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Superheroes Are they overated?

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Posted 19 September 2005 - 12:18 AM

Superheroes are possibly the single most irritating concept ever to plague the minds of naive youngsters and informed adolescents. It's bad enough having store shelves embarrasingly full of the plastic pestilences, but do directors really have to waste our time with all these revivals? Every cinema I go to, every channel I watch, there are advertisements promoting Spiderman, the Hulk, Catwoman, Daredevil...heck, they even revived the revival of Batman.

My final thought: Buzz Lightyear is not super.

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    Posted 19 September 2005 - 04:32 AM

    Did you see Batman Begins???? Did you see the X-mens???? Fantastic four was alright, better then it looked. The Hulk sucked bad. Catwomen sucked. Spiderman 1 and 2 were good first time around. Daredevil was good, Elecktra was really good, Super hero movies ain't that bad.

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      Posted 19 September 2005 - 05:41 AM

      But they're nothing special. I liked only X-Men

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        Posted 19 September 2005 - 08:24 AM

        It all caught on with the X-Men movies, I believe.

        I hear the next Scary Movie is going to parody select scenes from all these superhero movies.

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          Posted 19 September 2005 - 11:12 AM

          I think that yes, there are too many superhero movies now, but it was only a matter of time before the flood gates opened on these movies, I mean we've made a movie about everything else! I really liked the Spiderman movies, but personally I think all the other ones weren't worth writing home about.

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            Posted 19 September 2005 - 01:30 PM

            Daredevil, Electra, X-Men, were good IMO. I don't really like the rest, well sorta. Super Man was great.

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              Posted 19 September 2005 - 01:33 PM

              I liked the Spider-Man movies better. Probably 'cause I only got to see them.

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                Posted 19 September 2005 - 01:54 PM

                View PostEugine, on Sep 19 2005, 02:30 PM, said:

                Daredevil, Electra, X-Men, were good IMO. I don't really like the rest, well sorta. Super Man was great.

                I forgot about Superman! Those were good movies too! It's depressing to watch them now because of what happened to Christopher Reeve. :(

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                  Posted 19 September 2005 - 04:49 PM

                  View PostEugine, on Sep 20 2005, 05:30 AM, said:

                  Daredevil, Electra, X-Men, were good IMO. I don't really like the rest, well sorta. Super Man was great.

                  A super man movie?

                  I loved Batman Begins and X-men. I liked Electra more then Daredevil, and spider man 1 and 2 just wasn't as good second time round.

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                    Posted 19 September 2005 - 06:30 PM

                    View Postwatch, on Sep 19 2005, 06:49 PM, said:

                    A super man movie?


                    The Superman movies are old. Probably around mid-70's or 80's.

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                      Posted 20 September 2005 - 01:37 PM

                      Those superman movies had great special effects for the time. However, unlike today, it was obvious deciphering reality from computer generated.

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                        Posted 20 September 2005 - 05:10 PM

                        Best Superheros of all time. Spider-Man and Batman. Nuff said. Why do I say this? Superman is just to powerful lets be realistic(if thats possible with superheros) the guy needs to have more than just one weakness.

                        Spider-man is smart plus strong but not to strong. Quick reflexes, and able to jump up to high places. He is like a super human.

                        The same goes with Batman. Smarts, great fighting ablility and a cool attitude. Plus with no powers he is pretty tough.

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                        Posted 20 September 2005 - 06:48 PM

                        Myself, I don't see how Batman could possibly be considered a superhero. He doesn't even have any freaking powers. I guess that's one of the reasons why I like the BM movies so much.

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                          Posted 21 September 2005 - 03:34 AM

                          One kid in my school 2 years back went around and asked people whom was better; Spiderman or Batman. I chose Spiderman (as did a majority of the people he asked, surprisingly), since he's more genuinely superhero than Batman; just because you've got the smarts, strength, and gadgets (hint hint), doesn't really make you as genuine.

                          But hey, I'm not really egging on Batman; he has been a DC Comics staple. As does Spiderman for Marvel.

                          ... Hmm ... maybe they should make a Marvel vs DC Comics video game; something like SSBM, and like that new Marvel fighter game that just came out.

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                            Posted 21 September 2005 - 01:20 PM

                            Batman is the best superhero IMO. Why? He simply is the most effective out of the justice league even without any actual "super power". Do you see Parker (Spiderman) being any good without his powers? Nope.

                            Batman could be stripped naked and he could still dan anyone with super powers. Why you may ask? He is downright intelligent and is a good thinker. The mind is your strongest weapon.

