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Bryan Murray and Jason Spezza don't get a vote for who the two captains will be for the NHL all-star weekend.
But the Senators GM and centre wouldn't hesitate for a second to give Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson the right to make the selections for one of the teams that will take the ice next month at Scotiabank Place.
Former NHLer Rob Blake, now working in the league's hockey operations department, confirmed in an e-mail to the Sun the captains won't be named until voting is complete Jan. 4.
Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom and Carolina's Eric Staal filled the roles last year in Raleigh.
Spezza is urging people to cast their ballots for Alfredsson, who has been one of the Senators' best players this season with 10 goals and 15 assists in 30 games.
"It would be nice," Spezza said before the Christmas break. "They have a system in place, but if the fans could vote him in, it would be nice for him to be the captain.
"But the voting has to be done before that could happen. It would be a nice tribute to him and the career he's had. If he's in the game, he's a natural choice and there's absolutely no question that he should be."
Murray agrees. At 39, this could be Alfredsson's swan song at the all-star game whether he decides to play out the final year of his contract with the club next season.
"That would be nice for him," said Murray. "I would hope that the league would think that would be a just reward for the local captain who has been a great player for a long time and who continues to be a great player."
Alfredsson should be an easy choice.
Despite a 2-1 OT loss to Carolina on Friday, the Senators are in good spirits.
They collected points in four straight games and were sitting in a playoff position before going their separate ways for a couple of days of rest. The club will return from the Christmas break with a chance to make a serious run at the playoffs.
"We've shown what type of team we are and we've done better than expected," said W Nick Foligno. "Now, the goal is to continue to get better and continue to prove people wrong and to continue being a good team.
"We have the ability to do that. It's going to be a big push after the break and the guys are looking forward to it."
The Senators had only one win in their first six games of the regular season and they've played well since then. Foligno said back-to-back 7-1 (Colorado) and 7-2 (Philadelphia) losses at home served as a wake-up call.
"We realized what we didn't like about our game and we realized how far we were and what we had to change it quick," said Foligno. "If you're losing games 2-1 or 1-0, you think you're not far off.
"We had to drastically change and we did. We put the work in. The coaches made us accountable and we made ourselves accountable. That's the reason why we were able to turn it around and be successful. Now, we need to continue."
W Milan Michalek (concussion) should be able to return to the lineup against the Habs on Tuesday.
Michalek passed his baseline test, which means he should be fully recovered from the concussion he suffered Dec. 13 in a collision with teammate Erik Karlsson.
"I don't expect any issues unless Santa does something bad to him and Santa doesn't usually do that sort of thing," said Ottawa coach Paul MacLean.
The Senators sent callup F Mike Hoffman back to Binghamton on Christmas Eve.
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Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, David Radford, said the name change signalled a step towards positioning the business for future growth in Australia and internationally with a strong corporate identity.
"Our firm focus is to create shareholder value by commercialising our promising new therapy aimed at the major global medical market for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which includes emphysema and bronchitis. The name change comes at a time when our focus is moving away from research and development to actively seeking to commercialise our first therapeutic asset currently known as HI-164OV," he said.
Mr Radford confirmed Bioxyne was on track for the planned mid-year release of data from a 320 patient clinical trial of HI-164OV.
"A positive result mid-year that demonstrates efficacy in patients with COPD will position our company as a potential partner or acquisition target for a number of multinational pharmaceutical companies seeking to expand their portfolios in respiratory therapy markets," Mr Radford said.
Mr Radford said there was no cure for COPD, but reducing hospital admissions was crucial and preventing exacerbations was the main focus of therapy worldwide.
"A reduction of just 10 per cent in the number of patients readmitted to hospital for treatment would be considered a successful result and would have a meaningful impact on the cost of healthcare worldwide to treat COPD, which is currently estimated to cost the US healthcare system US$29 billion every year in direct costs. Any therapy that can help reduce these healthcare costs is likely to be highly attractive to global pharmaceutical companies," Mr Radford said.
A small Phase IIa study in severe COPD patients showed the HI-164OV therapy decreased hospitalisation rates whilst reducing the use of steroids, antibiotics and bronchodilators. The small data set showed there were also large reductions in the use of corticosteroids and antibiotics for treating exacerbations. The protocol of the current Phase IIb study is designed to build on data provided from the Phase IIa study and to provide statistical validation of previous results, subject to successful outcomes.
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it isn't a gun problem…it is a parenting problem.
Michael Abraham
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James Peele's recent commentary McAuliffe and gun control is just another predictable screed of threadbare arguments from gun rights advocates as to how our nation can become a safer place by increasing the number of guns in circulation. But Peele offers nothing of substance presented to remedy our epidemic of gun violence, one of our most serious problems and a national disgrace. What is needed are real, workable solutions that reduce that carnage.
The magnitude of problem of gun injuries and deaths cannot be exaggerated. Our United States has more guns and more gun deaths, per capita, than any developed nation on earth. Americans die from gun deaths at a rate 165 times greater than Japan, 40 times greater than Great Britain, seven times greater than Italy, and four times greater than Canada. Mass murders in particular are on a steady, 30-year upswing. Solutions beg for development and implementation.
The basis for gun ownership law arises from the Second Amendment, which reads, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
Gun rights advocates are fixated on the "shall not be infringed" phrase, but conveniently gloss over the "A well regulated militia." What is meant by a well regulated militia?
Militias in the colonial era were volunteer units with self-chosen leaders that formed when needed for communal protection. The militia system that existed when the Amendment was written no longer exists. The modern equivalent is principally our state National Guards, along with various police departments and law enforcement agencies. We should infer that the Founding Fathers, in recognizing the need for public safety, felt compelled to add the words "well regulated," not merely suggesting regulation but mandating it. So in absence of the proper training and registration implied by "well regulated," then the right to keep and bear arms must be infringed.
Constitutional scholars continue to debate whether the Second Amendment grants weaponry rights solely to organized, trained groups or to every Tom, Dick, Harry, (or Seung-Hui, Adam, or Jared Lee) who wants one. The word "security" is typically overlooked in the discussion, but the Founders clearly intended for public safety to be a stringent responsibility.
Why would anybody need or want a gun? There are three arguably legitimate reasons:
* A hedge against a tyrannical federal government
* Personal protection from other citizens
* Hunting
Let's discuss individually.
Peele argues correctly that in the Federalist Papers (28 & 29), Alexander Hamilton notes Americans of that era were wary of a national government using its military to oppress individuals. However, the weaponry by our federal government possesses now was unimaginable in Hamilton's time. Our military can put a laser-guided missile in any window in America in 20 minutes and a single submarine carries enough firepower to obliterate a continent. Individuals or groups stand no chance. Our safety now is dependent on the government restraining our military, not in our individual ability to defend ourselves against it.
