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NFT: Question for all of the comic book guys out there *spoilers*

Tom from LI : 11/20/2017 4:44 pm
I was never into comic books but I used to watch Super Friends when I was a kid along with anything super hero related.

This is my questions and pet peeves:

I thought Superman was susceptible to magic? (Which I think is so ridiculous) Why did Wonder Woman's Magic Lasso have no affect on him?

This also drives me crazy.. Super Hero Power Level Continuity...

In BvS Supes looked like a whimp.. in LOJ he is a complete badass.. handles SteppenWolf with relative ease. Yet it took that whole allegiance of man, atlatians, gods Lanterns and amazons to beat him the first time. The Super Heros could not contain Supes when he came back and it didn't even seem like he was trying.

I also hate the whole kryptonite weakness.. Its lazy writing and I thought in MOS that they were moving away from it.. when he went on to the kryptonian ship. He had to adjust to the Kryptionian Atmosphere. Plus he flew into the world engine which was basically turning earth into krypton... yet they go back to it using that to weaken him so Batman has a chance. That whole fight was garbage. Civilians are his weakness...

With MOS why did Zod and his merry men have Supes power when they were wearing suits to block the affects of the yellow sun and Earths Atmosphere. They should have been normal...only when the protective suit comes off would they gain the power... these are things that drive me nuts with these movies. Continuity.. is it so hard?
Maybe I missed it  
Matt M. : 11/20/2017 5:06 pm : link
I don't recall Man of Steel mentioning anything about protective suits for Zod and crew.
no, they didn't mention it  
Tom from LI : 11/20/2017 5:29 pm : link
but they wore those suits that were like space suits. They shielded them from the atmosphere. when The girl and Zod had their suits breached they couldn't handle the influx of super powers...
The answer to most of your questions is  
JohnF : 11/20/2017 6:06 pm : link
"That's Zack Snyder!"

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I thought Superman was susceptible to magic? (Which I think is so ridiculous) Why did Wonder Woman's Magic Lasso have no affect on him?


Yes, one of the classic Superman weaknesses is Magic, though how venerable he is depends on the magic. That's been true in the comics, as well as in animated features. The Lasso should have worked, but "Snyder".

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This also drives me crazy.. Super Hero Power Level Continuity...


That's actually true to the Superman continuity. Various writers have changed Superman's power levels in the comics, animated films, and the movies, in order to advance the plot or work him into a situation. I haven't seen Justice League yet, but I'll presume Snyder is saying that whatever process revived Superman also supercharged him.

Think of Kal-El as a battery. His cells store Solar Radiation from a Yellow Sun. Without that radiation, he becomes weak, and loses his powers.

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I also hate the whole kryptonite weakness..


That's been in Superman almost back to the beginning. Comics, Movies, TV (Smallville), etc. I think the Atmosphere thing came from Kandor (the Kryptonian City Braniac stole by shrinking it and putting it in a bottle). Can't blame Snyder there.

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Plus he flew into the world engine which was basically turning earth into krypton... yet they go back to it using that to weaken him so Batman has a chance. That whole fight was garbage. Civilians are his weakness...


Superman has weaknesses. Snyder isn't past messing with continuity (Batman hasn't really used a gun since the very early days. Today, in any other media other than Snyder, Bats will never take a life if there's any other choice. He normally hates using a gun. Again, Snyder.

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With MOS why did Zod and his merry men have Supes power when they were wearing suits to block the affects of the yellow sun and Earths Atmosphere. They should have been normal...only when the protective suit comes off would they gain the power... these are things that drive me nuts with these movies. Continuity.. is it so hard?


Snyder could care less about continuity (or a plot, for that matter), IMO.

FYI, here's a good Wikipedia link explaining the Powers and abilities of Superman
heck comic books in my day was Archie and Cosmo  
gtt350 : 11/20/2017 8:35 pm : link
hot stuff and Casper
Thanks JohnF!  
Tom from LI : 11/21/2017 6:51 am : link
I think the problem with DC is that they are trying to be non marvel and yet the Justice League tries to be Marvel. Its so sad with these iconic super heroes that nobody can get this right?
that justic movie was ok not great but  
mdc1 : 11/21/2017 10:37 am : link
what I found odd was Superman is punching out the lights of that villain, stops and does not finish. Very stupid.
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