DarkSaint85
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Originally posted by wolverinos
batman is not very beyond realism.
batman is a portray of someone who is at a peak human level of abilities.
however even a guy with peak abilities is not beyond reason such as say somebody who is a super human.in comics he was shown to win some, other times he was hurt, but eventually are you assuming all humans has the same strength and overall skill and stat level? he may fight a group of losers and win easily.
he may fight a group of thugs with a slight level of intellect which will utilize the situation and the numbers properly and beat him down.
my scenario presents 50 guys that actually utilize their numbers and attack him from all directions at the same time and dogpile him, stomp and whats not.
now by batmans feats, what feats provide some kind of evidence that he can reacts to hits comming at him from 6 different directions at the very same time?
even if he can press 100 its still not enough to get out of such a human dogpile while the people are resisting.
for example wrestling... you may press for example 210lbs, and then you wrestle with someone who is 180 lbs and it will be much harder to get him off, why? because he is using more pressure and resistance against you.
he is using his weight+force pressure.
therefor batman wont only have to deal with the weight, but the force each of them will provide on top of that.
Right, my more measured response, now that I have a PC.
This is Eric Spoto:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/581348_320349894739365_975569697_n.jpg
He holds the world record in the unassisted (no bench shirt) benchpress.
Look at him. Just...look at him. This is what a peak human bencher looks like. And when he did his 1-rep max, world record (722lbs), he had spotters, and elbow straps aiding him. Batman does 1044lb, no spotters, no straps, routinely.
Ignoring the sheer numbers, look at that picture again. This is a guy who weight trains obsessively, in order to bench something Batman does as a warmup. Put him into an MMA cage match against one opponent. Do you think he'd be able to do half the martial arts moves Batman pulls off? And do it over an entire night, every night? This is ignoring, of course, the comic book depictions of martial arts (so not just punching and kicking like in the televised matches, but acrobatic flipping around, spinning kicks etc).
Using real world logic, a peak human bencher would collapse after 2 minutes. However, Batman is far above real world peak humans its laughable to even use the term.
I mean, peak humans can't casually bend gun barrels with one hand:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll223/darknight2k/batbend.jpg
Snap handcuffs like they were nothing:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll223/darknight2k/batchain1.jpg
Casually break human arms, through power armour:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll223/darknight2k/Power-Strength/Strength/batmanodyssey6-triggersnap.jpg
There are others, but I think (hope) you get the point. Batman is far above a peak human, especially when you add all of his abilities and skills together. Hence, he would be so far above these average thugs, that their numbers advantage would mean little.
Now, your next point was then - show me Batman fighting against 6 or so opponents, and winning. The thing is, I do not have any. And I wouldn't have any. Because a fight with Batman is so quick, and he is so skilled, that he never has to deal with that many opponents at once.
There is also the psychological factor. There are no thugs in Gotham, America, or DC, who would swarm Batman in hand to hand combat, especially if they had no powers of their own. The reason? They know they will lose.