Nostalgia Critic's 11 Dumbest Superman Moments

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15 Apr 2009, 8:56 am

I think Superman III is very underrated.



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16 Apr 2009, 8:57 pm

All I can remember is that they cast Richard Pryor of all people in Superman III, and look what happened.

Oh yeah, who remembers the Nintendo 64 game that almost made Superman a laughingstock in the superhero-video game business?



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17 Apr 2009, 7:07 am

That game is known as Jewperman 64.



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23 Apr 2009, 10:15 am

Superman is over 70 years old, of course theres going to be some *facepalm* moments! :o


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23 Sep 2010, 11:50 am

He should do the 11 dumbest batman moments.



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23 Sep 2010, 2:46 pm

I tried to follow the link, but got a 404 page. (Edit: of course it did; this thread is over a year old. Necromancers!)

One of my favorite Superman moments, however, came in the modern animated series, the one with Tim Daly voicing the big blue Boy Scout, that lampshaded one of the dumber things that tend to happen to Supes.

Supes flew in to stop an Intergang plot. Two of the mooks opened fire with their high-tech guns (imported from Apokolips, we learned later), their shots (of course) bouncing harmlessly off the big red S on Supes' invulnerable chest. Superman looked at them, grinned, and said, "New around here, aren't you?"


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23 Sep 2010, 7:07 pm

tb86 wrote:
He should do the 11 dumbest batman moments.


It appears you are new here, but let me let you know I hate you.



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23 Sep 2010, 7:18 pm

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23 Sep 2010, 8:13 pm

tb86 wrote:
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You bumped a year old thread.



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24 Sep 2010, 7:28 am

Current link.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videol ... 11superman

BTW, how would reversing the Earth's rotation cause people to fall off? Rotation does not impact gravity.



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24 Sep 2010, 11:49 am

Thanks for the link, zer0!

I suppose that stopping, then reversing, the rotation of Earth so quickly would raise inertia issues with all those people (and buildings, and seismic fault-lines, and...) spinning around in one direction at just under 1000 mph, then suddenly having the planet do the exact opposite.

The other question I had was: How, exactly, is flying around the planet really fast supposed to change its rotation in any way whatsoever???

#6, the disguise question, actually got a fair lampshading in the first issue of Blackest Night, when Barry Allen/Flash and Hal Jordan/Green Lantern were standing over the grave of Batman, and the issue of how they hide their identities came up. "Clark slouches, wears glasses and clothes that are two sizes too big, and raises his voice an octave."


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24 Sep 2010, 1:23 pm

DeaconBlues wrote:
Thanks for the link, zer0!

I suppose that stopping, then reversing, the rotation of Earth so quickly would raise inertia issues with all those people (and buildings, and seismic fault-lines, and...) spinning around in one direction at just under 1000 mph, then suddenly having the planet do the exact opposite.

The other question I had was: How, exactly, is flying around the planet really fast supposed to change its rotation in any way whatsoever???

#6, the disguise question, actually got a fair lampshading in the first issue of Blackest Night, when Barry Allen/Flash and Hal Jordan/Green Lantern were standing over the grave of Batman, and the issue of how they hide their identities came up. "Clark slouches, wears glasses and clothes that are two sizes too big, and raises his voice an octave."


Frankly, I always took the movie time travel issues as follows (gotta know something in-depth of Superman lore, though).

1. He didn't spin the Earth backwards. Rather, it was how the movie depicted Superman going so fast that he went backwards in time.

2. If he could go so fast, why didn't he stop both missiles? Well, Superman's powers are not physical, they're mental. Strength of will is how he does most anything. Stopping missiles didn't induce enough stress for him to produce the speed needed. The rage over losing Lois, however, did motivate him to fly fast enough to break the time barrier.

Still, that they show him saving Lois but the earthquake never happens creates a valid continuity paradox that never gets addressed.



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24 Sep 2010, 3:52 pm

[b]Xenu wrote
[quote]You bumped a year old thread.

I'm sorry but I still don't understand you have to understand that I'm new to this whole type of thing.



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24 Sep 2010, 4:39 pm

Xenu wrote:
tb86 wrote:
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It appears you are new here, but let me let you know I hate you.

What did I say?


You bumped a year old thread.


why do you care?



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24 Sep 2010, 5:07 pm

tb86 wrote: - pay no attention to Xenu
Alot of people revive older threads - they can still be interesting or valid.


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