In preparation for our discussion on Superman, I have to ask. If Superman and Batman were to fight to the death, who would win? I think that Superman is more powerful, but if it came down to it, he could not kill Bruce. It isn't in Kal-El's personality to do that to a friend. Also, Batman carries Kryptonite with him, and he wouldn't be afraid to use it if he thought he had to. So my answer is Batman. What do you think?
I want to say Superman because he has real powers whereas Batman's are store-bought but the points you made are so valid that I have no choice but to agree with you, darn it....
ReplyDeleteI am going to have to go with Batman. Like you said he carries Kryptonite and if Batman has anytime to prepare for the fight, then he will have even more tricks up his sleeve.
ReplyDeleteBatman, all the way. Morgan Freeman would create a sweet Kryptonite weapon for Bruce Wayne that would own Superman. He'd be just another costumed weirdo crunched by the boot of the almighty bat.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I'd want to know the REASON they were fighting. You all say that Superman couldn't kill Batman because it's not in his nature, but Batman wouldn't even kill the Joker, so I doubt you can claim it's in Batman's nature to kill either. And if it was really some fight-to-the-death scenario, Kryptonite would be irrelevant. Superman could just throw a massive object at Batman, or use heat vision. Batman is really just a rich guy with a lot of time on his hands. Still cool, but money can't stop a car from crushing you when it's thrown by a super-powered alien. Superman isn't dumb, he'd hardly charge in for a hand-to-hand with Kryptonite. But even in that case, he's fast and strong enough that he could just one-hit KO Bruce. I think you guys are looking at this scenario a little lopsidedly.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I like Batman better, as Superman always struck me as a little too "perfect" and his struggles to win fights always seemed kinda...forced.
It depends on who has more time to prepare for the fight. Assuming that they both have their usual unwillingness to endanger uninvolved civilians, Batman would have a large advantage in a heavily populated environment, whereas Superman would most certainly win in an isolated area. Batman could attack Superman almost impunity in an area like a city, since the things that harm Superman don't generally harm normal people, whereas in order to make sure that Batman never got close enough to use Kryptonite, Superman would probably need to resort to attacks that would cause a large amount of collateral damage. So, whichever had expected the fight beforehand could make sure he had an advantage due to the location of the fight (this would probably be Batman, since he's a lot less trusting than Superman and prepares for a ridiculous amount of contingencies).
ReplyDeleteCaleb, I would like to say thank you for believing that Superman is too "perfect", people always get upset with me when I say that. That has always been my biggest complaint with the character. Also, I agree with Sean, Batman always seems prepared for even the most unlikely situations.
ReplyDeleteI see Sean's point, but I still think that, in general, there is literally no way that Batman could beat Superman in a fair fight. Fighting Superman with Kryptonite would be like Superman saying "Okay, but let's fight on Mars."
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