One movie that I am excited to see this year is The Dark Knight. I have also heard rumors of a Justice League movie that may, or may not, be in production. Which got me thinking, Superman is a pretty imbalanced character. A Justice League movie would be pretty lame. Superman can do everything. You have to find a villain that is so powerful that they can take on Superman. At the same time, you have to make it seem like Batman, The Flash, Aquaman, etc. can contribute to the battle as well. Because, ultimately, Superman can do everything the other members of the Justice League can do, plus more. Basically, Superman is a super one-upper, for example:
1. Superman is faster than, or just as fast as, the Flash. But not only is Superman as fast as the Flash, but he can also use this power to travel in time. Why does anyone need the Flash? Not only will Superman get there as fast as him, but Superman can also get there the day before you need him.
2. Guess how strong is Superman? How strong is he? He is so strong he can move entire planets….for crying out load. No matter what villain you put up against Superman, Superman will overpower him. If he can push around planets is it anything to push somebody around? Imagine this. There is a villain tearing up downtown Metropolis. Superman with his super hearing (which he can hear sound at almost any wavelength and at vast distances) is alerted to the trouble. Immediately, he flies over to investigate. As he swoops down the villain takes a truck, a really big truck, and throws it at him! Superman then gets up, turns around, and throws the whole freaking earth at his face!
The only real comfort one has in Superman’s limitation is that he can die. That is the only humbling thing about Superman. But, apparently he can only be dead for so long. Who is Superman trying to one-up now? Jesus? “Oh, Jesus came back from the dead, well so can I, plus….I’m two inches taller!”
[All the Superman facts were received from;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_and_abilities_of_Superman, http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/races.html, http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=comics-sfaq, http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/6659 ]
(I would like to thank Gordan Hackman for proofreading this, and I am dedicating this post to Jason K. and Jacob W. for their debates of Superman and Batman)
5 comments:
Great entry. Me likey. I have to say though, I have watched the Justice League cartoon a time or two, and really liked it. Those cartoons (Batman, Superman, even Teen Titans) have great writers. If I recall correctly, there was always heavy use of Kryptonite. The world of DC comic book adventure and intrigue has evolved, and so has the technology. Lately the villains have new fangled toys that beam Krypto-rays and stuff. So Superman is like "throw the freaking world at you" and the villains are like, "Zap you with green stuff wussy pants!" and Flash runs right through the rays to save the day. Bam. Flash 1 Superwuss 0
and little ol' lady working at the ray emitter factory--100. Go little ol' lady go. Capitalism sells beets, Little old lady eats beets-- Capitalism beets Superman.
I am actually thinking about writing an essay about why I hate Superman and why Batman is the best Superhero (or at least why he is a thousand times more interesting than Superman). Stay tuned.
PS It looks like Judah and I are the only ones reading you. Hi, Judah. Sorry we've never met.
Though I am a huge fan of Superman and like the Superman mythology better than Batman, this post joseph was absolutely hilarious. It made me think of video of Superman talking with Batman over coffee. Basically Superman tells how he found missles Lex was going to launch and Batman says "I would have stopped it" Superman says "with what?" Batman says "i don't know I would have found something on my utility belt" to which Superman says "you use that utility belt thing way too much". Great post joseph and I look forward to ready krannies post.
Axegrinder is mistaken!!! There is a third who has discovered your blog. Having only seen the 1960's TV version of Batman, it is my understanding that the movie versions are much darker. Some think that darkness equals deepness. I'm not so sure. I think I'm the only one in the country who has not seen the movie versions. Nor have I seen Narnia, the Matrix movies, or the last three Star Wars. Some of our fellow seminarians have diagnosed me as culturally deprived. Do you agree? If so, what do you recommend? jhg
alright...already.
you show up on my blog just to plug yours.
so here i am.
i didn't read anything, but i'm here.
funny.
-scott|e.
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