Here is Presto - the full version of the original Pixar digital short that was played before Wall-E in theaters.

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I’m not completely sure why I love this series so. If i had to hazard a guess, I think it taps into a subconscious comic book fanboy wish-fulfillment that things like September 11 just don’t happen without some great heroic force rising up to miraculously prevent it or at least mitigate damage and loss of life.

But I digress. Lets talk Ex Machina. Despite my longtime fan status of both the Marvel and DC universes, if I was to be deserted on a desert isle with every issue, past, present and future of ANY comic, I would want an endless (or at least twice as long as Harris’ 80 issue stint on Starman) run of Ex Machina with its creative team of writer Brian K. Vaughn and artist Tony Harris forever intact . I’m sorry if they have other plans, too bad - they must NEVER stop producing this series. Plus it needs to be a movie.

I once wrote an odd short story about it the effect of September 11 on a comic book fan who lived with view of the World Trade Center. If anyone is interested I may post it sometime… Who knows, I may post it even if you aren’t interested.

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SPOLIERIFIC COMMENTS: I hate to say I told you so, but I totally called the Elle/Sylar romance last week. Hello Sylar baby momma. I like them together. Now if they’ll only start working for the RIGHT SIDE! I think that they will redeem each other and then get the hell out of Pinehearst and back to Primatech

Not sure how I feel about 10 year old Hiro yet. Sure, it’s a convenient way to recapture some of the character’s adorable 1st season enthusiasm, but it’s a bit transparent. I also didn’t totally get how that happened. I will be rewatching the whole thing today as popapathy missed it last night and I want to watch with him.

NBC’s 2 Minute Replay of the 111708 Heroes Episode - It’s Coming

I’m warming to a depowered Peter. He’s a heroic enough character that a lack of flashy powers isn’t going to stop him. It doesn’t stop Batman, Robin or Captain America. I’d like to see him show more ingenuity though - there can’t ALWAYS be a handy exposed pipe full of flammable gas. I do hope the coming eclipse does give him a new powerset though.

Also did anyone else notice that Peter now has futurePeter’s scar?!?!? He got it when Sylar telekinetically tossed him out the window after Arthur stole his powers. One mystery solved!

And the full episode via hulu…

I hope we get more info on Sylar’s power - it seems like they are beginning to suggest that the various forms of power mimicry that we have seen (Peter Petrelli - empathy absorbtion, Sylar - creepy brain fiddling, and Arthur Petrelli - power stealing) may in fact be different aspects of the same power. Arthur seems to have a better understanding of the “hunger” that accompanies Sylar’s power than Sylar does. And how is that possible unless they have the same power?

It makes sense when you look at Matt’s dad Maury and the evolution we’ve seen of their telepathic abilities. As they grow stonger and more confident in their abilities, their skill increases as well. I bet Sylar will eventually be able to steal powers just like his dear old biodad.

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Every few generations a talent comes along that is so amazing it must be celebrated. Former Rascal exclusive, Matt Summers golden throat makes him just such a legend. He only made about 9 films between 2001 and 2006 before vanishing from the porn spotlight. I still hope he pops up again one day… he could have been a legend.

The best example of his cock-stiffening sword swallowing act is when he deepthroats all eleven inches of Chad Hunt’s mammoth meat in the all oral extravaganza Oral Exams. His cocksucking in the over the top study hall orgy scenes from that movie as well as its anal-inclusive sequel, Detention were just as impressive. If he can take all of Chad Hunt, then the cock-hungry boy can probably swallow just about any shaft down to the base.

I personally think his tendency towards wildly convulsive full-body orgasms is kinda hot too.

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Issue 126 welcomes the new Thunderbolts creative team of writer Andy Diggle (Losers, Green Arrow: Year One) and penciler Roberto De La Torre (IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF S.H.I.E.L.D.).

The events of Secret Invasion have taken Norman Osborn out of Thunderbolts Mountain…and when the cat is away, the mice will play! Bullseye owes Songbird big time – and now it’s time to settle up! A huge upheaval is coming for the T-Bolts, and the beginning tremors are felt here!

Warren Ellis’ run was certainly a tough act to follow and the Secret Invasion tie ins weren’t much. I’m looking forward to where this title is going post Secret Invasion.

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There is a new set of Heroes webisodes that began airing last week - Heroes Destiny. In case you missed it, here are the first 2. Santiago was one of the 2 characters who won NBC’s 2007-2008 Create Your Hero contest. Santiago has the powers of accelerated probability and super speed.

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Last Saturday, November 15th 2008 was a National Day of Protest about Proposition 8. Queerty and Towleroad has a great gallery of Marriage Equality protests from cities all over the United States. be sure to check it out and upload any photos of your own.

The photos below are some of the multitude of protest signs held aloft proudly in front of San Francisco’s City Hall… courtesy of my favorite guy, popapathy.

