• DCU Supergirl: Who Cares?

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Mon Oct 6 11:18:10 2025
    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out
    of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how one- dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in places, or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor despite this being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is treated with disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking about his obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She mocks him, takes her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed to be the main character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf


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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Mon Oct 6 18:07:26 2025
    On 10/6/2025 8:32 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10c0mji$cefj$2@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a >> little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out >> of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the
    amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how one-
    dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in places, >> or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor despite this >> being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is treated with
    disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking about his
    obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She mocks him, takes
    her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed to be the main
    character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf


    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there
    is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's parents, and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and could easily set him straight on their message.

    The problem I had with Gunn's Superman movie is he made another Marvel
    movie using DC characters.

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 14:24:48 2025
    On 2025-10-07 01:07:26 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said:

    On 10/6/2025 8:32 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10c0mji$cefj$2@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have
    been a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give
    it a 6.5 out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I
    think about the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that
    movie, or how one-dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful >>> the CGI was in places, or how serious moments were undercut by cheap
    Marvel type humor despite this being a DC movie, even right at the very >>> end, Superman is treated with disrespect. Basically walked on like a
    doormat. I'm talking about his obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara
    Zorel, aka Supergirl. She mocks him, takes her dog, and swears before
    leaving. And this is supposed to be the main character of an upcoming
    Supergirl movie in the same DC universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf

    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there
    is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's parents, >> and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and could easily >> set him straight on their message.

    The problem I had with Gunn's Superman movie is he made another Marvel
    movie using DC characters.

    Gunn is to the DC world as Ron Moore is to the Battlestar Galactica
    world ... an egotistical idiot who thinks he knows better than the
    person who actually created the idea, and simply turns the franchise
    into an even bigger mess. :-\



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 02:44:47 2025
    On Oct 6, 2025 at 6:07:26 PM PDT, "Dimensional Traveler" <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 10/6/2025 8:32 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10c0mji$cefj$2@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a
    little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out
    of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the >>> amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how one- >>> dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in places,
    or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor despite this
    being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is treated with
    disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking about his
    obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She mocks him, >>> takes
    her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed to be the main >>> character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC universe. Can't >>> wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf


    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there
    is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's parents, >> and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and could easily >> set him straight on their message.

    The problem I had with Gunn's Superman movie is he made another Marvel
    movie using DC characters.

    No, Marvel's superheroes didn't need to be constantly rescued during the
    movie.



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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 04:30:42 2025
    In article <mki5obF4o9fU1@mid.individual.net>, tednolan wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a >>little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out >>of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the >>amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how one- >>dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in >>places, or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor >>despite this being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is >>treated with disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking >>about his obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She >>mocks him, takes her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed >>to be the main character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC >>universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf

    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl
    was the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is,
    if there is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew
    Superman's parents, and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she
    was a teen and could easily set him straight on their message.

    I had not thought about her probably knowing if Luthor was lieing or not.



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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 10:01:59 2025
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he?s the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    Also, I?d like to know who the previous Meta humans were going back
    centuries. This also undercuts Superman?s value.

    And are they counting people who just have advanced tools as being Meta
    humans because they shouldn?t. There?s nothing Meta about Guy Gardner. Or Hawkgirl. I don?t know how Mr. Terrific?s powers work.

    or how one-
    dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in places, or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor despite this being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is treated with disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking about his obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel,

    Kara Zor-El

    And, yes, this Supergirl did not make me want to see her in her own movie. She?s better than the previous Supergirl, but that?s not saying a lot.

    aka Supergirl. She mocks him, takes
    her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed to be the main character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf





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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 10:21:04 2025
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10c0mji$cefj$2@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a >> little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out >> of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the >> amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how one-
    dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in places,
    or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor despite this
    being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is treated with
    disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking about his
    obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She mocks him, takes
    her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed to be the main
    character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf


    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there
    is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's parents, and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and could easily set him straight on their message.

    Wait a minute. Didn?t Luther tell one of his hench people that the
    recovered back half of the message was genuine?

    Gunn has said in interviews that the message is real and he?s not going to retcon it.



