Originally posted by bluewaterrider
There's illustrative power in giving the most extreme examples possible, but you need to make sure to adjust them to match "reality" if you want to make a good and useful analogy.With a rifle, you generally have only one shot at a time.
Superman gets off multiple shots even in his opening salvo, akin more to a machine gun.
You don't need good aim to hit something if you're using a machine gun to sweep an area.
Even less if you have someone nearby (Max) to tell you
"Aim a little [b]lower
as you rapidfire. Yep. Now to your left.
Little lower ... Lower ... THERE you go ... "Also, the difference in size is not that great. Instead of a relatively tiny pitbull, you need to be using a very large breed. Something more akin to a Saint Bernard, Alaskan Malamute, or even a Turkish Kangal Dog.
Moreover, this "dog" is, at times, attacking him, not trying constantly to get away. If you feel a bite at your arm ...
You're also not considering that Superman has many short range options, and, in fact, is MOST dangerous at short range.
Note the heat vision scoring near the sun that sears Diana's face. That's more akin to someone holding a gun a few inches away from the dog's face. Couldn't easily do that with a rifle, but with a hand-held pistol.
Superman also has weapons with spread effect.
That freeze breath attack correlates nicely with a shotgun blast.
Want it non-lethal but effective? A shotgun filled with rock salt.
Maybe even a sawed-off shotgun filled with rock salt.
To a dog that is approaching you barking, by the way.
You could hit the poor thing blindfolded, really.
Long as it keeps barking to let you know where it is and is approaching you, at least.
No, a better analogy would be a soldier with blurred vision with a machine gun in hand, a service pistol at the ready in his holster, a bowie knife clamped to his belt, a club, and smoke grenades. On a battlefield littered with more weapons besides. Fighting a dog who is barking a LOT, and continually trying to get and keep him off his feet, and tripping him, and delivering painful bites and shakes to arms and ankles, but, for the most part, doing everything it can to avoid that final, fatal, bite to the throat ... [/B]
Quite, but no cigar.
Lets see actually what disadvantages Superman had when he fought WW under Max control
Keep in mind that Max is in FACT controlling Superman, subverting ideas and making him see what He want's him to see
Also Keep in Mind that Wonder Woman is already in fact carrying a Kryptonite ring, because SHE KNOWS that she need the K ring to defeat Superman.
Bear in mind that all this elements are provided by the writer
Having said that lets see the fight
Firs of all let's see the difference in mass and shape between Diana and Doomsday
It seems to me that If I were thinking that I am fighting Doomsday when in reality I am fighting Wonder Woman is a real disadvantage.
If you want to hit Doomsday head you miss, if you want to hit his arms, you miss, Legs? same, Ribs? same, Wonder Woman seems to be around 1/3 of Doomsday body so right there, there is a huge disadvantage into trying to hit something that is not really there.
Second, let see the fight
This is what Superman should see is he were not under Max control
but this is what He sees
When He grabbed Wonder Woman and take her to the sun (or what ever you guys might think) is when Superman had the most advantage, why? , he is actually grabbing he by the neck and is a close combat situation, mainly Superman won't miss unless he wants to HV Doomsday's shoulder.
He is grabbing Diana by the neck, even though He sees basically Doomsday's fist on his face.