- a fannish question if ever I've heard one. And since we know where Rikk, Tim and Will are... Nice cape, Guth. Shazam!Oh, and Wish, it's comforting to see that us guys aren't the only gender that can fall for cartoon characters. (=-- Nathan,
who would count as poor dumb beefcake, if only he were beefcake.

Wish · Post by **Wish** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 3:52 am

I can't bear to watch.. Poor, poor Hyperman. He was such a hottie, too! I was kinda hoping that he'd join the Club in the end, even if it was just an 'honorary' membership for him to carry around while saving the world. As a matter of fact, I think there should be a Hyperman spin-off comic, just for us poor, bereved females (a group that might have a membership of just one, for all I know, but I'm SURE there are other girls out there who developed a soft spot for the big lunk. I guess I could technically include Kath and Alisin under than heading.) who had to watch our hunky lil' wet dream get all around trashed by some punk kid with anger issues. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">Yeah, yeah, it's all pointless pie-in-the-sky rambling, but Hypes' pretty pretty face is all bruised up and smashed, so I have to think about happier things before I sink into depression. At least I've still got Will. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">One final note - <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Nathan Alderman:Oh, and Wish, it's comforting to see that us guys aren't the only gender that can fall for cartoon characters. (=<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Don't be so surprised, Nathan, I know lots of girls who fell hard for several cartoon characters back in the 80's, myself included. (Who did I fall for? None of your beeswax! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">) I guess none of them post to this board, though. Pity. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">-Wish
*le sigh* Ohhh Papa Smurf..... (Kidding, just kidding)
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Judy · Post by **Judy** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 4:17 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by wish:

Don't be so surprised, Nathan, I know lots of girls who feel hard for several cartoon characters back in the 80's, myself included. (Who did I fall for? None of your beeswax! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">) I guess none of them post to this board, though. Pity. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">-Wish
*le sigh* Ohhh Papa Smurf..... (Kidding, just kidding)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Shoot, I think I _imprinted_ on Optimus Prime. Does that count? (I wasn't born until 1979.)Judy

Wish · Post by **Wish** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 4:50 am

Wow.. Optimus was one of my biggest crushes. I used to want to marry him, now I just want to marry his voice actor. ^_^ (Do Prime again, sweetie!) I'm not so sure about the 'new' Optimus Primal from Beast Wars, who seems a little loopy, but the original always made me a little weak in the knees.Heck yeah it counts! Thanks for the back-up, Judy. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">-Wish
Who cried during the Transformer's movie.

FrustratedPilot · Post by **FrustratedPilot** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 5:16 am

(I hope this doesn't cause a Thack Stream--but here goes...) The voice actor for Optimus Prime (I am 99.44 % sure) also played Spiderman for the series of the sixties/seventies. I know this because ABC did a piece on 20/20 several years back about Marvel Comics and Stan Lee and in it they played clips from both Transformers and Spiderman. Go figure.

FrustratedPilot · Post by **FrustratedPilot** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 6:58 am

Hmm...looked the fellow up on the Internet Movie Database. Peter Cullen. Plays Eeyore on "Pooh", was Airborne and Zandar on "G.I. Joe", and of course was Spiderman. Also played K.A.R.R. on "Knight Rider". Definitely a guy more heard than seen.

NathanAlderman · Post by **NathanAlderman** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 7:17 am

wish, you are a prime catch indeed. Do you know how many guys would kill to date a girl who gets all weak-kneed at the sound of "Autobots-- transform and roll out!" ?I do feel sorry for Hype, but then again, how sexy can a man be who wears his undies on the outside of his clothes?-- Nathan,
who, like Chris Ware, had a thing for Batgirl...

Maccabee · Post by **Maccabee** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 7:37 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by NathanAlderman:
wish, you are a prime catch indeed. Do you know how many guys would kill to date a girl who gets all weak-kneed at the sound of "Autobots-- transform and roll out!" ?I do feel sorry for Hype, but then again, how sexy can a man be who wears his undies on the outside of his clothes?-- Nathan,
who, like Chris Ware, had a thing for Batgirl...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'd say "look at Frankenfurter," but he doesn't wear the rest of his clothes most of the time.I do know that the one time in high school I wore my underwear outside my clothes nobody swooned in front of me.... I never tried it again -- razzin-frassin-asterisk-pound-exclamation-point-star-cloud dress code!------------------
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Wish · Post by **Wish** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 9:03 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>From Nathan Alderman:I do feel sorry for Hype, but then again, how sexy can a man be who wears his undies on the outside of his clothes?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>The tighty-whities have already been calculated as part of his score (yes, they were a subtraction), and he STILL comes out with a very tidy little sum on the 'hunk-o-meister' rating chart. Anyway, when you've got a body like Hype, you can wear anything you want. Or... (even better) nothing at all. Mwahahaha! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">-Wish
Oooh... Hyperman in a thong.... <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">

Judy · Post by **Judy** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 9:10 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by wish:

-Wish
Who cried during the Transformer's movie.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>My mother wouldn't take me to the movie when it came out -- reasonable, given that I was about seven at the time. I didn't see it until my first week of college. In retrospect, I doubt I'd even have made it through Ironhide's death, let alone Prime's. You know you're at the right college when you get together with the guys down the hall for a movie and one of them dives into his collection and comes up with Transformers. (And the three of you spend the rest of the night testing out the campus T1 connection on fan pages.)Judy

NathanAlderman · Post by **NathanAlderman** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 9:25 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by wish:
Oooh... Hyperman in a thong.... <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin ... UOTE>Oh, sweet mother of mercy, that's a disturbing image. "I'm Hyperman... and you can see everything." And I used to wonder who'd want to buy those "swimsuit specials" Marvel used to put out every summer. (=On a "Transformers: The Movie" note... one of my best friends and his pals memorized the movie so well that they could act out the Prime-Megatron fight, line for line, blow for blow. Me, I just remember being kind of freaked out that Transformers were dying and (gasp!) cussing.Nathan,
wondering why no one likes cartoon characters for their personalities anymore. (=

Sayer · Post by **Sayer** » Tue Mar 13, 2001 11:44 am

That "Prime voice actor" did the narration on Voltron too, I'm quite sure.Judy and Wish, will you marry me? I own Transformers the movie (and I still know all their names....and I cried when prime died) <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">------------------
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