Novel of 2015

Erica Jong's Fear of Dying
I was surprised that I didn't find out about this sequel. Different character, but updated for an internet age. Really honest, sexy, disgusting and everything.
Creative use of the original's title.
Hasn't lost a beat writing in over 42 years.

Christopher Nolan and the Al Ghul philosophy

Ra's Al Ghul vs society, aristocracy, corruption

Joker against the corrupt such as that of a stronger police force, voting, politics, and money. Bruce is a man who makes money, and idealistic teaching of no killing to save lives. They are at odds.

Bane follows Al Ghul. 

Bane is a man of family, like Bruce.

Talia's father was killed by Bruce.
Batman beats the League of Shadows for the fight for legacy.
Is there a successor to the Al Ghuls like Waynes?

Christopher Nolan philosophy explored through the Dark Knight trilogy: Greed

Batman Begins is a Blade Runnerish film as the audience sees the protagonist reject his wealth and family in order to become a criminal and terrorist fighting police corruption.

He nearly becomes a vigilante prior to a mob boss killing his parents' murderer.
It's probably also a commentary on violent films.

Bruce lives a world of wealth in a house.

In the Dark Knight, wealth becomes an issue as well, as the city has become filled with the rich and no more poor. What of Al Ghul's men though?
The Joker is the one man who can take them down as they play politics with Senators and District Attorneys. Harvey uses his coin, a piece of money to decide things.
The Joker burns money. He has no wants.

In the Dark Knight Rises, the stock market plays a key role. In addition, the League of Shadows reappears taking away all of Bruce's power.

Fox's Magneto analysis

Magneto is a perfect example of how an antivillain should be written. He kills people,  some innocent, some not even the people he hates, is a dark character, yet he's the good guy. He's a primary antagonist yet protagonist in some films. He is willing do kill those who threaten his kind who do consist of some innocents. Some powerful involved in the US government. He is anti-patriotic; he may even be viewed as that of a terrorist like that of Christopher Nolan's Joker. He captures an innocent teen X-Men who has potential as a protective soldier in Rogue, nearly killing her when she was defenseless. He uses Jean Grey, his best friend's protege against the X-Men and nearly kills everyone with a force and character so mentally unstable. He also nearly destroys the world with the upcoming of the Sentinels program vs not only mutant kind but humanity too.
He has the background of a Polish Jew with parents killed by the Nazis, opposed to those of the idealistic straight laced Superman-inspired American and blonde haired Captain America. He was a key example of a Bronze Age of comics writing, promoting diversity, and darker more realistic and empathetic storylines and villains compared to the absolute of those like the Red Skull and Baron Zemo.

Loki has plotholes. There's no logic as to how his powers are written nor is it credible that people in the same universe understand his powers. Dumb Thor who can fly doesn't save Loki who can fly falling from a bridge at the end of Thor, and Loki's anyway.
They spend time on a plot twist involving him being a frost giant baby that doesn't explain how he has Asgardian appearance or power.

That's not to say Magneto didn't have plotholes. He had a huge one in one of his most famous movies, X-Men: Days of Future Past, blaming Nazis and humans for the death of his parents, when it was Sebastian Shaw,  mutant who was responsible. But you can clearly tell his pain and other strengths of his story compared with Loki.

Why Christopher Nolan should do a film on the Sinestro Corps

Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins was a revolutionary film. A darker, yet still not too indie take on the superhero genre, with one of the best scripts in recent times. Fear was a main theme of the film, something that despite being created alongside the Sinestro Corps was lost in comic book storytelling.

Although, comics and film are different medium, art and expression are great. It could be really good.

For those unfamiliar with Geoff Johns' Sinestro Corps, it is a segment of the color spectrum rings that are not Green during a Green Lantern Guardian prophecy revelation. The Green ring is powered through willpower. The Yellow through Fear. Get where I'm coming at?

It could be a sequel to the Richard Donner inspired Green Lantern film that I mentioned prior.

A big concern many may have is his indie downgraded take on Batman. He could do tech, like when he scripted Man of Steel, when he was still Executive Producer of that project. He could do an interpretation on a more invincible, non-human superhero type with different themes, character and writing.

Why Richard Donner should do a Green Lantern film

Richard Donner's Superman was a classic. A year after Star Wars. The flying effects. Jor-el teaching Clark Kent with a 2001 Star Gate-ish sequence.  the great sets of Krypton. He can really make a film seem really cool and visual.

Hire a Mario Puzo inspired screenplay writer, to give a really long Farewell, My Concubine-ish plot.
Use really good space effects once Hal Jordan goes from kid to military man to pilot to space man.

