# Justice League - is Superman too powerful? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 8, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-is-superman-too-powerful/937470 "2021-03-08T19:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-is-superman-too-powerful/937470/4 "2021-03-08T20:19:21Z")
Yeah, that’s always been the problem with Superman. Superman is too powerful (ok, post-Klan he is…). And, in Zack Snyder’s hands, too cold and one-dimensional. So I’m not sure you’ll see a good Superman story on the big screen for a while… But on TV, it looks like you can! I loved the analysis of the new CW show, from the [_SUPERMAN & LOIS_ thread:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-1/933031) > [@Superman and Lois Season 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-1/933031/2): > > I’ve often said that it’s impossible to write good stories about Superman, but that you can write good stories about Clark Kent: You need to present him with problems that can’t be solved with superpowers. > [@Superman and Lois Season 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-and-lois-season-1/933031/8): > > The cinematography was gorgeous. It was shot more like a movie; very like _Man of Steel_… > > Unlike _Man of Steel_ it was written by people that understood how to write a good Superman story. > You need confront the Man of Steel with challenges he cannot just punch into submission - a father having a heart attack, a mother having a stroke, a teenager having an anxiety attack. I hope the show maintains this quality going forward. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-is-superman-too-powerful/937470)._