Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Box set containing four popular superhero movies Bryan Singer directs & co-writes &X-Men& (2000) a big screen adaptation of the long-running Marvel comic strip Mutants Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) & Magneto (Ian Mc Kellen) are former friends but look set to become mortal enemies when fascistic US senator Robert Frank Kelly calls for the registration of all humans with abnormal powers While telepath Xavier who runs an altruistic academy for superhuman &X-Men& wishes to enlighten non-mutants & break down the prejudices which divide them Magneto believes that the only solution is for the mutants to take over Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)
- an aggressive loner with an admantium skeleton & the ability to heal his body of any wound
- & teenager Rogue (Anna Paquin) who can absorb the life force of others simply by touching them are selected by Xavier to join his academy but it isn&t long before Magneto&s followers are attempting to capture them so that they can assist in his plan for world domination In &X-Men 2& (2003) Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) Wolverine (Hugh Jackson) & the Academy for Gifted Youngsters aka the X-Men find themselves in the firing line after a failed assassination attempt on the President points the finger at the school It was in fact the mysterious teleporter Nightwalker (Alan Cumming) who ordered it & in an attempt to clear their names the X-Men are led into a trap set by the evil William Stryker (Brian Cox)
- a mysterious scientist apparently working for the government As it soon becomes evident that Stryker&s agenda is to destroy all mutants the X-Men need to call in the help of many of their old friends & foes including Magneto (Ian Mc Kellen) if they are to stop him Ben Affleck stars in & Daredevil& (2003) as the big screen version of the Marvel Comics superhero When he was a boy Matt Murdock (Affleck) was blinded by a spillage of toxic waste However with the loss of his sight Matt&s other senses have all developed to an incredible degree allowing him to navigate the city with pinpoint accuracy Now he works by day as a lawyer & by night he becomes the Daredevil using his supersenses to continue his fight against underworld supervillain Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) In & Elektra& (2005) Jennifer Garner plays Elektra Natchios a hired assassin who is reunited with her old sensei Stick (Terence Stamp) When she is given an assignment to kill Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic) & his daughter Abby (Kristin Prout) her conscience gets the best of her & she decides to protect them instead It&s up to the Hand&s top assassins to track her down & finish the job


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SUPERHEROES is a journey inside the world of real-life caped crusaders from all over America using homemade costumes & elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere ...

Superhero movies have gripped the imagination since the 1950s when the film version of Superman burst onto a scene now dominated by blockbuster events from Marvel & DC Avengers Iron Man Dark Knight Judge Dredd Hellboy & the Rocketeer all make an appearance in this fully illustrated nostalgia-driven retro history A concise introduction tracks the chronicle of modern popular culture & its manifestations in Comicons fan art & the mass audiences for a once print-only phenomenon ...

Blurring the lines between cautious strategy & unbridled mayhem SUPERHOT VR is the definitive VR FPS in which time moves only when you move No regenerating health bars No conveniently placed ammo drops It&s just you outnumbered & outgunned grabbing the weapons of fallen enemies to shoot slice & maneuver through a hurricane of slow-motion bullets Decisive winner of dozens of VR Game of the Year awards SUPERHOT VR is a title reimagined & redesigned from the ground up for VR & hand tracking controllers The fruit of over three years of focused trailblazing SUPERHOT VR brings the visceral action of SUPERHOT directly into your head & soul & now also
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A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINISuper Hubs is a rare behind-the-scenes look at the global financial system & the powerful personal networks through which it is run at the centre of which sit the Elites
- the Super Hubs Combining an insider's knowledge with principles of network science Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how the financial system really operates Super Hubs reveals what happens at the exclusive invitation-only platforms
- The World Economic Forum in Davos the meetings of the International Monetary Fund think-tank gatherings power lunches charity events & private parties This is the most vivid portrait to date of the global elite the bank CEOs fund managers billionaire financiers & politicians who through their interlocking relationships & collective influence are transforming the future of our financial system & for better or worse shaping our world

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1 Black Widow 2 Geri 3 Canteen 4 So Strange 5 Too Young for Love 6 A Gjost 7 Free State 8 Bad Weather 9 See It All 10 Do You Feel That ...

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws but we have cleverer brains If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence then this new superintelligence could become very powerful As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on us humans than on the gorillas themselves so the fate of our species then would come to depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence But we have one advantage we get to make the first move Will it be possible to construct a seed AI or otherwise to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? To get closer to an answer to this question we must make our way through a fascinating landscape of topics & considerations Read the book & learn about oracles genies singletons; about boxing methods tripwires & mind crime; about humanity's cosmic endowment & differential technological development; indirect normativity instrumental convergence whole brain emulation & technology couplings; Malthusian economics & dystopian evolution; artificial intelligence & biological cognitive enhancement & collective intelligence This profoundly ambitious & original book picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain Yet the writing is so lucid that it somehow makes it all seem easy After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition & the future of intelligent life we find in Nick Bostrom's work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time ...

The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws but we have cleverer brains If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence then this new superintelligence could become very powerful As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on us humans than on the gorillas themselves so the fate of our species then would come to depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence But we have one advantage we get to make the first move Will it be possible to construct a seed AI or otherwise to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? To get closer to an answer to this question we must make our way through a fascinating landscape of topics & considerations Read the book & learn about oracles genies singletons; about boxing methods tripwires & mind crime; about humanity's cosmic endowment & differential technological development; indirect normativity instrumental convergence whole brain emulation & technology couplings; Malthusian economics & dystopian evolution; artificial intelligence & biological cognitive enhancement & collective intelligence This profoundly ambitious & original book picks its way carefully through a vast tract of forbiddingly difficult intellectual terrain Yet the writing is so lucid that it somehow makes it all seem easy After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition & the future of intelligent life we find in Nick Bostrom's work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time ...

Twelve-year-old Simon Pooni was a normal kid with a great life until multiple sclerosis hit He lost the ability to walk went blind in one eye & sometimes could barely speak Every night Simon would pray his multiple sclerosis somehow would go away " Somehow" turned out to be a magic monkey named Orman who granted Simon one wish & with that Simon stood transformed into a real-life version of Superior the legendary comic-book hero Simon spent one glorious week saving those in need averting natural disasters
- becoming the most-beloved man on the planet But Orman ominously cautioned Simon all would be explained in one week Will Simon be forced to go back to life in a wheelchair after being the world&s greatest hero? Faced with adversity will he prove himself to truly be Superior? Collecting SUPERIOR 1-7
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When Otto Octavius switched minds with Peter Parker he became the Superior Spider-Man but once Peter reclaimed his body Ottos consciousness found a home in a clone-body made by the Jackal & has taken on the anti-hero mantle of the Superior Octopus! With over 80 years of comic book history Marvel has become a cornerstone of fan collections around the world With the Marvel Legends Series fan favorite Marvel Comic Universe & Marvel Cinematic Universe characters are designed with premium detail & articulation for top-of-the-line poseable & displayable collectibles Otto Octavius suits up in a high-tech spider suit to protect the city as the Superior Octopus ...