Thursday, May 25, 2006

X-Men 3 major character info!!

Now that I am schooling, I haf decided to create a new blog here... esp since I don't really favor the blog in Friendster. The old blog will be left untouched... since I can't delete it (consists of too many important info, and deleting the posts one by one is tiring) I may just as well leave it for 'exhibition purposes'.
What to type about first? Oh yes! The upcoming X-Men 3 movie!! Cant wait to watch it!! :-)

Link to X-Men Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men

Characters (good):

Professor X
Real name: Charles Francis Xavier
Actor: Patrick Stewart
Powers and abilities:


  • Vast telepathic powers
  • easily able to read and project thoughts
  • manipulate minds to alter memories, control minds, and cast illusions

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_X

Wolverine
Real name: Logan (formerly James Howlett)
Actor: Hugh Jackman
Powers and abilities:

  • Regenerative healing factor, retarded aging
  • Retractable claws, Adamantium-laced skeleton and claws
  • Superhumanly acute senses, heightened strength, stamina, agility and reaction time
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics)

Storm
Real name: Ororo Munroe
Actress: Halle Berry
Powers and abilities:


  • Atmokinesis: the ability to mentally affect the weather. Able to control and create all forms of percipitation, lightning and wind which allows her to fly.
  • Invulnerable to the effects of the weather and extreme heat and cold.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_(comics)

Phoenix
Real name: Jean Grey
Actress: Famke Janssen
Powers and abilities:

  • Telepathy (the power to read, project and manipulate thought)
  • Telekinesis (the power to affect objects with one's mind).
  • Access to the power of the Phoenix Force
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grey

Cyclops
Real name: Scott "Slim" Summers
Actor: James Marsden
Powers and abilties:



  • His eyes emit continuous beams of tremendous concussive force; Cyclops' body cells absorb solar energy and converts it into the beams that ae stored within the eyes.
  • Due to an accident he had sustained in early teens, Cyclops is unable to shut off the beams at will, and he has to wear ruby quartz glasses or visor to keep them in check at all times, or risk destroying anything with the optic beams.
  • For some unknown phenomenon, Cyclops is immune to his own power, as well as to his brother Havok's cosmic powers
  • Superhuman sense of spatial awareness, along with trigonometric computation
  • A master strategist and tactician, Cyclops posesses exceptional leadership skills

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops_(comics

Iceman
Real name: Robert "Bobby" Drake
Actor: Shawn Ashmore
Powers and abilities:

  • Thermokinesis, the abilitiy to manipulate local and body temperature via cryokinesis and/or pyrokinesis
  • Hydrokinesis, the ability to mentally manipulate water in its solid, liquid and gaseous states.
  • Cryokinesis, the thermokinetic ability to mentally absorb or displace thermal energy within atoms, effectively freezing an object by removing all heat
  • Thermal vision

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceman_(comics

Rogue
Real name: Marie D'ancanto
Actress: Anna Paquin
Powers and abilities:

  • Involuntary absorption of powers and memories through skin-to-skin contact
  • As a result of aforementioned power, she gains superhuman strength, endurance and unlimted flight from Miss Marvel
  • If Rogue holds on to the target for too long, she might weaken or even kill the person she's touching
  • She often wears gloves to control her power, as it is only activated by skin contact. She takes them off whenever she wants to use her powers.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(comics)

Angel
Real name: Warren Worthington III
Actor: Ben Foster
Powers and abilities:

  • Flight via wings, can withstand high-speed winds, max speed 150 kmh
  • Ability to inhale extra oxygen from air at high altitudes
  • Blood-borne healing factor

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel_(comics)

Beast
Real name: Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy
Actor: Kelsey Grammer
Powers and abilities:

  • Superhuman Strength, Speed, Stamina, Agility, Reflexes
  • Heightened Senses
  • Genius Level IQ

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_(comics)

Colossus
Real name: Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin
Actor: Daniel Cudmore
Powers and abilities:

  • Can transform entire body into organic steel, giving him great strength, stamina and durability
  • Colossus cannot transform only a single portion of his body into this armored state; he must either transform completely or remain within his normal state
  • Capable of withstanding great impacts, high caliber bullets, falls from great heights, temperature extremes of hot and cold, electricity, and certain magical attacks

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(comics)

Shadowcat
Real name:
Katherine "Kitty" Pryde
Actress: Ellen Page
Powers and abilties:

  • Intangibility, allowing limited flight and disruption of electronic systems
  • Able to phase other people and objects
  • A genius in the field of applied technology and computer science
  • Proven to be an excellent hand-to-hand combatant in several types of martial arts

