Superman & Spider-Man Join Forces for Obama!

Superman & Spider-Man Join Forces for Obama!

Brandon Routh and Tobey Maguire take a day off from their pedicures and massages to do some community service.

By ComicBookMovie - Jan 20, 2009 10:01 AM EST
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Source: MTV

Marvel couldn't do it, DC/Warner Bros won't do it, but President-elect Barack Obama pulled off the movie team-up we've all dreamed about by hooking up both Spider-Man and Superman to do some community service at a DC Elementary school.

The actors were there at Abram Simon Elementary as part of the president-elect’s call to community action on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Supposedly the super-duo had never met and this was the first time that they had been in the same room together.

Though Maguire was kept busy screwing panels of the shelves together, a short time later, as Routh pulled books from boxes to stack them in the newly built cubbies, he happened across a — no joke — Spider-Man book, and walked it over to his super-brethren.

“I think this is yours,” he said, handing Maguire the book. The web-slinger laughed, and the actors shook hands and chatted for a few moments before Routh walked back across the room to shelve “I Can Read: Spider-Man 3, Meet the Heroes and the Villains.”

“I think I can probably beat them all up,” Routh said. “Just kidding.” Crisis averted.

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Rob
Rob - 1/20/2009, 11:42 AM
"Supposedly the super-duo had never met and this was the first time that they had been in the same room together."

Actually... Marvel and DC jointly published "Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man" in 1976. In the story, the two initially fought, but eventually each figured out the other was okay, and they joined forces against Doc Ock and Lex Luther.

Just sayin'. ;)
bigdez
bigdez - 1/20/2009, 12:36 PM
Doesnt matter, Spider-man is whack!
loganoneil
loganoneil - 1/20/2009, 12:41 PM
As far as McGuire and Routh go - um....'Who cares?" It's GREAT to see that they're 'doing their part' for the MLK holiday, but it stands to reason - why don't they (and all these other 'do-gooder' stars) do stuff like this the OTHER 364 days of the year (when the press ISN'T around)?
alten2345
alten2345 - 1/20/2009, 12:58 PM
Amen to that Loganoneil.
Baldbix76
Baldbix76 - 1/20/2009, 1:08 PM

rob, I think they were referring to the actors, themselves.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/20/2009, 1:51 PM
cool hehehhehe!! Rob lmao : D
shibazz
shibazz - 1/20/2009, 1:53 PM
I bet those kids loved that!
Personally i am going to think of something i can do too that will be my effort to do my part. Of course mine will be Comic Related..... Capt. America away.

What if Barack played Nick Fury?
Shaman
Shaman - 1/20/2009, 2:07 PM
Good pick shibazz!!! LOL

Well... get on with it... did they "do" it? Huh? Oh come ooooon! Did they do it???

Did they sing Kumbaya?
louisesmith3000
louisesmith3000 - 1/20/2009, 5:53 PM
I'm so proud and happy that Tobey Maguire is helping President Barack Obama on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Now I see why my father loves Tobey Maguire very much, because he doesn't have one prejudiced bone in his beautiful body, and I love Tobey Maguire for being such a wonderful and thoughtful man; inside and outside. I would also like to apologize for being so cold-hearted to cruel to Tobey Maguire, as well as all and any of the comments about Tobey Maguire that were so harsh, mean, and foul. Tobey Maguire, I hope you find it your heart, mind, body, and soul to forgive me, Tiger.
Phinehas
Phinehas - 1/20/2009, 8:00 PM
How much longer before they recast the Superman role??? How much longer do I have to hear that hack referred to as "Superman"?
BTW, I would rather not know that the guys playing the heroes we love to watch, spend their free time drinking "the Kool-Aid". The less I know of their political/philosophical/theological leanings (and this really only applies to the loons) the easier it will be on me to spend money on their films that represent the heroes.
Pockets713
Pockets713 - 1/20/2009, 10:00 PM
Ok honestly Phinehas... that's the lamest most jackass comment i've read on here.. first of all... regardless of how bad Superman Returns was... Brandon Routh Played the part very well.. it's not his fault that the writing was bad and who know what the hell Bryan Singer was smoking while directing... but I honestly think he played the part very well.
SECOND... what the F*#K difference does it make what an actor or actress does on their free time. When you go to see a movie you're not paying to see what they do in their free time you're paying to see the performance they put in. The perfect example... Tom Cruise... AWESOME actor.. what he puts on the screen is amazing... as soon as the camera's stop rolling... NUT JOB... but who cares? I think people need to get over themselves. Will Smith is a scientologist too but people left and right line up to see that pursuit of happiness meets pay it forward remake... and don't give me the "omg he jumped on oprah's couch!" bs either... the guy can act way better than you can ever dream so just grow up...

