Monday, January 26, 2009

The Greatest Super-Villian Weapon Ever?

I've been watching 1967 cartoons on the DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures DVD. I believe I have stumbled across the most nefarious weapon ever created. It appears in the Green Lantern episode, Sirena, Empress of Evil.

Sirena fires the magnificent Magno-Beam, which is somehow "attuned to Green Lantern's brain waves."

Oh! It also contains a bird.

The bird follows the fired beam directly to Green Lantern's head, knocking them both unconscious.



It's genius in it's simplicity.
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23 comments:

  1. Chris GrineJanuary 26, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    So... Can you just use it once? Does the bird fly back eventually? It needs some work.

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  2. Kerry CallenJanuary 26, 2009 at 7:47 PM

    You merely load it with another bird. Don't you know how guns work?

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  3. Pop-MonkeyJanuary 26, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    Hmmm, an overly expensive version of a bird slingshot. Genius! What's the range on something like that. Clearly that's some sort of alien species of bird (or a really poorly drawn cardinal), so can it travel through space? Is the bird propelled by the beam or does it merely follow the beam? So many questions. I guess that's why I can't cut it as a super-villain!

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  4. KevinJanuary 27, 2009 at 2:10 AM

    Here's what I don't get. GL allegedly has this subconscious command to the ring to protect him from harm. It shields him in this invisible force field or something. So the Weapon of Mass Bird-struction never should have worked on him. Unless the bird was yellow or something.

    This cannon of yours is hardly canon.

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  5. Kerry CallenJanuary 27, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    This weapon is simply so AWESOME that it transcends any past rules, regulations, stipulations, or facts.

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  6. jfvireyJune 23, 2009 at 12:43 AM

    Suppose the superhero you are targeting is underwater. Do you think the gun could send a fish? If so, would you have to fit a fishbowl into the bird compartment and send it along the waves with the fish? Or could the wave frequency be adjusted for the fish to survive in them without water?

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  7. Kerry CallenJune 23, 2009 at 8:21 PM

    You put scuba gear on the bird. Your suggestion of a fish is ridiculous.

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  8. RobinJanuary 21, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    HA HA HA YES!
    This is absolutely my favorite Green Lantern moment ever. I'm so glad you made a gif of this. This makes my day.

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  9. Duy TanoJune 11, 2010 at 4:45 AM

    This has honestly made my day.

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  10. AnonymousJune 13, 2010 at 4:30 PM

    I love how he's just standing around in the middle of the desert when the bird hits him. "Dum de dum..." *BIRD!*

    As for the ring-protecting-Hal thing, well... A random brainwave-attuned bird is just insane enough that the ring thought its systems were bugged or something. "The bird's even smiling evilly! System reboot!"

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  11. Your Obedient SerpentJune 14, 2010 at 10:53 AM

    Kevin: the subconscious field only protects him from LETHAL harm.

    Evidently, like Genies in Disney's Aladdin, the Power Ring subscribes to a philosophy of "you'd be surprised what you can live through!"

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  12. Ultra FemJune 14, 2010 at 2:04 PM

    I am SO glad I saw this! LOL

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  13. CeaseNovember 26, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Now that's what I call bird shot, Kerry.

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  14. CeaseNovember 26, 2010 at 2:38 PM

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  15. Will CulpepperNovember 30, 2010 at 4:43 AM

    In all fairness, the bird has a yellow beak, which GLs are powerless against.

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  16. LucianoFebruary 8, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    So this where Angry Birds comes from!

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  17. ManelMarch 31, 2011 at 2:27 AM

    shit! someone had already said it. i though i was the only one to remember angry birds! a million-dollar idea direct from the sixties! hauhauhau

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  18. AnonymousJune 13, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    This is obviously a setup for the "Angriest Night" DC Comics/Angry Birds crossover.

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  19. Stephen RobbDecember 2, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    You missed the weird part! Later on in this cartoon, the bird becomes GL's sidekick!

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  20. DanDecember 3, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    It isn't even a canary.

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2014 at 5:15 PM

    Clearly, the bird was able to hurt GL because it was carried by a YELLOW energy beam!

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  22. AnonymousApril 7, 2015 at 9:19 AM

    Angry Birds...

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  23. UnknownMarch 14, 2019 at 10:44 AM

    Good Post
    Green Lantern Season 1 Episode 22 Love Is A Battlefield


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