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[trinityvixen]

I'm feeling near to 50% better than yesterday, and that's on no drugs today other than advil for a headache. Hallelujah. If I had to be sickly as long as feiran or the guy who gave me the drugs yesterday were, I'd have called in sick today. I had an elevated temperature last night, not severe enough to worry about, but enough to give me chills. I slept really well, all things considered, which is no doubt why I am so refreshed today.

And I'm back to being able to concentrate on what I read, which is why this comment from Pandagon nearly made me hack up my lung when laughter turned into spasmodic coughing:

As Scripture says, “To whom much is given, much is required.”

"What scripture is that? The Gospel According to Spiderman? Maybe I’m looking in the wrong translations, but I can’t find that in the online Bibles at the BibleGateway."

Heeh. Gospel according to Spidey. Probably a lot friendlier than the actual gospel. Thou shalt make snarky comments when delivering final blows to thy opponents. Thou shalt deal with thy angst in as public a setting as possible. Thou shalt give J. Jonah Jameson a coronary when thou revealest thy secret identity to the world.

Heee!

Tonight is Superman Returns, which I'm quite looking forward to. It helps to have been saturated with the Big Guy of late. I watched the episode "Knight Time" of the Superman Animated Series last night, and that will never get old. If you haven't seen it, let me know, I'll get the DVD into your hands. It's the episode that proves why a Batman v Superman real-person movie just wouldn't ever work: they don't belong in each other's cities, and no neutral third city would have the emotional appeal. That's not to say that World's Finest wasn't fun (Cheeky Monkey Batman! SO MUCH LOVE!), just that I think the darker tone of cinema Batman and the more artsy/campy/cutesy Superman just wouldn't ever mesh.

And "Knight Time"....gah. Superman having to deal with Batman's rogue gallery of villains? Priceless. Makes the last-act appearance by a Superman villain completely ridiculous. Batman has better villains. You know why? Because Batman is better than Superman.

There! I said it! Again!

Comments

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

Harumph. J'onn is cooler than both of them.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Look, popular culture just isn't ready for the Martian Manhunter, okay? No matter how cool he is, he's sorta too powerful for the mainstream to embrace. Didn't you know? We're all about "flawed" heroes these days...

huh?

[arcane-the-sage.livejournal.com]

Ok last time I checked Martian Manhunter had more character flaws, and was weaker in power, than superman. Yet the mainstream embraces Superman, so why not Martian Manhunter?

*looks confused*


Now you know who beats them all...... Lobo. No one beats the Main Man. You got to love a character who gains immortality by beating up near every god in heaven, and near every demon in hell.

Re: huh?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

See, the thing about some punctuation? I use it "ironically." I.E. Dayle is being a sarcastic bugger and commenting on the fact that movies that are good are usally written about as having characters that are charmingly flawed, as opposed to some forgotten heroes who never had any problems.

Well, PS, mainstream America, superheroes have had problems since the Silver Age, so get with the program. Seriously, much as I love Spidey, he's no more or less conflicted than Supes. They're just complicated in different ways, is all. Spider-Man can't deflect a meteor or survive being buried under a building worth of rubble, but then he doesn't have to worry about rocks popping up that can kill him just for being around him. It's weighted evenly, I would say. There are some who seem to have every advantage--Bats, definitely--who still manage to have their hangups (and anyone who says Batman doesn't have those needs their own head examined). If they didn't, they wouldn't still be around because they'd either be a) boring, or b) too powerful to write stories around (which is why the Phoenix is never allowed to stay in the comics because she just trumps everyone).

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

What? No.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

He's not human nor has he been raised as human (a la Supes), right? That makes him a weeeeee bit hard to sympathize with.