There are some people who don't like video games. There are some people who don't get Monty Python. There are some people who hate Firefly.Some call Football "Soccer" and some call Soccer "Football". We all have something that we know that when others here about it, we'll have a debate on our hands for the crime of having an opinion.
The Following will be a Rant over my most Unpopular Media Opinion, my hate for Batman. But please, share your thoughts about your most unpopular opinion in regards to Media.
The Following will be a Rant over my most Unpopular Media Opinion, my hate for Batman. But please, share your thoughts about your most unpopular opinion in regards to Media.
I hate Batman due to fans. Batman TAS was God Tier in Story telling. I loved it. But around the 90's, the Batman Meme took a life of its own. Prep Time Batman started to make the character less and less enjoyable, due to the fans decrying how overpowered Superman is while simultaneously elevating their Man-King to a level beyond Gods because "He works really hard!"
People keep talking about the little piece of Kryptonite in his belt and how that will always cause him and Supes to fight on even ground. We're talking about a man who flew to Saturn to split a moon in half in around Four Minutes [https://comics.aminoapps.com/page/blog/supermans-top-speed-calculated/2diN_uMnvNLn27aZD8KMnr0RkMBVdN] vs a Man in a Bat Suit who studies Martial Arts really hard.
We're talking about a man who can travel, think, react and navigate to a distant planet that is 746 million miles/1.2 billion kilometers in under Four minutes would not be able to get to a human being in time before he can reach into his pocket and pull something out. A being that can travel 1.119e10 miles per hour can be beaten out by a human.
And this bullshit travels to media. Batman Versus Superman movie. Batman being able to angle his body 'well enough' that Superman would even register it [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/521e433ae4b01e3edd5b276e/1377715004254/batman_vs_superman.jpg] even though that Superman actually soaked two planets merging into one [https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/33308/1641139-clash2.jpg].
Now, a lot of Batman fans I talk to like to use these examples of why they love Batman even more. Because Superman is ridiculously overpowered.
But Superman is supposed to be overpowered. That's his threat level. He's Galactic to Universal. Batman is Local. He is supposed to take care of Gotham city. He's on the Level of Spiderman, Luke Cage, or the Question.
Batman isn't National Level Protection or even Global. But the insane love of him continually tries to make Batman to those levels of protection and it stretches the likability of the character. A lot of people say his mind makes him that much of a danger so he should be up there. Ok. Do you think Ted Kord (the Blue Beetle) should be a Global Level Protector? Mr. Terrific? Ray Palmer? Mr. Terrific has already been given the title of third smartest human on the planet. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Terrific_(Michael_Holt)] And he has all of Batman's physical attributes down. Lex Luthor is undoubtedly the smartest human on the planet. And Ray Palmer completely outshines Batman in terms of intelligence. And frankly Mr. Terrific as well.
But Batman's batman. So yeah. Just keep thinking he's the best because of that, and making the rest of us comic fans have to swallow it to cater to that blind love.
People keep talking about the little piece of Kryptonite in his belt and how that will always cause him and Supes to fight on even ground. We're talking about a man who flew to Saturn to split a moon in half in around Four Minutes [https://comics.aminoapps.com/page/blog/supermans-top-speed-calculated/2diN_uMnvNLn27aZD8KMnr0RkMBVdN] vs a Man in a Bat Suit who studies Martial Arts really hard.
We're talking about a man who can travel, think, react and navigate to a distant planet that is 746 million miles/1.2 billion kilometers in under Four minutes would not be able to get to a human being in time before he can reach into his pocket and pull something out. A being that can travel 1.119e10 miles per hour can be beaten out by a human.
And this bullshit travels to media. Batman Versus Superman movie. Batman being able to angle his body 'well enough' that Superman would even register it [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/521e433ae4b01e3edd5b276e/1377715004254/batman_vs_superman.jpg] even though that Superman actually soaked two planets merging into one [https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/33308/1641139-clash2.jpg].
Now, a lot of Batman fans I talk to like to use these examples of why they love Batman even more. Because Superman is ridiculously overpowered.
But Superman is supposed to be overpowered. That's his threat level. He's Galactic to Universal. Batman is Local. He is supposed to take care of Gotham city. He's on the Level of Spiderman, Luke Cage, or the Question.
Batman isn't National Level Protection or even Global. But the insane love of him continually tries to make Batman to those levels of protection and it stretches the likability of the character. A lot of people say his mind makes him that much of a danger so he should be up there. Ok. Do you think Ted Kord (the Blue Beetle) should be a Global Level Protector? Mr. Terrific? Ray Palmer? Mr. Terrific has already been given the title of third smartest human on the planet. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Terrific_(Michael_Holt)] And he has all of Batman's physical attributes down. Lex Luthor is undoubtedly the smartest human on the planet. And Ray Palmer completely outshines Batman in terms of intelligence. And frankly Mr. Terrific as well.
But Batman's batman. So yeah. Just keep thinking he's the best because of that, and making the rest of us comic fans have to swallow it to cater to that blind love.