Todd McFarlane created a mob enforcer character named 'Antonio 'Tony Twist' Twistelli', who McFarlane acknowledged was named after hockey player Tony Twist. Twist won a $15 million verdict in 2004 when a St. Louis, Missouri, jury found Todd McFarlane Productions had profited from Twist's likeness.

“Michael,” Mrs. “Here, stuck to the receipt from thosepeople who repaired the washing machine, is a payment of a hundred and thirty thousand dollars to Essential Consultants. What is that allabout?”“That was hush money to a porn star,” Mr. C said.“Michael,” Mrs. C said, in a weary voice, “I’ve told you before: peoplewith no humor should not try to tell jokes.”“That wasn’t a joke,” Mr. “A porn star claimed to have had anaffair with D.J.T., and, just before the election, I gave her a hundredand thirty thousand dollars to keep her mouth shut.”“An affair with who?”“With Mr. You might have seen Don, Jr., on television referring tohis father as ‘D.J.T.’ We thought that would make him sound right upthere on the level of Presidents like F.D.R.

And J.F.K.”“Donald Trump had an affair with a porn star?” Mrs. C asked.“Definitely not,” Mr. Is a happily married family man.He is a man of honor and integrity and one of our great Presidents. Infact, I’ve retained a fellow in South Dakota to do a title search onwhat seems to be some unused space on Mount Rushmore, just to Lincoln’sleft. We could buy it secretly through a shell corporation—I know how todo that—and hire our own sculptor.”. “Well, not directly.

I paid the hundred and thirty thousand dollarsthrough a shell corporation so it would stay secret.”“Then how come we have here a Certificate of Formation for EssentialConsultants, issued by the Delaware Secretary of State’s CorporationDivision, and signed by you?” Mrs. C said, holding up a document.“Well, it turned out to be not quite as secret as it might have been,”Mr. “I made up really neat alliterative pseudonyms for D.J.T.and the porn star, but I couldn’t think of a really neat alliterativepseudonym for myself.”“How about Danny Dumbass?” Mrs. C said.“I don’t want you to be upset about this,” Mr. “I’m sure we’llbe reimbursed.”“You believe that Donald Trump, known to every subcontractor, supplier,and banker in New York as the King of the Deadbeats, is going to pay youback?”“As I was saying,” Mr. C replied, “We prefer to refer to him as D.J.T.It sounds more Presidential.”.

Even with incredible strength and extraordinary powers, superheroes have to work hard to make a grand entrance—and with multiple superhero movies coming out every year, each new one has to grab the audience's attention in the first couple of minutes. Whether it's introducing an iconic character, creating a mind-blowing battle, or surprising fans with a bit of comedy, horror, or a clever musical number, first impressions are key to a successful superhero cinematic universe. With that in mind, let's take a look at some of the genre's greatest opening scenes. Needless to say, fans were psyched to hear that Tim Burton was directing a Batman movie.

But with all the hype—plus the Michael Keaton — Batman had a lot to live up to. Fortunately, from the first scene, Burton impressed even the most diehard fanboys with his Gothic take on Gotham City—a world crawling with crooks and hookers and a town cloaked in darkness, where the buildings looked like they'd been designed by a drunken Fritz Lang.The best moment comes when Batman appears for the first time. After mugging an unlucky family, two thugs are busy counting their cash when we see him descend from the sky, cape spread wide.

The punks try to put him down, but bullets can't stop the Batman—he keeps coming like something from a nightmare, throwing kicks and Batarangs before dangling a bad guy off the side of a roof. And when the terrified crook asks, 'What are you?'

We finally get to hear the most iconic superhero line of all time as an intimidating Michael Keaton growls, 'I'm Batman.' Just like that, a cinematic hero was born. Blade opens on the world's nastiest nightclub, a place that would've been shut down years ago if the patrons hadn't eaten the health inspector.

