hillbilly, forgot about that, he DID always duck!……I suspect that prop gun hurled by the bad guy packed more punch than those sound-effects -produced bullets that apparently bounced off his chest……remember that smug look of superiority on his face as the bullets bounced off?
My weirdest thoughts of the day happen in the few seconds just before I fall asleep. Often when I’m just waking up too. Thankfully I’m lucid the rest of the day.
I wondered about this as a child, watching reruns of the George Reeves Superman. But, even when I was six years old I couldn’t make the physics of Superman work and it bothered me.
He didn’t start flying until the Fleischer cartoon series. The leaping looked stupid in the animation tests, so they just decided to let him fly instead. But the whole “Faster than a speeding bullet…. Look! Up in the sky!….” bit had already started with the radio series (with the same voice cast, by the way), and was then carried over to the old TV series.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
Day two of ‘Super Hero Doubts’…
JP Steve Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Superman trivia: He couldn’t always fly. Leaping came first!
jnik23260 almost 13 years ago
That “Leaping over tall buildings” slogan came before he could fly.
Hillbillyman almost 13 years ago
Question: Why did he always duck when someone threw a gun at him? LOL
bubujin_2 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
The existential Superman.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 13 years ago
hillbilly, forgot about that, he DID always duck!……I suspect that prop gun hurled by the bad guy packed more punch than those sound-effects -produced bullets that apparently bounced off his chest……remember that smug look of superiority on his face as the bullets bounced off?
NE1956 almost 13 years ago
My weirdest thoughts of the day happen in the few seconds just before I fall asleep. Often when I’m just waking up too. Thankfully I’m lucid the rest of the day.
Auntie Socialist almost 13 years ago
An angsty Superman… probably the only remaining take that hasn’t been done before… no, wait! that was “Smallville”! Never mind.
Goblinopolis almost 13 years ago
I wondered about this as a child, watching reruns of the George Reeves Superman. But, even when I was six years old I couldn’t make the physics of Superman work and it bothered me.
Fan o’ Lio. almost 13 years ago
It used to take him 2 or 3 bounds to clear just a medium building.
Drrl almost 13 years ago
You don’t spit into the wind.
iced tea almost 13 years ago
And you don’t take the mask off the old Lone Ranger…
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
And you don’t mess around with Jim.
stevebarritt almost 13 years ago
This joke was done years ago by Ashley Brilliant.
stuestes almost 13 years ago
Of course he needed that (hidden) trampoline in front of the windows he leaped out of.
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 11 years ago
He didn’t start flying until the Fleischer cartoon series. The leaping looked stupid in the animation tests, so they just decided to let him fly instead. But the whole “Faster than a speeding bullet…. Look! Up in the sky!….” bit had already started with the radio series (with the same voice cast, by the way), and was then carried over to the old TV series.