Originally posted by carver9
Prove that it takes time. Superman intangibility looked like it happened in 5 seconds. Also, Superman goes intangible, what then? You said he can't attack and from what we saw, he is still in one spot. The distance between him and Surfer is substantial. What happens when Superman goes intangible?
everything that happens takes time. So that proves it takes time. Stop lying, Superman's intangibility didn't look like it took 5 seconds. He became intangible the instant he was attacked, going through Doomsday fists and through two energy beams (Speed of light).
Superman goes intangible to avoid attacks (or just dodges them), not to stay intangible. He Also can move around while intangibility. 0.5 km is not substantial to a character that can cover that distance in less than a microsecond.
Superman can just shoot hv at Surfer. Surfer has to defend or be maneuvering. He has no time to do anything else.