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THE HULK/ SABRETOOTH: HELL ON EARTH! CHAPTER 2: SUPERMAN.

Blessington, Ireland. The recently named homeland of The Incredible Hulk. In the forest’s of Blessington, Victor Creed a. k. a. Sabretooth sits on a small pile of logs in front of a camp fire. Beside him, is a tent. Inside the tent lies Bruce Banner a. k. a. The Hulk. In the last few days, Bruce and Victor recently became friends in the last two days. How? Blame the Hulk for attacking Sabretooth while he was hunting for his dinner. Bad idea. Getting back to the story:

Sabretooth cooked some venison meat over the fire. This venison had been their only source of food for the last two days because of the times they were now living in. It was very rare to stumble across a convenience store in the area they were in.
On this day, they were about to be disturbed by an unknown source. Victor’s super hearing heard it first. There was a rustling sound coming nearby in the forest. Victor’s ears pricked as the noise became louder and closer.
“Who’s there!” he demanded as the shape of a person could be made out in the shadows.
“Do not be alarmed.” the figure said as it walked into the broad daylight. “You do not know me, and I do not know you. But I am here to warn you of a pending danger.”
With the appearance of the new figure and the sound of voices, Bruce unzipped the tent and poked his head out.
“What’s going on out here?” Bruce asked. “Oh. Hello.”
“As I was saying.” the figure said. “There is a pending danger on its way. Not far away. Today actually.”
“Who are you?” Bruce asked.
“Me? My name is Kal-El. But you can call me Superman. I’m not from this Earth. In fact I’m not actually human. I come from the planet New Krypton. I was sent here as a child as Old Krypton was obliterated into oblivion. It was only recently that I discovered New Krypton and returned there to find many Krypton’s there.”
“…right…and you know of this pending danger that’s gonna happen today how…?” Sabretooth asked, getting quite annoyed at this stage.
Superman rose into the air as if to avoid something.
“Because.” Superman said calmly. “It’s happening now!”
There was a flash of light and Superman was gone. Not a trace of him remained.

But what Superman spoke was the truth. Someone came running through the forest. The figure then stopped suddenly when he saw Victor and Bruce by the campfire.
“Hey! You! You’re Hellboy!” Sabretooth snapped.
“Yeah, I know who I am! And I need your help! There are six army soldiers after me!” Hellboy said as he gasped for breath.
The six soldiers emerged from the forest.
“There he is!” one of the soldiers yelled. “Fire at will!” he ordered.
The six soldiers opened fire on Hellboy. Using his sword, Hellboy deflected the shots with ease, deflecting each bullet.
With the soldiers distracted, this gave Sabretooth the chance to attack. He leapt into the air and took out two of the soldiers with ease, slashing out their throats with his Adamantium claws.
With the third soldier, he grabbed the gun right from his hands and used it to kill the soldier and the other three soldiers.
“Did you have to kill them?!?!” Bruce demanded.
“Calm down, will you? We don’t want you going all Hulk on us. And anyway it was either them or you and Hellboy that were killed.” Sabretooth growled.

Hellboy thanks them for the assistance. But the danger isn’t over.
“That wasn’t even the half of it!” Hellboy said. “When I was in the year 2999 and 2020, I ran into future selves of present day heroes. Now, they want revenge for even going to the future!”
“But it wasn’t your fault that you went to the future. You were bribed into going there by that Robot weren’t you?” said Bruce.
“You mean this Robot?”
Hellboy removed a robot head from his backpack. It was small and had two big light bulbs for eyes.
“Hello.” the Robot computed.
Sabretooth looked at the robot in confusion. It’s talking! Yet it has no body!” Sabretooth was like a dog with a new toy when he saw the Robot. He didn’t know what to think of it.
“We are not safe.” Robot said. “I sense many heroes on their way. They are very angry.”
“Yeah.” Sabretooth said as he sniffed the air. “I can smell ‘em. And one of them smells like…”
A small but sturdy figure walked out from the dark forest.
“…Wolverine! Grrrr!”
“Victor. I could smell you miles away. I wasn’t really expecting to see you here with a wanted man.”
“Likewise.” Sabretooth growled in anger. “I take it your not alone.”
“No I’m not. But they’re still on their way. For now, you have to put up with me.”
“Really, now?” said another voice. “I don’t think so.”
It was Spiderman. He had just swung in, using his web fluids and agility to skim over the forest and land beside Wolverine.

