I picked up a copy of Matthew Reilly's latest 'The Six Sacred Stones' (an advantage of living in said authors home country) and I finished reading it not that long ago too.
Well, I noticed something in part of that books' plot points that might apply to WW-Earth aka Doug's home stomping grounds. What it was could be used as a reasoning for why WW-Earth's Japan is so Xenophobic, being that they're the last bastion of the first evolution of mankind. You'll be correct, if your thinking of The Ancients from SG1, for it's a similar basis just without the glowing squid-like mental energy evolution.
Where am I going with this and how does it relate to the thread subject. Why it's quite simple: superpowers + WW2 + cult of aggrieved xenophobic nationalists, mix with a healthy dash of "If we can't rule the world, no one can!" equals typical super villain behaviour, no?
Cause this all just third-party speculation produced from my odd logic. Still it'd be interesting to see Doug's reaction when he reads a book like this, whilst on his Walk, especially if parses with a WWEarth event.
--Rod.H (who's waiting for the Flash Gordon TV pilot to dl'd)
Well, I noticed something in part of that books' plot points that might apply to WW-Earth aka Doug's home stomping grounds. What it was could be used as a reasoning for why WW-Earth's Japan is so Xenophobic, being that they're the last bastion of the first evolution of mankind. You'll be correct, if your thinking of The Ancients from SG1, for it's a similar basis just without the glowing squid-like mental energy evolution.
Where am I going with this and how does it relate to the thread subject. Why it's quite simple: superpowers + WW2 + cult of aggrieved xenophobic nationalists, mix with a healthy dash of "If we can't rule the world, no one can!" equals typical super villain behaviour, no?
Cause this all just third-party speculation produced from my odd logic. Still it'd be interesting to see Doug's reaction when he reads a book like this, whilst on his Walk, especially if parses with a WWEarth event.
--Rod.H (who's waiting for the Flash Gordon TV pilot to dl'd)