Regarding personal protection, I understand that some people feel that their personal protection is enhanced through gun ownership and carry. The reality is that people are statistically MORE likely, not less, to be injured or killed owning a gun than not. Nevertheless, if someone feels compelled to own a gun for protection, he or she should be "well regulated" in the sense of affirming such a need publicly, obtaining proper training in ownership and use, proving competency, and becoming insured for losses resulting from improper use, as a needed acquiescence in the spirit of public safety.
By illustration, I am a motorcycle rider. In Virginia in order to own and operate a motorcycle, I must get a driver's license including an eye exam, then a specialty license, then insurance for myself and the bike, along with periodic re-licensing and re-inspection. Why? Because driving otherwise is deemed a public safety risk. Why should the ownership and operation of a device – a gun – designed to kill others, not be equally regulated? More to the point, why would any caring citizen willingly submit to regulation and training for automobile ownership and use, yet be unwilling to do the same for gun ownership and use?
Regarding hunting, the same rules should apply. Hunting is a time-honored tradition with many avid adherents, and there is nothing inherently wrong with it. However, hunters should also be subject to stringent rules on eyesight, competency, and mental acuity.
Peele's final point is also one that is often used by those advocating for no gun control. Eviscerating his own rhetoric with this closing, logically bankrupt claim, Peele says, "The argument that escapes this writer is a simple one. Gun control laws target those who obey the law." Since when do we ask our legislatures to only pass laws they think people will obey? Should we eliminate laws forbidding bank robbery because some people will ignore them and rob banks anyway? Gun control laws, like all laws, target everyone. Law abiding citizens will obey them and law breakers will suffer the consequences. Always.
The problem I have with the gun rights advocates is that either they don't see gun violence as a problem or they do but are devoid of solutions. The only modest solution Peele proffers is better mental health intervention … while his ideological mates are often the first to slash government programs that fund mental health care services!
It defies logic, reason, and statistics to argue that putting more guns in our schools, stores, sports venues, and other public places makes them safer. Can we not find common ground in enhancing enforcement for gun trafficking, extending mental health resources, and making background checks and licensing integral parts of gun ownership?
I am realistic enough to know that gun violence is not going away tomorrow and that one or two laws will not solve the problem. But I am optimistic that reasonable people will agree it is worth solving and will support candidates, like our new Governor McAuliffe, who devote themselves to meaningful solutions. Every legitimate solution should be scrutinized and implemented until positive results happen.
*Michael Abraham is a businessman and author who lives in Blacksburg. He recently ran for the House of Delegates in the 7th District.
it isn't a gun problem…it is a parenting problem.
The article states that gun advocates offer only non-solutions. From your response we can infer that you are a gun advocate. Now to decide if you are in effect, proving the article correct by simply shifting blame of gun deaths from the individual who used the gun to the parents and not offering a solution, or are you in fact suggesting we now implement stronger regulation on how one parents their child as the solution to the problem of gun violence?
Well said.
Anonymous is just using that as a straw man to deflect the target of the argument somewhere else.
My I propose something to stem the tide of "Gun Violence"? Go after all the violators with all the laws currently on the books. Then when you put them away make them do their whole sentence. If they violate again double their sentence. You see this is a people problem not a gun problem. The vast majority of gun crimes are committed by criminals so shall we go after them and fix the root of the problem?
There are so many logical holes and assumptions made here, let's pick the most glaring: that the proliferation of guns is the cause of more violent crime. Violent crime has gone down, not up, in the period between 1994-2004, to nearly half, while private gun ownership doubled over the same time period. While I hate to lean on a statistic, it's hard to ignore one that neatly and completely contradicts the base assumption of this entire article.
Where did you find this statistic? Not being antagonistic, just curious.
One can start by reading these:
Research paper titled "Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide?," first published in Harvard's Journal of Public Law and Policy, Don B. Kates, a criminologist and constitutional lawyer, and Gary Mauser, Ph.D., a Canadian criminologist and professor at Simon Fraser University, examined the correlation between gun laws and death rates and
"Mass Shootings in America: Moving Beyond Newtown," is a definitive study on the so-called extreme problem that guns present. Northeastern University criminologists James Alan Fox and Monica J. DeLateur examine existing research and data to refute 11 common assumptions about mass murder. Fox and DeLateur found that the rate of mass shootings has remained steady from 1976 to 2011, at about 20 incidents per year, and that "the facts clearly say that there has been no increase in mass shootings and certainly no epidemic."
There are many more peer reviewed articles that support the Second Amendment.
First: Don B. Kates is hardly an unbiased source, he's a lawyer who defends self-defense cases.
Second: Comparing mass murder statistics to gun control is an apples to oranges comparison. You've singled out just one aspect of crimes committed with guns and claimed the result applies to all crimes committed with guns.
Peer reviewed or not, those are no more unbiased than anything that I could quickly dig up using a Google search that is slanted to find what I want.
Although given the chance, you never seem to be able to produce a peer reviewed article that supports your claims.
So far you have done a lot of attacking but very little in the way of backing up your attacks. I see Interested challenged you to provide some factual information but you have not done so. We can surmise that you don't have any and, besides that we are all tired of your baseless attacks on other's comments. Mr. Peele's article quoted several news articles published in widely read mainstream papers, dissected the original document that many use to promote gun control, and Interested provided some peer revirewed papers for another reader. What have you provided besides attacking those who disagree with you?
When I see the term renegade Indians in a movie description it sickens me.
Having reneged on their treaties the renegade government proceeds to euthanize the subhuman non citizen non constitutionally protected aboriginal peoples indigenous to the continent.
I mean no slight to any native Americans.
There were NO gun control laws in the US until after the un Civil War. Laws were enacted In the Democrat controlled South to keep blacks (imported subhuman non citizen non constitutionally protected slaves) in their place.
The NRA was formed in 1871 because the marksmanship of the citizen soldiers in the newly mustered militia units was deplorable. The NRA was the first national organization to allow blacks in its membership.
American-Niponese (citizens constitutionally protected) rounded up and imprisoned for nothing more than having different looks than their Germany and Italian extraction fellow citizens. Forbidden to fight in the Asian theater of operations while at the same time their Italian and Germany fellow citizens served in the European theater with distinction.
No,our government will never (again) suppress it's citizens.
Do you really believe that Obama would use nuclear weapons on our own continent? Wellllllll.
This is the conclusion of the Heller Supreme Court decision, the supreme law of the land on the 2nd Amendment:
"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home."
You know what 'unconnected' means, right? The writer still wants to imagine there is a debate about the militia clause. There isn't. Within the law, the militia clause doesn't exist anymore. Sadly for the writer, the lower courts apply the Heller decision, not the writer's imagination.
So the Supreme Court decided it was more important than the US Constitution and the clearly worded and devoid of ambiguity Second Amendment. That being the case, I don't see the gun advocates problem with the idea of that same Supreme Court (assuming it comes to this point) ruling that stronger gun controls are "constitutional". You cannot eat your cake and have it still.
I'm impressed. I never thought the 'times would run a piece that opposes Peele's paranoid misrepresentation of facts. Finally an article that can back up it's claims with actual, provable, facts, and not gerrymandering. Bravo!