I love that here in San Francisco when there is a Prop 8 protest at City Hall as part of a National Day of Protest it is with the blessing of the city. Although the crowd was estimated at around 7500 people, I saw none of the racial hate speech or out of control rowdy types or overzealous police that I’ve read about at previous protests in other locations.

It was a beautiful and peaceful event with inspirational chorus of supportive speaking voices of all creeds and racial backgrounds.

Wednesday November 19th, from 7-9pm, at the SF LGBT Community Center (1800 Market - at Octavia) a “Community Forum is being held to address the issue “How can we better build bridges between the LGBT Community and communities of color.”

More than 4,000 people showed up in Manhattan for what gay-rights activists were calling a national day of protest, with other rallies taking place across California and in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Fargo, N.D., and other cities, most put together by person-to-person efforts across the Internet.

In San Diego, a crowd estimated by police at 20,000 and by organizers at 25,000 demonstrated against Prop. 8, while in Los Angeles police said between 10,000 and 12,000 people marched peacefully though the downtown area. Smaller protests were held in cities and towns across the state.

Another high point was comedian Wanda Sykes coming out as a pissed off gay-married lesbian Saturday at a the Las Vegas Protest… and without arranging for the customary “Yep I’m gay” People Magazine cover. She announced they pissed off the wrong group of people and she is damn right.

This appears to be the season of Prop 8 protests so in case you are looking for some nifty signs YOU could hold up high while chanting or taunting some magic underwear clad Mormons out to impose their religious judgment on a neighboring state…

visit protest8sf.wordpress’s publicity gallery for a variety of stylish downloadable fliers and signs

Another gallery of some really great no on Prop 8 signs can be found at against8.blogspot.com

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Marvel’s X-Men continue to be on the forefront (for the comics world) of LGBT issues. Not only does the Marvel mutant concept itself speak to any minority considered “different”, but also Northstar, the first out-and-proud Marvel Superhero first appeared in the pages of the X-Men and he eventually found his way into their roster (though the writers have since killed him, resurrected him, made him evil and brought him back into the fold as a well-meaning but kinda bitchy queen). His footsteps were followed by later LGBT characters such as Karma and Anole. Jonas Graymalkin is the latest in a fine fictional gay and lesbian mutant tradition.

The recent X-Men Manifest Destiny #3 of 5 had a number of short stories, including a dark and touching origin story told by the latest addition to the X-Men’s roster - Jonas Graymalkin. At first I didn’t get that Graymalkin was talking to someone (Anole) as he narrated his history. In the 1800’s, his homophobic father caught him about to secretly rendezvous with a boyfriend, called him an “abomination” and beat him to the brink of death then buried him alive. The darkness of his grave triggered his latent mutant power which kept him alive and alone for 200 years (his power works in complete darkness, and the darkness of a grave kept him invulnerable enough to survive without food or water for that long - though I’m not sure why it took him so long to dig out is he’s superstrong in the dark too - unless he didn’t try - the boy needs a fictional therapist).

His is possibly the saddest, most disturbing origins I have read to date (and I’ve read a lot of comics). I cannot even imagine the issues someone in that position would go through, but I sincerely hope Marvel’s writers attempt to figure it out.

I’m pretty psyched to see two gay members of the Young X-Men, but oddly enough, I’m not looking for a gay romance between the characters. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for gay romances being integrated into the mainstream of comics (a la Hulkling and Wiccan). But we already have that relationship (though it NEEDS a monthly home) and I’d rather see something new.

I don’t think a realistic platonic friendship between 2 gay characters has ever been attempted. So although the “intoxicating” meal and music that Jonas shared with Anole was likely his “first date” ever, I hope the writers can do better than instant deep abiding love and be a bit more realistic. Sometimes its more important to have a friend, and after what Graymalkin has been through - he DEFINITELY needs a friend more than a lover.

In time a lover shouldn’t be a problem. The X-Men are now celebs in the San Francisco of the Marvel Universe. There would be more than a few gay boys around who could love a 200 year old sensitive yet super strong and comic book muscled gray mutant with bug eyes (I can think of ONE I know personally who would probably consider such an act if he wasn’t already so very taken… he knows who he is) I think Anole and Graymalkin would make great 4color rolemodels as gay wingmen.

I’d like to see some realistic confusion from Graymalkin - with his established backstory, I could see him falling for the first out-and-proud gay guy to tell him its OK to be who he is. But I think the story possibilities that would result from Graymalkin and Anole being best friends could do a lot more good.

Graymalkin has an as yet undiscovered link to “Cypher” (most likely the long-dead New Mutant Doug Ramsey - who was also buried on Xavier soil - but he was actually dead - though Cypher’s bond with Warlock makes anything possible.).

