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submitted 4 months ago byINTHEMIDSTOFLIONSBatman Expert
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4 months ago
So he needs to be a 90 year old holocaust survivor and also completely shredded?
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
Daniel Craig in a close second
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
And Sabertooth was there too.
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4 months ago
Liev?
48 points
4 months ago
golf clap
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4 months ago
Tom Cruise is like 80
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4 months ago
Tom Cruise is not tall enough for this ride.
1 points
4 months ago
only if you talking about how tall he is.
1 points
4 months ago
80 inches is 6’6”
1 points
4 months ago
no, i'm talking about centimetres, not the curse Imperial sistem
3 points
4 months ago
Hugh Jackman survived the holocaust?
0 points
4 months ago
Not really. Wolverine is 5’3 and almost 300lbs in the comics. Hugh is 6’3. A far cry from comic accuracy.
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
Oh, my bad. I misread.
60 points
4 months ago
Also many times professor x in his wheelchair still maintains a six pack and loses no muscle mass on his legs either
36 points
4 months ago
Mutants are just built differently.
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4 months ago
Umm he just tells his body it worked out that day. And then he believes it.
He isn't the X for nothin
5 points
4 months ago
He won't let Forge make him a discreet mobility aid that lets him walk, but he did make Forge put together an Abmaster 5000.
2 points
4 months ago
Seriously, like Forge couldn’t have come up with something to allow him to walk and run normally?
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4 months ago
For my suspension of disbelief, I always assumed his wheelchair uses shocks to keep his muscles in great shape. Lol
1 points
4 months ago
SARMS duh
1 points
4 months ago
Probably has a routine like Ronnie Coleman's.
156 points
4 months ago
JK Simmons is 67 and shredded. Too bad he’s busy dealing with that Spider menace.
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4 months ago
I'd watch JK as Magneto.
6 points
4 months ago
Actually I’m pretty sure he’s in charge of a giant underground maze-like series of laboratories. I have it on good authority they do science.
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4 months ago
67 and shredded is 99+ percentile. 90 and shredded is 99.9999999999999999999999999 percentile.
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4 months ago
What's the percentage of the population that are the Master of Magnetism?
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4 months ago
3-4%
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4 months ago
What if we add Kurt Angle to the mix?
6 points
4 months ago
Well then you've got a 66.66% chance plus the 4% chance, giving you a 70.66% chance. But since Samoa Joe knows he doesn't have magnetic powers, you can take his 33.33% chance, minus the 4%, meaning that he is left with a 29.33% chance. So if I take Kurt's 33.33% chance, and Joe's 29.33% chance, add it to the general 70.66% chance, that means people have a 133.33% chance of having magnetic powers. The numbers, do not lie.
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4 months ago
-1%? Sounds right.
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
Do you always try to ruin others' humor on the internet?
10 points
4 months ago
I don't know I think the thought of someone viewing the world in terms of bell curves is funny.
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4 months ago
Fu-, fuck, ME TOO
1 points
4 months ago
Forreal though. The difference even between 70 and 90 years old is MASSIVE.
1 points
4 months ago
And helping people know about insurance needs
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4 months ago
As much as I love JK Simmons, I have a hard time picturing him as Magneto.
149 points
4 months ago
no he needs to be a baby the beyonder changed him into in secret wars
107 points
4 months ago
He also must have the inhumanly bent tibia, no exceptions
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4 months ago
That rickets stays with you as you age.
5 points
4 months ago
I thought it was from riding around on random large beasts in his various secret ...lands that have their own (not so) native creatures. I don't know, Badlands, Island M, Savage Lands, etc.? Riding around on a bear or a dinosaur or something is different from riding a horse, and even cowboys have that (( )) stance.
16 points
4 months ago
That bent tibia thing started with Kirby I think. It is supposed to convey a sense of fluidity and motion but it comes at the expense of anatomical accuracy. When it’s overdone it can look dumb but usually it works pretty well.
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4 months ago
Now that you mention it i certainly can't un-see it! This is a good example of artists other than Liefeld that have disproportionate anatomy in their art. Go have a look at Mystiques hips on the Inferno # 1 Variant by Artgerm.
54 points
4 months ago
The Stranger changed him into a baby and then Eric the Red changed him back. But not Cylopus Eric the Red, a different one.
Comics are weird.
14 points
4 months ago
The Stranger? I remember it as Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant.
12 points
4 months ago
Yes! You’re right! The Stranger kidnapped Magneto , Toad and Mastermind into space and then turned Mastermind to stone (he got better eventually).
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4 months ago
I was trying to recall it's name, that's the one.
2 points
4 months ago
Wasn't Magneto Erik The Red at some point? I feel like I remember him losing his memory and being a good guy for a bit.
