Your favorite super heroes.

Batman- I was obsessed as a kid. Killed the batman VHS. Had the mask and cape. Wore it in public all the time. Flew an imaginary bat jet around the playground humming Elfman's Batman theme when I was in high school . Kidding, definitely pre-k.

The Shadow- Another hero I've always enjoyed. Perhaps because he has so much in common with Batman, Batman very much inspired by him. Have about 100 episode of the radio show. Loved the (1994) movie as a kid. Has some great moments, but really very poorly directed.
Looked forward to Raimi's go though. I hope he uses Neeson. Craig wouldn't be bad. That is, if he can laugh.
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Zorro- Not sure if he can actually be called a superhero. I definitely wouldn't classify Indiana Jones or Bond as one. Zorro though, does have a more traditional superhero costume. The swashbuckling adventurer has always been very entertaining. Grew up watching the black and white show. The Mask of Zorro was absolutely fantastic. The Legend of Zorro was completely forgettable though losing the dark and dramatic story of its former. Maybe it was the absence of Sir Anthony Hopkins. The Mask of Zorro did have one of my favorite villains though, Captain Love..

I really enjoyed The Punisher movie with Tom Jane (Great Score too).
Iron Man was a lot of fun due solely to Robert Downey Jr.

Can not wait for THOR



I better stop posting before I crash something... ;

Word.

I always like how they put the difference between Bats and Supes in the shortlived early 90s revivcal of the Superman-Batman adventures:
"Batman is the bane of all evil, Superman is the antithesis of all evil".

I think that's the nail on the head.
I always prefered Batman in the seventies, when he returned from being a camp goody two-shoes to being a master detective and a driven man (rather than the nigh-psychopath later decades made him out as) in ome really powerfully scripted stories, and Superman from the nineties onwards, when John Byrne -of decadelong Fantastic Four fame- came onboard and basicially redrafted the Superman myth to include and address more morally dubious issues (the issue in which Superman is forced to kill is a powerhouse of storytelling).

As for comic book heroes, it's hard to beat Superman and Batman, with -as said- the latter's seventies incarnation being my favourite.
I have always like the sixties Flash as well, as he seemed always, more than any other true superhero, grounded in his down-to-earth alter ego Barry Allen.

But I have to go with Spidey as my perennial favourite. There's just something about the wisecracks, the not uncommon failures and the sheer amount of obstacles in ordinary life as well as in superhero life that makes the bloke likeable beyond all others.

As for the films.
Superman.
No contest.

I guess you would find it interesting.
In fact the very same team you admire dragging Green Lantern into the 20th century is the very same team that revamped the Batman: Neal Adams & Dennis O'Neil!!

My old comics -well, not even mine, they were my dad's- have been completely torn to shreds from over(ab)use, sadly... but I found there are entire communities on the web digitizing comics old and new alike, and I have been able to refind all my originals (and then some)!

As there are a number of digital comics readers out there as well, I now enjoy a read through those old comics in the comfort of my study almost as much as I did thirty years ago with a flashlight under the blankets.

Ah. Deadman and Starman.

Definitely Superman, as portrayed by the great Christopher Reeve.

Ironically, I was never a big fan of Thor. Sure, I like the Norse God himself, but not that "glossy", Americanized image of him that the comic book was. Norwegian interpretations are more similar to....I don't know....Conan, perhaps?

I was a devoted comic book reader as a kid, and the favourite (next to Donald Duck, obviously) was The Phantom. For some reason, he's far more popular in Scandinavian countries than its country of origin. Lee Falk's creation has gone through various stylistic permutations over the years, and my favourite is unquestionably the pen of Hans Lindahl. I SEVERELY disliked Jaime Valvée's work. Falk's original work was so-so. The film adaptation sucked donkey's ass! Billy Zane as The Phantom!?? Are you kidding me? What's next, Dame Edna as BATMAN?

Indeed, i have to agree with that; Donald Duck accompanied my upbringing since day 1. That is clearly a work of a genius, nothing we find these days of fast-food, forgettable entertainment.

'Cause his little son is way cooler

A lot talk like that about Lois

I know!? What's up with that? Why are these people hot??

I feel... wrong.

edit; bloody hell Timmer, I had to edit my post so it didn't look as though I was replying to you. If I had a nickel for every time..

And Francine.

Jesus, we need help.

Most SPOT-ON.