Comments on: They really should bring back “Dino-Riders”, you know

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:16:48 +0000

They’re psychic laser dinosaurs in space.

I feel time distortion would not be beyond them.

By: Bass

Bass — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:56:33 +0000

…

Yeah…

I kinda wish this was a real comic.

I would buy the hell out of it.

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. WOW.

By: Tim O'Neil

Tim O'Neil — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:24:10 +0000

I was also under the impression that the Manhunters were at least 3.5 billion years old.

By: 01d55

01d55 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:33:27 +0000

The First Ones left Earth a hundred and twenty million years ago, when just about every civilization worth mentioning that still exists was in its cradle or not even alive yet. (The Oans were only starting to consider building the Manhunters at this point – that’s how old we’re talking.)

It was my impression that the GLC was older than the solar system, and if that’s not the case, I’d prefer that it be so. If you really want to be honest about time on a galactic scale, you’ve got to abandon Terracentrism.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:51:12 +0000

Very cool. I particularly like the bit about Brainy having to deal with an entire race of people smarter than him.

Don’t get me wrong. I like Brainy, but every once in a while he needs to be cut down to size.

By: itbox

itbox — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:32:10 +0000

Hey man. Have you ever heard of the Doctor Who baddies The Silurians/The Sea Devils?

By: Tim O'Neil

Tim O'Neil — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:08:14 +0000

Or how about this – they *did* make clones that could successfully integrated into the Oneness, but something went wrong, and all the clones were corrupt and started to corrupt the race’s purity of thought. So, they were banished – the race would never condone capital punishment! – and afterwards cloning became the biggest possible taboo in their culture, sort of similar to how computers were outlawed in the Dune books because of the Butlerian Jihad.

When they do return to earth, the first thing Brainiac 5 asks is why they didn’t simply clone themselves. The question takes the First One’s by surprise, and the humans’ willingness to clone organisms inspires an almost religious loathing on the part of the First Ones. Imagine if *we* were to encounter another race that practiced ritual cannibalism and incest as par for the course of daily life… would we be well-disposed to share our ancestral home with them?

And then, of course, there are the original, corrupt clones, insanely intelligent but unconstrained by the First One’s overriding ethical code…

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By: Abner Cadaver

Abner Cadaver — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:20:00 +0000

Seriously, just start writing this shit as fanfiction and I’m sure there are a dozen excellent artists who read this site that would love to illustrate it.

By: rwe1138

rwe1138 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:00:18 +0000

More! More!

By: Kyle W.

Kyle W. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:43:57 +0000

Clayton wins the explain-off due to future storytelling potential. Unless someone wants to top him.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:38:29 +0000

“The one thing I don’t understand is how an inconceivably intelligent race couldn’t figure out how to perpetuate themselves somehow. Hell, humans pretty much understand the rudiments of actual cloning *now* – you’d have to work pretty hard to convince me than any race that smart couldn’t outthink sterility.”

I’ll take a shot. While The First Ones did prove able to clone a living being, the cloning process could not produce a First One who had a connection to The Oneness. Instead they were left with unthinking, dangerous beasts which they naturally considered abominations. Not only do you get an easy out on explaining where The Oneness orignated (not even this species smarter than Brainiac 5 could figure out how it works!), but if you want to do a story arc later on in which the Legion beats up some angry dinosaurs you’ve got potential for a planet filled with these obscene castoffs.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:49:48 +0000

Wow. I was in a (an extremely geeky) store just last week and saw that very Dino-Rider T-rex.

Also, cool idea. Become more famous so DC will consider hiring you.

By: Lister Sage

Lister Sage — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:49:00 +0000

Tim O’Neil: There was a Stargate SG-1 episode which dealt with the Asgards, which are a clone race, dying off because of some flaw in their DNA. The problem being they needed a pre-cloning Asgard to examine the DNA and fix the error.

VoodooBen: And don’t you forget it.

I really can’t express enough how much they should bring back Dino-Riders. Actually is Tyco out of business? Cause that might be why they haven’t had a revival.

By: VoodooBen

VoodooBen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:32:42 +0000

Man, Im so glad Im not the only person who remembers Dino-Riders was made of awesome.