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Testing faith is a major theme of "The Chronicles of Narnia" stories, but Hollywood clearly has confidence in the fantasy film franchise from Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures. via Los Angeles Times

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“If we can genetically control that process, we would have a whole new way of performing the nanofabrication used to make computer chips”

The process used to produce the armored suit worn by Robert Downey, Jr. in "Iron Man" -- biological circuit fabrication -- may soon be another case of science fiction becoming science fact. via People's Daily

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“With all the previous attempts at this technology, there has been a slight lag time between the intent of the human, and the actual movement of the machine”

Software engineer Rex Jameson easily lifts 200 pounds doing pull-downs using a robotic soldier suit being made for the U.S. Army by Raytheon on Monday, April 14, 2008, in Salt Lake City. via Time

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London, Iron Man Cert: 12A Derek Malcolm's rating Description: Billionaire industrialist and inventor Tony Stark is kidnapped by insurgents during a weapons demonstration in Afghanistan. via This is London

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“They enable someone to lift 200 pounds as if they were lifting 20 pounds.”

So you're a genius, and you have all the dough in the world, plus lots of time on your hands. via Chicago Tribune

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“Other cultures drew superheroes, like Japan . . . but the fostering of individualism and self-reliance seems to reflect values that are prevalent in American society”

NEW YORK -- For several months, a host of Equinox gyms scheduled an hour of body conditioning called 'superhero training camp.' It was not for the faint of heart. It involved intervals of cardio that recalled elementary school gym class, interspersed with strength training and tests of agility that included a Spider-Man crawl (imagine moving across a gymnasium floor by executing a series of spread-eagle push-ups).

The allure of the class was in the title, which implied tear-inducing difficulty and the possibility of transformation -- that one might enter as Clark Kent but emerge as Superman. Or that one would blossom from a bespectacled Diana Prince into a bullet-deflecting Wonder Woman. Read more

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“It looks like spending 90 minutes trapped inside a Chuck E. Cheese.”

For "Iron Man," the sequel is two years away. But the encore comes this weekend. via KCPQ

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“It was an interesting process of sculpting”

The suit makes the man. It's an old adage yet never more true than in the case of Iron Man, the comic book superhero who storms into theatres on May 2. Dusted off for a techno-loving century, "Iron Man" the ... via CTV.ca

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Posted by: Jon Schaff - 05/04/2008 11:05 PM Yes, I knew Ken Blanchard was in the theater when during a preview for the new Mike Meyers film I heard the trade mark Blanchard snort that passes for laughter. via KELO-TV Sioux Falls

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“What I think this says about the marketplace is that if we make really entertaining movies, people will show up for them”

LOS ANGELES : "Iron Man" blasted into the box office stratosphere over the weekend, selling an estimated $201 million in tickets worldwide and almost certainly establishing a new movie franchise for Marvel ... via International Herald Tribune

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