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¿Question #4993?
Nem Menuu: Why is Superman so much weaker in the newer shows?

paracelso_dra: Weaker scripts.
ocdspectrum: He did the Whole 30 diet.
Spirit of 70: To make them more interesting, I suppose.
hob69: Irony.
Woelf: Because he's Superman, and if the writers didn't weaken him somehow their only other way of creating jeopardy for him is to keep making more and more obscenely powerful enemies, and that gets silly quickly.
slate43: Trace amounts of Kryptonite can be found in the tuna fish sandwiches he eats.
Solocutor: Because Superman was ridiculously overpowered. He was powerful to the point where nothing was a challenge, it was just a matter of: 1) Superman finding out there was a problem 2) Superman fixing it. With kryptonite, you'd get that extra middle step of: 1.5) Find a way around the kryptonite.
Hamster_boy: Global warming.
matthan: They had to make the weaker super heroes look stronger.
DHEK: Dunno. I never really cared too much about superhero shows.
aleo09: don't knwo
Chad Jensen: Affirmative Action: he's white.
scriptorum: He's out of shape. Lack of exercise.
Brentoon: cuz he became to goddamn boring when he was such a powerhouse. I ahve ranted to several friends how much I dislike his stories. It seems like every story he somhow loses his power, som1 else gets his power, som1 gets ahold of kryptonite(despite them having destroyed all of it) or it involves a friend or loved one in dire danger
ZiggyZambo: Because DC is betraying its roots and trying to emulate Marvel
eddyspaghetti: Super-puberty takes a while.
Cut & Space: Cause the show if filmed on the new camera Krypto-5GT7
biso: ...aging
duLac956: Global warming
bigbadsteve: lois lane keeps nagging at him night and day
dmomo: Don't KNow.
JonBen: Superman's abilities are overblown and any 'realistic' show featuring him would have him always win within 3 seconds.... unless you put him up against an equal, and then there is a stalemate. He has to be weak for interesting story telling.
MaksimSmelchak: It's the plastic surgery... it weakens heroes...
jasta6: he is getting old.......................................
POvidiusNaso: Because people are used to reality TV, and everybody in those shows are super weak.
djlg: Creates more pathos.
XanderF: Drama
MochaKimono: Because having infinite, unlimited power is boring and silly.
Unitbuster: Man, Superman would be awesome if every nickel and dime scrounge store didn't sell kryptonite weapons.
brainrob: who cares?
Great Dane: He is so much older!
Loquutus: Because he's a thirty year old passing for seventeen?
MisterCranky: Because he's always been a pansy, but the world was a more trusting place.
Cavedog_pdx: Just cuz he could do ANYTHING on the Superfriends cartoon doesn't mean he's omnipotent.
javelin98: 'Cause he's a wimp. They don't make 'em like they used to.
gamesbook: Lack of hormones?
jellospike: Because he is old.
jttm: Is he?
skelebone: I don't know -- added "realism"?
CDRodeffer: Super strength does not mean infinite strength. There has to be some limit.
Lord_Prussian: who knows
chaddyboy_2000: Because he's pretty lame.