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->''"I wasn't thrilled with the Jackal's threats of [[MesACrowd genetically reengineering the entire human race]]. I felt it was a bit too "global" for a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' story. If you go back and read the original clone stories , you see that, when all is said and done, Miles Warren was a pathetic, lovesick, screwball scientist obsessed with the memory of [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]], and he was desperate to [[LoveMakesYouEvil bring her back to life]] any way possible. He was also a {{split personality}}, and his "Jackal" personality led to him becoming a major crime figure. From a character standpoint, nowhere in any of this does a desire to reengineer the human race really come into play. For that matter, I never really understood why he [[OrcusOnHisThrone spent all those intervening years in a pod,]] genetically reengineering himself into a mutated version of his Jackal persona, but I guess that's more productive than sitting around in your underwear watching Godzilla movies."''

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->''"I wasn't thrilled with the Jackal's threats of [[MesACrowd genetically reengineering the entire human race]]. I felt it was a bit too "global" for a ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story. If you go back and read the original clone stories , you see that, when all is said and done, Miles Warren was a pathetic, lovesick, screwball scientist obsessed with the memory of [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]], and he was desperate to [[LoveMakesYouEvil bring her back to life]] any way possible. He was also a {{split personality}}, and his "Jackal" personality led to him becoming a major crime figure. From a character standpoint, nowhere in any of this does a desire to reengineer the human race really come into play. For that matter, I never really understood why he [[OrcusOnHisThrone spent all those intervening years in a pod,]] genetically reengineering himself into a mutated version of his Jackal persona, but I guess that's more productive than sitting around in your underwear watching Godzilla movies."''



I guess this also explains why some comic characters are such tormented souls -- take Franchise/{{Batman}}, for example. After decades of constant ret-cons, he probably [[SanitySlippage stumbles through life plagued by foggy visions]] of his parents being killed by several different, mutually exclusive, villains, as well as vaguely recalling specific events involving several partners called "Robin" he hasn't even had. I bet by now he's down to randomly calling the people who mean something to him, just to make sure they're still alive -- [[RetGone or ever have been]]."''

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I guess this also explains why some comic characters are such tormented souls -- take Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, for example. After decades of constant ret-cons, he probably [[SanitySlippage stumbles through life plagued by foggy visions]] of his parents being killed by several different, mutually exclusive, villains, as well as vaguely recalling specific events involving several partners called "Robin" he hasn't even had. I bet by now he's down to randomly calling the people who mean something to him, just to make sure they're still alive -- [[RetGone or ever have been]]."''



-->--''Comicbook/AdventureTime''

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-->--''Comicbook/AdventureTime''
-->--''ComicBook/AdventureTime''
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-->--''WebVideo/CosmonautVarietyHour'', regarding Rey in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZ2xmVUwPs review]] for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''

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-->--''WebVideo/CosmonautVarietyHour'', -->--''WebVideo/TheCosmonautVarietyHour'', regarding Rey in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZ2xmVUwPs review]] for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
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->"I one hundred percent legitimately believe that Rian Johnson specifically destroyed the Skywalker sabre so that Rey could make her own, and yet, ''for some reason they just have her fix it!'' Like this is one of the most important scenes in the previous movie! It's symbollic of the entire core theme of the film, and we just ''undo it!'' Her getting a new lightsaber is metaphorical and it's also cooler. And it just makes more sense. She uses a staff! It really is strange to me that they didn't do this!"
-->--''WebVideo/CosmonautVarietyHour'', regarding Rey in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZ2xmVUwPs review]] for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
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->'''Martin''': Hey, what did he tell you about me, Sam? The father, the old cop?\\
'''Sam''': Uh...he told me you were dead.\\
'''Martin''': Dead?\\
'''Frasier''': Well, we had an argument. Called me a stuffed shirt and hung up on me. I was mad.\\
'''Sam''': You're a cop? (''Points at Frasier'') You told me he was a research scientist.\\
(''Martin stares at Frasier'')\\
'''Frasier''': You were dead! What did it matter?
-->--''Series/{{Frasier}}'', explaining a {{Retcon}} from its parent show ''Series/{{Cheers}}''
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'''Mickey:''' Oh boy... You see, this guy is not Ansem, but Xehanort who is the apprentice of the real Ansem. The real Ansem got banished to the [[Anime/YuGiOh Shadow Rea]]--I mean Realm of Darkness by Xehanort, who then killed himself in order to create a Heartless and a Nobody. The Heartless is the Ansem that you know, and the Nobody is the leader of Organization XIII, Xemnas. Is the situation now clear?\\