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  • From ACEHardwareTools@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 14:30:38 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have
    been a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give
    it a 6.5 out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I
    think about the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that
    movie, or how one-dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful >>> the CGI was in places, or how serious moments were undercut by cheap
    Marvel type humor despite this being a DC movie, even right at the very >>> end, Superman is treated with disrespect. Basically walked on like a
    doormat. I'm talking about his obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, >>> aka Supergirl. She mocks him, takes her dog, and swears before leaving. >>> And this is supposed to be the main character of an upcoming Supergirl
    movie in the same DC universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf


    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there
    is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's
    parents, and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and
    could easily set him straight on their message.

    Wait a minute. Didn?t Luther tell one of his hench people that the
    recovered back half of the message was genuine?

    Would you want to risk being the next person who suddenly dissapeared after disapointing Lex Luthor?



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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 04:30:48 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been >>> a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 >>> out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about >>> the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how >>> one-dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in >>> places, or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor >>> despite this being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is
    treated with disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking >>> about his obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She
    mocks him, takes her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed >>> to be the main character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC
    universe. Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf

    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there
    is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's
    parents, and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and
    could easily set him straight on their message.

    Wait a minute. Didn't Luther tell one of his hench people that the
    recovered back half of the message was genuine?

    One of his henchmen told Luthor it was genuine, which seemed suspicious because rthere was no way to know what the undamaged part said. I also
    assumed whoever told him was lying to please the boss and avoid his wrath.

    Gunn has said in interviews that the message is real and he's not
    going to retcon it.

    Oh, I had not heard that.



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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 04:30:48 2025
    In article <mkl0vrFjdt1U1@mid.individual.net>, tednolan wrote:
    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there >>> is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's parents, >>> and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and could easily >>> set him straight on their message.

    Wait a minute. Didn't Luther tell one of his hench people that the >>recovered back half of the message was genuine?

    Gunn has said in interviews that the message is real and he's not going to >>retcon it.

    I thought there was a throwaway headline on the video release
    suggesting that maybe the message had been tampered with years ago..
    on Krypton, not by Lex?

    I heard that the throwaway line was that someone had discovered Lex had tampered
    with it.



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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 04:30:49 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been >> a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 >> out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about >> the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's
    the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time
    he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone
    of Superman.

    Also, I'd like to know who the previous Meta humans were going back >centuries. This also undercuts Superman's value.

    Yeah, I didn't like that line either.

    And are they counting people who just have advanced tools as being Meta >humans because they shouldn't. There's nothing Meta about Guy Gardner. Or >Hawkgirl. I don't know how Mr. Terrific's powers work.

    I think the term "metahuman" has shifted from being DC's version of "mutant" to "superhero".

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 07:15:15 2025
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <1455924261.781550259.610621.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10c0mji$cefj$2@dont-email.me>,
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been a
    little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 out
    of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about the >>>> amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, or how one- >>>> dimensional most of the characters were, or how awful the CGI was in places,
    or how serious moments were undercut by cheap Marvel type humor despite this
    being a DC movie, even right at the very end, Superman is treated with >>>> disrespect. Basically walked on like a doormat. I'm talking about his >>>> obnoxious and drunken cousin, Cara Zorel, aka Supergirl. She mocks
    him, takes
    her dog, and swears before leaving. And this is supposed to be the main >>>> character of an upcoming Supergirl movie in the same DC universe.
    Can't wait.

    https://youtu.be/Z5j_ad0_hiQ?si=zzKePzrm5lhUU3lf


    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl was
    the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is, if there >>> is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew Superman's parents, >>> and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she was a teen and could easily >>> set him straight on their message.

    Wait a minute. Didnƒ??t Luther tell one of his hench people that the
    recovered back half of the message was genuine?

    Gunn has said in interviews that the message is real and heƒ??s not going to >> retcon it.


    I thought there was a throwaway headline on the video release
    suggesting that maybe the message had been tampered with years ago..
    on Krypton, not by Lex?

    I don?t recall that, but the first I heard of it was with Gunn said it?s
    real and he wasn?t backing down on it

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 07:20:56 2025
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been >>> a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 >>> out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about >>> the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's
    the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time
    he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone
    of Superman.

    Also, I'd like to know who the previous Meta humans were going back
    centuries. This also undercuts Superman's value.

