DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:Must admit, that was really nerdy. Had more equations than a MyFavoriteGames thread.
Nah, I liked it.
The fight itself I found surprisingly enjoyable, despite the occasional corny dialogue. Choreography was great and they did a good job of squeezing every ability into the fight. Although I'm not surprised that Goku lost. Seriously, Superman is Superman. How on earth did the author create any villains for him to fight? I have a hard time believing that his fellow super pals gave him a good fight at any point without resorting to Kryptonite.
PS. Jake "Hujio" Cutler??
The two halves of Kanzentai become one.
While Superman is one of the tougher people on Earth, there are still many forces well beyond even him (There wouldn't need to be a Justice League if Supes could do everything by himself). A well written Darkseid, for instance, should own Supes on any given day (sadly, many writers liked to make him job; didn't help that DC *Sorry, the Source >_>* made Supes immune to the "Being erased from existence" part of the Omega Effect...though I don't know why Darkseid doesn't just use it to teleport Superman into a Supermassive Black Hole while he sleeps or send him back in time to the earliest point in the universe, because he can do that).
There are gods in the DC Universe (and super powered aliens, other Kryptonians somewhere, the various Lanterns, immortal monstrocities, powerful sorcerers, time traveling heroes and villains, demons, living planets, concepts given life, energy absorbing parasites, sentient viruses, psychotic sentient supercomputers, at least one immortal caveman, and countless other beings spread across many different universes), and they don't fall in the same level as most DBZ gods (Heracles, for example, broke Superman's nose in a fight a few years back).
One should look at Superman like the heroes of myth. People loved the tales of Heracles, Achilles, Perseus, despite either functional immortality and/or demigod status. Heracles was one of the greatest heroes ever, and he was the demigod son of Zeus, who later became a god after proving himself worthy through his many Labors.
Superman is as interesting as the writer who writes that particular story cares to make him. There have been many great stories, but different people have different ideas, so you not only get varying quality, but also varying powers, as some people feel a limited hero is best, while others think they can make the greater powers work by either giving him a greater threat, or telling a story about him as a man, and the struggles he faces in his position of power.
Goku would be the same way after a point if Toriyama lost control of Goku and Shueisha moved him between many different writers and artists over a period of over 70 years.
On that note, some good Superman stories include For The Man Who Has Everything by Alan Moore (exploring more of Superman's regrets/desires in life) and All Star Superman by Grant Morrison (where the 200 Quintillion Tons line came from, where Superman saves several lives, but at a cost, where his exposure to the sun's radiation triples his abilities, but at a cost; the overexposure to radiation is going to kill him in a short amount of time, so we see what Superman does when faced with clear mortality, and so much left to do in his life).
I just feel you can't toss Superman aside without reading a few of his great stories (just like you can't toss Goku aside because you saw some of GT).
I might give some Superman comics a go eventually, but I don't really see it happening either, just the same.
