JLU "Question Authority" Talkback (Spoilers!)

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-06-25 09:12pm

Original Airdate - June 25th, 2005

The Question discovers a secret that threatens to shake the very foundations of the Justice League.

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As always, please wait until the episode airs in your respective timezone before commenting. Other than that, enjoy the show...

spongyblue · Post by **spongyblue** » 2005-06-25 09:37pm

How kick ass was that! This show just getting better. They really make it hard to see the good guys making it out on top with this story arc. Good job. A quick question about the Question. Is that really his face, or a mask of some sort? How the hell does he eat?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-06-25 09:44pm

spongyblue wrote:How kick ass was that! This show just getting better. They really make it hard to see the good guys making it out on top with this story arc. Good job. A quick question about the Question. Is that really his face, or a mask of some sort? How the hell does he eat?

It's a mask, bound to his face by a gaseous chemical.

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2005-06-25 09:51pm

Joe wrote:
spongyblue wrote:How kick ass was that! This show just getting better. They really make it hard to see the good guys making it out on top with this story arc. Good job. A quick question about the Question. Is that really his face, or a mask of some sort? How the hell does he eat?
It's a mask, bound to his face by a gaseous chemical.

And how did that happen? (but more importantly, how does he eat?)

Kick-ass episode btw, Cpt. Atom vs. Superman looks to be nasty

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2005-06-25 09:54pm

Supes will clober Captain Atom by blinking in his general direction. But i'll still be cool to watch.

This was a very interesting episode. It does indeed tie together a lot of plot threads, i think they're comming to the end of this story arc as it seems to be reaching a point where some conflict will happen.

The 'human' heroes versus the 'superhuman' heroes it appears.

My favorite line: Luthor's "Do you know much power i'd have to give up to be President?"

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2005-06-25 09:55pm

Shit, meet fan. Get to know each other.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-06-25 09:59pm

And how did that happen? (but more importantly, how does he eat?)

I think he affixes it to his face on his own, but knows how to remove it whenever he needs to.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2005-06-25 10:00pm

Does the Question have any powers besides having no visible face and being nuts? I'm not familiar with him at all.

Wonder what Captain Atom's response was when his first order after being recommissioned was to make sure his former teammate didn't escape his torture session.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-06-25 10:03pm

This was a great episode. I'm surprised to see Superman willing to bend the rules so much. If Batman ever finds out, the shit will really hit the fan. Question was awesome, as usual. I love how the writers actually managed to put some stuff about water fluoridation in. Everything under the crackpot sun somehow manages to end up in Question's mouth.

BTW, is it just me or was the one-and-done Supes and Captain Atom were fighting in the opening an Electro clone?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2005-06-25 10:04pm

Trogdor wrote:Does the Question have any powers besides having no visible face and being nuts? I'm not familiar with him at all.

As explained to me, he has a supernatural ability to see the 'links' between things; it's why he's a conspiracy nut. Sort of an intuitive ability to look at something that happened, look at someone, and know they were involved. Of course, he's also crazy, so.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-06-25 10:05pm

Does the Question have any powers besides having no visible face and being nuts? I'm not familiar with him at all.

He has no superpowers whatsoever. He's apparently a highly-skilled hand-to-hand fighter, not Bats strong but pretty good.

edit: Apparently in the comics he at some point did some very strange drugs that gave him some weird powers similar to what Nitram described, but I wouldn't know much about it.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2005-06-25 10:10pm

Joe wrote:
Does the Question have any powers besides having no visible face and being nuts? I'm not familiar with him at all.
He has no superpowers whatsoever. He's apparently a highly-skilled hand-to-hand fighter, not Bats strong but pretty good.

edit: Apparently in the comics he at some point did some very strange drugs that gave him some weird powers similar to what Nitram described, but I wouldn't know much about it.

