Movie Characters Who Could Crush The Olympics Is it cheating to put superheroes and aliens against athletes? Tweet
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Weight-lifting Film Land Competitor: Superman (Brandon Routh) From: Superman Returns (2006) One criticism levied against Bryan Singer’s Superman film is that its action scenes essentially saw Superman lifting a progressively heavy series of objects. But while that might not make for ideal cinema, it sure as heck makes him a good competitor in this event, which demands nothing more of its participants. Superman is already at home in lycra, is known to believe in ideals like those espoused by the Olympics, and would probably be willing to put himself at a disadvantage by tying one hand behind his back or something. But since we know for a fact he can lift a continent and affect the spin of the planet itself, he should be a shoo-in for gold as long as he remembers to follow the rules and doesn’t get distracted by the troubles of an imperilled child somewhere. Current world record: 472kg (total: snatch and “clean & jerk”) Anticipated world record: Depends how heavy a weight the organisers can provide
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1	And more besides....
	How about Neo for Tae-Kwon-Do? Or those Zombie Nurses from Silent Hill for Women's Hockey? Who's going to want to get close enough to them to get the ball off them? How about a set of WB cartoon characters for Basketball? They should make a movie about that? ;-) More
	Posted by evilpickle4 on Thursday August 9, 2012, 14:25
2	And more besides....
	How about Neo for Tae-Kwon-Do? Or those Zombie Nurses from Silent Hill for Women's Hockey? Who's going to want to get close enough to them to get the ball off them? How about a set of WB cartoon characters for Basketball? They should make a movie about that? ;-) More
	Posted by evilpickle4 on Thursday August 9, 2012, 14:16
3	Legolas > Katniss
	nuff said More
	Posted by spate42 on Thursday August 9, 2012, 13:43
4	Spiderman for any gymnastics event,,, YEEESSS,,, HIGH FIVE
	God, I need to get back to work,, as if the actually Olympics weren't enough of a distraction! Damn you Empire, but keep up the good work!! More
	Posted by Jamie_M on Wednesday August 8, 2012, 16:39
5	RE: Surely it would be Inigo Montoya for the fencing?!
	Inigo "you killed my father, prepare to die!" Montoya lost to Wesley "I'm not left handed either" :) More
	Posted by DanTDavies on Wednesday August 8, 2012, 10:16

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