    Yeah, I didn't like that line either.

    And are they counting people who just have advanced tools as being Meta
    humans because they shouldn't. There's nothing Meta about Guy Gardner. Or
    Hawkgirl. I don't know how Mr. Terrific's powers work.

    I think the term "metahuman" has shifted from being DC's version of "mutant" to "superhero".

    Well, that would be incredibly stupid about six different ways.


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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 11:24:01 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

    It's not clear to me why Gunn thought Tom King's take on Supergirl
    was the one he wanted to use in the DCU, but the bigger problem is,
    if there is any adherance to standard continuity, Supergirl knew
    Superman's parents, and for that matter, lived on Krypton until she
    was a teen and could easily set him straight on their message.

    Wait a minute. Didn't Luther tell one of his hench people that the
    recovered back half of the message was genuine?

    Gunn has said in interviews that the message is real and he's not going >>> to retcon it.

    I thought there was a throwaway headline on the video release
    suggesting that maybe the message had been tampered with years ago..
    on Krypton, not by Lex?

    I don't recall that, but the first I heard of it was with Gunn said it's
    real and he wasn't backing down on it

    It was allegedly added to the streaming or DVD version.



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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 11:25:59 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been >>>> a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 >>>> out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about >>>> the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's >>> the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time
    he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone
    of Superman.

    Also, I'd like to know who the previous Meta humans were going back
    centuries. This also undercuts Superman's value.

    Yeah, I didn't like that line either.

    And are they counting people who just have advanced tools as being Meta
    humans because they shouldn't. There's nothing Meta about Guy Gardner. Or >>> Hawkgirl. I don't know how Mr. Terrific's powers work.

    I think the term "metahuman" has shifted from being DC's version of "mutant"
    to "superhero".

    Well, that would be incredibly stupid about six different ways.

    Yeah, I think someone thought the term "superhero" was silly and childish
    and wanted something more sophiticated-sounding.


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  • From Bobbie Sellers@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 08:56:27 2025


    On 10/8/25 07:20, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been >>>> a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 >>>> out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about >>>> the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's
    the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time
    he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone
    of Superman.

    Also, I'd like to know who the previous Meta humans were going back
    centuries. This also undercuts Superman's value.

    Yeah, I didn't like that line either.

    And are they counting people who just have advanced tools as being Meta
    humans because they shouldn't. There's nothing Meta about Guy Gardner. Or >>> Hawkgirl. I don't know how Mr. Terrific's powers work.

    I think the term "metahuman" has shifted from being DC's version of "mutant" >> to "superhero".

    Well, that would be incredibly stupid about six different ways.


    Since some metahumans are villains.


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    Personally I think that Batman is a metahuman. He was not
    at the start but his stressful life of battling crime has unlocked the metahuman abilities stored in his epigentic material. These
    include rapid injury recovery and abnormal bone strength, very
    fast reflexes and superior mentation. If not by those stresses
    then the visit to the Lazarus Pit would account for the extraordinaty
    long career of this costumed crime fighter. And don't forget the
    strange ability to breath in space.

    bliss

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 18:56:39 2025
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:30:49 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been >>> a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 >>> out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about >>> the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's
    the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time
    he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone
    of Superman.

    Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman so
    easily beat Superman.



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 19:13:51 2025
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 12:06:05 PM PDT, "Ted Nolan <tednolan>" <Ted Nolan <tednolan>> wrote:

    In article <10c6c57$1q485$5@dont-email.me>, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:30:49 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote: >>
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been
    a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5
    out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about
    the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's >>>> the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time >>> he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone >>> of Superman.

    Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them
    inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman so
    easily beat Superman.

    Well, in-movie I'd say for the same reasons Superman had more trouble
    with the Kaju than the Justice Gang did. He would be trying to *stop*
    Ultra Man while Ultra Man would be trying to *kill* him.

    Well, if you let yourself get beaten, you're not stopping anyone, so as a strategy, that's not very smart.



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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 13:35:21 2025
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been
    a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5
    out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about
    the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's >>>> the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time >>> he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone >>> of Superman.

    Also, I'd like to know who the previous Meta humans were going back
    centuries. This also undercuts Superman's value.

    Yeah, I didn't like that line either.

