Random Super Heroes

Wordless Wednesday

2007-11-27T20:19:00.001-08:00

Man of Steel

'Super' House Work

2007-11-01T19:31:00.000-07:00

Well, I have been battling it out with home improvement projects for the past two weeks and I have finally achieved a small victory in what seems to be an almost never ending war. So I thought I would get back to posting, but, as fate would have it, I am leaving tomorrow for training in Germany for two weeks. Therefore it will probably be another two weeks until I can get back to business and post all the posts that I have been talking/thinking about. What kind of training you might ask; it is training for ~~ninja skills,~~ ~~secret agent skills,~~ ~~computer hacking skills,~~ (computer hacking skills is almost true but not really) my job as an electrical controls engineer. Basically, I will be learning about all the programs that I have been working with for the past few months in greater detail; it should be loads of fun.
As I was doing all the house work and yard work over the past few weeks I thought about some of the things that I was doing would be a lot easier if I had some super human power. I really wished I had super human strength when I had to pull out the 9 pampas grass stumps in the back yard. With my average human strength I would take a shovel and dig around the base of the stump until I could pry it loose from the ground without braking shovel number 2. At times I felt frustrated and mad enough to let lose in a 'green' rage and pull out the stumps by hand like the Hulk would. Or if I was the Human Touch I would just burn all the stumps to the ground with a flick of a finger. House work would be a lot more fun with super powers.

I think that with all these super hero movies coming out in the near and distant future, one of them should have a scene where some nosy, next door neighbor is peeking over a fence to see some 'super' yard work being done.

Spider-Man: The Musical

2007-10-22T18:40:00.000-07:00

When I first read that they were going to make Spider-man the Musical I could not believe my eyes, it was one of those one of those rub your eyes and look again moments. I will admit that on occation I attend the musical theater; Peter Parker did it for Mary Jane and I do it for my girl. I saw a 'Spider-man Show' at Universal Studios, it was a 45 minute musical show; unfortunatly I thought it was really cheesey. At first when I heard the music was being written by Bono of U2 I thought that musical might have a chance but then I read one of the chacarter descriptions in the casting call and that thought went right out the window. Here is a direct quote:

[ARACHNE] Female, 20-35 years old, any ethnicity. A beautiful, boastful young woman turned into a spider for her hubris and lack of respect for the gods. She subsequently appears to Peter Parker and the audience as in turn a powerful spider-woman who comes from another time to inspire Peter; an otherworldly lover; a bride; a terrifying (and sexy) dark goddess of vengeance; a dance partner in a charged and violent spiders dance of death; and, finally, a lonely, fragile young woman. Possesses an ethereal, unique, gorgeous singing voice. Strong Celtic, Balkan style, e.g., Sinead O'Connor. Outside the box ideas are welcomed. Could be someone from the music industry.[s]

I don't claim to be a Spider-man expert, but I have no clue what universe they got that story from. If it was up to me and I was doing a brand new thing on Broadway, like bringing super heroes to the musical theater, I would defnitly go for a classic story line.

Would I like to see this show, yes. Do I think it will do well, unfortunatly no. I think it would be great if the show does well, but I think the show has to be pretty spectaular in order to do so.

Let me hear what you have to say about this whole Spider-man the Musical business in the comments.

Wordless Wednesday

2007-10-17T08:18:00.000-07:00

Holy Mythbusters Batman

2007-10-16T20:35:00.000-07:00

The thing that really inspired to start posting again was the Super Hero episode of Mythbusters (see picture above). I have always liked watching Mythbuster but when I found out that they were going to do a super hero theme episode it instantly got scheduled into the DVR. One of the interesting things about the episode summary says "Hosts put Marvel comic heroes to the test;" but all the 'myths that they tested were base on DC characters, well mainly just Batman. Here is the run down of all the myths they tested:

Myth #1: Grappling Hook
Is it really possible to use a grappling hook to scale a building?
Myth #2: Ring Punch
Can you punch someone hard enough to leave a scar in the shape of that ring?
Myth #3: Batmobile Escape
Can you fire a grappling hook from the side of a car so that it wraps around a structure and pulls the car around a 90-degree turn at speed?

