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Just wondering since he is immortal and all that, whether he ever clashed with the Legion, heck it would only make sense?
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I prefer to think that even though both are immortal, it's most logical that they would have gone on to more important things like sitting quietly in some 30th century park murmering to themselves and not bothering anyone.
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From: Arlington, VA | Registered: Dec 2006
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And I am one opposed to the idea. For one thing, it ruins any present day story featuring that villian because we now "know" that he has to survive to Legion time.
I also don't think you need a "connection" between the present DCU and the Legion, other than historical. And I think having too much of a connection just limits the Legion and the present day DCU.
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True and I agree with cases like Darkseid, but with say Vandal Savage, who is supposed to be immortal (i.e. he doesn't die period), it would be feasible and would not destroy stories that have not been told already.
That said, I don't actually agree with him ever playing a role in Legion stories. He's not the kind of villain that would have good interplay with them. That's not to be said it couldn't be done, just that I'd have to be conviced of its quality.
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From: Arlington, VA | Registered: Dec 2006
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quote:Originally posted by thinbalion: True and I agree with cases like Darkseid, but with say Vandal Savage, who is supposed to be immortal (i.e. he doesn't die period), it would be feasible and would not destroy stories that have not been told already.
Well yes, it would. We would know that none of his schemes play out if he is there in the Legion's time just like he always is. (yeah I know that the good guys always win, but the suspense would be ruined)
That's my main reason why Star Wars episodes 1-3 were not so good. We all knew what would happen. We all knew from the start of episode one that Anakin becomes Darth Vader and we are just waiting for it rather than get into the story.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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I disagree about Vandal Savage. He's shown "dying" all of the time. I don't think having him show up again in a 30th century story is any worse than having him show up later in Green Lantern or the JSA.
It doesn't cheapen or ruin a story about him now. It just reinforces the claim that he's immortal. Which to me makes the stories in the 20th and 21st centuries all the more interesting.
From: San Diego, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Caliente: Well, I'd be mentally defective if I had to live for some inanely long time, too. I mean, c'mon, who wants that? You know you'd go nuts, too...
Someone tried using this approach to writing Vandal Savage in the Wally West Flash series in the late 1980s; I think the writer was Mike Baron.
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From: Monty Python's Flying Circus | Registered: Aug 2003
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I vew Vandal Savage as the ultimate loser - in 50,000 years or whatever, he's accomplished Nada.
I once brainstormed up an idea that he was the Time Trapper, having continued his losing streak straight through the end of time.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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Given that the guy started out as just your typical dumb caveman type, he's gone pretty far in life.
And I have to say the whole "It ruins the suspense if we know a character isn't going to die" idea has never worked for me just because I've read comics long enough to know that ANYONE can come back from the dead if it suits the whims of an editor or writer.
Heck, I'd be tickled pink to see a 1000 year old Superman show up in a knock down dragout fight the Legion's having with Darkseid, for instance.
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