The mechanical monsters

[coyotegoth]

Am currently delighted beyond rational measure to be watching one of the old Fleischer brothers' Superman cartoons- "The Mechanical Monsters." The requisite Evil Scientist has built an army of evil robots to aid him in his jewel heists (leading me to wonder yet again about the reliability of fences for hot jewelry in Metropolis, with Big Blue smashing through the wall every time a deal is looking promising, not to mention the ease with which people can gain a degree in Robotics 101 in Metropolis, in what is clearly the early 1940s. Wasn't there any sort of screening procedure at Metropolis U?), of course. However- shocker of shockers- Superman has burst into the bad guy's fortress, and rescued Lois from the pit of molten lava. What kind of zoning regulations do Metropolis bad guys have to deal with, anyway?

Exactly how do you plan on using this open pit of lava again, anyway? Disposal? Okay, that's a business expense...

Comments

[petemosq.livejournal.com]

I have a weakness for the old Popeye cartoons myself.
Supes was da man back then too tho, even if I like his 70's self better.

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[czarchasm.livejournal.com]

Well....perhaps The Criminal Element went to European schools for their robotics knowledge.

As for the jewlery thing: In spite of all of these deals getting broken up by Ubermann, they still occur. Historically, this type of crime should decrease dramatically, as it appears nigh impossible to pull one over Supes' eyes; yet, in spite of all the evidence shown, it still occurs on a regular basis. Perhaps the ones Supes captures are, in Metropolis, what the occasional captured drug mule is to our War on Drugs: An occasional bust set up by the cartels, in order to allow the illusion of decreasing crime. If this is true, I shudder to think about Batman in Gotham.