I think that Superman, when you really think about it, is kind of an asshole. I realize this may seem rather harsh at first until you take a moment to really think about what a myopic, selfish person he really is. The reason I make this contentious statement is that Superman, the most powerful person in the world--neigh, the universe--pretty much only uses his powers to save the city of
Metropolis from a series of misdemeanor crimes. I mean his battles with Lex Luthor aside, what's a typical day in the life of Superman like? Stopping a mugging here, saving a baby from a fire there...these are small potatoes!! What an unbelievably narrow minded, astigmatic way to go about saving the world.
In fact, it always boggles my mind that when he saves people from getting mugged they don't just turn to him and say: "Um...wow Superman, thanks for breaking up that horrible mugging. If it weren't for you I might have lost up to 26 dollars there. You're probably right, fuck all of the people being slaughtered in Darfur, as long as I don't have to renew my drivers license the world is a better place." "Phew!! Superman, how can we ever repay you for stopping that bank robbery? Never mind all of the people you just let die in that tsunami in Malaysia, make sure you spend all of your time stopping crimes that are federally insured by the FDIC, so that when they happen nobody really loses any money. Oh yeah and by the way, doesn’t the FBI solve like 90% of bank robberies anyway?"
Seriously, is this the kind of superhero we want our kids to look up to? Hey Superman, I have this crazy idea, why don't you go ahead and leave Mr. Whiskers in the fucking tree, pull your head out of your own ass for one second, and do something about the energy crisis.