This weekend Astro Boy opened in theaters. At first glance it appears it is not going to be doing very well at the box office. Perhaps moviegoers have said, "enough is enough" or maybe this one just does not appear that it's going to cut it. Or maybe people are not as familiar with the character?
Think about who we have seen on the big screen: Batman, Superman, Hulk, Phantom, Spiderman and many others. Many years ago when Batman hit the small screen, it was enormous. Adam West and Burt Ward played the roles of Batman and Robin and they captured the imaginations of boys around the country---I was one of them. When they hit the big screen my friends and I saw the movie at least 4 times. I remember the greatest thrill was sitting in the front row of the theater.
Batman has changed however. He has gone from a good guy trying to help out the people of Gotham city when times were simple and easy to today's Batman who is a lot darker and violent. (He does, however, continue to fight the bad guys.)
In the case of Spiderman, he really shocked the country when the first Spiderman movie came out a number of years ago. I don't think anyone was expecting the success to be this large. How big was it? Marvel was sold to Disney this year for $4 Billion dollars. I am fairly certain without the success of some of these movies, and other Marvel movies, that the price would not have been a 1/3 of what it turned out to be.
So why is Spiderman out on the streets of NYC not helping fight crime, but asking for money? Maybe he was not included in the Marvel buyout? I am not sure. I do know when this picture was taken of Spiderman he was not flying around by web but walking by foot. Who knows?
I would assume even super heroes have been effected by the recession...let's make sure we take care of these men and women as we need all the help we can get in the streets of Gotham and Main.
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