How about pointing out one of those facts with a peer reviewed citation that you are so impressed with.
How about you do the same and disprove the facts you are certain are incorrect? Wait… You can't. The article gave its sources.
There are no facts or citations or sources whatsoever in this article. You are the one who was impressed by the "actual, provable, facts". I asked you to detail those facts with the writer's citations as Mr. Peele did in the original article. Otherwise it is just an opinion, a faulty, biased opinion as is yours unless you see some fact or source in the article that has a citation of some sort that can be verified. I already know your answer, just like the one above. One cant disprove opinions or made up facts with no citations to research. So point out those sources and I will disprove them. Most all the mail on this article cite sources to disprove this factless article, maybe you should read them as well.
Any I post you will "disprove?" That seems very narrow-minded and arrogant. I shall toy with you no longer. Perhaps Mr. Peele needs your help?
"I shall toy with you no longer" that is a real hoot. By that I take that you mean it is tough to defend your comment when you can find no provable, reliable facts as Mr. Peele did in his original article. Since neither you nor Mr. Abraham quoted a reliable source or even one fact, I can predict that Mr. Peele does not need my assistance and that you have no substance to support your comments.
I mean it as in you've provided no facts to prove me wrong and are only trolling at this point. The facts in Mr. Peele's article are not facts and do not come from peer reviewed sources.
If there is a disaster all of us with guns have a better chance of keeping our families safe. Look at what happens when natural disasters strike. I'm not going to rely on government to protect me and I believe those who do will wish they had not.
I hope I never need to defend anyone in a life or death situation, but if I do, I'll be glad I have my guns.
I agree with you. I am completely prepared to defend my family.
Sure people have guns for hunting purposes and that's as it should be, but the real reason the Constitution of the United States gives its people the right to own firearms is so we can protect ourselves from the government. And today more than ever, we certainly need protection.
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You know the old saying "strength in numbers," right? Well, that seems to be the crux of Microsoft's Gears of War 3 ad campaign. Microsoft will soon start airing television commercials that feature "live" stats displaying the amount of people currently playing online with Gears of War 3.
The goal: get people to say, "Holy crap. That many people are playing this game? It must be good. Let me go buy it."
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The ad campaign kicks off on September 23rd and will run until October 3rd, spread across six different 30-second TV ads. Microsoft is not being coy about how much money they are spending to market the last game in the Gears of War trilogy. Their goal is to hit the same scale they did for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, with television ads being the campaign's centerpiece. Meaning: a lot of cheddar will be spent.
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Welcome, New IPC Staff
The beginning of the academic year is always an exciting time in the International Programs Center with all the positive energy of newly arrived students and returning study abroad participants. In addition we welcome our new staff (including undergraduate and graduate students and volunteers) without whom we couldn't live. Welcome on board!
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Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Holderness. Starting October 1, 2012, Dr. Holderness will become the UNC Exchange Program (UNCEP) Interim Director, replacing Dr. C. K. Kwai who is leaving at the end of this month.
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Edenbridge recently announced that the Klangvereinigung Vienna orchestra, featuring with conductor Gerald Mair, have recorded the orchestra parts for the band's new album (title to be revealed soon) at Home Music Studio (Vienna) with Georg Luksch.
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Films This Week
Check out the movies playing around town.
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New This Week
BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK Everybody in New York knows Bill Cunningham, but nobody knows anything about him. The delightful subject of this Richard Press documentary is an 80-year-old NY Times photographer who bikes around the city all day snapping photos for his two weekly Sunday Style columns—one on high-fashion society events, the other on the spontaneous style he finds in the streets—a gig he's had for 40 years. ("We all get dressed for Bill," says Vogue editor Anna Wintour.) Living a Spartan, single existence in a tiny flat above Carnegie Hall, his entire life is his work, sniffing out style and creating and lionizing fashion icons in his weekly photo montages, all with chipper enthusiasm, self-deprecating aplomb, and no pretensions of any kind. Deep mysteries and melancholy are hinted at in his past and upbringing, but Bill emerges heroic as a person who persists, with good humor and high spirits, to march to his own unique drummer. (Not rated) 84 minutes. (★★★1/2) Starts Friday. Watch film trailer >>>
Reviewed this issue. (Not rated) 90 minutes. (★★★) Starts Friday.
THE HANGOVER PART II Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, and Justin Bartha return as buddies attempting yet another bachelor party—this time in Bangkok, Thailand— in Todd Phillips' sequel to his mega-hit 2009 comedy. Paul Giamatti co-stars. (R) Starts Friday. Watch film trailer >>>
The always watchable Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a misanthropic, foul-mouthed loser who drifts into the lives of a little boy and his recently widowed father (Rainn Wilson) and begins to alter the course of their lives. Rookie Spencer Susser co-wrote and directed this dark indie drama. Natalie Portman, veteran Piper Laurie, and little Devin Brochu co-star. (R) 100 minutes. Starts Friday. Watch film trailer
HOBO WTH A SHOTGUN It started out as a fake B-movie trailer in he "Grindhouse Trailer" competition at the 2007 South by Southwest Film Fest. Now it's a real movie—more or less—starring Rutger Hauer as the eponymous drifter who grabs a shotgun & starts bringing rough justice to a lawless town. Jason Eisener directs. (Not rated.) 86 minutes. Starts Friday. Watch film trailer >>>
The bears are back in town; Jack Black returns as the voice of Po, cuddly Chinese panda-turned-mystic warrior, whose happy life guarding the Valley of Peace is threatened when he and his cohorts must rally to stop a new villain. Jennifer Yuh directs this sequel to the hit animated family comedy. Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dustin Hoffman join the large supporting voice cast. (PG) Starts Friday. Watch film trailer >>>
