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I've just uploaded the entire episode to megaupload. It's from another source than Youtube. Here is the link:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PHQZLVXH 

enjoy  🙂

Lordy. I wonder who does Phoenix's voice. It's hot like fi-ya!

…Especially the part when she groaning while trying to lift that pole one the ringside.

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Good beginning, goes down smooooth. This is the kind of fiction I take notes from.

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This subject reminds me of a story on withthisrealme.org called Passages. Basically about a young woman who suddenly finds herself growing and such at spontaneous rates, and reacts, well… like a woman about it, rather than in the "usual" manner you could say. Well written and thought out, it's probably one of my favorite series.

Sometimes, this genre can be like food; pizza is great, but who wouldn't get tired of having it everyday?

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I don't really care too much on one hand, but on the other, The Price Is Right was one of my favorite childhood shows.

….Yea I know it's not a kid's show, but then you're 6-10, you watch what your parents are watching or die of boredom.

Still, nobody short of Jesus could replace the Bark man.

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I'm liking WWH too. (Still think Jen is a tool  😉 ) But Hulk's power level is getting pretty ridiculous. Years ago, when he was a mindless savage, he wasn't nearly as strong. If he beats Sentry, that means he's stronger than Superman  😮 😮

BTX

Let's hope they don't cop out showing an actual fight again. Hulk vs Black bolt was rather disappointing, considering all of the buildup.

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Creepy, arousing, and potentially hilarious all at the same time. Gonna have to check out those issues to see what the hell's going on with the two.

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Well, in the tradtion of the end of school and the beginning of Summertime.
http://www.youtube.com/v/X_PDns23RWY

And if anyone knows why I can't embed a video, feel free to educate.  >:(

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Hmm, it was an alright episode. Still think Hard Knocks was better. The plot is okay, but the action scenes still have no bite to them; weak sound effects, slow pace, and little impressivness. Could have learned a thing or three from JL/U on this aspect.

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Looking at those drawings gets me hopeful over two things that very well may never happen; A continuation of the He-Man 2000 cartoon with Hordak, and a significant She-Ra appearance, if not a spin-off series of her own. :'(

Considering the feats and such that He-Man pulled off in the time of his own series (tossing a pillar a into the sun, busting up Snake Mountain, and the solo fight against the entire group of the Masters of Evil), She-Ra would definitely pull off some great stuff if the production crew included her in the series.

Wasn't there an interview with the writers about the possibility of a continuation of the new He-Man series, and on the possible inclusion of She-Ra?

*sigh…..*

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I think you're purposefully ignoring my point.  Are you then saying that a rampaging hyperbuilt woman is a positive reinforcement that will persuade the average reader (male or female) that muscles + woman = a good thing.  I think not.

I'm going to lay it flat out on the line; it will. If you want a character to be accepted as "this powerful" have her do powerful things. Whether she's good or bad only makes for the plot of the story.

Because the thing is, the average comic reader could care less about whether she's rampaging or helping, and whether female muscle is accepted or not. What they want is a good story and some action. If a buffed woman doing something bad or something good, happens to be part of an interesting or enjoyable storyarc so be it, just like therest of the characters out there.

Like I said before, if you're making a character for the expressed purpose of being respected, you're going to fail nowadays, like if a person were to try to make another Wolverine or Superman (Liefeld's creations). They got those markets pretty much closed and cornered, unless they can think of a good twist to catch the audience's eye.

When that issue came out with Shulkie doing the Hulk smash stuff, it got the readers actually talking about her in a positive manner, because she was doing something very powerful and significant.

On the messageboards I visit regularly, I didn't read much any screaming to the heavens about how the horrible green woman with big muscles scared them, they were more interested in how Jen actually having some airtime and going into a Hulk-famous "She-Hulk SMASH!" state, and how she stacked up against the others of the Marvel U, (and an occasional joke about the pantyshots).

"Damn! Good showing. Do you think she was as powerful as the Hulk then when she was like that??"

"Nah, I think Hulk was still stronger."

"Wonder Woman vs She Hulk! Who winz!"

That sorta stuff, along with what they thought about the plot, whether it made sense or not, that sorta thing. As well when the She Hulk powerup came around in the Dan Slott issues, I heard MUCH more care about how she stacked up against the rest of the MU, rather than how buffed out she looked in that Titania powergem storyarc. Nowadays between both stories, I hear She Hulk talked about more often than she used to be.

I think that is what is bugging me about this. In my experience; if you want a buffed female character to be accepted, she doesn't need to be catered to the audience or put emphasis on how she has big muscles. Just write a good, entertaining story with her involved, without pushing or trying to find a way for the reader to accept her. If the story is accepted as enjoyable, and she may will be as well.

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