Originally posted by juggy#1
marvel is more realistic. batman gotham city. superman metropolis. they cant use real cities in dc
lol
Originally posted by The Ionhahaha highschool geography class. did u get an A on your DC universe quiz ? 😆 😆
They have all the real cities in their world. They also have made up ones just like Marvel unless I missed the section in my high school geography class where they discussed the great nation of Latveria...
While i think we all agree that both are unrealistic, they are comic books. I say that Marvel is the more realistic. From the get go Marvel was more down to Earth, portraying superheroes are as normal people with normal problems.
And the powers of their characters aren't so over the top. It was stated eariler, im too lazy to find where, that Superman and Martian Manhunter are acceptable to them because they are aliens and have alien physiology. Well in that case wouldn't the fact that they are aliens be a little bit of a stretch. Feats like Superman and Wonderwoman lifting up things like huge oil tankers or when they moved the moon are physical immpossibilities not because no one can be that strong, but because physics prevents them. Or when Wonderwoman uses her lasso to catch someone from falling. What happened to inertia? I remember a time where Spider-Man was wondering if the Green Goblin had killed Gwen before trying her off the bridge, or if it was from the web that he used to stop her. Did he stop her to abruptly and the momentum caused her neck to snap? The laws of physics applied in Marvel back then.
DC, and i applaud them for this, have been taking steps to explain some the feats that their heroes do. Why can't no one recognize Superman is Clark since he only wears glasses? Since they percieve them differently. he has some 'psychic' powers. Why doesn't his costume or things he is holding burn up in the atmosphere? Cause he has a bio-aura around him. DC is making their universe more realistic but the point still stands that Marvel was that way from the begininng.
And you can't just say that Marvel is seen as more realistic because their most popular characters aren't the most powerful. DC waaaay outnumbers Marvel in respect to outrageously powerful characters. The entire Superman family, the Captain Marvel family, and most infuriating to me the Batman family. Batman realistically speaking, shouldn't be don't some of the things he does; like taking punches from Metallo and Darkseid.
Originally posted by spetznazAdditional digits = polydactyly. Closest thing to Wolverine's condition that I can think of...
As for Wolverine and his claws .....well, no amount of gene splicing could lead to his claws. In fact there are no animals in the entire world with claws like his ......infact they are not 'claws' in any real sense.
They are actually 6 protusions (3 on each hand) that start from his forearms and can be sheathed and unsheathed (and are a couple of feet in length).
Thus there are no 'animals with similar claws' that can be used as a genetic blueprint.
Originally posted by The IonSo you don't speak imbecile either?
WTF are you talking about?
Originally posted by xmarksthespot
Additional digits = polydactyly. Closest thing to Wolverine's condition that I can think of...So you don't speak imbecile either?
Truly grotesque (you should see this condition in amphibians that are ridden with mutation due to enviromental pollution (mutagens from some factory in Germany .....now that is insane).
However Wolverine's set of 'claws' (for lack of a better term) is really not polydactyly.
His 'claws' are not extra digits but actually something totally new. For one they are not part of his tarsals but actually stem from his high forearm, thus they have nothing at all to do with his hands (apart from the front end of the 'claws' coming out near his knuckles).
Actually something that always makes me laugh about Wolvie is how he manages to bend his wrists during fights.
After all, his 'claws' start from his forearm, and they are straight, and they are bonded/laced with Adamantium. Wolverine should NEVER be able to bend his wrists, whether or not his claws are sheathed or not.
Thus he should be VERY limited when it came to anything that required ANY form of dexterity .....anything.
Try writing, or typing, or ANYTHING with a stiff wrist (and make sure your wrists are really stiff).
Thus, one could say that Marvel tacitly claims that Wolverine bends Adamantium everytime he does anything that requires a bended wrist.
LOL.
No wonder Wolverine fanboys think Wolvie's 'pawa' (power for everyone who is not a Wolvie fanboy) is above all.
Wolverine's 'pawa' is umbeatable.
May his eminence be benevolent and merciful.
All hail the clawed one.
To continue with what io was sayign earlier on.....
Beasts mutation could possibly be realistic , it's roots take form in man becoming a more bestial form . No blue fur though , thats unatural. But a possible cat/ape infusion of dna may do it.
Strange would be possible , if magic was real of course.
Ant man's may be , we'd need to concoct some sort of shrink/growth formula , and instead of a helmet he would need a chemical spray to communicate with the ants.
I wouldn't say either was "realistic" per say, but I would say that they are different in what level of contrivance they will regularly accept.
DC's characters are often so superlative that nothing is really beyond them, yet they somehow get challenged. Really, among their high-powered characters it's only via plot-device that most battles last more than one page. They are also omni-competant very often, as in "and he's also a total genius." Where I do give DC credit is that their wold is quite clearly affected by the presence of the heroes and villains, i.e. Luthor taking over the USA for example.
Marvel's characters generally require less suspension of disbeleif to follow their day-to-day adventures, but the lack of impact they have upon the world in some ways is a larger contrivance than any of D.C's
Originally posted by grey foxSorry, grey fox, but starting a paragraph about things being realistic and ending it with the phrase "cat/ape infusion of dna may do it" seems a bit incongruous.
To continue with what io was sayign earlier on.....Beasts mutation could possibly be realistic , it's roots take form in man becoming a more bestial form . No blue fur though , thats unatural. But a possible cat/ape infusion of dna may do it.
Strange would be possible , if magic was real of course.
Ant man's may be , we'd need to concoct some sort of shrink/growth formula , and instead of a helmet he would need a chemical spray to communicate with the ants.
Spetznaz, I realize Wolverine's claws aren't additional digits, however the closest thing in the real world to them I can think of is still polydactyly.