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Super Powers Poll!

Posted on September 14th, 2004 by Jeremy.
Categories: polls.

Well Miami Vice won the poll for TV show that needs to be resurrected. I mean, of course right? There is nothing better than guns, detectives, leisure suits and drugs…umm in a fictional conflict sense I mean! Anyways, a question that continually comes up whereever you go and whomever you are with. If you could get one superpower, what would it be? If it’s not on the list, describe it and defend your decision below.

14 comments.

Jeremy

Comment on September 14th, 2004.

My gut reaction is flying, but Martini has made a good point about Telekinesis. Really if you have the power level I imagine that you could pretty much cause yourself to fly, as well as stop bullets, move things around. Heck I’d never have to go to the fridge for food, I’d just make it hover to me. So that is probably the most logical choice.
I didn’t pick invisibility because honestly, I think I might abuse that power a little too much.
Super Strength would be cool. But I’d want to abuse that too. Think Superman 2 at the end “I’ve been working out” .
So I’ll go with Telekinesis, but in reality it’s just because it’s really more than one power. In all I’d like it to be flying. That would be the coolest thing…sure you’d get bugs in your eyes and teeth, but that’s why you wear a mask of somesort.

Will

Comment on September 14th, 2004.

Ok, now this is the kind of poll I like!

I choose invulnerability as long as it’s true blue invulnerability. I think its a cop-out in comics where the invulnerable folks are… well… vulnerable. So if it’s like “bullets and fire can’t hurt me, fall off a building’s okay, survive a nuclear blast, can’t drown, or have the iron in my blood pulled out by magnetic forces” then count me in.

Besides if you can fly you can fall and get squished; Telekinesis causes headaches (I’m sure); early warning sometimes doesn’t help; firing lasers rocks but only if you get the drop on the guy; telepathy is fun but I really don’t want to know what everyone thinks; Super strength is tops, but what if you slip while carrying that 3 ton object and it falls on you?; Super Speed almost equates to invulnerability because you’re hard to catch, but you never know about crafty Glue villains; and being stretchy is plain old lame.

So there you have my 2 cents.

fitnessfreak

Comment on September 14th, 2004.

So, I have to pick a super power, eh? This will be easy.

First of all, if I’m wearing my superhero ensemble and have invisibility – then people wouldn’t be able to appreciate my awesome sequin-leather outfit (cuz we all know my superhero wardrobe has to have that Las Vegas spark!) So invisibility’s out (which is why I’ll clearly not choose the wine in front of you.)

Flight and super speed… I can see the appeal of both. But what’s the point? I already fly my little Honda Civic through traffic faster than a speeding bullet.

Super strength. Well, I think we all know I already have that covered.

Stretchy? Can someone tell me what the point of this one is? I never found Plastic Man all that appealing… I mean, a man who stretches like taffy doesn’t hold up when it comes to poking about in crime, now does it?

Danger sense? Mmm… Just because you can sense danger, doesn’t necessarily mean you can do something about it. This super power has to be coupled with another one – like speed and/or super strength – in order to be effective. Or else you’ll be like, “hey, I sense some lady about to get brutally murdered on the other side of town, but I’m on the upper east side, and she’s in Brooklyn and the subway is a block away. Welp, I guess another one bites the dust” Anyway, I’d much rather create danger, than sense it (which is clearly why I wouldn’t choose the wine in front of me.)

Invulnerability? What is that exactly?? Are we talking emotional invulnerability here? Does this mean the love of your life can rip your heart out and you’ll be okay, grab some ice cream, check out a funny movie, and move on with your day? Nah… better to have loved and been hurt, than not love at all… (but something tells me we’re not talking about emotional invulnerability here)

Laser beams? What are we, MacGyver? Planning on welding something anytime soon? Or maybe you’re more of a “death by lasik” kinda guy – paining your enemies with 20/20 vision. Unless you’re a doctor or Jennifer Beal, lasers are lame. C’mon, Michael J. Fox’s glowing red-eyes in Teen Wolf is more valuable and I don’t see that mentioned on the list.

So basically, it’s down to the two T’s… Telekinesis and Telepathy.

Telepathy would be nice because you’d get a glimpse into the minds of other people… but then it would diminish the surprise-factor of Freudian slips. And that’s no fun…

So, by process of elimination, I’d have to agree with Martini and go with Telekinesis. Being a superhero has its benefits, but sometimes after coming home from a long day of crime-fighting, I’d rather have food float to me than the other way around.

Skedoozy

Comment on September 15th, 2004.

I was going to pick Invisibility but then I thought what good would that be if you like sneeze or cough.. or breath heavy.. and um if I had invisibilty I could see a lot of heavy breathing resulting from that…. because I’d have to walk and run everywhere because cops wouldn’t like a driverless car moving around.. yeah, that’s the reason.

Telepathy would be cool but only if it was the control others minds kind of telepathy and not just the read peoples minds telepathy. After the first mind you read and they are thinking about how smelly you are, that powers gonna seem really lame.

Flight? Eh.. cool for a day, then really boring. Seriously. Plus you would tell people “I can Fly!” and they would say “Cool! What other powers do you have?” and you would have to respond with “I can Fly!”. They’d say “Good for you, Peter Pan.” and walk away.

Invulnerability? Sure, that would be cool. But really, how many women could you impress with it? “Shoot me in the groin. No, seriously, do it. I’ll live. It won’t even hurt. Here, take this gun and shoot me in the groin. Hey… Hey.. where ya going??”

Super Strength. I could dig on having super strength I guess, but again, it would just get boring. I could when like 2 or 3 Strongest Man contests before people caught on. Then it would be Circus Side Show material from then on out.

Super Speed? Sounds like too much work.

Laser Beams? Cmon.. is that really a super power? I can buy Laser Beams!!

Spidey Sense. I’m not in enough danger for this to really help me. It’s more of an Add On power that you get with another big one. You don’t need JUST a Spider Sense. What’s it gonna warn me about? ****Gonna Stub Your Toe on Chair*** “Whoo, spidey sense saved my toe that time!”

Being Stretchy? Well I suppose it would be a could parlor strick. But really, they have to invent ways to even use this super power. There is a reason only two characters have it.

I picked Telekinesis in the end because well because of all the things you said. Who needs to be superstrong if you can lift things with your mind? Who needs Vulnerablity if you can stop bullets with your mind? Who needs to fly when you do it Magneto Style, just control a manhole cover with my mind and get on.

Plus you could fake having Force powers, cuz really, people would think having the Force is cooler than having to explain to them what Telekinesis is.

Jeremy

Comment on September 15th, 2004.

HAHAH… ROFLMAO!!!

Heather

Comment on September 15th, 2004.

Oh, man, I’d love to be invisible. But then, the problem does come up of moving through closed doors, transportation, etc. And I’ve thought on many occasions that I’d love to fly…more for enjoyment than convenience. The trick would be keeping whatever power you have a secret, ya know?

Jeremy

Comment on September 15th, 2004.

Here here…that’d be half the fun, having a power no one knew about. Besides, if they find out, I betcha the govt grabs you and cuts you up!