I'm Back

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.

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I've Seen SPIDER-MAN 3

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.

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Kryptonite is Real

'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.

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Dealing with the Real World

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

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.

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Batman Buzz

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.

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Super Stamps

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.

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