what is superman's method of propulsion?

Krypton gravity bein heaveir than ours goes some way to explaining super strength - but then, he grew up in Earth gravity so it shouldnt make that much diference. Its our yellow sun that realy makes him super, that includes some energyfield which he uses to fly. a few stories have seen him lose his flight power if in darkness like deep space, for to long.
 
Of course it is fiction. The hallmark of good science fiction, though, is a foundation on believable science (or even pseudoscience); as long as it's convincing.
 
"I hate things all fiction...there should always be some foundation of fact" - Byron
I think the film Unbreakable did that really well. It gave a logical reason to Superpowers, it also gave it a history. One of my favourite films, totally Under-rated.
Superman's powers aren't derived from our sun, the sun just enhances them.
 
That would mean that all Kryptonians had similar powers, even on their own world. As established in the movies and countless comics, it wasn't so at all. They were just like humans back home.

I suppose an entire race who had always possessed godlike physical powers would never have needed to develop any kind of technology, not even stone knives. So they certainly wouldn't have the means to send a baby across interstellar space to Earth, or even to predict that their planet was doomed.
 
fetus_fajitas said:
I think the film Unbreakable did that really well. It gave a logical reason to Superpowers, it also gave it a history. One of my favourite films, totally Under-rated.
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It was cool yes, but I thinkit spent to long building up + only got brucey USING his powers near the end. Shouldve establishd them more qucikly.

I loved that gif about super kryptonian strength! Its a bit diferent from the modern films + comics though, which have their race without powers back home. how old was that comic?
 
fetus_fajitas said:
I think the film Unbreakable did that really well. It gave a logical reason to Superpowers, it also gave it a history. One of my favourite films, totally Under-rated.
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It was cool yes, but I thinkit spent to long building up + only got brucey USING his powers near the end. Shouldve establishd them more qucikly.

I loved that gif about super kryptonian strength! Its a bit diferent from the modern films + comics though, which have their race without powers at home. how old was that comic?
 
It was made in 39 i think - so it's pretty old.

Im not really a fan of the original Superman, i only really got into it coz of Smallville.
Although it makes no sense, because of the time era & the fact that Lois Lane just made an appearance even though he doesn't meet her till he works at the Daily Planet it's still really good.
 
Oh, a few comics (set in various different continuities) show Clark and Lois meeting briefly as teenagers years before they start working together: when they were both finalists in a national Young Journalism competition, or some such typical ploy.

Smallville is OK, but I'd prefer it to be set a few decades back - making it contemporary has thrown out all chance of continuity with previous Superman TV shows. Plus, given the number of people in Smallville who have developed metahuman powers after Kryptonite exposure, why does the World need Clark/"Superboy" at all? You've got enough super-kids to form a contemporary Legion of Superheroes...
 
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