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  • Title: Man of Steel
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Man of Steel

Warner Bros. has released a (somewhat blurry) movie poster and new full-length trailer for Man of Steel, DC’s new Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill and directed by Zack Snyder. Although the new trailer doesn’t give away much more about the film’s plot than the earlier teaser trailer it does give us some strong hints that we are in for yet another origin tale as well as giving us glimpses of Lois Lane (Amy Adams) and Zod (Michael Shannon). Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, and Tahmoh Penikett also star. Man of Steel opens in theaters on June 14th.

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Red Hood and the Outlaws #14

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red-hood-and-the-outlaws-14-coverThe Red Hood, Arsenal, and Starfire return from their outer space adventure only to have another alien hunt them down – Superman. Despite knowing they can’t win the battle the Outlaws take on the Man of Steel until eventually exhausting themselves and hearing what Superman wants.

I’m glad to see the group back on Earth, and the appearance of Superman (and their reaction to him) works well-enough. However, the comic gets into deep trouble with Superman’s weak explanation for showing up and the comic’s 180-degree shift to move the story into a Death of the Family crossover.

Given Jason Todd’s personal experience with the Joker it should have been the easiest thing in the world to tie the comic to the ongoing Bat-title crossover. However, what we are given here is awkward beyond belief reinforcing the idea that the Joker is responsible for Todd being chosen as Robin in moves that make the impossibly complicated plans of Heath Ledger’s Joker look amateurish by comparison. Hit-and-Miss.

[DC, $2.99]

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News and Notes – Neil deGrasse Tyson discovers Krypton

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Neil deGrasse Tyson discovers KryptonToday’s issue of Action Comics #14 (entitled “Star Light, Star Bright”) features an appearance by world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson who shows up to help Superman discover the true location of his home planet of Krypton. Applying real science to the character’s comic book legend Tyson discovered a “red dwarf star designated for having the ability to support a Krypton-like planet is located in the constellation Corvus 27.1 light years from Earth.”

This means, beginning today, and following the coordinates supplied by Tyson, any amateur astronomer can find the little spec of light in the sky known as Krypton. For more you can find the full press release inside.

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  • Title: Man of Steel
  • IMDB: link

Warner Bros. released an initial teaser trailer for Man of Steel, DC’s new Superman reboot starring Henry Cavill as Superman. Directed by Zack Snyder, the initial trailer gives us lots of slow moving montage, little story, and Clark Kent who apparently is working with Forest Gump and Bubba as a shrimp fisherman. I’m so confused. Amy Adams, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne, and Tahmoh Penikett also star. Man of Steel opens in theaters next June.

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