So I have decided to make a little series out of each myth they tested; I have decided to entitle my series

SUPER MYTHS

Captain America Lives

2007-10-14T20:45:00.001-07:00

I know that I am kind of late in covering this earth shaking news, but I had a crazy busy weekend. I first heard the news that Cap was back from Quit Your Day Job and ComicBookMovie.com. Here is an official statement from Marvel.com:

Steve Rogers, the Sentinel of Liberty, was cut down in a hail of gunfire in March's CAPTAIN AMERICA #25. And whether or not you agree with the decision, he's still dead. But a character as iconic and important as Cap can never truly die. Who better to reimagine Cap for a new age, a new character, a new costume, than Alex Ross? Working closely with Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting and Tom Brevoort, Captain America makes his return—or debut, if you prefer—in January's CAPTAIN AMERICA #34. [s]

When I heard back in March that Captain America, the man of 'truth liberty and the American way,' was dead I thought to myself 'what are they [the writers] doing ??' When you think of classic Marvel super heroes Captain America is at least in the top five and then they go and kill him off. But as I found out from the reading the rest of the Marvel news article it says that everything was "all very, very planned out, believe it or not." Another interesting point that the writers talked about was that Captain America was old school according to the world of today and with this new Captain America they would have a chance to modernize the character. But ironically the inspiration they used for the new costume was the 1940s movie serial costume design. And to top it all off they gave him a gun; it will be interesting to see if the gun is a way to give the new Cap an iconic look or if it will play a major role in defeating the the villains he will face.
The writers also brought up an insightful point :

"As is typical when you change a classic character around," explains Brevoort, "there are going to be some who'll love it and some who'll loathe it. But it does have the advantage that this isn't Steve Rogers, so what might seem right or wrong for his Captain America won't necessarily hold true in the same way for our new guy." [s]

So, even though there can be a potential for losing fans forever they still went through with it. I think if they wanted to bring the old Cap into the modern era they could have come up with a good transformation story, or another idea I thought of is they could of a made a passing the torch story where the old Cap chooses/trains the new Cap; and no one would have to end up dead. But now we all have to wait and see how it all comes to together in January when CAPTAIN AMERICA #34 comes out.

Wordless Wednesday

2007-10-10T06:24:00.000-07:00

In honor of the latest Marvel super hero movies coming out.

I'm Back

2007-10-08T07:02:00.000-07:00

A lot of things have happen since I last posted here on Random Super Heroes. I got new job, moved half way across the country, bought a house, took on all the responsibility of owning a house (yard work, general maintenance and upkeep,....), and started fixing it up; there always seems to be a never ending list of things to do. But most all of the dust has settled and I now have some time to get back to ~~saving the world from total destruc.....~~ posting on this blog. I know in the past I have largely focused on the up coming super hero movies to the point where that was be all I would post about but I want to change that, I want to cover a boarder spectrum of the world of super heroes.
To begin, I am working on post that will be about my origins with super heroes and comic books, going back to where it all began. In the mean time I have found a few super hero related posts and new stories that I will post about until I can get the 'origins' post up.
I'm back like Superman from Krypton.

Check out my new About page.

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I've Seen SPIDER-MAN 3

2007-05-04T22:46:00.000-07:00

I saw SPIDER-MAN 3 tonight, I am glad to say that I was part of the opening weekend stats. I thought the movie was great. After watching this movie it is hard for me to say which of the three films was the best, or even which one I like the best, I like them all. I am the type of person that could sit down and watch super hero movies all day everyday. I will say one thing about this movie, in the the other two films you see the Peter Parker's inner struggle, but in the one it's an inner battle. Over all I think it was a great movie, I just wish they had more time to develop the stories surrounding all the characters included in the movie.
I wish I could say more but it say more about it, but the movers show up in two days and there is still a lot of packing to do.

I think Spider-Man 3 is a movie that is definitely worth seeing.

Technorati tags: Marvel, Spider-Man 3, Movies

Kryptonite is Real

2007-04-29T16:55:00.000-07:00

'Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films.

A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from outer space, used by the superhero's nemesis Lex Luther to weaken him. ' [s]

Dr. Chris Stanley, who found this new mineral, discovered that its chemical composition matches the composition of kryptonite while he was searching for the new mineral's chemical formula on the Internet. (chemical formula - sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide)

"I was amazed to discover that same scientific name written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex Luther from a museum in the film Superman Returns," Stanley said. [s]

Unfortunately this new mineral, which is going to be called Jadarite, is not a shinny green crystal, Jadarite is actually a 'white, powdery substance which contains no fluorine and is non-radioactive.'

