Kid gets to be a superhero

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » May 4th, 2010, 12:09 am

http://io9.com/5529877/childs-final-sup ... read-today

This is just friggin amazing. Definitely watch the final video at the bottom of the article.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » May 4th, 2010, 2:05 am

I forgot to delete this before I was mocked or chastised.

Post by **bradisntclever** » May 4th, 2010, 10:16 am

Jeff wrote:I'm just not impressed. All the crowds are smiling and laughing. If Dr. Dark was a threat worth defeating, people would be running scared. And there was no threat of darkness in the middle of the sunny afternoon. It would've been cool if Electron Boy chased them into the night, and all the downtown Seattle lights went out. And then Electron Boy touches a power supply with his saber or something and all the lights come back on. And then he goes and kicks Dr. Dark's ass after it's clear that Dr. Dark is kicking everybody else's ass. But, you know, the kid liked it, and that's what's important. Just doesn't do it for me.

Look out, it's Electron Boy's greatest villain: Party Pooper.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » May 4th, 2010, 10:28 am

bradisntclever wrote:
Jeff wrote:I'm just not impressed. All the crowds are smiling and laughing. If Dr. Dark was a threat worth defeating, people would be running scared. And there was no threat of darkness in the middle of the sunny afternoon. It would've been cool if Electron Boy chased them into the night, and all the downtown Seattle lights went out. And then Electron Boy touches a power supply with his saber or something and all the lights come back on. And then he goes and kicks Dr. Dark's ass after it's clear that Dr. Dark is kicking everybody else's ass. But, you know, the kid liked it, and that's what's important. Just doesn't do it for me.
Look out, it's Electron Boy's greatest villain: Party Pooper.

Yeah, screw Make A Wish for not making it more interesting for a dying child. Like doing things at night when the logistics of getting an entire soccer team, a police escort, and about a hundred or so volunteers together to coordinate a tough wish is damn difficult. Screw the Seattle power company because they wouldn't turn off power to a city block for a charity organization.

And a big up yours to all those folks laughing and smiling because they got to help a dying child's dream come true.

Those bastards.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » May 4th, 2010, 10:33 am

You guys don't understand.
It's so obvious.
It's staring us right in the face.

Jeff. Is. Dr. Dark!

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » May 4th, 2010, 11:00 am

Stupid charity making the wish of a kid with cancer to be a superhero come true.

Also, yay for the charity for making the wish of a kid with cancer to be a superhero come true!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » May 5th, 2010, 12:52 am

What's been less pleasant for me than just being mocked in general is the way that my sentiment was grossly mistranslated into being some kind of denigration of the Make A Wish Foundation, or of their kind and elaborate gift for the kid. I wasn't making any judgments against anybody. I was only explaining why that story doesn't make as significant an impression on me as it seems to for some people, and that my impression doesn't matter anyway, since what matters in that situation is that it was a special time for the kid. I don't think that what I said warranted mean-sounding sarcasm.

Calling me Dr. Dark, though, that sounded light-hearted and funny to me.