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Pryde

Nightcrawler
Real name:
Kurt Wagner
Actor: Alan Cumming
Powers and abilities:

  • Teleportation
  • Enhanced night vision
  • Superhuman agility and reflexes
  • Prehensile tail
  • Ability to stick to walls
  • Able to blend into shadows

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightcrawler_(comics)

Characters (evil):

Magneto
Real name:
Erik Lehnsherr Magnus
Actor: Sir Ian McKellen
Powers:

  • Magnetokinesis the ability to control and manipulate metals. This ability also allows flight and control of the whole electromagnetic spectrum
  • Skilled inventor and strategist

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magneto_(comics)

Mystique
Real name:
Raven Darkholme
Actress: Rebecca Romijn
Powers:

  • Metamorphic shapeshifter able to adapt any humanoid form or genetic trait (except superhuman abilities)
  • Heal surface tissue damage
  • Able to withstand all pathogens and poisons
  • Suppress her natural aging

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystique_(comics)

Sabertooth
Real name: Victor Creed
Actor: Taylor Mane (Daryl Karloyat)
Powers:

  • Superhumanly acute senses
  • Heightened strength, stamina, agility, and reaction time
  • Regenerative healing factor, retarded aging process
  • Believed to have Adamantium skeleton & claws
  • Highly resistant to telepathic detection and control.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabretooth_(comics)

Toad
Real name:
Mortimer Toynbee
Actor: Raymond Park
Special powers:

  • Superhuman strength, agility and leaping
  • Pores secrete a mucus resin that adheres to and paralyzes the nervous systems of whatever it touches
  • Expel air from his lungs as compressed gusts of wind
  • Lashing tongue excretes pheromones that bends the will of others to his own
  • Able to pit adhesive balls of slime.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_(comics)

Pyro
Real name:
John Allerdyce
Actor: Aaron Stanford
Special powers:

  • Pyrokinesis, the ability to mentally manipulate and control fire (but not create it)
  • Able to increase or decrease the flame's heat, intensity, and size
  • Able to psionically manipulate the flame to do whatever he desires
  • Although he cannot be burnt by a fire he is controlling, Pyro can be harmed by any fire that he does not mentally control.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro_%28comics%29

Lady Deathstrike
Real name:
Yuriko Oyama
Actress: Kelly Hu
Special powers:

  • Superhuman strength, agility, and reflexes
  • Adamantium skeleton and claws, artificial healing factor

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathstrike

Juggernaut
Real name:
Cain Marko
Actor: Vinnie Jones
Special powers:

  • Resistance to being stopped
  • Super-strength, Invulnerability

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut_(comics)

Callisto
Real name: Callisto
Actress: Dania Ramirez
Special powers:

  • Enhanced strength, agility and reflexes
  • Sensory perceptions, able to 'sense' other mutants
  • Regenerative powers

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto_(comics)

Arclight
Real name: Phillipa Sontag
Actress: Omahrya Mota
Special powers:

  • Superhuman strength, endurance, and durability
  • Ability to generate seismic energies with hands that cause shockwaves and earth tremors

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arclight_(comics)

Psylocke
Real name: Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock
Actress: Meiling Melancon
Special powers:

  • Able to teleport through shadows
  • Telekinesis, able to summon psychic katana or psi-blades from her fists
  • Immunity to telepathy and all forms of mental, magical, and physical alteration

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psylocke

Quill
Real name: Maxwell Jordan
Actor: Ken Leung
Special powers:

  • Posesses razorsharp claws
  • Max's body is covered in porcupine quills that can shoot from his body

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quill_(comics)

Multiple Man
Real name:
Jamie Madrox
Actor: Eric Dane
Special powers:

  • Posesses the ability to create duplicates of himself (sometimes at will) through an unknown process whenever he absorbs kinetic energy.
  • Each of the duplicates (dupes) is completely capable of independent thought and can also create duplicates of himself
  • Original Madrox is able to absorb the memories, knowledge, skills and experiences of a duplicate once it merges back with him

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Madrox

Friday, May 12, 2006

Kinesis types

-kinesis, from Greek "kinesis", movement, motion, is a suffix that denotes movement. (The word Kinesis itself similarly indicates movement, particularly in biology.)
Additionally, words ending in "-kinesis" are occasionally coined in fiction to indicate hypothetical parapsychological abilities relating to movement or specific forms of environmental manipulation.