I think that since this new mineral has the same chemical formula as kryptonie that they should call it krytonite. I say who cares if there is some scientific method for naming new things, I bet a lot more people would remember it if they named it krytonite. I know that I am not going to remember to call it 'Jadarite," I'm just going to call it the "real krytonite".
Reading this article got me thinking about how the writes of Superman came up with a chemical formula that matched the formula of a substance that had not been discovered yet. If anyone can shed some light on this subject let me know in the comments.

Technorati tags: Superman, Krytonite, Serbia

Dealing with the Real World

2007-04-25T20:09:00.000-07:00

Between getting laid off, finding a new job, flying out for interviews, negotiating offers, accepting an offer, flying out for a house hunting trip and having to pack up everything and move half way across the country, I have been a little busy over the past few weeks and thus is the cause behind the "super" neglect of the blog.
I don't start my new job until the 14th of May and there is still a lot to do before then; with having to pack up everything and then the actual moving everything, I am going to be pretty busy. I will try to post when I can, but things should get better and I will have more time to devote to the blog once all the dust has settled.

TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2007-03-26T19:30:00.000-07:00

The new animated movie TMNT opened this past weekend, and it did so well that at the end of the weekend it was in the number one spot. On opening day the movie grossed $8.7 million according to ShowBIZ Data. It is estimated that the movie had a weekend total of $25.45 million [s], which actual is roughly where the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action movie opened back in 1990 [s]. Although the ninja turtles don't fall under the original category of super heroes that I had in mind when I began this blog, I thought that news like this was note worthy enough to mention.

Technorati tags: TMNT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Batman Buzz

2007-03-16T22:20:00.000-07:00

I just heard some interesting news, a possible spoiler for the upcoming movie The Dark Knight. For those of you that don't want to find out secrets like this until you see the movie I have left it off the main page, although it's pretty minor as far as spoilers go, but if you are like me and want to know as much as you can about the movie before it's released then click the link below:
Here is the direct quote from Ain't It Cool News site:

Both Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan have seen a new Batsuit & there's been a fitting. I told this person how I didn't particularly dig the suit in Batman Begins and said it was too bulky. To this he/she replied, "Well then you'll love the new one." He/she also stated that Bats changes his suit halfway through the film - and its a major plotpoint as to the how and why this happens.
He/she sadly, had no news about the Joker's get up.

I think spoilers like these are great they give just enough to get you on the edge of you seat and then it just leaves you there. It will be interesting to see what the "new suit" looks like, but even more interesting is the plot point that the change revolves around. I am sure that as time goes on the will be more "leaks" about this part of the movie.

Technorati tags: Dark Knight, Batman, movie

Super Stamps

2007-03-14T20:40:00.000-07:00

Just when I thought that there would be no reason in the world why I would ever need to go to the post office or mail a letter, I find out that the US Postal Service is getting into the Super Hero market. As part of the 2007 Commemorative Stamp Program the US Postal Service is coming out with a Marvel Comics character stamp series.
Characters included are

Spider-Man
The Incredible Hulk
Sub-Mariner
The Thing
Captain America
Silver Surfer
Spider-Woman
Iron Man
Elektra
Wolverine

Also included in the collection with the ten characters are ten covers featuring the characters

Amazing Spider-Man #1
Incredible Hulk #1
Sub-Mariner #1
Fantastic Four #3
Captain America #100
Silver Surfer #1
Marvel Spotlight #32 (Spider-Woman)
Iron Man #1
Daredevil #176 (Elektra)
X-Men #1

Here's a quote from Geek Speak about the X-men #1 being featured:

About the only curious item is "X-Men" #1. Saunders notes it's the one from 1963. Thing is, we all know Wolverine wasn't in that issue.
Whatever. If you can get a stamp of the first X-Men comic and a stamp of Wolverine, so much the better.

I think is totally awesome that the Post Office is doing this, I just might have to start collecting stamps.

As a bit of old news, last July the Post Office came out with DC Comic stamp commemorative series.

