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Can’t wait to see the new Spiderman. Well, I can but… I really think the Spiderman franchise is the best movie adaptation of a Superhero. We can see the soul of Spiderman/Peter Parker. We can make links with our lives (well, I do). At the opposite, Superman. Nice, classic superhero (my favorite when I was 3) but we feel so far from him. No wonder the latest adaptation wasn’t a big success. Even the Christopher Reeves ones, we can’t much say “oh yeah, I know what it’s like”. We see a dude flying and fighting a bald man (when the bad guy is the main interest of a superhero movie it’s not a good sign). Could they make a Superman movie closer from us ? I don’t know if I could find a way myself (still, interesting challenge).
At least, if you can’t make it close, make it wild, like the X-Men. They tried hard to put personnal issues in the franchise but the main interest is the wildness of these characters. Wolverine mostly. I don’t think you can’t put much wildness in Superman.
Hulk and Batman are a bit of a mix of closeness and wildness.
Superman is really something else. Maybe we still like him because he’s the father of all modern superheroes ?

After watching the movie 300, I went to see the comic book.
To me, it looked like a cheap storyboard of the movie. I don’t see the point of buying it since I saw the movie. But I will totally buy the DVD…
1. TV
24, House, The Office, Minuit le soir, Grey’s Anatomy, news and other stuff.
2. Thinking about things I could write
I fortunately am in a good cycle of creativity with way less wasteful thinking than over the last months and years.
3. Write to my European friend
Hello, European friend.
4. Comics
For the humor, I guess.
5. Free coffee at work
I can’t get as much excited about the free napkins.
6. Blog
I guess I’m a blogaholic.
7. My new mp3 player
Strangely, had about the same timing that the good cycle mentioned at number two.
8. *sigh*
Also has to do with two and seven.
For all the coffee jokes of Toothpaste for dinner, click here.









