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Re: If I could be any superhero...
Posted By: Jeff, on host 198.36.174.1
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999, at 12:50:47
In Reply To: Re: If I could be any superhero... posted by Kelly on Friday, October 22, 1999, at 09:05:42:

> > > This is kinda realted to the Favorite Superhero stuff but this might be more interesting.
> > > If you could have the skills, powers, and equipment of any superhero who's would you take?

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> This was originally brought up on an episode of Seinfeld, but given the subject matter, I think it deserves mentioning again.
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> Superman has all kinds of super powers and super senses (vision, hearing, etc...), so why wouldn't he have super-humor? Or super-compassion? Or even super-wise-cracking? If that's the case, and I think there's a pretty good argument that it is, then I'd have to say that I'd have to go with Superman.
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Superman definitely has it going on in the invincibility area (save for the Kryptonite), but he could stand a bit of a make-over to LOOK tougher. Blue tights?? Who thought that this was a good look? What kind of criminal would be threatened by a guy sporting this ensemb'?

> Here's another question about Superman that I heard somewhere. Why would he just stand there and let bullets bounce off him, but duck when a bad guy threw an empty gun at him? And for that matter, why would the bad guy even throw the gun at him if the bullets had no effect?
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> Kel"faster than a speeding tortoise, more powerful than a Tonka truck, and able to leap small children in a single bound"ly

That's a cliche that needs to go away, and fast. "Oh, gee....I've just emptied my gun at this superhero/cop/detective/witty sidekick, but to no avail...Hmmmm, I should now throw my gun at them in a vain attempt to actually hit them, knock them down, and I shall triumph and flee to my underground lair." Shhyyaaaww. As if!

Je "No, that's not a bath towel safety-pinned around my neck, it's a cape, you ninny." ff

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