Sorry I yelled...
Phinehas
Phinehas - 1/20/2009, 10:26 PM
Hey, Pockets, I have a sensitive gag reflex towards bad acting. Routh brings out the worst in me. He is a dry piece of toast with no range. I think you love the Supes character so much, you were so Superman starved for over 20+ years, you accept sub par performances (aside from the bad script). Why don't you think he hasn't had but-load of roles in the last three years? He can't act his way out of a wet-paperbag. The professionals know it, that's why they don't cast him in romantic comedy leads.

As far as Cruise goes, ironically I haven't watch any of his films since he jumped the couch. His jumping the couch was equivilant to jumping the shark. His career has been on a downward spiral ever since.

Grow up? Seriously? Honestly, has there ever been an actor/actress that said or done something you didn't like and you didn't go see their film because it affected your view of them? Not one?

Well, I have. I am a little more scrupulous, scruitinizing, and therefore, descriminating. You go ahead and have your love-ins...

Go watch Nick Cage in Ghost Rider, or George Clooney and his batnipples in Batman and Robin.
axeltkd
axeltkd - 1/21/2009, 5:46 AM
i have to agree with both of you,Superman returns sucked and it's not just becouse of the script! brandon routh is a baaaaaddd actor and doesn't fit the superman profile beside his dark hair.

but seriously why the hell does it matter what celebrities do in their free time???!!
it really shouldn't matter it' not like youre dating them,it's just a movie and tom cruise is a fantastic actor who gives a shitt about him jumping on a couch he still rocks.have you never jumped on a couch?
Supermike
Supermike - 1/21/2009, 11:20 AM
Superman Return did not suck it gave the fan what they wanted a story out of the comic books you want to watch a horrible movie their the dark knight that suck more then batman and Robin
loganoneil
loganoneil - 1/21/2009, 11:56 AM
Supermike - did I just read your comment right - 'Dark Knight' sucked more than 'Superman Returns'?!!!! Um, 2 questions... 1. What the #$@! are you smoking, and 2. did you bring enough to share with EVERYONE?
RaxusPrime
RaxusPrime - 1/21/2009, 12:00 PM
Brandon Routh portrayed Superman to a T. He did an excellent job. Superman Returns did not suck either. Brian Singer did say in all of his video journals basically what the movie was going to be about and people flocked to them. I love the movie and think it was excellent, in fact i still watch it from time to time because Brian Singer doesn't suck as a director. If u wanna talk about a asshat of a director lets talk about Brett Ratner.

Tobey McGuire is also a good actor. sure he is a little short but Spider-man isnt suppose to be that tall, the only problem with any of the Spider-man movies was Kirsten Dunst. She does not portray Mary Jane Watson in any aspect at all. They should have casted Danneel Harris(Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay). She exhibits the beautiful for dark red hair that MJ has and well lets face it she is hot. MJ is suppose to be a model on top of actress and i didnt see that at all in the movie. Kirsten Dunst needs to go back and make more Bring it on movies and stop ruining MJ
Shaman
Shaman - 1/21/2009, 12:19 PM
Dude, Ratner is just as good as Singer. X3 looked just as good as SR. They had their moments equally.

