Can superheroes ever exist??

[LouFerignoDemon]

The human body simply doesn't have the "room" to operate like Captain America.

 

[SpideyInATree]

Personally, I'd rather see a Stargate become reality than a superhuman. Much cooler to travel to different planets light years from our own than seeing some guy lift a car over his head.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

A "Stargate" from what I understand, is far more likely. But too much of a commercial thing for any large scale application.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Well,some aspects of superpowers can be done in real life.I would say that powers can be someday engineered into a human body,but the technology is just too priminate.I would say 1,000 years at least,then something can be done.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Well,some aspects of superpowers can be done in real life.I would say that powers can be someday engineered into a human body,but the technology is just too priminate.I would say 1,000 years at least,then something can be done.

HEY!! Send me that link for that place! I lost it. x.x

 

[The Question]

Well,some aspects of superpowers can be done in real life.I would say that powers can be someday engineered into a human body,but the technology is just too priminate.I would say 1,000 years at least,then something can be done.

I'd say sooner than that. At least, for some forms of super power.

 

[kainedamo]

I'd say the technology is already here, if not within our grasp, to genetically engineer (designer baby) peak human beings.

Peak human beings, as in we could make a whole bunch of Captain Americas. Of course, this kind of thing would be highly unethical.

But designer baby technology is HERE, in the now.

 

[The Question]

Also, chemically and physically altering people to be super is possible with our current technology. Just very verye expensive.

 

[Grim Goblin]

The human body simply doesn't have the "room" to operate like Captain America.

Especialy if we're talking about Cap as drawn by Liefeld

Seriously though, I don't think we'd have to worry about armies of heroes if it was possible to empower people on a grand scale. Selfless people are too few in this world for it to happen.

You also have to keep in mind that very few (if any) are going to have the energy to go work all day long and then go out fighting crime at night. That's also without taking relationships and families into account.

In the end I would say that it's possible but extremely unlikely.

 

[Majik1387]

Short answer, yes. Superheroes can exist.

 

[Joker]

Can there ever be a real life superhero? Or, a person with what we consider to be super powers??

I remember a news story about some kid in Russia, or something, that has some form of gigantism. As far as I could remember, the young child was the size and had the strength of a much, much older child. Anyone know the story I'm talking about?

There was a development in Japan fairly recently where a professor had developed a special suit. This mechanical suit gave the wearer increased abilities. Increased strength and speed. It was said that this suit could give the wearer up to ten times their own strenght, which is quite incredible. If I could remember any names I'd get a link to an article but I can't.

I'm sure we've all heard about the "bionic woman" recently. A woman who's arm is completely mechanical. She has much better range of motion than any previous mechanical arm. The arm is actually connected to her actual nerves! Her brain controls the arm's every move! And they have these sensors hooked to her chest, so she can feel sensations when people touch her chest, it feels like sensations in her hand.

So, we have incredible advancements in the field of science. I don't think it's terribly unrealistic to expect a type of "Iron Man" suit sometime in the future. Is it unrealistic to think one day we can wear suits that will allow us to punch through walls or run like an olympic runner?

And what about "freakish mutations", like the case of gigantism or whatever the hell it was that I had heard about. Is it possible that one day a person can just naturally be bigger and stronger than most other people? There are all sorts of freakish incidents... why can't there be a case where a person is born with incredible abnormal strength?

I think Iron Man and Captain America are the most realistic superheroes we can hope for. If a suit is developed though that really works, that really gives people incredible strength and speed and other attributes, it would most likely be used for the military and the police force. So that's not strictly superhero territory.

The same goes for experimentation into the area of trying to create peak humans. It seems that it would be very possible with today's "designer baby" technology to raise a whole bunch of humans that are at the peak of human ability.

We live in a world today where optic nerve implants are being considered to be made standard issue in Baseball, to improve reflexes. If that kind of tech is becoming available to the general public, think of what the government probably already has. We're close to getting people who can do things that Hawkeye can do in real life. I wouldn't expect "superheroes" per say, but a government funded team of "super" humans, much like the Ultimates is a definite possibility, although I doubt they'd ever go public with it.

