Batman was not a superhero! It's all rubbish, he didn't have any powers. And Superman had too many powers. I'm fond of the X-Men and the Avenging
Angels of my own invention haha.
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Posts: 3102 (05/05/08 23:42:49) |
Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal, highway or side streets, kiss her or keep her, we make
choices and we live with the consequences. If someone gets hurt along the way we ask for forgiveness, it's the best anyone can do.
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Posts: 466 (05/06/08 08:41:06) |
I always thought Batman was a superhero because he didn't have any special powers but could still do everything the 'real' superheroes did.
A thought on that though... I was working a series of stories about a superhero called the Raven. It's based on the idea of what if a real person actually had wings that would be big enought to carry them in flight. That's sorta beside the point though--all the Raven has is wings, no other powers, no extra training. After a while, I came up with a scene like this where she's taking to one of her nemesises and he says, "Wings don't make you a superhero." Raven agrees, "No," she says, "but this does." And then punches him in the face. The point here was that it's not the superpowers that make the superhero, it's the circumstances. The only reason real life superheroes don't exist is because we refuse to believe in them, or are afraid of what will happen if we do. (See Unbreakable for reference.) What a long, strange trip it's been. |
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Posts: 477 (05/06/08 09:28:02) |
Batman is my favourite superhero precisely because he has no powers. In a world filled with ubermensch, half-crocodile arch-villains, and baddies that
can fall in acid and come out somehow improved, he proves it's still possible for the average Joe *cough*withabilliondollars*cough* to stay in the
big leagues with just the power of technology and skill. Iron Man works for me on the same premise - inside that suit, there's a real, squishy human being
just waiting to be caught between anvil and hammer, with just his ingenuity and several layers of awesome metal in the way of a messy death.
Very transhuman, if you look at it a certain way. These are dudes who have been able to improve their chances of survival with fitness and technology, and still managed to keep up with the mutants and the super aliens despite being given a lousy start. Give me that over Supes's kryptonite allergy any day. "Kidnapping Nubile Victorian Ladies Since 1867" |
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Posts: 469 (05/10/08 22:43:02) |
Ironically, Superman's kryptonite issues started when the comic became a radio program--it was so popular that they had to do something so the
voice actor for Superman could take a vacation once in a while.
What a long, strange trip it's been. |
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Posts: 417 (05/10/08 23:29:51) |
You know, you have to hand it to the Evil villains for still standing a chance against Super Man and everybody, because they make do with what they have and
they don't go around saying "Yay, I have super powers! I am unstoppable!" No, they actually have to think things through. Yeah.
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Ablean Buckslinger |
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Posts: 3129 (05/10/08 23:35:17) |
Batman. Bruce Wayne. One of the wealthiest people in the world and with all these amazing technological advances. But instead of dealing with the big issues
like terrorism, or fighting the Murdochs and Trumps of this world, he uses his powers to work on street level crime and attack people who really aren't in
the same sort of league.
Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal, highway or side streets, kiss her or keep her, we make
choices and we live with the consequences. If someone gets hurt along the way we ask for forgiveness, it's the best anyone can do.
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Posts: 419 (05/10/08 23:37:08) |
Yeah, he kinda attacks the weaker- but he's a person that attacks the weaker for a good cause? Um... also, sometimes the world has to be dealt with on a
smaller level before it can be dealt with on a larger one.
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Ablean Buckslinger |
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Posts: 3130 (05/10/08 23:59:54) |
But it's been what? Fifty years and he's still beating up bag-snatchers?
Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal, highway or side streets, kiss her or keep her, we make
choices and we live with the consequences. If someone gets hurt along the way we ask for forgiveness, it's the best anyone can do.
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Posts: 501 (05/11/08 11:16:31) |
I would hardly classify The Joker, Killer Croc, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, Black Mask, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Bane, and especially Ra's
Al Ghul as mere purse-snatchers. Bruce Wayne is too busy to fight social injustice, because all of his nemeses are completely insane.
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Ablean Buckslinger |
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Posts: 3132 (05/11/08 11:43:56) |
Oh aye, I admit he's had a couple to deal with, but only because Superman has been otherwise engaged.
I don't know - I don't know much about superheroes. Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal, highway or side streets, kiss her or keep her, we make
choices and we live with the consequences. If someone gets hurt along the way we ask for forgiveness, it's the best anyone can do.
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