My (Super) Hero
/A few months ago, my son, Jonathan (16) breathlessly runs in.
"Mom, you've got to see this!" He then proceeds to show me the following movie trailer:
Explosions! People in peril! ! MARVEL SUPERHEROES ! ! (Win.Win.WIN!)
He knows (because I've told him repeatedly, as I have all four of my kids) that I was a nerdy comic-book-loving kid. That's right. Little known fun fact.
{WARNING: Over-sharing-Uber-nerd Alert!}
My dad used to take me to the local drugstore on weekends and let me pick out 3 or 4 comic books every week. It's how I learned to read in English. This probably flies in the face of all kinds of English as a second language research, but, whatever....
I would very carefully choose a variety of comic books, from the Harvey classics, like Richie Rich to the "teen" comedy, Archie (for the record, I was always very pro-Betty, but that's not important right now). I also really loved the action/adventure Marvel comics.
Thor was my favorite of the Avengers. Mostly because he said cool things like:
"WE'LL NEVER BE BEATEN! FOR WE ARE...THE AVENGERS!"
(By the way, the only time you should EVER use the Comic Sans font is in a comic book. There. I said it.)
Back to the Avengers. And specifically to Thor. The Mighty Thor. I loved Thor. He had the hammer. The cool Viking vibe. When I was in high school we were The Mighty Vikings. It like one big cosmic Thor Love-fest.
In fact, when Adam was three, I dressed him as Thor for Halloween. I did. I swear. (Excuse me while I go dig up some proof.....)
Ta-da!
Hey! Superheroes come in all sizes (and my son has since forgiven me). But that's not important right now.
As I got older, my comic book consumption diminished, but my love of all things Marvel did not. In the late 70's, I religiously watched Bill Bixby/Dr. Bruce Banner turn into Lou Ferrigno/The Incredible Hulk . (Who didn't?)
So back to Jonathan and The Avengers Movie Trailer....
- I am thrilled that my 16 year old and I have such awesome common ground.
- We are out-of-our-skin excited to see the film. In theaters everywhere on May 4th.
Were doubly excited that the makers of LEGO are also aboard the Avengers-train. Embrace the awesomeness:
And so is Target. This is seriously the cutest ad ever. Watch. And love.
We are definitely going to be following the Awesomeness that is The Avengers on Facebook. And counting down to May 4th. (Thanks, Disney Pictures!)
I don't know about you, but in our family, nerdiness does not skip a generation.
So, any other uber-nerds out there? I know there are. Come on. Talk to me.
