Gatefan1976
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They are both just bad. Supes is probably worse because more people care about the character than they do about blade however.
Man of Angst ( a.k.a. Man of Steel )
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The action scenes with all the planes being knocked out of the sky, and especially the badass chick from Zod's crew were cool to watch. But the fight scenes were way too long. They all made Superman look weak by comparison.
Nobody, but that chick from Zod's army punked Superman and made him her bitch. If it werent for Lois saving his ass, she could have killed him. OMG, what a dumbass movie. The destruction in this thing was so far over the top it was laughable. And that is exactly what I did during those scenes. Like Bluce said earlier in this thread, they have at least 50 years worth of rebuilding to do in Metropolis, since the city was basically leveled.
But the kicker for me is the end. Clark Kent looks exactly like Superman, except he dresses nicer than he did in the beginning and he wears glasses. Dont most men make that transformation on a regular basis? I dont think anybody would mistake me for somebody else if I wasnt wearing my glasses.
His face was all over the news, the military knows what he looks like, and if he had an Android phone with face recognition, it would unlock whether he had glasses on or not. DUMB!I wont bother with the next one.
I dont know. I never saw Blade: Trinity because I didnt like Blade which I did see.
I agree. Superman is a far more significant character in the comic universe, and in the hearts and minds of people who know of him. They have gutted him. They have made him emotional and angsty and now he yells a lot at odd moments. Is that his new trademark? OMG. What a turd of a movie.
Im gonna flush twice.
Man of Steel was the worst movie of 2013. Blade: Trinity was the worst movie in the year it was released, featuring among other things a cringeworthy performance from Jessica Biel and possibly the worst performance as a vampire ever by Parker Posey.
Which is worse? Probably a tie. One destroyed a historic comic character by making him a psychopath (per my Charles Manson tag) and the other was just simply all around bad.
Which is worse? Probably a tie. One destroyed a historic comic character by making him a psychopath (per my Charles Manson tag) and the other was just simply all around bad.
ParagonPie
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Think I had to laugh when he saves that one soldier (guy manning the SAW on the little bird) strange that he falls off because you are supposed to be clipped on when riding on one of those things, but the hilarity is that super man basically watches the aircraft go down and kills most of the people on board but saves one guy instead of like the whole aircraft?
Rewatching some of the scenes, there is a continuous error they always do, now this is just nitpicking on my part. Whenever movies use the A-10 Thunder bolt, they always have doing its 'gun run' from horizon. You don't do that in reality, mostly because when the rounds are being put down, you create a tear drop shape, so rounds can overshoot or undershoot the target zone, making it more dangerous, you only do that if you are facing an enemy tank column. The reality or how it is used today is that the A10 flies and hits the target directly above it, creating a circle of fire thus making it more accurate.
Then of course we have that it took many years for Superman to establish his powers, yet when the other Kryptionionionion's land by the power of sheer will alone they master the powers in like 5 seconds. Sorry but this movie was kind of silly.
Rewatching some of the scenes, there is a continuous error they always do, now this is just nitpicking on my part. Whenever movies use the A-10 Thunder bolt, they always have doing its 'gun run' from horizon. You don't do that in reality, mostly because when the rounds are being put down, you create a tear drop shape, so rounds can overshoot or undershoot the target zone, making it more dangerous, you only do that if you are facing an enemy tank column. The reality or how it is used today is that the A10 flies and hits the target directly above it, creating a circle of fire thus making it more accurate.
Then of course we have that it took many years for Superman to establish his powers, yet when the other Kryptionionionion's land by the power of sheer will alone they master the powers in like 5 seconds. Sorry but this movie was kind of silly.
OMG, what if some of his other powers had made it into this film?
THIS IS NOT PARODY.
Its knowing this shit that turned me off Superman long ago. http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/bvanhooker/news/?a=68436
Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Now you'd think that along with heat vision, frost breath, x-ray vision, super hearing, super smell and photographic memory would be more than enough for Superman to have, but throughout the character's history we've gotten a number of other random, bizarre and ridiculous powers attributed to the last son of Krypton, any of which would instantly ruin next year's Superman reboot MAN OF STEEL. Let's hope that Warner Brothers, Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder know better than to give Superman any of these powers:
10. Super Kiss
At the end of Superman II, Lois has found out that Clark Kent is Superman. Now, he must assume that Lois is just a horrible, uncaring bitch who's going to run an expose on the cover of the Daily Planet outing him as Superman, otherwise, he'd just ask her to keep it between them. But rather than politely asking her to keep a secret, Superman decides to scramble her brains with a Super Kiss, making her forget everything she's learned. Just imagine if Lex Luthor had found out Superman's identity!
9. Super Face-Mushing Power
Way back in the forties, Superman could do all kinds of things he can't do now. In Superman #45, he mushes up his face to turn himself into an alien, so he can infiltrate a species trying to invade earth. Why he never used this ability before or after is a mystery. One thing comes to mind though, if he had super face mushing power, why the hell did he never use it to make a better disguise for himself other than horn-rimmed glasses?
8. Super Ventriloquism
This power was also featured back in the 1940's, but, unlike most of the other powers on this list, Super Ventriloquism appeared more than once! Somehow comic writers back then felt that in addition to flying and super strength, Superman also needed to do stupid parlor tricks to thwart villains. It's surprising that Clark Kent never took up ventriloquism professionally. That would have been a much better secret identity. No one would ever suspect a dorky ventriloquist of being Superman.
7. Super Great-Wall-of-China-Rebuilding Power
Of all the ridiculous things in Superman IV (and there are A LOT of them) this has to be the most absurd. During his fight with Nuclear man (if you don't know who Nuclear Man is, you're lucky), Superman and Nuclear Man fly all around the world fist-fighting each other. When they get to China, Nuclear Man blows the crap out of the Great Wall of China and after the fight, Superman somehow puts all of the bricks back in place by simply looking at the rubble. It makes you wonder why Superman never did this to any American landmarks during his many battles that caused collateral damage here at home. I guess it's just up to the taxpayers again to pay for someone else's mess.
