Pretty straightforward question. Haven't read the stuff he's in, but the synopsis of him makes it sound like he's not a villain. Kinda assumed he was cause... You know... Nazi.
Idiots you thought those manacles could dampen my power? I am Overman! Superior to all!
Karl Kant, born Kal-El, is Overman, an evil alternate version of Superman from a parallel universe where a resurgent Nazi Party took over the USA in the late 1950s. Later due to a dimensional shift he found himself in the world of the DCAU where he battled and matched the Justice League before being defeated the Martian Manhunter due to a psychic attack. He was imprisoned by the Justice League for questioning.
#Strength
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Crushes a glass and destroys a table ^(Justice League Infinity #1)
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Lifted Lois by her neck and casually tosses her aside ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
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Wrecked the streets of Metropolis while fighting Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Vixen, Batman, and Elongated Man all at once matching them with minimal effort ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
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Broke out of the Justice Leagues prison ^(Justice League Infinity #3)
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[Limits] Couldnβt escape when Green Lantern traps him with his ring ^(Justice League Infinity #3)
#Durability
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Tanked a hit from Hawkgirl and a Batarang to the chest ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
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[Limits] Proved vulnerable to a mental assult from Martian Manhunter ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
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Took a punch from Wonder Woman and a kick from Vixen at the same time ^(Justice League Infinity #3)
#Other Abilities
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He has the ability of flight ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
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Matches a blast from Johnβs ring with his heat vision ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
#Other
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He is so evil he practically radiates it like a toxin ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
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He is immune to the DCAUβs Kryptonite due to it being from an alternate universe ^(Justice League Infinity #2)
I have read some of the Nietzsche Reader book and I still don't get it.
Hi, First of all, yes, I know that suffering makes us stronger and what better reward to complete the suffering than short-term dopamine into our brain. But from other side, because of short-term pleasure we get addicted to seducing our neighbour, which, according to Nietzsche is a proof of being unable to stand ourselves and love ourselves enough. Also, I also am aware that the state of well-being isn't an opposition to the short-term pleasure, but I didn't find better words to express the idea.
I am not very familiar with Nietzche, but I just read Crime and Punishment and I am a little confused. For some reason, I figured Raskolnikov was a direct reference to Nietzche's Ubermensch-- that Dostoevsky knew of Nietzche's theories and set out to challenge them. Is this true? Or did Dostoevsky write Crime and Punishment I'm response to a way of thinking he saw sprouting up among young men? Was the "great man" idea around before Dostoevsky and Nietzche? Does Nietzche only receive credit for coining the actual Ubermensche?
I hope this makes sense and somebody can help. I'm just a high school dropout plumber in his 30's trying to educate himself.
The modern-day adaptation of War of the Worlds (as opposed to the Victorian period adaptation by Kill the Moon writer Peter Harness) is streaming on SBS (a public broadcaster in Australia) and seems to be a surprise hit. It's one of the top shows on SBS's on-demand service, and colleagues, friends and acquaintances who normally, to put it gently, wouldn't be caught dead watching science fiction are watching and enjoying it.
Now Howard Overman, the writer of the series, is an author I've long wanted to have a crack at Doctor Who. He also wrote Misfits, Atlantis and the British version of Dirk Gently (which is absolutely great, check it out if you haven't seen it). War is a very serious drama, whereas Dirk Gently is incredibly funny, showing his versatility. He had some slightly awkward public exchange with Moffat once apparently, over when each would write for the other's show. But it occurs to me that Overman has extensive showrunner experience and, while not on the scale of Broadchurch, War of the Worlds seems to be getting a lot of good attention. Could Overman be a plausible successor to Chibnall? Would you want him to be? What would an Overman-helmed era of Doctor Who look like?
Was he laughing at us all? That now that we have killed God, we have created a new God in return, the overman? Or is he pointing toward the divinity in man that is the nature of the overman?
Overman is a alternate version of Superman where he landed in nazi Germany btw, maybe over Metropolis, both have access to their powers and respective countries weapons of the era (ww2 era)
Red son Superman has the entire soviet force and Stalin by his side. Overman has Hitler and the Nazis. It is an all out war of Supermen, Sovietβs and nazis with their iconic corrupt leaders. Which side wins?
