"Ridiculous Questions About Superheroes" or "How Does Superman Get A Haircut?"

[mauve]

In regards to Batman and how only a few characters seem to know that he's Bruce Wayne, I kinda liked how the Arkham games handled it. Most of the villains there have been dealing with Batman for so long, they're pretty much beyond the point of caring who he really is. Joker really doesn't give a damn because there's no fun in that. Penguin, Ivy, Two-Face, Freeze, and even Mad Hatter don't particularly seem to care at this point, either: They obviously have bigger problems to deal with and are content to just hate Batman and actively work to kill him.

The only two people who seem to want to know (aside from Strange, who already knows because EVIL PSYCHOLOGY) are Harley Quinn and Riddler, and Harley is too inept and Riddler too sidequesty to make a difference. I did kind of like how Riddler tries to work out where Batman could possibly come up with enough money to fund a private jet, custom car and a never ending supply of gadgets. The "robbing supervillians of their stolen wealth after capturing them" theory is actually kind of a clever excuse for why nobody connects GUY WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF GADGETS with GUY WHO LIVES IN TOWN AND ACTUALLY HAS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SPEND ON GADGETS.

Aside from the previously-mentioned fact that Bruce purposely acts like a doofus to avoid suspicion, I mean.



This has been another Mauve Is A Batman Freak Moment.

[Magus]

Originally Posted by Marc v4.0

He reversed time by flying the Earth backwards and no amount of fan-canon justification is going to change that.

There is no "canon" answer, at least definitively. There were no time travel shenanigans in the script, or at least the one I've read. All we have is what's in the movie, and since it can easily be interpreted "correctly" so it's not as silly I see no reason to continue to say that he made the earth go backwards--especially since it is just stale fodder for a lame joke that's been told a zillion times now.

[Marc v4.0]

No reason to continue saying he made the Earth go backwards other than the fact that he flies around the world and it goes backwards. Gotcha, just go ahead and make things up about it that didn't happen then.

[Aerozord]

Here is a thought on the "who pays for all the damages" thing

Supervillians. To be more exact the one with legit public personas. Not only would covering the cost of all the damages keep people placated so they dont push as hard to discover the ultimate source of the problem and its great PR.

I'd also like to add something to Batman's identity. Its not like he's the only rich guy in town. Nor does his resources automatically mean he is rich or that he is the one that builds them.

On a related note why are you asking how no one has figured out who Batman is when superman gets away with just wearing glasses?

[Locke cole]

Superman defends his identity with subconsciously firing super-hypnosis.

Amplified by the lenses in his glasses.

Transmitted across TV.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

How many weet-bix can the Hulk do?

[Nique]

I read once that Superman super-vibrates his super-face in front of cameras so that he looks super-different from not-super Clark Kent.

[Locke cole]

You must have heard wrong. "he vibrates something" is the catch-all answer for The Flash, not Superman.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

On a related note why are you asking how no one has figured out who Batman is when superman gets away with just wearing glasses?

Superman alters everything from his posture, body language, voice pitch and personality to disguise himself. Look at the difference between Christopher Reeve as Clark and Christopher Reeve as Superman in the original movie.

Besides, what sounds more likely to the average onlooker: that Clark Kent is the secret civilian identity of Superman, or that Clark is a reporter who just happens to resemble Superman?

[Bells]

if anybody posts that silly ass speech about Superman from Kill Bill, i WILL choke a bitch.