Technorati tags: USPS, Post Office, Stamps, Marvel, Comic

DC Comics "Stamp" Out Crime

2007-03-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

As a bit of old news and in relation to the next post, in July of last year the US Postal Service came out with 20 DC Comic stamps. Included in this commemorative collection are 10 characters

Batman
Wonder Woman
Plastic Man
Superman
Green Lantern
The Flash
Aquaman
Hawkman
Supergirl
Green Arrow

Also there are ten covers featuring each character

Plastic Man #4
Batman #1
The Brave And The Bold #36
Green Lantern #4
The Flash #111
Wonder Woman #22 (2nd series)
Aquaman #5 (of 5)
The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1
Superman #11
Green Arrow #15

The here's a little blurb from the USPS page featuring the stamps:

With these 20 colorful stamps, the U.S. Postal Service honors stars from the world of DC Comics. Ten stamps on this pane show portraits of super heroes; the others show covers of individual comic books devoted to their exploits. Art director Carl T. Herrman worked with the creative staff at DC Comics on the design of this issuance.

The Post Office is also coming out with a Marvel stamp commemorative series.

Technorati tags: USPS, Post Office, Stamps, DC, Comics

The Dark Knight Character Lineup

2007-03-12T20:04:00.000-07:00

So far the cast includes Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart.

The actors from the previous film are Christian Bale as Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox and Gary Oldman as Lt. James Gordon. Here is the latest news on all the newest cast members.

Now it has been confirmed that Maggie Gyllenhaal is in final talks to star as Rachel Dawes, formerly played by Katie Holmes. It will be interesting to see what she brings to the part and what role her character will play in the up coming film.

In an interview with the London Paper, Christopher Nolan briefly talks about the upcoming Batman Begins sequel, he says

"It's going to be very exciting – we're doing things on a really grand scale this time. And Heath Ledger as the Joker is going to be extraordinary"

I am very excited to see how Heath Ledger portrays his infamous character - The Joker.

The Latest Villain to be added to the cast is Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. This is what he said during and interview with MTV

Is Eckhart exclusively Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight"? "Yeah," Eckhart said, before reconsidering after a brief pause, "Well, I'm Harvey Dent ... then I go into Harvey Two-Face." And what of speculation that, in this new installment, it's going to be the Joker (played by Heath Ledger) who scars the eager district attorney? "I think I'll be killed [if I comment on that] — I'm not even sure I can say as much as I have," Eckhart joked as a wicked, Dent-ian smile broke across his face.

It seems like this movie will be pretty actioned packed with all the these characters but there is some speculation on whether Cillian Murphy, aka The Scarecrow, will be returning in this sequal. In an interview with ComingSoon.net Cillian said that he is not a liberty to say whether he is or is not in the sequel, but here's what Coming Soon thinks

ComingSoon.net suggests that both the new Joker and Aaron Eckhart's Two-Face might need the type of psychiatric help that only a trained mad doctor like Dr. Crane could give.

It is still hard to believe that The Dark Knight is scheduled for release July 18, 2008, but I am excited at the possibility to find out more details as they begin filming next month.

Technorati tags: The Dark Knight, Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Joker, Aaron Eckhart, Two-Face

Captain American is No More

2007-03-07T21:20:00.000-08:00

I am the barer of bad news, I read today that Captain America is killed in the latest issue of his namesake comic. Quoting the article:

"It ends a long run for the stars-and-stripes-wearing character, created in 1941. Over the years, some 210 million copies of Captain America comic books, published by New York-based Marvel Entertainment Inc., have been sold in 75 countries."

I don't understand why things like this have to happen, to me the great thing about the super hero world is that since it's an imaginary world those characters within it can potential live forever. I know there are those out there that say comic books can closely relate to the real world, but I say if that was true where are all the real costume wearing heroes running around. There are rumors out there of a "resurrection", but if the writers are going to go through all the trouble to set up Cap. being killed only to later being him back, what's the point. If he was able to survive being frozen in a block of ice back in the 40's and then being discovered by the Avengers as the block began to melt, his ultimate end should have been a little more "heroic" then being a snipers target.
One brighter piece of news about Captain America is that "even if Captain America turns out to have met his end in print, he may not disappear entirely: Marvel is developing a Captain America movie." I am sure that this new movie will be a whole lot better that the old school Capitan America movie.

