Going back to the early days of comics, heroes have been created to stand for something. Peace, justice and the American way has been a strong theme since this trend began and never seemed to falter.

As time as passed, the simple blind patriotism has faded and led to more complex characters that have evolved with the times. Today, on the anniversary of America’s independence, we take a look back at some heroes and even some villains who have proudly worn the red, white and blue.

While there are many we don’t have the chance to look at below such as the Flag, Liberty Bell, the Shield or even the Spirit of 76, we look at all those heroes and what they stood for, the men and women who helped give us the freedom to be able to live in a land where these characters actually exist.

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As many of you know, it’s a holiday weekend here in the U S of A. That means all around the country people are getting together for food, fun, sun and the adult beverages of their choice to celebrate our independence day.

This seemed like as good a weekend as any to give the hard working staff here at The Flickcast some much deserved time off. We’ve got quite a few things coming up over the next few months, including the big one called Comic-Con in San Diego, so we’re going to take it easy this weekend.

Consequently, our posting schedule over the weekend and on Monday, the actual 4th of July, will be much lighter than usual. If a big story breaks, we’ll bring it to you. Otherwise, we’ll be back to our version of normal on Tuesday, July 5th.

Happy 4th of July weekend to those of you who celebrate it. For the rest, enjoy your weekend.

To add to the fun, we’ve included a little video to help set the mood. Click through to check it out.

Thanks for reading and we’ll see you on Tuesday.

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Welcome to another edition of On the Radar where we delve into all corners of the entertainment, tech and geek Internets for news, views and whatnot that may have escaped our regular coverage during the week. Let is know if we missed something interesting.

Let’s get started!

• Just because they seem to be running out of ideas that aren’t hand-delivered to them by either Marvel or Pixar, Disney is now working on a feature length film based on their Matterhorn ride. Let’s hope this one doesn’t spawn as many sequels as Pirates.

• Both No Strings Attached starring Ashton Kutcher and Friends With Benefits starring Mila Kunis are eerily similar. How similar? Here’s a mashup trailer to prove it.

• Diablo Cody is stepping away from her hamburger-shaped typewriter and behind her hamburger-shaped camera as she takes on directing Lamb of God.

• In honor of his newest masterpiece hitting theaters, here is the premise to every Michael Bay film in under 60 seconds.

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As it’s a holiday weekend here in the United States, we won’t be doing much updating at The Flickcast after about 4PM today. Hey, we have to give the staff time off sometimes. However, if something big happens or we think you need to know something, we’ll be sure to bring it to you.

Until then, have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend. To our friends in other countries, have a great weekend. We’ll be back to our regular schedule on Tuesday, July 6th.

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As its a holiday weekend, we won’t be doing much updating here at The Flickcast. Hey, I have to give the staff time off sometimes. However, if something big happens or we think you need to know something, we’ll be sure to bring it to you. Until then, have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend.

To get you through the long weekend, here’s a few patriotic videos (after the jump, of course) to watch and enjoy that remind us of what a great country we live in. Kudos to the gang at Sci-Fi Wire for the inspiration.

We’ll be back to our regular schedule on Monday. See you on the other side.

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