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From: dtravel@sonic.net
On 10/8/2025 12:06 PM, Ted Nolan wrote:
> In article <10c6c57$1q485$5@dont-email.me>, BTR1701 wrote:
>> On Oct 8, 2025 at 1:30:49 AM PDT, "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.
>>
>> Which means at best, it would have been a stalemate with each of them
>> inflicting equal damage on the other. It doesn't explain why Ultraman so
>> easily beat Superman.
>>
>>
>
> Well, in-movie I'd say for the same reasons Superman had more trouble
> with the Kaju than the Justice Gang did. He would be trying to *stop*
> Ultra Man while Ultra Man would be trying to *kill* him.
Realistically that may be part of it but "in movie" the reason was
because Luthor was using his "superior intellect" to direct Ultraman to
fight better than Superman. (Calling out the attacks with pre-set
numbers, remember?)
Yes, I agree its stupid but this is the same guy who made Superman's
parents evil and the other parents idiots.
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dirty old man.
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