I thought that everyone was in agreement that Superman sucked but apparently there are people who like Superman… so here are the reasons that superman sucks:
Superman is basically an invincible hero. He has super strength (including the ability to jump extremely high), x-ray vision, laser vision, the ability to fly, super speed, durability (meaning he can’t really be hurt or feel pain), and super senses. It’s basically impossible to kill or beat him without kryptonite. He’s even as fast if not faster or almost as fast as the Flash whose main power is being fast, bruh, that’s a bit annoying. He’s that op (overpowered). Shouldn’t it be repetitive then that he either wins with no struggle whatsoever or he gets weaker because of kryptonite and wins anyway?
Okay, yeah, he does die in “Superman vs Batman” but I’m convinced that they only let him die because they want to prove he wasn’t invincible. And how many other times has he lost? Never, that’s the only time he loses. He also only loses because he’s been exposed to a ton of kryptonite and he just fought the Batman (who still got his ass kicked even while Superman was weak) and then he was exploded? They didn’t really explain what that was, maybe it was some weird blast thing, I’m not sure. I’m sure they only killed him to prove he was invincible and because they need someone who was strong enough to withstand a blast like that. Not to mention he’s also stabbed all the way through his body, my guy should have just died from being stabbed like that. How did he still have the strength to get closer, making the stabby thingy go further into his body and still have the power to push the spear into that creature (not to mention the spear was made of kryptonite which should have made him even weaker by being so close to it). How did he withstand all of that? He withstood so much before he finally died.
Let’s refer to “Justice League” he literally moves a whole building, it’s annoying. The bug creatures didn’t even stand a chance he defeated. He defeated Steppenwolf in like 2 seconds when everyone else was trying so hard to defeat him Superman just threw him across the room so easily. Also, that first line where he goes “I’m a fan of truth, I’m also a big fan of Justice too” just made me cringe it was so cheesy. Then after he rips that building out of the ground and carries it to safety he then goes back and knocks Steppenwolf down again. And sure he gets knocked down by the blast and feels the pain of the blast but we know he’s going to get back up pretty quick anyway, he’s just as pain intolerant as a cyborg.
He also always looks so smug all the time, which makes me want to roll my eyes.
He also goes through no moral or relatable struggle. He had a perfect partner, perfect parents, the perfect job, the list goes on. His life is perfect. He goes through no improvement, he learns no lesson, he has no overarching story. There’s no struggle. There’s no point if he never struggles, if everything so easy for him the story is just boring. You know he’s going to win the battle and you feel no fulfillment from watching the movie (or reading the comic books) because he doesn’t go through any improvement because he’s already perfect.
Let’s compare him to Wonder Woman, someone who’s also pretty powerful. (I choose Wonder Woman instead of Batman because I feel like Batman and Superman are polar opposites and I think it’s better to compare him to someone who is similar but without all the annoying parts to better point out what his flaws are.) She doesn’t actually have any superpowers (at least in the movies apparently it’s different in the comic books but I haven’t read the comic books) she’s just powerful. She has super speed and super strength but she earned that. She is built a bit different than most humans, they are a lot stronger and faster than any human, take the bullet seen, for example, no human could ever be that fast but she did work hard to be even stronger and even faster. The Amazons are much stronger than normal people but they’re also shown to work hard to be even stronger than they already are. She’s also an amazing warrior and she trained to be an amazing warrior (we know she trains and works toward physical improvement from Wonder Woman WWI (not 1984)). She has powerful armor and powerful weapons (along with the also of truth) but if a normal person had those things they would also be an amazing warrior so she’s not op she just has an aid to help her fight. One of the main things I find honorable about her is her bravery. She leads the American team into battle in her first movie, she’s the strongest of the bunch but she could have been taken down just like the rest of the soldiers the heroic thing about this scene is her bravery. Superman, however, does not work hard to be powerful and strong, he’s born with all of his powers he doesn’t earn them nor are his powers just an aid like Wonder Woman’s armor or her weapons. The only time where I think she’s op is when a ton of boulders fall on her in “Justice League” but I’ll let it slide because it was one time. She also goes through a moral and human struggle. She has to deal with the grief of losing her first love and having to regain hope. She actually struggles and has to work through the struggle. For a long time, she shuts down and goes into mourning over his death but then she pushes through the struggle for the greater good.
Superman never went through and moral or physical struggle nor did he have to go through moral or physical improvement or work hard to achieve his good fortune. He’s a pointless hero and I don’t understand why people like him.