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Willravel · 11-04-2004, 10:08 PM

To address Lockjaw's question: the reason I'd like the good old beat down is that the blatently sexual episodes are getting a little tired. We have a wonderfully large dose of angst, and we get to see Clark get a lot from Lana, Chloe, and a plethera of other chicks. That's all well and good, but Superman has some damned good powers. Does anyone remember in Superman the orignal series (episode 95, "The Mysterious Cube", 1957) when Superman walked through a wall? I'd like to see more of that. Remember his breath and vocal abilities? I suppose we'll have to wait for that. So far in this series we have super strength, super speed, super hearing, super x-ray vision, and super heat vision (not counting the ability to fly because that was Kal-El, not Clark). Maybe the writers don't want to overshadow the Dawson's Creek element. Or maybe that's too cynical.

Action Comics #1, the debut of Superman, claimed only that its hero could "leap 1/8th of a mile; hurdle a twenty-story building... raise tremendous weights... run faster than an express train... and that nothing less than a bursting shell could penetrate his skin!"

As the years passed, however, the chroniclers endowed the Man of Steel with ever more spectacular powers to enable him to meet ever more exacting challenges.* Today Superman can withstand the heat at the core of the sun, soar through the air at a speed thousands of times the speed of light, and extinguish a star with a puff of his breath as though it were merely a candle on a birthday cake.

Perhapse this is supposed to be a kryptonian developmental study..we get to see small powers develope into great powers over a great many years, just as we saw in the Superman of the comics. In his development he tries to mask his powers, as he still does not have the alter-ego to vent his duplicity. That seems to be an explaination of why he doesn't use his powers like he does in the later comic books. We were spoiled with what we get to see him do now, so we feel let down in his Smallville humility.

Crap. Rambled on again.

11-04-2004, 10:08 PM	#17 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	To address Lockjaw's question: the reason I'd like the good old beat down is that the blatently sexual episodes are getting a little tired. We have a wonderfully large dose of angst, and we get to see Clark get a lot from Lana, Chloe, and a plethera of other chicks. That's all well and good, but Superman has some damned good powers. Does anyone remember in Superman the orignal series (episode 95, "The Mysterious Cube", 1957) when Superman walked through a wall? I'd like to see more of that. Remember his breath and vocal abilities? I suppose we'll have to wait for that. So far in this series we have super strength, super speed, super hearing, super x-ray vision, and super heat vision (not counting the ability to fly because that was Kal-El, not Clark). Maybe the writers don't want to overshadow the Dawson's Creek element. Or maybe that's too cynical. Action Comics #1, the debut of Superman, claimed only that its hero could "leap 1/8th of a mile; hurdle a twenty-story building... raise tremendous weights... run faster than an express train... and that nothing less than a bursting shell could penetrate his skin!" As the years passed, however, the chroniclers endowed the Man of Steel with ever more spectacular powers to enable him to meet ever more exacting challenges.* Today Superman can withstand the heat at the core of the sun, soar through the air at a speed thousands of times the speed of light, and extinguish a star with a puff of his breath as though it were merely a candle on a birthday cake. Perhapse this is supposed to be a kryptonian developmental study..we get to see small powers develope into great powers over a great many years, just as we saw in the Superman of the comics. In his development he tries to mask his powers, as he still does not have the alter-ego to vent his duplicity. That seems to be an explaination of why he doesn't use his powers like he does in the later comic books. We were spoiled with what we get to see him do now, so we feel let down in his Smallville humility. Crap. Rambled on again.