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i came accross this and just had to put it out there

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344136/Self-styled-superhero-chases-car-thief-latest-daring-exploit-Phoenix-Jones.html

I have only one thing to say:

Come on, where are the costumed villains?

BrookM wrote:Come on, where are the costumed villains?

They are scared from the guy in tights

i like the idea, if i had the musles then i would do it here too...shame i am so skinny...

vik

Viktor von Domm wrote:i like the idea, if i had the musles then i would do it here too...shame i am so skinny...

vik

And you might meet someone nasty and get stabbed or something.

i tend to not do a reality check every minute, less life is too boring... and i did say i dont have enough muscles...

A world of super heroes eh?

Wait'll they get a load of me

corpsesarefun wrote:A world of super heroes eh?

Wait'll they get a load of me

Brilliant, sir.

Monster Rain wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:A world of super heroes eh?

Wait'll they get a load of me

Brilliant, sir.

You can't see it but on my lap in my avatar is a fluffy white cat

corpsesarefun wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:A world of super heroes eh?

Wait'll they get a load of me

Brilliant, sir.

You can't see it but on my lap in my avatar is a fluffy white cat

I fixed it. You're fast!

While it's a wonderful thing to see people take an active roll in attempting to reduce crime in their area...I can say with some degree of certainty that this fool is going to get shot....repeatedly...right in his rubber clad buttocks.

Monster Rain wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:A world of super heroes eh?

Wait'll they get a load of me

Brilliant, sir.

You can't see it but on my lap in my avatar is a fluffy white cat

I fixed it. You're fast!

That is why he is called Fast Man.

*insert pun here*

While it does seem a odd way to do it, it's good to see some one doing something positive to reduce crime.

I think the only viable superhero to translate into real life is the Punisher, personally.

Monster Rain wrote:I think the only viable superhero to translate into real life is the Punisher, personally.

What about Bob, Agent of Hydra?

Typical Repubican.

Monster Rain wrote:I think the only viable superhero to translate into real life is the Punisher, personally.

True...but you could then safely wager that every law enforcement agency in a hundred mile radius (or more) would converge to arrest him...before other citizens got the notion that plugging criminals might be a good idea.

You might not be able to do it quite on the Punisher's scale, but if you scaled it down to Boondock Saints levels you could probably get away with it for a while.

I think it's a great idea.. but like one of the posters said they should have tried to stay on the down low instead of going on the news and drawing attention to themselves. Guess they're just like the guardian angels only with masks instead of happy red berets.

Monster Rain wrote:You might not be able to do it quite on the Punisher's scale, but if you scaled it down to Boondock Saints levels you could probably get away with it for a while.

Agreed. Also that guy is a loon. Someone post a link when he gets himself killed too ya?

Kick Ass =/= Real Life; though I guess it's easier if he finds that out for himself.

Am I the only person that thinks he could be a lot more impressive if he got some real shoes?


Whilst I appreciate the noble cause and effort, I can't imagine this will end well, but there's only one way to find out.
Although, I would rather they didn't refer to themselves as super-heroes, considering they don't have super-powers...

*Cue Stan Lee making a quote about not needing super powers to be a super hero.*

Granted the guy cant shoot lightning from his ass, but Id say hes being pretty super for actually going out and fighting crime. Thats rather dangerous, stupid sure, but very ballsy. I dont know anyone that would willingly go out and do that, not without a gun anyways. Id totally be the Punisher type if I did that. Bad guys would bleed out with me on the streets

Oh yeah, I agree (except with you being the Punisher, I can't get the idea of you being Seth Rogan out of my head!), but it still makes him more of a Hero than a Super Hero.

Well in all honesty, if I did go crazy bad guy killing dude, I would be more like Seth Rogen killing people Id imagine. Itd be really odd, ALMOST believable and really funny to watch. Minus the annoying laugh, dear GOD his laugh makes me want to hang myself

hahaha! See that sounds like a real hero; not taking himself too seriously, not living on the fame, but doing it for the sake of helping others and cleaning the streets... and making Seth Rogen appear to be a normal-laughing hero in his spare time...

Thats the only reason I liked pineapple express. Everyone else hated it, but for some reason I saw that being more "real" then most movies. If a guy really had enough and tried to do something about it, hed be shot and hurt everywhere

Honestly, I've never seen Pineapple express and couldn't comment...

I endorse Vigilantes and their noble intentions, but it would need to be done right otherwise he'd be, as you said, "shot and hurt everywhere"

well not to get TOO OT Pineapple express is pretty much a bad movie, but I pride myself on liking bad movies lol