Top ten worst superhero movie moments/things

[WayneLigon]

2) On the other hand, DON'T stop talking about the Schumacher Batman movies. Some things are unforgivable, and some things are such blights upon society that they should not be forgotten and their creators should be harried until the end of their days.

I think that pretty much sums up my feelings on the entire thread. I've wracked my brains and I just can't come up with any 10 things that don't relate somehow to the last Batman movie. The rest are TV movies from the late Seventies and early Eighties (Never saw the JLA movie, but have seen mercifully brief snips of the Generation X pilot), the Captain America movie which has been mercifully forgotten by most, the Fantastic Four movie which only exists as a fan bootleg tape (having been shelved after production and never to my memory released), and such. But all those were third grade productions, TV productions, etc. None save Schumacher's travesty were a huge budget major motion picture. That makes it all the worse.

Honestly, I don't even remember seeing Superman IV. I think that relates to Lovecraft's comments about the mind being mercifully unable to fully realize what it sees.

 

[Numion]

Actually, this whole phemomena was pointed out in some semi-well known article somewhere around the time that the first superman movie came out. The author speculated that superman's powers were mostly TK, not super strength because of what you pointed out. John Byrne even used this theory in an issue of the Fantastic Four where some skrulls had tricked the Imperial Shi'ar guard character Gladiator into attacking the FF.

That makes Superman a bit unintresting, IMHO. He can do anything, ok, I get the point, no need to explain

I find it intresting when superpowers interact with the world around us. Thats why I found X-men movies good - they seemed to happen in the real world. Or maybe I just missed the more glaring errors.

 

[Villano]

the Fantastic Four movie which only exists as a fan bootleg tape (having been shelved after production and never to my memory released)

IIRC, the movie wasn't ever intended to be released, so I don't concerm myself too much with criticism of this film. They just made it to hold onto the rights. With other films, you assume they are trying to make something entertaining. FF was like an investment someone makes that they know will lose money because they wan't to use it as a tax break.

Superman has an invisible aura around his body that not only allows him to fly and makes him invulnerable, it also protects clothing that are tight-fitting, that's why his costume escapes harm but his cape gets ripped.

One thing that's always bugged me about this is how Superman got his costume under his force field. Wouldn't it just be sitting on top of the aura and be blown up just like his cape? :\

 

[Hypersmurf]

One thing that's always bugged me about this is how Superman got his costume under his force field. Wouldn't it just be sitting on top of the aura and be blown up just like his cape? :\

He can suppress it as a standard action, but it's automatically restored just before his next turn.

-Hyp.

 

[s/LaSH]

One thing that's always bugged me about this is how Superman got his costume under his force field. Wouldn't it just be sitting on top of the aura and be blown up just like his cape? :\

It's not a perfect impermeability field; I suspect the costume's made of fine threads, which can sink through the field and settle on his skin, which in and of itself is probably extremely tough - the field is just icing on the cake. It's the same reason he can breathe, talk, etc - the field might be likened to Dune shields, which are most effective against stronger attacks.

Also, subconscious PK is always a great explanation for why something works the way you'd expect it to until you really think about it. Kal obviously hasn't thought about it...

 

[DarkSoldier]

It's not a perfect impermeability field; I suspect the costume's made of fine threads, which can sink through the field and settle on his skin, which in and of itself is probably extremely tough - the field is just icing on the cake. It's the same reason he can breathe, talk, etc - the field might be likened to Dune shields, which are most effective against stronger attacks.

I doubt the composition of his costume grants it those properties; his mother made it (Man of Steel #1).

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Macy Gray does indeed appear in Spiderman 1. She was the singer in times square during that ball where the Green Goblin attacks. Granted, it didnt ruin the movie, but it seriously made that scene a whole lot less enjoyable. She's a terrible singer with a terrible voice. I wonder how much she paid to get herself into that movie.


Another thing that irks me, yet again in a spidey flick, Spiderman 2, the train scene.

There is no train in New York City that stops dead cold the way the tracks to that train stopped. None. The Bay Ridge train (i belive you spot a sign saying bay ridge on the train) certainly doesnt stop in that fashion. Maybe a chicago train does,but not here in NYC.

Granted, it was a great scene, I loved it. But, as a New Yorker i get severly irked when movies featuring the city in detail cant be accurate.

The address for the pizzaria was wrong too, i've eaten there. Hell, they didnt even use the actual pizzaria for the movie, just the name.

 

[Numion]

Granted, it was a great scene, I loved it. But, as a New Yorker i get severly irked when movies featuring the city in detail cant be accurate.

The address for the pizzaria was wrong too, i've eaten there. Hell, they didnt even use the actual pizzaria for the movie, just the name.

Are you also irked because there really isn't a Spider-man living in NY, even though in the movie there was? Or that Oscorp doesn't exist in real NY?

 

[Rackhir]

Another thing that irks me, yet again in a spidey flick, Spiderman 2, the train scene.

There is no train in New York City that stops dead cold the way the tracks to that train stopped. None. The Bay Ridge train (i belive you spot a sign saying bay ridge on the train) certainly doesnt stop in that fashion. Maybe a chicago train does,but not here in NYC.

Hmmm. I would have thought the fact that there are no elevated trains in NYC would have been a bigger annoyance. That's much more of a chicago thing. Though I know in the past they did have them. Besides it would be pointless to have a train line that ended like that, except if you were looking for something to make for dramatic scenes in movies.

Oh, spoiled New Yorkers. I remember when I was in Japan I was glued to the screen when they were showing Mannequin 2: On the Move simply because it was showing brief scenes of Philly. Do you have any idea of what it takes to make a sane person actually enjoy watching Mannequin 2: On the Move?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Are you also irked because there really isn't a Spider-man living in NY, even though in the movie there was? Or that Oscorp doesn't exist in real NY?

There's a movie - 'Above the Law' - with Yuen Biao and Cynthia Rothrock. It's mostly set in Hong Kong, but the opening scene is in Auckland.

The camera starts on an imposing white building... lots of pillars, broad steps. The front door opens, and a bunch of lawyers walk out, discussing the case that just concluded.

That's right - a bunch of lawyers walk out of the Auckland Museum.

Gotta tell you, it completely spoiled the verisimilitude of the movie for me.

confused:)

-Hyp.