“Hellboy. I don’t know what Spiderman you ran into in the future, whether he was related to be or not, I know about it for some reason. And the things I saw when the year 2999 blew up weren’t pretty!” Spiderman said, serious for once in his life. “You didn’t even save it! You let Deadpool from the year 2020! You’re no hero to me!”

Next:
Spiderman!

Heroes these days are darker. You don't see very many characters with that All-American charm that Superman has, or his child-like innocence. Heroes now are less of the golden-hearted poster-boys like Superman, who always does what's best for the world regardless of his circumstances. And, don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing Superman. Because I know that's what his character is supposed to be, you know? He's GOOD. But, these days, kids want to see more human characters. Characters with flaws. Characters that are selfish, or angry, or immature.

The whole concept of a superhero is that they are better than us. They can make the difficult decisions and be okay with the outcome, no regrets. They can smile through excruciating ordeals because they're confident that they will prevail. But over the years, superheroes like that have fallen out of style. No one wants to read about golden-boy America, who sports a flag as a cape, and is powered by patriotism. No one wants to read about a superhero that always wins, and never doubts his chance of victory. People want to relate. People want characters with insecurities, characters that cry when times get tough, characters that feel like shit sometimes. Because that's how we feel. We want to see our emotions and feelings translated and fed back to us, so that we can feel a little better to know that even superheroes are flawed. We want characters that yell, hold grudges, regret, and keep secrets. That's what we want.

Recent comics have shown more human sides of characters. Beginning with The Watchmen in the late 80s, and scattered sporadically throughout the following years, are stories about heroes that are cocky, tortured, regretful, and angry. And it's inspiring to see new, emotionally driven characters as opposed to the old, slap-happy heroes from back in the day.
Take, for example, Identity Crisis. The heroes of this story are terrified vessels of humanity, panicking over their loved ones, and desperately fighting for hope to hold on to. These are characters who feel. And, no, I'm not suggesting some sort of sadistic desire for these characters to suffer, it's merely human heroes that I ask for.

Who is the greatest superhero of all time?  Ok, slow down.  Before you get all riled up about your answer and defending your cause, there needs to be a bit of reasonable debate.  Many people will argue for Batman, Superman, Spiderman, the Hulk, Ironman, or the Flash.  You won’t get a lot of votes normally for the Green Lantern, Captain America, or the Wonder Twins.  But in any case, people like to talk about it.

Retailers have realized the super “sale” power of superheroes for years.  Every year, there is a new action line coming out, and every year parents raid the shelves to get the right toy for their kids.  This year, it may be Bakugan toys or something like this.  Even girly movies can serve as heroes to girls.  So Hannah Montana party favors and other trinkets get sold like hot cakes.  There is something internal in all of us that wants to root for the superhero.  We want to be a part of something larger.  We want to root for hope, and we want to have victory.

With all of that said, I want to submit my answer for the greatest superhero ever.  He’s brave, just, kind, loving. strong, sacrificial, courageous and fights evil.  Sound like anyone you know?  Yeah, now take away the tights, and think back about 2000 years.  To me, it’s so obvious.  Jesus is the ultimate superhero, and in reality, not fiction.  Every other character is based off of him.  Everyone else are just copies.  

At long last, the DC Universe Halloween Special, featuring an 8 page story by My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way, has hit news shelves. Sneak a peek, doodz!

When Kristen Stewart said people dreamed about the Twilight books, I was like, “LOLOLOLOL. You are SO cute.” Yeah. Well last night I guess I was proved wrong. IN MY DEFENSE, I dreamed more about the cast starring in the movie more than anything dealing with the book, but still.

Now let me tell you, I usually don’t remember my dreams. And when I do it’s either painfully dull, like “Ooooh, I was at the library reading” or really, really fucked up. And this one takes the cake. My subconscious is WAY more fucked up than I thought.

Let’s set it up. We’ll start with who appeared in my dream.
RPattz. Of course. -_-
Peter Facinelli
Ashley Green
Jackson Rathbone
Kellan Lutz
Christian Bale
Heath Ledger
Michelle Williams
Bonnie Wright

There was a dark tone to the dream. It was meant to feel like a nightmare. When I woke up I couldn’t stop laughing but while I was actually dreaming it, it was meant to be scary. The alternate reality that my dream existed in was the result of a new Superman worshiping, cult-like religion. If you think I’m kidding, I’m not. This was a very intricate dream. The ‘government’ in this ‘universe’ was called Fire Fox.

