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Super Movie Monday – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
In 2003, director Stephen Norrington, best known for making a kick-ass movie about a comic book hero who wasn’t a traditional superhero (1998’s Blade) directed another film based on a group of comic book heroes who weren’t traditional superheroes, with … Continue reading
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Super Movie Monday – Steamboy
So I’ve been a part of this role-playing game for most of the last two years, which took place in a steampunk Atlantis setting. The game ended a few weeks ago, but apparently, I’m still not over it, because today, … Continue reading
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Super Movie Monday – Jack the Giant Killer
Okay, I admit, this one doesn’t have even the slightest connection to superheroes except maybe that Dell published a Jack the Giant Killer comic to tie in with the movie. Anyway, everything I wanted to do I either don’t have … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Return of Swamp Thing
So in 1989, seven years after Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing (which was discussed here last week), came the sequel, The Return of Swamp Thing. Back for the sequel were Dick Durock as Swamp Thing and Louis Jourdan as villain Arcane … Continue reading
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Super Movie Monday – Swamp Thing
Okay, so in the 70’s, writer Len Wein and artist Berni Wrightson created a tight little horror story for House of Secrets #92, featuring a plant-man much like previous comics characters, The Heap and Marvel’s Man-Thing. The next year, Wein and … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Rocketeer
After seeing Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger last week, I decided to revisit The Rocketeer, the film which convinced the producers of Captain America to give Johnston the job. The Rocketeer was a 1991 Disney picture based on … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Shadow Strikes, 1937
So it looks as if this will be the last week of Origins, unless I find something extraordinary for next week. I almost didn’t find anything for today, but at the last minute, I grabbed this early Shadow film, since … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Mark of Zorro, 1920
Sorry for the late update. I was very busy last week, and it has been so ungodly hot that I literally couldn’t think at times. Digger World Headquarters is unfortunately not air conditioned. Continuing our look back at properties that … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Bat, 1926
That’s right, Super Movie Monday is back to herald the beginning of a site-wide “Origins” retrospective. For the next who-knows-how-many weeks (a number which could well be  “one,” depending on how much material I develop), we’ll be examining some of … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – Adventures in Babysitting
I know, I know. What the hell is this 80’s teen comedy doing in a weekly feature about superhero movies? Well, in honor of the debut of Marvel’s Thor in theaters this past Friday, I thought I’d give you a … Continue reading
