Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football. Building Pride, Educating America

Last weekend, my father took me to see the independent documentary on Fordson High School, which was the high school that he, my mother, and practically 90% of my family attended, as well as the rest of the community of eastern Dearborn.

Now, even though I did not have the honor of attending this high school (my family moved to Dearborn Heights just after I finished eighth grade, thus being out of district), me and my family do share a connection with the subject of this movie, since we built our family in that neighborhood.

The subtitle is simple, accurately depicting what this indie documentary is all about. Faith, Fasting, Football, and the American Dream.

Now I'm not going to lie, when I was a kid I was pretty odd because apparently it was abnormal in the neighborhood to be indifferent towards football. Why? Because the neighborhood really did center on this high school, and thus centered on football. Think of the town of Arlen from the cartoon "King of the Hill" only one key difference:

Practically 90% of the population of this community is of Middle-Eastern and Muslim descent. Including my family. This is what generally separates this community from any other one. There are hundreds of other ones that are either mostly Black, or Hispanic, or... who knows, maybe Jewish. But this is the ONLY one that’s almost entirely Arab-American and Muslim.

When it comes to my relationship with my home town, I was a bit skeptical about what this documentary had to offer. I was unsure if it was worth seeing what exactly it had to talk about. 

I didn't know whether or not it was going to outlandishly build the ego of the school, or beautifully inspire pride in it. I didn't know whether or not it was just going to be about the football team, or just another person saying, "Hey, being Muslim is OK!" again. For the hundredth time.

More importantly, would it show the area in a positive light, or a negative light?

Well, I'm happy to say (speaking from an unbiased perspective) that it was a pretty well made documentary. The intro was pretty compelling, and made you think you were in the middle of a PROFESSIONAL game. Referee constantly calling penalties on the team of protagonist, the coaches yelling, and then the show really begins.

The film, directed and produced by Rashid Ghazi, starts out explaining the roots of the high school and explores the interactions of the people in the community (after the opening of the football game). 

It does an excellent job of showing a pretty typical Arab-American family, following the routines of four of the players pictured above, during the holy month of Ramadan, where a Muslim must fast for 30 days, from sun rise to sunset (I knew the Quarterback! He was the Quarterback when I was in Little-league. He's taller than me now... I think I was taller back then... actually I think I knew most of them...). 

It portrays the Islamic faith in a fairly decent light as well, and the best part is that there aren't any stereotypes! Because let's face it, when you're a kid like me who's been surrounded by "your people" almost your whole life, you are expecting to see them.

Now, one of the reasons I was skeptical about the film was that a great deal had to do with football, and as I said, I'm not much of a football fan or a fan of sports movies. 

Sure, Remember the Titans was good, but everyone knows the formula for a sports movie now, and it gets mundane. Some scenes of training, coach yells at the team by insulting and encouraging them, big game comes, they seem down at first, big half time speech, they win. 

The second reason why I was so skeptic was that I didn't know whether or not the movie would discuss an actual issue.

I mean, discussing an issue is what separates a documentary from something good and interesting from a film that you sleep through in a history class. If it was just going to go on and on about the greatness of  Fordson and how unique it was, then it would have been the same as staying home listening to my dad reminisce about his days in high school. Again. And again.

But luckily, it DID talk about issues, especially about events that happened after September the 11th against the school, the argument of separating faith from the school system, and stereotyping by non-Arabs as well as recalling a false arrest made some time after September 11th against two young Arab men and former football players accused of buying up disposable phones to trigger car bombings. Hate mail was also shown that was sent to the school accusing the institution of pushing the Islamic faith and being "non-American" (which of course, the institution doesn't and isn't).

While at first it does build up the pride of the school centered community, it also educates the viewer about many issues that affect us all, and releasing the film on the weekend of September 11th was rather ingenious play, since people do forget how that day affected those of Arab and Muslim descent just as badly as it affected the rest of America. Hell, do you have any idea what that was like for me in fifth grade? Being the only Arab Muslim in class? Sheesh...