But i'm gonna have to give you immense credit! Danneel Harris is...is... well perfect in every way!!! She's the best casting choice i've heard of for MJ ever!!! If only i had watched 1 trre hill as well as Harold and Kumar movies, i would've chose her in my article!!!
RaxusPrime
RaxusPrime - 1/21/2009, 12:29 PM
Shaman, maybe we could contact Sony about this or have CBM make a headline about having Danneel Harris the new MJW. post a link up for your article also cuz i wanna read it now since u mention it
RaxusPrime
RaxusPrime - 1/21/2009, 12:30 PM
oh and Ratner was only good at directing the Rush Hour movies and thats about it... 3 wasnt even nearly as good as 1 and 2.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/21/2009, 1:17 PM
yeah people seem to forget that Singer gave us the first 2 Xmen movies. Personally i loved Routh as Supes and enjoyed the movie for what it was, even though i would have liked more action (and no asmahtic superkid!)...its something people feel very passionatly about on both sides, but how anyone can think Routh is a bad actor is beyond me.

Ratner on the other hand is pretty much a hack. I also enjoyed X3 but it was SERIOUSLY lacking...it wasnt completly Ratners fault either, alot of the cast phoned in ther performances.
Shaman
Shaman - 1/21/2009, 2:21 PM
I totally agree with you both. But laffa, i can't just make an article about MJ though, especially since i just wrote one not too long ago. I had Alyson Hannigan up as MJ because i think she's damn hot however she's nowhere near Danneel Harris's league. I really wish i could go back and rewrite it but it can't be done :)

You could also submit your pic on The Myth's article about MJ:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/TheMyth7/news/?a=5841
RaxusPrime
RaxusPrime - 1/21/2009, 8:47 PM
Shaman i never would have taken u for sucha comedian, Alyson Hannigan might be able to play the part but I will never know her as anything other than Jim Levinsteins GF/wife who always wants to "bone". your also correct again. Danneel Harris is way in a league of her own. She gets my vote as the new MJW hands down
RaxusPrime
RaxusPrime - 1/21/2009, 8:52 PM
Brandon Routh should remain until his death Superman. If they should choose to recast him and pick someone else, it is only right they give it to Tom Welling. I'm not sayin that b/c he is a Michigan native as I am. I am sayin it b/c he does a good job on Smallville. Id also like to see Erica Durance maybe transition to Lois Lane for the big screen as well cuz she is hot. She has that same Pizaz that Margot Kidder had i think.
Pockets713
Pockets713 - 1/21/2009, 11:33 PM
Yeah I kind of get the impression that Singer forgot who Lois Lane was when he cast Kate Bosworth... it was like Lois Lane on a double dose of valium. And I was not on the Tom Welling bandwagon for Superman at all really until I just saw whoever posted that article with a bunch of pics of superman with Welling's face photoshopped... looked awesome.

...as for YOU Phinehas... Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible 3 was awesome... War of the Worlds was awesome... I even thought Valyrie was really good... it's just that the jackasses that critique them are a bunch of jagoffs who think just like you that... oh god he jumped on Oprah's couch i.e. he's a bad actor... just dumb... and as far as Nic Cage as Ghost Rider... terrible movie... but honestly Nic Cage is one of those actors that pretty much plays the same character in every movie just like Jack Nicholson.. so not necessarily a good actor.. and Bat Nipples are not George Clooney's fault... it's Joel Shumacher's... but if we go back to Brandon Routh... watch Superman: The Movie and Superman Returns back to back... you'll find that he follows Christopher Reeves performance to a T, which is pretty much what Singer wanted because he saw it as a continuance from Superman II pretty much... So you can sit there and keep scrupulous, scrutinizing, and discriminating... maybe just... don't see movies anymore?
Shaman
Shaman - 1/22/2009, 7:21 AM
Pockets, i was agreeing with you till you had to say something about JACK! DO NOT TOUCH THE JACK!!! No but seriously, it's not because Jack has the same face and voice all the time that he does the same character everytime. Watch Batman, Wolf, A Few Good Men and As Good As It Gets and you'll see that even though there is a "seriousness" to him, he's very versatile and one of the best actors ever.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/22/2009, 9:17 AM
Yeah i think people that think Jack is the same in all of his movies either havnt seen enough of his movies, or just cant get past his voice. Its in his less well known movies that he seems to tone down the over the top wildman routine and really show what an amazing actor he is. The Pledge, The Crossing Guard, Five Easy Pieces..and of course the best performance ive ever seen..One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.

