Gone To The Dark Side

In a story that illustrates exactly what going to the Dark Side of the force really means (and that's not just breathing through a snorkel and saying 'The Force is strong with this one') .....
 

Gone To The Dark Side

... a man (or woman), dressed as Darth Vader held up the State Employees Credit Union in Pineville in North Carolina USA, this was in March 2015

 

Double-Barrelled Superhero

A man with the real  name of  'Batman bin Suparman' has been jailed for 33 months by a court in Singapore, on theft and drugs charges after stealing money from a shop, as well as using his brother's cash card to withdraw money.

Batman bin Suparman

This kind of beats the all the other naughty superheroes we have followed on this thread.

His double-barrelled superhero name had given him something of cult following on social media, from as long ago as May 2008, when his a Singaporean ID card began being widely shared on social media with more 15,000 tweets and 11,000 followers on facebook.

Its still an unusual juxtaposition of the native Suparman and the western derived Batman (which probably indicates a parental sense of humour ....

Batman And Superman Have Combined Before ...

 
But now that he's been a very naughty boy, so that's all ended but, hey ho that's social media fame for you.

Recreating Gotham

Have you ever wondered how film sets are set up in the middle of big cities?

Well a few years ago, the mean streets of Manchester were turned into a 1940's US landscape for some superhero movies (it may have been Captain America, but I'm not sure), and I happened to be there and took some pictures .....

Notice the wheels underneath the last picture set ...... roll on, roll off scenery.

Where "Super Heroes" Walk The Street

Phoenix Jones is a man who likes leather .... he's also a good citizen and loves his home city of Seattle. 

 

Phoenix Jones Patrols Seattle's Mean Streets

"If police aren’t here, criminals feel free to run wild in my city," the father of two said, "and I’m not going to stand for it."