After it takes care of those issues, it goes back to football, building up to what you would consider the climax. The Big Game. Fordson High School vs Dearborn High. Rivals as well as brethren. 

And I do have to say, the way the whole film builds up to it is rather exciting. The director and editor does well to make you feel involved, even if you were part of the neighborhood and already saw that game two years ago. It still excites you. 

I mean, I don't even like football, but I felt pretty amped

And, I have to admit, this documentary did make me feel a bit proud being connected to that community. 

I was raised there They are my people. Can't change it. Might as well show it off a little. 

My rating: 8.5/10. Go see the movie if you get the chance. 

The only real thing that marked down the score was the little mini video portraits of the team members at the very end, such as standing in proud poses in their foot ball uniforms, ending with slowly raising their heads to face the camera. That was... kind of cheesy. 

But other than that, good film. Definitely one to keep on your shelf.

Conan the Barbarian: Really "Conan the Scorpion King of Persia among 300 with the Mummy""

After viewing Colombiana, a much better film, I decided to try Conan: The Barbarian.


I thought, "Hey, the original was silly in a good way, maybe this remake will also be silly in a good way. Maybe it wont be silly."

That was a HUGE misconception. This film is what I like to call "Hollywood Cheese". This was made to try and look as epic as possible for a trailer, and then added a title to a cult classic to get attention.

THIS is what we were promised... Oh the Glory...

Now I kinda get the whole "re-imagining of the mythology" excuse, but that doesn't fly with me. If you're going to make a Conan movie without it being related to the other Conan movies, then DONT CALL THE MOVIE CONAN. DONT NAME THE MAIN CHARACTER CONAN.

THAT MAN IS NOT ME!!!!!

I'll admit, the way Conan is born is kind of bad ass, but then they kind of up the ante by making 12 year old Conan kill about 4 demon-like geronimos. That's.... kinda much. I mean, the origin was OKAY..... but then the whole movie started taking itself too seriously with its testosterone filled manliness.

Yes, I have muscles, and I scowl... there for me am MAN.

And I'm not kidding about the "testosterone filled manliness." I mean the formula is pretty basic: He gets a mean look on his face, he does something bad-ass for a short period, says something that tries to sound like "clever" badass, rinse and repeat.

It LITERALLY tried to re-invent itself as the new Conan, and failed.

THEY ONLY MENTION CROM ONCE! ONCE!!!! It wasnt even in saying something awesome, it was just Ron Perlman saying "By Crom boy, what are you waiting for?"

By Crom, not even Ron Perlman's awesome-ness couldn't save this move.

... Thats it. That's as much call back to the original as it gets. As the REAL Conan would say, "To hell with you." No mention of snakes, no creepy cult, no discussion of "what is best in life".

The villains failed to be as awesome as Thulsa Doom. Whoever that actor was, he needs to work on being... memorable. Not type casted...

First the blue cat people, then, THE WORLD

The summary of the villain in the whole movie can be put in his own quote in the film: "I don't like you anymore!"

As for the villain's daughter.. well.. i guess having an evil sorceress made sense... but still.. cheesy..

Don't be fooled, this isn't Christina Ricci being Wednesday Adams... although might as well be...

And the whole weird vibe of... ugh... the sorceress daughter wanting to "be the wife" the the conqueror father kinda... creeped me out.. But I guess incest isnt frowned upon in this universe of Conan.

"Dont worry, people do that in this time"

Look, the reason why the original Conan was good was because it played out as a kind of play, without taking itself too seriously. The cinematography was good, and sure the effects was a bit cheesy and obviously fake, but thats what made it fun! That's what made it as memorable as movies like the first Never Ending Story, Labyrinth, even The freaking Muppets Take Manhattan.

This new "Conan" was just another of a long line of over produced action movies hoping to be the next thing remembered for decades. And... its not.

Hell, I dont even remember the name of the love interest. Only that she's... a pure-blood or something... which made me wish I was re-watching Harry Potter. She was just a pretty love interest with an English accent who liked to charmingly argue and or flirt with the hero.