The dream started off with me shopping with RPattz in some type of mall. Fun, right? Sure. I don’t really remember much of that part. But after that we walk to the second story of the mall to join Peter, Ashley, Kellan and Jackson for lunch. It was kind of weird though. I called Ashley and Jackson by their real names. BUT I called Peter Carlisle and RPattz Edward. O.o. I was consciously, well subconsciously consciously, aware that they were actors and not really Carlisle and Edward but I called them that nonetheless. I DON’T KNOW. DON’T ASK.

While we are eating lunch people start randomly jumping off the second story. It felt like a mix between a riot and a mosh pit. There was a glass wall(guard rail partition type thing) and on the other side of that there was a slanted 10-15 ft overhang, roof type deal. All these people were jumping over the glass partition and sliding down the overhang. But it was done maliciously, not for the fun of sliding down the roof. They were running from something.

In the midst of all this we see what they are running from. And it’s Storm Troopers. Yes Storm Troopers…like Star Wars. O_O. Oh w-o-w. Ok so, we all start to run. Peter and RPattz get captured. OH NOES! Ashley, Jackson, Kellan and I manage to get away and run down stairs. While we were hiding somewhere we see the Storm Troopers walk past with their ‘prisoners’. Amongst whom, besides Peter and RPattz, was HEATH LEDGER. WAT?! So they march them down to the center of the mall to these Saw looking torture devices. Well, more like medieval, but you know, what ever. So they strap Peter and RPattz(I only ever saw Peter and RPattz so I don’t know what was happening to the other people. *shurgs* ) into these devices that are intended to ‘stretch’ people out and basically start torturing them. Woo fun, right? Ok. So it only lasted a few seconds then they let them go and they came over by us. *happy reunion scene from any movie* Then as we’re running away we meet up with Heath and Michelle. We only talked to them long enough to find out they were ok and then ran in separate directions. *note: during all of this RPattz had a wand. Yes a wand. LOL I C U THUR CEDRIC.

So we head to this new hall that looks more like school than a mall with about 20 other people. It’s basically turned into a hostage situation. While we’re up here we see Christian Bale in a tux walking quickly in the other direction. So we’re all waiting around in this weird hall. I get up to go to the bathroom and start talking to some of the other people in there. They mention that if you give the guards a good excuse to leave they will let you leave. Err…okay? So I go to get Jackson, Ashley, Kellan, Peter and RPattz to tell them this and I get herded towards the door. The Storm Trooper tells me I can go out to the parking lot with the other group of people but I have to leave then and can’t get anyone else. I decide to go with the intention of calling the police.

On my way to the car, I run into Bonnie Wright(who also had a wand). She says something about Fire Fox and her group of people just being let go and I start to get a little more optimistic and head on to my car to get my phone and call the police. WELL. When I try to call the police that fucking voice from Eagle Eye(Eagle Eye…Fire Fox…I see a connection there, don’t you?) intercepts my phone call. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?

So I decide I’m going to go back to my group. I wasn’t going to leave them in there by themselves. Errr…WAT? Who goes back to a hostage situation? The fuck?!?! As I go to walk back to the mall I see something outside the doors. I see about 10 Storm Troopers with a group of their hostages…who are dressed in mascot costumes(like the FTSK album). Oh, how I wish I was kidding. So the Storm Troopers place the hostages in a circle and start beating them with ribbon dancers Again, OH, how I wish I was kidding. After seeing this, I couldn’t pull myself to go back in to the mall(because I would have to walk past the vicious ribbon dancers, of course) but decided that I wasn’t going to leave until I found a way to get my friends out.

So there I sat. In my car. Trying to think of a way to get my friends out.

And then I woke up. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!

 

I have decided to blame this WHAT. THE. FUCK. dream on Facebook. I discovered Pieces Of Flair last night and spent literally like 3 hours on it. I was on it until like 12. Yes, that is beyond pathetic. But pieces of flair>>>bumper stickers.

After waking up, at 6:30 A.M. mind you, a few things occurred to me.
1. Why the fuck did RPattz and Ginny get wands but not me? It’s my dream. How come I don’t get to be a witch?!
2. With one wizard, one witch, and fucking Batman how the Hell was there such a serious situation in the first place?
3. I’m rather upset the Winchester brothers never made an appearance. WTF, dude? I spent like a solid hour on Supernatural buttons alone.

