While Spiderman, Superman, and Batman are all high grossing blockbusters, a new evolution of superhero movies are emerging and failing. This is very upsetting to me, for I am a fan of this particular genre of the comic book to movie world. However I feel somewhat robbed as a fan.

What I am speaking about is the new emerging of the super heroine movies. These movies are instant flops. Catwoman was terrible. Elektra was terrible. I'm going to attempt to dissect these films and perhaps shed light on why these movies are not bringing in the blockbuster audiences.

My first obvious choice is the actresses they choose to portray the heroines. Hallie Barry might be great eye candy, but I find it very hard to believe that a 90 pound woman could inflict such harm on 300 pound males. Elektra was terrible because they chose a box office draw actress over a quality actress. Yes, Jennifer Garner was cute in 13 going on 30, however, a warrior she is not.

My second reason is the direction. Neither movies had any. In Catwoman, we hardly had any chance to identify with the character. The personality switch between submissive and dominant was so quick, we hardly had a chance to adjust. Barry's portrayal of Catwoman was mindless. It was a regurgitation of every "The Crow" I have ever seen. Been there, done that, not to spend $8.00 on it again.

My third reason is the directors. I have a feeling that Hollywood is giving these movies to second rate directors that are trying only to see how obnoxiously arrogant and unidentifiable they can make a character. I am sorry, but by the end of Catwoman, I was ready to throw her in the river.

My fourth and final reason, and no one I feel is also the most important, is the story line. The movies written for these heroines do not match the history and the single most important reason why we read them. Drama. Drama. Drama. Drama. Drama.

What Elektra in Catwoman missed was drama and peril. This newfound "embodiment of women" is not what we are looking for in movies. We are looking for our characters to overcome certain perils. Not simply being reborn, and kicking asked the rest of the movie. I don't understand why Hollywood is so shy of allowing women to be helpless heroines. Why is it so politically incorrect? Is far more interesting to watch a movie where the main character is facing certain distraction and doom, and overcomes it at the last moment. In the 1970s version of Superman, Superman was given a kryptonite necklace, and dropped into the pool. Batman and Robin were subjected to man eating plants, and it was up to Batgirl to save them. In Spiderman II, Peter Parker was chained-up. In Smallville, they chained up Clark topless to the barn, and Lana and Lois and Chloe rubbed all over his chest. Would that ever happen to Supergirl? Why aren't these perils occurring to super heroines? Why is it so horrible?

In the 1970s version of Wonder Woman that aired on television, during the course of the series, she was placed in perilous situations early on in the series. Restraints galore. However as the series evolved, less and less of such scenes were shown. Is it any mystery that the ratings also dropped? They took away the peril, they took away the drama, they took away their reason for the show to be watched.