Showing posts with label superman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label superman. Show all posts

Friday, July 19, 2024

July 19 2024 - How Old is Superman?

 

Joe Biden is 81 years old.  That puts him in the great-grandfather age bracket.  

To be Superman - that would be somewhere between mid-20s and mid-30s.  And then there's the assertion that "seeing as he is essentially immortal, his age is practically irrelevant, anyway."   Add to that calculations such as:  A Kryptonian year is equal to 25 Earth years.  

"Clark was 25 years old in the final season of Smallville and about 32 years old in the final moments of the series. So, all told, Clark Kent is on average in his 30's just depending on when you catch him in the story. His current age of 38 (both in comics and on television) makes complete sense."

What is his life-span?
"Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman - Can vary living into his hundreds, thousands and beyond. General Zod - Would've been able to live well into his hundreds. Faora-Ul - Will be able to live well into her hundreds. Nam-Ek - Will be able to live well into his hundreds."

Is Superman the oldest superhero?  
He is the first. He first appeared in Action Comics, no. 1 in June 1938.  He has never reached 40 on the big screen.  In the first movie (1978) with Christopher Reeve, he was 30. The second movie, 3 years later, has him 33. In the next two movies, he stays in his mid-30s.  He returns in 2006 and is in his late 30s. "He still appears young in age though, due to his slowed-down aging."  In the next movie - Superman: Legacy -  he is going to be in his 20s, so maybe he has age-reversalism. 

Superman has been around for 86 years.  Could Joe Biden have been reading Superman comics and watching Superman movies and thinks he too is in his mid-30s?

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Dec 21 2023 - Shortest Day is here

 

Dark, darker, darkest.  Tonight at 10:27pm.  How is it the shortest day when the occurrence is marked at night?  Solstice is when the North Pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun.  And that seems to be the precise moment of greatest distance.  So I guess they go backwards and decide it is the shortest day.  Have we always done this as a calculation?  Or maybe there were observations in the past

 The shortest amount of daylight doesn't explain why it is so dark in the day?  Typically, the reference to dark days refers to short days.  

Our dark December days may be explained by the angle of the earth, but probably it has to do with weather patterns and cloud cover.  January 2023 was the darkest January on record in Southern Ontario. It was an "eastern flow" that caused that situation.  The Great Lakes contribute to the problem - being largely open and unfrozen, the provide moisture to help cloud development. 

In comparison, the North Pole hasn't had sunlight or even twilight since early October.  And it will continue until early March. How did we get to deciding that Santa and Superman should have to live in the North Pole? Because we decided that.  It didn't come as some enlightenment from a bolt of starlight in the Heavens. 

Is it because they are both faster than the speed of light?  They both wear red, both fly and so both should live in the North Pole.  Could they be one person? One silly Quora entry says that Mrs. Clause made Superman's suit and that it's essential the same design inside out.  Another Reddit entry says how much the person loves how Superman still believes in Santa.  Another entry is Biblically headlined: Superman 1.26: Let It Go.  

So here's to the shortest day, it can only get longer from here.

One of Flexify's swirly patterns on an oak leaf sitting on coloured lights in the ice.

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Saturday, November 14, 2020

Nov 14 2020 - Villains in Port Dover?

 

And what happened in Port Dover?

Yes - they (the bikers) 'descended on this otherwise sleepy Lake Erie town'.


It was very subdued and quiet - 600 was the number given compared to last year there were 75,000 in Port Dover for September's 13th day.

My interest has turned to villains.  The first villain I remember is Lex Luthor - these excerpts are from Wikipedia:

"Lex Luthor originally appeared in Action Comics No. 23 (cover dated: April 1940). He has since endured as the archenemy of Superman. Lex Luthor was originally a mad scientist, but since the late 1980s, he has more often been portrayed as a power-mad business magnate, the CEO of LexCorp.  He ranks as number 4 in the 100 Greatest Villains of All Time."

"Following Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985-1986), DC reboots its universe yet again, creating the "Post-Crisis" reality. In the 1986 limited series The Man of Steel, John Byrne redesigned Lex Luthor from scratch, intending to make him a villain that the 1980s would recognize: an evil corporate executive. Byrne intentionally chose to base this new depiction of Luthor on businessmen Donald Trump and Ted Turner."


There are a number of through-lines to Donald Trump except for the origins of poverty:  "As originally presented in the Post-Crisis version of the DC Comics Universe, Lex Luthor is a product of child abuse and early poverty."  

On his character, Wikipedia observes: "Whether he is a mad scientist, corrupt businessman, or both, Luthor's ego is a defining trait in all his incarnations; he believes he is entitled to both popularity and power. While each incarnation initially wants the adoration of others and control over either Smallville or Metropolis, the goal eventually rises to control over Earth and possibly universal domination."

I reminisced through the Chrysanthemums at Gage Park last month. What a beautiful creation each one is.
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