Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
W_Z wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
G.O.P. wrote:
Superman will always be my favorite superhero.
Are you serious???? He's a ridiculously dumb superhero unless you buy into the Rich Cohen hypothesis that he represents Ashkenazi Jews in America.
“Superman is a writer; Superman is brainy in his glasses; Superman is in exile from an ancient nation destroyed by fire; Superman has two names, a fake WASP-y name (Clark Kent) and a secret name in an ancient tongue, Kal-El; . . . Superman, whose cape is a tallis; Superman, whose logo, the “S” emblazoned on his chest, marks him as a freakish stranger as the yellow Star of David marks the ghetto Jew.” If you accept that, then he's kinda cool. Otherwise, he's too fucking powerful. So powerful the ultra dumb conceit of Kryptonite had to be created so he could actually face danger. I never understood why a piece of the planet he came from would weaken him. Idiotic.
kryptonite is equivalent to radioactive material here. it affects everyone on krypton, not just superman.
if i recall, in "man of steel", kryptonite is harmless on planet krypton; but on planet earth it becomes toxic.
I understand what Kryptonite is, sir. There are various colors of Kryptonite, from the extra deadly red, to the common green, to the harmless blue. What I want to know is how it becomes deadly. Does the atmosphere of Earth affect it? And I'm not sure the green Kryptonite is deadly to Kryptonians on Earth but it may just render them the same as earthlings. They're not super beings on Krypton, just on Earth. It's the dumbest fucking concept. I much prefer a dude who navigates space on a surfboard and works as a page for a big motherfucker who eats planets. Long live Marvel! Fuck Detective Comics!
in the rabbit hole that is kryptonite, there are a ton of things about red kryptonite. it's not always deadly. it's just really wild. like PCP. but because of the many incarnations of superman stories, it takes on different effects and purposes. it's removed superman's powers, but so has gold kryptonite.
i prefer marvel, too, but i don't think superman's that bad. the first two "superman" movies are classics. "smallville" was a fantastic TV series. the comics have been up and down but there have been really solid series.
my favorite superhero has always been wolverine, but the one i've identified the most with is spider-man. or, howard the duck.