I think it'd be really cool if a Green Lantern Ring had a Kryptonian look mixed with Superman-Green Lantern spandex.

The Making of Blade Runner, 25th Anniversary by Paul M Salmon

A good behind the scenes production look of the film

Steve McQueen: a Biography by Marc Elliot

Really classy book about a great actor.

The Hustons, a Hollywood Dynasty

Very good book.
Good set up to the family's legacy, John and Anjelica and their relationship.

The Color of Water by James McBride is worth the National Book Award

Well Written
Honest about a ghost and her child.

Lists of autobiographies not to get Summer 2015

Anjelica Huston
Albert Camus
Francis Ford Coppola
Frank Langella, supposed to be controversial, but really has nothing happen in it. Such a shame considering I was a fan.

Ideal directors for the Daredevil Netflix series

1. Martin Scorsese
2. Quentin Tarantino
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. Michael Mann
5. Brian De Palma, The Untouchables, and more importantly Scarface. Then again, that'd probably be better as a Kingpin film.
6. Guy Ritchie
7. Takeshi Miike
8. Takeshi Kitano
9. Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy director, Bonnie and Clyde
10. John Woo
11. Johnnie To
12. Wong Kar-wai
13. The Coen Brothers
14. Michael Cimino
15. Francis Ford Coppola
16. David Cronenberg
17. Kathyrn Bigelow
18. David Lynch
19. Christopher Nolan
20. Stanley Kubrick would do as well, but he really didn't do crime films. Also he's not alive.

iZombie, "Capt Town" is a superhero geek's dream

I heard good stuff prior without actually watching it, probably because of the busy sports TV schedule I watch with my family on Tuesdays.

Rose McIver, Power Rangers RPM Yellow, plays a protagonist, who's a police officer surgeon 

Her boyfriend is cheating on her.

Not like being a zombie would be a factor. 

She's not as funny as Ziggy, which would've factored into the episode.

However, her dry Amy Adams approach sorta works thanks to how she's directed. Nothing bothers her.

It has a Kick-Ass premise with the zombie of the week being a real life crime fighter, The Fog! Neither John Carpenter's no Maurice LeMarche's.
And RPM Yellow doesn't want to be a superhero. Oh, irony!

Ocean's 11 bumbling dude, CPA, is revealed to be a gun seller.

Synthetic brains, vs real, criminal.

Zombie and human can't be in a relationship. Zombie racism at its finest.
Yes, that is as ridiculous as it sounds. And it's fucking awesome.

Which brain is which? 

Zombie vs another.

Own kind racism.

Flash CW TV, "Running to Stand Still" random thoughts

I enjoy how every episode has a Geoff Johns crossover feel with a large Rogue Gallery after the superhero, and I'm not even a Johns fan.

The Mortal Kombat legacy director directed this episode. Like the Supergirl episode, he directed there were plotholes. I don't think it's his fault though as Mortal Kombat Legacy and DC network television shows have different schedules.
Magnetism, and a lot of Fantastic Four (2015) pseudoscience bullshit could plant a bomb in every house. Somehow the Trickster can plant a cut scene where Boba Fett and Han Solo get fucked in the ass by Jabba the Hutt under every person's Christmas tree.
Captain Cold good guy one episode, bad another? Ok.

Wells 2 getting labeled and associated as Wells 1 is a form of interdimensional racism.
Wells having a moment with his daughter. Pretty cool.
Barry tries to give Wells his Christmas moment with the crew which was pretty cool.

Hamill showing up before Star Wars cashing in?

Star Wars trilogy book

Boring. Doesn't capture drama, or the sets or anything as good as the actual films.

Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero

New Characters, situations, not much action, bleh animation, no humor.
Mixed bag. If you enjoy it, enjoy it. Demo it first.

Jandy Nelson's I'll Give You The Sun review

Really boring book. As boring as reading this review.

Paula Hawkins' The Girl on The Train review

For a title that seems to be copying that of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo franchise, this books is very lame. Not a good story. Has boring dialogue. Not really immersive or entertaining at all.

My first reaction to Alan Moore's Promethea

I thought the art was great as everyone else did.
I didn't really think it added to Alan Moore's legacy though, not being inspired by actual superheroes. Didn't really get into the philosophies at the first time.
Probably the least controversial of his books though.

Supergirl Vol 1: The Last Daughter of Krypton

Having her land in Siberia, set up a bit of a setting for the comic.
Defeating Reign was a bit monotonous though, even if Reign was quite big in that storyline in the New 52.

Supergirl "Human for a Day" storylines analysis

An alien is unleashed at STAR Labs.

Alex and Hank Henshaw

Hank Henshaw is revealed to be dead and really J'onn Jonnz the Martian Manhunter.

