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Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm aware of the NCIS scenes, what else you guys got?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

My head canon, at least with Superman, is his powers. He doesn't have multiple unrelated powers, but only 1 main one. Instinctive momentum control.

  • Flying - Momentum control

  • Bullet proof - Momentum stopped at the point of contact.

  • Heat beams - Changing the momentum of particles he's focused on.

  • Holding a plane by a thin aluminium sheet - Adjusting the momentum of the plane directly.

  • No sonic booms, or massive wind - momentum nulling on the nearby air.

In this case, catching a falling person safely makes complete sense. He just nullifies their momentum before they hit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I guess you could explain it like that, but I'd really prefer it if they just started writing Superman stories with a more realistic depiction of the world around Superman in mind. It would add more drama since, while Superman himself is invulnerable, the rest of the world isn't, so Supes should have to be extremely careful with how he uses his powers if he's actually going to save anyone.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

"I live in a world made of cardboard, except for Lois' bones and ligaments."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

while Superman himself is invulnerable, the rest of the world isn’t

Larry Niven wrote a great essay many years ago about the physical realities of being Superman. My favorite bit was about how him having sex with Lois Lane would have resulted in her head being blown off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this is what I liked about man of steel but last time I said I liked that movie online I got called an inbred lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Superman in Man of Steel didn't give a crap about the world around him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

yeah but it showed what you're talking about. he's a destructive force of nature that can cause great misery even when he's trying to do the right thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Superman himself is invulnerable, the rest of the world isn't

Go watch The Boys!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Actually not a bad rationale, especially given the era when Superman started - it reminds me of E.E. "Doc" Smith's inertialess drive.