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actionjack · Dec 03, 2005, 12:06 AM // 00:06

well.. I was watching the Superman Return Trailer... and a question came to my head...

How do Superman Fly? What are the "more scientific" explantion to his power, if any?

Green Booger · Dec 03, 2005, 12:08 AM // 00:08

my question is, how do you put do instead of does?

Green Booger · Dec 03, 2005, 12:08 AM // 00:08

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Originally Posted by actionjack

well.. I was watching the Superman Return Trailer... and a question came to my head...

How do Superman Fly? What are the "more scientific" explantion to his power, if any?

and the answer to that is, since he is so strong, he basiclaly jumps i guess and stays up there, i saw it on smallville

actionjack · Dec 03, 2005, 12:24 AM // 00:24

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Originally Posted by Green Booger

and the answer to that is, since he is so strong, he basiclaly jumps i guess and stays up there, i saw it on smallville

Well.. its one thing to jump up high... but you will still be falling, and not floating. Also he can fly around in zero gravity place... and stop on a dime...how can he do that?

Green Booger · Dec 03, 2005, 01:02 AM // 01:02

its just a fictional movie get over it :P

Shimus DarkRaven · Dec 03, 2005, 01:31 AM // 01:31

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Originally Posted by actionjack

Well.. its one thing to jump up high... but you will still be falling, and not floating. Also he can fly around in zero gravity place... and stop on a dime...how can he do that?

Scientifics can't explain it. That's why it's cool. We want more mystery, more magic... =)

--The Shim

Eugaet · Dec 03, 2005, 02:14 AM // 02:14

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Originally Posted by Douglas Adams, in "Life, the Universe, and Everything"

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying.

There is an art, it says, or rather a knack to flying.

The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Pick a nice day, it suggests, and try it.

The first part is easy.

All it requires is simply the ability to throw yourself forward with all your weight, and the willingness not to mind that it's going to hurt.

That is, it's going to hurt if you fail to miss the ground.

Most people fail to miss the ground, and if they are really trying properly, the likelihood is that they will fail to miss it fairly hard.

Clearly, it's the second point, the missing, which presents the difficulties.

One problem is that you have to miss the ground accidentally. It's no good deliberately intending to miss the ground because you won't. You have to have your attention suddenly distracted by something else when you're halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about falling, or about the ground, or about how much it's going to hurt if you fail to miss it.

It is notoriously difficult to prise your attention away from these three things during the split second you have at your disposal. Hence most people's failure, and their eventual disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport.

If, however, you are lucky enough to have your attention momentarily distracted at the crucial moment by, say, a gorgeous pair of legs (tentacles, pseudopodia, according to phyllum and/or personal inclination) or a bomb going off in your vicinity, or by suddenly spotting an extremely rare species of beetle crawling along a nearby twig, then in your astonishment you will miss the ground completely and remain bobbing just a few inches above it in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner.

This is a moment for superb and delicate concentration.

Bob and float, float and bob.

Ignore all considerations of your own weight and simply let yourself waft higher.

Do not listen to what anybody says to you at this point because they are unlikely to say anything helpful.

They are most likely to say something along the lines of, "Good God, you can't possibly be flying!"

It is vitally important not to believe them or they will suddenly be right.

Waft higher and higher.

Try a few swoops, gentle ones at first, then drift above the treetops breathing regularly.

Do not wave at anybody.

When you have done this a few times you will find the moment of distraction rapidly becomes easier and easier to achieve.

You will then learn all sorts of things about how to control your flight, your speed, your manoeuvrability, and the trick usually lies in not thinking too hard about whatever you want to do, but just allowing it to happen as if it was going to anyway.

You will also learn how to land properly, which is something you will almost certainly RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO up, and RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO up badly, on your first attempt.

