Super Powers~

When a young couple tries to save their marriage by dressing up as super heroes in the bedroom, they end up saving much more than their sex life. Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short Film at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.


Anne is lonely. She lives with her mother, has no friends, and is fighting cancer. Her escape from reality exists in the form of The Aviatrix, an intergalactic superhero alter ego who rockets through space to fight the powers of evil on distant planets.

On Archetypes

The superhero genre is also frequently cited as emblematic of archetypal literature.
The young, flawed, and brooding antihero [Spider-Man] became the most widely imitated archetype in the superhero genre since the appearance of Superman.
—Bradford W. Wright, Comic Book Nation: The transformation of Youth Culture in America 212
—Superman on the Couch by Danny Fingeroth 151

Reflections..
A reflection from The Dark Knight..
What is the significance of heroes/superheroes in our culture? Do we need them?

On Marvel vs DC
Another superhero video,this one's a pretty witty critique of the current state of affairs with the Marvel and DC Comics film franchises, and have some especially amusing criticisms of Bryan Singer, who abandoned two films already in pre-production, X-Men: The Last Stand and a remake of Logan's Run, to film Superman Returns. Awesome work by ItsJustSomeRandomGuy.



There's actually 50 odd videos in the series, and all are great. Check them out here.
One notable one is this:
Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC...and I'm Hellboy. A comparison with HellBoy, Dark Horse Comics, not with marvel or DC that has also hit the cinema.