SUPERMAN NEEDS FIGHTING SKILLS

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BATMAN, WOLVERINE, THOR, WONDER WOMAN all have one thing in common: They're trained fighters and they can beat people up.

Superman doesn't have any special training. All he has is his powers. The general feeling is that once his powers are taken away then Superman is ineffective. This is shown to be true in Superman 2 when Superman gives up his powers to be with Lois. Lois and Clark drive to a diner from the fortress of Solitude and while Clark is using the bathroom a truck driver hits on Lois. When Clark goes to defend her, he is beaten up you can see the scene here: Supeman 2: Clark is not the man Lois fell in love with.

While the scene in the movie demonstrates to Clark what it's like to be human, comic book fans realized that Superman was nothing with out his superpowers.

Over the years heroes like Batman, Wolverine, and now Thor are seen as cooler because with or without powers they can do something to protect the innocent. Now even Spider-Man due to the loss of his spider sense has learned Kung-Fu.

The whole "Thor" movie was marketed as an action flick where Thor even without his powers was kicking @$$.


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Even in the early days of the 1950's show, "The Adventures of Superman" George Reeves beat up the bad guys. It gave Superman credibility and now he can't hit anybody because logically if he hit someone they would die.

The new Superman movie will have more action and will be grittier but I think that if DC really wanted to get Superman to reach the level of Batman then they would give him some fighting skills so that it shows fans that Superman is more than just the powers.

Class Dismissed,
The Professor