    And are they counting people who just have advanced tools as being Meta >>>> humans because they shouldn't. There's nothing Meta about Guy Gardner. Or >>>> Hawkgirl. I don't know how Mr. Terrific's powers work.

    I think the term "metahuman" has shifted from being DC's version of "mutant"
    to "superhero".

    Well, that would be incredibly stupid about six different ways.

    Yeah, I think someone thought the term "superhero" was silly and childish
    and wanted something more sophiticated-sounding.


    And completely wrong in every possible way



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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 13:35:22 2025
    Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:


    On 10/8/25 07:20, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been >>>>> a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5 >>>>> out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about >>>>> the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's >>>> the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time >>> he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone >>> of Superman.

    Also, I'd like to know who the previous Meta humans were going back
    centuries. This also undercuts Superman's value.

    Yeah, I didn't like that line either.

    And are they counting people who just have advanced tools as being Meta >>>> humans because they shouldn't. There's nothing Meta about Guy Gardner. Or >>>> Hawkgirl. I don't know how Mr. Terrific's powers work.

    I think the term "metahuman" has shifted from being DC's version of "mutant"
    to "superhero".

    Well, that would be incredibly stupid about six different ways.


    Since some metahumans are villains.

    And some aren?t meta and some aren?t human.



    --
    Not a joke! Don't jump!


    Personally I think that Batman is a metahuman. He was not
    at the start but his stressful life of battling crime has unlocked the metahuman abilities stored in his epigentic material. These
    include rapid injury recovery and abnormal bone strength, very
    fast reflexes and superior mentation. If not by those stresses
    then the visit to the Lazarus Pit would account for the extraordinaty
    long career of this costumed crime fighter. And don't forget the
    strange ability to breath in space.

    bliss


    I?ll grant you the Lazarus pit changes everything.

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    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 13:35:23 2025
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 12:06:05 PM PDT, "Ted Nolan <tednolan>" <Ted Nolan <tednolan>> wrote:

    In article <10c6c57$1q485$5@dont-email.me>, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:30:49 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote: >>>
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been
    a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5
    out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about
    the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's >>>>> the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time >>>> he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone >>>> of Superman.

    Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them
    inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman so >>> easily beat Superman.

    Well, in-movie I'd say for the same reasons Superman had more trouble
    with the Kaju than the Justice Gang did. He would be trying to *stop*
    Ultra Man while Ultra Man would be trying to *kill* him.

    Well, if you let yourself get beaten, you're not stopping anyone, so as a strategy, that's not very smart.

    To quote my BFF, did you ever see Superman do anything that he couldn?t
    have done more easily some other way?



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 8 20:38:48 2025
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:35:23 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 12:06:05 PM PDT, "Ted Nolan <tednolan>" <Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>> wrote:

    In article <10c6c57$1q485$5@dont-email.me>, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:30:49 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been
    a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5
    out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about
    the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie, >>>>>>
    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's
    the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time
    he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone
    of Superman.

    Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them >>>> inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman so >>>> easily beat Superman.

    Well, in-movie I'd say for the same reasons Superman had more trouble
    with the Kaju than the Justice Gang did. He would be trying to *stop*
    Ultra Man while Ultra Man would be trying to *kill* him.

    Well, if you let yourself get beaten, you're not stopping anyone, so as a >> strategy, that's not very smart.

    To quote my BFF, did you ever see Superman do anything that he couldn?t
    have done more easily some other way?

    Well, there is the fact that Superman is a dick to contend with.



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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 9 07:32:03 2025
    On 10/8/2025 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <10c6c57$1q485$5@dont-email.me>, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:30:49 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote: >>
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have been
    a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give it a 6.5
    out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When I think about
    the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's >>>> the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first time >>> he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually a clone >>> of Superman.

    Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them
    inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman so
    easily beat Superman.



    Well, in-movie I'd say for the same reasons Superman had more trouble
    with the Kaju than the Justice Gang did. He would be trying to *stop*
    Ultra Man while Ultra Man would be trying to *kill* him.

    Realistically that may be part of it but "in movie" the reason was
    because Luthor was using his "superior intellect" to direct Ultraman to
    fight better than Superman. (Calling out the attacks with pre-set
    numbers, remember?)

