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Originally Posted by ToyAddict

They managed pretty well in the Justice League cartoon. If nothing else, do it by numbers or distance. For all Supe's powers, he still can't be everywhere at once. And/or he can only fight so many at once.

Yeah, he's not Wolverine afterall.

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Originally Posted by thechris

Don't forget, in the DCUA, Superman was greatly powered down. He found it hard to stop trains, got hurt by electricity and explosions and couldn't breathe in space. If he was like that, it'd be fine. I mean Thor and Hulk were practically impervious portrayed in the Avengers movie and we still ate it up. Like at no point were those aliens even a threat it seemed. He needs the others because even Superman can't do it alone. He can't take on multiple baddies at the same time and when they have Kryptonite, he's useless. Make Darkseid the main villain, the parademons as fodder to keep the heroes busy and all his other weirdo buddies like Granny Goodness and stuff would probably make for interesting action sequences.

I think that part was acknowledging the laws of physics more than powering him down.
But I agree, a superman who's not godlike is a lot more interesting.

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Originally Posted by tlasjr

So if Christopher Reeve isn't THE Superman why does everyone focus on him? I own all ten seasons of Smallville and would be thrilled if Welling got the role in Justice Leauge but as it stands right now, YES Christopher Reeve is THE Superman.

Christopher Reeves isn't the be-all end-all of Supermen.
In fact, he didn't really reach this absolute christ-like iconography he holds today until he had that accident.
I get tired of everything being compaired to him. Anytime anyone discusses a new actor, it's always how good a match he is to Reeves, not how good a match he is to the character.

Personally, I feel Welling and Cain are both much better portrayals. (and even they aren't immune to the reeves compairisons)