frinspar
Global Moderator
THE ROGUE SCHOLAR
Hi, Buck Melanoma. Moley Russell's wart.
Posts: 18,003
|
Post by frinspar on Sept 9, 2012 2:01:41 GMT -5
The best we can come up with in real life are fat pricks who earn $43 million a year to stand on a pile of dirt and throw a ball really fast, then give away 100 sandwiches to the poor in front of 20 cameras, all sponsored by Subway of course.
Actual superpowers aside, none of us are capable of the unquestionable morality and selflessness it takes to match the template of a hero in a comic. Most of us only get a chance or two in our lives to rise above for just a second, but many of us don't even recognize the chance when it comes.
|
|
magneto1138
Administrator
Thors Hammer
Posts: 1,003,741
|
Post by magneto1138 on Sept 9, 2012 11:57:57 GMT -5
Nobody has murdered my parents yet...
|
|
Matt Torrance
Shatner-Esque
BOARD SUPERHERO
Board Caretaker
Posts: 823
|
Post by Matt Torrance on Sept 9, 2012 14:37:30 GMT -5
Because humans, by nature, are flawed creatures.
Hard not to find one that doesnt succumb to the things that normally swallow us up.
Whats harder is to find one of those rare individuals who are above reproach and on top of that does something that gets them noticed and therefore worthy of hero status.
|
|
frinspar
Global Moderator
THE ROGUE SCHOLAR
Hi, Buck Melanoma. Moley Russell's wart.
Posts: 18,003
|
Post by frinspar on Sept 9, 2012 15:23:33 GMT -5
^ No such thing.
|
|
NecroDragon
Knight of Burnie
THE CLEVERER OF THE CLEVEREST
"Stupid science bitches couldn't even make I more smarter!"
Posts: 1,010,189
|
Post by NecroDragon on Sept 10, 2012 2:12:30 GMT -5
Why don't these people exist in real life? Why do they have to be myths? I want a real hero. Someone who stand for what is right and true and just. Is this why we buy these fucking unsatisfying books? Why can't someone, anyone be these people we put so much thought and hope into? I keep thinking this, myself, man.
|
|
razkazz
Global Moderator
I'M TRIPPIN' BALLS ON THE WALLS
Posts: 1,014,444
|
Post by razkazz on Sept 10, 2012 2:51:31 GMT -5
I've felt that way too, then I sobered up and was like that was fucking stupid. It's not really that bad. Damn.
|
|
frinspar
Global Moderator
THE ROGUE SCHOLAR
Hi, Buck Melanoma. Moley Russell's wart.
Posts: 18,003
|
Post by frinspar on Sept 10, 2012 3:16:43 GMT -5
Nobody has murdered my parents yet... Do you find beverage cans sliding themselves into your hand before you fully reach to grab them yourself?
|
|
magneto1138
Administrator
Thors Hammer
Posts: 1,003,741
|
Post by magneto1138 on Sept 10, 2012 9:39:56 GMT -5
Only when I'm on a boat...
|
|
okcomputer
Global Moderator
FAST AND HARD
Posts: 7,382
|
Post by okcomputer on Sept 10, 2012 10:08:28 GMT -5
Because in the real world Bruce Wayne is Mitt Romney, Frank Castle would be a dangerous psychopath (like he is in the comics, only more unstable), and if an alien spaceship crashed the government would kill whatever was inside.
|
|
NecroDragon
Knight of Burnie
THE CLEVERER OF THE CLEVEREST
"Stupid science bitches couldn't even make I more smarter!"
Posts: 1,010,189
|
Post by NecroDragon on Sept 10, 2012 21:55:27 GMT -5
Peter Parker would die from radiation poisoning, Bruce Banner would be obliterated, Tony Stark is Bill Gates, and Kick-Ass is Pheonix Jones.
|
|
NecroDragon
Knight of Burnie
THE CLEVERER OF THE CLEVEREST
"Stupid science bitches couldn't even make I more smarter!"
Posts: 1,010,189
|
Post by NecroDragon on Sept 10, 2012 22:17:35 GMT -5
I'm sure that people have tried it before. We proabably just haven't heard of it. I mean the word vigilante exists because there ARE vigilantes. This could be an interesting topic to research. There might actually be some obscure cases where this has happened.
|
|
NecroDragon
Knight of Burnie
THE CLEVERER OF THE CLEVEREST
"Stupid science bitches couldn't even make I more smarter!"
Posts: 1,010,189
|
Post by NecroDragon on Sept 10, 2012 22:22:48 GMT -5
|
|
NecroDragon
Knight of Burnie
THE CLEVERER OF THE CLEVEREST
"Stupid science bitches couldn't even make I more smarter!"
Posts: 1,010,189
|
Post by NecroDragon on Sept 10, 2012 22:48:34 GMT -5
|
|
frinspar
Global Moderator
THE ROGUE SCHOLAR
Hi, Buck Melanoma. Moley Russell's wart.
Posts: 18,003
|
Post by frinspar on Sept 10, 2012 22:49:18 GMT -5
Honestly, I think a person would have to be equal amounts stupid and crazy to want to be a superhero at any level.
|
|
GhostRider5289
Cooler than Rip Torn
I'm your Huckleberry.
Posts: 4,272
|
Post by GhostRider5289 on Sept 11, 2012 1:09:13 GMT -5
I've wanted to be Batman since I was 3 but I guess without the proper motivation and slight mental instability (not to mention wealth) it's just not something a person is going to commit to.
|
|
NecroDragon
Knight of Burnie
THE CLEVERER OF THE CLEVEREST
"Stupid science bitches couldn't even make I more smarter!"
Posts: 1,010,189
|
Post by NecroDragon on Sept 11, 2012 2:13:34 GMT -5
Honestly, I think a person would have to be equal amounts stupid and crazy to want to be a superhero at any level. And duh doy! That is precisely what Batman and Punisher are. Either that, or supremely confident in yourself because of the powers you have that make you nigh-invincible.
|
|