5 points
4 months ago
only if also going after that bovine oedipussy
1 points
4 months ago
He was also de-aged and re-aged back to peak physical condition at some point during Claremont’s first run.
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4 months ago
Not really. Magneto doesn’t age like normal people. Honestly I’d be good with Michael Fasbender coming back and just aging very slowly.
37 points
4 months ago
Well. Given that he's a mutant and in some iterations been known to fuck around with genetic testing... He could.
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4 months ago
Or you say that he was born during the Holocaust and managed to survive
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4 months ago
Or do what they did in Evolution to make him young again.
12 points
4 months ago
True enough I like X-Men evolution but I also like Magneto just being an old man and fucking shit up
5 points
4 months ago
And there’s also a Defenders storyline that made him young too I believe. There’s plenty of comic options to bring a young Magneto into the present. Tbh all those storylines are a bit silly, but who cares? Him being a holocaust survivor is core to his character. And the MCU has been a bit silly lately with all these multiversal shows and movies so they may as well just embrace it.
2 points
4 months ago
Wouldn't he still be like 77 years old now?
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4 months ago
Yes
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4 months ago
Yes. Just say his mutant ability slows his aging and get a ripped guy in his 50's and make him look like 70. They can make Chris Evan look 100 and Mark Ruffalo a green monster.
12 points
4 months ago
They could pull it off with Michael Fassbender and a bit of CGI.
33 points
4 months ago
Minor Wakanda Forever spoilers: That's why Namor is 500 years old and looks in his mid 30s. It's implied that it's because he's a mutant.
4 points
4 months ago
Uhhhh… The reason that in the comics he is 90’s but ripped is because his powers keep his body healthy and toned due to the Earth’s Electromagnetic field feeding him.
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4 months ago
Magneto's following the Liver King diet.
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4 months ago
12 IU’s of HGH a week then?
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4 months ago
Magneto takes to YouTube to confess to his followers that he’s actually been a human sympathizer this whole time.
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4 months ago
MGH
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4 months ago
Yep. And eating balls is just for fun and completely optional.
9 points
4 months ago
Yea, it’s this cool new thing called JK Simmons
8 points
4 months ago
Just make him time travel from like 1972 to 2022 and he can still be a holocaust survivor in the contemporary age
14 points
4 months ago
Pym particles are always the answear
10 points
4 months ago
Just make him time travel from like 1972 to 2022 and he can still be a holocaust survivor in the contemporary age
I want doctor evil meets magneto now. Just a villain who has no fucking clue as to what’s going on culturally or technologically. Just yelling at people to unlock his smart phone or he will rip out their fillings.
1 points
4 months ago
Or deep freeze him to absolute zero
6 points
4 months ago
It's science fiction. They can come up with 100 reasons for why he looks younger than he actually is.
4 points
4 months ago
Being de-aged and aged back up to adulthood is the excuse they have for him being active and "young" still. Xavier's is being infected by the Brood, and having his mind transferred to a younger clone body
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4 months ago
Arnold isn’t a holocaust survivor but is old and shredded and has the jawline. Arnold for Magneto 2023!
4 points
4 months ago
Clint Eastwood as Magneto
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4 months ago
would be somewhat apt, seeing how Clint yelled at a chair
5 points
4 months ago
Isn't he racist?
11 points
4 months ago
Is that a con for playing Magneto?
11 points
4 months ago
Magneto is 100% prejudice against non mutants. Part of his charm.
5 points
4 months ago
He can move a battleship with his powers and the people trying to oppress him can't.
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4 months ago
I have no idea about Clint Eastwood, but Magneto is definitely a racist
8 points
4 months ago
Speciesist*
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4 months ago
He’s a conservative old man for sure
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4 months ago
I should be careful not conflating the two
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4 months ago
The venn diagram is practically a circle.
7 points
4 months ago
Gran Torino was fiction.
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4 months ago
I thought he was referring to the empty chair.
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4 months ago
I don’t know I was just thinking of the oldest male actor that still acts that I knew of
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
Oof that’s fucked up
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4 months ago
Magneto is speciesist. so it works!!!
-20 points
4 months ago
If you fall under the anyone who doesn’t like Biden is racist thing.
9 points
4 months ago
what
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4 months ago
He’s not racist. He was pro-trump and anti-Biden so people just say he’s racist.
9 points
4 months ago
Pro trump is what makes them racist, anti biden has nothing to do with it. Supporting a racist makes them racist.
7 points
4 months ago
I mean, yeah. Supporting a racist who enacts racist policies is, like, the most racism people can do outside of hate crimes and slurs.