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'''Mickey:''' Oh boy... You see, this guy is not Ansem, but Xehanort Xehanort, who is the apprentice of the real Ansem. The real Ansem got banished to the [[Anime/YuGiOh Shadow Rea]]--I mean Realm of Darkness by Xehanort, who then killed himself in order to create a Heartless and a Nobody. The Heartless is the Ansem that you know, and the Nobody is the leader of Organization XIII, Xemnas. Is the situation now clear?\\
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->'''Mickey:''' This is Ansem the Wise.\\
'''Sora:''' No, this is Ansem. (''looking at a picture of Xehanort'')\\
'''Mickey:''' Oh boy... You see, this guy is not Ansem, but Xehanort who is the apprentice of the real Ansem. The real Ansem got banished to the [[Anime/YuGiOh Shadow Rea]]--I mean Realm of Darkness by Xehanort, who then killed himself in order to create a Heartless and a Nobody. The Heartless is the Ansem that you know, and the Nobody is the leader of Organization XIII, Xemnas. Is the situation now clear?\\
'''Sora:''' Nope. But why complicate things so much?\\
'''Mickey:''' 'Cause Nomura thought it would make a good plot twist.\\
'''Sora:''' Everything makes sense now!
-->--''[[WebVideo/KingdomHeartsInANutshell Kingdom Hearts 2 in a nutshell]]''
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'''Princess Bubblegum''': Hah! Dudes, you never let me finish! Dang, son. Lemongrab was the first of my experiments gone wrong ''that day''. There were like three more that same evening. I also burnt my breakfast the next morning. Rough times!

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'''Princess Bubblegum''': Hah! Dudes, you never let me finish! Dang, son. Lemongrab was the first of my experiments gone wrong ''that day''. There were like like, three more that same evening. I also burnt my breakfast the next morning. Rough times!
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->'''Finn''': Wait, Peebs, I thought you said before that Lemongrab was the first of your experiments gone wrong!\\
'''Princess Bubblegum''': Hah! Dudes, you never let me finish! Dang, son. Lemongrab was the first of my experiments gone wrong ''that day''. There were like three more that same evening. I also burnt my breakfast the next morning. Rough times!
-->--''Comicbook/AdventureTime''
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-->--'''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''', ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAdventuringAvatars''

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-->--'''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''', -->--'''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''', ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAdventuringAvatars''
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->''"I wasn't thrilled with the Jackal's threats of [[MesACrowd genetically reengineering the entire human race]]. I felt it was a bit too "global" for a ''{{Spider-Man}}'' story. If you go back and read the original clone stories , you see that, when all is said and done, Miles Warren was a pathetic, lovesick, screwball scientist obsessed with the memory of [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]], and he was desperate to [[LoveMakesYouEvil bring her back to life]] any way possible. He was also a {{split personality}}, and his "Jackal" personality led to him becoming a major crime figure. From a character standpoint, nowhere in any of this does a desire to reengineer the human race really come into play. For that matter, I never really understood why he [[OrcusOnHisThrone spent all those intervening years in a pod,]] genetically reengineering himself into a mutated version of his Jackal persona, but I guess that's more productive than sitting around in your underwear watching Godzilla movies."''

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->''"I wasn't thrilled with the Jackal's threats of [[MesACrowd genetically reengineering the entire human race]]. I felt it was a bit too "global" for a ''{{Spider-Man}}'' ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' story. If you go back and read the original clone stories , you see that, when all is said and done, Miles Warren was a pathetic, lovesick, screwball scientist obsessed with the memory of [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]], and he was desperate to [[LoveMakesYouEvil bring her back to life]] any way possible. He was also a {{split personality}}, and his "Jackal" personality led to him becoming a major crime figure. From a character standpoint, nowhere in any of this does a desire to reengineer the human race really come into play. For that matter, I never really understood why he [[OrcusOnHisThrone spent all those intervening years in a pod,]] genetically reengineering himself into a mutated version of his Jackal persona, but I guess that's more productive than sitting around in your underwear watching Godzilla movies."''
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->--'''Editor/Writer Glenn Greenberg''' on ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''

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->--'''Editor/Writer -->--'''Editor/Writer Glenn Greenberg''' on ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''

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