This was after upgrades whcich explained why they were tougher for neo to fight. Never made sense.True, and the agents seemed to get taken down a notch for the other characters in the sequels as well. In the first film, an encounter with an agent was a big "Oh shit" moment, but in the sequels I remember Morpheus, Trinity and the like being able to hang.
And grenades, and pulse rifle, and tons of ammo..... also it was luck that it was the nest and lightly guarded outside of the queen guards
His ideas, however, were still always rejected consistently throughout TNG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edflm7Hh3hs&feature=player_embedded
To this bulky mess wearing bulky crap armour, getting slapped up by Aliens and needing the help of a women
Disgusting
Yeah. I believe that was the last episode I watched.
Predator.
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Went from an almost unstoppable badass slim creature doing stealth kills in the heat and kicking ass and ripping out spines
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To this bulky mess wearing bulky crap armour, getting slapped up by Aliens and needing the help of a women
Disgusting
Edmond Dantès;36434320 said:Melkor from Tolkien's legendarium.
Second most powerful being in existence behind god himself. Reduced to a mere Darklord. A Darklord challenged by a mere elf who gave Melkor a run for his money in single combat.
Fuck Voyager. That shit never happened.
i can't think of any examples though. Maybe the Empire's Storm Troopers. They wiped the galaxy clean of Jedi, and afterwards could no longer shoot straight at anything standing still.
This was after upgrades whcich explained why they were tougher for neo to fight. Never made sense.
ID4:
* Aliens commeth
* Destroying cities, fuck yeah
* no ships taken down, everybody dies
* develop virus
* upload via serial port
* destroy mothership
* all aliens be dead
Yeah, I guess you're right. The queen's personal guards were probably pussies anyway.
The alien Praetorian guards are actually the biggest and deadliest xenomorph.
I think Galactus was still plenty sinister, I think they just didn't want to literally depict the entity known as Galactus as an enormous dude in a pink costume.
You guys have to go DEEPER into history:
Satan, The Devil, the corrupter of humanity, destroyer of souls, challenger of GOD:
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And now:
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In general.
In the end, or almost always, humanity wins.
That reminds me, the Xenomorphs' blood got even more nerfed later in the series. In Alien: Resurrection, it was barely even mentioned, and in AvP it was so weak that it could be applied directly to the forehead without burning through more than skin.
To elaborate more, take Battle For LA. In the beginning of the movie, they move out with a squad of Marines, and roughly 3 aliens take out half the squad. After the Marines sustain some casualties, it takes 6 of them to take down 1 alien.
Cut to the bus scene, and further more the last battle, there are like 4 Marines, and they are taking out guys in 2-3 shots left and right including alien air support.
Stuff like that doesnt make sense. It's not like their bullets get stronger or the alien armor weekends. For some reason they just start dropping like flies.
If I remember correctly, they made it make sense because they opened up an alien body to find out where the best spot was to kill it.
The Chaos Gods in Warhammer 40k tabletop canon have been torn to shreds, as to dumb them down for the majority kiddy market of the tabletop game.
Originally, they were Lovecraftian Outer God-like entities, representing entire concepts of reality as much as their emotional concepts (such as Tzeentch representing change, as well as the emotion of hope). They were unknowable, terrifyingly powerful, and hinted to operate on a multiversal scale and not just the galaxy of the setting.
Now? They're basically D&D reject dark gods. They've been given humanlike personalities, humanlike agendas, and so on. They've also made them significantly less powerful; originally, they were essentially omnipotent within the confines of the Warp (and that was fine, since they could never leave the Warp), but now you have canon situations such as a Grey Knight getting banished to the Warp...only to go around and start killing greater daemons on their home turf.
Note, before this canon change, anything that went into the Warp unprotected was driven insane, torn apart, etc. - and that is when they were lucky.
Yeah, but isn't the chest the weak spot? It's like, the biggest target on the enemy. What the hell were they shooting at before? I don't think Marines are told to go for straight head or limb shots.
That's the joke.
Paul Atreides. Not so much from him being nerfed, but from all the other characters being buffed.
clone troopers are not storm troopers, there is 1 very big difference
man thats painful to watch Darkseid get smashed by supes....he was the one character that could actually be a threat. At least Lobo has never gotten the nerf bat.
Video game related
I know it's not chronological but from this:
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to this:
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Pathetic.
You should watch Reaper, the tv show. Only had 2 seasons, but Ray Wise is the best Satan. Makes every chance for the protagonist to win hopeless.
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Can't nerf a running joke.
I know it's not chronological but from this:
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to this:
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Pathetic.
The Chaos Gods in Warhammer 40k tabletop canon have been torn to shreds, as to dumb them down for the majority kiddy market of the tabletop game.
Originally, they were Lovecraftian Outer God-like entities, representing entire concepts of reality as much as their emotional concepts (such as Tzeentch representing change, as well as the emotion of hope). They were unknowable, terrifyingly powerful, and hinted to operate on a multiversal scale and not just the galaxy of the setting.
Now? They're basically D&D reject dark gods. They've been given humanlike personalities, humanlike agendas, and so on. They've also made them significantly less powerful; originally, they were essentially omnipotent within the confines of the Warp (and that was fine, since they could never leave the Warp), but now you have canon situations such as a Grey Knight getting banished to the Warp...only to go around and start killing greater daemons on their home turf.
Note, before this canon change, anything that went into the Warp unprotected was driven insane, torn apart, etc. - and that is when they were lucky.
Nothing has changed about the Chaos gods, they are also pretty much not really encountered in any of the fiction. Daemons are not of any relevance to the gods themselves who still are omnipotent beings that work in their own ways. Over the top stuff like the Grey Knight going into the warp is not really that out there with all the crazy stuff in the universe with space jesus... nor does it realy relate to the chaos gods
Not gonna get into every example since this is a villain nerf thread, not a 40k thread, but look at Nurgle capturing Isha, the Eldar Goddess - basically, he's using her as a plaything. Compare that to how Nurgle was portrayed in the Liber Chaotica or similar, Chaos-centric fluff. It's a stark contrast and one I feel does not do the gods justice.What are you talking about? The Chaos Gods still remain supreme within the warp and I certainly can't remember them being given any human qualities recently. And they still represent those qualities and still operate on a large scale given that the spans the multiverse. And wasn't the whole point about Draigo is that they are punishing him by preventing him from returning to the reality and keeping him the Warp where his actions are useless and where he could be squished at any time should they wish so?
EDIT: To continue the Voyager parade, don't forget what they did with the Q.
Reupped the GIF, sorry about that.
Of course! I think I repressed that entirely. The treatment of the Q was absolutely horrific, if not quite as GIF-able.
In The Next Generation, The Q are portrayed as Space Gods, whose omniscience and supreme powers were beyond human comprehension. Their petty actions in human form were tests, designed to help humankind evolve and survive. Q is the teasing demon, with a benevolent and unseen agenda.
In Voyager, the crew of the titular starship invade the Q Continuum and defeat the Q.
Just to repeat. THE CREW OF THE STARSHIP VOYAGER DEFEAT THE ENTIRE Q CONTINUUM AND FORCE THEIR SURRENDER.
I mean, for fucks sake.