Man of Angst ( a.k.a. Man of Steel )
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EvilSpaceAlien
Sinister Swede
I jumped off the couch tonight - no trails...
Well maybe it's because you don't have the same super flatulence as Superman.
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Backstep
Guest
With the year after year reboots of these same movies, why does each reboot have to start with the origins? Why not make the reboot interesting?
Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
The last Superman reboot didn't start with his origin. "Superman: Goes Away" starts with him having left Lois with a super bun in the oven for no apparent reason, then comes back and finds Kevin Spacey has gone bald and turned evil. It was the most boring, mind-numbing reboot ever but it did break from the pack in that respect.
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Backstep
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Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
Here's a silly question. Superbutt flew all the way to Krypton in the last reboot but he gets his powers from the effects of our yellow sun. Wouldn't he lose his powers as he distances himself from our sun and just die in the vacuum of space? Let's say, for argument's sake, space is filled with yellow stars all the way to Krypton. Wouldn't the same happen anyway as he approaches Krypton's star?
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Backstep
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Good question
Riddle me this next Batman movie, which would be the better Kryptonite, Krypton's sun or Krypton its self 
shavedape
Well Known GateFan
Here ya go:
Sheldon: Are you listening to yourself, it is well established that Superman’s flight is a feat of strength, it is an extension of his ability to leap tall buildings, an ability he derives from Earth’s yellow Sun.
Howard: Yeah, and you don’t have a problem with that, how does he fly at night?
Sheldon: A combination of the moon’s solar reflection and the energy storage capacity of Kryptonian skin cells.
Penny: I’m just going to go wash up.
Leonard: I have 26 hundred comic books in there, I challenge you to find a single reference to Kryptonian skin cells.
Sheldon: Challenge accepted. (Tries door.) We’re locked out.
Raj: Also, the pretty girl left.
mzzz
Well Known GateFan
He's like a battery. From http://www.comicvine.com/superman/4005-1807/
"As a Kryptonian, Kal-El possesses the ability to absorb the solar energy from yellow stars. His Kryptonian body is constantly absorbing and storing energy from Earth's yellow sun (allowing him to retain energy under roofed structures and even at night) which in turn grants him incredible powers, including superhuman strength, enhanced senses, impenetrable skin, and the ability to defy gravity."
Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
How far into deep space does this work? And, again, what about when he reaches the Krypton system? If a bit of kryptonite trashes him here then he doesn't stand a chance between his sun and his planet when he gets there.
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Gatefan1976
Well Known GateFan
Maybe it's all red Kryptonite, it would explain why he left Lois with a bun in the oven...........
Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
Maybe it's all red Kryptonite, it would explain why he left Lois with a bun in the oven...........
Seems to exactly fit what happened right before the last Superman movie.
Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
The entire premise requires suspension of belief. I'm just point out inconsistencies.
shavedape
Well Known GateFan
You've hit on the main reason that Superman doesn't appeal to me -- the premise is just too much to believe. He's too perfect, too strong. In short, he's boring. Give me someone like Batman who has to work at saving the day and who can't "breathe" in space like Superman can. And that's another thing, how does Superman breathe in space? So we're just supposed to believe (yet again) that Superman is immune to the laws of physics and doesn't need to process oxygen into his lungs and can hold his breath and/or not breathe at all, ever...
I hate Superman.
mzzz
Well Known GateFan
lol I like him, sorta represents an ideal sort of. If you had all that power, most of us would be steeped in hedonism. Instead, he tries to represent an idea, from the trailer:
"You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time you will help them accomplish wonders."
And if you've read or watched any dc superman animation/comics, he really cares about humanity and all life and tries to improve it. Kinda inspires people to be more than they are, more than just live and die and have a pointless life. Cartoonish? Sure, I can accept that. Quite frankly, I don't mind. I would love nothing more than to help and contribute to all life and help them rise to the sun. It's kinda TOS-like to me, inspire humanity to be more than themselves, that optimism. Much prefer that message than the usual messages in media today: mediocrity is to be celebrated, be ignorant and closed, wallow in your self-pity and harm and inflict it on others, be narcissistic, indulge in unrestricted and wanton hedonism and materialism, etc. Think we'd be much further in life if more people had Supes ideals rather than the self-indulgent ideals of so-called 'real people'.
"You will give the people an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun. In time you will help them accomplish wonders."
And if you've read or watched any dc superman animation/comics, he really cares about humanity and all life and tries to improve it. Kinda inspires people to be more than they are, more than just live and die and have a pointless life. Cartoonish? Sure, I can accept that. Quite frankly, I don't mind. I would love nothing more than to help and contribute to all life and help them rise to the sun. It's kinda TOS-like to me, inspire humanity to be more than themselves, that optimism. Much prefer that message than the usual messages in media today: mediocrity is to be celebrated, be ignorant and closed, wallow in your self-pity and harm and inflict it on others, be narcissistic, indulge in unrestricted and wanton hedonism and materialism, etc. Think we'd be much further in life if more people had Supes ideals rather than the self-indulgent ideals of so-called 'real people'.
