@Coen: Seriously, though, I've long said that Angel was the prototype for Edward. (As much as Buffy fans hate the thought.) And before Angel was the young dreamboat Stefan, Radu's half-brother in Subspecies.

That new hero is very much a post-Miller/Moore 'Iron Age' character in a Silver Age world.

@glucious: There was a theory some years back that neadertals had a year-long pregnancy, but I think this isn't accepted much anymore.

But these are different species, with different evolved tissue-specific sensitivities to testosterone. Testosterone (or estrogen, or any other steroid) is just modified cholesterol. It doesn't have 'essence of male' or 'essence of sex' powers. What matters is the sensitivity of receptors and what cellular processes…

"It seems that if you liked the show, you probably hadn't read the books."

Blade! The first Blade inagurated the 'vampires & superheroes' movie era. (And the 'wire fu + slow mo bullet dodging + industrial rock' era.)

Blombos demolishes the notion of a late technological and creative "explosion" in Europe.

Omni had a huge role in promoting and mainstreaming cyberpunk and what would later be called transhumanism. Those were some pretty edgy topics for teens living in the 80s outside of New York and LA to get their hands on. Omni prefigured Mondo 2000, Wired, Boing Boing and hence the cultural ethos of the early…

@retrac13: Thanks! And the short answer to my question: allostatic nested hierarchy.

It looks like Fantastic Realism (Ernst Fuchs etc.) meets Lowbrow (Robert Williams etc.).

The mystery of collective intelligence is the mystery of intelligence. And more generally, complex adaptive systems.

Remember the hipster time traveler from a photo taken in 1941?

To quote Darth Vader: NOOOOO!

@petezrioka: Dark Knight Quickening: Electric Boogaloo

@toddin602: How could I have forgotten Rise of Taj?! :)

@Ultimate_me_2099: That would have been a tough sell in Muslim countries. But at least it's not as bad "The World's Greatest Detective."

What a wretched title. Just since 2003 we've had:

@Erinaceus: That theme song would be a heinous abomination even if it were not a mind-colonizing evil meme.

If the premise of Kick-Ass was "What if there were superheroes in the real world?" (the "real world" being the comic book version of the real world) this looks like "What if there were Kick-Ass in the REAL real world?" I'm definitely going to see Super.

@antipaganda: That's an excellent suggestion, both the gender change and the perfect casting.