{"id":16074,"date":"2011-10-03T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T05:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=16074"},"modified":"2011-10-03T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T05:19:12","slug":"the-real-kick-ass-with-superheroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/10\/03\/the-real-kick-ass-with-superheroes\/","title":{"rendered":"The real Kick-Ass with Superheroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted:<a href=\"http:\/\/flickeringmyth.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/55th-bfi-london-film-festival-brings.html\"> http:\/\/flickeringmyth.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/55th-bfi-london-film-festival-brings.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/reallifesuperheroesarchive.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/superheroesdocu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32294\" alt=\"Superheroes the movie\" src=\"http:\/\/reallifesuperheroesarchive.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/superheroesdocu.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a>The BFI London Film Festival brings you the real Kick-Ass with Superheroes<br \/>\nIf, like Aaron Johnson\u2019s character in the award-winning film Kick-Ass, you\u2019ve ever had the urge to don a mask and fight crime, it seems you\u2019re not alone as insightful documentary Superheroes hits the big screen at the 55th BFI London Film Festival this month.<br \/>\nJourneying into the world of real-life caped crusaders, Superheroes follows a group of superhero fans from across North America, who are taking the law into their own hands. From the steel-plated \u2018Master Legend\u2019 in Orlando to evil-defeating \u2018Thanatos\u2019 in Vancouver, director Michael Barnett uncovers and documents this growing cultural phenomenon of vigilantes inspired by their comic book idols.<br \/>\nIntroducing several of the US\u2019 most famous masked heroes, the feature documentary follows individuals such as real-life Kick Ass, Mr Extreme, a 33 year old security guard by day who by night patrols the streets protecting the innocent, and organised crime-fighting group, The New York Initiative who bait traps to lure evildoers. Though their motives may differ and there powers are less than super, their intentions to protect the community and fight for the greater good unites them along with a shared love of comics.<br \/>\nWith interviews from Marvel Comics supremo, Stan Lee, psychologists and police representatives, Superheroes smartly addresses a number of serious issues about an individual\u2019s responsibility, and provides a compelling portrait of these real-life superheroes as they try to make the world a better place.<br \/>\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5zxCLbPncGk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BFI London Film Festival brings you the real Kick-Ass with Superheroes <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[68,205,299,1417,1609,1620,1673,1756,1901,2496,2564,2795,3013,3021],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}