Technorati tags: Captain America, comic books

Green Archer Misses the Target

2007-02-28T22:23:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I visited myLot (which is one of the reasons that inspired me to create this blog) and I came across a discussion that was asking for your favorite characters from the comic world. The person that started this discuss named his favorite characters as: Green Archer, Wolverine, and Silver Surfer. At first I thought to myself "who is this Green Archer character, I have never heard of him before," and that's because the Green Archer doesn't exist. I think the character that he meant to say was Green Arrow, although he was close keeping with the whole archery theme. Growing up primarily with Marvel comics it took me a while to realize that DC's Green Arrow was the equivalent to Marvel's Hawkeye (one of my favorite characters). I just thought Green Arrow had a bow and basic arrows. I think it would be awesome to have trick shoot challenge between Hawkeye and Green Arrow.

Saving the world one post at a time.

Technorati tags: DC, Green Arrow, Marvel, Hawkeye

Shedding Some Light on the Dark Knight

2007-02-22T19:18:00.000-08:00

The LA Daily News made a brief mention that the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, will begin filming in April; the film is deep in pre-production right now. They asked director Christopher Nolan what his reasons were behind casting Christian Bale (Batman) in three films (Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight), Nolan said "Christian has got a very, very extreme form of intensity that comes across on the screen." I though that was very interesting.

In other Batman news, Maggie Gyllenhaal will be the new leading lady in the Dark Knight, replacing Katie Holmes as the hotshot lawyer. I found this from Lee's blog Quit Your Day Job. Lee talks about if Maggie's character ends up being more of a "damsel in distress" role, just taking up precious screen time what's the point. And I totally agree with him, to me a movie is so much more exciting when the hero is try to save the world from evil domination rather save the girl who happened to get mixed up with the villain. I know that I have talk about this in other posts (particularly with this film), but I still do not under stand why actors refuse to continue playing their role in sequels. To me it's like me going into work for three days a week and then having someone else coming in to finish off the week, life just doesn't work that way and neither should movies. If I had the power the make the decision, I would leave the Katie Holmes character completely out, especially if the character is just going to be some marginal part in the plot. Do it right or don't do it at all, that's what I say.

Technorati tags: Dark Knight, Batman, movie

The Incredible Hulk eh?

2007-02-21T20:31:00.000-08:00

I found a story on Hollywood North Report site that reported that the Universal/Marvel Entertainment production team "has been scouting studio locations to set up shop in either Toronto or Vancouver." So the new Hulk movie is going Canadian eh? The rest of the article just goes through the background of the Hulk and the other two main characters that have been talk about for this movie "Thunderbolt" Ross and Abomination (aka Emil Blonsky).
I think if the production team does decide on filming in Canada that one of the outtakes should be the Hulk saying "Hulk smash everything eh?"

Update:

Torontonians beware! The Incredible Hulk is coming. The city has been chosen as a principal filming location for the upcoming Marvel Studios production of "The Incredible Hulk." "The Incredible Hulk" is expected to begin shooting this summer for about four months. (source)

Technorati tags: Incredible, Hulk, movie, Marvel, Canada

Ghost Rider Blazes Across the Silver Screen

2007-02-20T21:56:00.000-08:00

Comingsoon.net had this to say about Ghost Rider's opening weekend:

"Despite less than stellar reviews, Sony's Ghost Rider, with Nicolas Cage playing the Marvel Comics character, found a huge audience of fans this weekend, as it grossed an estimated $51.5 million over the four-day weekend in 3,619 theaters. With an astounding average of over $14 thousand per theater, Ghost Rider easily beat previous holiday weekend records set by Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates and Ghost Rider director Mark Steven Johnson's Daredevil. Having made $44.5 million over the three-day weekend, the action-thriller also set a new opening record for its star Nicolas Cage, whose previous high was $35 million with 2004's National Treasure."

I have to admit that I was a little worried about how well this movie would do. Ghost Rider is not as well known as some of the other characters in Super Hero movies. I am really glad that it did well, it probably helped to have some well known actors playing the title characters.

Technorati tags: Ghost Rider, Marvel, movies

Blog Overhaul

2007-02-20T21:49:00.000-08:00

I must apologize for not posting in such a long time, I have been update the look and features of the blogs that I am responsible for. All three were completely redesigned, they all needed a new look in a bad way. The work included this blog as well as Random Encounters and Random Games. Go check them out and see if all the neglect was worth it. Although everything that I wanted to do hasn't been done yet (when is wed design ever "done") I am more or less at a stopping point. I will do my best to keep this blog up-to-date as much as possible.

