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1:31 pm
September 2, 2008


SuperBunny

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I've been curious about the powers or specialties of the members of the evil league of evil.  I think Joss said it doesn't matter so never admitted to what they do, but I'm a fan, a nerd, and I have no life.  I wanna find out!

Anyway, here's my best guess as to what got them onto the league.


Bad Horse: Obviously, his death whinney.  along with his posse of singing cowboys that seem to inhibit context-sensitive teleporting abilities

Dead Bowie: Evil singing, and being as badass as Alive Bowie

Fury Leika: No idea

Snake Bite: Power over snakes and venomous nails or something maybe

Tie-Die: No idea either, though I love her outfit

Fake Thomas Jefferson: Criminal Mastermind and strategist, and wonderful penmenship.  and has a poofy shirt!

Professor Normal: Due to the stuff on his face, and needing to have a different specialty than horrible, I'm betting a mechanic/cyberneticist.  Perhaps he has a horde of robot cyber-zombies or something.

Anyway, I'm sure the topics come up before, but I just felt like bringing it up as I was bored

12:09 am
September 3, 2008


TheGamut

Oxford, Mississippi

Member of the ELE

posts 189

My take:


Tie-die has a signature of strangling people with a colorful scarf (sometimes having the person colored as if they were dipped in some rainbowy paint). Her easy-going, fun-filled manners and dancing lull anyone into a groovy complacency that allows her to get close for the kill. She is the ELE's assassin.


Prof. Normal (once a college professor) blends in well in crowds despite the obvious apparatus on his face. He is able to talk about any subject for 5 seconds before people either lose interest and daydream helplessly or fall asleep. The apparatus can also remove the safety goggles from his face allowing him to stare at you, making you feel like he just caught you cheating in Graduate School. (In the USA, that's serious stuff. It can end your graduate career permanently.) Against Prof. Normal, you always get a failing grade.


Fury Leika (left at altar) has a horrible agonizing cry that creates a shockwave storm. She can also %*$#@-slap anyone into next week (and can go quite berserk while doing that). Her overbearing nature makes even the stout-hearted falter. She carries a bouquet that causes all women to try to catch (and it explodes obviously) as well as wears a garter that all men will try to catch (and it explodes obviously). (Catching the bride's bouquet and garter are marriage traditions common in the USA and elsewhere.)


Fake Thomas Jefferson is a jack of all trades: horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor and more. While obviously intelligent, he's not exactly the best military strategist/logician. However, he is the ELE's unbeatable legal representative (which has kept them out of prison — one of the perks of being part of the ELE). He can incite people to rebel violently against whatever authority is present, causing mass chaos. Despite being a well-known member of the ELE, he's always invited to any social gathering as a guest of honor. He is the ELE's PR guy.


Bad Horse has, of course, his "Death Whinney" signature. It causes dread. He's super strong, able to charge through or leap over pretty much any obstacle. (This has caused some people to think he can fly.) His kicks cannot be stopped. As the alpha-stud of any herd, he can rally a stampede in almost any situation, guided by his will alone. 50 men in tanks once tried to rope him, only to be dragged to their deaths (tanks included). By himself, he was able to draw and quarter the overmuscular, supervillain Mr. Steroid (simply because Mr. Steroid had one of his mood-swings and slapped Bad Horse on the rear). Since then, none of the ELE ever dare challenge him. All wranglers that have tried to tame him end up dead or tamed themselves. Those that live serve as his lackeys. The list of his crimes goes on forever. Thanks to FTJ's legal counsel, Bad Horse cannot be charged with any of them (since he is a horse after all).


I'm going to have to go with SuperBunny on Dead Bowie since I have no clue what even David Bowie could do that might be considered as "evil"… except I might add that he's also confusing as hell at times.


Snake bite is an excellent swimmer and able to get into tight spaces. She's the ELE's infiltration specialist. Her lightning-fast reflexes make her formidable even against most super-strength opponents. While poison and snake-charming is one of her trademarks, she has also been attributed to people being crushed to death somehow. There is the rumor that she is also able to swallow people whole.


Dr. Horrible is the ELE's technical specialist. His ability with invention surpassses even FTJ. He provides the ELE with all the weapons and tools to accomplish any mission. Some of his greater works are too Horrible to repeat for they are truly remorseless, but one of his lesser works is a device that can slowly microwave a specific target, even in a crowd. He even fitted it so that Bad Horse can use it. The ELE's arsenal has been complete since his acceptance into the ELE. Many of the devices are far too complex for the other ELE members, but he's more than capable of being the handler of those devices.


What the ELE needs: A strategist, a mastermind, a telepath, a master of disguise and a "connections" guy.


