1:00 into this trailer and you'll see what I mean. At first, I thought it was really cool to portray Superman's flight as something akin to a fighter jet. But after watching the trailer for the 2nd time, I thought this particular scene was a bit off.
First of all, I am no expert on what Superman can and can't do so the following is mostly conjecture. I do, however, remember watching Superman: The Animated Series as a kid on weekdays after school and what I remember of his power over speed is that he has little to no rate of acceleration. He's in one spot one second and in another spot the next. My guess is that to human eyes, this displacement would look like he's teleporting but in reality, he's just moving so fast that it merely seems that way. The cartoon illustrates this as a very brief red and blue blur on the screen; enough to let the audiences know that he is actually moving through the air and not using some magic trick. I thought that was cool.
So as I mentioned, he has no rate of acceleration, or at least, not at a level that is discernible by human eyes. I believe it is safe to say that Superman can travel in and out of supersonic speeds at will, considering he wouldn't be able to save a lot of crashing planes (planes are always crashing around Metropolis, you would think air traffic control would set up a no-fly perimeter) if he has to struggle to surpass commercial jets' speeds. So my question is: If his rate of acceleration is greater than 0-768 mph in less than a second, wouldn't he have broken the sound barrier on the ground, as he took off?
My only conclusion, then, to explain this mystery is that those sonic booms you hear and the vapor trail he leaves behind isn't him breaking the sound barrier. It's plain, simple, Kryptonian flatulence.
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