Del Mar Theatre 469-3220
Water for Elephants 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 + Sat-Mon 11:30am
Everything Must Go 2:50, 5, 7:20, 9:20 + Sat-Mon 12:40
Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:10 + Sat-Mon 12:15
Jurassic Park Friday & Saturday night Midnight showing
Nickelodeon 426-7500
The Beaver 4:50
13 Assassins 2:20, 6:50, 9:20 + sat-Mon 11:50am
Hobo with a Shotgun 3:20, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30 + Sat-Mon 1:20
Bill Cunningham New York 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9 + Sat-Mon 1:10
Hesher 2:30, 4:40, 7, 9:10 + Sat-Mon noon
Aptos Cinema 426-7500
Bridesmaids 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 + Sat, Sun 11:10am
The Conspirator 1:50, 6:40
Win Win 4:20, 9:10
Splendor in the Glass Classic on the Big Screen Sat, Sun 11am
Green Valley Cinema 8 761-8200
Kung Fu Panda 3D 1, 3, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 + Fri- Mon 11am
Kung Fu Panda 35mm 1:10, 3:10, 5:15, 7:25, 9:40 + Fri-Mon 11:10am
Pirates of the Caribbean 3D 1, 4, 7, 10 + Fri-Mon 10am
Pirates of the Caribbean 35mm 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 + Fri-Mon 10:10am
Thor 3D 1:30, 4, + Fri-Mon 11am
Bridesmaids 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 + Fri-Mon 11am
Hangover 2 1, 1:30, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9, 9:30 + Fri-Mon 10:30am, 11am
Cinelux Scotts Valley Cinema 438-3260
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 11:55am, 12:30, 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 7, 9:30, 10:10
The Hangover Part 2 11:45am, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10
Kung Fu Panda 2 11:55am, 2:10, 4:30, 6:45, 9
Bridesmaid 11:20am, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3D 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15
Cinelux 41st Avenue Cinema 479-3504
Kung Fu Panda 2 3D Wed May 25 11:59
Kung Fu Panda 2 3D 11:55am, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15, 9:30
The Hangover Part 2 Wed May 25 11:59
The Hangover Part 2 11:45am, 2:10, 4:40, 7:30, 10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10
Santa Cruz Cinema 9 (800) 326-3264 #1700
Hangover 2 12:20, 2:15, 2:45, 4:40, 5:30, 7:25, 8, 9:55, 10:30, 12:25
Hangover 2 11:30am, 1:25, 2, 3:55, 4:50, 6:45, 7:20, 9:15, 9:50, 11:45
Kung Fu Panda 3D noon, 1:45, 2:20, 4:05, 4:40, 6:25, 7, 8:45, 9:20
Kung Fu Panda 12:40, 2:25, 3, 4:45, 5:20, 7:05, 7:40, 9:25, 10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3D
1, 3:30, 4:05, 6:35, 7:10, 9:40, 10:15, 12:45
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
12:10, 1:40, 2:40, 3:30, 4:10, 4:45, 6, 6:40, 7:15, 7:50, 9:10, 9:45, 10:20, 12:15
Thor 3D 11am, 1:10, 1:50, 4, 4:30, 6:40, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20, 12:30
Thor 1:10, 3:20, 3:50, 6, 6:50, 9, 9:35, 11:45
Riverfront (800) 326-3264 #1701
Bridesmaids 1, 4, 7, 9:50 + Mon–Thurs no 1
Fast Five 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 + Mon – Thurs no 12:45
Film Events
CONTINUING SERIES: MIDNIGHTS @ THE DEL MAR Eclectic movies for wild & crazy tastes plus great prizes and buckets of fun for only $6.50. This week: JURASSIC PARK (PG-13) 127 minutes. (★★★)—Lisa Jensen. Fri-Sat midnight only. At the Del Mar.
CONTINUING SERIES: WEEKEND MATINEE CLASSICS AT APTOS CINEMA If you've only ever seen them on TV, don't miss this series of classic movie matinees unspooling each weekend at Aptos Cinema. This week: SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS . (Not rated) 124 minutes. (★★★)—Lisa Jensen. Sat-Sun matinee only, 11 a.m. Admission $6. At Aptos Cinema.
CONTINUING SERIES: FLASHBACK FEATURES Oldies and goodies on Thursday nights at the Cinema 9, presented by your genial host, Joe Ferrara. $5 gets you in. This week: CHRISTINE John Carpenter directs this wry 1983 treatment of the Stephen King horror thriller about a nerdy teenage boy and his demonic '58 Plymouth Fury. (R) 110 minutes.—Lisa Jensen. Tonight (Thursday, May 26) only, 8 p.m., at the Cinema 9.
CONTINUING SERIES: THE MET: LIVE IN HD AT THE CINEMA 9 ENCORE: DIE WALKÜRE This second installment of Robert Lepage's massive new production of Wagner's Ring cycle stars Bryn Terfel as Wotan, Lord of the Gods, and Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde. Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, and Stephanie Blythe also sing principal roles. James Levine conducts. ENCORE: Wednesday (June 1) at 6:30 p.m.
CONTINUING EVENT: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES This informal movie discussion group meets at the Del Mar mezzanine in downtown Santa Cruz. Movie junkies are invited to join in on Wednesday nights to discuss current flicks with a rotating series of guest moderators. Discussion begins at 7 pm and admission is free. For more information visit www.ltatm.org.
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BRIDESMAIDS One the best comedies of the year. Clever. Well written. Wonderfully executed. Kristen Wiig, who also cowrotes this comedy, plays a romantically-challenged woman suddenly caught in her best friend's (Maya Rudolph) wedding arrangements.. Determined to be the best maid of honor, she, naturally, screws up. All that ensues is hilarious. But the film actually sports some real heart and, quite smoothly, delivers a sobering look at what women go through in relationships—of all kinds. This has to be one of the best supporting casts to hit the screen in a long tims. Beyond Rudolph, the typically tepid Rose Byrne outdoes herself. There's Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper and an amazing Melissa McCarthy—watch out for this one! The late Jill Clayburgh also co-stars. Wiig co-Paul Feig directs. (R) (★★★) Greg Archer
THE CONSPIRATOR Robin Wright's fierce dignity as a boarding house proprietress charged with conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and James McAvoy as the conflicted Union war hero defending her at a military tribunal, highlight Robert Redford's historical drama. The witch-hunt to blame and punish scapegoats in times of national crisis make the story timely, but Redford is too meticulous a craftsman to beat us over the head with these comparisons; he lets the story unfold at its own pace, with his usual eye for period detail and sense of restraint. There may be a whiff of staid earnestness about the whole thing, but the actors are engaging, the story is gripping, and the film achieves moments of quiet power. (PG-13) 123 minutes. (★★★) Lisa Jensen
EVERYTHING MUST GO Will Ferrell stars in this comedy-drama as a guy who loses his job on the same day his wife kicks him out and throws all his stuff out on the lawn. He decides to take up residence in his front yard indefinitely, selling off his possessions in an ongoing yard sale, as he tries to figure out how to rebuild his life. Rebecca Hall, Christopher Jordan Wallace, and Laura Dern co-star for rookie writer-director Dan Rush. (R) 96 minutes.
