In the real world, a “power couple” might be a married couple, both lawyers. But in the movies, power couples come in all forms. Below is a list of my top six power couples.
Disclaimer: I apologize to comic book geeks (yes, you Yorick). I used movie power couples; in the comic books some of these super heroes may be divorced or separated, now a single parent, trying to make it in a world with no water because the greed of men brought a great drought and now people live off cigarettes and melted ice caps…yawn.
6. Aragorn and Arwen
This one isn’t even in the book, but whatevers. Aragorn is the king and Arwen is an elf. This is all good, except Arwen is about to give up her immortality to marry Aragorn. Apart from Aragorn’s excellent sword-play, this couple is a political power, influencing congressional policies and setting up Habitat for Humanity projects throughout Middle Earth…all the while securing oil fields just outside Mordor.
5. Spiderman and Mary Jane Watson-Parker
Spiderman, or Peter Parker, is one hell of a photographer. Add in Mary Jane’s success in acting, and you’ve got a power couple. Did anyone see Mary Jane in Spiderman II? Wow, Oscar-worthy. In an attempt not to be biased, this is the worst power couple ever. Can somebody get the mealy banana paste out of Pecker’s mouth when he’s talking?
4. Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm
Standalone, they have some pretty dumb talents. Ladies worldwide wonder if Mr. Fantastic can expand his phallus. Word from his publicist is: he can’t, unfortunately the storm cloud flew right around it. Together, M Fanny and Sue can make invisible stretchy babies…awesome. But they do make up half the Fantastic 4 and that is OK in my Blog.
3. Selene and Michael Corvin
At the end of Underworld Evolution, I’m pretty sure everybody in the theatre thought, “vampires that can go to the beach…sweet.” Well, that is only where their talents begin. Apart from Selene being a super hottie, she can Wash, Iron, Fornicate, Etc. and Michael can kick some ass. Ok, ok, not fair. Both Selene and Michael are hybrids, can kick ass, make sweet love, and are hybrids. (This one was a tough decision, I wanted them at number 1.)
2. Anakin Skywalker and Padme
Combine political power and political power and an above average number of Midochlorians, what do you get? For fifteen minutes, you get the most powerful couple in the entire galaxy. After that, you get a burnt, purple turd with missing appendages, grabbing sand and a shrieking, smiley, sweaty-faced ninny who’s lost the will to live. At least they had their 15 minutes. Bottom line, don’t underestimate his power, my master.
1. Jean Grey and Cyclops
Sure there was this whole Wolverine thing. And again, this is purely from the movies, but Wolverine and Jean Grey were too natural and it made too much sense. I much preferred the hot mother-and-son look of Jean Grey and lunch-box toting, backwards cap wearing, bubble gum chewing Cyclops. Basically, Jean Grey could rip apart your every molecule and Cyclops can melt your face off (in a bad way) by touching his ear. Sweet! In all seriousness, there’s a reason a person takes their glasses off when they are kissing…Cyclops can’t do that…annoying…
I really didn’t want this couple at number 1, but Jean and Scott are pretty, pretty powerful. What a busted Blog post.
