Word: superheroics
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...believe that my mutant superpowers would start manifesting themselves sometime around the age of puberty. Personally I was hoping for either superstretchiness or force bolts of some kind. Puberty arrived in due course, but no superpowers, and I have reluctantly tossed my goal of becoming a superhero on the ash heap of my broken dreams. I do, however, have an archenemy...
...opening this weekend that covers the mysterious death of TV's Superman star and struggling B-movie actor George Reeves. While the critics have been mixed to positive, it's hard to argue with the degree of scrupulous detail in the picture, from the exacting duplication of Reeves' famous superhero costume down to the mid-century furniture and curtains featured in interior scenes...
...What do you think it is about gadgets, these "shiny new" toys, that have captured people's attention? There's a Batman utility belt or "Data" from Goonies concept to it. You can reach out to people and you can do things - not like being a superhero, but it can make you move through your day in a more powerful way. You've got an easier way to organize things and a lot of information at your fingertips. For people who feel naked without having gadgets around, like their cellphone, it becomes a fetish. So, when you upgrade your piece...
...better than she was at the beginning. But she's never going to be the superhero. She's never going to be the tough bounty hunter with all kinds of skills. That's just not what she's about. I've heard her described as ditzy, but she's absolutely not ditzy. She's not entirely prepared for the job she does, but she's smart, she's resilient, she's tenacious. She does the best that she can with what she has to work with. She has other ways of making her captures. Where a man might want...
...released in May 2008. Marvel's new studio can spend up to $165 million a flick--still relatively low for the production of an action film with sophisticated special effects, warns media analyst Harold Vogel. "And they've got to create excellent stories to stick out in the oversaturated superhero genre," Vogel says. If the studio goes over budget on a film, Marvel could be forced to use some of its own cash or seek out a partner...