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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: BayGBM on February 22, 2006, 01:09:35 PM
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This may require more thought than some of you care to put in, but why are so many bodybuilders fans of Superman? Sure he was built in the comic books and in animation, but he is never really built in live TV shows or movies. Comic fans always complain about that, but the fact is Superman’s strength came from earth’s lighter gravity--not from big muscles.
Here’s Italian bodybuilder, Constantino Galeazzo playing Clark Kent.
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Gary Strydom
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Matt Duvall
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This may require more thought than some of you care to put in, but why are so many bodybuilders fans of Superman? Sure he was built in the comic books and in animation, but he is never really built in live TV shows or movies. Comic fans always complain about that, but the fact is Superman’s strength came from earth’s lighter gravity--not from big muscles.
Here’s Italian bodybuilder, Constantino Galeazzo playing Clark Kent.
Since Superman came from Krypton or whatever planet which had a stronger gravitational field he would also have bigger muscles. Think about it GayMan.
If you could live in a planet that had 3x the gravity that we have on Earth you would be lifting 3 times as much. Everything from toothbrush to your dildo would weigh 3x as much. In fact gyms everywhere would cost less to for their owners. Less iron needed for the 45 lb plate. And if you do metric then lesser mass is needed to produce the same resistance.
You need not analyze cartoons. And if you want to nit pick why doesn't Supermans muscularity and strength dwindle once his muscles adapt to the lower gravity on earth. Astronauts suffer from muscle atrophy and strength losses after prolonged periods of weightlessness. (PS: I do know that weightlessness in a Space Shuttle is due to free fall that they experience much like you would be weightless if your descending elevator suddenly cut loose and went into a free fall not because there is no gravity...gravity still exists albeit it is not 9.81 m/s^2)
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I take it as Superman being symbolic of superhuman strenth, the ultimate alpha male, etc. I don't think it has as much to do with the body as it does with the image.
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supermans strength aint got shit to do with gravity. its because of a yellow sun and him being a solar battery
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Superman tats/clothes = popped collars = pink abercrombie
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Mentally, they're still a child
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The S used to stand for Steroidial, but it was too hard for kids to pronounce.
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supermans strength aint got shit to do with gravity. its because of a yellow sun and him being a solar battery
truth!
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truth!
That's why Capt. Marvel got his ass handed to him by Superman....
SHAZZAM!!!
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The relation of superman to bodybuilders is way over-done.
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Superman has no chest.
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One panel of a recent comic has Supes pressing close to 1 quintillion tons...with one arm.
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Gunter is taking it..
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Superman is gay.
I like the Hulk.
(http://www.gottawiz.com/images/Comics/Marvel/Incredible_Hulk/hulk.jpg)
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I was thinking of getting this tattooed on me. Just the Hulk so it looks like he's tearing out of my skin.
Cool, huh?
(http://hulkangry.com/images/wallpaper/comicbooks/hulk300/372.jpg)
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I was thinking of getting this tattooed on me. Just the Hulk so it looks like he's tearing out of my skin.
Cool, huh?
(http://hulkangry.com/images/wallpaper/comicbooks/hulk300/372.jpg)
or you could tattoo lou ferrigno tearing out of your skin and asking for $20
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or you could tattoo lou ferrigno tearing out of your skin and asking for $20
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Comic fans always complain about that, but the fact is Superman?s strength came from earth?s lighter gravity--not from big muscles.
Here?s Italian bodybuilder, Constantino Galeazzo playing Clark Kent.
superman's powers come from earth's yellow sun as opposed to the red sun of krypton...
he's charged by solar energy! geeeeezzzzz.... ::)
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I find Superman a bit boring.
There's nothing interesting about him. He's just a goody-goody.
I prefer Batman or Blade.
But i'm not a comic book geek. I just know them from movies.
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I have Wonderwoman tattooed on my left breast. Who thinks that's cool?
Special "Bi-Curious George" Ed
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Superman is gay.
I like the Hulk.
(http://www.gottawiz.com/images/Comics/Marvel/Incredible_Hulk/hulk.jpg)
Ah yes... the original poster boy for 'roid rage. :P
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BayGBM- Here's a better question... Why is your homo, sissy, liberal ass even a member of this site and asking stupid questions??? My answer for you is.. redeem yourself through suicide.
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BayGBM- Here's a better question... Why is your homo, sissy, liberal ass even a member of this site and asking stupid questions??? My answer for you is.. redeem yourself through suicide.
rut ro.... you better come back to the sex board baygbm - they all have roid rage here.
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Gunter is taking it..
