A Super Post

Since there seems to be a surplus of movies coming out lately, I thought it appropriate to post about this. Now, I'm just going to talk about a couple of my favorites since this would be rather extensive if I talked about every single one in existence.

SPIDER-MAN

My favorite superhero. He's always been my favorite, but I wasn't very vocal about it until the new reboot movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, was released. I hadn't really read much of the comics before, but I knew generally what the character was like in them and I liked how he was portrayed in the reboot better than the original trilogy. I just love this hero, OK? The crawling on walls, the swinging across rooftops, the Spider-sense, the super strength, the quick reflexes. His powers are so AWESOME!!! Plus his outfit is pretty sweet (even though I'm not a huge fan of red).
The Amazing Spider-Man got it right: in the comics, the web-shooting wasn't originally part of his powers, but something he developed later. In the beginning, he developed web-shooters for his wrists-- as seen in the movie. Also, he's such a smart-alek while he's got the mask on, in the comics, and the movie got that right as well. Another unique trait is that he's the first teenage superhero to actually star in his own comic. Before, the teens were usually just the sidekicks. And then his secret identity, Peter Parker, just d'aaaawww! In the original trilogy he was played by Tobey Maguire, but honestly I'm not a huge fan of his. I mean, sometimes I thought maybe he was sort of cute, but then sometimes there was just something about his face that bothered me. There was something about the way he talked... I don't know. But still, his character :D!!! But then Andrew Garfield took the role and portrayed it in a completely different way... and I liked it!
SECRET IDENTITY: PETER PARKER: a nerdy high school student who loves science and gets bullied a lot.

ZORRO

He's as much of a superhero as Batman (apparently he's a big inspiration for Batman). Using his mad fighting skills to defeat the bad guys, no special super powers. I was completely obsessed with The Mask of Zorro a couple years ago. It's still seriously one of my all-time favorite movies. I have only seen The Mask of Zorro and its sequel, The Legend of Zorro, so I only have one version of Zorro to discuss here. I love those old swashbuckling films with sword fights, secret plots, revenge, chases, escapes, "true love, miracles" (a little movie quote humor there for ya XP). I remember when I first watched this, it was purely because I was curious as to what Zorro was... and then I was hooked. I've always liked his outfit. Very... I don't know what the word is I'm looking for. Dashing? Foxy? (LOLOLOL "Foxy". Get it? Because Zorro means "fox" in Spanish?) Anyways, I love that he sometimes warns his enemies (with his trademark "Z") and they still are never prepared for him XD. I can't quite be sure about his secret identity since he's had several, although I think his most famous is Don Diego De la Vega (which is the mentor in The Mask of Zorro). Of course the one I'm familiar with is Alejandro Murrieta/De la Vega (played by Antonio Banderas), who succeeded Don Diego.
SECRET IDENTITY: DON DIEGO DE LA VEGA: a rather foppish, passionless young don who does not care much for action, romance, etc.

BATMAN

Speaking of Batman... of course everybody's favorite superhero is on my list. Seriously though, he is EVERYBODY'S favorite! I'm not really sure why. The musical, Holy Musical B@man, explores this concept, why does everybody love Batman so much? (Also I remember I saw an interview with The Avengers cast and somebody asked one of them who their favorite superhero was when he was growing up. At first he said Superman and only got a few cheers, which he noticed, so he changed his answer to Batman and got almost everybody cheering.) But, I admit, he is pretty awesome! I've probably seen the most movie versions of this hero than any others. Of course, lately I've been watching the ones starring Christian Bale. His outfit is pretty boss and his logo is probably my favorite superhero logo (it's a shame you can barely see it in the Christian Bale movies). The "Batman Voice" is the best though. It sounds like he's battling throat cancer or something. I can hardly take him seriously most of the time because it's just so different from his Bruce Wayne voice (you know, his secret identity in case you were oblivious).
SECRET IDENTITY: BRUCE WAYNE: carefree billionaire playboy who owns pretty much all of Gotham City.

SUPERMAN

Quite frankly, I will never understand why this one is not more popular. I mean, he is the epitome of the superhero! I freakin' love Superman (right after Spider-Man)! He's like the only (famous/popular) hero that can fly, he's got super strength, x-ray vision, heat vision, super speed, super breath/ice breath, and he's invicible (that's my favorite one. I love watching bullets ricochet off him, or when he gets whacked by a steel pole or something and is completely unaffected). Also, he's actually got an original backstory compared to most other superheroes. No radioactivity accidents or a tragic childhood or whatever. He's also the originator of most of the superhero stereotypes like changing in a phone booth.
I didn't know more than the average Joe on Superman until recently when I found out about the new movie, Man of Steel, which is coming out this Friday actually (SO PUMPED!). Then I started looking into it more. I've left my education (which included watching all the Christopher Reeve films and Smallville) with newfound love and appreciation for the character. I found that I not only love his hero side, but I totally love his secret identity. Clark Kent just always makes me laugh. Despite being the most well-known, he is the most glossed over. It must be the bright red trunks on the outside of his costume that loses people's respect XD. I suppose it's a good thing they took them away in the new film, although I'll admit I was a tiny bit disappointed.
SECRET IDENTITY: CLARK KENT: clumsy, socially awkward news reporter for the Daily Planet.

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

The original superhero. Lots of people say that Zorro is the originator of the superhero, but actually it's this one. He's the one that made the secret identity famous (although Zorro is the one that started the whole wearing a mask thing). This will forever be my favorite book, it's SOOO good! Again, no superpowers, he just relies wholly on his high intelligence, strategic thinking, and wit. For those of you that don't know, the Scarlet Pimpernel is a mysterious being who rescues french aristocrats from being beheaded at the guillotine. He doesn't wear a mask, but wears disguises to get past the guards at the gates in Paris so he can smuggle the aristocrats out. He is called "The Scarlet Pimpernel" because he always leaves behind a note signed with a small, red, star-shaped flower called a scarlet pimpernel.This character had a lot of inspiration for Zorro (who, in turn, had a lot of inspiration for Batman). So I suppose this one indirectly inspired Batman XD. I have seen three movie versions of this, but my favorite is the 1982 version with Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy (the 1934 version is pretty good too, but the TV mini series from 1999 is awful, awful, AWFUL!!! D:)
SECRET IDENTITY: SIR PERCIVAL BLAKENEY: a foppish, lazy english aristocrat who spends most of his days fussing over fashion, and writing "masterpiece" poems.

Have you noticed that like ALL superheroes are orphans? I mean Spider-Man lives with his aunt and uncle, Zorro-- well depends on which version-- but I think they're all orphans, Batman's parents were killed right in front of him when he was a kid, Superman's planet exploded when he was a baby (last son of Krypton, right?), the Scarlet Pimpernel's mom went crazy when he was kid and died shortly after and his dad died right after he sent him off to boarding school.
Iron Man's an orphan, Wolverine's an orphan, all the X-Men are orphans, Green Arrow's an orphan, Captain America's an orphan, I mean THEY'RE ALL ORPHANS!