Alex and Lara and Jimmy

Maxwell Lord not being so bad, or perhap sis just tricky.

Kat being a hero

The ending

Supergirl, "Red Faced" analysis

This episode had a lot of storylines. I liked the positives. It would've been better with a Christopher Nolan edit, opposed to the soap opera style to really make the show more interestingly shot like Cloud Atlas or something.
Family is a theme of the episode: Supergirl being taken away from her home, and being mad about it.
Clarissa Flockheart's mother, Alex's father, General Lane.

Something that should've been a theme is American nationalism. Police brutality and insurgents are mentioned, but what the fuck does that have to do with this show? Are there protests or anything to do with the Middle East in this show? They could've actually done the current events theme well, and is a major hiccup imo. Not really insulted or annoyed. I applaud them for the effort even, albeit it's sorta not really universe building and reminds us we're watching a show that references stuff in our shitty lives opposed to their show.

Red Tornado was really well designed. I imagine fans angry that he's a bad guy, but whatever. For a TV show, albeit 2010s, he looked like he could've been put in a film. 

Red Tornado turns evil after Supergirl going too strong defeating Red Tornado.

TV Tropes:

Military guy yells at him trope, because yelling does stuff and makes you look important? Evil? Angry? Ok.

"I won't let you hurt them," anime hero trope for Supergirl heroine.

Supergirl has a speech about hoping to have a friend knowing everything about her. I never felt normal, feeling powers make sense. No showing. All telling. Normal life leaving the ship.

Mad. Doesn't look mad. Wasted segment. This could've tied into the American jingoism militaristic theme too with voyeurism, etc.. Nope.

Kitty tells off her mom. Not for her unpaid intern.
Lane's mother killed by Hank Henshaw. Henshaw's eyes glow red.
Weird ending, but again, I liked the positives in the show:

• Red Tornado being introduced.
• Red Tornado's design.
• The fact that it looked like they tried to write a script.
• Energy.
• Action scenes.
• Special effects.
• Costumes.
• I mean it looked a production.

The themes were poorly handled, but it's in good taste if you like em. The family theme was only slightly below expectations and everyone tried their best. Again, energy and trying always helps in a show.

And this show is more soap opera is sci fi. Albeit, most sci fi has nothing to do with science, but still.. Add a technical term or space majig or something in the show. People complain about Smallville, but at least they were smart enough to throw out meteorite, metahuman, etc.. terms.

Gotham "Worse than a Crime"

Bruce meets Gallavan
Bruce meets Barbara
Bruce not scared
Alfred in a swat suit. Why? I dunno. But it's fucking awesome.
Gordon wants Gallavan to stand trial.
Catwoman knows how to get to Gallavan.
Fox is here.
Catwoman helps out the Police/Mob collaboration. Yes, there is one between Gordon and Penguin.
Penguin vs Gallavan
Martian in a rubber suit reference by Catwoman.
Can they trust Catwoman?
Bruce forgives Solar Jesus style

Dresses up in greek cloak.
Candles. Hoods. Eyes Wide Shut.

Awesome battles season 2 is known for and should continue.

Penguin beats the shit out of Gallavan in front of Gordon.
Gordon doesn't want Gallavan to stand trial.
He also has the Penguin right next to him.
Oh well...

Do you really want MCU's Magneto? Fox's Magneto analysis vs Loki

Magneto is a perfect example of how an antivillain should be written. He kills people,  some innocent, some not even the people he hates, is a dark character, yet he's the good guy. He's a primary antagonist yet protagonist in some films. He is willing do kill those who threaten his kind who do consist of some innocents. Some powerful involved in the US government. He is anti-patriotic; he may even be viewed as that of a terrorist like that of Christopher Nolan's Joker. He captures an innocent teen X-Men who has potential as a protective soldier in Rogue, nearly killing her when she was defenseless. He uses Jean Grey, his best friend's protege against the X-Men and nearly kills everyone with a force and character so mentally unstable. He also nearly destroys the world with the upcoming of the Sentinels program vs not only mutant kind but humanity too.
He has the background of a Polish Jew with parents killed by the Nazis, opposed to those of the idealistic straight laced Superman-inspired American and blonde haired Captain America. He was a key example of a Bronze Age of comics writing, promoting diversity, and darker more realistic and empathetic storylines and villains compared to the absolute of those like the Red Skull and Baron Zemo.

Loki has plotholes. There's no logic as to how his powers are written nor is it credible that people in the same universe understand his powers. Dumb Thor who can fly doesn't save Loki who can fly falling from a bridge at the end of Thor, and Loki's anyway.
They spend time on a plot twist involving him being a frost giant baby that doesn't explain how he has Asgardian appearance or power.

