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Post by leesilm on May 16, 2019 5:14:41 GMT
So I was talking to a friend of mine who has always been a huge Superman fan, ever since she was a little girl. She has gone to see every Superman movie to go to theatres in her lifetime and watched every show of Superman (even watches Supergirl now), cause she loves the character. I, on the other hand, never cared for Superman when I was growing up and it wasn't until MAN OF STEEL came out and said best friend dragged me, that I finally *got* it about why people loved him so much (No offense at all meant to Christopher Reeves, because he was awesome. R.I.P.), the guy who doesn't react when a beer is poured over him and who actually sags in relief when he realizes his all too fragile human mother survived an alien attack. I got all the Hope and such that my friend talked about all the time. Granted, I still love Batman and he's still basically one of my top 5 favorite comic book heroes of all time (DC, Marvel, etc. all combined), and I've always loved Wonder Woman since I was little - there are actually photos of me when I wasn't even old enough to read yet, flipping through my brothers' WONDER WOMAN comic books and getting my brothers to read them to me.
But, this conversation got me to wondering - are most Superman fans lifelong? Did most of them encounter the character as a kid/teen and that was it, this is your favorite, no more applications please? Or are more of them like me, and had to wait until they were old enough for the weariness of the evening news and newspaper headlines to actually have made a dent, to have been to a couple funerals, helped a couple friends recover from a divorce, and acquire some scars before we could truly appreciate Superman? Or, are there more people who loved the nice, farm-boy superhero as a kid but they grew up and became Batman fans?
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Post by sdrew13163 on May 16, 2019 5:20:40 GMT
I’ve always preferred Batman, but Superman is a close number two.
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Post by politicidal on May 16, 2019 15:18:33 GMT
Batman a tad more but I really grew to like Superman.
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Post by thisguy4000 on May 16, 2019 17:54:23 GMT
I preferred Batman as a kid. I actually did think Superman was kind of boring when I was a kid, but over time, I came to appreciate and respect the character.
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Post by hi224 on May 16, 2019 17:59:36 GMT
i ike both.
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Post by James on May 16, 2019 20:29:56 GMT
I grew a better appreciation for Supes as I got older, but I’ve always preferred (and still prefer) Bats.
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Post by Archelaus on May 16, 2019 22:58:56 GMT
I loved both heroes after watching their respective films from Richard Donner and Tim Burton.
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Post by northernlad on May 17, 2019 3:04:19 GMT
Loved them both as a kid and still do. I'm just hoping they give it some time and a lot of thought before they bring either back to the big screen.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on May 17, 2019 15:03:37 GMT
Always liked them both.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on May 18, 2019 16:29:51 GMT
What about "I loved Superman, Batman and Wonder woman as a kid and still do" as an option?
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Post by northernlad on May 18, 2019 19:10:54 GMT
What about "I loved Superman, Batman and Wonder woman as a kid and still do" as an option? That's what I thought as well. The poll was kind of dumb and limited.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on May 18, 2019 20:15:11 GMT
What about "I loved Superman, Batman and Wonder woman as a kid and still do" as an option? That's what I thought as well. The poll was kind of dumb and limited. leesilm
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Post by leesilm on May 18, 2019 21:45:13 GMT
That's what I thought as well. The poll was kind of dumb and limited. leesilm
Technically, anything that does not speak is dumb. As for the narrow scope of the poll, I was asking a very specific question. I was not asking something broader such as, "Who is your favorite superhero of all time?", but rather about the Superman/Batman fans specifically. If you are looking for something that is not so specific and covers a vast number of characters, I think you ought to find another poll. @lenlenlen Nice meme.
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Post by ellynmacg on May 20, 2019 2:03:13 GMT
I've always been a Superman gal--grew up with the so-called Silver Age Supes (which made me highly unusual in my day for being a gurrrl and reading superhero comics)--and I also was (and am) a fan of Superboy. To be honest, I haven't seen most of the Batman movies for one simple reason: no Superman!  |
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Post by lenlenlen1 on May 21, 2019 15:50:27 GMT
Technically, anything that does not speak is dumb. As for the narrow scope of the poll, I was asking a very specific question. I was not asking something broader such as, "Who is your favorite superhero of all time?", but rather about the Superman/Batman fans specifically. If you are looking for something that is not so specific and covers a vast number of characters, I think you ought to find another poll. @lenlenlen Nice meme. XOXO 
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Post by Larcen26 on May 24, 2019 15:26:59 GMT
Loved both as a kid.
And while I still like both, I found I liked Superman more as I got older and Batman less.
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Post by merh on May 24, 2019 21:25:31 GMT
Batman & Ironman never appealed to me.
I read them.
I love Burton's Batman. But actually collecting the comics?
I think the only Batman comics I bought were for who else was in it like Spectre or Creeper
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 25, 2019 8:29:19 GMT
I loved Batman as a kid & still do.
I like Superman as well.
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