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America's 250 * Happy Fourth of July

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 It's a fabulous moment in history for this country to reach 250 years of liberty and freedom. For those of us, the inheritors of the liberty and freedom that we share from the blood and sacrifice of all those who won it, we should renew our gratitude, remembering those heroes. Created using ChatGPT Images         

A.I. Co-Written Treatment for A Summer Blockbuster Movie....

[ I asked an Artificial Intelligence to write me a treatment summary for a summer blockbuster movie using my OTP as the protagonists. Here's what we came up with. ] Title : "Wonder Cap Project: Shadow Island" Genre : Action/Adventure Plot Summary : "Wonder Cap Project: Shadow Island" is a thrilling summer blockbuster that brings together the iconic heroes Captain America and Wonder Woman as they join forces to confront the arch-villains Cheetah, Crossbones, and Giganta. The film takes audiences on an action-packed journey as our heroes face off against HYDRA, led by the Red Skull, who have seized control of an island nation near Wonder Woman's home island. In the midst of escalating tensions between nations, the island nation succumbs to HYDRA's relentless assault. The Amazonian troops, led by Wonder Woman, prepare for an invasion for neighboring Themyscira , while Captain America senses that a greater threat lies beneath the surface. With thei...

Merry Christmas 2019

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Body Paint Artist Covers Both Characters

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While most fan fiction writers and cosplay artists indulge in bringing their own talents to these timeless archetype characters, a few people get to stand out among their fellow fans and wind up creating something extraordinary. Kay Pike, a Canadian artist and body painter, takes careful practice to use herself as the canvas. Each week she talks to her fans and paints her body to match a lot of pop culture characters. She's been able to do Captain America once and Wonder Woman twice in a few different costumes. I've saved a few of her camera shots of the finished products and posted them here for all of you to enjoy. Do you like her artwork style? She's designed them to start as a 2D painting only for her image to come alive to an action pose. As far as her classic wonder woman goes, I think she really got the hair flowing correctly and was able to accentuate the ripping muscles in her arms and abdomen. Some fans tend to accentuate Wonder Woman's beauty as he...

Top 5 Cliches for Captain America

Captain America is more than a costume, a shield, or a convenient symbol to place inside a modern argument. Steve Rogers is an iconic character, but he is also a man with a very specific moral center. At his best, Captain America is not whatever one political side needs him to be in the moment. He is not propaganda with muscles. He is a purpose-driven hero who speaks from conscience, restraint, duty, and common sense. When Steve gives one of those classic inspirational speeches, it should not feel like a lecture from a political campaign. It should feel like Steve Rogers reminding people of the right thing to do. Here are a few trends around Captain America that I think writers should be careful with: "Political Assignment" Captain America belongs to all of us. That does not mean he should be empty or neutral. Steve has values. He believes in freedom, courage, responsibility, sacrifice, and standing up for people who cannot stand up for themselves. But there is a difference b...

4th Of July 2018

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Captain America and Wonder Woman 2018

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July 4th - American Independence Day

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Merry Christmas 2015

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Promotional: A Fan Fiction Epic

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4th of July 215

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Keeping It Basic on Valentines

At the agency's headquarters, Steve Rogers had an office. He rarely used it, preferring to be in the field constantly. It was late in the agency's building, Steve sat at his desk in his office with most of the usual stacks of files moved to another location in the room. His latest attention was to a old ratty book that looked like it had yellowed pages. He flipped through it carefully, but then set it down away from the center of the desk. He then pulled to the center a ream of scrap paper, a small bottle of Elmer's glue and a jar of glitter. He sat there at the desk and again pondered on what kind of direction he was going to take. "Com'mon, Steve," he mumbled to himself. "You've punched out Hitler over 50 times, but somehow you've got to know how to make this simple little thing look great. Is this befitting a princess?" At that moment, Diana had just arrived outside his wide open door. "Hey, Steve, I have the latest bri...

Valentines Day 2015

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Character Study: The Ultimate Evil - Nationalist Socialist Workers Party

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The one inescapable analysis to the origins of Captain America and Wonder Woman is that they were both created at the same time for war propaganda. For every great good shining through in every righteous hero and heroine, there must also be the contrast of the worst evil humanity has ever witnessed. The Nationalist Socialist Workers Party, aka Nazis, earned their repudiation because of their extreme prejudice, as well as global domination. Today, Nazis are chronicled on the history channel and portrayed as the ultimate villains in fiction films and literature. But as time changed and society still needed heroes, Captain America and Wonder Woman adapted to fight evil in all it's forms. Here, I'd like to take a look at what they were fighting before the concept of super-villains became the norm. Captain America as seen on the cover of his own book is punching Adolf Hitler the leader of the Nazi regime. But I think it stood for more than just that. It was a high concept of liter...

Promotional Poster Art

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The Captain's Christmas

Steve stood before the adorned Christmas tree in the studio hallway where many of the other agents walked by. Many moments were like this for Steve since returning to active duty. The memories of long ago were creeping back up on him and the holiday down-time were making it even harder to block out. Many of Steve's agents and teammates would often see him gazing off stoically, but it had become so commonplace that they didn't bother disrupt the process. Every so often, Steve would see something or hear a phrase and it would remind him of someone from his past. That unusual ache in his heart would be something that only he would uniquely have to bear.Steve Rodgers would look over his shoulder at the bustling agents in the building being totally oblivious to the corner where the Christmas tree stood. It was a modest tree for such a public display. Instead of the red ribbons, it was given a red, white, and blue theme. The tinsel was a red-white-blue paper streamer an...

Merry Christmas 2014

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Merry Christmas from the Patriotic Power Couple! Looking forward to plenty more written blogs in 2015!

Victorian Era Alternate Costume Cosplay

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Credit: Sacha Goldberger Credit: Sacha Goldberger Veteran photographer Sacha Goldberger has revealed his latest project that features many iconic superheroes redesigned for the 1600's (17th century). I am glad to see both the Captain and Princess are both represented despite both created in the 1940's and world war 2 propaganda. What do you think of the costume redesigns? I like the way the costumes are of an authentic looking cloth. It looks like they went through some serious research to get the authentic feel. Wonder Woman is still more modest in her long flowing dress instead of a more mobile short-pants or short skirt. They still managed to use the patriotic red, white and blue colors.

Happy Fourth Of July!

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Saluting the USA! Happy 238th Birthday, America!

Character Study: Alternate Costumes

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Captain America and Wonder Woman have been iconic fictional characters for over 73 years. Their unmistakably recognizable red, white, and blue costumes have been a part of the comic book as well as patriotic pop culture. However, when a character in comics needs a fresh direction, one of the artistic directions authors and artists usually go towards is a new costume design. Mainly it is to refresh the character and hopefully bring in new subscribers/readers. Both Captain America and Wonder Woman, in this instance, have used other costumes in battle, even abandoning the red white and blue patriotic designs. Let's examine the more familiar alternate designs. Agent Steve Rogers In the comic book continuity published in 2001, Steve Rodgers had resigned the title of Captain America over being disenfranchised with the shadowy nature United States government and defense protocols. He then finds work with S.H.I.E.L.D. and chooses a stealthy non-colorful battle suit without a cowl mas...