FAST FIVE Don't freak out: It's actually pretty good. I gave up on the franchise after the first sequel, but alas, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel team up again for another zoom fest that warrants another look. It'sa nice look, actually—fast cars (of course) motorcycles, unlawful acts and a wildly inviting bank heist. How can you resist? Good news: The script is well written and the characters are all engaging. And all this set against a sexy backdrop in Rio. Nice. Added to the mix this round: Dwayne (Rock) Johnson, who plays a federal agent on "Fast" team's trail. Justin Lin directs. (PG-13) 130 minutes. (★★★) Greg Archer
I AM An uplifting doc that dares to ask: What's right with the world? Filmmaker Tom Shadyac, who was more of a mainstream film director, seems to want to come to terms with life here—he survived a tragic accident and suddenly got to thinking more deeply. There are some fine moments in the film and it works because the director takes us along his journey, rather than trying to force feed us his opinions. (PG) 76 minutes. (★★★) Greg Archer
MEEK'S CUTOFF Well-composed, full of respect for the natural world, and concerned with minute, almost non-verbal relationships, Kelly Reichardt's historical drama set in the Oregon Territory ca. 1840s follows a small wagon train in search of the Willamette Valley. She's at her best conveying the stoic resolve of the pioneers and the sheer arduousness of life on the trail, but there's not much going on onscreen (despite capable actors like Michelle Williams and Will Patton). Part morality play, part vaguely realized political allegory, with a few trace elements of proto-feminism sprinkled in, it's still little more than a premise that never develops into an actual story. (PG) 104 minutes. (★★1/2) Lisa Jensen
NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY This 1948 documentary of the famous 1945 Nazi war crimes trial was made for the U. S. Government under the auspices of the OSS War Crimes film unit headed by John Ford. Director Stuart Schulberg's film is the ultimate courtroom drama, as well as detailing how the international prosecutors built their case against the Nazis using much of the propaganda film footage the Nazis themselves produced. This is a newly restored and reconstituted print of the film created by Sandra Schulberg and Josh Waletzky for presentation at the 60th anniversary of the Berlin International Film Festival. (Not rated) 80 minutes. In English, German, French, and Russian, with English subtitles.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Little remains of Tim Powers' gorgeous fantasy, On Stranger Tides, in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Still, incoming director Rob Marshall's film is a more seaworthy vessel than the leaky old rustbucket that was PotC 3. Johnny Depp's reeling and raucous Captain Jack Sparrow is front and center, providing droll commentary and having a blast. Penelope Cruz is on board as the daughter of legendary pirate Blackbeard—played with dark, ferocious brio by Ian McShane. Geoffrey Rush is back, stomping around on a peg leg in a powdered wig as pirate Barbarossa-turned-privateer, and the action is more focused: everyone is searching for the Fountain of Youth. But longtime scriptwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio don't so much craft a narrative plot as string a bunch of gigantic comedy set-pieces together; when it comes to basics, like character motivation, they're clueless. Jack in particular is just along for the ride, and while he's an entertaining companion, you'd think that after nearly a dozen hours of screen time in four movies, the writers could develop a more complex character for Depp to play. As to his pairing with Cruz, they argue and swordfight, but are never allowed to graduate into a grown-up relationship, or even display any real camaraderie. Locations (mostly in Hawaii) are ravishing, and everyone seems to be having a hell of a good time; too bad there isn't a bit more there there. (PG-13) 137 minutes. (★★1/2)—Lisa Jensen. (Read a longer reviews at Lisa Jensen Online Express: ljo-express.blogspot.com)
POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD Morgan Spurlock set out to see if he could finance an entire film through what is now called "co-promotion" with a variety of brand-name sponsors, exploring the shadow world of corporate marketing and delving into just how far an artist is willing to prostitute his morals, credibility, and his art in order to secure financing. But it's a great concept in search of a payoff. Spurlock touches on a lot of intriguing ideas about consumerist culture and corporate clout, but the film lacks focus (most of the meandering action takes place in corporate boardrooms), while a faux dilemma he sets up about creative control, and other shenanigans, make us wonder in what other ways he's skewing his content for effect. (PG-13) 90 minutes. (★★ 1/2) Lisa Jensen
THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER Veteran French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (A Sunday In the Country; 'Round Midnight) directs this lush historical drama set during the Protestant-Catholic civil wars of 16th Century France. Mélanie Thierry stars as a young woman learning to navigate the world and wargames of men. Although in love with her dashing cousin, she's forced by her father into an arranged marriage with a nobleman she doesn't know. When he leaves for the war, she's left in the care of an aging courtier who despises war and schools her in the intricacies of court life. Lambert Wilson (the head monk in Of Gods and Men), and Gaspard Ulliel (the missing amnesiac lover in A Very Long Engagement) co-star. (Not rated) 139 minutes. In French with English subtitles.
PRIEST In a dystopian future (is there any other kind?) in an alternate universe, a loner priest (Paul Bettany) defies church law to hunt the vampire brood who kidnapped his niece. Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, and Maggie Q co-star for director Scott Charles Stewart (Legion). (PG-13) 87 minutes.
QUEEN TO PLAY A middle-aged wife, mother, and hotel maid on the luscious island of Corsica unexpectedly discovers herself while learning the game of chess in this charming and contemplative French drama with a touch of magic realism. Sandrine Bonnaire plays the heroine as poised and pragmatic, yet simmering with untapped potential, who responds intuitively to the intricacies and strategies of chess as if to a lover's carress. (Not rated) 97 minutes. In French with English subtitles. (★★★) Lisa Jensen
RIO Brazilian animation director Carlos Saldanha (the first three Ice Age movies) turns to more familiar turf with this CGI comedy about a domesticated pet macaw (voice of Jesse Eisenberg) on the adventure of a lifetime with a free-spirited female (Anne Hathaway) and a flock of exotic wild birds in Rio de Janeiro. Jamie Foxx, Jane Lynch, George Lopez, and Will i Am contribute voices. (PG) 96 minutes.
13 ASSASSINS In this samurai action sage from director Takashi Miike, a lone samurai is hired to take down a cruel and evil overlord, and assembles a ragtag crew of misfit warriors to help him storm the overlord's fortress. Mayhem ensues. Koji Yakusho (Shall We Dance?; Babel), Takayuki Yamada, and Goro Inagaki star. (R) 141 minutes. In Japanese with English subtitles.
THOR Chris Hemsworth stars as the mythical Norse warrior god of the long-running Marvel comic, banished to Earth to live among humans, whom he must protect from an evil villain. Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, and Kat Dennings co-star; Kenneth Branagh (of all people!) directs. (PG-13)
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS The bones of a satisfying romantic suspense story underlie Francis Lawrence's evocative film adaptation Sara Gruen's bestselling novel about passion and mayhem under the Big Top during the Depression 1930s. The movie may not be one hundred per-cent effective in its storytelling or its central romance, but it's steeped in period atmosphere and conveys a keen sense of the knockabout gypsy life of a traveling circus. Robert Pattinson is appropriately youthful, stalwart, and gutsy as the veterinary student taken in to tend the circus animals. His relationship with Reese Witherspoon's glamorous bareback rider never quite catches fire (although Christophe Waltz's silky psychosis as her owner/ringmaster husband generates plenty of tension) but Pattinson's deep affection for Rosie, the soulful elephant, is most convincing. Theirs is the most passionate and tender relationship in the film, and hers the story we care most about. (R) 122 minutes. (★★★) Lisa Jensen
WIN WIN Paul Giamatti stars in, yet again, a standout film about a character trying to come to terms with what life is handing him. GIamatti is a lawyer and volunteer high school wrestling coach who winds up caring for a displaced teen (newcomer Alex Shaffer). He decides to mold the boy into a star athlete. There's an interesting back story, too, about the boy's grandfather and mother.. Written and directed by quirk-meister Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent; The Visitor). Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale, and Melanie Lynskey co-star. (R) 106 minutes. (★★★) Greg Archer


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Indiana Merchant Marine vets demand recognition
Sandra Chapman/Eyewitness News
Indianapolis - There's a group of World War Two veterans fighting for a place in history, and for what they lost. Indiana senators are being called to take sides. Senate Bill 663 is a belated thanks to the Merchant Marines.
