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Originally posted by King Krypton:
You must only have read the last ten years' worth of Superman comics. Prior to 1993, he was a strong, commanding, noble character. He's only portrayed as a wimp in the last 10 years. Again, your understanding of Superman is purely superfical and false.
Maybe I did read the shitty version, but that's all they're handing out right now, so why bother? I can ask someone for the good old ones, but the evolution of the character has destroyed him. First impressions cannot be remade.

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Then you must really hate all the great fantasy tales of the age. Those stories are written with pure imagination in mind. Not everything has to be grounded in some false "reality." There is and should be room for stories that sweep you away into another world. Personally, I prefer out-and-out fantasy. It simply yields far more potential and storytelling opportunities than something that's weighed down in "reality." I don't need "realistic" threats to get me excited for the hero's sake. As long as the scenario is presented with panache and style, the situation can be as wild and fantastical as it wants. It's all about the presentation.
I really can't see the point in pure fantasy. I am one of a scientific mind, I guess. I really can't enjoy fake stuff. I count mistakes in sci-fi movies (best being Event Horizon with only one scientific inaccuracy). If it couldn't happen, it's worthless to me. I dunno.... maybe I'm missing out? Or maybe it's a good thing. I want to go into Quantum, so needing reality is a good line to draw. If you know what I mean. I don't want to make up crackpot theories, you know? Anyhow, It doesn't matter to me how WELL a book (or whatever) is written <ok, for the MOST part>, if it makes no logical sense, I can't enjoy it.

Isn't it interesting to see how other people can think SO very different from each other?

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This is why there's a little something called "suspension of disbelief." You're supposed to give yourself over to the fantasy in order for it to cast its spell. Again, it's about imagination. You either have it or you don't.
WOAH. No need for the personal insults. I HAVE an imagination, thankyouverymuch. I can IMAGINE fantasy shit all I like. I can picture it, I can make it up, I can follow along. I JUST DO NOT LIKE IT. Personal preferance.

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And just because you don't doesn't give you the right to say that pure fantasy "sucks."
Really? What gives YOU the right to say it DOESN'T suck? It's an opinion.

And I used the term "sucks" for two reasons.
1) Get the attention I wanted (that worked).
2) Allude to the comic I drew with Supes and Bats and Scarecrow for those who have seen it.

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There are far more people than not who relish fantasy and are willing to embrace it. Why do you think Lord of the Rings has become such a huge box office phenomenon?
Since when has popular opinion been something to rely on for validity? Artists throughout the ages have starved and been ridiculed in their lifetimes and only after their deaths had their work seen for the true masterpiece it always was. Just because a lot of people do something doesn't mean it's all that damn great. Almost everyone in America spends an hour + watching TV every day. Does that make it a good idea? Have you ever videotaped yourself watching TV? It's frightening. Maybe it would be better to go running or ride a bike for that hour or so. But that doesn't mean everyone will enjoy that. Or chose to do that. Popular opinion means bupkiss.

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....Someone I would like to be, powers and all. And Superman does NOT have too many powers, not these days, anyway.
I was taking my examples from some of the Superman comics I have read. He got too many powers. He flinched and busted a wall in a huge building- likely an apartment complex (Lois lived in a window adjacent). He couldn't control his power and blew up a space station. Enter the Parasite.

And if he keeps getting more powers as his time under our sun goes on, how can he NOT have too many powers NOW when he did THEN?

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And again, just because he has powers doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings and emotions.
Superman's a wuss. I don't care about his feelings and emotions. What are most of his problems? With romance and friendships, right? If I want to deal with those subjects, I'll turn to reality. I deal with that myself and its boring to read someone else whining about it. I don't like the way he thinks. I don't like reading his thoughts.

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You just contradicted yourself. How can Batman be "unrealistic in realistic ways"? He's unrealistic, PERIOD. In real life, he'd be dead or permanently disabled, and none of the villains in his stories would evern exist.
See below.

"Maybe I'm not as GOOD, but I CAN throw a boomerang. I can kick people. Other people can kick people BETTER."

Batman is unrealistic in how good he is at the stuff he does, but not the stuff he does. In a 'perfect' world, someone COULD be as precise as Batman in their fighting style. The things he does are real things, stuff actually possible, and the fantasy is how well he does it and how he doesn't fail.

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I get enough "this could really happen" stuff in the news and on TV all the time. When I read, I want to be swept away and lose myself. Again, want reality? Read a newspaper or watch TV. Comics were meant for the stuff of fancy.
I do read the newspaper. That isn't entertainment. That is cold, hard reality. Just because I don't want complete fluff, stuff that could never in any way possibly physically happen in reality, does not mean I do not want fiction.