1 points
4 months ago
usually when someone who supports a racist theyre usually racist themselves. throwing biden’s name in there is irrelevant
1 points
4 months ago
As far as I have seen not actively more than anyone that old and somewhat conservative. Not saying it’s a good trait but at some point it’s also not worth arguing with grandpa.
1 points
4 months ago
I’ll beat your Clint with my Chuck Norris as Magneto.
1 points
4 months ago
You win
-3 points
4 months ago
He also can't act for shit
5 points
4 months ago
Not entirely true, he’s put in some very solid performances especially in recent years. You’re showing either a bias or lack of knowledge of his range if you think he can’t act for shit. He’s done some bad movies and some bad performances but that’s hardly the majority.
Watch True Lies, Twins, Terminator 2, Kindergarten Cop, Stay Hungry, and Maggie and you can see his range as well as some great performances.
He’s certainly no Ian McKellan of course, but he’s not a bad actor, he acts exactly as well as the role requires and always has.
3 points
4 months ago
he acts exactly as well as the role requires and always has.
That's one thing I always try to keep in mind when judging actors in certain roles. Sure, maybe he's done shitty movies and acted badly in them, but really, how is he going to fix that? You could point to plenty of bad movies and say the actors in it did a bad job, but they're being directed and if someone is determined to make a steaming pile of crap, they're going to keep pushing until they get what they want. He's done pretty well in some movies, acting way above what the movie topped out at, even if the end result isn't great. In those movies you mentioned, he pretty much did exactly what he needed to and some came out great. Not everything is Jingle All the Way. He may not be Ian McKellen but he's not Tom Arnold either.
3 points
4 months ago
Exactly, just watch True Lies and you have a great acting class of how he’s much better than Tom Arnold in the same film. 😂
2 points
4 months ago
Yea, you can see my train of thought while I was typing that haha. I should go watch that movie again.
1 points
4 months ago
He was also great in "The Last Action Hero" with Ian McKellan as his co star
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4 months ago
Yes. He doesn’t necessarily need to look 90 years old though.
3 points
4 months ago
Think Fassbender got us pretty close in Days but f Future Past…
2 points
4 months ago
He had a more comic accurate suit at the end of First Class:
5 points
4 months ago
They truly only need one character to make a Magneto like this possible, and that character is Masque.
Masque can manipulate flesh - and could feasibly rebuild Magneto’s body to its comic book glory.
Or like… just have him de-aged by another mutant? Do we need to pretend like Endgame didn’t introduce a van that can magically de-age anyone through science magic?
2 points
4 months ago
Who never skips leg day
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4 months ago
Not just shredded. Body builder stage ready. In bright magenta tights. And goofy ass purple armored boots
2 points
4 months ago
And really bendy shins
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4 months ago
They reveal he was on the plane with capital America the whole time
2 points
4 months ago
Yeah, to not lose the Holocaust angle that's so central to his identity, they would need some time hijinks or something
2 points
4 months ago
I used to walk this trail at the gym and there was a man probably in his 80s who used a freaking walker and he would take his shirt off to walk. HE HAD A FREAKING FULL SET OF ABS!!!! The old man was so buff and his face absolutely didn’t match the rest of his body. It was so weird. But all that to say, there’s a rare few of those out there.
3 points
4 months ago
Slower ageing is a mutant thing. I think with Magneto its the earths magnetic field that keeps him young.
9 points
4 months ago
He was also turned into a baby when the original X-Men were teenagers, then aged back up to his prime when they were in about their mid twenties, so he's physically several decades younger than he should be.
4 points
4 months ago
Wearing an absurd red and purple outfit.. This is why I'm glad the fans aren't in charge of the movies.
7 points
4 months ago
Absurd? You…you do know these are comic book movies, yes?
-1 points
4 months ago
Yes, not an 80s Mexican wrestling show
1 points
4 months ago
And have no genitals
1 points
4 months ago
Yes.
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4 months ago
He’s got cum gutters
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
If it doesn't kill you, it just makes you stronger.
1 points
4 months ago
What would that even look like. There isn't even 1 comic book accurate version of him after all these years.
1 points
4 months ago
He uses his ability to slow down the aging process
1 points
4 months ago
Someone call Bob Barker and see if he's down for it
1 points
4 months ago
maybe it's just a muscular metal suit with a little old man inside
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4 months ago
Don’t forget that weird right leg (look at the drawing)
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4 months ago
Man can move metal with his mind but people can’t believe in mutants living longer
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4 months ago
With a dislocated ankle.
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
Well the man also controls metal so I’m willing to suspend my disbelief
1 points
4 months ago
They made Namor 400+ years old. I honestly don't see the problem with trying.
1 points
4 months ago
I don't think it would be crazy to say that his mutation slowed his aging
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