In honor of our upcoming film DAY WATCH -- in which characters exhibit super powers galore -- we want to know YOUR answer to the following question:

If you could have any super power, which would you choose? (Submit your answers in the comments box below.)

Searchlighters had a few thoughts of their own to share too. But first, a few things I learned about my coworkers in the process:

  • Someone among us thinks they look like Brad Pitt. ("To be able to eat whatever I want and still look like Brad Pitt.")
  • People hate traffic enough in LA & NY that they'd choose a super power specifically to avoid it.
  • Only one person wants the power to heal. (Hello, guilt-inducement.)
  • Out of all imagineable super powers, two people would choose to able to eat without gaining weight. (One described such a power as "A thousand times better than flying or superhuman strength!")
  • Is the person who wishes they could read minds just nosy?
  • And I'd be curious to know the motivation behind the two who wish they could become invisible...

With that said, out of 31 Searchlight respondents (a third of the studio), here's a quick tally of super powers they wish for that you've actually heard of:

  • "To be able to fly" - 12 votes
  • "To be able to beam/teleport/apparate to other places" - 4
  • "To be able to become invisible" - 2
  • "To be able to travel through time" - 1
  • "To be able to read minds" - 1
  • "To enjoy everlasting youth" - 1
  • "To be able to communicate with animals" - 1
  • "To have the power to heal the suffering" - 1
  • "To be able to reverse global warming and people's negative impact on the planet" - 1

...while here are their not-so-typical super power desires:

  • "Mental caller ID on blocked phone calls"
  • "To be able to transform into Searchlight President Peter Rice"
  • "To be able to transform into a unicorn"
  • "To be able to transform into the Silver Surfer"
  • "To be able to foretell a movie's box office gross"
  • "To be able to increase my email storage limit"
  • "To be able to sing or speak any foreign language fluently"
  • "To be able to renew my driver's license without setting foot in the DMV"
  • "To be able to kick people’s asses like in the Matrix"
  • "To wiggle my nose and do anything I wanted"
  • "To be able to get into shape sleeping and sitting on my ass"

Now it's YOUR turn! Tell us what kind of super power you wish you had in the comments box below!

And be sure to catch DAY WATCH in theaters on June 1st! (And see how well -- or badly -- those who possess super powers use them.)

the power to create and

the power to create and manipulate anything. Throw a fireball at me?
I'll snap my fingers and create a ball of water rite in front of me, then manipulate the ball of water and push it towards the fire ball.
Giant Black Hole?
Create another one to cancel each other out.

Michael Jackson?
hmmmm..... that i gotta think about.

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Quote: "To be able to get

Quote: "To be able to get into shape sleeping and sitting on my ass"
Now THERE'S a power any right-minded American (me included) would wish for. That being said, if every American's wish to be fit came true, than every nation in the world would become so overcome with jealousy, that they'd all wage war on us hot and sexy Americans, and we'd have World War 4 on our hands. So for the well-being of the United States, and for the entire world, us Americans better keep eating our burgers and sitting on our asses. [JUST KIDDING]

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if i had a power it would to

if i had a power it would to create fire and manipulate it into whatever form or shape i want without being burned

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I'm a Lightning Fox and the

I'm a Lightning Fox and the one power that I would like to have in life is to stop time so that I would have more time to do things!

It's not easy having powers but if you use them wisely you will be much happier!

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Hey Lightning Fox, I will

Hey Lightning Fox, I will see you around some time as it's been a while since we had to save everyone!
Hope your well!
Your friend
Storm wolf

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THE POWER I WOULD LIKE TO

THE POWER I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IS SUPER INTELLIGENCE--A 500 POINT IQ WOULD BE NICE. OR A SORCERER'S ABILITY TO MANIPULATE MYSTICAL FORCES.

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The power I would like to

The power I would like to have is being in controll of all elements, such as producing lightning balls. Or the powers of haven and hell, light and darkness.

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your dumb

your dumb

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DON'T USE THE ABILIATIY TO

DON'T USE THE ABILIATIY TO CHANGE TIME YOU WILL ULTURE THE SPACE TIME COUNTIUEM PROCESS AND YOU COULD DESTROY THE WORLD OK

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THIS IS THE SAME PERSON THAT

THIS IS THE SAME PERSON THAT WROTE THIS MESSAGE BUT IT WOULD BE COOL IF YOU DIDN'T DESTROY THE WORLD

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your dumb with you went back

your dumb with you went back in time you would not be able to alter enything becaus it had allready happend you hade all ready gone back in time you can not change the past becous it already happend you already changed what ever went wrong so with you where a good persone when you got the power all the problems of the world where fixed at the same time be cuz you had already dunn it

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Existential Energy

Existential Energy Manipulation
To be able to create/uncreate existence, break linear continuum's/planes of existence through paradox negation, destroy the very fabric of existence and watch the entirety of ALL THAT IS be unmade, and never have existed. To absorb and feast upon the energies that create and maintain existence/the omniverse, syphon that same energy from the deities of any particular plane or space-time and ultimately collect, process and manifest within the life-energies of worlds/planes/times/universes I destroy or create. My first order of business would be to unravel this very fractured, quite pathetic world. The bliss would be quite a blessed moment, and nothing of this world would have ever been.

