National Academy of Science Says Superheroes Should have 1 Power Only

[InformationGeek]

Ladies and gentlemen, stupidity is growing and growing everyday.  Whatever happen to having an imagination and what is the problem stretching your suspension of disbelief and just enjoying the film?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7285170/AAAS-Hollywood-superheroes-should-be-limited-to-one-superpower-in-the-name-of-science.html

[Chainsawmidget]

Proof positive that you can be really smart and really really STUPID at the same time.

[Joe the Destroyer]

 

So, the authorities of science have say in fantasy? 

[Skull]

WTF???

Hollywood and Science should never mix.

[Newt]

Actually, the point he makes has been an accepted precept of good science fiction writing since the "Golden Age": advice given by such editors as John W. Campbell and Hugo Gernsback.    Suggest one basic "what if", keep it internally consistent and make it believable by building a logical world around it.  Without that foundation, you are well into 'fantasy' territory.  (Not that there is anything wrong with that...)

[Flick James]

Funny. At first I thought I understood the point of the article. By the end I had no idea. It had the feeling of a guy who had a point he was trying to make with the article, went to M.I.T. and asked a bunch of agendized questions to a bunch of doctoral students, and pieced a bunch of quotes together into an article that makes little sense.

[Skull]

Funny. At first I thought I understood the point of the article. By the end I had no idea. It had the feeling of a guy who had a point he was trying to make with the article, went to M.I.T. and asked a bunch of agendized questions to a bunch of doctoral students, and pieced a bunch of quotes together into an article that makes little sense.

lol same here...

I think the guy wanted to theorized why these superhero movies suck and what makes them good (or something in that sense) since he believes that each superhero has one abilty would make a better movie vs superman (speed/x-ray vision/fly). Although I could be wrong since I have a hard time understanding the article and have the title as the reference to the topic.

I think most of these films suck because there are too many cooks (writers) in the stew and the direction is based on what I can get away with in PG-13.

[Flick James]

Funny. At first I thought I understood the point of the article. By the end I had no idea. It had the feeling of a guy who had a point he was trying to make with the article, went to M.I.T. and asked a bunch of agendized questions to a bunch of doctoral students, and pieced a bunch of quotes together into an article that makes little sense.

lol same here...

I think the guy wanted to theorized why these superhero movies suck and what makes them good (or something in that sense) since he believes that each superhero has one abilty would make a better movie vs superman (speed/x-ray vision/fly). Although I could be wrong since I have a hard time understanding the article and have the title as the reference to the topic.

I think most of these films suck because there are too many cooks (writers) in the stew and the direction is based on what I can get away with in PG-13.

Ah, I meant to say that about Superman. Good point. Superman was the first widely-recognized superhero, and he could do everything.

[Skull]

Funny. At first I thought I understood the point of the article. By the end I had no idea. It had the feeling of a guy who had a point he was trying to make with the article, went to M.I.T. and asked a bunch of agendized questions to a bunch of doctoral students, and pieced a bunch of quotes together into an article that makes little sense.

lol same here...

I think the guy wanted to theorized why these superhero movies suck and what makes them good (or something in that sense) since he believes that each superhero has one abilty would make a better movie vs superman (speed/x-ray vision/fly). Although I could be wrong since I have a hard time understanding the article and have the title as the reference to the topic.

I think most of these films suck because there are too many cooks (writers) in the stew and the direction is based on what I can get away with in PG-13.

Ah, I meant to say that about Superman. Good point. Superman was the first widely-recognized superhero, and he could do everything.

And he could even make the world travel back in time... lol [If General Zod had known this]

[Dennis]

Actually, the point he makes has been an accepted precept of good science fiction writing since the "Golden Age": advice given by such editors as John W. Campbell and Hugo Gernsback.    Suggest one basic "what if", keep it internally consistent and make it believable by building a logical world around it.  Without that foundation, you are well into 'fantasy' territory.  (Not that there is anything wrong with that...)

I believe this rule applies to fantasy as well as science fiction, to be enjoyable the story should have its own logic that remains consistant throughout the story, even if the story itself is absolutely impossible.

[Skull]

Actually, the point he makes has been an accepted precept of good science fiction writing since the "Golden Age": advice given by such editors as John W. Campbell and Hugo Gernsback.    Suggest one basic "what if", keep it internally consistent and make it believable by building a logical world around it.  Without that foundation, you are well into 'fantasy' territory.  (Not that there is anything wrong with that...)

I believe this rule applies to fantasy as well as science fiction, to be enjoyable the story should have its own logic that remains consistant throughout the story, even if the story itself is absolutely impossible.

Agree!!! :)

[Mofo Rising]

Or, "How Do I Get a Headline for My Pointless Article (Deadlines are Hard)?"

The headline is deceiving, the conceit of the article is made up, the writer didn't understand the quotes from the people he was interviewing, and there isn't even a central thesis.

In short, a gigantic waste of time.

[Rev. Powell]

I think that this study was commissioned by WyreWizard.

But actually, I sort of agree with the point (from a personal preference position--I think the idea about superheroes fostering "contempt of science" is silly).  I never bought into Superman, even as a kid, because I could never bring myself to believe he would have all those powers.  I preferred Batman, who didn't really have powers at all, just cool gadgets that were easier to believe in. 

Newt also makes a great point.  Just take one idea and explore it's implications fully. 

[Chainsawmidget]

If somebody wanted to complain about superheroes, there are far worse things they could pick on than the number of powers they have.   

[Flick James]

I keep thinking of Mystery Men. Talk about specialized and weak powers.

"I'm the Shoveller. I shovel very well."