  • Aerokinesis is the purported ability to mentally manipulate currents of wind. Aerokinetics are alleged to be able to exert an enormous effect on the wind, even to create tornados. Precise practice of aerokinesis allows the user to move objects with air currents, producing an effect similar to psychokinesis.
  • Atmokinesis is the purported ability to mentally affect the weather. The practice of atmokinesis is an obscure topic, even among psychics and other paranormalists.
  • Audiokinesis is the purported ability to mentally manipulate sound waves.
  • Biokinesis is the purported ability to mentally alter the physical body. This ranges from vitakinesis to manipulating DNA.
  • Chlorokinesis, also known as Xylokinesis or Agrokinesis, is the purported ability to mentally control plants. Some Clorokinetics claim to have an innate ability to affect plant growth simply by "willing" it (as opposed to individuals with a "green thumb" who simply have skill or talent at caring for plants).
  • Chronokinesis is the purported ability to mentally affect the flow of time. Of those few people who claim to possess the ability, most claim to pass through time "in spirit." The practice of chronokinesis is an obscure topic, even among psychics and other paranormalists.
  • Cryokinesis is the purported thermokinetic ability to mentally absorb or displace thermal energy within atoms, effectively freezing an object by removing all heat. Self-proclaimed cryokinetics claim to be able to turn water into ice, cool the temperature in a room, and create ice from water vapor in the air; however there is little to no evidence of this phenomenon.
  • Cytokinesis the step following telophase of mitosis in cell division, when the cytoplasm is divided into two of roughly equal proportion to the two new daughter cells, in asexual reproduction. This ensures there will be enough organelles for both of the new cells.
  • Echokinesis, also known as Sonokinesis, is the purported ability to mentally perform echolocation.
  • Electrokinesis is the purported ability to mentally manipulate electricity and electrical phenomena. Self-proclaimed electrokinetics claim to be able to interfere with television or radio reception and electrical light sources, like streetlights. Although most electrokinetics only claim the ability to manipulate existing electrical fields, others claim to be able to produce electricity through their hands. Electrokinesis usually requires physical contact between the electrokinetic and its target, although some accomplished electrokinetics claim to be able to create an arc up to three inches in length, which is surprising considering the immense amount of power required.
  • Geokinesis, also known as Terrakinesis, is the purported ability to mentally manipulate the earth. Terrakinetics are alleged to be able to exert an enormous effect on the ground, even to create earthquakes.
  • Gyrokinesis, also known as Gravitokinesis, is the purported ability to mentally manipulate gravitons and gravitational fields: the force of gravity of an object. Gravitokinetics are alleged to be able to enhance gravitational pull or negate it altogether.
  • Hydrokinesis, also known as Aquakinesis, is the purported ability to mentally manipulate water in its solid, liquid and gaseous states.
  • Hypnokinesis is the purported ability to mentally send an individual into a trance-like state, and/or mentally manipulate an entranced individual via hypnotic suggestion. Hypnokinesis is associated with: telepathy and empathy as a form thereof, precognition and biofeedback.
  • Lygokinesis, also known as Energiakinesis, is the purported ability to generate/manipulate raw energy which can be used in a variety of ways.
  • Magnetokinesis, also known as Magnokinesis or Ferrokinesis (though this last technically refers only to manipulating metal), is the purported ability to mentally manipulate all forms of magnetic and electromagnetic fields.
  • Molecukinesis is the purported ability to mentally manipulate molecules, to control the molecules that make up anything that exists, and change or rearrange them into another form.
  • Photokinesis, also known as Lumokinesis, is the purported ability to mentally manipulate photons, to create beams of intense light. Claims of possessing such ability are rarely made.
  • Psychokinesis (a more modern term for what was earlier known as telekinesis) is used to describe the purported ability to mentally move an object without use of physical force. The most common example of this phenomenon is the alleged ability to bend spoons or forks, claimed by stage magicians such as Uri Geller.
  • Pyrokinesis is the purported ability to remotely heat objects, causing them to ignite or melt, or, as popularly depicted in fiction, to spontaneously generate, control or quell fires.
  • Telekinesis is the ability to mentally move, lift or "push" an object without physical contact, with the power of your mind. Telekinetics who claim to have this ability also often claim to have the power of telepathy.
  • Thermokinesis is the purported ability to mentally manipulate temperature via cryokinesis and/or pyrokinesis.
  • Toxikinesis is the purported ability to mentally manipulate spores, sludge and pheremones. This term is not a scientific classification.
  • Umbrakinesis, also known as Nyctokinesis, is the purported ability to mentally repulse photons to create shadow or darkness, or to psychokinetically move objects via shadow.
  • Vitakinesis is the purported biokinetic ability to mentally heal or rejuvenate damaged or aged bodily tissue on a cellular level. A Healer could hypothetically unwittingly be a talented vitakinesist.