Quote Originally Posted by Anteros View Post
Maybe. But DB has a long history of taking characters at their absolute maximum potential when they want them to win. Superman hasn't been able to Daisy Chain planets for 20+ years now, and current Superman isn't even the same guy who did those things, but they still let him claim those feats.

The problem is that they aren't consistent. Sometimes they'll bend over backwards to make a character more powerful, and sometimes they'll nerf a character for no (or weak) reasons. You either have to take everyone at their peak power, or you have to pick more "realistic" versions of them. When you do both arbitrarily no one is going to take you seriously.
I thought they specifically discounted the planet chain pull and instead went with the more recent "benchpresses the weight of earth for three days straight" crud. And honestly, while I got the distinct impression they set the fight up a bit for superman to win, it was less out of bias and more out of "Seriously, look at their feats, the winner is as obvious as luke cage versus galactus" The first fight they grabbed various screen caps just to show their relative strength and speed, and superman was shown to be exponentially greater in every category barring possibly actual hand to hand combat skill. (Though they pointed out superman was not exactly a slouch there either) Then they threw in the "philosophy" later to explain why goku will never get strong enough to win.