I hear something about SuperGunter becoming the poster boy for some new federation. :o
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Batman only comes out ahead because the writers know that in comic's "reality", Superman would sock Bats and destroy Gotham City with the same punch.
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Superman is gay.
I like the Hulk.
(http://www.gottawiz.com/images/Comics/Marvel/Incredible_Hulk/hulk.jpg)
Markus Ruhl is the modern day hulk if he was green that is...
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you will rarly find very tall men with superman tatoos. Not to say thier isn't any but for the most part all i have really seen are the really short guys with complexes..You know the short guys who drive really big trucks to compensate ect...Napoleane(sp) complex or something..
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Batman only comes out ahead because the writers know that in comic's "reality", Superman would sock Bats and destroy Gotham City with the same punch.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHIT YOU GOT KNOCKED THA FUCK OUT! MAYNE >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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you will rarly find very tall men with superman tatoos. Not to say thier isn't any but for the most part all i have really seen are the really short guys with complexes..You know the short guys who drive really big trucks to compensate ect...Napoleane(sp) complex or something..
How tall is Matt Duvall? I have never heard.
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you will rarly find very tall men with superman tatoos. Not to say thier isn't any but for the most part all i have really seen are the really short guys with complexes..You know the short guys who drive really big trucks to compensate ect...Napoleane(sp) complex or something..
hmmmmmmmmm
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Conan the barbarian is the only real muscle superhero, he is muscular in comics as well as movies.
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you will rarly find very tall men with superman tatoos. Not to say thier isn't any but for the most part all i have really seen are the really short guys with complexes..You know the short guys who drive really big trucks to compensate ect...Napoleane(sp) complex or something..
Interesting!
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thats the first pic I have seen of Lee in shape. The Superman costume looks stupid, but he looks pretty good, actually.
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whose arms are those? not lee, the other guy, they are pretty big.
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venom is cool
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whose arms are those? not lee, the other guy, they are pretty big.
i may be mistajken but brad holliborough i think.
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Since Superman came from Krypton or whatever planet which had a stronger gravitational field he would also have bigger muscles. Think about it GayMan.
Listen here 'Guest': He may be a 'gayman' but he is Getbig's 'GayMan.' Now, Piss off!
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Superman has always been drawn muscular in the comics, not to the extent of the Hulk, but he's always been bigger than say Spiderman or Batman. Superman is popular among bodybuilders because he is the most exposed. Superman is popular with the general public because everyone knows who he is. He is not only the most powerful, he is arguably the most popular fictional character of all time.
He was not only the first superhero in comics, but the first in Radio and Cartoons. Superman was one of the first superhereos to have a movie serial, and the first to have a feature film, which was like a pilot for what would be the first superhero television show.
Superman also had so many different comics featuring him, that if you read them as a kid, you were bound to be exposed to him. Lee Priest never really read the comics, but always watched the George Reeves' show, and loved the character from that.
Bodybuilding is about how you look, not how strong you are. But when we start out, every guy not only ants to get bigger, but stronger too. And who is stronger than Superman?
And as for his powers, originally Superman had tremendous strength, his skin could not be penetrated by a bursting shell, and could leap great lenghts and heights. This was all attributed to the fact of Earth's lighter gravity than Krypton's, by his creaters Jerry Siegal and Joe Shuster. When Superman started to develop all the vision and eyesight powers, these were due to the Earth's yellow sun .
So everyone is right to an extent.
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why are so many bodybuilders fans of Superman?
Yeah! And not enough Spider-Man!?!?!? 8)
(http://www.samruby.com/SpidA/Large/Spiderman001G.jpg)
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Since Superman came from Krypton or whatever planet which had a stronger gravitational field he would also have bigger muscles.
Not true - he would have whatever 'normal' physiology was there, and it would be relative only to his own planet, not to ours.
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Although my money is still on Thor, I think that Iron Man could eventually develop himself into the strongest (not including the aliens like Magneto and whatnot).
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if i remember correctly, didnt Zod say something about the closer they get to a planet with an atmosphere and its own moon they get stronger and develop more powers?
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A Spider-man fan all the way!
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you will rarly find very tall men with superman tatoos. Not to say thier isn't any but for the most part all i have really seen are the really short guys with complexes..You know the short guys who drive really big trucks to compensate ect...Napoleane(sp) complex or something..
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A Spider-man fan all the way!
Thank you. 8)
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I always liked x men as a kid. I was never into that superman shit. Sabertooth was the baddest!
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How tall are you Mike??
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(http://)http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=56420.0;attach=88867;image
How tall are you Mike??
6 ft 2"
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This may require more thought than some of you care to put in, but why are so many bodybuilders fans of Superman?