As if on the hull of a ship, a group of World War II Merchant Marines are ready to go the distance. They did in 1945 when they answered the government's call to transport supplies into deadly war zones. They were just boys. Don Ellwood, now the president of the Central Indiana American Merchant Marines Veterans, was barely 16 years old.
"When there was no one else that the government could turn to, to man the ships that delivered the bombs, planes, tanks, food and ammunition to our troops overseas and Europe, in the Pacific, the only ones they had, was us," he said.
Now 81 and the youngster of the group, Ellwood is leading the charge in central Indiana to help get veterans compensation for fellow mariners. They sacrificed much but came home to little. No benefits, no medical coverage, no GI Bill education, no home loans, and no recognition. Promises to take care of the Merchant Marines by President Roosevelt died when he did.
"Some say that we were not veterans because we did not wear a uniform or carry a gun. But the torpedoes and bombs that sunk those ships did not care," said Gene Taylor, Fairland Merchant Marine.
Records show Merchant Marines had the highest percentage of war casualties.
"The Merchant Marines lost 1 in 26. The next was the Marines which was of course 1 in 34," said Gilbert Renner, Anderson AMMV.
"There's 9,500 of them at the bottom of the seven seas and they all died horrible, horrible deaths," said Richard Blair, Muncie Merchant Marine.
Even after 64 years, the memories evoke strong emotion. 85-year-old Raymond Chapman of Tipton was part of a convoy that came under attack.
"I said to myself, I'm going to go on a tanker instead of cargo ship. If it blowed u., I won't come home with no legs and arms," said Chapman, breaking down.
A federal court awarded Merchant Marines veterans status in 1988. Nationally, the organization is pushing legislation that would give an estimated 15,000 surviving Merchant Marines $1,000 a month for five years.
"It's not for the rest of their lives. The bill is capped at $498 million," said Lisa Wilken, advocate.
President Obama co-sponsored the Senate bill before he became Commander in Chief. This year, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh added his name. Senator Dick Lugar hasn't decided.
"This bill has 47 co-sponsors in the Senate after passing the House. It's passed the House of Representatives three times since it's been around. But the Senate never lets it come to the floor for a vote," Wilken said.
"It's lay dormant for 60 years. I think something should be done about it," said John Hayes, Greenwood AMMV.
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I never really liked Superman or collected any DC comics so mine would be a biased opinion.
But I can say that I've never been a fan of the over-powerful, invincible protagonist. It doesn't really make any threats very credible to me.
Okay, so I know sparks are going to fly on this one, but then that's part of what the board is about, isn't it?
For me, on the interest level, Superman can't hold a candle to any of the Marvel heroes.
All right. I'll give Superman props for his backstory. The whole thing with Jor-el sending "his only son" to Earth resonates with me, but then a lot of you know I'm easily drawn in by theological symbolism.
Part of the problem with Superman for me has always been Supe's virtually invulnerable nature. Yeah, yeah. I get the whole Kryptonite deal. But because it's the only thing that can get to him it becomes predictable -- "Here comes Lex with a shard of Kryptonite inside a briefcase again."
The other thing is the guy is just too powerful. When you can fly, can exist in outer space and underwater with no life support system, have x-ray vision, can freeze stuff, are able to whip around the world so fast that you can go back in time and can lift a mountain, where's the tension compared to a super-hero who can only sling webs or go "Flame on!"? I admire super-heroes that have great strength. But even Wolverine and, my personal fave, Captain America can get roughed up in a fight.
Added to this, Superman's had more costume changes that Cher or Reba did at one of their concerts. Irritatingly, from film to film he keeps changing costume styles in hopes of somehow generating interest in himself. It really ticks me off. Ya don't see Spidey in his traditional get-up in one film and then wearing a lime green warm-up suit with gold epaulets in the next.
And don't even get me started on the quality villains. Dr. Freeze, Doc Ock, Dr. Doom -- I always thought someone at Marvel had a grudge against the American Medical Association with all those doc villains -- not to mention the Green Goblin and a host of other truly great villains. And what's Superman got? Some guy that belongs in a Hair Club for Men commercial whose only 'super power' is that he's smart and has a seemingly endless supply of Kryptonite? Supe hasn't had a villain worthy of him since General Zod in my book and even then it took three Kryptonians to have a chance against Superman. And just as an aside, why did it take three of them to stand a chance against Superman since they all came from Krypton and, thus, would supposedly have the same powers, which they didn't? Can you say "Plot hole"?
Anyway, that's where I stand. As far as I'm concerned, Superman's not even in the same universe as Marvel super-heroes. Get it? 'Marvel'? 'Universe'?
I'll start ducking now to avoid getting hit by heads of rotten cabbage hurled by Superman fans.
So where do you guy stand?
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I never really liked Superman or collected any DC comics so mine would be a biased opinion.
But I can say that I've never been a fan of the over-powerful, invincible protagonist. It doesn't really make any threats very credible to me.
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Seriously, in fairness Superman was -- and in many ways still is -- a wildly popular super-hero. I believe part of that stemmed from the fact that he was created at a time when Americans wanted to feel we were the top superpower and his staying power was a result of the fact that, for a long time, we were the only true force in the world and no one stood a chance against us. Hence he was symbolic of all we were.
Times have changed and while America is still the world's only true superpower -- despite Putin riding horseback while bare-chested and China trying to convince us they are a super-power when the average life expectancy of a traffic cop in Beijing is forty-two because of the air pollution -- there are plenty of powers that can and have taken a shot at us. Bottom line: we're no longer 'invulnerable'. So maybe that's a reason why the Marvel characters strike a chord with me -- i.e., like America, their super-heroes have flaws and weaknesses and their antagonists are powerful. Also like America, however, they have a dogged determination to overcome truly substantive obstacles in their path and do so despite their flaws and weaknesses.
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I don't think any of them are inherently more interesting. But I think a character like Superman is MUCH more difficult to write well. The less powerful a hero, the easier it is to craft stories that place them in peril, or force them into figuring things out.
IMO, the best heroes have flaws. To briefly move to Crime Fiction, I absolutely hate the wildly popular Jack Reacher character. Lee Child is a fantastic plotter, but he's created a protagonist that is so much better that everyone else at everything, that its hard to feel anything for him. I never feel he's really in danger, and its hard to empathize with him. And that's a problem most writers have with Superman. To really write a good Superman, you have to focus more on his internal flaws, and less about his physical ones.
