Something that leaves me wondering.
I know it was a long while back, but I was thinking about The OMAC Project (The Infinite Crisis mini-series, not the Jack Kirby creation that causes Chris Sims to freak out). In the second issue, Max Lord is spying on a conversation between DC's fabled "Trinity", plus Booster Gold. You know, it's the part where Batman matter-of-factly states Ted Kord is dead, Booster tries to fry him, but Superman plays the spoilsport and blocks the shot (lame).
But I was thinking, wouldn't it be really hard to spy on them while they're inside the Watchtower? I mean, given the amount of security Brad Meltzer told us they placed around their homes, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume the Watchtower would be even more protected, what with all the high-tech supervillain weaponry there. I'd figure it'd be very difficult to break in and plant hidden cameras,, and you'd think they're bright enough to have long-range cloaking technology, thus preventing Brother Eye from doing the spying.
The way I see it, there are two options (excluding the "it's poorly thought out garbage" hypothesis):
Option 1 - Brother Eye is able to bypass all the JLA security measures because he was modified by the all-knowing, all-powerful, living Editorial Wanking Tool known as Alexander Luthor. If he can make it so Brother Eye resides in some sort of side dimension, then I suppose he can design it to see what's going on inside one of the most heavily fortified installations around. Forget Silver Age Superman or Terra Man, Alexander Luthor really can do anything!
Except kill Nightwing.
Option 2 - The JLA significantly reduced their security measures, because Oliver Queen wouldn't quit bitching about how all the self-defense mechanisms made them look like a bunch of fascists trying to hide their plans for world-domination and ethnic cleansing from the little people they're planning to subjugate.
What? He was really drunk that night. That makes him louder and more annoying, if you can believe that.
No post tomorrow, I'm heading out of town for the day. I'll be back on Sunday. Auf wiedersehen.
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That should be Alexander Luthor's new villain codename. Fear the Editorial Wanking Tool!
ragnell: The best part is, only Animal Man would understand just how dangerous the name change makes him.
I vote for option #2. Can't you see them doing ANYTHING just to shut Ollie up? Probably calling them all Nazis again. *sigh*
The other explanation is that Brother Eye was able to get past the JLA security because Brother Eye was originally built by Batman, who after all did this because he was angry and scared and outraged that he was mindwiped by that same Justice League. And Batman certainly knows enough about JLA security to pull this off.
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