Super Powers Vs. True Love.
I can't possibly be the only guy on the planet that is getting a little annoyed with the huge impact the whole "true love", thing has on my super heroes these days. Just look at Spider-man. Sure he was in love with MJ in the comic book, I mean, after the Goblin killed Gwen that is. Still, even though he was in love, it was a side plot to his life, which was more about his dark thoughts and his past and all that blah. Super-man too, sure he had that crush on Lois but before his crush, he had things to do, he's Superman after all. It is the movies that really turned the super hero soppy. All the mushy, love whining in these films is enough to make your brain pop. Superman the movie, everyone remembers when Lois is killed in that earthquake and a screaming Superman flies around the planet so fast that he reverses the spin of the planet and thereby, time itself. Remember if you reverse the spin of a planet, it will reverse time and not hurl everyone off of the planet at 7000 miles per hour. Yes that was a ridiculous concept but even more ridiculous was the idea that old Supe would find the time to fall in love and then, defy physics to regain his loss, pure silliness. then there is Spidey, one of my all time favorites but what do they do to him in the movie? They turn him as wet as a duck sandwich at the bottom of a lake, So moist you could was your car with his face. Peter Parker always had demons but I never would have believed that he was such a sill ass crybaby that he is in the movie. Then you get to the "part two curse", as in Superman II and Spider-man II, in which our hero gives up his powers so he can be with the woman he loves, Batman even considered hanging it up for Catwoman in "Returns", preposterous! I don't know everything about human nature but I can say this for a fact. If any man I know was given the choice between true love and super powers, the powers win, hands down, every time. True love is a concept from fairy tales, it's definitely not what guys have on their minds, super powers or a 1970 Dodge Challenger in mint, factory condition, now that is a hard option. Super powers or love, no brainer. Not to mention you would probably have a super powered libido to match everything else. A relationship would just ruin your night. "Where have you been all night, does it really take you that long to fly to Italy, stop a terrorist attack and then fly back? I hope you weren't pitching woo at some hairy European whore while I slaved away on your supper, which is cold now, thank you very much!". No one wants to spend the night listening to that after they save the planet from super villains and robot armies. No no no no, there is no place for love in these super hero scenarios and that's a fact. Just more Hollywood shlock, written to get women in the seats and money in the bank. Super heroes are just men with extraordinary powers and, for men, life isn't about quality, it's about quantity. That being said I think it's time Hollywood takes notice and gives us a hero we can relate to, like Captain Sexfist and his Super car Bitch Hunter.
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