Thanks for mentioning the Matheson connection, btw. I admit it drives me nuts when articles on the movie don't credit Richard. (I'm looking at you, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and various mainstream magazines and newspapers.)

It may be worth noting that the previous version of THE THING, although justifiably regarded as a cult classic now, was also a box-office disappointment back in 1982. THE THING hasn't really been a hit movie since the 1950s . . . .

Nope, as mentioned in the article, REAL STEEL was based on Richard Matheson's short story "Steel"—which predates the old toy by many years.

Probably just a weird coincidence, since the Green Hornet isn't even a DC character . . . .

There was also talk of doing THE SILVER SURFER as a musical back in the seventies. With Olivia Newton-John as the female lead. Part of me still wishes that had happened . . . . .

So, a guy who never liked the comic book doesn't think he'll like the movie? Go figure.

Alas, Sony still has the film rights to Ghost Rider.

It should be noted that most American know this film as FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH, since that's the title it's always had here in the States.

And, don't forget, it's based on a classic story by Richard Matheson.

The gold standard here is X2, which managed multiple villains with aplomb. Even Pryo had an character plot, yet the movie never felt unfocussed or over-paced. X2 is proof that multiple villains isn't always a bad thing.

I'm still hoping for DR. STRANGE . . . and BLACK PANTHER, too.

Nitpick alert! There were at least two CAPTAIN AMERICA tv-movies back in the Seventies, and, of course, the old black-and-white movie serial in the 1940's. So I'm not sure I'd call the 1990 version the "original" Captain America movie . . . .

Anybody else remember her playing a vampire in the third LIBRARIAN tv-movie?

One has to wonder if he would have gotten the same response if he had put up a poster with some bloody-minded quote from "Macbeth" or something? Or maybe even a classic Bogart or John Wayne movie? I mean, this was the theater department, right? I assume people can threaten each other onstage . . . or does this…

FYI: Tonight's episode of CASTLE has a comic book superhero theme, so I figure the fannish in-jokes are even more likely than usual . . . .

Sounds fun. I've always gravitated towards the supernatural end of the DCU . . . .

And written by the late John M. Ford.

Okay, consider me intrigued.

2. The moviing water was caused by a nervous Claudia accidentally activating another artifact.

The kid also asked Artie about whether Artie's father was okay. They had a whole discussion about it.