The Avengers Russian Trailer

The first trailer below my first two paragraphs is the official Russian trailer for “The Avengers.”  For some reason the characters seem more rounded (as rounded as one can get in two minutes and 13 seconds) and less like they were just posing. It strikes me as odd because I would think that more Americans […]

Which Came First? The Blog Or The News?

If anyone doesn’t remember my Seattle’s Real-Life Superheroes post from earlier this month, it revolved around self-styled superheroes, like Phoenix Jones and Red Dragon, doing what they could to keep their city safe. Once I write a piece, I tend to move on to the next thing of interest. That is, till I happened to […]

Strange(r) Things Have Happened

More evidence of a circumstantial nature that Marvel (buttressed by the fairly deep pockets of The Walt Disney Co.) is preparing a feature film based on Doctor Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts.  On May 19 I wrote that various sources believed that Tom Welling was being courted for the role by Marvel, despite being […]