We see a man lured inside by a girl way out of his league—and witness his revulsion as he realizes the ceiling is rigged with blood-spurting sprinklers. Soon, the writhing crowd is drenched in red, and that's when they start baring fangs. Yep, instead of dancing, this poor sap is about to become dinner.But before the feast begins, the main course is rescued by a sword-wielding superhero: the half-man, half-vampire Blade (Wesley Snipes). Determined to kill every bloodsucker in sight, he stakes creatures in the chest, cuts fools with his katana, and blasts beasts with his silver-bullet shotgun. He even takes out a room full of vampires with a razor-bladed boomerang before giving audiences a grin. The opening of Blade grabs your attention right off the (vampire) bat. Set 15 years before the main events of the movie, the opening is done documentary style, with our three heroes—younger, stronger, sexier—giving their thoughts on what it takes to be a Super.

When we glimpse Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) struggling with his microphone, we immediately realize that despite their powers, these muscle-bound heroes a lot like everyone else—they're stressed out by their jobs, they go shopping, and they have relationship problems, just like any ordinary citizen.At one point, a frustrated Mr. Incredible even jokes, 'No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved!' And the interview session wraps up with Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) discussing whether or not they'll have a family one day.

It's the perfect segue into the film proper, where our heroes get hitched, have kids, and battle the combined forces of mediocrity and giant robots. Directed by Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 2 finds Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) stuck in a major slump. He spends his time daydreaming about Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst), and he's fed up with the pressure of being the neighborhood crimefighter, especially since it's turned his life into an absolute shambles. He's so stressed out that he's on the verge of losing his job at the local pizza restaurant—so with only seven and a half minutes to make a career-saving delivery, Peter switches into his Spidey suit and swing across Manhattan, pizza in hand.Of course, Spider-Man's job is never done, and he loses some precious seconds when he swoops down and rescues some kids from an oncoming truck. He saves their lives, but he loses his job when he delivers the pizzas a few minutes late. It's the perfect encapsulation of the whole 'blessing and a curse' conundrum—in one scene, we realize that being super isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially when you're broke, lonely, and tired of saving everyone except yourself.

And that's when a skyscraper window shatters and a grappling gun fires across the street, kicking off an elaborate heist involving a bunch of thugs wearing clown masks. As they break into a mob-controlled bank, the crooks banter about the Joker, their enigmatic boss with a penchant for war paint. And as they tick their way down their to-do list—deactivate the phones, open the safe, kill the bus driver—they pick each other off, one by one, until there's only one thug standing.But before the final clown can get away with his ill-gotten gains, he's distracted by an angry mob enforcer. Shot to pieces, the wounded Mafioso asks the robber what he believes in. And that's when the clown pulls off his mask to reveal the horrific face of the Joker. The Clown Prince of Crime has been there the whole time, pulling the strings and putting bullets in people.

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As he prepares to make his getaway, he delivers his chilling credo: 'I believe that whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you.stranger.' Say what you want about the movie as a whole, but there's no denying that the opening to Watchmen perfectly captures the bloody beat-down from Alan Moore's graphic novel. This Zack Snyder-directed adaptation opens on the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a 'superhero' who's done more dirty deeds than derring-do. The grizzled nihilist is sitting alone in his apartment, smoking a cigar and contemplating life's many sick jokes. He's been sticking his nose where it didn't belong, and when his front door busts open, the Comedian knows the gig is over. A mysterious opponent storms into the room, and while he lacks the heft of the Comedian, he more than makes up for it with his martial arts prowess.

The unknown foe can seemingly anticipate his target's every move, dodging punches and catching blades midair with his bare hands. And as the shadowy assassin beats the Comedian into oblivion, Snyder employs his trademark slow-mo, a move that works incredibly well here. Better still, the entire fist fight is accompanied by Nat King Cole's 'Unforgettable You,' and as the Comedian is tossed out the window and his blood-stained smiley face pin tumbles to the street below, we're left with an opening no superhero fan will ever forget.

