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From: decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot)
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Subject: Superman II, some answers
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Date: Sun, 26-Feb-84 02:21:25 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 26 02:21:25 1984
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    Why does he have to lose his powers if he falls in love with a human?

If he wants to MARRY a human, such a relationship could only be equal if both
parties were on equal terms.  Of course, from a practical standpoint, imagine
what would happen if he and Lois made passionate love when he still had
super powers!  He would easily have killed her if he lost control!

    How did he get his powers back?

This is unclear.  My impression was that he used the green crystal to
recreate his fortress, then used the chamber thus created in reverse.
Or, whatever it was that gave him his suped-up powers in Superman I,
happened again when he threw the crystal.  It definately has something to do
with that green crystal.

    Why is he hurt when the Kryptonian bad guys throw various objects?

Ordinary objects don't usually hurt super-people because they are thrown
with insufficient velocity to do any harm.  However, super-people are capable
of imparting that velocity.

    Why didnt Superman or some earthling think of defeating the bad guys
    by exposing them to Kryptonite?

Superman would have had trouble handling Kryptonite, for obvious reasons.
Other earthlings would have been quickly squashed had they tried it.

    I heard a line uttered in the background that I didnt catch
    in the theatre.  When Superman rescues a boy that has fallen into
    Niagra Falls.  A [woman] in the crowd says "What a nice man! Of course
    he's Jewish!"

I saw the theatre version, but came in after that point when it was on TV.
In the theatre version, she says, "What a nice man!", but leaves off the
part about being Jewish.  I think the editors were needlessly chicken in that
respect.

Dave Decot		 "Non-Americans are people, too."
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