For a long time it was Westerns, horror/monster flicks, slasher pics always dramas, disaster flicks for a while you know... fads trends. But the king of them all was westerns, until now. The superhero fad might not be a fad anymore. They keep making them and most of them make plently money, particularly the icons, Batman, Superman and now you'd have to add Spiderman to the mix. This is more than a fad, it's more lasting then that. Why our current fascination with superheros?

Is it because we increasingly see ourselves as powerless against crazed gunmen, terrorists, big inneffective government, economic downturs? Do the Supes scratch our deepseated desire for someone or something to "rescue us"? There's a psych thesis there for someone to think about.

Da Worfster