There are private flying clubs you can join which help you achieve the all-important moment of distraction. They hire people with surprising bodies or opinions to leap out from behind bushes and exhibit and/or explain them at the crucial moments. Few genuine hitch-hikers will be able to afford to join these clubs, but some may be able to get temporary employment at them.

Classic.

Ultimate_Gaara · Dec 03, 2005, 03:47 AM // 03:47

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Originally Posted by Green Booger

my question is, how do you put do instead of does?

I was just thinking that...

as for the question, its totaly the cape, anyone with a cape that aswesome and skin tight suit can fly... its common sense

plan B: Green screen and strings

Plan C: Invisable jetpack?

imaginary friend · Dec 03, 2005, 03:55 AM // 03:55

uhhhhhh.... SUPER man, doesnt that mean anything to you? All super people can fly, like me. Super man and I fly all over the place

Xue Yi Liang · Dec 03, 2005, 04:45 AM // 04:45

My money's on the "greenscreen" explanation

But that doesn't bother me as much as how the heck does he do that "heat vision" thing

Vilaptca · Dec 03, 2005, 05:26 AM // 05:26

I do believe it has to do with the sun's radiation, and his underwear absorbs it and allows him to do super things.

Swampgirl Inez · Dec 03, 2005, 05:26 AM // 05:26

What's really sad is, I know people who could answer this and have long discussions on it. They don't post here, but maybe I'll ask.

Makkert · Dec 03, 2005, 10:05 AM // 10:05

He's drawn back to Krypton's rockdebrit that floats around the galaxy. Its their gravity force that draws his undies towards the sky, which is why he wears a cape so nobody can see his undies are all pulled up.
This gravity force is reinforced by a repelling force against human stupidity, which seems to be a force that grows. The combination of these two factors makes Superman fly.

Shimus DarkRaven · Dec 03, 2005, 10:55 AM // 10:55

He's a freak. Plain and simple. If we didn't get him first, russia would've and we'd be superfricked by the SuperRuss

--The Shim

Old Dood · Dec 03, 2005, 01:44 PM // 13:44

The Original Superman comic stated he didn't fly...he jumped with his Super-Strength. Later on they just made it flying....

Divinitys Creature · Dec 03, 2005, 01:51 PM // 13:51

His race comes from Krypton which has a much higher gravity than Earth so they have evolved to have very strong muscles. Since Superman is on Earth, which has less gravity, it's easy for him to jump very high (fly) and do other amazing manouevres. I'm not sure why he can burn things with his eyes though. Maybe Krypton had a atmosphere that required more sensitive ears to hear with and if was dark all the time maybe they evolved laser vision to help see things :P

Music Baby · Dec 03, 2005, 01:52 PM // 13:52

um.. u shouldn't ask why super man can fly. u should ask why he wear his underwear on the outside of his pants. why not inside like any normal human being. lets try to wear our underwear outside of our pants and see if we could fly too

Savio · Dec 03, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00

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Originally Posted by Eugaet

Classic.

You get uber points for quoting Douglas Adams.

Snowman · Dec 03, 2005, 02:31 PM // 14:31

his power is definatly something to do with the sun.

I would also suspect that he has the ability to control magnetic forces.. if you look at the planet he came from everywhere is build out of crystals.. I cant imagine they hammerd those out, so they must have some ability to reverse magnetic poles locally which would nullify gravity..

as their planet and presumably their sun is much much larger.. when he goes to earth the magnetic fields are so weak to what he is used to he can manipulate it in the air after performing a jump! and thats why he has to have his hands in front of him.. this is him controling magnetic forces...

who needs Douglas Adams?.. he's a n00b

Xue Yi Liang · Dec 03, 2005, 03:03 PM // 15:03

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Originally Posted by Snowman

as their planet and presumably their sun is much much larger.. when he goes to earth the magnetic fields are so weak to what he is used to he can manipulate it in the air after performing a jump! and thats why he has to have his hands in front of him.. this is him controling magnetic forces...

ok, smartypants - how come superman can fly in deep space, then?