Monkey see, monkey do? Ape your betters? Follow the leader? Wishful thinking? Bah!
Doom disapproves
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batman was the greatest non-mutant
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Ahh come on, dont be a superman hater. :(
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Bay,
I'm dissapointed in you. Most of Superman's strength had to be psychic. Otherwise he couldn't lift buildings, planes, boats, etc... Why? you ask. Even it you could lift 100tons most objects weighing that much could never support their own weight over the area Superman was grabbing them. Buildings and such would fall apart under their own weight no matter how strong he was.
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Bay,
I'm dissapointed in you. Most of Superman's strength had to be psychic. Otherwise he couldn't lift buildings, planes, boats, etc... Why? you ask. Even it you could lift 100tons most objects weighing that much could never support their own weight over the area Superman was grabbing them. Buildings and such would fall apart under their own weight no matter how strong he was.
wouldn't that make his strength telekinetic?
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Bay,
I'm dissapointed in you. Most of Superman's strength had to be psychic. Otherwise he couldn't lift buildings, planes, boats, etc... Why? you ask. Even it you could lift 100tons most objects weighing that much could never support their own weight over the area Superman was grabbing them. Buildings and such would fall apart under their own weight no matter how strong he was.
This problem with Superman’s strength has been discussed many many times in a lot of Superman forums online. Prior to that it was discussed in letters to the editor of Superman comics.
The definitive answer is Superman’s strength is not psychic; we simply have to accept his lifting large objects (that should collapse under their own weight) as possible in the world of comix. :-\
btw, this is what Constantino Galeazzo looks like when he's not dressed like Clark.
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supergirl is hot!
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wouldn't that make his strength telekinetic?
They were just idiots, some mix of telekinetics and super strength are the only things that would make sense. How else would he be able to fly heavy crap around?
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They were just idiots, some mix of telekinetics and super strength are the only things that would make sense. How else would he be able to fly heavy crap around?
Or struggle with the weight of a plane and then fly a mass the size of Texas into outer space even though it was lined with kryptonite? I still liked it, though.
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here's some superman pics for fun.
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Can someone please tell me what Jim Quinn said during the 93 Mr Olympia, when they tested Flex's bodyfat percentage at Golds?
Thanks
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This may require more thought than some of you care to put in, but why are so many bodybuilders fans of Superman? Sure he was built in the comic books and in animation, but he is never really built in live TV shows or movies. Comic fans always complain about that, but the fact is Superman’s strength came from earth’s lighter gravity--not from big muscles.
Here’s Italian bodybuilder, Constantino Galeazzo playing Clark Kent.
I think that a lot of it has to do with the power envolved. Men lift weight to become strong, and superman is obviously the strongest possible. Basically, it's a worship of that which all men want to be: a superman in strengh, who looks just as strong as he is.
SUKMYMUSCLE
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who the hell is this and is that synthol?
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His trunks are getting smaller and smaller! ::)
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go to www.supermanhomepage.com (http://www.supermanhomepage.com) Great stuff there
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I thought Superman was 5'4 and from Australia
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I think that a lot of it has to do with the power envolved. Men lift weight to become strong, and superman is obviously the strongest possible. Basically, it's a worship of that which all men want to be: a superman in strengh, who looks just as strong as he is.
SUKMYMUSCLE
Bingo!
I mean, his name is..........Super-man.
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The first guy to sport a Superman tat was cool; when you are the 372nd guy to wear the tat it's not cool anymore. ::)
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Superman’s strength came from earth’s lighter gravity--not from big muscles.
But if he came from a planet with a stronger gravity, he would need bigger muscles. This is simple deductive logic. The strengh of a muscle is proportional to it's cross sectional area. Unless his muscles were capable of exerting more strengh per unit of area, then Superman's enhanced musculature would be the norm in his planet.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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The first guy to sport a Superman tat was cool; when you are the 372nd guy to wear the tat it's not cool anymore. ::)
Highly agreed.
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Actually Superboy Prime is the baddest of the bad in comics.
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I only read war comics as a child
soldiers on the battlefield were the real heroes in my mind
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K let's hear it Bay, we all know you created this thread to somehow link the Superman correlation to bodybuilding/bodybuilders being gay. Let's hear the logic. ::)
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I don't remember posting in this thread back in 2006 :-\
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Here I am pretending to be Fat Arab Superman ;D
Secret Identity is Khalil Kent!
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(http://ifbb.com/images/novisad09/ns09_074.jpg)
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posers sportin Supes garb and ink....sounds about right.
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Here I am pretending to be Fat Arab Superman ;D
Secret Identity is Khalil Kent!
Able to get by TSA agents in a single pass?