Amph Here's Some Money, Go See A Swap Thing: DCU/Elseworlds Discussion

Seriously, since the government knew that Superman's ship was at the Kent house and Clark has the same age/height/appearance, if they still couldn't figure out the truth, then they are really really really dumb.

 

Not as dumb as some things I can think of.

 

Yes, because protecting your child is dumb.

Since when?

So's the idea that a pair of glasses can fool people, yet here we are nearly 80 years later.

What's in the house? The ship was never in the house. It was in the barn and the ship is gone. There's nothing in there to check for.

Superman's lies work all the time. Nobody suspects him of being Superman except for Pete Ross and Lana Lang and they won't turn him into the military. He's used multiple aliases and barely paid attention to him. Now he's using his adopted name and a pair of glasses. Perry White doesn't even know and he saw Superman and Clark.

That's not what a background check is. A background check looks for your medical records, your birth certificate, a list of employment, school records and a criminal record. It does not tell you who you met in 2001, when working for a few weeks at a job. Especially if you don't use your real name and don't get your picture taken.

Hiding it in the middle of Kansas, at a farmer's house that no one knows that he's friends with is just a valid as leaving it in the arctic which Zod found anyway.

Again, how can they check? Clark can get rid of any microscopical particles that might exist with his super breath or infra red vision. It doesn't require destroying the barn.

Yet, Superman's lies work all the time, in all media. We see them working in DOJ, when Superman dies, he has a big headline in the Daily Planet. Then there's a smaller obituary for Clark Kent that's not front page news and there is no declaration that Superman is Clark Kent. Only that Clark Kent was believed to have been killed covering the Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman fight against Doomsday.

No, the Kent family hid a spaceship for a friend by personal request. That friend being Kal-El. There has to be a suspicion that Clark Kent is Superman, when there is none. Especially since Clark Kent wears a pair of glasses which distorts his features to make him look different from Superman. There's probably twenty other guys his age and build in Smallville.

I know it is hard to believe, but that's how it is. You can either accept it or not. I've said my peace.

 

I hope the tapatalk ignore/block function works as advertised. I've had enough of those two to last me a thousand lifetimes.

Edit: ****, it doesn't.

 

Thank you sinister for volunteering for a ban. Your turn, poke.

 

I didn't volunteer for a ban. I opted out.

 

Sinister. you know better, stop now please for your own sanity, you're better than this.


Slowpoke, please stay in here and talk to your own echo chamber, please don't pull anyone else into your own personal madness.

 

NM

 

It found its way into my thread.

 

You know, it makes nothing but sense from a cultural and historical background, and I never once thought about it. And to be honest, I don't care either. I just hope it's not something that will be shamelessly exploited now or otherwise retconned if certain individuals or sectors can't deal with.

 

You said it better than I possibly could, make it a part of their world certainly, but don't just insert this in there because it's topical. What I don't want is the obnoxious girl power crap hoisted onto her shoulders. Wonder Woman never had that, nor does she need it. She just is and I hope that is what the filmmakers recognize this and just let her be WW.

 

Wonder Woman already is a symbol of girl power. Gloria Steinem wrote an essay on how Wonder Woman impacted her and even put Wonder Woman on the 1st cover her magazine, "Ms."



I think the filmmakers and actress, Gal Gadot, understand that Wonder Woman is a symbol of girl power and the feminist movement. I mean the last part of the ComicCon trailer about the role Etta Candy as Steve Trevor's secretary highlights Wonder Woman's view of that description.



As for being bisexual... yeah, I seen that movie. The production value and acting was very poor, definitely not meant to be viewed for anyone under the age of 17.

Anyway, it makes sense for the comic book to reveal that part of the Amazonian culture and it was from Greg Rucka, who did a wonderful job with Batwoman. I don't see the film making any reference to this aspect of the Amazons.

 

Mera

 

Yeah, Mera looks great. I'm just petrified since we see her in Atlantean garb, and Arthur's clearly not there any longer per the JL teaser, that they're going to fridge her...

 

They said she's in he Aquaman movie too... so i wouldn't think she'd be killed off in Justice League Part 1...

that said thank you for giving me that new fear.

 

Not bad

 

So if Jared Leto doesn't come back as the Joker, should they recast or just ignore?

 

I think it's very doubtful that Mera would be killed off. I actually expect her to kick some ass like in this animated clip.