Comic Carnival

2007-02-09T22:11:00.000-08:00

Starting this week is a carnival about everything related to super heroes and comics hosted by News and commentary about comics. I submitted my post about "What Super Hero are You Most Like?" So to get some of the latest news and info about the comic world check it out.

Technorati tags: Blog Carnival, super heroes, comics

WOLVERINE MOVIE: Will It Include Brian Cox

2007-02-06T20:45:00.000-08:00

Ain't It Cool News is asking the question if Brian Cox, who played William Stryker the main villain in X2, will be appearing in the up coming Wolverine movie. The movie is set to be 17 years ago and Brian said that maybe they can do to him what they did to "Professor X" (Patrick Stewart) and "Magneto" (Ian McKellen) at the beginning of X3, be CG Young-ified. He knows his character is in the film and they have asked him to be in film, but it is yet to be seen how things work out.

Technorati tags: Wolverine movie, X-men, movies

The WB Directors Headed in the Wrong Dirtection

2007-02-04T08:19:00.000-08:00

Warner Brothers is planning on making two DC comics movies, The Flash and Wonder Woman, but from what I here they are having trouble getting the ball roiling. Both David Goyer, the writer and director of the Flash, and Joss Whedon, the writer and director of Wonder Woman, will no longer be filling those roles. (Both have made announcements on their blogs) It seems that the the studio is headed in a different direction than their directors. It sounds like the movies are still planned for production but new directors/writers need to be found.

I think it's great that someone is trying to produce some DC Comic character movies but it is too bad that they are having a hard time. Situations like this could have also happened with some of the Marvel movies, but I just haven't heard anything like this. Personally I am a bigger Marvel fan than DC, although it might seem like the contrary is the case when looking at all the DC related content. I am excited to see how these movies turn out, I hope that the product teams for each put in the time and effort they deserve rather than just trying to cash in on the Super Hero Movie craze.

Technorati tags: Warner Brothers, The Flash, Wonder Woman, movies

The Hulk: Reborn

2007-02-03T19:52:00.000-08:00

The latest news on the new Hulk movie, The Increadible Hulk, is that director Louis Leterrier has said that the main villian in this movie will be "Thunderbolt" Ross, but Emil Blonsky (aka Abomination) will also be in the film. The movie is scheduled to be release June 27, 2008. He also said: "The title character will also show feats of strength." Since it's a movie about the Hulk I figured that was kind of obivous. It is still unclear who will play the leading role of Bruce Banner; Eric Bana, who play this role in the first movie most likely will not fill this role. There were also rumors that Prison Break's Dominic Purcell (aka Linc) would play the leadings role but those rumors have been comfirmed as false by Dominic himself.

It will be intersting to see how this movie turns out. I have heard that this movie is not supposed to be a sequal, it is suppose to be more of a new start because the first movie didn't do so well. I guess we'll just wait ot wait and see how things turn out.

Technorati tags: Hulk, The Increadible Hulk, Marvel, movies

Batman is Coming to Chicago

2007-01-30T22:30:00.000-08:00

According to the Chicago Tribune later this year Warner Brothers will be in Chicago for 13 weeks for its next "Batman" project, starring Christian Bale. Warner Brothers is shooting for the release date of July 18, 2008.

And all of you out there saying to yourself why aren't they filming the movie in Gotham City, isn't that the city that Batman lives in?? Gotham City is not a real place; this is typical of most DC Comics cities (Gotham City, Metropolis), where as the majority of cities in Marvel comics are based on real cities.

SAVING THE WORLD ONE POST AT A TIME

Technorati tags: The Dark Knight, Batman, Chicago, The Chicago Tribune

Random Batman Game

2007-01-28T21:32:00.000-08:00

I found I really cool online Batman game. I have it on my online game site check out the game.

Technorati tags: Batman, online games, fun, game

Casting Call: The Dark Knight

2007-01-28T20:38:00.000-08:00

The latest news on the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, is that Katie Holmes will not be returning as Rachel Dawes. This is what her representative, Julie Polkes, said:

We never got to the negotiating stage" for the film. Katie was offered ["Dark Knight"] but was unable to accept the role because of scheduling conflicts. She was in the process of negotiating for another project.

