quote:Originally posted by AchillesHeel: What else could possibly interest him? humans with super-strength cannot even effect him. Do you think Superman can feel a breeze? does the touch of Lois' hand on his face even register? he is so far beyond human recognition that human experience's are futile to him. Every day is an eternity, questions that befuddle every lesser being around you are depressingly simple, and then Solomon Grundy starts throwing some cars around the downtown area. Right or wrong, wouldn't you take a punch in the mouth from one of the few living beings who can actually make you feel something just to break up the monotony?
Wow, you just made Superman sound incredibly interesting.
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All Star Superman did a good job of portraying the way Superman sees the universe. He is super intelligent and can see the world on an entirely different level, both physically and spiritually (he can see the particles in the air because of his eyes).
Personally, I always liked Superman. He was pretty awesome in Justice League (the cartoon). My favorite quote was when he faced Darkseid, and he said something like, "Every day it's like living in a world of cardboard where I have to constantly watch where I'm stepping, and I'm always pulling punches. But not you. No, big guy, you can take it, can't you."
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But that's exactly why I don't care for Superman, he is constantly holding back and allowing bad things to happen. I would much rather see a book where Superman abandons both his role as a hero and his Kryptonian legacy, and just flips out on everything he considers to be lesser than himself. The Dark Knight Strikes Again comes close to that towards the end, its a great conversation between him and his daughter from Wonder-Woman.
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quote:But that's exactly why I don't care for Superman, he is constantly holding back and allowing bad things to happen. I would much rather see a book where Superman abandons both his role as a hero and his Kryptonian legacy, and just flips out on everything he considers to be lesser than himself.
There's also the newer versions of Hyperion and Squadron Supreme, Marvel's alternate universe analogues to Superman and the Justice League. Hyperion is identical to Superman, except instead of being raised by Ma and Pa Kent, the US government found his crashed rocket, and kind of botched the job of raising him. So he's angry.
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So long as it brings the franchise back up into the neighborhood of quality of the second flick, I'll be quite happy.
Not sure how I feel about Leary as Capt. Stacy, though. I enjoy him, he's fun, but Leary always just seems to be playing himself in shows I've seen. Not sure how he'll do.
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I had kinda been concerned about Andrew Garfield being geeky enough for Peter Parker, but he seems to be pulling it off. I still hate his hair though.
But yeah, it looks good and I'd spend $8 to see it (going matinee price around here.)
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quote:Originally posted by Jeff C.: In reality (i.e. according to physics), if anything moved at superspeed like the Flash or Superman, they'd catch fire. I'm actually surprised they never talk about it in the comics or give any valid reasoning for it. But that's comics for you.
I'm pretty sure they have. It's called the Speed Force. Magic, in other words.
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The Spider-Man you are familiar with is the result of some really S T U P I D retconning. The original versions of the characters were MUCH better.
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