 

[Silverstein]

The Punisher- Basically you just need to be skilled with guns and be a bounty hunter. So Dog the Bounty Hunter with an uzi or two and a trenchcoat is a real life version of Frank Castle.
Batman- A detective who knows martial arts, and happens to also have lots of money to spend on tools to better do his job. Very possible.
Captain America- A super soldier. We're already working on that. So possible.
The Question- A detective conspiracy Theorist. Um...does anyone watch Monk? Possible.
Blue Beetle (Kord)- See Batman and the Question.
DareDevil- A lawyer with martial arts skills, who is blind but continues to practice both. Possible.
Elektra- Ninja chick. kunoichi. Possible.
Catman- Big guy who can knock you out. Possible.
Green Arrow- Archer detective with cash...See Batman. Possible.



Obviously there can never be a person who can fly or teleport unaided by technology. But the most basic of super hero status can be reached. It's not the villains or powers that truly make the hero, though, it's the willingness to stand in the face of danger and make a sacrifice.

So the world has had super heroes before. But the most recent were the fire fighters and police of 9/11. Real life heroes.

 

[Joker]

the firefighters and police of 9/11 may have been heroes, but they werent superheroes. For that matter, neither are any of the ones you listed, except for Captain America, Blue Beetle, and Daredevil, because none of them have any SUPERpowers, which is what seperated heroes from SUPERheroes...In fact, the Punisher is just a serial killer who only gets any points in the hero category because of his chosen victims. He's a bad guy who just happens to kill other bad guys.

 

[imaperson2]

i dunno if this was discussed but i was actually watching some show on TV, a documentary, and they said that science was getting close to doing all this, enhancing certain things...ahh it was a Superman special...but they definetely said that not as much as the superheroes in comics

 

[Joker]

if they ever had open calls for human testing for the stuff to develop enhancements, I would totally sign up...sure, I'd probably end up a pile of bone and skin on the floor, but if there's a chance I could be you know, Bullseye or something, I'm there

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

if they ever had open calls for human testing for the stuff to develop enhancements, I would totally sign up...sure, I'd probably end up a pile of bone and skin on the floor, but if there's a chance I could be you know, Bullseye or something, I'm there

Trust me, if you ever see the path to how science is tested, you wouldn't want to even attempt a trial until it's 99.9999% figured out.

 

[Prodigy]

may I introduce you to Mr Silent...
http://www.intakeweekly.com/articles/7/024730-2227-161.html
http://www.myspace.com/deaconaeon

yah Naptown is rockin it with the (not so super) hero. I had to convince all my friends it wasn't me.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

MySpace is the single greatest grouping of emo in all existance. I can't even look directly at it.

 

[Joker]

may I introduce you to Mr Silent...
http://www.intakeweekly.com/articles/7/024730-2227-161.html
http://www.myspace.com/deaconaeon

yah Naptown is rockin it with the (not so super) hero. I had to convince all my friends it wasn't me.

am I the only one who wants to kill him, hang him to a wall, and spray paint "Kaotic Chic" over his corpse? Or maybe just the killing him thing? I mean, I always wanted to be a super villain, and that would seem like the way to go...although I guess killing his partner/sidekick would accomplish that more...

 

[Decay]

It's not practically impossible for humans with super powers to exist, but I don't think someone like that will ever dedicate his/her life to fighting crime. That kind of person would probably be spending the rest of his/her life in a lab not being able to live a life of his own. And plus, I don't think the world is prepared to be saved by a superhero, and it will probably never be ready for that...

 

[Jerry]

Can there ever be a real life superhero? Or, a person with what we consider to be super powers??

I remember a news story about some kid in Russia, or something, that has some form of gigantism. As far as I could remember, the young child was the size and had the strength of a much, much older child. Anyone know the story I'm talking about?

There was a development in Japan fairly recently where a professor had developed a special suit. This mechanical suit gave the wearer increased abilities. Increased strength and speed. It was said that this suit could give the wearer up to ten times their own strenght, which is quite incredible. If I could remember any names I'd get a link to an article but I can't.