That's not to say Magneto didn't have plotholes. He had a huge one in one of his most famous movies, X-Men: Days of Future Past, blaming Nazis and humans for the death of his parents, when it was Sebastian Shaw,  mutant who was responsible. But you can clearly tell his pain and other strengths of his story compared with Loki.

An edit that probably would've made the Dark Knight a much better film

I recently had a theory that has since been broken regarding what if Batman purposely saved Dent instead of Dawes when the Joker threatened to blow two places up.
It would've made the scene more interesting having the audience guess the possibilities and the characters actions.
However, there is an unneccesary 10 seconds in an already long film, where Batman tells Gordon where each of them is going. If that had been edited out, it would've been a much better, more interesting film.

The Flash Season 2, the significance of the title, "Family of Rogues"

Family is a key word in the title of the episode.
A good person is beaten, while the father of another character is loyal, but not shown as a heroic character. That is something dark and notable.

The moment where someone admits they were beaten as a child should never be taken lightly.
WB did a good job having that moment as a moment of acting and exposition, rather than shown visually. I don't know how many kids are beaten by their children. Hopefully, less now. But this show is supposed to be accessible for kids. (I think. Comics whatever.)

Loyalty to ones family can be a key aspect of that relationship as well. Captain Cold is loyal to his son even to killing those who oppose his son Paul Verehoeven collaborator, Michael Ironside would be a welcome lead to Gotham.

The fact that Heat Wave and Captain Cold who previously teamed up are opposite could be used for thematic purposes as well.

Also note that Barry is a part of a step family, one with cops opposed to Heat Wave who was born on the wrong side of the law, but still a good guy.
Barry impersonates a criminal albeit with stereotypes this episode.



What did step family discuss?
Thermite


Kaitlin and Jay

The Flash Season 2, Episode 2, Flash of Two Worlds

I like it in that it really changed up from the Monster of the Week formula, by not having a Monster of the Week or like any action.
It was welcome exposition.

It also shows consequences for changing the past, including a possible plot, where it was masterminded by Zoom the whole time.
Jay Garrick is Earth 2 Flash. He's actually a scientist opposed to Barry. And he names the Rogues just like Barry's scientist.
And is he telling the truth or lying?
This isn't real science after all, and not all people believe in string theory, which this isn't even.

That ending with in Earth 2 though..

Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered The Great American Story Review

Part I:
L. Frank Baum's life and references to the book

The rest:
American History vs L. Frank Baum.
Banks
Witchcraft

Fantastic Four: Family Freakout Review

Not sure what this book was about.
Random issues of Fantastic Four without the core.
Really disappointed by Matt Fraction. Maybe it was pre-Hawkeye.

Books I read at Barnes and Noble, 7/3/15

Metal Gear Solid, Raymond Benson
Really weird. For a game that is so trippy, sellable and interesting, this book didn't really do anything for me. I was hoping for an interesting description for Psycho Mantis, a really intricate fight scene, details on how Solid Snake snuck around. Nothing.

Mega Man 8
Comical like in most Archie Comics styles
Don't read if you don't want a major SPOILER

Someone shows up in the end: X

Satoshi Kon Opus
Try to remember if it had cool action or not. Not as dramatic as his movies.

Eternal Warrior Bleh
Coffin Hill Dark Endeavours

Pride of Baghad by the great Brian K. Vaughn
I was afraid this was going to have some sort of propaganda message involved or whatever, because it's post 9/11 America, but I was pleasantly surprised. This literally has to do with a Pride. I don't recall if they talk, but it was still sorta like a Au Hasard Balthasar situation. Good surprise.

Joe the Barbarian

Fear itself Matt Fraction
A bit disappointing from him unfortunately. Not as signature as his Hawkeye work.
Asylum by John Carpenter
The supernatural is in this.
Thomas Ian Griffith
Godzilla Rulers of the Earth
Godzilla
and Monsters
tearing shit apart
What else you want?
It looks mad pretty too.

Predator vs Alien vs Judge Dredd
All the characters were protrayed accurately. Comicy, yet dark given the characters on screen.

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Two
This was really boring. I didn't read Year One and regret reading Year Two. What happened in this 100 page book? Nothing. Moving on.

Rage of Ultron
Good event. ots of action.
Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man: Revival
There's a lot of Spider-Man involved.
Fun as heck.
Good dialogue.
Good direction.
I like it.

