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Batman and Superman: Not the First Time

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So Warner has finally understood this is potentially a huge moneymaker. Taking so long for something so evident surely says one thing about them: they are not very bright, are they? Well, having said that. This would be indeed the first time that Batman and Superman will work (or fight?) together in the big screen. Nevertheless it is not the first time they have collaborated in other media and their adventures can be found in comic books and animated movies.   The Dark Knight Returns which was first a story told by Frank Miller and them made an animated movie. It's really a Batman story set in the future after Batman has retired. Gotham has been invaded by a gang called The Mutants who cannot be defeated so Batman decides to reappear but he is different now, more ruthless, obssessed and even sadistic. Superman is sent to stop him and take him to prison but Batman is ready to take part in a fight that is perhaps more meaningful than any other in comic book history. Calmly th

Independence Day

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This is a 1996 movie that shows U.S. patriotism at its best. Aside from as sci-fi flick I would say it's not so bad. It is a classic alien invasion story. Enormous round starships descend from the skies and set above the main buildings in every important city in the world as though they were expecting something. Only one scientist, David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum), discovers what the alien ships really mean by being floating over the cities. Levinson  tries to warn everyone but his warning is not heeded. Soon each starship shoots beams of destructive light that tears apart not only the buildings below them but most of the cities causing the annihilation of millions in just instants. What is left of the governments of the world flee to secret bases. The U.S. president (Bill Pullman) is alive and with the rest of the military they try to coordinate a world counterattack though they know that all their weapons cannot even scratch the surface of any of the alien ships and drones whi

How do you say REGAR EL CESPED in English?

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REGAR EL CESPED is really a simple expression. The verb to be used is none other than WATER. Though it may sound or seem odd to us, English learners, the reality is that WATER does not only mean AGUA. It may also be a verb and as such it means ECHAR AGUA or REGAR. Now, the full expression would be WATER THE LAWN. This change in meaning of a word is a common thing in English (a feature that is absent in Spanish at least) though it does not always happen or it does not happen the same way in every case. For instance, when the word is an adjective and also a noun the meaning usually remains the same as it is the case of WATER that as an adjective has a close meaning to the meaning of water, as in WATER BODY, term that perfectly translates into Spanish.

Justice League: The Flaspoint Paradox

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This must be the best animated JL movie to date, though really is more a Flash movie than a JL film.  It all begins with a flashback (no pun intended) which allows to see how happy Barry Allen was when his mother was alive and how in the little time they spent together she made a difference in the kind of person he was destined to be. But then on her birthday she is murdered by a mysterious figure that, at least in the movie is unrevealed. Next we are taken to the present when a team of criminals known as The Rogues, invades a museum dedicated to The Flash who appears and nullifies them with ease but then it turns out the mastermind behind this attack was Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash, a scientist from the 25th century that managed to replicate the experiment that gave Barry Allen his powers. Professor Zoom who originally admired The Flash now hates him at unimaginable levels and has set bombs all over Central City and the detonators are attached to the Rogues' bodies who

Fast and Furious 6

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Fast and Furious 6, or just Furious 6, has to be one of those movies that are mega popular just because of the amazing amount of action they offer. Action, action and action but very little in terms of story.  Furious 6 is a 2013 film that continues with the adventures of a group of professional criminals led by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) who has retired following the events in Fast Five (2011). They are all now millionaires but cannot return to the States because they remain wanted felons. An agent of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) called Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson, the Rock) offers them complete amnesty  and the chance to return home in exchange of their help. Hobbs knows that he needs special help to take down a quite efficient mercenary organization led by Owen Shaw (Luke Evans). Toretto is at first uninterested especially considering that in the past his crew faced only gangsters but not anything or anybody at that level. He changes his mind when  Hobbs shows him

Gold Ring or Golden Ring?

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Both terms are possible but if they accompany the word  ring  then that ring may not be equally valuable, and the explanation for that is very simple. Something that is GOLDEN only resembles gold or it is associated to it if at least in a poetic manner, e.g. The Golden Globes, the Golden Gate, a Golden Retriever, the Golden Years, Golden anniversary, the golden rule. It is obvious that at least the retriever (a dog) is not made of gold. On the other hand, we have the word GOLD which unlike GOLDEN that is an adjective is a noun. GOLDEN can never work as a noun and is always an adjective, but GOLD is a different case since it can function as both a noun and an adjective depending of the context. For the purposes here we refer to GOLD as being an adjective and  as such is meaning is "made of gold". Examples of that word being used as an adjective are: gold mine, gold rush,  gold medal. In other words, when we say  GOLDEN ring that is probably a ring that is coated with go

Assure, Ensure, Insure

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Let’s begin by saying that the three of them are verbs (regular verbs) and that all of them are put into Spanish with the same word: ASEGURAR. And though they are translated with the same word in our language that doesn’t mean they have the same meaning. Not completely at least. ASSURE is to say something with the purpose of ending all doubt or cause of worry. When you assure something, in a way you guarantee that something is certain or it’s going to be certain if it is not already so (so PROMISE is a good synonym). Here is an example: Beloved people of my country, if you have me as president then I’ll ASSURE you that I’ll devote myself to end all manner of corruption. ENSURE is basically the action of making things happen or that they become certain. It is a synonym of ASSURE. Here is an example: Thanks to this new energy plant the energy supply for our country has been ENSURED for the following twenty years. INSURE is to obtain insurance from a company in order to prote