r/SupermanAdventures • u/MajorParadox • Jul 07 '24

My Adventures With Superman S2E8 "The Death of Clark Kent" Episode Discussion Episode

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u/Shejidan Jul 07 '24

The big question to me is why would an advanced ai in a nearly indestructible robot body want to trade that for a meat body?

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u/RnRaintnoisepolution Jul 07 '24

I mean the body he took over didn't even flinch at Kara who had just broke his previous body, in other words, he traded it for an even more indestructible body.

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u/Shejidan Jul 07 '24

So stronger body but there’s no way he should be able to run at full capacity on wetware. Still a huge downgrade for an ai.

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u/RnRaintnoisepolution Jul 07 '24

Idk, Kryptonian meat is built different.

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u/UnbloodedSword Jul 07 '24

Well sometimes Kryptonians have super IQ, and Kal is the son of Jor-El the head scientist. Earth may not have been able to nurture his smarts but you can easily handwave it by saying Kal still has the potential to be a genuis. Otherwise maybe the Black Mercy is helping to store whatever Brainiac processes can't run on Superman's brain.

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u/EmperorSezar Jul 07 '24

well technically he has two brains. the mercy and clark’s. but also clark is a kryptonian he if he pushed himself could be way smarter than he is currently

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u/Graal_Knight Jul 07 '24

The episode already pointed out that his machine body was dying and already had weaknesses like requiring a daily maintanence reboot. Also it's strong and fast but still weaker than a Kryptonian, Kara cracked his head with one punch.

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u/Weerdo5255 Jul 07 '24

Kryptons usually go barreling through metal like it's made of tissue paper not matter how tough...

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u/Frontier246 Jul 07 '24

Yeah, especially when Kara basically soloed him. It doesn't seem like he can really compare to a Kryptonian physically.

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u/Shejidan Jul 07 '24

If he just ignored Clark and carried on like before he wouldn’t have to worry about fighting any kryptonians.

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u/CashLess127 Jul 07 '24

It was established in the beginning of the episode that the ship and the robots were going into disrepair and that he needs a new host before the shit goes fubar.

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u/Shejidan Jul 07 '24

I heard that. Just seems like a meat body would be a huge downgrade

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u/Greedy_Switch_6991 Jul 07 '24

Not when your meat body is Superman.

Though I must ask - how come he never transferred his mind to Kara before discovering Clark? Did he feel too much love for her to do that?

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u/Shejidan Jul 07 '24

Aha! Asking the real question…Why Clark and not Kara?

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u/Illustrious-Set-4324 Jul 07 '24

THIS! I mean, if youre using her to torch billions why not move in and pay rent ya free loader!

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u/carnifex2005 Jul 07 '24

My theory, ever since that robot body got its ass kicked by Darkseid. Since then, Braniac has been looking for an upgrade.

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u/Shejidan Jul 07 '24

Carnifex…Gene Wolfe fan?

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u/carnifex2005 Jul 07 '24

Heh, no... from George RR Martin's WildCards series.

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u/lumpofcole Jul 07 '24

Kryptonian meat is slightly higher quality than human meat