Ghostbusters Omnibus
The Ghostbusters fight gangsters in the Afterlife. Murraybuster plays a good Murray.
Displaced aggression: Winston dreams of bikinis. Miedeval lady.
Tainted Love: Flying Knives Lady
Convolution: Con you get me the pencil?
Thanksgiving: Guess who's coming to dinner?
Past Present and Future: Scrooge. No Bill Murray reference?

Kingsman: The Secret Service review

Kingsman is like a film manifesto. 60s Bond meets King Arthur meet Indie Brit films meet Fast and the Furious meet Unbreakable meets Harry Potter.

The casting choices
Colin Firth is excellent
A bunch of lesser knowns have broken out thanks to Vaughn's choosing, including Gazelle.
NEVER TRUST MICHAEL CAINE
The KING
Maybe they should rename the sequel
The Kingsman's Speech.
I'll stop there.
Eggsy is like a chameleon, but I do think so many more characters are interesting
B

The Right Wing Church line

A little bit too easy of a target

Hasn't been done though

B

The Right Wing Church fight scene

Hasn't been done before

Colin Firth isn't exactly Bruce Lee, and that's a good thing to consider his lack of experience and his excellence.
This parallels Eggsy's goal of becoming a Kingsman, as he has to fight till he's the last one.

It's part There Will Be Blood.
A

Portrayal of the UK

Portrayal of the poor in Britain
Not necessarily comic book fan friendly.
I also doubt a lot of fans are paying attention and a lot are probably denying the aspect of riot filled poor England,
But it exists.
There are multiple mentions to this such as how Eggsy's mom gets beaten by a stepfather
And Eggsy's response to Harry Hart regarding obtaining a job.

A

Certain aspects of the film cover bad government and lying.

Poor portrayal of government agencies.

Was it a blank?

Did he lie?

(We're never shown.)

Arthur betrayed them.

King Arthur.
A

The camera
There's a lot of semi oners and oners.
Not sure if there's a lot of cinematography 101, but I'm still saying it's really good for a blockbuster.


Jane Goldman:
I'm not sure if it's cuz of her, but she's definitely getting credit for when she teams up with Vaughn.

Opening and closing scene are a bit idenitcal, but good.

Finally.
Anal sex scene was a bit stupid. No set up for it outside of the Princess stuff. Not quite Bond. Maybe supposed to be. Divided at the moment. Maybe will revise later. C

Overall an A- which could be higher if I figure out what that darn anal scene was about.

Batman Hush: Vol 1 by Jeph Loeb, Chapters 3-4

Chapter 4: The City
With Alan Scott flying like Superman
Fighting Iceman or at leas thtat's what I'm going to call him.
Captain Cold?
The Icicle.
Alan Scott claims, "He'll never win."

Sexual Lois and Batman.

Catwoman grabs Poison Ivy's hair.
Poison Ivy's plants grab Catwoman.
Superman grabs her.
Batman saves Catwoman's life.
Kryptonite Batman punches Superman
Catwoman tries to save Lois Lane from falling
before superman does.

Then for the most odd reason
Poison ivy runs into Krypto.
Wait wait wait-
Lemme guess.
No one can resist Poison Ivy.
Not even a dog.
What's her motivation.

Poison ivy was cool, but the story should've been about Hush.
Not Batman,
Not Poison Ivy
Not Superman,
Not Lois Lane.
Hush.
This title is a lie.

Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb Vol. 1 Chapters 1-2

Jeph Loeb's introduction where he talks like a 1%er talking about finding artists and drinking sets up the entire volume.

Not much happens.

We don't get to know who Hush is, which is what is so interesting about his character.

Thomas Wayne getting shot is pretty interesting.

The shots in the beginning chapter are very modern day, having us reminsce about Batman's origin.

We then shoot to Killer Croc attempting to fight Batman.
Really scary.
Bloody.
Batman defeats everything though.
Catwoman helps.

Catwoman then talks with poison Ivy over money.

And apparently there's some lesbian push with Ivy's pheremones.

Gangsters are fighting.

Huntress.

Ivy with money to a green lit lab.

I guess it's implied who Hush is, but you're not really given that reveal till another volume. So this is sorta useless.
Everythin gshould always matter in everything you do.
No filler.
The comic add hints that it's him, but why would you care if you didn't know who or what a Hush is? He's not canonical.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Vol 1 Chapter 2-3 Review

No. 6 Zexion. Introducing through visual cues rather and a bit of an odd display of character with his fermented business card.
Demyx.
Day 014. Last day buying the ice cream!

Chapter 3: Xion
Poker League
Assignment to Castle Oblivion takes up half a page for some odd reason.

The reveal of the Oblivion was cool.
Although, it wasn't on a next page or a bottom side of a page on the left (when you're reading right to left mind you!), it was a good use of top to down perspective to use the reveal.
The reaction shot of what would've been a pose after an attack was pretty cool as well.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Vol 1 Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 1:
My first reaction was that this had nothing to do with Kingdom Hearts outside of ice cream licking.

