Episode 13 - The Great Debate, Marvel vs.DC, Batman vs. Superman & Zombies Slow vs. Fast Options

[Spaced4SimonPegg]

Let us know your thoughts on some of the great debates in the nerd world.

[Cary]

Marvel vs. DC - DC wins that hands down over the last decade. Marvel prefers shock value (character death) over coherent ongoing serialized story. While DC has had the occasional death, most notably Batman in recent years, they're weaving a much more involved and richer story than Marvel even thinks about. Now if you go back to the beginning, you might make a case for 80s Marvel being the dominant company, and I might agree, but from the mid 90s till now DC owns them.

Batman vs Superman- Batman every single time. He's a planner, he can make synthetic kryptonite, and unlike Superman he's aware of what's at stake at all times and he's willing to go the distance no matter what it costs him. Superman, while infinitely more powerful relies far too much on his powers, and when he's equalized, say via that synthetic kryptonite I mentioned earlier, has nothing in the way of hand to hand skills with which to deal with Batman. Without his powers Superman doesn't even win the average street fight, and going up against the premier hand to hand combatant in ANY comic universe...yeah that's him on the mat.

On the zombies...can I vote no zombies at all? If I have to choose, I'd say slow zombies if I'm the one fighting them, but fast zombies kick all kinds of slow zombie ass. The people in Walking Dead are just plain morons. Those zombies should offer absolutely zero problem for them if they're even remotely paying attention. The quick ones, like you see in Zombieland and in 28 days later...those things force you to be on your game at all times. Plus zombie kill of the week just rocks.

[jaydee74]

Marvel vs DC: I go with DC. When I started reading comics, I was mostly reading my uncle's comics and he had more DC than Marvel. I had read a lot from both companies over the years and some Independent titles but right now the books that make me most happy to be a part of this geeky family are the DC titles. I go to them all the time.

Batman vs. Superman: This is a lot tougher for me as I grew up reading the Superman books and the Batman books and always liked Superman's powers and his adventures and I loved the first two Superman movies with Christopher Reeve. I would have to lean a bit to Batman though. I loved the shows and when I was younger I would always imagine that I was Robin hanging out with Batman going on adventures with him. When it comes right down to it though I am more interested in Batman's helpers than I really am with the man himself. I like both Dick Grayson and Tim Drake way more than I ever liked Bruce Wayne but I like Bruce Wayne just a tad more than I do Superman. I guess I like Batman a bit better. I could answer this differently on another day though.

Zombies: Well, I like Superman and Batman more than Zombies I guess. Zombies are cool. I liked Night of the Living Dead, Dawnd of the Dead and it's pretty cool remake. I really loved the book Night of the Living Trekkies and Walking Dead is pretty cool. Yeah. Zombies are okay in my books. I also don't have a preference.

This post has been edited by jaydee74: Feb 22 2011, 11:03 AM

[jaydee74]

Oh. Who would win? Well, I mean, I don't care how much Batman prepares, Superman could rip out Bruce's still beating heart faster than Bruce could do just about anything. Since that scenario would never happen, I've always felt that Bruce gets the better of Clark simply because Superman was either holding back or not in control of his actions but in a no holds barred, last man standing fight, I gotta go with Superman. He's faster, stronger and has more natural powers and he could rip Batman apart before he even knew what was happening. Superman for the win.