| irstupid said: I'm excited yet worried at same time. I love Superman, and Batman is awesome too, but I hate how they make every villain/superhero ect into just a meathead when batman is involved. I mean superman for example is depicted as basically the smartest man in the universe at many times, yet when other superheroes get involved, like in justice league, and ESPECIALLY whenever batman is around, they turn Superman into basically just a hulk. He just takes big hits and punches people. It happens in every adaptation I've seen with Batman and any superhero team up. Batman always is 100% the brains and whatever the other person is is only used for their superpowers, they have zero brains when batman comes around. I really hope they don't nerf superman to make batman seem awesome. |
Thats actually an interesting observation. I never really paid much attention to that but you are right. Pretty much every writer who deals with Batman and Superman together is guilty of this. I would also like to see Superman not get dumbed down for Batman, obviously he wouldn't be as intelligent as batman but he doesn't have to be reduced to a dumb jock.
...but, within the context of the Man of Steel universe, Superman doesn't seem all that smart... or atleast there wasn't much evidence of his intelligence in that film. At no point in MoS do we see Superman solving problems with creative thinking. Pretty much every problem is solved by brute strength or punches to the face. In that case, it would be consistent with the universe if Superman was easily outsmarted by Batman.
