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