Originally posted by Astner
And don't get me started on the supposed differences in red- and yellow sunlight, and Kryptonite.
In the Comics this has more to do with the nature of the DCU, the "Godwave", and how it's supernatural nature has effected the cosmic community. Especially earth. However, Krypton is a world unlike any that could exist in the real cosmos. It's citizens possessed the greatest scientific understanding in the DCU yet they couldn't figure out a way to achieve escape velocity which, on that planet, was greater than that which could resist the pull of a neutron star.
It's the star's age, not the color, that transforms Kryptonian atoms as well as everything else from that world.
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Originally posted by SupraJust as unreal? A billionaire playboy as a masked vigilante with high tech weapons is entirely possible (if unlikely for various reasons). Less likely, bordering on unreal: that he can maintain a high degree of athleticism over many, many years. Virtually impossible: an alien that looks so human no one can tell the difference until the alien flexes his muscles, leaps and doesn't come down, or stares at something and it bursts into flames.
The Batman movies are just as unreal as a superman movie. Never in a million years will we have a billionaire playboy running around the city with high tech weapons.
Perhaps I should have said: Batman requires far less suspension of disbelief.
Originally posted by Mindship
Just as unreal? A billionaire playboy as a masked vigilante with high tech weapons is entirely possible (if unlikely for various reasons). Less likely, bordering on unreal: that he can maintain a high degree of athleticism over many, many years. Virtually impossible: an alien that looks so human no one can tell the difference until the alien flexes his muscles, leaps and doesn't come down, or stares at something and it bursts into flames.Perhaps I should have said: Batman requires far less suspension of disbelief.
I guess I see it different. I go to see movies to escape the boring aspects of life, work/bills/responsibilities. So for me I don't have a problem trying to believe or not believe movies. They are movies, thats why we have them, they can do the impossible and make it look real.
We I see batman yea it looks cool and all the gadgets and weapons seem more real then say superman. But I really don't compare the two as far as realism..They both are not real and however they are both really cool movies.
That's the other thing.
Men are programmed to survive, no matter how many injures a man sustains, broken bones, torn connective tissues, brain damage, damage to retinal tissue and eardrums, lung damage, dislocations, compound fractures, hernias, lacerations, puncture wounds, organ damage, 3rd degree burns, toxins the effect the immune system, psychological damage from chronic physical trauma: anything short of amputation - if he can recover; even if not optimally, he can be in better shape than ever well into his late forties through living in that survival setting. Especially with what kind of surgical and medical care, nutrition, protein supplements, weight equipment, and all types of therapies, treatments and what have you that a billionaire would have access to. Being a physical beast despite years of trauma is so much more realistic than a billionaire putting himself through that....especially considering this isn't a sport, it's mortal combat. No one can come out on top of a life or death fight like an old man with experience, he'll find a way to take you out before you can say ow without even getting physical.
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Originally posted by Dolos
I was using it as a sig. Couldn't make it a sig because it was 2.6 megabytes.So I finally got tired of posting it and got a normal sig.
Making animated gifs of less than 50 kb at 540 pixels by 150 pixels for a Sig is really tricky.
You need to use like only 5 frames and reduce the color palette at 32 colors. photo gifs will use more memory than drawing gifs
I was actually trying to make this into a sig, but after the color reduction and the frame reduction, it does not looks good.
If there was a way to paste a gif from a hosting website like photobucket, it might work.
Originally posted by Rao Kal El
Making animated gifs of less than 50 kb at 540 pixels by 150 pixels for a Sig is really tricky.You need to use like only 5 frames and reduce the color palette at 32 colors. photo gifs will use more memory than drawing gifs
I was actually trying to make this into a sig, but after the color reduction and the frame reduction, it does not looks good.
If there was a way to paste a gif from a hosting website like photobucket, it might work.
That would have been one badass gif.
I think why Superman landed so rough was because the Kryptonite was effecting his flight. He pretty much dropped from a very fast acceleration into a faster free-fall, losing his super strength his legs still broke the ground before his knees even buckled.
Originally posted by Dolos
That would have been one badass gif.I think why Superman landed so rough was because the Kryptonite was effecting his flight. He pretty much dropped from a very fast acceleration into a faster free-fall, losing his super strength his legs still broke the ground before his knees even buckled.
I honestly thought he landed that way cuz he was pissed off - sort of an arial version of slamming a glass really hard to make a point.