Thanks. Hand-to-hand fighter, huh? Wouldn't know it from the way Luthor manhandled him. Seems something's given Lex superpowers of his own. Think it was that vest or his continually messing with kryptonite?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2005-06-25 10:12pm

Thanks. Hand-to-hand fighter, huh? Wouldn't know it from the way Luthor manhandled him. Seems something's given Lex superpowers of his own. Think it was that vest or his continually messing with kryptonite?

Yeah, there's no way a normal human could do some of the stuff Lex did. I don't know what gave him the powers, though (only started following JLU at the third season).

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-06-25 10:14pm

Joe wrote:BTW, is it just me or was the one-and-done Supes and Captain Atom were fighting in the opening an Electro clone?

I believe that's Manthis, one of Darkseid's lackeys. He appears to be on Earth as a result of trying to escape the Civil War that's consumed Apokolips since Darkseid's apparent death (as seen in Twilight and Ties that Bind. I can't help but wonder if this means that old 'seid will be showing up in Season 5.

Post by **Steve** » 2005-06-25 11:03pm

Trogdor wrote:
Joe wrote:
Does the Question have any powers besides having no visible face and being nuts? I'm not familiar with him at all.
He has no superpowers whatsoever. He's apparently a highly-skilled hand-to-hand fighter, not Bats strong but pretty good.

edit: Apparently in the comics he at some point did some very strange drugs that gave him some weird powers similar to what Nitram described, but I wouldn't know much about it.
Thanks. Hand-to-hand fighter, huh? Wouldn't know it from the way Luthor manhandled him. Seems something's given Lex superpowers of his own. Think it was that vest or his continually messing with kryptonite?

Oooh! Oooh! I know!

But I can't tell you, that'd be spoiling it!

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-06-26 12:36am

So, my dear friends, we are witnessing the beginning of the end of the Cadmus arc.

Thus far, the best episode of the season -- even better thanThe Doomsday Sanction. The best part by far was the Superman/Hamilton confrontation and the fallout there. We could already deduce Hamilton's motivations thanks to Legacy, but here it's all confirmed. And for those that watched STAS and grew to like Hamilton as a character, this moment is made all the more powerful.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-06-26 01:21am

It really got to me. What exactly did Supes do to Hamilton when Supergirl was hurt? Punch him?

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2005-06-26 01:22am

P.S.

Chilling line: I thought you were our guardian angel, but Lucifer was an angel, too.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2005-06-26 01:46am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:It really got to me. What exactly did Supes do to Hamilton when Supergirl was hurt? Punch him?

Supes essentially grabbed Hamilton by his collar and hoisted him up into the air when the good doctor refused to treat Kara since everyone thought they were in league with Darkseid.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2005-06-26 04:51am

Ooh that episode was cool.. and more Question, yay! That guy doesn't get near as much screentime as I'd like.

Some fun conspiracy babble to..

"Secret messages encoded in amino acid chains in carb-free breakfast bars."

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-06-26 01:33pm

I like the way Queston starts talking in clipped sentences and missing words when he finds the conspiracy out. Makes him sound just like Rorschach. (well, even more than usual)

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2005-06-26 02:41pm

What I think was the most powerful was how The Question planned to stop the chain of events: by killing Luthor himself. "Everyone knows I'm crazy, No one will blame the League. And Superman's Legacy will be intact."

Although strangling him with a Necktie? Even without Lex's sudden superstrength, I didn't see that working.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2005-06-26 03:27pm

Considering that we're dealing with the Question here, his tie is probably made of a titanium based polymer or something.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-06-26 03:59pm

Did anyone else notice how Lex seemed to be as surprised about his sudden strength increase as Question?

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2005-06-26 04:36pm

Vendetta wrote:Did anyone else notice how Lex seemed to be as surprised about his sudden strength increase as Question?

I know he was damn well surprised by the fact he isnt dying anymore, and so was i.

I wonder...mmm...and Manthis...

Could it be...APOKOLIPS!!1!1