| Monday, July 31, 2006 |
| The Countdown Begins... |
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| Friday, July 28, 2006 |
| Clark Vs. Superman |
 With the "Superman Returns" movie just out, the Superman hype of the '80s has been kick-started all over again. But while watching the movie, you can't help but wonder, how did Clark Kent get to be Superman? What was his childhood like? He couldn't have been a journalist at the Daily Planet forever.
That, my friends, is where "Smallville" comes in.
When you think about it, it's a great premise. Superman fans know all about the villains Superman's fought, his powers and adventures, and some bare-bones information about his background. But how did a Super-man get that way? We knew some things about his childhood, but not in fleshed-out detail — not, that is, until the 2001 debut on The WB of "Smallville."
The plots are really complex; in one recent episode Clark goes to Jor-El to try to save someone he loved who recently died, but in doing this, he sacrifices his previous happiness and his father ends up dying instead. But at the same time, the overall story is simple, because we know how it's going to end. But this doesn't make it any less exciting. Far from it, it makes the show almost even more exciting because there are certain characters that you just can't imagine how they turn out the way they do, or how they wouldn't be a part of Clark's life as a grown man.
Clark remains pure and good, despite his list of problems. He struggles to fit in at high school just like everybody else. He has girl problems, goes through hormone swings, gets teased and bullied. In short, someone so good has a life that's so hard; a life in which very few people actually know who you are. A life in which you struggle every day to protect your family and friends, feel the weight of the world every time somebody gets hurt. Where you put everybody else first — despite a friend like Martha saying, "Clark, it's not your responsibility to save everybody!" — and never think once about what is best for you."Smallville," manages to touch the viewer intimately, and makes you want to reach out and help Clark to make his life OK — because he deserves it more than anybody else. |
| posted by Matt @ 2:24 PM |
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| Wednesday, July 26, 2006 |
| Superman Soars |
 Superman is back and the wait for his return is finally over. Was it worth it? Absolutely and in every respect. This is a monumental classic of the genre, a true successor to the Richard Donner classic of the original. This time, audiences will once again believe a man can fly. Director Bryan Singer has crafted a visual tour-de-force, a movie that succeeds in balancing eye popping 21st century visuals, with the heart and soul of a story-driven epic.
Brandon Routh is the perfect successor to Chris Reeve, and shows us a character that has both strength and vulnerability, while Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane is beautifully realized. Spacey is pure genus as Lex Luthor and Frank Langella is a wonderful Perry White. This is one Superman for the ages, a soaring, wondrous adventure that will leave audiences breathless, and a truly breathtaking ride of a movie.
In this crowded summer season, the return of the Man of Steel is the perfect summer movie for the child in all of us, and once we hear that classic John Williams score, one is reminded that movies like these are a rarity. Forget the hype, and enjoy the return of one of the most extraordinary comic book characters ever created. |
| posted by Matt @ 2:02 PM |
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| Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| Superman Returns |
 Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth in the epic action-adventure, Superman Returns, a soaring new chapter in the saga of one of the world’s most beloved superheroes. While an old enemy plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the heartbreaking realization that the woman he loves, Lois Lane, has moved on with her life. Or has she? Superman’s bittersweet return challenges him to bridge the distance between them while finding a place in a society that has learned to survive without him. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space. |
| posted by Matt @ 3:48 PM |
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| Monday, July 17, 2006 |
| The Adventure |
 Moose Lake Gospel Camp '06'I wanna have the same last dream again
The one where I wake up and I'm alive
Just as the four walls close me within
My eyes are open up with pure sunlight
I'm the first to know
My dearest friends
Even if your hope has burned with time
Anything that is dead shall be re-grown
And your vicious pain, your warning sign
You will be fine
Hey oh here I am
And here we go
Life’s waiting to begin
Any type of love it will be shown
Like every single tree reach for the sky
if you're gonna fall
i'll let you know
that i will pick you up
like you for i
i felt this thing
i can't replace
when everyone was working for this goal
where all the children left without a trace
only to come back as pure as gold
to recite this all
Hey oh here I am
And here we go
Life’s waiting to begin
Tonight
Hey oh here I am
And here we go
Life’s waiting to begin
Tonight
Hey oh here I am
And here we go
Life’s waiting to begin
I can not live
I can’t breathe
Unless you do this with me
I can not live
I can’t breathe
Unless you do this with me
I can not live
I can’t breathe
Unless you do this with me
I can not live
I can’t breathe
Unless you do this with me
I can not live
I can’t breathe
Unless you do this with me
I can not live
I can’t breathe
Unless you do this with me
Hey oh, here I am (do this with me)
Here we go
life's waiting to begin (do this with me)
Hey oh, here I am (do this with me)
Here we go
life's waiting to begin
life's waiting to begin
- Angels & Airwaves |
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