This has to be the dumbest thread ever.
This has to be the dumbest thread ever.
some of you are missing the obvious. if superman could reverse time to save lois lane, why wouldn't he just do the same to win the race?
In the old series it was a sub 4, not a sub 2. The show was reality based, get it?
SB wrote:
some of you are missing the obvious. if superman could reverse time to save lois lane, why wouldn't he just do the same to win the race?
That would be cheating. In a timed event you can not do things to alter the clock.
I wouldn't trust Batman for a second. Remember, he's a scientist. If he could run a sub-2 or even a sub-4, I would have his ass tested.
"Who's stronger, Superman or Mighty Mouse?"
"You dumbass, Mighty Mouse is just a cartoon! Superman's a real guy!!"
What classis movie was this from and who were the actors having the argument?
They ran a couple miles in the episode: one was sub-4, but then they needed a sub-3 later. I was wrong about the sub-2 perhaps. The other poster seems to know more about the episode.
Stand By Me, forget the actors.
Let's tackle the original question... Flash would win the Tri easily over Aquaman, because Aquaman has no superhero powers when he isn't in the WATER. Aquaman would kill the Flash in the water, when the Flash was swimming like a regular schmuck. However, he would blow Aquamans doors off in the final two legs where Aquaman would be running and biking like a mere mortal and Flash would be using his superhuman speed.
Simple Mathematics boys... Aquaman gets to use superhuman powers for 1/3 of the race, Flash gets to use superhuman powers for 2/3 of the race. 2/3 is greater than 1/3- so Flash kicks his ass.
This is really really bad, even for letsrun.com standards. I feel much stupider (a.k.a more stupid) for opening ths thread.
One thing that always bugged me about Superman making the world spin in the opposite direction - why would this make time reverse itself? Just because the world starts spinning a different way than it had been, why does that make everyone walk backwards, and water flow uphill, and babies leap back into their mother's vaginas, and poop leap back into your bunghole? It makes no sense.
I haven't read the entire thread, so sorry if someone mentioned this...back in the early 70's there was a Superman issue where a race was held - Superman vs. The Flash...it was great. Some bad guy set up a trip wire in the dessert....they both tripped and skidded for f***ing ever...got all cut up and whatnot...can't remember who won. AquaMan is gay with Robin anyway.
Ex-Thrower wrote:
Let's tackle the original question... Flash would win the Tri easily over Aquaman, because Aquaman has no superhero powers when he isn't in the WATER. Aquaman would kill the Flash in the water, when the Flash was swimming like a regular schmuck. However, he would blow Aquamans doors off in the final two legs where Aquaman would be running and biking like a mere mortal and Flash would be using his superhuman speed.
Simple Mathematics boys... Aquaman gets to use superhuman powers for 1/3 of the race, Flash gets to use superhuman powers for 2/3 of the race. 2/3 is greater than 1/3- so Flash kicks his ass.
The problem with your logic is that it assumes each part of the tri is equal. They run the swim 1st so people do not drown. The swim is the hard part. You don't hear of the Flash Swimming regularly. Superpowers or not this is gonna be tough for him. Aquaman will be out of the water and long gone on the bike before Flash is 1/2 done with the swim.
Not to say Flash will not win, but this is not the blowout some of you think.
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For the love of all that is holy, let's keep this thread reasonable and within the laws of physics.[/quote]
Yes i believe my good man Neils has a point. We should keep this argument within the laws of physics. I mean 2 comic book characters should simply not be subjected to the laws of physics just because they are drawn onto paper. I mean get real people. Stop being unrealistic and come to your senses. The clear winner of this race would be Matter-Eater Lad (yes thats a real super hero). DUH!
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery
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a poll was done on which superhero would win the hawaii ironman. flash was not listed.
superman got 60% of the votes.
wonderwoman came in 2nd, beating out aquaman. even spiderman beat aquaman, which is frankly absurd.
http://www.duathlon.com/survey/110?duathlonsid=d9d9b9d0d5890e4802d81f5ed3d5bfde
the majority of people who took the time to comment concluded that Flash would win.
The Flash doesn't just run fast, he IS fast-- if he can stroke and kick fast, then of course he would swim fast. So if the Flash had to actually swim the swim part (as opposed to running over the water), he would still do it very quickly.
The Flash wins in a blowout.
Also, I don't think that Aquaman can even ride a bike. There are no bikes in Atlantis.
xgfgfh wrote:
One thing that always bugged me about Superman making the world spin in the opposite direction - why would this make time reverse itself? Just because the world starts spinning a different way than it had been, why does that make everyone walk backwards, and water flow uphill, and babies leap back into their mother's vaginas, and poop leap back into your bunghole? It makes no sense.
That was the funniest post on this thread. Sadly I have no answer as to why the world spinning a different way would cause such things to happen. I am rather glad that not all situations involved in time reversal were illustrated. There are just some things that are better left out and unexplained.
Flash would win against anyone, even Superman. They raced multiple times. Flash is faster, even if it is by the slightest of margins. Wally West, one of the Flashes, ran so fast that he merged with the Speed Force (the speed of light). Game over.
The "real" reason why the Flash beat-out the Man of Steel was because the Flash shoved kryptonite down Superman's purple panties.
The truth believe it or not!
We are all forgetting about the Incredible Hulk. At the beginning of the race, the Hulk would simply pummel the competition at the starting line and leisurely walk/swim/bike the rest of the course without any real challengers.