For me Grant Morrison's 12 issue All-Star Superman is not only the best Superman story I've ever read, but one of the best Superhero stories overall. And he actually makes Superman MORE powerful during its run, instead of relying on the age old crutch of weakening him. That said, I think that well is much more limited and its why we've seen Morrison write years worth of Batman stories, but very little Superman.
Of course, one can be a fan of any comic character for a variety of reasons. Marvel has had some very good stories over the years, really they have, but I have always been a big fan of the Blue Boy Scout.
I think the thing that always resonated with me about Superman, strangely enough, was the loneliness of the character. I mean, think about it. Sure, he's invulnerable, can fly, has freeze breath, heat vision, yada yada, but who can he really, and I mean really, talk to? Who else can resonate with his experience. Half the time, he lives the lie that he is a normal man in order to stay sane. Who else has his experience? Well, there's Supergirl - a teenage girl, an experience which Supes would have his own problems relating to. Most of the other surviving Kryptonians hate his guts. Even other characters like J'Onn J'Onzz or Captain Marvel don't quite share his experience. Lex Luthor might approach his mind in stature, but Lex wants to kill him and is unlikely to stay around and chat. Most people (these days at least) seem to find him to be an insufferable jerk. And all he really wants is to live up to the dream Ma and Pa Kent had for him.
So you see, the character can be a bit more interesting than the Boring Invincible Hero - but I can see it'd be very tough to write. In his own way, he's as messed up as any Marvel character.
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I'm not specifically a DC guy or a Marvel guy, but given the forced choice of picking one or the other, then I'm going with Superman.
Most of his over-the-top powers are the result of poor writing. Yes he is very powerful, but kryptonite isn't the only way to put him in peril. If your hero is nearly invulnerable then it's not a case of having him in danger, it's having the people he's close to in danger. It's having him make hard choices. It goes beyond a simple bad guy vs good guy into more compelling territory where you need to tell a story where a hero with amazing superpowers has to do something that powers can't answer. Sure he can do amazing things, but he's still just one guy.
To me Superman continues to persist as one of the greatest and most popular heroes in history because he has that ability to inspire us as people to be better. We want to fly, we want to see through solid objects. In that way he's inspired us as human beings to push beyond our limits and explore what's possible. Also with Superman are the theme's of truth, justice, and standing up for people who can't stand up for themselves. It's a theme present with other heroes like Captain America, but Superman is more than just an American icon, he's a global icon. It extends beyond just symbolizing the red, white, and blue patriotism that Americans like to project. Superman goes beyond that. Superman isn't an American, he's an immigrant. He's the ultimate fish out of water story, and what Superman stands for goes beyond race, religion, nationality or orientation. It's about a greater achievement for the entire human race.
But if you're judging solely on picking up a comic book every month, who would I rather pick a Superman comic or ANY Marvel hero, then I'd have to go Marvel. I don't read Superman each and every month, but I do pick up a few Marvel books.
The only Marvel character I've ever had any real interest in is the Punisher, I've read the odd bit of X-Men that I thought was ok, X-Statix and Exiles were alright though, so I'd much rather read Superman, especially any silver age stuff than pretty much any of the stuff that Marvel puts out.
Personally I think Marvel relies way too much on characters having tragic backstories. Not everyone needs to have a bad childhood or mental problems. I mean, we have Batman for that. On the other hand, some complexity is good- forget the whiners, Venom was better as a tortured and conflicted anti-hero than a generic "I want to kill some guy" villain. Mind you, most of my Marvel experience was the 90s era cartoons and comics, and I generally dislike everything Quesada did and I think the whole idiotic mess they're pulling because of film rights needs to stop. I also see New 52 as totally unnecessary- not because of some love for the older stuff, but because, well, it wasn't necessary. Screwing up Lobo especially is unforgivable.
I will admit, one major flaw of a character that is very hard to kill is that videogames suffer. Superman and Wolverine games especially have been a mess since their true powers would be like playing most games with cheat codes on(and you get oddity powers like Wolverine's sense of smell which can be tricky to translate). However, while I like Batman TAS, watching Superman get beaten around so much in DCAU also turns me away. This is a character known to shrug off bullets, he shouldn't be getting knocked around with punches unless kryptonite is involved. He seems to get smacked around a lot in the DCAU.
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An interesting thought I had while reading this thread again was, let's say you have a character like Superman that you're not much interested in, that previous stories have pretty much made nigh invincible. If you were somehow given the rights to this character and instructed to make them interesting again, what would you do? Because a lot of stuff, like de-powering or killing off their secret identity or whatever has been done to Superman over the years and it never seems to "take". Others, like Spider-Man have had changes made and then the editors instituted something drastic like a deal with the Devil (no kiddin') to take them back to their "status quo" and undo changes that were both popular and had been around for years. Most of the usual tricks are old hat to comics fans. What would be a fresh take?
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I wish Superman were nerfed down and made more Marvel scaled. Something like Thor-level in strength and power. He would be higher end of the spectrum, but nowhere near as impossible to write for.
I was such a big fan of John Byrne's Superman.
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I would assume, experience and power. The three were just getting used to their powers, as evidenced by Non's lack of skill using heat vision (Non wasn't very bright either). Superman's been using his powers and soaking in yellow sun radiation for years, so he had an edge. It was also like this in Man of Steel. Zod was military trained (whereas Superman was not), but Superman had an edge because he was used to his powers. But the military trained Zod was getting more powerful by the second.And just as an aside, why did it take three of them to stand a chance against Superman since they all came from Krypton and, thus, would supposedly have the same powers, which they didn't? Can you say "Plot hole"?
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Superman is and always has been one of my least favorite comic characters of all time.
The main reason being exactly what a lot of you have already said. He's ridiculously overpowered. Heck, they've even taken powers away from him over the years because it got to a point where he had every power. They've written comics with him juggling planets: he's faster than the speed of light. He's able to have 10,000 thoughts a second. He can't be harmed by anything and emitts a "force field" that gives his clothing the same power.
The biggest issue I have with Superman is that a writer need only to publish a story in the mainstream comic arc and it becomes cannon. This "superman" went from being really strong to every one of his atoms has the power of 10,001,010,100,010,010,100,101 brazzilian suns. Oh, but if there's a piece of his home planet around they immediately lose all that power and he's a normal guy. At least that was the case. I think they've made him invunerable to even that now. There's so much media out there with him doing ridiculously powerful things, yet he has problems handling guys that technically shouldn't be able to even have a thought pass before he'd defeat them.
At this point Superman is a fake skin bag with an immensely packed in load of energy inside him.
And the Clark Kent thing....holy crap is there not ENOUGH to do throughout the entire universe that you need to spend a portion of your day pretending to be a regular guy? I mean, his circle of friends and people and races and solar systems and galaxies that depend on him must be immense. He's got time to waste on a 9 to 5?
Superman, in my not so humble opinion, represents DC's desire to have the most powerful comic character in writing. Marvel or any other fiction medium can make up a super powerful character and DC will put a comic out showing Superman being even stronger every time.
