Silver Surfer Is Still My favorite Superhero

I took my boys to Mr. Gatti's tonight, which I might add is a complete waste of money, while eating, an interesting question was put on the table.  My oldest son wondered if I could be any superhero who would I be?  My initial response was that I couldn't be Ironman because I'd get claustrophobic in the suit.  After what I thought was a thoughtful response, the boys took the question off the table and discussed it among themselves.


Pretty soon this superhero topic grew legs, and quite frankly took on a more philosophical angle.  It went from which superhero I'd want to be, to discussing are all superheros good? We discussed how The Incredible Hulk really isn't a legit good guy, due to the fact he has only been lucky not to have hurt or killed an innocent person.  Also he actually has fought both Wolverine, and Thor (trust me if you have young kids, these will be common known facts in a few years). My youngest determined that The Hulk, was ultimately a good/bad guy???


We also talked about The Silver Surfer (my personal favorite).  He is much more complex in that he has free will.  He sold himself into slavery, if you will, to save his planet.  Of course as things would have it, he was ultimately tricked, but still in the services of a planet eater.


Well we never were able to come to a definitive answer in regards to The Silver Surfer, due to the beckoning of video games from the game room. As I gave each of them their allotted game money....I couldn't help but think it won't be long before talks about superhero develop into talks about current events, and other worldly matters.


I will tell you this tho....every time I see that Ironman suit it freaks me out....