Look! Up in the sky! It's a TV commercial!

Have you guys seen the new TV commercial for Super-Ex yet? It starts with "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!" while showing her flying around doing stuff too fast to tell who it is. I actually thought it was a Superman Returns commercial at first. Then it goes to "It's my ex-girlfriend!" and that's when it really covers what the movie's about.

It has a lot of the same stuff from the trailer, with her twisting the knife angrily when he dumps her, then blowing him against the wall with superbreath, and flying out by busting a hole in the ceiling of his apartment. There's also some sort of supervision thing, the shark bit (which still seems ridiculously stupid to me), her busting a window while riding with him in a car, and hanging him from the Statue of Liberty.

All in all, it's a pretty good commercial, showing just enough to get people's attention, without giving much away.

This movie seems to be gaining some attention with the general population. I was in a store the other day, and I actually heard some guy telling his girlfriend about it. The superhero/romantic comedy crossover theme seems like it may actually have what it takes to be a crossover hit, but as with anything, it depends on how good the movie really is. The theme seems to be generally well received with just about everybody, though, which is a good sign. I really do hope this movie is good and does well, and not just for the sake of hoping that I'll like it. If it bombs, we'll never see another one like it, but if it does well, we'll see a lot more superhero comedies like this in the future, with a good chance of superheroines in at least some of them.

YAGS

some excerpts from the director and the writer:

Payne says. "It’s a nerd fantasy to have a superhero for a girlfriend, and I thought it’d be a fun idea to have a regular guy dating a superhero to disastrous results."

as the superhero G-Girl. "Jenny’s save-the-day feats become old for her," says Reitman. "She doesn’t have the temperament to be a superhero, or the temperament for romance."

the story’s protagonist, Matt Saunders, to realize that there’s something "off" about Jenny. "She’s a very verbal person," says the director. "Basically, she talks too much and hasn’t yet learned the fine art of self-censorship." Jenny is too much – way too much – to handle for a regular guy like Matt. Matt, played by Luke Wilson

MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND answers the much-debated question: What would sex be like with a woman with superpowers? "Our sense was that it would be terrific AND painful," says Reitman, who worked closely with Don Payne to find an original way, within the boundaries of a desired PG-13 rating, to depict super-powered sex.

"We didn’t want a traditional comic book villain, Bedlam’s backstory with Jenny reveals that they were best friends in high school, until Jenny obtained her superpowers from a meteorite. With her new abilities – and hot new look – Jenny became very popular, leaving behind a heartbroken Barry.

Most superheroes have secret retreats. Where would Jenny house her most important accoutrements: the extensive G-Girl "collection"? The obvious answer: the world’s largest closet, which is bigger than most apartments. There, Jenny stores hundreds of outfits, attesting to the fact that while she may be invulnerable, her wardrobe is not.

The costumes help delineate G-Girl’s character arc. In her early scenes, she wears what Shannon calls more "girlie-girl" outfits. "The outfits have a powerful undertone, but are quite feminine," says Shannon. As the story progresses and G-Girl becomes more unhinged, her look becomes tougher and meaner.

SUPER-CATFIGHT!

Stunt coordinator George Aguilar worked with Ivan Reitman to create several spectacular action sequences, while maintaining the realistic tone mandated by the director. "We didn’t want any stunt – no matter how outrageous – to look cartoonish," says Aguilar. "The fight and flying scenes had to have a gritty, ‘New York’ kind of feel." One of Aguilar’s biggest challenges was helping to design, with visual effects supervisor Erik Nash and director of photography Don Burgess, a huge fight sequence between Anna Faris’ Hannah, who has become newly super-enabled, and Uma Thurman’s G-Girl. This super-battle, which Rainn Wilson calls "the hottest catfight in the history of superhero comedies," was staged on and above Second Avenue in Lower Manhattan. Aguilar choreographed the scene, working first with stunt doubles, then with the principals for three weeks of preparation and filming. "It was a tricky and complicated stunt," says Aguilar. "We had two people in the air, fighting and plummeting to earth – and looking great the entire time!"

Thurman, who had trained for more than a year in wirework and the martial arts for the "Kill Bill" films, needed little rehearsal for this and other big action/stunt sequences. Faris, too, had had some wirework experience from her work in the "Scary Movie" films. Luke Wilson, who takes to the air with Jenny for the high-flying lovemaking scene, was a newcomer to the world of fight-and-flight stunts, and his learning curve was somewhat steeper than that of his two leading ladies.



Now, people, tell the truth, which one of you members wrote this material?

I found this interview with Uma Thurman and theres some tiny little clips of what is to come with that cat fight - can't wait!!