Excuse my rant...he just gets under my skin the way he's written. I liked the movie version of him struggling to hold the oil rig. I like seeing him with some of his powers, still quite powerful. Just not ridiculous Superman.
Or should we take a look take a look at Bruce Wayne who actually witnessed the murder of his parents?
I'll respectfully suggest that Marvel doesn't have the market cornered on tragic backstories.
Comic superman loses that for me because he's got no limitations to what he can do. And for all the power they've given him, they tend to underuse his powers in most stories. Because if they didn't there wouldn't really be a story.
In most of the Superman stories, between his ability to move and think at ridiculous speeds, along with his strength and various other powers (long range vision, super hearing, laser vision that cuts through ANYTHING, freeze breath, mastery of countless martial arts from the universe), there shouldn't really be any fights. He should arrive and finish up everything before the antagonist even realizes he's there.
All-Star Superman: Again, a perfect 12 issues to me. So much heart and pathos. Action, Excitement, danger and fun. IMO, one of the best comic stories ever told.
Man of Steel: John Byrne at (or just slightly past) his peak as a creator. While Morrison powered him up, Byrne scaled him back. Byrne also was masterful in making Clark Kent vital.
Superman Adventures: By Mark Millar (yes, that Mark Millar...). All-ages book, but so much more than that. Millar completely transformed the book from an animated series adaptation to something really fantastic.
Alan Moore's Superman: Not just two of the greatest Superman Stories ever told (For The Man Who Has Everything and Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?), but also his run on Rob Liefeld's (!?!) Supreme. Moore threw away everything that had come before, and using Supreme as a Superman Pastiche, wrote his 3rd great Superman story.
There are others as well, but I'll put those 4 examples up against the best of any other character.
There is a difference between liking the character, and liking his stories. I'll admit that a LOT of writers have had problems writing Superman and keeping him interesting. It's also a question of the audience. Adults expect more complicated an nuanced drama then kids do.
And that's what superman was created for. That's who superman appeals to. Kids.
Kids are small, they are weak, they get picked last in class... And suddenly here is a hero that is dressed in bright primary colors and is the best at everything. He's the fastest, the strongest, nothing hurts him, he can fly!!! He's everything they are not... but he dresses like they do. Weak, insecure and picked on by bullies.
He shows that even the nerd can save the day. Add in the fact that he is the ultimate outsider. Always among people but never really 'human'... it's not surprising he's been consistently popular for decades.
Kids tended to buy a few comics and see their heroes then grow up. Or their parents would only buy them occassionally... After 80 years of adventures... there really is nothing new. We adults read it and roll our eyes because we've already seen everything he has to show us... unless they up the ante and make a MORE powerful villain.... which we've ALSO seen a dozen times. Kids see it a few times and are amazed at unbelievable feats of heroics!
Personally I'm a fan of Superman, and my 8 year old nephew LOVES superman. I like other characters MORE... I prefer Daredevil, Captain America, Spider-man and Green Lantern BETTER... Throw a few more weakness and personal achievement in there... but Compared to a LOT of Marvel characters Superman blows them all away.
I keep seeing people talk about Silver Surfer... Superman is SOOOOO much more interesting then Surfer... or Spider-man clone #7... or...heck any of the blatant copycats running around marvel copying the top tier marvels... 3 iron men, 4 hulks, 3 captain Americas... Sooo yeah. to generalize one powerful character against a whole universe is never going to be true.
He's less interesting then a lot of marvel... and more interesting then a whole lot more it....
I'm a dc guy so my view will be a bit biased.
Because I am a dc guy my marvel knowledge will suck.
Hm. who in marvel is interesting? who has an interesting back story? Magneto? If his movie backstory is anything like his comic backstory then there is some serious trauma and drama there. with a dash of bad dad. Tony stark? the billionaire who dabbles in tech and had a drinking problem? Dr Doom? ruler. wants to rule the world. There has to be trauma and drama there. Dr Banner? brains who tries to control the beast within.
what about the DC side?
Aquaman? rejected by atlantis but doesn't feel he fits in with the land lovers. in on continuity lost his son. Harold "hal" Jordan? watched his dad (and jet) go "boom" in front of him at a young age. turned space cop. and who knows what kind of trauma and drama a space cop goes through. Cyborg? half man. half man. always feeling like you don't fit in cause the way you look.
Captain COld? rough childhood. That will turn you mean and bitter and angry. Booster Gold? Futuristic jock turned criminal who runs away via time travel. always on the run.
Heat Wave? The pyromaniac?
The JSA for fighting Nazis in a world war?
Batman? parents gun down right before his young eyes.
If anything I'm trying to say if you take a moment there are other equally more interesting heroes/personalities within each universe.
If anything I'd pick some other than Superman for the comparison to marvel.
I could easily go on as to why I think "x" character ISN'T interesting. but I won't. I'm not interested in making this a mile long response.
Each character is interesting in their own right.
Um...Superman. Apart from Spider-Man, I find little to no redeeming value in the entire marvel universe.
The only DC Heroes I half care about are Super Man , Wonder Woman and Flash . If i had to choose either DC or Marvel i guess i like Marvel . I dont feel Superman is any stronger then Hulk or Thor . As far as Super heroes go he is a far better role model and has much more in common with HeMan then any other "Hero"
I recall DC characters being associated with responsible parental authority figures while Marvel heroes acted more like bratty teenagers . Marvel is an interesting read but why do so many of their characters need to be broken physically and mentally or a social outcast ? I feel Stan was going overboard to squeeze empathy from us .
Most of Stan,s heroes have dabbled with the dark side something Superman would never consider for the most part . On the other hand we have enjoyed quite a few more weddings in the marvel universe . In some ways Marvel is a bit more grounded and realistic and it moves on with life .
Agreed. If alot of Superman stories have to either lower his power level or not utilize his power set to the fullest in order to make him interesting, then DC might as well just simply make him weaker.
I think Superman only really needs super strength (think Thor, Wonder Woman or Hulk levels, but not impossibly strong), flight, x-ray vision, heat vision, freeze breath and a high resistance to injury (again, think Thor, Wonder Woman or Hulk).
I'd get rid of his super speed entirely, because it's Flash territory. I'd also get rid of telescopic and microscopic vision and his super hearing and super smell.
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Some people are bored with Superman... but I think a lot more are bored with what they THINK Superman is like. Using long expired stereotypes from the 60's and 70's... Most of the 'over the top' craziness just isn't there anymore. They have toned him down considerably. People who like Thor really shouldn't 'dislike' Superman.
I don't think people are bored with him, I think that they don't know how to tell stories with Superman that can challenge him without resorting to the usual crutches of depowering him, magic, kryptonite or using someone just as powerful. Even Bruce Timm struggled with his ultra high power level in Justice League.
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- Palmer House (Chicago, Ill.)--Facilities--1930-1940
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- The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection
- Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 3, 1933), p. 2
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