Fight Club – Round One

Welcome to Fight Club.

This is where the ‘big questions’ are answered.  This is where the ultimate geek conversation is given life. For example ‘If The Hulk and Spiderman had a fight who would win?’ or ‘If John Howard and Howard the Duck had a fight who would win?’

A friend of mine and I where out drinking (lets call him AF) when the topic moved to the ultimate geek conversation.  He and I are big pop culture fans. We both grew up watching The Justice League, Battle of the Planets, Transformers, and Robotech etc.

The battle described below was discussed quite passionately for approximately 5 minutes.

He attempted to drag others in, trying to get the numbers for his opinion. I argued that just because more people believe in something, it does not make it true.

To demonstrate this, did you know that the Ford in the US sells more F series pick ups than all of the Australian manufacturer / importers put together? This does not make them the best car in the world. In fact, and this is hard to say as a Ford fan, they are pretty average.

Now for the first fight the ultimate showdown… the prospect of this battle has geeks all over the world salivating with delight

Batman versus Superman

I hate to disappoint you all but this is a relative simple fight and the winner would undoubtedly be Batman.

But Superman is indestructible, you can shoot him, blow him up, burn him and he walks away unharmed. He has super speed, super strength and can shoot freakin’ fire from his eyes. Yes this is all true, but before we give it away lets analyse the two ‘Warriors of Justice’.

Superman

Strengths
• Super everything (speed, strength etc)
• Knowledge of the human race
• The Ice fortress

Weaknesses
• Affected by Kryptonite
• His love for Louis Lane (remember what happened in Superman 2 when he reversed time for her in Superman 1)
• His compassion
• Wears his undies over light blue tights

 Batman

Strengths
• Wears a protective suit
• Masterful use of technology – Batmobile, Bat-a-rang, Bat Anti-shark Repellent, Bat Utility Belt
• Bruce Wayne’s wealth
• The Bat Cave
• Lack of trust in others

Weaknesses
• Is human and therefore not a ‘super’
• Mental instability
• In the movie Batman and Robin, Robin’s cod piece was bigger

So let’s get down to it. As I said earlier Batman would win, why well here it is…

Since the death of his parents, Batman has a distinct lack of trust in others, except for his close friend Alfred. He makes it his business to know all there is to know about everyone he encounters.

So Batman being Batman, would know Superman’s weaknesses especially the aversion to Kryptonite, and would certainly store Kryptonite in his Bat Cave.

All he would need to do is bring the Kryptonite with him and Superman would be rendered harmless and over exposure would kill him before he got the chance to use his super powers.

So, the first round of Fight Club goes to Batman. Stay tuned for more. If you have any suggestions, please send them through via a comment

Cheers

Dave