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You’ll have to be careful now that Spider-Man 3 has premiered in Tokyo, Japan.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Even superheroes get the blues, as “Spider-Man” discovers in this latest sequel during which he confronts a mutant made of sand, a vengeful former friend and, ultimately, himself.

“Spider-Man 3” is packed with stunning special effects such as the crumbling, morphing Sandman and an evil black suit with a life of its own that brings out a person’s dark side, but the characters also show a complexity rarely seen in action movies.

One screening equals lots of spoilers floating around the ‘net. For me, having the story spoiled doesn’t detract from my enjoyment of the film. It’s watching the visuals come to life that makes the movie worthwhile. Having said that, I don’t want to know everything before going off the see the film for myself.

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I guess this is the final, final trailer for Spider-Man 3 (May 4, 2007). Yahoo! Movies has an exclusive trailer and the only difference I see between this one and the Comcast Exclusive trailer is the above shot or Venom. The rest of the shots may be edited in a different order, but only one new image/sequence to see. Yahoo! also has the 7-minute preview that was previously only available on NBC.com for a 24-hour period. It’s definitely worth checking out.

Back to the Yahoo! preview, I’ve got to say Venom looks great. I wish he were a little bigger than Spider-Man (and I miss the white logo), but they’ve pulled off what I thought would be an almost impossible character to visualize. Throw in the Sandman, who is probably one of my all time favorite Spider-Man villains and this could easily be my favorite of the trilogy of Spider-Man films.

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Any reader of Digg knows that lists are in. Not a day goes by that a Top 10… list of some sort doesn’t make it to the homepage of Digg. People love lists and savy web content producers are creating content to cater to that fact.

It seems the previous statement has not gone unnoticed by CNN, as I just found their Best — and Worst– Movie Battle Scenes on the Digg homepage. I have to say, I agree with most of their choices, but one makes me especially happy:

8. Starship Troopers — Battle of Klendathu, Battle on Planet P
Paul Verhoeven, 1997
“They sucked his brains out!”
A bloody bugfest on Klendathu sees 100,000 troops hacked, ripped and squished to death in an hour; then we follow Rico’s roughnecks to Planet P where his poorly-equipped infantry are sent back as bait for thousands of spiky Arachnids. But is it really the bugs who’re the evil ones? Slick, smart B-movie action.

Starship Troopers was a vastly underrated movie. The effects were ground-breaking (at the time) and they story was a great parody of propaganda and militaristic societies. Yes, it wasn’t hard-core Sci-Fi like the source material, but it was a great comment on media, society and violence.

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Mister Fantastic is an inherently cool character (I think). He may be the least powerful member of the Fantastic Four, but he can do so many things with his power, that he’s a fun character to read (or watch). I hope that in the upcoming Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie, that the character is played much more like he was at the end of the first film.

His power doesn’t work on film in slow shots. for example, the scene in the first film where he stretched his hand under the door just doesn’t look good. It looks fake. However, in the final battle with Dr. Doom, his stretches and turns into several shapes quickly an rapidly. It was the first time in the film I smiled while watching the character. Hopefully, the new film will feature lots of shapes, bouncing and stretching for Mister Fantastic (read more about the character).

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Star Wars Stamps (click for full image) - Coming May 26

It looks like the R2-D2 Mail Boxes were only the beginning. The US Post Office unveiled a Star Wars website, stamp sheet, and pre-paid Express Mail mailers. There’s even an easy trivia contest for a chance to win a trip to L.A. for the Star Wars Celebration IV convention.

The stamps are pretty cool and I’ll definitely get a sheet to save (along with the DC stamps from last year, and the Marvel stamps coming this year). You can also vote for your favorite stamp on the set and it will receive a full sheet release. Out of all of the images, the Darth Vader head-shot looks the best on its own.

Finally, I heard rumors last year that Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope would be re-released this year in honor of the 30th anniversary. I want to say it was going to be converted to digital 3-D, but I may not be remembering correctly. Regardless, I hope it comes to theaters in some form of wide release this year. Nothing would put a bigger smile on my face than sitting in the theater, 30 years later, watching one of my favorite movies with my son sitting right next to me.