Superman vs. Thanos- armwrestle

Remind me which one wellings is? Is that Smallville?

So is Rough Superman Reeves Superman or not?

It really shouldn't matter for this thread but I'm curious

Originally posted by ShadowFyre
Remind me which one wellings is? Is that Smallville?

So is Rough Superman Reeves Superman or not?

It really shouldn't matter for this thread but I'm curious

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but Bryan Singer intended Routh Superman to be a continuation of Reeves Superman after Superman II, as if Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace never happened to Clark Kent. So:

- Reeves Superman is Superman: The Movie, II, III, & IV
- Routh Superman is Superman: The Movie, II, & Returns
- And yes sir, Welling Superman is Smallville + his upcoming appearance on the Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline, whatever that appearance entails as well.

^ For the purposes of this thread, Routh having Superman: The Movie and Superman II feats + stuff like the plane rescue and kryptonite island lifting feats should equal a victory with or without the power stone against Thanos, IMO. That's without taking into account his unreal levels of speed and exotic powerset (the turning back time stuff from I and news reports saying Superman was moving so fast he was appearing in more than one place at the same time type stuff in Returns).

Originally posted by ShadowFyre
Remind me which one wellings is? Is that Smallville?

So is Rough Superman Reeves Superman or not?

It really shouldn't matter for this thread but I'm curious

And it does matter, Reeves Superman could push the moon at relativistic speeds.

Routh Superman is Reeve Superman and that means he destroys Thanos in any sort of challenge

Originally posted by NemeBro
Only for the first two films.

And it does matter, Reeves Superman could push the moon at relativistic speeds.

It doesn't matter in the fact that Supes is gonna win regardless based off of each movies individual feats

Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
Speed won't matter here.

Why would speed not matter in an arm wrestling contest? It absolutely would imo, it wouldn't be the deal breaker but it would definitely be an advantage

Originally posted by John Murdoch
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but Bryan Singer intended Routh Superman to be a continuation of Reeves Superman after Superman II, as if Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace never happened to Clark Kent. So:

- Reeves Superman is Superman: The Movie, II, III, & IV
- Routh Superman is Superman: The Movie, II, & Returns
- And yes sir, Welling Superman is Smallville + his upcoming appearance on the Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline, whatever that appearance entails as well.

Precisely 👆

Reeve and Routh are the same Superman with different actors.

This Superman flew faster than light and reversed time, and pushed the moon out of orbit at WTF ridiculous speed.

Thanos gets his arm broken.

Originally posted by Impediment

This Superman flew faster than light and reversed time, and pushed the moon out of orbit at WTF ridiculous speed.

No Routh Superman never pushed the moon. That was Superman 4. Routh Superman was a sequel to Superman 1 & 2 only.

Originally posted by ShadowFyre
Why would speed not matter in an arm wrestling contest? It absolutely would imo, it wouldn't be the deal breaker but it would definitely be an advantage

Originally posted by Darth Thor
No Routh Superman never pushed the moon. That was Superman 4. Routh Superman was a sequel to Superman 1 & 2 only.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
No Routh Superman never pushed the moon. That was Superman 4. Routh Superman was a sequel to Superman 1 & 2 only.

As such- Routh gets Reeve's feats by default.

Originally posted by LordGod
I think his point is that Routh Superman IS Reeve Superman. They are meant to be the same exact character.

As such- Routh gets Reeve's feats by default.

Theyre not exactly the same though. Their paths change after Superman 2. So Routh doesnt get Reeves Superman 3 & Superman 4 feats by default.

The question is which live action Superman does not beat Thanos?

Originally posted by playa1258
The question is which live action Superman does not beat Thanos?

That's honestly a good question. Reeves, Routh, Welling, and Cavill all kill him for sure.

What othe r ones are there?

Originally posted by ShadowFyre
What othe r ones are there?

- Dean Cain Superman might lost, but I don't know much about him. He did eat a bomb capable of causing a massive explosion/reaction of some sort at a power plant and it caused him only to pat his chest like he ate a spicy pepper or something.

- Don't know about Kirk Alyn, George Reeves, or other live-action actors.