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Here's my submission for this week's THE ENGINE "Remake/Remodel" thread: The Green Lama (from the 40's).

Here's the original character's bio:
"College student Jethro Dumont spends 10 years in Tibet studying the secrets of meditation and returns with mystical powers. He now returns to Park Avenue and New York City to combat crime, evil doers and international enemies and with a magical Tibetan chant, he is transformed into the Green Lama. Dumont is also endowed with superhuman powers acquired through his scientific knowledge of radioactive salts. Dumont has two alter egos - the crime-fighting Green Lama, and the Buddhist priest Dr Pali. He gets his powers through chanting the Tibetan phrase "Om Manu Padme Om", a.k.a. the Jewel Lotus Mantra. On at least one occasion he summoned the ghosts of dead heroes to fight evil."

Here's my remake bio:
"After returning from years of study at the Tibetan monastery, Dumont discovered his body had become a chemical super-factory, reacting to the years of introducing radioactive salts into his system. The monks had taught Dumont to control these reactions through intense meditation techniques, and with practice, he found he could secrete various kinds of compounds through his skin from various parts of his body. From corrosive acidic spittle to hallucinogenic pheromones that could cause people around him to see things, Dumont's body emitted powerful chemical compounds and could distribute them in a number of ways.
But the power came with a price; the radioactivity and constant chemical reactions upped his body temperature to levels that were slowly cooking his brain. The more he used his power, the hotter his body would run. He could slow the degeneration with his meditation, but time was running out..."

I've been discussing these threads with others, and it's come up that this is great training for better approaching any kind of design job with objectivity. Each one of these characters has, at first, generated a "meh" from me, but after devoting some true brainstorming, I've be surprised to move beyond my initial assessment and actually produce an idea that has some (?) merit.

Description
Here's my submission for this week's THE ENGINE "Remake/Remodel" thread: The Green Lama (from the 40's).

Here's the original character's bio:
"College student Jethro Dumont spends 10 years in Tibet studying the secrets of meditation and returns with mystical powers. He now returns to Park Avenue and New York City to combat crime, evil doers and international enemies and with a magical Tibetan chant, he is transformed into the Green Lama. Dumont is also endowed with superhuman powers acquired through his scientific knowledge of radioactive salts. Dumont has two alter egos - the crime-fighting Green Lama, and the Buddhist priest Dr Pali. He gets his powers through chanting the Tibetan phrase "Om Manu Padme Om", a.k.a. the Jewel Lotus Mantra. On at least one occasion he summoned the ghosts of dead heroes to fight evil."

Here's my remake bio:
"After returning from years of study at the Tibetan monastery, Dumont discovered his body had become a chemical super-factory, reacting to the years of introducing radioactive salts into his system. The monks had taught Dumont to control these reactions through intense meditation techniques, and with practice, he found he could secrete various kinds of compounds through his skin from various parts of his body. From corrosive acidic spittle to hallucinogenic pheromones that could cause people around him to see things, Dumont's body emitted powerful chemical compounds and could distribute them in a number of ways.
But the power came with a price; the radioactivity and constant chemical reactions upped his body temperature to levels that were slowly cooking his brain. The more he used his power, the hotter his body would run. He could slow the degeneration with his meditation, but time was running out..."

I've been discussing these threads with others, and it's come up that this is great training for better approaching any kind of design job with objectivity. Each one of these characters has, at first, generated a "meh" from me, but after devoting some true brainstorming, I've be surprised to move beyond my initial assessment and actually produce an idea that has some (?) merit.