Wizard World Chicago 2008 Contest: How Many Pictured Superheroes Can You Guess?

HollywoodChicago.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:57:33 -0700

CHICAGO – Greetings, true believers! Another year of Wizard World Chicago has come and gone. To help hold you off until next year, HollywoodChicago.com is hosting a contest to see who knows their masked crusaders best!

Following our pre-show coverage and pre-show slideshow, senior staff writer Dustin Levell managed to press the flesh with scores of heroes and villains on the floor of Wizard World Chicago 2008. Whether it be the Justice League of America, Legion of Doom, Alliance, Rebel or even hot girl or really scary guy, Dustin was there to meet them.

See how many of these 54 pictures of icons from the realm of comic books, sci-fi and anime you can identify. As a bonus, we’ve added four pictures for extra credit that we aren’t quite sure are identifiable characters.

The entries with the most correct answers will be entered into a drawing to win fun prizes. We promise you this is challenging, fun and worth your time. We have built an online form for you to submit your answers. Keep this slideshow open in one window to see the pictures and the online form in other to submit your answers.

As you scroll through the photos, swap between the two windows and enter your answers in the online form. Submit your form when you’ve answered as many as you can. You can click “Next” or “Previous” above or jump directly to individual photos below. Good luck, and excelsior!

See our 54-image Wizard World Chicago 2008 superhero and villain slideshow and submit your answers online!

By DUSTIN LEVELL
Senior Staff Writer
HollywoodChicago.com
dustin@hollywoodchicago.com

Superhero Film ‘Hancock’ With No Superhero Ancestry Proves Bold But Deadly Decision

HollywoodChicago.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:35:37 -0700

CHICAGO – With superhero films as hot in 2008 as psychedelics were in the 1960s, the new blockbuster superhero film “Hancock” fits in with the label but without any of the ancestry.

Rating: 2.0/5.0

While 2008 superhero films such as “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “The Dark Knight,” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” and “Punisher: War Zone” (along with “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” coming in 2009) are all based on previous stories with a previously ravenous fan base, “Hancock” with an alcoholic and listless Will Smith and Charlize Theron – who hides a surprise bombshell – literally comes from nowhereland.

Read Adam Fendelman’s full review of “Hancock” in our reviews section.

View our full, high-resolution “Hancock” image gallery.

In fact, “Hancock” is the only 2008 superhero film not derived from a previously established comic book.

The original script for “Hancock,” which was inked by Vincent Ngo in 1996 and called “Tonight, He Comes,” was shuffled through the Hollywood director’s circuit until director Peter Berg (“The Kingdom,” “Friday Night Lights,” “The Rundown”) finally ate it up in Oct. 2006. Filming began in July 2007.

Its truly original origin could have either been its golden savior or its deadly assassin. The decision ultimately proved treacherous as everything it tried to do to be different just made it the same.

Its originality actually might not seem so novel, too, once you consider the 1983 film “The Return of Captain Invincible”. In that film, Alan Arkin plays Captain Invincible and Christopher Lee plays his nemesis (Mr. Midnight). Captain Invincible is asked to return from retirement to the superhero battlefields, but this time around, he’s a raging alcoholic. Sound familiar? Uh huh.

“Hancock,” which features Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and director Michael Mann in a small acting role, opened everywhere on July 2, 2008.

Continuing reading for Adam Fendelman’s full “Hancock” review.

Charlize Theron (left) and Will Smith in “Hancock”.
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Will Smith (center) “Hancock”.
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Continuing reading for Adam Fendelman’s full “Hancock” review.

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Wizard World Chicago 2008 Contest: How Many Pictured Superheroes Can You Guess?

Superhero Film ‘Hancock’ With No Superhero Ancestry Proves Bold But Deadly Decision