PapaPalpatine wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:06 am
When it comes to someone like Atomic Skull, there might be one pragmatic reason not to kill him; it might be too dangerous to kill him, at least in the middle of a crowded city. We're talking about a being who has radiation powers, has the word "Atomic" in his name, and was being used as a nuclear power generator while he was in prison. It's only by the grace of whatever gods the DC universe has that Skull's body didn't go critical mass shortly after Ol' Chester blew his head off, possibly exploding to the tune of several megatons.
Yes but I'm rather sure that that doesn't solve the dilemma of the story. Superman could take AS to space for all the public cares. The issue is whether it's okay to kill, for the sake of the public vs AS.
Perhaps not. I'm just saying that, when you're dealing with a baddy who could easily go ka-boom when he dies, it would be prudent to defer killing him at least until you can lure him to some remote, uninhabited location where the explosion is less likely to cause appalling collateral damage.
That may be idealistic enough for the Biden administration or something, but this is Superman here.
Saving the city from a exploding man seems to be well within Superman's storyline list. All you need is have Lois Lane on train tracks across the city or something.
Anyway, I do like the premise of the movie. Not a fan of the art style though.
PapaPalpatine wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:06 am
When it comes to someone like Atomic Skull, there might be one pragmatic reason not to kill him; it might be too dangerous to kill him, at least in the middle of a crowded city. We're talking about a being who has radiation powers, has the word "Atomic" in his name, and was being used as a nuclear power generator while he was in prison. It's only by the grace of whatever gods the DC universe has that Skull's body didn't go critical mass shortly after Ol' Chester blew his head off, possibly exploding to the tune of several megatons.
Yes but I'm rather sure that that doesn't solve the dilemma of the story. Superman could take AS to space for all the public cares. The issue is whether it's okay to kill, for the sake of the public vs AS.
Perhaps not. I'm just saying that, when you're dealing with a baddy who could easily go ka-boom when he dies, it would be prudent to defer killing him at least until you can lure him to some remote, uninhabited location where the explosion is less likely to cause appalling collateral damage.
That may be idealistic enough for the Biden administration or something, but this is Superman here.
Saving the city from a exploding man seems to be well within Superman's storyline list. All you need is have Lois Lane on train tracks across the city or something.
I don't follow. I don't have a problem with Superman saving the city by throwing an atomic Atomic Skull into outer space; that isn't related to the issue at hand in the story though.
PapaPalpatine wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:06 am
When it comes to someone like Atomic Skull, there might be one pragmatic reason not to kill him; it might be too dangerous to kill him, at least in the middle of a crowded city. We're talking about a being who has radiation powers, has the word "Atomic" in his name, and was being used as a nuclear power generator while he was in prison. It's only by the grace of whatever gods the DC universe has that Skull's body didn't go critical mass shortly after Ol' Chester blew his head off, possibly exploding to the tune of several megatons.
Yes but I'm rather sure that that doesn't solve the dilemma of the story. Superman could take AS to space for all the public cares. The issue is whether it's okay to kill, for the sake of the public vs AS.
Perhaps not. I'm just saying that, when you're dealing with a baddy who could easily go ka-boom when he dies, it would be prudent to defer killing him at least until you can lure him to some remote, uninhabited location where the explosion is less likely to cause appalling collateral damage.
That may be idealistic enough for the Biden administration or something, but this is Superman here.
Saving the city from a exploding man seems to be well within Superman's storyline list. All you need is have Lois Lane on train tracks across the city or something.
I don't follow. I don't have a problem with Superman saving the city by throwing an atomic Atomic Skull into outer space; that isn't related to the issue at hand in the story though.