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Rainbow was a Sesame Street style British children’s tv series which aired twice weekly from 1972 to 1992

In 1979, the cast and crew of Rainbow made a special exclusive sketch for the internal Thames TV staff Christmas tape (not to be broadcast) featuring plenty of deliberate adult humor. The episode was never shown at the time, but became famous after being aired on Victor Lewis-Smith’s Channel 4 programme TV Offal (1997) and was jokingly referred to as “the pilot episode”

Here it is for your viewing pleasure…

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I though of this feature after a friend of mine told me that a straight mutual friend of ours was checking out my blog at work to read about the protests and got caught with gay smut onscreen by some co-workers. Sorry about that dude. Have them read this - I can attest that you are as straight as you are likely to be late to your own party (which is quite likely if you know him).

I can’t change the past and undo you gettin busted, but I AM implementing Safe For Work (SFW) and Not Safe For Work (NSFW) tags on ALL posts past present and future. I want ALL my geek friends to feel comfortable on this site.

I’ve added tags to all 837 posts I’ve published since I launched the blog. So if you want to read HeroesNHunks sans penetration and penises (as straight fanboys or gay guys at work may prefer), bookmark heroesnhunks.com/wordpress/tag/sfw.

If you will want to go back later on in the privacy of your own home to see what kind of juicy pornography I’ve been posting without reading all that pesky politics and comic book previews… then the new heroesnhunks.com/wordpress/tag/nsfw link is your cup of tea. It includes ALL gay porn video clips and previews, action stills and XXX pornstar galleries. So don’t go there unless you are all about the cock.

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Here is the OTHER post I lost due to the server time warp… Check out the high res versions at CBR

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Superman: Kingdom Come Special One Shot: the first true Alex Ross created follow up story to the original epic Kingdom Come is here. Earth-22’s Superman isn’t sure where or if he belongs on the Earth he now calls home. He has a talk with Lois Kent and Norman McCay. Ross’s pencils, inks and paints are as powerful as ever and his words tell quite a story as well.

Action Comics #871: We begin to see into the minds of a few of the many new Kryptonians on Earth, including Zod’s soldiers and the new Nightwing and Flamebird. Also a dozen or so Kryptonians dogpile on Doomsday - yes you read right, Doomsday.

Captain Britain and MI-13 #7: Keeps getting better and better. Blade and Lady Farsworth start to hit it off (or at least he stopped staking her for now). Captain Britain finally has his long lost wife Meggan in his sights, or does he? All this plus the Black Knight goes berserk?

Titans #7: I wasn’t impressed with the Sins of the Father arc. This one interests me much more. We finally get some resolution on the Match/Jericho situation. I’d already figured out that it had to end with Jericho going nutzo - as it was exposed in DC Decisions that his mind retains a residue of the people he possesses - and he’s posssessed some BAD people. So I knew where it was going, yet I still enjoyed the ride more than the previous 6 issues. This issue takes a big jump up my list. I loved the artwork too.

Manhunter #36: This is a great title that was resurrected from cancellation due to fan interest - but I hear it is in trouble again. Not only is it an interesting story with an intelligent, heroic female protagonist, but it also is an unpredictably fascinating story and even has a positive somewhat realistic (for comics at least) portrayal of a loving relationship between Obsidian and his boyfriend.

Booster Gold #14: More Starro. Since when is Chronos twins? The Starro 2 parter seems like a filler story designed to establish a cryptic relationship between the female Chronos twin and Booster. But even a filler story on this title is pretty damned good.

X-Men: Magneto: Testament #3 of 5: This miniseries does an excellent job of telling the horrific story of what happened to the family of one of Marvel’s mightiest mutants - Magneto. It is a beautifully told tale unlike any other comic I’ve read. It is a testimonial to the excellence of every book higher on my list that this is so low on my list this week. It is a wonderful albeit sad book.

Green Arrow and Black Canary #14: OK, Conner Hawke’s alive, with a healing factor based from Plastic Man’s DNA, but forgot he is a pacifist and how to shoot a bow. Looks like a new heroic Identity for Green Arrow II, the name is linked to the bow.

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I can only hope that the fact that this issue has a new art team (Valentine De Landro and Jonathan Sibal) means that Larry Stroman’s hideous artwork has been exorcised from the pages of X-Factor forever. FINGERS CROSSED!

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Melissa Etheridge and her partner beam their opinion to the Oprah Winfrey Show. Thanks Oprah! Stand your ground Melissa! - I’d like to see you take that not paying taxes thing to the test - wish I had the ball to do that - but I wouldn’t last 2 minutes in prison, so I’ll probably keep paying despite the lack of equal rights. Now if there were a few million of us telling them to screw themselves and pay for their own shit, I might be bolder…

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Writer, Mark Millar and Artists Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary’s built-for-the-big-screen stint on Fantastic Four comes to a head this month with the “The Galactus Engine”, the concluding chapter of their epic “Death of the Invisible Woman” arc. It’s been a roller coaster of a read and if you missed it, I’m sure it will make a must have trade paperback.