A better Christ figure

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-07-02 12:28am

Silver Surfer or Superman? Discuss.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-07-02 01:58am

SS... very strange thread

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-07-02 09:21am

Superman. People have to know who your Messiah IS. hehehe

Demiurge · Post by **Demiurge** » 2003-07-02 10:05am

Superman. He died for our sins. No...wait, he died fighting that monster with all the spiky things coming out of its head. Nevermind.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-07-02 11:28am

How is either of them a Christ figure again?

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-07-02 11:29am

This question is kind of funny coming from a guy with an Adam Warlock avatar. That character fits the "Christ Figure" criteria muc better than Superman or the Silver Surfer.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-07-02 12:15pm

Superman does fit. Think about it. He was sent by his father to Earth for the good of humanity. He developed powers that would enable him to save Earth from the most powerful of threats, and he even died once to prove it. Then, he came back to life. Sounds like a messiah figure to me.

And, like any hero, he has one ultimate weakness.

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-07-02 01:10pm

Tsyroc wrote:This question is kind of funny coming from a guy with an Adam Warlock avatar. That character fits the "Christ Figure" criteria muc better than Superman or the Silver Surfer.

Well, yeah, but then you've got the bias issue.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-07-02 01:13pm

If you watch Superman the Movie there is no doubt that we have Christ parallels, with Marlon Brando (pre-Shamu days) stating "And for this, I send them you my only son." "For the son is in the father and the father in the son." Its all VERY religious/mythical.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-07-02 01:38pm

Funny,everyone who posted but me selected superman but SS has more votes on the poll

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-07-02 02:24pm

Uh, Superman, Kal El was sent to Earth because his parents didn't want him to be blown into space dust.

But yes, I do see some similarities. SS isn't exactly loved by many. More like hated.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-07-02 11:12pm

Stravo wrote:If you watch Superman the Movie there is no doubt that we have Christ parallels, with Marlon Brando (pre-Shamu days) stating "And for this, I send them you my only son." "For the son is in the father and the father in the son." Its all VERY religious/mythical.

I was thinking about the Superman movie because of this thread as well. It really did purposefully draw Christ parallels.

Plus there's the disembodied voice of Jor-el speaking too him throughout the early parts of the film and then his head appears in the clouds at the end.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-07-02 11:30pm

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/ ... -cape.html

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-07-02 11:44pm

Superman wrote:Superman does fit. Think about it. He was sent by his father to Earth for the good of humanity. He developed powers that would enable him to save Earth from the most powerful of threats, and he even died once to prove it. Then, he came back to life. Sounds like a messiah figure to me.

And, like any hero, he has one ultimate weakness.

Superman came back to life because of the comic trend of never killing off popular characters for good.

Hmmm. Was Jesus the first character guilty of this?

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-07-03 06:59am

Forget the Messiah! Supes would SWAT that stupid surfer guy!

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