What Would Superman Do?
The Scenario: It’s December, Christmas time, the geese are getting fat, please put a penny in the old man’s hat and all that holiday crap that Lex Luthor can’t stand in the least. And so, inspired by the Grinch, Luthor decides to steal Christmas from the poor helpless people of Metropolis. But instead of stealing their presents as the Grinch would have done, he just decides to kill them all. So he launches a rocket aimed straight at Metropolis. But wait, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s …
The 1930s era Superman, here to save the day. As Superman rushes towards Metropolis, the rocket moves closer and closer to impact. As the good people of Metropolis see the rocket come down from the sky, they panic, chaos and violence hit the street. Buildings are burned and looted as the criminals take advantage of the situation. And just as the rocket is about to strike town hall, Superman appears to save the day. Leaping up, he bats the rocket away from the city. He then proceeds to murder all the criminals looting the stores. Meanwhile, the rocket that was batted away from Metropolis lands just outside the city limits in a forest, destroying millions of acres of wildlife and killing thousands of plants and animals. His job done and Metropolis saved, Superman travels to Luthor’s secret headquarters and kills him, taking justice into his own hands and saving Metropolis once again from the constant villains that wish to destroy it. The world fearfully cheers as Superman, the Last Son of Krypton, the man who takes justice into his own hands, and the protector of the common man at all costs, vanishes into the night.
The Scenario: It’s December, Christmas time, the geese are getting fat, please put a penny in the old man’s hat and all that holiday crap that Lex Luthor can’t stand in the least. And so, inspired by the Grinch, Luthor decides to steal Christmas from the poor helpless people of Metropolis. But instead of stealing their presents as the Grinch would have done, he just decides to kill them all. So he launches a rocket aimed straight at Metropolis. But wait, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s …
The modern-era Superman, here to save the day. As Superman rushes towards Metropolis, the rocket moves closer and closer to impact. As the good people of Metropolis see the rocket come down from the sky, they panic, chaos and violence hit the street. Buildings are burned and looted as the criminals take advantage of the situation. And just as the rocket is about to strike town hall, Superman appears to save the day. He flies up to the rocket, using his super strength to counter the rocket’s engines and the sheer power of gravity. He flies the rocket up into outer space, where it detonates, harming no one. Returning to Metropolis, he rounds up the criminals and leaves them in front of the police station, while using his super breath to put out the fires that raged around the city, saving the city from over-excessive property damage. Accepting congratulations from the mayor as well as well as the key to the city for saving it once again, Superman flies off to confront Lex Luthor in his lair. Bursting in, Superman easily captures the villian, and takes him to a maximum security prison run by the federal government. And so the job is done and Metropolis is saved, leaving Luthor’s justice to the proper authorities and being hailed across the land as an ideal to strive for, a champion of the common man, the Man of Steel.
So what’s the difference?
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