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Platypus Man
12/20/08

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"But in an era where popular culture is so dominated by superheroes that Will Smith is still allowed to walk the streets after Hancock"

Is this implying that Hancock was bad? I thought it was a pretty good movie and in no way deserved this comment.
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Corvus-Corax
12/20/08

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There is more the one, after all SinterKlass comes on 5 December, Santa Claus on 24 December, Granfather Winter comes on 31 December, and La Befana & the Magi come on 5 January.
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RAHfanboy
12/20/08

@Corvus-Corax: I think he was only talking about the REAL one.
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Hookey
12/20/08

@RAHfanboy for one, welcomes his Marxist overlords.: What, the Coca-Cola one?
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RAHfanboy
12/20/08

@Hookey: It's the REAL THING!
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bakana
12/20/08

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Using a definition of superhero broad enough to include Santa Claus would definitely guarantee he wasn't the first... and that the first was definitely ages before Jesus. Think Hercules, Amon-Ra, UtnaPishtim.

(I don't know if Jesus would qualify as a superhero anymore than, say, Gandhi or MLK or whatever. Though most Marvel superheroes seem to share his uncanny ability to rise from the dead...)
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RAHfanboy
12/20/08

@bakana: I don't think Gandhi or MLK raised the dead, healed the sick, walked on water or changed it into wine. The loaves and fishes trick was worthy of a Super Hero as well.
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Grey_Area
12/20/08

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This isn't Science Fiction but it does have a lovely Holiday feel:

Nicholas Was...

[www.neilgaiman.com]
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Grey_Area
12/20/08

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This is silly. It is well known that Santa Claus is really your father. That's right everybody, he's Graeme's dad.
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Makidian
12/20/08

@Grey_Area: That made me lol
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Grey_Area
12/20/08

@Makidian: Glad to be of service.
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