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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2022 5:29:20 GMT -5
It wasn’t meant to be an effective analogy, it was lame humour. I guess things are lost in translation. It’d be silly and clownish - which it was - to compare a wrestling match to a comicbook battle.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2022 5:29:44 GMT -5
Yet look at the power disparity between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III. 90,000+ fans filled the Pontiac Silverdome! The irresistible force meeting the immovable object! Hogan had no chance, yet, for the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world, Hogan slammed Andre the Giant and beat him. Scientifically, the greatest moment in sports history!!! Don’t count out Spidey!! That's not an effective analogy. The difference in strength between Hogan and Andre was a fraction of the difference between Spidey, who can lift a maximum of 10 tons, and pre-Crisis Superman, who could literally juggle planets. Big Blue should have no more problem beating the wall-crawler than he'd have squashing a real spider. (And besides, Hogan's "victory" was decided before either man entered the ring. That "greatest moment in sports history" was about as genuine as William Shatner's hair.)
Cei-U! I summon the major mismatch!
It wasn’t meant to be an effective analogy, it was lame humour. I guess things are lost in translation. It’d be silly and clownish - which it was - to compare a wrestling match to a comicbook battle. And, of course, like hopefully 100% of the world’s population, I know wrestling victories are predetermined.
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 31, 2022 6:35:17 GMT -5
That's not an effective analogy. The difference in strength between Hogan and Andre was a fraction of the difference between Spidey, who can lift a maximum of 10 tons, and pre-Crisis Superman, who could literally juggle planets. Big Blue should have no more problem beating the wall-crawler than he'd have squashing a real spider. (And besides, Hogan's "victory" was decided before either man entered the ring. That "greatest moment in sports history" was about as genuine as William Shatner's hair.)
Cei-U! I summon the major mismatch!
It wasn’t meant to be an effective analogy, it was lame humour. I guess things are lost in translation. It’d be silly and clownish - which it was - to compare a wrestling match to a comicbook battle. And, of course, like hopefully 100% of the world’s population, I know wrestling victories are predetermined. D'oh! Yeah, I totally missed that you were joking. In my defense, it was 3AM when I wrote the above and I'd only been up for 20 minutes.
Cei-U! I summon the "Oops"!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2022 7:25:50 GMT -5
You should be made aware that if I went on Britain’s Got Talent, my talent would be coming up with lame and stupid analogies. If that was a skill that could make money, I’d already be a millionaire!
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 31, 2022 8:18:25 GMT -5
I don't get how Superman vs Spider-Man could be "the battle of the century", given the power disparity. Yet look at the power disparity between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III. 90,000+ fans filled the Pontiac Silverdome! The irresistible force meeting the immovable object! Hogan had no chance, yet, for the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world, Hogan slammed Andre the Giant and beat him. Scientifically, the greatest moment in sports history!!! Don’t count out Spidey!! And every moment of it unscripted and unplanned! Remember the Black Sox!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2022 8:39:24 GMT -5
It was. Wrestling was real back in 1987. I think it only became a scripted sport in the last couple of years…
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 31, 2022 8:50:35 GMT -5
It was. Wrestling was real back in 1987. I think it only became a scripted sport in the last couple of years… Right, right. Careful. Almost hit you with that pig flying out of my butt. (You're talking to a guy who watched Gorilla Monsoon and Haystacks Calhoun on black and white TV here.)
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 31, 2022 9:00:45 GMT -5
Roller Derby is more realistic-I think
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 31, 2022 12:30:52 GMT -5
I don't get how Superman vs Spider-Man could be "the battle of the century", given the power disparity. Well, Spider-Man has fought the Hulk on a few occasions, even stunning the Hulk during one of their encounters. If he can do that, one might reason he could give Superman some trouble.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 31, 2022 14:30:38 GMT -5
I don't get how Superman vs Spider-Man could be "the battle of the century", given the power disparity. Well, Spider-Man has fought the Hulk on a few occasions, even stunning the Hulk during one of their encounters. If he can do that, one might reason he could give Superman some trouble. Heck, Spidey punched Firelord unconscious!
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