6. Super Cigar-Smoking Power
At some point during the 1960's, Superman was committed to an insane asylum where he met a man who believed he was General Ulysses S. Grant. In addition to to allowing Grant to ride him like a horse in a very sexual manner, he accepts a dozen cigars from the General as a thank-you gift. Soonafter, Superman needs to create a smoke screen for some reason, and he smokes all the cigars at once to distract his enemy. A wonderful message to send to kids if there ever was one: not only is smoking cool, but it will SAVE YOUR LIFE! Way to go Superman, at least Joe Camel only smoked one cigarette at a time.
5. Super Loki Power
Another one from Superman II (Not the Donner cut, and if you've never seen the Donner cut, what is wrong with you? Stop reading this article and go watch Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, now). During the final fight between himself and the evil Kryptonians, Superman tricks them by creating hologram duplicates of himself. Basically the same hinge that Loki does in Avengers. Like Superman didn't have enough powers already, he has to steal powers from other comic book characters.
4. Super Earth-Rebuilding Power
Granted, he didn't do it with his mind, but it's so far-fetched it makes it even harder to swallow that him rebuilding the Great Wall. Okay, so, in World's Finest issue 241from 1976, Batman and Superman are in space while Earth blows up or something and Superman grabs a bunch of pieces from other planets and asteroids and stuff and builds a new earth from scratch. He also uses his super-breath to basically operate as an atom-smasher, then he creates Earth's new atmosphere by blowing on it. I don't know how all the people returned to Earth, and I shudder to think what part of Superman's bod they came out of.
3. Super Midget-Shooting Power
No, Superman never shot a midget. At least, I don't think he did… Does Mr. Mxyzptlk count as a midget? Anyway, during an adventure back in 1939, Superman loses all of his powers due to radiation poisoning but gains one new power: the ability to shoot a miniature version of himself out of his hand that possesses all of his powers. How? Why? What kind of drugs were the writers doing? All of these questions come to mind. Clearly the creators of this comic had no idea what radiation does. Granted, this was created prior to us dropping the bombs on Japan, so I guess this is as logical a guess as any for the side-effects of radiation.
2. Super Spin-the-World-Backwards-to-Time-Travel Power
It upsets me very much that the epic conclusion to such a wonderful movie made this list. Superman: The Movie is an amazing, breakthrough film. Well acted, well written, well directed, but the conclusion to this story should make anyone shake their heads. Lois Lane dies, so Superman flies around the world so fast he reverses the direction of Earth, thus allowing him to travel back in time and save her. Whoever came up with this ridiculous logic should have their head examined. If Superman were able to reverse the direction of Earths rotation (and that's a gigantic IF), all he would do is send everyone and everything on Earth hurtling into space. In addition, there's a fair chance he'd knock Earth out of orbit altogether. Plus, even if he could turn back time like this, how the hell did he know that? Wouldn't he at lease hesitate before trying it for the first time? Isn't he supposed to be Earth's savior? Yet he's willing to risk us all on a hunch with some very flawed logic.
1. Super Whatever the F--k This Is
In Superman II, Superman doesn't just create duplicates of himself and Super Kiss Lois, he also, during the final fight scene, pulls off the "S" from his costume(though it still remains there) and throws it at the evil Kryptonian Non. The paper shield grows somehow and wraps itself around Non like a giant piece of Saran wrap, temporarily subduing him. That's it. It's just about the most baffling moment in Superman history, an unexplainable power that someone spent thousands of dollars on to produce the effect for. The only possible explanation to this is that Richard Lester lost his mind during filming.
Jim of WVa
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You do in some movies.
shavedape
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Bluce Ree
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3. Super Midget-Shooting Power
No, Superman never shot a midget. At least, I don't think he did…
You mean "shot a midget out of his hand"? Because you're implying Superman is a murderous prick who may shoot midgets.
Anyone else notice how Superman has god-like powers beyond super strength and invulnerability? He can erase your mind, control time, shoot midgets out of his hand, lasers from his eyes, float in mid air, fly through space and see through objects, among other powers?
You mean "shot a midget out of his hand"? Because you're implying Superman is a murderous prick who may shoot midgets.
Anyone else notice how Superman has god-like powers beyond super strength and invulnerability? He can erase your mind, control time, shoot midgets out of his hand, lasers from his eyes, float in mid air, fly through space and see through objects, among other powers?
All that and more. I bet he has "other" powers behind closed doors with women too.
When they need for him to do something new, they just add that power in for that movie/show, and you dont see it again. 
shavedape
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You mean "shot a midget out of his hand"? Because you're implying Superman is a murderous prick who may shoot midgets.
Anyone else notice how Superman has god-like powers beyond super strength and invulnerability? He can erase your mind, control time, shoot midgets out of his hand, lasers from his eyes, float in mid air, fly through space and see through objects, among other powers?
And this is why Superman is one of my least favorite superheroes. He's a magical jack of all trades that pulls super powers out of his ass whenever it's convenient. That makes for a very, very boring protagonist. Why should I root for a guy who has no legitimate challenges? Why should I root for a superhero that doesn't have to use his wits to succeed when the limits on his super powers have been exceeded? (The answer being that his super powers can't be exceeded, which is pretty much my point.)
BINGO.
He is a bit easier if you keep him in his own universe and off Earth. I would LOVE to see the Silver Surfer on screen. He and Thor battle in the comics, and the whole Asgardian universe is full of similarly powered beings like Thor. But please PLEASE no Galactus
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