Do you know anyone who is one lab accident from being a supervillain ?

Hawking is one away from being a hero.

Donald Trump is the easy answer. He’d make a fair Dr. Evil.

@Seek Or a Lex Luthor.

No, but I know someone who is one snarky remark away from being a superbitch. lol

Ann Coulter would become ‘Delusion Woman’. Michele Bachmann would become ‘Brainless’. Rush Limbaugh ‘The Shouting Blob’. Anthony Weiner (Well, you can guess. THAT would be hilarious), David Wolfe, ‘Zombie Vegetable Man’, Penn and Teller would become ‘Illusion Man and Pet’ (I would love to see this one, too), Now, I’ve thought about this far too long because I woke up coughing. I need to start my day and transform into ‘Double Standards Girl’ and ‘Empirical Girl’ so I can write on the internets to correct all the misinformation and point out double standards. I had my lab accident some years ago, making soap, but I’m with Super Girl.

@cazzie If you are with Super Girl, well I guess I am Souper Girl.

I just heard a piece on NPR complaining that television shows no longer portray villains. The example they gave from the past was Alexis Carrington from the television show Dallas. With shows like The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, we have protagonists who do some evil things, but for whom we are supposed to feel some sympathy. Could this be an indication that the public has developed a more sophisticated attitude toward good and evil? Of course there are always comic book villains like Lex Luthor.

@LostInParadise – That brings to mind the TV show Blacklist, starring James Spader. It’s nothing but villains, and the FBI trying to stop them. Of course, the main character is a villain himself who became an informant in order to regain freedom (and complete some task that remains a mystery three seasons in, regarding his co-star, a young FBI agent). Spader’s character is immensely charismatic and sympathetic, and many of the “Good Guys” seem simply stuffy in comparison.

I hope we have developed beyond the stark contrast between good and evil. Such superlatives make for incredibly predictable storytelling.

Stephan Hawking, maybe; Stephen Hawking, no.

Anatoli Brouchkov

Guy goes and injects himself with 3.5 million year old bacteria and well…