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Saturday Trending Topics: More Powerful Than A Locomotive

Published Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:56:41 -0500

Last updated Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:56:51 -0500

I kind of wish Jim Lee had gone forward with this Action Comics design, because it's a reinterpretation of one of the most classic Superman motiffs, which first appeared on a Superman cover on the original (and it's weird to have to put it that way, but here we are) Action Comics #13 by Joe Shuster. As a matter of fact I saw a debate recently over whether Action Comics #10 (the third Superman cover) or Action Comics #13 (the forth Supes cover) was more classic — and while I personally think the #10 is an epic cover, the #13 wins that argument, hands down.

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HitFix have ascertained that Myers has now signed on to reprise his role as Austin Powers, though there's no word yet on who will be writing or directing thius fourth installment. It's not too much of a stretch that Myers will pick up the pen again, and Jay Roach will grab the microphone.

Butchered Version Of Metropolis Headed To Blu-Ray, But It Has Its Fans – Apparently

In 1984, a remastered, recut and some (me) might say butchered version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis was released. The film had been chopped up, brutally colourised and decked out in counterproductive modern rock and pop music by Giorgio Moroder, master-moustached songwriter and record producer.

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