We all know Deadpool is a bit of a rebel, an iconoclast. The guy doesn't play by the rules, and neither does the opening scene of his R-rated blockbuster. Who would've suspected that a movie about a deformed mutant assassin would open with Juice Newton's 'Angel of the Morning'? As the '80s pop song plays on the soundtrack, the camera winds its way through a suspended tableau of death and destruction.

Bad guys are frozen mid-scream, bullets and cigarette lighters float in the air, and the hilariously clever credits tell us to watch out for 'God's Perfect Idiot,' a 'Hot Chick,' and a 'British Villain.' Of course, the awesomeness doesn't stop there. Immediately after the credits, we see the Merc with a Mouth perched on an overpass, jamming to 'Shoop' and scribbling violent cartoons. Breaking the fourth wall, Deadpool says a quick hello the audience, cracks a joke about somebody whose name rhymes with 'Pulverine,' and then jumps onto the freeway below, crashing straight into an SUV full of villains. Deadpool starts to slaughter everyone in sight, and we get to watch as the slow-mo credits play out in real time.

It's gory, hysterically over-the-top, and sets the perfect tone for the mercenary madness to follow. But the lazy afternoon doesn't last long, as we blast 34 years into the future and find everybody's favorite a-holes preparing to battle an oversized space squid with an appetite for Anulax batteries. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) is a little insecure about Gamora's (Zoe Saldana) new gun, and the group spends a bit of time bickering about Rocket's (Bradley Cooper) sound system, but when the Abelisk comes tearing out of the sky, the Guardians get to work, with 'Mr. Guncraft holster. Blue Sky' blasting over the stereo.And as the battle rages in the background, Baby Groot is busy dancing to ELO, fighting alien space rats, and keeping us thoroughly entertained through the opening credits.

It's possibly the most adorable scene in the entire MCU—one that took —not to mention one of Marvel's sweetest, and slimiest, openings. Really, the only thing better than watching Baby Groot boogie is watching director James Gunn. Alone at a party, Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy) is offered a ride home by some sympathetic classmates and their well-meaning dad. Unfortunately, getting into that car proves to be the worst mistake of her young life.

As she silently sits in the front seat, waiting for the dad to finish loading the trunk, she notices something happening outside. There are boxes scattered all over the ground.boxes her friend's father had been carrying just moments before. So when Casey hears someone climb into the driver's seat, she quickly realizes they're all about to take a very disturbing detour.When Casey finally summons the courage to look, she sees the menacing Dennis (McAvoy), one of the many personalities trapped inside the body of Kevin Wendell Crumb. Unable to make a sound, Casey watches as Dennis dons a surgical mask, grabs a can of aerosol anesthesia, and knocks out the girls in the back seat. It all plays out like a scene lifted from your worst nightmare, with Casey absolutely paralyzed with fear. She's so quiet and submissive that Dennis doesn't even seem to notice her until she ever-so-slowly tries to open the car door.

But when the door sensor goes off, he turns to his third and final victim, pulls out the can, and kicks off one of the creepiest films in superhero cinema. This brilliant blend of comedy, action, and fantasy all comes together perfectly in the first few minutes, when Thor (Chris Hemsworth) finds himself trapped in the underworld. Wrapped in chains and monologuing to himself, the blond Avenger is granted an unwelcome audience with Surtur, the fire demon who plans on bringing about the end of Asgard.

Thor calls for his mighty hammer, bashes a bunch of demi-devils, and then goes toe-to-toe with Surtur, all while accompanied by the epic strains of 'The Immigrant Song.' But after dispatching Surtur, Thor still has a massive dragon to deal with; unfortunately, nobody back home will open the Bifrost. Heimdall (Idris Elba) has gone on the run, and Skurge (Karl Urban) is entertaining lady friends with his toys from 'Tex-As.' So Thor is forced to fly with Mjolnir in the lead and a fiery reptile on his tail. With Mark Mothersbaugh's score building to a perfect '80s pitch, Skurge finally drops his machine guns and shake weights and opens up the Bifrost, kicking off a wild adventure involving ghouls, gladiators, and the goddess of death.