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My Thoughts on “Man of Steel”

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  (This is the poster for Man of Steel .)       Man of Steel . I wonder if any Russians 🇷🇺, Georgians 🇬🇪, or Eastern Europeans over the age of 50 (maybe even 60) saw that title and immediately thought (before seeing that iconic S logo or any of the posters or trailers) that it was a biopic about Joseph Stalin since his nickname was the “Man of Steel.” I also wonder if that confusion over the nickname was one of the main inspirations for the comic book limited series, Superman: Red Son , where Superman (or Kal-El/Clark) lands in Soviet Russia ☭ instead of Kansas, and not just becomes a proud Soviet ☭ and government lackey and propaganda symbol for the Soviet government ☭, but also becomes a close friend or protégé of Stalin himself. He even kills Stalin at one point during the story. Also, Batman’s Russian too for some reason? I don’t know what’s that about. So, even back in 2003 when Superman: Red Son came out, people were already making the connection between S...

Cartoon Network’s “Atom Ant ⚛️🐜” Groovy is Quite…Groovy

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  (This is a screenshot from Cartoon Network’s Groovy music video Atom Ant ⚛️🐜 showing Atom Ant ⚛️🐜.)   Remember in my last post when I had a few surprises for the month of March that I thought you guys were going to like? Well, this is one of them. I’ll keep the other one a secret for now, especially since I’m planning on writing about it tomorrow or whenever I’m in the mood to write another post for this blog. Considering that I usually write a lot, and it usually takes a whole entire day to finish just one of these things, sometimes even two days, I do kind of need to a break the next day. Sometime to unwind and recharge my battery 🔋 so that I’m ready to write the following day. Depending on how long this ends up being, the other surprise post will either come out tomorrow (Saturday March 7, 2025) or the day after that (Sunday March 8, 2025).    That is of course assuming that nothing comes up, and I don’t end doing something or going somewhere that keeps me ...