BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
On Sep 16, 2026 at 12:22:57 PM PDT, "The True Melissa"<thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
between his face and Clark Kent's face was the glasses, for gawd's sweet sake.
BTR1701 wrote in article <118eorn$3l0df$4@dont-email.me>:
because
On Sep 16, 2026 at 9:20:51 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote: >>>>
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
In article <117ivbj$23hns$1@dont-email.me>, ijball@mac.invalid wrote: >>>>>>
Mando & "Baby Yoda" (aka. "The Mandalorian and Grogu") (Disney+) - In >>>>>>> glorious 4k!
OK, let me get this out of the way first - overall, I enjoyed this. >>>>>>> It's not deep. But as "Space Westerns" go, it's mostly decent.
That said, I can see the problems here, and can understand why it >>>>>>> didn't do well at the Box Office.
Well, first - It's a theatrical movie spinoff of a TV show. Have >>>>>>> those EVER worked?!! I mean, since "Batman '66", has this ever worked?!
If memory serves, the Batman movie with Adam West came before the TV >>>>>> show.
Memory does not serve. It was originally intended to be produced first to
launch the show, but the schedule was changed. The show came first and the
movie was produced and released in the hiatus between seasons. It does >>>>> apparently take place before the series or else Bruce Wayne would notice >>>>> Catwoman when she was unmasked.
Well, honestly they're all morons for not recognizing each other just
they put those little masks on.
How can Commissioner Gordon not know that Batman and Robin are just Bruce >>> and
Dick dressed up in silly costumes?
A lot of superhero shows have that problem.
Superman was the worst. He didn't even wear a mask. The only difference
Spit curl
That was bad enough in the 50s. Now with facial recognition software, you'd think his "secret identity" would be outed in milliseconds even if the
people
around him were so galactically stupid they didn't recognize the guy
working
right next to them whenever they saw Superman on the news.
All of the attempts to fix it have been worse than nothing. There was the quickly aborted idea that he used super hypnotism to make everybody see him as someone else. And John ByrnerCOs terrible reboot had him super vibrate his face so you could see him just looking at him normally but he couldnrCOt be photographed. HerCOd just come out as a blur. Honestly, I think if every photograph of Superman had his face as a blur that would scare me more than anything else.
BTR1701 wrote in article <-3ednVneMKdo-
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On Sep 16, 2026 at 12:22:57 PM PDT, "The True Melissa"
<thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
BTR1701 wrote in article <118eorn$3l0df$4@dont-email.me>:
On Sep 16, 2026 at 9:20:51 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
In article <117ivbj$23hns$1@dont-email.me>, ijball@mac.invalid wrote:
Mando & "Baby Yoda" (aka. "The Mandalorian and Grogu") (Disney+) - In
glorious 4k!
OK, let me get this out of the way first - overall, I enjoyed this.
It's not deep. But as "Space Westerns" go, it's mostly decent.
That said, I can see the problems here, and can understand why it >> >> >>> didn't do well at the Box Office.
Well, first - It's a theatrical movie spinoff of a TV show. Have >> >> >>> those EVER worked?!! I mean, since "Batman '66", has this ever worked?!
If memory serves, the Batman movie with Adam West came before the TV
show.
Memory does not serve. It was originally intended to be produced first to
launch the show, but the schedule was changed. The show came first >>>>> and the
movie was produced and released in the hiatus between seasons. It does
apparently take place before the series or else Bruce Wayne would notice
Catwoman when she was unmasked.
Well, honestly they're all morons for not recognizing each other just >> >> because they put those little masks on.
How can Commissioner Gordon not know that Batman and Robin are just Bruce
and Dick dressed up in silly costumes?
A lot of superhero shows have that problem.
Superman was the worst. He didn't even wear a mask. The only difference
between his face and Clark Kent's face was the glasses, for gawd's sweet
sake.
That was bad enough in the 50s. Now with facial recognition software, you'd >> think his "secret identity" would be outed in milliseconds even if the
people
around him were so galactically stupid they didn't recognize the guy working
right next to them whenever they saw Superman on the news.
They've addressed this a few times, though never convincingly.
One explanation, during the time when writers gave Superman new
powers at random, was that he used superhypnotism.
Another was
that he used superspeed to blur his face slightly whenever he
detected cameras, so there were no good pictures of him (but most
of the Daily Planet staff had met him in both guises).
In the end, I think we just have to accept it as part of the
comic book premise. The goofiest example I know is Super
President, in which everyone is unable to recognize the President
of the United States. I guess Super President at least has a
mask, but still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbn-zwNB7r4
On Sep 17, 2026 at 12:54:24 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:happens.
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
On Sep 16, 2026 at 12:22:57 PM PDT, "The True Melissa"<thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
between his face and Clark Kent's face was the glasses, for gawd's sweet
BTR1701 wrote in article <118eorn$3l0df$4@dont-email.me>:
On Sep 16, 2026 at 9:20:51 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote: >>>>>
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
In article <117ivbj$23hns$1@dont-email.me>, ijball@mac.invalid wrote: >>>>>>>
Mando & "Baby Yoda" (aka. "The Mandalorian and Grogu") (Disney+) - In >>>>>>>> glorious 4k!
OK, let me get this out of the way first - overall, I enjoyed this. >>>>>>>> It's not deep. But as "Space Westerns" go, it's mostly decent. >>>>>>>> That said, I can see the problems here, and can understand why it >>>>>>>> didn't do well at the Box Office.
Well, first - It's a theatrical movie spinoff of a TV show. Have >>>>>>>> those EVER worked?!! I mean, since "Batman '66", has this ever worked?!
If memory serves, the Batman movie with Adam West came before the TV >>>>>>> show.
Memory does not serve. It was originally intended to be produced first to
launch the show, but the schedule was changed. The show came first and the
movie was produced and released in the hiatus between seasons. It does >>>>>> apparently take place before the series or else Bruce Wayne would notice >>>>>> Catwoman when she was unmasked.
Well, honestly they're all morons for not recognizing each other just >>>> because
they put those little masks on.
How can Commissioner Gordon not know that Batman and Robin are just Bruce >>>> and
Dick dressed up in silly costumes?
A lot of superhero shows have that problem.
Superman was the worst. He didn't even wear a mask. The only difference
sake.
Spit curl
That was bad enough in the 50s. Now with facial recognition software, you'd >> think his "secret identity" would be outed in milliseconds even if the
people
around him were so galactically stupid they didn't recognize the guy
working
right next to them whenever they saw Superman on the news.
All of the attempts to fix it have been worse than nothing. There was the
quickly aborted idea that he used super hypnotism to make everybody see him >> as someone else. And John ByrnerCOs terrible reboot had him super vibrate his
face so you could see him just looking at him normally but he couldnrCOt be >> photographed. HerCOd just come out as a blur. Honestly, I think if every
photograph of Superman had his face as a blur that would scare me more than >> anything else.
Yeah, no kidding. I'm immediately starting to think 'vampire' if that
else.Another was
that he used superspeed to blur his face slightly whenever he
detected cameras, so there were no good pictures of him (but most
of the Daily Planet staff had met him in both guises).
Yet people *did* see him on the news and in interviews with Lois Lane, etc. and no one ever said, "Hey, Superman, why is your face an amorphous blur?" which, as anim8r said, would be more disturbing than anything
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