Superman was way too mortal.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — General Discussion
king_dbz — 17 years ago(July 22, 2008 11:54 AM)
He was vulnerable to EVERYTHING! And he had to wear a frickin space suit? wtf?
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preachcaleb — 17 years ago(July 24, 2008 07:08 PM)
Not necessarily a suit, but definitely oxygen. We've seen in several episodes of Superman and Justice League that he can survive in space, but he will still eventually need to breathe.
Mostly, it was probably just done to sell a few extra toys. You know, Spacesuit Superman or Underwater Superman. That type of thing.
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MetFanMac — 17 years ago(August 05, 2008 12:36 PM)
The producers felt that making Superman really really powerful would make him less interesting because then less stuff would be dangerous for him. They amped up his power level later in JLU.
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Cyborg89 — 17 years ago(October 14, 2008 06:14 PM)
I like what they did with Superman. He still is the most powerful of all the heroes but they made him struggle a bit and that made him seem a bit more human. That's what they did in the comics because he was becomming way too powerful. Basically this show closely follows post-crisis continuity (No Superboy, Luthor a Businessman, Batman comes before Superman and their different methods/opinions..etc) but with some pre-crisis elements thrown in there. And if they didn't 'decrease' his power, each episode would be over in about 7 minutes.
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TheLastDragonNRY — 17 years ago(January 28, 2009 04:58 PM)
I'd have preferred him to be a better fighter in this show. I understand his enemies can kick ass but you tend to hear Superman grunt in pain a bit too often. Character-wise, he was too stiff. I loved how Reeve's Superman was as nice as he could be and positive, but when it came down to business, no beep Superman in this show was kind of like a plank.
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confidential_75 — 16 years ago(August 21, 2009 04:45 AM)
I understand that they had to make him less vulnerable, but there was no need to make him into a puppy. I mean come on (mostly 90% of what was fired at him HURT him).The fact of the matter remains that Superman is not human. Why do you guys think they felt it necessary to amp his powers in JLU? Because after a while, the writers must have realized they went a bit too far.
Superman needing a space suit, a diving suitcome on.
I think the writers lacked creativity in making him not silver age level, but at least sufficient (current modern level) enough to feel that you are actually watching/reading SUPERMAN. You can tell by this that I did not care much for the Byrne's revamp. Only DC writers, for some reason, cannot balance (more extreme to the left side, or more extreme to the right).
I did not care much for the artwork either. At least the upcoming "Superman/Batman: Public Enemies" looks great compared to it.
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