Thomas Jefferson was not the best strategist, sadly. The British sacked the town he was governing many times. Bad Horse relies on brute force. They don't have anyone who can connect to members inside other organizations. Spying or being popular is one thing, but knowing who to contact and how to talk to them is a totally different thing. I can't see Dead Bowie being any of those things. I figure a telepath would be the best "go-to" guy and mastermind, but not willing to challenge Bad Horse, It wouldn't be tactically beneficial since everyone wants to "cut off the head". Let the unbeatable hulk think he's the leader and have everyone target him since he can take the hits.


Heh. With all this analysis of their strengths and weaknesses, maybe I should be the strategist. I'd rather be the master of disguise. Maybe I could be both? (I can't see Bad Horse as being the mastermind.)

The gamut determines the acceptible range of conditions. It's Genius' Awesome Sauce in an 8oz. glass bottle with a cork stopper.

9:50 pm
September 3, 2008


bookwench

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posts 8

Dead Bowie… um, loads of possibilities here, form the pun on the Bowie knife to making people vanish in a puff of smoke to… has anyone ever seen David Bowie in "Labyrinth"? Plus, DB is just, well, creepy to look at anyways. 


I pictured Bad Horse as the mastermind, Mister-Ed style, behind a train job where he manipulated all his other conspirators into dying and made off with the money. 

8:09 am
September 5, 2008


SuperBunny

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Yeah, according to Labyrinth, David Bowie is a master of disguise and shapeshifter, not to mention able to twirl 3 chinese medicine balls in his hand at once then make them float away like bubbles.  So Dead Bowie might be the disguise woman of the team.


I did read that Whedon might eventually make a comic for each character (might take years though), so hopefully if someone official still bothers to read these places, they could hint at what he has in mind for their backstory or specialties

10:36 am
September 7, 2008


BethaJ

Memphis, TN

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posts 12

Don't forget Dead Bowie's 2-different colored eyes that give him a captivating gaze to make opponents freeze in their tracks.

I agree that Tie-Die would definitely be a fun villain – dancing to 60's music while she commits a caper and throwing lava lamp bombs.

4:48 am
September 14, 2008


SuperBunny

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Continuing the Tie-Die trend, perhaps she is also known for using acidic paint, or her victims are usually found with their skin tiedyed.  And may have a posse similar to Bad Horse's cowboys, but are homicidal hippies she calls her Flower Children.


I wish one of the Whedons read these boards so we could get details.  I feel a little silly just doing guesswork

4:59 am
September 16, 2008


TheGamut

Oxford, Mississippi

Member of the ELE

posts 189

SuperBunny said:

Yeah, according to Labyrinth, David Bowie is a master of disguise and shapeshifter, not to mention able to twirl 3 chinese medicine balls in his hand at once then make them float away like bubbles.  So Dead Bowie might be the disguise woman of the team.


I did read that Whedon might eventually make a comic for each character (might take years though), so hopefully if someone official still bothers to read these places, they could hint at what he has in mind for their backstory or specialties


Actually, the scene where he's doing the acrobatics with the globes is where there's a person behind him with his arm underneath Bowie's. (Yes. I have the sooper-cool version of Labyrinth with behind-the-scenes stuff… though I just fast-forward through the songs except the last one before the credits. It doesn't make any sense in the scenes but meh. The gospel-like quality chorus used in the credit music ain't too bad, neither.)


It's an interesting little story (wrapped in a ~90 minute film) about growing up and accepting responsibility. The Goblin King, Jared, represents her childish irresponsibility ("If you worship me, I will be your slave."), threatening the safety of the baby she wanted to ignore. The Labyrinth represents the real world and all its pitfalls and confusing or hidden dangers. When she learned to grow up, she realized that her toys were junk… distracting and overwhelming garbage… a tactic of Jared, her irresponsibility, tempting her with sweet fruit and respite… nowhere near as important as her responsibility to the baby.

The gamut determines the acceptible range of conditions. It's Genius' Awesome Sauce in an 8oz. glass bottle with a cork stopper.

7:53 am
September 18, 2008


SuperBunny

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I was referring to his character, not how it was done.  I have the DVD too.  Even the laserdisc version somewhere in storage.  Mind you though, it wasn't her kid, and the responsibility was tossed on her by parents who felt she had nothing better to do, and who also stole her belongings to give to the kid.  And not that Jared had much to tempt her with.  an aging castle filled with nightmarish muppets.


But this is about Dead Bowie, and not about a therapist's view on the story of a movie the live one made.  Only thing I can imagine that would be a good linkage to Dead Bowie would be the cameo in Venture Brothers.  Shapeshifter, and leader of a evil world organization

10:58 pm
September 19, 2008


TheGamut

Oxford, Mississippi

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posts 189

I still say he's just darned confusing: The Prestige, Fire Walk With Me, Labyrinth, Iggy Stardust…

The gamut determines the acceptible range of conditions. It's Genius' Awesome Sauce in an 8oz. glass bottle with a cork stopper.



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