Second read through proved that wrong:
The day begins with the characters discussing which day it is.
MAD META SENSE TINGLING.
Sephiroth is jealous No. 13 Roxas is chosen as a Keyblade Master.
It is the most absurd and comical Sephiroth I have ever seen, but still plays into his character of jealousy when it comes to power.
Xion is introduced as No. 14.
Heart collectors vs chibi darkness.

Disney's Stan Lee's The Zodiac

Interesting idea of not just Caucasian superheroes

And it felt accurate. Different from the Caucasian dominated, books yet related yet legimately from another American subculture's point of view.

Great for starting reading a la Wheel of Time 600 pages go by fast.

However conversely, it didn't balance all the characters
Not a lot of subtext
Chapters paced by short
Not a lot of meat

The art is great though.

***/*****

Flash "Tricksters" Ending

He's not the real doctor Harrison Wells
When was he switched? Is solved, but why? Who is he really? Etc..
Great twist, albeit, now I gotta go back to see if there were clues, probably weren't.

Mark Hamill's friggin awesome. That's the Trickster everybody wants! Animated Joker Trickster.
Flash is mad dumb for being the fastest person in the world, but gives the good guys time to put a bomb on him. A bomb where they rip off Speed, but somehow not blowing them up before not going 600 mph.
AND phasing through a wall only works if you phase the explosion so it doesn't kill everyone else.

Flash "All Star Teamup"

The topics I want to discuss regarding the episode are:

• The Title
• The Theme
• The Overaching Antagonist
• And the hilarious chemistry of Brandon Routh and Co.

The title of the episode really has nothing to do with the episode outside Atom. I mean where's Green Arrow and Firestorm?

However, it has a very interesting theme and intelligent characters thinking about the issue of trust, after the revelation that one of the good guys isn't who they appear to be.

What if teammates joined Wells?
He isn't Wells.
Cisco's dream was a bit confusing as it may reveal that Reverse Flash imitated Cisco, but Wells' was there at the same time, creating some sort of time paradox or multiple time travel effect.
Also to note, is that the character of the episode involves heavily poisoning someone and stinging them, possibly to do with death or paranoia.

Also to note is that Caitlin is already associated with a bad metahuman, which may be explored in the next episode.

Ray Palmer and girlfriend and hilarious in a uncool Michael Cera, Social Network Tony Stark manner.
The Double Date was hilarious as well. Something to add some levity and balance it so well with such a sinister episode.

Dumb moment. Why does he tell Felicity who Reverse Flash "is?" Hey boyfriend loves Wells and he just told him and Flash is already worried.

I'm also thinking Wells' former colleague's story sorta has to do with nothing.

Mega Man NYCC 2014 Exclusive:

Fight Top Man then discuss malfunctions.
Fight Snake Man using Top Man's powers.

Venom: The Enemy Within

Venom vs the Punisher
Jim Lee Gangs
White Symbiote?

Juggernaut
What happened to Eddie?
Spider imagery.

Wolverine and Venom.


Down and Dirty
Hallowwen
Orange haired guy.

The Enemy Within
Part 1
Morbius
Demogoblin

Part 2

Police vs a cult

Finale
Elect Palentine for Mayor


The Incredible Hulk vs Venom

Death of Wolverine #1

The wikipedia mentions about how the arc is about Wolverine losing his powers, Weapon X, Storm taking over the X-Men, etc..

This issue doesn't cover any of that, but just has a cool Canadian Logan vs dude with an American flag tattooed to his face challenging him to a fight.
Can't get much more awesome than that.

Doctor Who #1

I get that the comic doesn't have to take place in England, because the comic's budget allows flexibility.
I also felt a little uncomfortable with the fact that they went a little (stereotypically) real stating that this store had the only Mexican laundromat in New York City.

The Doctor gets introduced a bit late in the comic book too.
But it does establish that this is a new setting and new characters.

Kudos.
**/*****

Kodi Scott-McPhee as Nightcrawler looks like a cartoon

Russian librarian removes Maus after fear of removal by Russian government

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/1.653858

The worst 15 Marvel movies made so far

1. Howard the Duck
2. Electra
3. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Punisher
6. Thor
7. Spider-Man 3 
8. The Avengers
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10. Blade: Trinity
11. The Incredible Hulk
12. Thor: The Dark World
13. Spider-Man (2000s)
14. Ghost Rider
15. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

The most overrated Avengers cast

1. Tom Hiddleston
2. Chris Hemsworth
3. Hugo Weaving
4. Michael Douglas
5. Mark Ruffalo
6. Chris Pratt
7. Christopher Eccleston
8. Paul Rudd

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a only a cash grab and isn't the best of anything

It's not the best of Marvel.
It's not the best of the directors.
It's not the best of any of the actors.
It's not the best of anything.

