Timothy
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Post by Timothy on Jul 22, 2007 17:59:58 GMT -5
*slaps forehead* No wonder I'm not a science major... No worries! Yeah, I was kinda thinking that's how it would work... |
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Post by Papa Smurf on Jul 23, 2007 1:30:55 GMT -5
I would like to see superman give himself a burn shaving (Heat vision of course - Razor blades do nothing!)
"hmmm... It'l take more than toilet paper to fix that"
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Timothy
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Post by Timothy on Jul 23, 2007 13:35:30 GMT -5
I would like to see superman give himself a burn shaving (Heat vision of course - Razor blades do nothing!) "hmmm... It'l take more than toilet paper to fix that" Well, that can be explained in a similar fashion to Wolverine's healing factor; hell, Superman can only shave by angling his heat vision off of a fragment of his Kryptonian rocket (as seen in John Byrne's Superman: The Man of Steel). |
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Post by Papa Smurf on Jul 24, 2007 0:38:01 GMT -5
About his Heat/x-ray eyes, How Can he shoot things out of his eyes? Do his Rods and Cones store energy that can be ejected? I would think that such a tremendous output would shut down the nerves, at least temporarily. Also why such a difference is spectrum? Red ( or any color used for the heat) is really low and X-ray is really high. Can he do stuff in between?
Lastly There are a lot of cosmic X-rays in space. That must be blinding!
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Post by Timothy on Jul 25, 2007 15:32:49 GMT -5
About his Heat/x-ray eyes, How Can he shoot things out of his eyes? Do his Rods and Cones store energy that can be ejected? I would think that such a tremendous output would shut down the nerves, at least temporarily. Also why such a difference is spectrum? Red ( or any color used for the heat) is really low and X-ray is really high. Can he do stuff in between? Lastly There are a lot of cosmic X-rays in space. That must be blinding! My guess is that his eyes act as magnifying glasses and channel the energies of the sun into narrow, focused beams that can destroy pretty much anything or give whatever Superman is firing at one painful burn... |
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Post by Papa Smurf on Aug 1, 2007 1:28:39 GMT -5
I guess the big problem is that if you make Superman less super, than he's not really Superman. That guy has it all: strength, speed, flight, and anything else that can be pulled out of his (smurf). Most Characters are defined by the power they have or their personna. Superman is just Super man because his abilities go above most others. If you mixed The Flash, Hercules, Cyclops(x-man, not giant), and Steel you still wouldnt have someone super enough to have the title "Super"Man.
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Post by Timothy on Aug 1, 2007 10:17:11 GMT -5
I guess the big problem is that if you make Superman less super, than he's not really Superman. That guy has it all: strength, speed, flight, and anything else that can be pulled out of his (smurf). Most Characters are defined by the power they have or their personna. Superman is just Super man because his abilities go above most others. If you mixed The Flash, Hercules, Cyclops(x-man, not giant), and Steel you still wouldnt have someone super enough to have the title "Super"Man. Ironically, I was thinking about this the other day. To me, one of the greatest portrayals of the Man of Steel was in the Fleischer Superman cartoons of the 1940s. You are able to witness the extraordinary abilities of this man, while simultaneously feeling for him when he's actually getting hurt; sure, the ray beams or buildings collapsing on him won't kill him, but they still pack a punch. That is, IMO, the quintessential way of telling Superman's story; don't give him powers rivaling, say, Darkseid. Otherwise, there's no conflict; in the paraphrased words of legendary Batman writer and editor Dennis O'Neil, "How do you put conflict into a story when you've got a guy [Superman] who can destroy a star simply by blowing at it?" Granted, that's a view more or less towards the pre-Crisis Superman, but the point remains. I really enjoyed Jack Napier's idea of having As a writer, I would love to explain how, similar to emotions in regards to mutant abilities, heightened stressful and emotional levels prompted new abilities in the Man of Steel. For example, you can explain Superman's heat vision as a magnified (pun intended ;D ) version of a human eye lens, while simultaneously being the physical manifestation of anger, or literally "seeing red". |
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Post by Wolf on Mar 3, 2009 17:31:41 GMT -5
I think the most unrealistic part of superman is the fact that no one seems to question why he needs to leave or where he's going. They don't even really seem to notice. And of course no one questions why Supes and Kent are never seen together. Spidey takes his own pics for the Daily Bugle. He Has a cover story. Supes never did. Yet no one questioned why one of the best reporters never caught pics and stories of the Man of Steel. For once, have people notice (other than lois), have them question. Have him face the dilemma of what to do about the questions. Make him think. He doesn't even have to figure out where his enemies are most of the time. He just goes, fights (if you can call that fighting really), saves the day, gets the girl, and goes on with his picture perfect life. Woohoo. I'd watch Leave it to Beaver first, thanks.
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