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Wow, I thought that I was

Wow, I thought that I was the only person who would use that power for that reason. Most people would want to create, but it seems I'm not alone

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i would be a werewolf but

i would be a werewolf but the moon wouldnt control my change

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Flight because then i can

Flight because then i can kick ass

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power to freeze time like

power to freeze time like piper halliwell in charmed or the power to screate and manipulate forefeilds like sue storm from fantastic 4 and violet incredible GLORY

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TELEKINESIS &

TELEKINESIS & TELEPATHY

That's an awesome power that anyone would want especially me.....I mean who wouldn't want that power.....you can so much with it and your life will change forever! I want that power and not to mention, accompanied with TELEPATHY would be a cperfect combination....like Jean in X-MEN...So COOL

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there is actually a kind of

there is actually a kind of real life version of that its called psychkinesis its classed as a mental illness but it means you use way too much of ur brain at once and can bend reality to ur own means because ur thinking too much.....i know it sounds fraky but its true my friend found out he had it while i was round his when he blew out his doorfram then shot fire from his hands then he made the mistake of blowing himself up an dying....it was freaky as hell but fun for the five minutes he had it i suppose

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To be able to will places

To be able to will places into existence like a human holodeck from Star Trek

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The ability to travel...

The ability to travel... into the past, using people's memories as markers in time, thus allowing me a brief moment where I can interact and rewrite history as I see fit.

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to transform anything into

to transform anything into anything i want..yeaa imagine the possibilities..

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TELEKINESIS. Best power

TELEKINESIS. Best power ever, and i can't believe no one has mentioned it yet

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The power to stop all crime

The power to stop all crime and hate. Then the power to live forever and enjoy it.

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The power to move back and

The power to move back and forth through time

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I'd like to be able to

I'd like to be able to change my gender at will. Personal reasons... But also curious to see how the other side handles things. I also think it would be easier to understand everyone else's mentalities and personalities if I could see it from more than one perspective.

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The power to spell-check the

The power to spell-check
the internet.

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Internet has a capital 'I',

Internet has a capital 'I', by the way.

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to be able to manipulate

to be able to manipulate fire into whatever form I want

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The power to alter reality

The power to alter reality on a whim.

-Sept

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Come to Los Angeles. We need

Come to Los Angeles. We need you more than ever! Has there been an Q&A event in L.A. that I might've missed out on? I Really hope not. I would really like to meet both Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman.Dude im losing interest in the movie juno simplysexy lingerie because of the way it is being advertised. Oh its released on dec 5 no dec 15 then today i cant find it playing anywhere in california on yahoo movie search. I think the marketing people need to be a little more user friendly with this movie. Yeh they need to stop being jerks.Ok you know whatwholesale lingerie lingeriedude you need to chill because when a movie is playing at one of the towns theaters, the other one can't play it. Then after two weeks or whatever, they switch and a different theater plays the movie. Dur da dur

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The power to bend destinies

The power to bend destinies beyond mine. Yeah yeah if we plant "good seeds/deeds" we are, in fact, shaping tomorrow however slight. But the power to will others direction would outstrip the other "powers" You wouldnt need to be rich because you could will banks to give you money etc.

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phase thrue walls with

phase thrue walls with anything im touching

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THe Power to control

THe Power to control gravity. So i can make black holes and much deadly earthquacks,and tusnami's this would be the best super power so in that case with enough i can just automatically control peoples movement.!!LOL!!

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To never have to sleep.

To never have to sleep.

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Totally! Think of all the

Totally!
Think of all the time you waste in bed? Granted, I'd probably utilize my newfound power to slack off more. LOL

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to be the devil

to be the devil

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to have the powers of clark

to have the powers of clark kent

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The ability to determine the

The ability to determine the origins and history of objects by touching them.

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To be able to stop Fox from

To be able to stop Fox from ruining the international presentation of Day Watch by showing the dubbed, chopped-up version in theaters (which they will show; this movie- while it is a fantastic and terrific film- will bomb in America because of Fox and their horrible editing choices).

Yeah, that would be my power.

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good job

good job

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And if I had that power too,

And if I had that power too, we could join together and stop terrible dubbing everywhere! Bwahahaha!

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To be able to shift or

To be able to shift or transform into any form or entity

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To make anyone I want to

To make anyone I want to fall in love with me and immortality.

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That would be cool, but in

That would be cool, but in retrospect, if you live forever, you'll never experience life after death (heaven), and anyone you made fall in love with you, would eventually die, and you'd be all alone.

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I would like to have the

I would like to have the same power Jesus Christ has "omnipotence" and "omnipresent".

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That's God, honey. Jesus

That's God, honey. Jesus was just a kickass Jewish rebel with a lot of patience and kindness.

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To control people through

To control people through their thoughts

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That's insalubrious.

That's insalubrious.

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i think patching up the

i think patching up the ozone at will, or eating whatever and not gain weight in all the wrong places, or being able to make people horny with a special laser beam are all good superpowers. if not practical.

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only see people naked "no

only see people naked "no suprises thank you very much"

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