I'm sure we've all heard about the "bionic woman" recently. A woman who's arm is completely mechanical. She has much better range of motion than any previous mechanical arm. The arm is actually connected to her actual nerves! Her brain controls the arm's every move! And they have these sensors hooked to her chest, so she can feel sensations when people touch her chest, it feels like sensations in her hand.

So, we have incredible advancements in the field of science. I don't think it's terribly unrealistic to expect a type of "Iron Man" suit sometime in the future. Is it unrealistic to think one day we can wear suits that will allow us to punch through walls or run like an olympic runner?

And what about "freakish mutations", like the case of gigantism or whatever the hell it was that I had heard about. Is it possible that one day a person can just naturally be bigger and stronger than most other people? There are all sorts of freakish incidents... why can't there be a case where a person is born with incredible abnormal strength?

I think Iron Man and Captain America are the most realistic superheroes we can hope for. If a suit is developed though that really works, that really gives people incredible strength and speed and other attributes, it would most likely be used for the military and the police force. So that's not strictly superhero territory.

The same goes for experimentation into the area of trying to create peak humans. It seems that it would be very possible with today's "designer baby" technology to raise a whole bunch of humans that are at the peak of human ability.

NO!! YOU IDIOT

 

[3dman27]

Short answer, yes. Superheroes can exist.

i hope you're right i really do

 

[kainedamo]

Especialy if we're talking about Cap as drawn by Liefeld

Seriously though, I don't think we'd have to worry about armies of heroes if it was possible to empower people on a grand scale. Selfless people are too few in this world for it to happen.

You also have to keep in mind that very few (if any) are going to have the energy to go work all day long and then go out fighting crime at night. That's also without taking relationships and families into account.

In the end I would say that it's possible but extremely unlikely.

There are definately plenty of people with the right mentallity to be a superhero. There are lots of people with obsessive personalities that would see superhero life as their duty. There are other people that are just immensely pissed off with crime. They may not dedicate their lives, but if they had the power they'd definately go out a few nights of the week.

If you had abilities way above that of a normal human, the urge to use those abilities would be too great to resist.

 

[hippy fascist]

I'd say the technology is already here, if not within our grasp, to genetically engineer (designer baby) peak human beings.

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[The Question]

I've had some thought about this, and thus I have a few ideas about the powers of various heroes. I'll go with The Avengers for the moment:

Captain America: Several months of training, surgury to alter the musculature and tendons, and taking the right combination of preformance enhancers could, in theory, make someone into a real life Captain America.

Iron Man: Hell, they've been working on strength enhancing exo-skelitons for years, and recently I saw a video of a working demonstartion of jet boots. All you really need to to is improve upon and combine the two, and you've got yourself an iron clad avenger.

Thor: The strength levels are possible if you use the Captain America method plus the instilation if high powered servo motors on the joints and metal reinforcement of the bones. This would make the subject much heavier, but he;s meant to be a tank anyway. The hammer is also theoretically possible. Manipulation of the weather could happen through a manipulation of electyromagnetic feilds, but the hammer would have to be quite large and it would only operate on a small scale. However, with the subject's strength, the size of the hammer wouldn't be an issue. I doubt flight through use of the hammer would be possible, but a specially designed cape with glyding capabilities and jet propulsion, like the flight harness recently created by the U.S. military, might be doable.

Hank Pym: There realy is no practical way of growing or shrinking someone like that. However, the manipulation of insects is somewhat plausible. If the person in question wore a helmet that emited the proper frequencies of EM radiation, or possibly emmited pheramones, then it stands to reason that he could control insects. Also, while he could not physically grow himself, the possibility of using a mech is not out of the question. However, such a device would be mighly expensive.

The Wasp: I'd say a suit with wings and taser like stingers like hers are possible, although I'd think the wings would require too much feul to be practically worn on someone's back.

Hawkeye: He's just a guy with arrows. The only difference between him and any professional archer in the world is that the professional archers don't fight crime.

Black Widow: Just a lady in black leather with guns. Not hard.

Quicksilver: A combination of the Thor and Captain America procedures, but concentraiting entirely on speed. Doubtful that he'd get to Quicksilver's level of speed, but he'd still be damned fast. However, it's quite likely that such a procedure would take too much of a toll on the subjects heart, resulting in his death.