[Lord Aquaman]

What do you think? Who's got the better chance?

[use the force]

superman only gets his powers from a solar system with only one son or someting.


anyway darth vader could just hold him there with th force and cut him into pieces with his lightsaber.

[barend]

could he?

that's untested territory....

maybe if it were a green lightsabre..

[Despondent]

And if the kyber crystal is Lucas' kryptonite, Darth wins.

This post has been edited by Despondent: 13 December 2004 - 09:23 PM

[J m HofMarN]

I'm sorry, but Superman owns all.

[use the force]

I hate superman , he is way to cheap.

He has bones of steel can fly at the speed of light., has laser eyes, can blow wind from his mouth as fast as hurricanes, has frost breath, and probabley has a million other powers that I can't think of.

[J m HofMarN]

Why do you think I said he owns all? Originally he wasnt that strong but they kept adding powers as gimmicks to keep readers interested. Still, he's better than that punk batman. I mean, being rich is a pretty lame superpower. Can you imagine if Batman were poor and had to make up costumes and gadgets from crap he found in the garbage?

[barend]

well, crap dude that's the whole point...

being rich is a superpower...

if your a billionare and you don't build cool gadgets and vehicles to make yourself eith a super hero or supervillain (and by supervilan i don't mean some rich asshole who doesn't pay his employees well), you're wasting your dosh you posh slosh!

[use the force]

BATMAN OWNS all other super heroes.

HE rely's on his own skills and crafty gadgets to fight crime. He doesn't even need super powers like superman who is the lamest thing around. Yeah he is rich so what, gonna hold it against him that he has a good job. He is also a much more complex character than superman who just goes around throwing buildings around and using laser eyes while blowing hurricanes out of his mouth.

[Lord Aquaman]

Why do you think I said he owns all? Originally he wasnt that strong but they kept adding powers as gimmicks to keep readers interested. Still, he's better than that punk batman. I mean, being rich is a pretty lame superpower. Can you imagine if Batman were poor and had to make up costumes and gadgets from crap he found in the garbage?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

How did this turn into a debate over the relative pros and cons of Batman and Superman?

J m HofmMaN, you are officially the 2nd person I've met who has voiced disdain for Batman, the first person being my English teacher Dennis Kaplan for more or less the same reason (he's rich).

[barend]

actually Use The Force...
what is bruce waynes job?

does anyone know?

[J m HofMarN]

I think the problem with Batman is that his superpowers aren't quite inherent. One should not be able to just buy their way into the Justice League or the Avengers or what have you. Superman came from another planet that got destroyed, spiderman was bitten by a radioactive spider, daredevil got toxic waste dumped on him and then learned to use his other senses, etc etc. These are all good hero backstories. However Batman's story amounts to "My parents had a lot of money, so now I do too!" Not terribly compelling. And whereas the others could lose their powers because of some interesting story element Batman could lose his powers because his stock dropped. I'm not saying batman is uninteresting, just that he's more of a secret agent type than a super hero. Now there's a match. Batman VS James Bond.

Aquaman- Good to know I'm not alone.

Barend- Ummm... Isn't he a janitor?

[barend]

you're a frosty one hof
(get it... lame SW joke to keep on topic)

that's lame!!!

don't get agitated or offended by the following...
I just wanted to respond as harshly as possible...
(just so yoou know the following was not said out of anger or meanness)
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oooh... a bunch of guys who got dousted or injected with hazardous materials and mutated into superbeings... there's some real development for you... freddy fuckface walks down the street and gets toxic radioactive venome pored over his face and for no reason or by means of deservedness becomes powerful... flips a coin and goes with being a good guy...

FUCK THAT!!!

Batman is some kid whos parents are brutally shot infront of him, scared for life, his only compensation is an old butler who will care for as best a man trained to serve can raise a child... you have to realize it would have been a fairly unaffectionate upbringing... the other, was a fuckload of cash...

he could have just lived a slothful life of stuffing himslef with goose liver pate, smoked salmon, caviar, dom perrion, moet, between his facials and celbrity hooker blowjobs... but instead... driven by the traumatic loss of family and upbringing, this weathy golden spoon toting kid raised by the working class, thus earning a social concious, decides to devote all his available time to crime prevention...

i didn't even like him all that much untill i wrote that... now i think batmans the best...

(after LOBO)...

[use the force]

Why does being rich automatically disqualify you from being a cool superhero. He can still kick ass rich or not. Im glad he doesn't have to use "cheap powers" to have an edge over opponents. Where did you get this "bought himself into the justice league" crap. The justice league is not a corrupt organization like the UN.


I mean superman is so cheap he should just have a power called I "win".


IT will just show him squiting really hard and then his opponent drops dead. I mean thats whats gonna happen anyway because its impossible to kill a guy that gets new powers every month.


any barend I think batman is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises or something.

This post has been edited by use the force: 15 December 2004 - 08:59 PM

[barend]

oh, yeah...

that sounds familiar...
cheers...

i think he just invests...

like being a hero, his job is also having cash!