This is is one thing that really bugs me about super hero movies, all the same actors should continue being their characters. If an actor desides to take on a role they should see it through to the end even if that involoves additional movies. The Spiderman movies are a perfect example of the ways things should be; all the same actors are continuing to play their roles in all the movies and look how well the movies have done (and will do).

Additional news about The Dark Night casting is that it has been offically anounced that Harvey Dent (aka Two Face) will be in this movie, no wor yet on who will be playing the role.

As of January 11th the film has been in pre-production.

All information in the artile is sited from here.

Technorati tags: The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, movie

News FOUR You

2007-01-28T20:00:00.000-08:00

In a recent interview with the iFMagazine.com, Michael Chiklis talked about playing The THING in the Fantastic Four: Rise of teh Silver Sufer. Here is part of what he had to say:

What's fun about this time around, we didn't have to lay down the same amount of origin tale track. We could just get right into it. In this kind of situation they have to take certain liberties with the original, but it still adheres to the point where any hardcore FOUR fan is going to be satisfied and SILVER SURFER fans are going to be psyched out of their minds. Weta is doing the effects and they're an impressive house, just what I've seen so far of their effects is spectacular.

I think this movie is going to be totally awesome, just from watching the teaser trailer. It will be interesting to see what else they will reveal about the movie in the trailers to come. Check out the link above for the full article.

Technorati tags: Fantastic Four, Silver Sufer, the THING, movies

Ghost Rider - Done

2007-01-28T19:10:00.000-08:00

It has offically come down for the director of Ghost Rider himself, Mark Steven Johnson, that the movie is completly finished. This is what he said on the Superhero Hype! message board:

I thought you might like to know that I have officially finished Ghost Rider! That's right -- the movie is done and DONE! And it looks and sounds absolutely beautiful. I can't wait for all of you to see it!

Check out more of what he said in this message board.

Technorati tags: Ghost Rider, movies

Blog Carnival of Cinema

2007-01-26T09:10:00.000-08:00

Now playing: Carnival of Cinema. This blog carnival is all about people's review of the movies they have seen, and since a big part of my blog is about super hero movies and my review of them I thought it would be a good idea to submit to this carnival. I enjoy all kinds of movies, especially super hero ones. I am one of those people that wants a room solely devoting to watching movies; nice seats, big screen, great sound, acoustically separated from the rest of the house, basically a mini-movie theater. Through this blog and other outlets like this carnival I can share my cinematic experience with anyone and everyone. So if you are looking for all kinds of movie reviews this is the place to go Blog Carnival of Cinema.

Technorati tags: Blog Carnival, movie, cinema, review

My Super Disappointment

2007-01-23T21:47:00.000-08:00

Well that is 95 minutes that I am never going to get back. I just finished watching the movie "My Super Ex-Girlfriend," I thought that since it was super hero related that it was worth watching, boy was I wrong. It's like they took the scripts of all the old superman movies and the scripts from Scary Movies 1, 2 and 3, put them in a blender, hit puree, poured it out and called it My Super Ex-Girlfriend. This movie is a perfect example of why I created this blog, some people just don't get it. I don't know if the people that produced this movie were trying to jump on the super hero movie train or what; "NEWS FLASH, you got on the wrong train!!"

There are just some many things that I could talk about to "save the world" from this movie, but I don't even know where to begin. Looking at the main theme of the movie, the theme of being a super hero and being in a relationship, let's look at some prime example of these two thing don't mix. 1) What was Superman's icy hideout called the "Fortress of Solitude." 2) How many seats in the Batmobile are there? One, and when there's two that seat's for Robin. 3) Spiderman got married to Gwen Stacey and we all know what happened to her. Being a super hero and being in a relationship just doesn't work, so basing an entire movie on this topic no wonder it turned out the way it did. Now don't get me wrong there are exceptions to every rule, including this one; just look at Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) and Susan Storm (Invisible Women) they got married and everything is working out fine for them, but you have to remember that they are both super heroes putting them both on the same playing field.

If you haven't seen it don't; if you have, well, I'm sorry.

Technorati tags: My Super Ex-Girlfriend, movies

Which Super Hero are You Most Like ??

