Live Poll: A Tribute to Nikola Tesla — Electricity Control

Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) was a Serbian-American legendary and prolific inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

Throughout the 1890s, Nikola Tesla pursued his ideas for wireless lighting and worldwide wireless electric power distribution.

Who is your favorite movie or video game character that can control electricity?

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls089407345/

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3 years ago

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Young Tom Edison (1940)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033289/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033289/reference

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled
and shows him as a lad
whose early inventions and scientific experiments
usually end up causing disastrous results.
As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy,

Mickey Rooney ... Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
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Edison, the Man (1940)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032432/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032432/reference

82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison
is honored in 1929 and he reflects back
on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.

Spencer Tracy ... Thomas A. Edison
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Thomas A. Edison
(1847–1931)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249379/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249379/bio

Is credited with the invention of sprocketed cinema film.

He is often credited with the invention of the incandescent light bulb,
but that is untrue; he only perfected it.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

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urbanemovies

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2 years ago

A more obscure choice, but Zzzax, an arch enemy of the Incredible Hulk seemingly fits the bill.

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mariojacobs

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@urbanemovies 👍included.

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2 years ago

urbanemovies

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@mariojacobs This one should be vetted, but the Nick Nolte character from Hulk (2003) incorporates the Absorbing Man character (non-electrcity specific) from the Hulk universe. In the movie, he absorbs a high voltage electrical current and transforms into a powerful electrical entity.