 

So there you have it. Ever wonder why I’m so against doing drugs? That’s my brain with out the outside influence of any chemicals. Imagine if drugs found a way up there… O_O

as we all know, there's no shortage of movie review sites out there on the web. but who among us hasn't longed for movie reviews in the form of really crappily done japanese poetry? i know i sure have!

so once a week, i'll be dedicating a journal entry to a movie review in the form of a really crappy haiku.

this week, the movie that proved that just because someone is smart enough to sneak into the fortress of solitude, doesn't mean they're smart enough to realize that no one would pay to live on a hideous, kryptonite-laced slab of rock in the middle of the ocean - superman returns!

superman returns

this guy in a cape

flies around stopping bullets

and fighting bald dudes

the end

p.s. feel free to hit me up with any suggestions, and you might just get to see one of your favorite movies summed up in a really crappy haiku...

So every year, it's basically tradition for the year 11's to pull a series of pranks around the school during their last week. The week usually starts with the common setting off of fire alarms. Then on the last day, you have the main pranks.

Our year 11's left today. After setting four fire-alarms off in the past week [unfortunately they couldn't do it anymore than that because they managed to break the alarm on the fourth go] today :

-They made a ''crime scene'' in the foyer, taping off an area with some stolen black and yellow tape.
-Graffitied a middle finger on one of the walls
-Had a group of boys turn up to school wearing skirts and stockings
-Let off vulgar egg-smelling stinkbombs all around school.
-Dropped water bombs from 3rd floor windows [one of which unfortunately landed on a friend of mine's lap]

Last years year 11's:

-Attacked people with water guns
-Kidnapped year 7's
-Hung giant superman pants from the top floor window at the front of the school
-Again, stinkbombs and water balloons were used.

And when my sisters year left, years and years ago, she dyed the swimming pool pink. Absolutely classic. Unfortunately we no longer have a swimming pool :

A year from today, it will be my year that has to come up with all the pranks.

The people who are most likely being expected to pull them are:
-The chavs [who will probably end up doing something stupidly dangerous that backfires on them]
-The immature guys [who will do it for kicks]
-The 'cool' guys, Guy,Jimmy,Beans, George and James [Who will probably end up doing something pretty funny and smart]
-Me and my little 'crew'- Jess,Tess,Tania and Harriet

So pressure, pressure, pressure!

We want to make it something amazing, but you know not dangerous or , let's say..permanent.

Anyway, so yeah the year 11's left today. I'm really sad because loads of my friends were in that year, AND so was my crush =[=[ I signed his shirt.

Tania signed Tess' shirt. We had to remind her that Tess was in our year, and therefore not leaving. Tess went around with the words 'I'll miss you Tess! Love Tania xxx' written on her shirt in marker pen all day.

So, we are officially only one month away from this year's Free Comic Book Day.




What is Free Comic Book Day, you ask?  Well, gee, golly, gosh, let's think about this. 

Sorry, my sarcasm is my superpower.  You'll have to forgive me.

ANYWAY, once a year, the comic companies we know and love come together to provide free comics to readers...mostly in an effort to try and get them into their ongoing or newly launched titles.  This occurs on the first Saturday in May and is generally the day following the first big comic book movie release of the summer, in order to build a suitable hype.

And this year "Suitable" is the right word, since Free Comic Book Day is May 3rd this year, co-inciding with the May 2nd release of Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr.  Buzznet's got a ton of stuff up about the film, including pictures and trailers, so make sure you check it out (and thank Mark and the Mighty Mendoza, since most of the hype and coverage is because of them!).

But back to the comics.  Last year, one of the biggest titles for FCBD was a preview of this little title called The Umbrella Academy which is written by this freak:


This year, however, most of the big titles are heroes that people might already recognize.

 


There's also a few NEW titles, including the first title from the Virgin Comics/Sci-Fi Channel Collaboration, The Stranded


And for Manga Fans, Shonen Jump is putting out a FCBD edition:



So mark your calendars, folks.  Make sure you go out and grab a few of these.  Even if you're not really into comics.  Because hey, it's free.  And who knows, you might find out you like it.

Bryan Singer, director of Superman Returns, has confirmed a sequel to his modern adaptation of the comic book character is currently in development. He's promised that Brandon Routh will also return as Superman and that this film will be less "nostalgic" and more "terrifying."

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