I also like Tom Cruise for the most part, i dont care about the couch jumping..although it does make him out to be a serious [frick]witt! His movies are mostly enjoyable.
Shaman
Shaman - 1/22/2009, 11:22 AM
He does make good movies even if he's a scientolonut! You gotta give him that.
alten2345
alten2345 - 1/22/2009, 11:47 AM
Actually I could care less what actors do in their free time. So much so that I absolutely can't stand when I have to hear who they support politically or what humanitarian cause du jour they're supporting this week. I wouldn't blame the actors themselves for the coverage they receive, per se, but the media that decides to put these holier than thou jackasses on a pedestal and follow and worship every syllable they utter and every thing that they do. Shut up, act, and entertain me:)
SirJediFrank
SirJediFrank - 1/22/2009, 12:20 PM
Pockets713: 100% agree with you.
It is astonishing how a few guys BLAME IT ALL to the guy who is IN FRONT of the camera.. like if B Routh had wroten the script, made the SFX, the costumes and ALL by himself.

..SO: they didn´t like the final product?? THEN BLAME THE LEAD ACTOR hahahaha.


As for NicCage, i like him as a person and his movies overall, but yes everytime he is on screen i think: oh there is Nic Cage(As someone else said the same thing about TOM CRUISE in another post, though WOTW and the IMP MISS were good)

Sorry i am writing 2 much of the same thing, but if you want to blame someone on a movie, BLAME THE DIRECTOR, that´s why they are named: "A movie by.."
SirJediFrank
SirJediFrank - 1/22/2009, 1:08 PM
though actually, as Shaman has said many times before, Bryan Singer managed to make a bad script(his own) look good on screen...

(i didn´t mean to say the SFX or costumes in SR were bad i meant that the actor is not responsible for anything BUT his performance onlye, obviously...for some ;-] )
Shaman
Shaman - 1/22/2009, 2:01 PM
Alten2345- "Shut up, act, and entertain me:)"

Oh how you have a way with words. I'm whicha on that one!

Very good point SirJed, bottom line is that it's a team effort. Hate the game not the playah!
alten2345
alten2345 - 1/22/2009, 3:10 PM
Thanks Shaman. In general, I think everybody feels that way about actors.
Pockets713
Pockets713 - 1/23/2009, 7:59 PM
Shaman - Don't get me wrong... I love Jack Nicholson... love his movies AND the character that I seem to find most times I see one of his movies... But maybe my comments were a little harsh. I suppose I could be doing some more research before i go and make such a bold statement... consider any of those movies i haven't seen NETFLIX'D! I will say though that as for As Good As It Gets as well as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest... Priceless performances

alten2345 - I wouldn't go as far as to hate on actors for supporting humanitarian causes... though I do have a strong believe that before we go help the babies in Africa we should help the babies in America... but I honestly feel that there are a lot of actors and actresses out there that realize that they get paid far too much to do what they do... and they give so much back.. i.e. Paul Newman.
alten2345
alten2345 - 1/24/2009, 3:04 PM
Pockets713, no where in my statement did I say that I hate actors for supporting humanitarian causes, nor did I even give a hint of "hating on" actors for that reason either. What I said was "I absolutely can't stand when I have to hear who they (actors) support politically or what humanitarian cause du jour they're supporting this week."

I'm all for volunteering and charity. But there are thousands of "regular" people who volunteer countless hours of their time every week and they get zero praise for it in the media. I don't see why we have to heap attention on actors and the Hollywood elite for their volunteer work.
Pockets713
Pockets713 - 1/26/2009, 12:23 AM
fair enough, sorry i misunderstood. The answer is probably that people don't really care... we live in a nation where rags like Star magazine and Us Weekly and such are like top reading material... People care far too much about the lives of the famous simply because their own lives.. well.. suck... which is why you get those jackass paparazzi clowns making it seem like what they do is a real job.. bunch of fat dudes with nikon's... but it's all the public's fault for buying into it...
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