Yes
No
But... he's walked up and smacked Darkseid on several occasions. He has no reluctance in fighting very powerful beings. Superman walked right up to the Spectre and struck him too, despite being out of his league. He frequently battles magic beings who negate his strength, a dozen other Kryptonians, Daxamites like Dev Em, stronger aliens like Vartox and Wraith, and takes on nearly omnipotent beings like Vyn and Dominus. In a crossover he even knocked out Thor.
And as far as I know, he's still the only major hero to plant their feet and literally fight to the death.
Everyone cheered? Did you see these forums after the film came out?
And Bruce was at worst misguided in BvS. he never killed any innocents and was stopped from completely going over the edge. Clark got no such courtesy. Never mind how evil Superman stories are way more common than evil Batman stories.
And letting character's popularity dictate how the narrative treats them is not smart writing. it's basically fanfic except you;re being paid for it.
But it's still hypocritical when fanboys complain about Superman being OP, but totally ok with Batman beating everyone because "he human" or some dumb crap like that.
Also it's hard to take fans seriously when they reference their favorite as "the goddamn batman".
That Frank Miller crap is why people are getting sick of him.
Last edited by AquaLantern; 05-27-2017 at 11:32 AM.
This thread kind of serves as a reminder of how unspecific, and therefore useless, the word "badass" is.
I'm pretty sure Superman is the original "badass."
Some of the arguments going are very petty, but typical. Just list out the things he's capable of doing in your head. I got to about 5 things and stopped.
Then again, maybe some people feel a character like Lobo is more badass than Superman. But that's just the semantics of people's own definitions…
Last edited by Wandering_Wand; 05-27-2017 at 12:25 PM.
I'm going to totally ignore everything you say simply based on the fact that you use the term fanboy in a derogatory manner. Everybody on this site is a fan and not all fans think Superman is OP or Batman is the Goddamn Batman. Come back when you stop labelling people and want talk like a mature adult.
And 2 because I already talked about that double standard a few posts before.
That goddamn Batman stuff might be a meme that originated from Miller but it's something that other writers have taped into.
Last edited by CPSparkles; 05-27-2017 at 12:44 PM.
Yes those posts are still here and the comments are still on youtube and everywhere Affleck was the bomb and along with Gadot the two things that were loved by the masses.
Sure he wasn't going around killing but until you have such a story I will have to use this as comparison since it's what we have.
What are you on about? nobody is saying anything about letting a character's popularity dictate how the narrative treats them. If you want to talk about that start a new thread mate.
This thread is about whether we see Superman as a badass I don't.
Having given this some more thought, if Superman is the ultimate incarnation of "white privilege," then Nolan's Batman is pretty high up on the list, too.
adjective, Also, badassed. 1. (of a person) difficult to deal with; mean-tempered; touchy. 2. distinctively tough or powerful; so exceptional as to be intimidating.
I guess Supes is and isn't badass.
Affleck, like many things in the movie was highly divisive. He also got a Razzie nomination, though that might depend on how seriously you take the Razzies.
Yes he was. He just wasn’t killing innocent people.
Still doesn’t make it the equivalent.
Oh so what do you call this post by you?