    Yes, I agree its stupid but this is the same guy who made Superman's
    parents evil and the other parents idiots.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Thu Oct 9 19:33:14 2025
    In article <10c6i4o$1q485$12@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:35:23 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    "Ted Nolan <tednolan>" <Ted Nolan <tednolan>> wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have >>>>>>>> been a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give >>>>>>>> it a 6.5 out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When >>>>>>>> I think about the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that
    movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's
    the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first >>>>>> time he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually >>>>>> a clone of Superman.

    Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them >>>>> inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman >>>>> so easily beat Superman.

    Well, in-movie I'd say for the same reasons Superman had more trouble
    with the Kaju than the Justice Gang did. He would be trying to *stop* >>>> Ultra Man while Ultra Man would be trying to *kill* him.

    Well, if you let yourself get beaten, you're not stopping anyone, so as a >>> strategy, that's not very smart.

    To quote my BFF, did you ever see Superman do anything that he couldn't
    have done more easily some other way?

    Well, there is the fact that Superman is a dick to contend with.

    Only to Jimmy Olsen.

    --
    Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
    love this country.


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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Fri Oct 10 00:31:50 2025
    On Oct 9, 2025 at 4:33:14 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    In article <10c6i4o$1q485$12@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
    On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:35:23 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    "Ted Nolan <tednolan>" <Ted Nolan <tednolan>> wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    You know, having had some time to think about it, I think I may have
    been a little bit too kind to James Gunn's Superman movie. I did give
    it a 6.5 out of 10. Maybe that was at least one point too high. When
    I think about the amount of times Superman needed to be rescued in that
    movie,

    And yet one of the ubiquitous TV reporters makes a point of saying he's
    the mightiest Meta human of them all.

    According to the intro after the opening credits, that was the first >>>>>>> time he lost a fight, which makes sense because Ultra Man was actually
    a clone of Superman.

    Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them >>>>>> inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman >>>>>> so easily beat Superman.

    Well, in-movie I'd say for the same reasons Superman had more trouble >>>>> with the Kaju than the Justice Gang did. He would be trying to *stop* >>>>> Ultra Man while Ultra Man would be trying to *kill* him.

    Well, if you let yourself get beaten, you're not stopping anyone, so as a >>>> strategy, that's not very smart.

    To quote my BFF, did you ever see Superman do anything that he couldn't >>> have done more easily some other way?

    Well, there is the fact that Superman is a dick to contend with.

    Only to Jimmy Olsen.

    No, not just to Jimmy. Superman is an all-around dick. Like here:

    https://ibb.co/6K172zW

    The earth explodes, 7 billion people are dead, and Superman's biggest concern is that he's an orphan again (a grown man orphan, no less).

    And then it turns out, he's the one responsible for blowing the earth to smithereens in the first place:

    https://ibb.co/h12CSVsB

    Thanks a lot, dick.

    Later in the comic, Superman swoops in and destroys a building that was set
    for demolition to show off for the cameras. It's hilarious how the
    construction foreman is excited that "Superman is doing in second what it
    would take my wrecking crew weeks to do!"

    Yeah, and now those guys are losing out on several weeks' work and your
    company isn't going to be paid its full demolition fee. You're too stupid to realize that Superman is just being a dick again

    (It's nice that all the henchmen showed up to do their crime in suits and
    ties. They had a much more classy level of bad guy back then.)

    And then there was the time Superman tied a bunch of planets together with a giant chain and pulled them across the cosmos.

    https://ibb.co/n8fbQCrN

    SUPERMAN: "By moving these worlds from their own dying galaxy to new suns at the other side of universe, I'm saving billions of lives!"

    No you're not, dick.

    The moment you towed them away from their suns, all life on those planets was doomed. They'd freeze solid within days. The ecosystems would be forever trashed and the tidal forces generated by yanking them around would throw the oceans over the continents and cause planet-wide earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

    Oh, and considering that you're heading for "the other side of the universe", you're gonna have to drag them about 91 billion light years. Even if you could pull them at the speed of light, that's still a 91 billion-year journey and traveling that fast would also instantly kill all life on the planets.

    And where the frak did Superman get a chain that big and long? And what's it hooked to that wouldn't snap off rather than drag the planet?



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