Poll: Would super villains get special cells?

[Branovices]

I was just thinking... in comic books when a super villain is captured the prison builds an ultra high tech, special prison cell that stops them them from using their powers to escape. Do you think that is at all realistic? In a real situation, let's use Magneto, would they spend millions to make a special cell just for him that contained no metal or just have him executed as being too dangerous to remain alive?

 

[KingOfTwilight]

Of course it's not realistic, you're talking about superpowers.

 

[Sark]

For Magneto, just use a metal that isn't iron.

 

[Kollega]

Just as Superman can't be killed by anything other than kryptonite,i'm sure it's not easy to execute a super villain. If he has a special powers,i mean.

 

[3rd rung]

I would think in our current situation they would be executed not cells but the robegoldberg cell is a fun idea

 

[super_smash_jesus]

well, I assume human rights still play a role in the punishment given, so a cell it would be.

 

[NeutralDrow]

For Magneto, just use a metal that isn't iron.

I wondered about that. They made plastic weaponry and containment for use against him in the movies...wouldn't copper, tin, aluminum, and brass have been more practical?

 

[Aardvark]

If they're a powerful enough supervillain that a normal cell wouldn't hold them, then in all likelihood, they would just be killed until they died, then the body taken to a lab for study.

Hell, even if they couldn't break out of a cell with their powers, they'd be killed, dissected and studied, the fruits of the research then used to upgrade soldiers and government agents.

 

[awsome117]

For Magneto, just use a metal that isn't iron.

I wondered about that. They made plastic weaponry and containment for use against him in the movies...wouldn't copper, tin, aluminum, and brass have been more practical?

Since when are the more practical things used anyway?

 

[NeutralDrow]

For Magneto, just use a metal that isn't iron.

I wondered about that. They made plastic weaponry and containment for use against him in the movies...wouldn't copper, tin, aluminum, and brass have been more practical?

Since when are the more practical things used anyway?

Good point.

 

[Veylon]

Considering that supervillains tend to commit acts that would best be considered war crimes (hence the label SUPERvillain), execution seems the way to go.

 

[Cargando]

Special Cell. They'd go crazy being cooped up for the rest of their lives in there.

 

[Robert632]

if the reason he/she/whatever was arrested was not severe enough for execution, then i'd assume he/she/whatever get''s a super special cell.

 

[joshthor]

For Magneto, just use a metal that isn't iron.

he grabbed wolverine and he doesnt have iron in him (i dont think)

 

[Avatar Roku]

For Magneto, just use a metal that isn't iron.

I wondered about that. They made plastic weaponry and containment for use against him in the movies...wouldn't copper, tin, aluminum, and brass have been more practical?

I don't think the movies were too keen on keeping Magneto within his bounds from the comics (I assume that's where the whole iron thing came from). After all, he's seen at one point manipulating the Adamantium in Wolverine's body, certainly not iron.

 

[RemoteControlRox]

It might depend on the supervillain's record. If they're homicidal maniacs, they'll probably end up executed.

Even then, there'd probably have to be a specialized cell of some kind to keep them in before they went on trial. So, yes, specialized holding cells are probably fairly realistic. Then there's the possibility of the criminally insane, in which case even the worst cases might not be executed.

Gah, I feel silly now.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Well..In the comicbook universes, they tend not to be executed. And end up escaping from whatever high-tch dungeon they've been stuck in.
In this world..?
They'd probably be snuffed out quietly.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Actually, it occurred to me when playing Arkham Asylum that killing some of the violent inmates, or at least Joker, Croc, and Zsasz, would have been a very good idea. I mean, what can you hope to accomplish keeping an unpredictable psycopath, a mutated monster, and a sociopath with a psychological need to kill alive? Especially when they've all escaped multiple times.