At 02:37 PM 7/29/01, Marvin Long wrote:
>...completely frivolous. Have you seen the trailer for next year's
>Spider-Man movie yet? If not, follow the links at sony.com or marvel.com
>& watch the trailer. If you like Spidey, I think you'll like it. This
>movie is not going to be for the acrophobic.
No matter how fine he spins it, I have a hard time figuring out where he
can carry enough web fluid on his person to stretch a web strong enough to
hold a helicopter between the World Trade Center towers . . .
(Yeah, I know: suspension of disbelief.)
>Which leads me to this: did you like Babylon 5? Well, JMS is
>writing for the current incarnation of _Amazing Spider Man_, starting at
>issue #30. Good stuff. The issue currently on newstands is #33, but I
>think you can still pick up a compilation issue that collects #30-32 for
>latecomers (like me, for instance).
>
>Finally, if you really like Spidey, ya gotta check out the new "Ultimate
>Spider-Man" series, which takes the original story from the 1960's and
>updates it for today with beautiful art and a more in-depth look at lives
>of people involved.
>
>It's really refreshing (to me) to be reminded that all superheroes need
>not be brooding psychotics.
That was always the problem with Spider-Man (and most other Marvel heroes)
back in the 60's: while they may not have been psychotic, they were
certainly brooding much of the time. By comparison, Clark Kent, _et. al._
(yes, even that era's Bruce Wayne), were well-adjusted and normal . . .
--Ronn! :)
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I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
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