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Why are people picking fights with Clark Kent?

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Patrick Bateman

Member
I‘m just watching Man of Steel for the first time and just don‘t get it.

Why are truck drivers who are like one head shorter than Kent picking a fight with him?
I mean they don‘t even know it‘s Superman, but come on. That guy is like over 6‘2“ and pretty muscular.
You don‘t wanna fight with someone like that or are people really that dense?
 
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itwasTuesday

He wasn't alone.
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Zabka

Member
Patrick Bateman said:
I‘m just watching Man of Steel for the first time and just don‘t get it.

Why are truck drivers who are like one head shorter than Kent picking a fight with him?
I mean they don‘t even know it‘s Superman, but come on. That guy is like over 6‘2“ and pretty muscular.
You don‘t wanna fight with someone like that or are people really that dense?
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Some large folks learn restraint at a young age so as not to harm people and assholes prey on that.
 
MisterHero

MisterHero

Super Member
He started every fight. He's a giant a-hole

Pete Ross because Lana liked Clark more.
That guy at the bar because he asked him to leave.
Lex Luthor for just existing.
 
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Enzom21

Member
Patrick Bateman said:
I‘m just watching Man of Steel for the first time and just don‘t get it.

Why are truck drivers who are like one head shorter than Kent picking a fight with him?
I mean they don‘t even know it‘s Superman, but come on. That guy is like over 6‘2“ and pretty muscular.
You don‘t wanna fight with someone like that or are people really that dense?
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Beer confidence and a short man's complex are a bad combination.
 
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LiveFromKyoto

Member
Patrick Bateman said:
I‘m just watching Man of Steel for the first time and just don‘t get it.

Why are truck drivers who are like one head shorter than Kent picking a fight with him?
I mean they don‘t even know it‘s Superman, but come on. That guy is like over 6‘2“ and pretty muscular.
You don‘t wanna fight with someone like that or are people really that dense?
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Actually, people who are big and don't project confidence get smaller guys trying to pick on them all the time to feel like they can shove someone larger around.
 
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jack_package_200

Banned
Because he was working. I have had so many people give me shit while I was working who know full well that I can't retaliate/escalate.

People are dicks.
 
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Tonedeff

Member
Real men don't give a shit about stuff like that. You wanna hit him, hit him, even if you have to jump to reach his face
 
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Nightwing123

Member
Patrick Bateman said:
Why are truck drivers who are like one head shorter than Kent picking a fight with him?
I mean they don‘t even know it‘s Superman, but come on. That guy is like over 6‘2” and pretty muscular.
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I'm pretty sure Henry Cavill is 6'1 or 6 but I get your point. This is a bad/mediocre movie, so I don't expect much to make much sense. The guy is just probably a random jerk.
 
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Patrick Bateman

Member
jack_package_200 said:
Because he was working. I have had so many people give me shit while I was working who know full well that I can't retaliate/escalate.

People are dicks.
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You are probably right now that I think about it.
Beings worker depending on customers is very different.

Nightwing123 said:
I'm pretty sure Henry Cavill is 6'1 or 6 but I get your point. This is a bad/mediocre movie, so I don't expect much to make much sense. The guy is just probably a jerk.
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I was just guessing with his height.
 
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Sulik2

Member
He is nice and soft spoken. Thats pretty realistic for what hot headed bullies with a couple of beers in them target. Regardless of size.
 
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KarmaCow

Member
Because they really needed to hammer home how much Superman needs to restrain himself just in case you didn't get it from pretty much everything else in the movie.
 
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Cyan

Banned
They wanted a fun moment where he does some wacky super-strength thing, and the other guy had to be the aggressor or else wrapping the truck around a pole or whatever it was would just look like him being a bully jerk instead of an overreacting jerk.
 
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The Kree

Banned
I grew up with a guy who was 6'7", 260 pounds by the time he was 15. He was a sweet dude, got along with everybody, but bullies tested him all the time. He almost went to jail once for defending himself a little too effectively because his size made him look guilty.
 
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Beerman462

Member
Small man complex. Also

Talk shit no fight. He wins.

Talk shit win fight. He wins.

Talk shit lose fight. Did you see how big that guy was? I ain't scared. He wins.
 
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zeemumu

Member
Most older superhero movies have that obligatory "pick a fight with the hero's alter ego" moment.



Bruce and Joker did it in the first Tim Burton Batman

Peter and Flash did it in Spider-Man

Johnny Blaze did it in Ghost Rider

This is pretty much all that ever happens to Bruce Banner in every single Hulk film

They even did it in Catwoman with her annoying neighbors

Iron Fist's fist seems to rely on people doing this to him

Elektra did this to Matt Murdock in Daredevil

It's a running joke with Luke Cage

Tony usually brings it on himself

Saitama's whole life is this in One Punch Man

I don't know how many mutants' backstories start with "I got in a fight and accidentally unleashed my power" and Wolverine spends enough time in bars for this to be commonplace
 
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Yoritomo

Member
zeemumu said:
Most older superhero movies have that obligatory "pick a fight with the hero's alter ego" moment.



Bruce and Joker did it in the first Tim Burton Batman

Peter and Flash did it in Spider-Man

Johnny Blaze did it in Ghost Rider

This is pretty much all that ever happens to Bruce Banner in every single Hulk film

They even did it in Catwoman with her annoying neighbors

Iron Fist's fist seems to rely on people doing this to him

Elektra did this to Matt Murdock in Daredevil

It's a running joke with Luke Cage

Tony usually brings it on himself

Saitama's whole life is this in One Punch Man

I don't know how many mutants' backstories start with "I got in a fight and accidentally unleashed my power" and Wolverine spends enough time in bars for this to be commonplace
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Nerd vengeance power fantasy.

"Ender's game really speaks to me..."
 
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PHOENIXZERO

Member
Because they wanted Clark to put that guy's truck (or the company he worked for's truck) into that utility pole and that was the set up. You know, for the luls.
 
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Slaythe

Member
The real answer is :

He's a customer.

If Clark hits the customer he's fired.

So he was testing him and trying to play tough.
 
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PK Gaming

Member
It worked in comics where the artists could portray Clark Kent as this meek, unassuming poindexter with ugly glasses and a lack of presence and shift into the more "heroic" and "powerful" superman on a dime. It doesn't work out too well in real life for obvious reasons.
 
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Cyan

Banned
zeemumu said:
Most older superhero movies have that obligatory "pick a fight with the hero's alter ego" moment.



Bruce and Joker did it in the first Tim Burton Batman

Peter and Flash did it in Spider-Man

Johnny Blaze did it in Ghost Rider

This is pretty much all that ever happens to Bruce Banner in every single Hulk film

They even did it in Catwoman with her annoying neighbors

Iron Fist's fist seems to rely on people doing this to him

Elektra did this to Matt Murdock in Daredevil

It's a running joke with Luke Cage

Tony usually brings it on himself

Saitama's whole life is this in One Punch Man

I don't know how many mutants' backstories start with "I got in a fight and accidentally unleashed my power" and Wolverine spends enough time in bars for this to be commonplace
Click to expand...

Yep! If it's not the turn-the-table-on-a-bully scene it's the you-just-mugged-the-wrong-guy scene.
 
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supermarioworldE

Banned
Because the movie needs some assholes to pick on Clark so he can look like the humble Jesus figure.

Y'know, the same Jesus that would impale trucks with logs out of frustration.
 
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liquidtmd

Banned
Lol whenever I get depressed at the Simpsons drop in quality, I stay warm in the knowledge they literally did everything
 
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