Outside of Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and Big Hero 6, the franchise has been an artistic failure. Avengers is a pale 9/11 exploitation and poor copy of the original Marvel comics, an industry failed financially and a company failed artistically till last year.

Outside of Jon Favreau, and Robert Downey Jr, who really broke out in Iron Man. Heck, Batista was better in his WWE feuds than in Marvel:

• They killed of the Jeff Bridges, despite such a talented actor and being such a good character in comparison to the rest of the rushed Marvel Avengers timeline characters.
• They killed off Mickey Rourke's contract, probably due to his work ethic and salary claims.
• Tom Hiddleston has sold his soul to be in Thor, in comparison to better films such as War Horse and the Deep Blue Sea. Him being compared to the Joker is a complete insult to American intelligence.
• Mark Ruffalo has worked on Zodiac, Margaret, and get praised for his green shit role as the Hulk for some odd reason, despite previously having a more topical Fight Club mainstay Edward Norton playing the main character in the previous incarnation. Edward Norton was better in the 90s.
• Zoe Saldana is still working off the wings of Avatar and Star Trek.
• Elizabeth Olsen still hasn't overcome Martha Marcy May Marlene's success.

They have friggin comedy characters and Chun-Li Mulan playing main character in the awful TV show, Agents of SHIELD.

I don't even want to ask about Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd.

Joss Whedon's non-Marvel work is way superior.
Joe Johnson's ok. The failure of the Captain America storyline wasn't his fault and his film was enjoyable.

DareDevil is no better than Gotham and Man of Steel, failed dark imitations of the Dark Knight, which Marvel fans who supposedly loved Avengers don't even want.

The best Mark Ruffalo films

1. Shutter Island
2. Margaret
3. Zodiac
4. The Kids are All Right
5. In the Cut
6. Wind Talker
7. Collateral
8. Where the Wild Things Are

The best Chris Evans films

1. Snowpiercer
2. Puncture
3. Captain America: First Avenger
4. Not Another Teen Movie

The tropes of the Avengers (2012)

I'll say a lot of stuff about Avengers:
It's overrated, unoriginal, has a horribly written and forgotten protagonist, etc..

But it does have one thing: tropes.
Unoriginal tropes that were done 60 years ago or whatever by Stan Lee, but tropes nonetheless.

Captain America: the human soldier who trusts in the good guys. In Captain America: The First Avenger, he suffered from asthma when he was younger, prior to becoming a super athlete
Iron Man: The man with bootleg Joker's brain. In Iron Man, he's egotistic. Don't quite know what he is in this film.
Also, Martyr ii, looks and flies like Superman, star of the show, saves the world by nuking another.
Thor: The European muscle and the brother of the bootleg Joker
Agent Coulson: the human, the victim, the martyr.
Agent Maria Hill: The romantic comedy beauty turned action hero rookie
Black Widow: the spy, who isn't Russian for whatever reason.
Hawkeye: the mind controlled assassin
and we have a HULK, you don't like it when he's angry.

Loki: the bootleg Joker that both Kenneth Branagh, Joss Whedon and whoever Dark Elves Loki didn't create a consistent character for.
Chitari warship, the only good part of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, good CGI muscle with tons of animation. The Star Destroyer. The Super Star Destroyer. Etc..

DareDevil Netflix Episode 2 Review

Something I forgot to mention about the first episode is that the Kingpin's people use children to persuade parents to control them, which is interesting since it parallels DareDevil's origin. And realistically others should stand up for the Kingpin.

In this episode, the kid really explains Braille in a believable manner as if he was taught. Dad Murdock sounds like a legit tough boxer guy. What I really wanted in this series that episode 1 was missing.

However in present day, we don't know how much power the Kingpin has over the police, or why these families who don't really seem to be of poor origin :cough cough: a nurse and a white collar adult with gambling problems.

There's also a torture scene in this episode, which really makes no sense, because this nurse should have some sort of conscience before telling a blind person to commit illegal Nazi surgery to find out where a little kid is.
Also, DareDevil is alone, whereas there's all these parents that need someone to take care of their kids. Maybe he can team up with the parents to take over as a neighborhood watch for their kids, opposed to just letting their children play in the middle of a public playground where every gangster, who looks very clean and ungrimy, can see, video tape them and put it on live stream to put shit in the parents' pants.