2007-01-10T22:54:00.000-08:00

I found this really cool website where you go through this series of questions and at the end of it, you find out what super hero super hero you are most like. It's the answer to the question you ask yourself, " If I was a super hero which one would I be.
I took the test and ended up being Superman. Now normally I am not a huge DC, but for this one occation I'll make and exception. Here are my stats:

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman		75%
Supergirl		63%
Green Lantern		60%
The Flash		60%
Robin		57%
Spider-Man		55%
Batman		50%
Wonder Woman		48%
Iron Man		45%
Hulk		35%
Catwoman		30%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test for your self.

By no means am I a comic fanatic, so now that I know that I am most like Superman I'm not going to continue the blog as if I were him. But I just thought this was a cool little app that I came across. Let me know who you are most like.

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FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007-01-10T21:10:00.000-08:00

Just in case you didn't know, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is coming out in theaters June 15, 2007 (but if you are here reading this post you probably already knew this). I have known that this movie was coming for quite some time now but what got me really excited was the first preview for the movie. Check it out here at quicktime trailers website. I have to admit that I don't know too much about Silver Surfer, basically I knew that he was all silver and rode around on a surf board; but after seeing the preview, I caught the Silver Surfer wave. I'll give you the basic run down from Marvel.com:

Silver Surfer:

One of the noblest and most tormented cosmic entities in the universe, the Silver Surfer treasures freedom above all else, but has often sacrificed his liberty for the greater good.

The Silver Surfer wields "the power cosmic," absorbing and manipulating the universe's ambient cosmic energies. He can augment his strength to incalculable levels, and is almost totally indestructible. He can navigate space, hyperspace and dimensional barriers, and can fly at near-limitless speeds on his board, entering hyperspace when he exceeds light speed.

This is only the tip of the iceberg when it come to the Surfer. You can read more about him here. I really hope that the movie does well, if the preview is any indication of what the movie will be like (it should be, that's the whole point of a movie trailer) I think it will do well. At least it will be cool to watch a guy fly through the air on a board, like a glorified Back to the Future hover board. I will try and update the blog with any major news or reviews I find about the movie.

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Create Your Own Comic

2006-12-23T21:30:00.000-08:00

There is an article on cnet.com that reviews the the new software Marvel Heroes Comic Book Creator where you can create your own comic. The heroes to choose from are Spiderman, Elektra and Wolverine along with their evil doer counterparts; booster packs are being created to introduced new characters and scenes to the software package. The programs provides the user with a whole bunch of character and scenery art as well as the classic "BANG", "BOOM" and text bubbles. The software is very easy to use after a few minutes of trying things out the author of the article found that he could make good looking comic pages with only a few minutes of experience and a little trail and error. You can even look at the comic that he created.
I think it would be totally awesome to be able to create your own comic, you could create those scenes that you always wished for. Unfortunately I lack the talent of being able to draw well, so with this program I could create my own stuff. Sometimes, as I was reading through I comic, I would think to myself, what would the rest of the story be like if they decided to do this instead; now I would have the power to create that alternate ending. The possiblities of this software is endless, only limited by your imagination.

Saving the world one post at a time

Technorati tags: Marvel, create comic, spidermen, wolverine

Welcome to Random Comic Book Super Heroes

2006-12-21T00:00:00.000-08:00

I created this blog to talk about super heroes in comic books, in movies and any other medium that I can think of or discover. I have found that there are many misconceptions out there concern the world of super heroes, let me give you an example. To give a little background, I found this website myLot.com where you can basically ask a question and then have people give their answer or view (and by the way you can earn money by asking questions and answering other people's questions). So I joined to try and make some money for my comic book fund and I found that there were some discussions about some of recent super movies that have come out and the ones coming out in the near future. I don't know where these people got their information from but they were way off. One question asked your option on what Spider-man's new black suit is all about in the up coming Spider-man 3 film; one person responded "it is when spiderman is viper" I am not making this up, this is really what he said. I politely corrected him by explaining that it was venom, not viper, and that he was a separate person and one of Spider-man's arch-enemy.
Needless to say the world is in great need of guidance when it comes to knowledge about super heroes, so I thought I would use this blog to correct the wrongs of all those "evil-doers" and try to...

Save the World One Post at a Time.

Technorati tags: Comic Books, Super Heros