Supers!

All those powers and not one decent piece of clothing in sight ! :p

I'm milldly dissappointed with the fact that I wont be able to catch many upcoming superhero movies in Malaysia seeing as I'll be leaving for the UK in December. At least I managed to catch Superman, Spiderman, Batman,Iron Man, X-men,Ghostrider, and the lousier Hulk movie. (why,oh why are they all men?)

Gotta love that bike!

There's of course catwoman with the oh-so-hot Halle Berry but it sucked a little. Other heroines like Ultraviolet (Milla Jovovich) and Elektra (Jennifer Garner) sucked more because the story overplayed their so-called maternal instincts and the ability to fight on needle point heels (puh-leese) and not get veiny legs as can be seen in Aeon Flux(charlize Theron). I mean theres nothing wrong with being feminine i guess but not every female superhero has her biological clock ticking, right? Right. Though I do love the gadgets in futuristic Ultraviolet with hair colour that changes with your mood and weapons you can pull outta nowhere. There's also the remake of the old series, Bionic Woman, of which season 1 finished airing on Star World (but again using the maternal instinct stuff). Can't i get ANY emphasis on being strong and independent here? You don't see Batman being all paternal, right?

With great powers, comes not so great dress sense

There's also the typical take on superheroes with them being conflicted and fighting with inner demons (Batman, Spiderman) but I think Hancock takes it to a new level. I've seen the trailer and i'm itching to watch it (literally,i'm having chikin-pox right now). In Hancock, Will Smith begrudgingly goes aound saving town in hobo attire, beer bottle in hand causing more damage than he does saving.Ahhh, Will Smith, speaking of that, MIB (Men In Black) can't be classified as a superhero movie right? too bad...

Sigh..... <3

But a different breed of superhero movies are set to come out in 2009 and beyond, well...anti-superhero, i think. Not that it hasnt been done before like in The Punisher and Sin City. Theres also Watchmen which actually begins with a murder of a superhero.. its a bit like Disney's The Incredibles ( loved that movie). Theres also the new X-Men movie still in production called X-men Origins:Wolverine. I wonder if they'll do it for Storm, rogue and all. There are other ani-heroes of which i can't remember slated to come out but not really sure.

You'd think superheroes had access to proper clothes...

Then, we have the superhero clusters like Justice League coming soon in 2011 with Superman, Batman, Wonder woman and who knows who else. Also, with the tantalisisng ending of Iron man due to the appearance of Nick Fury suggests a sequel involving the hero cluster called The Avengers .

Cluster 1 : The thundering thighs (The Justice League)

Cluster 2: The Boisterous Biceps ( The Avengers)

So, do I love 'em or hate 'em? Beats me....