Originally posted by quanchi112
LOL. The guy was beaten up in a diner. The guy was dominated by Luthor and henchmen. The guy is easily beatable. The guy also failed to save Lois. Manhattan can't be harmed by Superman and is beyond him in terms of intelligence and raw power to the nth degree.No Superman on screen has ever been on Manhattan's level. The guy is rocked by manholes and Coke signs while at the same time struggles to stop buses.
As far as education goes, Jor-El provided more education than any human being has. "Knowledge from dozens of other worlds spanning 28 galaxies." The knowledge of a civilization thousands of years ahead of humanity. As for intelligence he's a Kryptonian thousands of years ahead of any human being, including some Physicist who has gained psi-conscious awareness....beings in such an advanced civilization would need to be millions times more intelligent to grasp all the knowledge alone. As for power, Doctor Manhattan can create life but he'd never be able to alter his molecular structure through manipulation of sub-atomic particles, to gain the physical abilities of a Kryptonian under yellow sunlight, pertaining only the five movies released. His feats don't match up, why would you take any weaknesses like Kryptonite when considering pure unspoiled physical and supernatural power between the two? One can only rationlize through direct feats. Doctor Manhattan can stop nuclear missiles, so can Superman, Doctor Manhattan can manipulate matter, Superman can't, Superman can propel himself at limitless speeds to traverse time and has unlimited invulnerability (excluding Kryptonite) and possesses infinite strength, Doctor Manhattan can't and does not.
In fact, Superman destroy the world's nuclear arsenal, preventing the threat of nuclear annihiliation, Doctor Manhattan had to find an alternative energy source, he didn't have the sheer speed nor the awareness to destroy all of them, as stated by Ozymandias. Superman simply zipped around, got all the missiles, and tossed them into the sun.