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From: bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Superman II, some answers
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Date: Sun, 26-Feb-84 17:55:21 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 26 17:55:21 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!

Not merely losing control.  Ejaculation would have been fatal for her.
For a more detailed description of the relationship between Superman
and Lois, see "Man of Steel, Woman of Tissue Paper" by Larry Niven.
It's a short story in his book "Tales of Known Space" (I think!).
>> 
>>     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.

I don't buy this.  Ordinary objects don't harm super-people because they
are not 'hard' enough to do significant damage (Sort of like tossing
cotton wool around).  A bus tossed by a Super person still wouldn't have
done too much damage.  Inconsistency in the movie here.

>> 
>>     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.

Other Earthlings would not have been squashed if they tried this.  Baddies
have been getting to Superman with various forms of Kryptonite over the
years (According to the Comics).  A more reasonable explanation is that
Superman has been disposing of the Kryptonite as he comes across it
(Doesn't want the stuff lying around).  Also it is rare enough in its
natural form... (How many people do you know who have pieces of meteorites
lying around the house - And meteors are far more common than exploding 
planets).  The Kryptonite just wasn't available.
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				Binayak Banerjee
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