Flash "The Nuclear Man" is actually about the Nuclear Family, while "Fallout" is about an aftermath

I wasn't a big fan of the pop directing this episode, but the writing was very interesting. Andrew Kreisberg & Katherine Walczak. I'm hoping it wasn't Andrew Kreisberg's fault that the episode failed. Not knowing much about Flash, the comic, I'm unsure of what Katherine Walczak's contribution to the character was, albeit, it's good to see a writer from that industry make it big.

In the episode, it is about the Steins and the Allens.
Dr. Stein is part of the FIRESTORM project done in a more kid friendly manner than in the Avengers. (I'm not hear to debate that result, because it's debatable, not right and wrong!) Stein wants to see his wife. In "Fallout," we would see kid friendly conspiracy soldiers: it is not done as well as Steven Spielberg's E.T. or even J.J. Abrams' Super 8, but I'll get to that later.
Ronnie wants to see Caitlin Snow, but is being controlled by a cowardly Dr. Stein who no sells his sadness and insanity.
And last of all, the episode is about Barry Allen, who is trying to find love with perhaps Iris and another woman, trying to balance saving lives with keeping his.

Insert Caitlin fanfiction jokes.

Marvel's Avengers Assemble Season 2 Episode 13, "Thanos Triumphant" is a great prelude to the Marvel Cinematic Universe's introduction of Thanos

I sorta hated Avenger's Mightiest Heroes, since the animation was too low budget, with really bad fight scenes.

But this has really bad fight scenes too and the humor doesn't work, although it follows a logic. It tries to be blockbustery, and accomplishes a bit more than Joss Whedon does, despite no RDJ.

I find the acting in this to be very good. Some of the episodes seem rushed, but at least they state their expositionary goals correctly. Stop Thanos from gaining all the Infinity stones and conquering Earth, join together to fight him, 

The Guardians save the day.

Star Lord and Hawkeye are portrayed much younger than their film counterparts.

Ultron memories and child-like tone. 

It really failed cuz of the supposedly have to be cartoon cartoony action and Marvel humor, but really pulls it off in the serious dramatic parts of the episode.
It got me a sense of what Thanos can do.

I don't get how Captain America and Iron Man can survive most of those blows.

But it results in a challenge that makes the episode even more well crafted IMO.

Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead

I'm not really a fan of Stephen King, but my gosh am I a fan of these Illustrators. All these creative ideas for beings, creatures and stories I never see normally from Stephen King novel.
I doubt this is actually a good example of a Western, even a Sci Fi Western, but my gosh it was pretty for the eyes, fun to watch and entertaining!

Interstellar Screenplay book

It's a very neat memorabilia to add to your film collection.

There's a lot of storyboard there.

The screenplay itself there is lacking. The Nolans write such quick screenplays that aren't very descriptive or imaginative, very minimalistic, probably because they weren't sure how the wormhole and blackhole were going to look. Thus, the screenplay really couldn't get nominated for an Academy Award. Can't really blame people for that.

There is so much that is missing of current day Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

In the movies, we don't really get a sense of the character, other than that he's played by the dude from the Town, Bourne Legacy himself, Jeremy Renner. Sure he wears a brownish purple, and looks like a soldier, but that's not what contemporary Hawkeye's about.
Personality: he wears stylish clothing, is portrayed in comic book panels as if he was in a modernist painting of the 1950s, selling Mad Men superhero comic books. He's a James Bond of superheroes. An Gary Stu that is the best.
He's a womanizer. He has emotions. He's human. He's relatable. He's a character, despite always constantly saving the day.


Heck, if you even want to debate it even more, he lacks a lot of what made him interesting when he was introduced.
He was originally a reluctant villain who teased what side he was going to work for prior to becoming a hero, in masterful fashion.


Thanks for oversimplifying again, Joss! Thanks again!

The Top 10 DC Universe Animated Original Movies

1. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2. Justice League: New Frontier
3. All Star Superman
4. Batman: Under the Red Hood
5. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
6. Batman: Gotham Knight
7. Superman vs the Elite
8. Green Lantern: First Flight
9. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
10. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Chew Vol 1

A FDA detective that kills people. Eats them to figure out what they ate.
Chapter 2. Sushi restaurants.
Chapter 3. Dates a food critic.
Chapter 4. Big fat guy saves him from explosion.

A combination of food, parody, noir, stereotypes, and asians.

Still Alice (novel)

The book is a mixed bag. The technical mixes well mentioninig the elements of going cinematic films.

It's a very easy read for 200 pages.

Doesn't take too many risks.

Appeals to who it appeals to.

No Julianne Moore in the book regretably.

I'd still rather watch A Map to the Stars.