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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (showard)
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Subject: Re: superheroes in movies
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 14:53:09 EST
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> From:	k.cs.cmu.edu!mcb
> 
> Actually, I think that superheroes don't make it in movies and TV because
> real people look silly in costumes.  Because of this, superheroes in other
> media are almost always played for laughs.  

  This is probably a very good reason.  Another thing is that with a few excep-
tions, like the Batman TV series, superheroes on TV and in movies are fighting
against normal humans, rather than villains who could challenge their powers.
  Remember the old Superman series from the 50s?  He fought gun-wielding thugs,
hardly a challenge to a bullet-proof man.  Any the 1970s Spiderman series was
the same way--he fought bad guys from Starsky and Hutch reruns.  For me, much
of the charm of Spiderman in those days came from the intriguing villains, who
were completely absent in the TV version.

--Blore