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                              Posted 23 September 2005 - 06:08 AM

                              View PostEugine, on Sep 21 2005, 07:20 PM, said:

                              Batman could be stripped naked and he could still dan anyone with super powers.

                              I don't think so. He just replaced super powers with technology, and he would have been hopeless without them, same like f.e. Spiderman without his powers.

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                                Posted 23 September 2005 - 01:42 PM

                                Batman is downright intelligent. He could think through tuff' situations other hero's cannot. If all was stripped of the aspect that made them "super" (batman being his gadgets) he could knock them out with simply analysing his surroundings and using it to his advantages with quick thinking.

                                Other superheroes will simply use strengh. But hey, we are fighting a never-ending battle.

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                                  Posted 23 September 2005 - 03:29 PM

                                  What are you saying spider-man isn't intelligent? he makes his own webs(atleast he did in the cartoon) and thought of plans of beating enemies that his powers would not have been able to do.

                                  Batman is a rich boy with a bunch of tools. Spider-man is just a superhuman with his smarts. No money, no toys.

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                                    Posted 23 September 2005 - 03:36 PM

                                    Spider Man was my favorite super hero as a kid, but I felt that the movie Batman Begins was better than spiderman 2. Spiderman 1 simply owned all.

                                    I cant wait to start seeing Venom in the movies...if they dare to do that and possibly ruin the movie series.


                                    PS-You guys forgot The Punisher.

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                                      Posted 24 September 2005 - 10:49 AM

                                      Ahh i almost forgot. The Hellboy!
                                      I think that this hero is best :P

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                                        Posted 24 September 2005 - 01:34 PM

                                        Eugine, you're not alone. I like Batman best.

                                        Everybody, you can't say you don't relate to Batman more than the other guys. Plus, he went training with ninjas. That ROCKED!

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                                          Posted 24 September 2005 - 01:39 PM

                                          LOL.

                                          Spiderman is intelligent alright, but he's too geeky, weak and downright annoying (no one can't say Peter don't act like a retard when he didn't have his power :P) to actual fight Batman, Batman is smart and strong. :D

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                                            Posted 24 September 2005 - 02:25 PM

                                            Batman the TV show was a riot to watch! Adam West is crazy now, though, it's a real shame. He really thinks he is Batman.

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                                              Posted 24 September 2005 - 04:45 PM

                                              Batman is clearly better then Spider man. Besides, Bruce Wayne is heaps cooler/better then Peter Parker.

                                              What about the oldies though? The Flash, Green Lantern etc etc

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                                                Posted 24 September 2005 - 06:53 PM

                                                I feel like a geek for knowing this but....
                                                The original Green Lantern was actually white. The one you see in the Justice League is Black.

                                                Spider-man has to fight tougher bad guys. Venom, Carnage- those two alone are the sickest bad guys around.

                                                Plus Spider-man is linked with the X-men series which in relationships, attitude, and realistic affairs beats the Justice League hands down.

                                                Batman gets praised for what he does. Spider-man(in the eyes of the public in the show) is public enemy 101. He gets blamed for all kinds of things he doesn't do yet he still tries to protect everyone with the limited resources he has.

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                                                  Posted 24 September 2005 - 06:59 PM

                                                  Wait... so you're telling me what the Justice League does isn't as important as what the X-Men do? The Justice Luague saves the whole solar system, while Spider-Man only saves um... New York?

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                                                    Posted 24 September 2005 - 07:06 PM

                                                    Were Superfriends and the Justice League the same? Did they just change the name to something cooler?

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                                                      Posted 24 September 2005 - 07:49 PM

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                                                      Wait... so you're telling me what the Justice League does isn't as important as what the X-Men do? The Justice Luague saves the whole solar system, while Spider-Man only saves um... New York?

                                                      No. What I am saying is that The X-men deal with more"personal affairs". The X-men are mutants, outlaws in the world. Everyone hates them yet they still go out there saving people. When it comes to the Justice League it's usually a Superman punching the heck out of something cause massive destruction to building and what not.

                                                      The X-men are still adjusting to the world. Some want to rule it(Magneto) and other want to live with humans(Professor X). Other don't know where the heck they fit in. Justice League float above everyone else feeling high and mighty saving the world day by day. Plus, most of the Justice League members have way to many powers that it's ridicules. Superman is mostly invinsible, Green Lantern can make anything out of his ring, John has to many powers to count.

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                                                        Posted 28 September 2005 - 11:15 AM

                                                        I like Xmen better than Justice League, because having Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Robin on the same team is just kind of stupid. They're supposed to be from different worlds.

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                                                          Posted 28 September 2005 - 04:29 PM

                                                          Superheroes are not overrated. They are uber strong and are SUPERHEROES


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