You think Spock had problems?
A few people who have seen “Superman Returns” have wondered in my presence about a certain plot point from the movie. I don’t want to say too much more about this plot point, for it could be considered a bit of a spoiler, but here is an article by a Famous Science Fiction Writer on the subject.
(The article doesn’t help, but is kinda funny anyway.)
EDIT: Okay, two comments here have suggested that it is a BIG spoiler. So, really. Don’t click the link unless you have seen the movie or don’t care about spoilers.
You may want to put a bit more of a disclamer… I think the article gives something away that is more than a ‘bit’ of a spoiler.
She’s got a point there. It is a major plot point.
While I admit that it’s kinda funny, I’ve had this debate with a friend before. And I think Superman has a little more finite control than that. Sure, it’s a slightly uncontrollable moment, but dammit really. Has he ever accidently harmed someone while saving them? He doesn’t have a Spiderman/Gwen Stacey moment in his past that I know of.
I dunno, the whole thought of it has bugged me for some time since my friend brought it up in the context of a Superman/Wonder Woman as a couple debate. It makes me want to throw up my hands and roll my eyes.
But then, I’m like that.
Well – I don’t think Niven was being 100% serious about the article. (In fact, when interviewed about it on TV for the release of the original movie, he barely held a straight face long enough for the tape to stop rolling.)
It’s a comic-book world with abuses of physics lying all over the place. Who are we to worry about details of biology? 🙂