Marvel has released another poster for next Friday's Captain America: The First Avenger. This poster gives me a nostalgic feeling reminding me of an '80's action adventure movie like Indiana Jones or Director Joe Johnston's 1991 superhero foray, The Rocketeer.
Hopefully the movie is able to capture some of the magic of those films as well and is able to attract an audience in the wake of Pottermania which just gave Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 the opening day box office record.
Superman rescued a secret US agent, delivered her to DC and flew over the Capitol.
Best Part: Superman has always been an advocate of truth, justice, and the American way. It was nice to see him salute the flag in this final, and more upbeat episode.
Worst Part: The action was a little light. Superman defeated an elevator and a wheel. I would have liked to see the stakes a little higher after all he had already been through during this series.
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Episode Count: 0017
Series Count: (17 of 17)
I must have missed this image when making the last post, but it is pretty hilarious... in a good way. If I were to try and make a homemade Spider-Man costume, this is probably about as close as I would come.
Recommended For: TV junkies desperate for a fix of superheroes on television, in any form.
Heroes: The Alphas are a government sponsored team of ordinary people with extraordinary abilities composed of:
Dr. Rosen - Powerless Leader
Bill - Enhanced Fight or Flight Response Giving Power Surges
Hicks - Expert Marksman (Think Bullseye)
Nina- Power of Persuasion
Gary- Reads and Interprets Electromagnetic Waves (also has Asperger Syndrome)
Rachel- Enhanced Senses of Sight, Smell, Hearing, Touch, Taste (and possibly Humor)
Villains: A guy with a grey suit that could hypnotize people.
Diabolical Scheme: Grey suit dude (sorry I forgot his name) basically worked for an anti-Alpha team (sorry I forgot their name, Team Omega?) who were trying to take out the Alphas.
Coolest Moment(s): Hicks made a couple of pretty remarkable shots involving firearms.
Worst Moment: Nothing too egregious.
Review in 50 Words or Less: Attempting to strip mine well-trod territory, Alphas is more grounded than Heroes, less campy than The Cape, less "ABC Family" than No Ordinary Family, and plays more like a tricked out CSI than X-Men on a budget. Good enough to sell the next episode but not season pass worthy yet.
Lois and Clark went on a cave spelunking expedition and discovered bird people. Surprisingly the bird people were not too nice and needed to have Superman teach them a lesson.
Best Part: Bird people! After the downer brought on by the last episode, it was fun to have some escapism. I mean, just like in Jungle Drums, Lois found herself tied up and about to be burned alive while her tormentors danced around her, but having the bad guys be bird people made it a lot more fun.
Worst Part: Not too egregious, but after all their trouble Perry White lit Lois' story on fire and said that no one would believe it. Really Chief, it is soooo far fetched after all you've been through?
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