You, sir, are an arrogant brutish ape... and yet...

Wait... I have seen this character before... The pure spirited love interest... a charm coming from a high class "strong woman" attitude... an accent that has nothing to relate to the setting or time period..

In Conan her name was Tamara now that I googled......

Tamara.... 

TAMINA! YOUR KIDDING! THEY RIPPED OFF THE PRINCESS FROM PRINCE OF PERSIA!

Yes, we've seen this before....

Ugh... They ripped of Prince of Persia, Scorpion King, the freaking sand monsters were from The Mummy, the fights were from some gladiator movie... 

See, you KNOW its hollywood cheese when the writing and movie elements were OBVIOUSLY taken from other movies of the same genre. If it was subtle, its forgivable, but, in ever aspect of my closing statement, this movie lacks any subtlety. 

Colombiana: The Professional 2?

I am a Luc Besson fan.

When I was a kid, I was just getting into movies. And I watched a crap ton. Then I saw an amazing film. Sure it came out in 1994, so it was kinda old when I saw it, but it was still awesome. The Professional. Also known as Leon. 

And this is also where I started my crush on Natalie Portman (I was a kid, she was a kid in the film, and she is 8 years older than me. So its NOT creepy).

This movie was more than just Portman's onscreen debut; it was an amazingly done film, with perfect cinematography, some of the best action scenes, great acting from Jean Reno and Gary "Awesome" Oldman (especially from Portman. Her first film, and she can emote as if she was acting longer than fricken Meryl Streep). And the story is amazing.

A quick sum up of The Professional: An Italian hitman named Leon (Jean Reno) is considered the best there is. He lives next door to a family; a member of which is a little girl named Matilda (Natalie Portman), who is the target of abuse by not only her father, but her stepmother and half sister. The only one she loves is her little brother. However, her crook father tried to hide some drugs from some crooked DA detectives, the leader being a psychotic detective called Stansfield (Gary Oldman). Stansfield kills the whole family, including the little brother, while Matilda is away and manages to find refuge next door by Leon, the hitman. She requests to be trained since she cant pay him to kill them. Action ensues, and a relationship develops.

This movie became my favorite film, and thus, Luc Besson became one of my favorite writer/directors. The man is responsible for the cult classic The Fifth Element, as well as many other great movies like The Transporter, La Femme Nikita, Kiss of the Dragon, Unleashed,  and more recently, Taken.

Now, when you watch a Besson film, you know it. And his newest written piece is Colombiana. While not directed by Besson, much like Taken wasnt, I have to say, it was good. The story is basically about a  little girl, Catalaya, who (kinda) sees her parents being killed due to involvment with a drug car-tel in Colombia. She escapes and finds her way to her uncle and Chicago, and grows up to be a great professional assassin (hit-woman?) while also persuing the people responsible for her family's death.

This stars Zoe Saldana, who is slowly being known as the next Halle Berry.

The movie does have its moments of predictability, but still pumps out the cool of a good revenge flick.

Not only that, but it also conveys what the main character has to sacrifice even MORE. You can understand why she may believe she has nothing to lose in the beginning, but as you watch more of the story, it's shown that she STILL has a lot to lose.

The film also has alot of fun symbolism play especially with the orchids, and every character has a certain depth. Well, accept for a couple villains.

The love scenes are kind of... sporadic, giving a sense of certain scenes being just fanservice since, lets face it, Saldana IS well on her way to being the next Halle Berry.

However, stay calm feminists, she never goes full frontal. The love scenes, and the very short shower scene, are still tastefully shot with the camera work. So it doesn't down-grade her character by showing her as an attractive woman.

Hell, a good part of the story builds BECAUSE she is female, and is one of the main reasons why cops were mislead in the first place.

My favorite part of the whole film is the constant call back to the professional.

This to me seemed like what Besson would have done if the story of The Professional was writtin slightly differently and continued. Think about it. In the film starring Portman, she is a little girl who loses everything due to a drug thing, and is taken in by a sympathetic assassin. In Colombiana, a little girl also loses everything due to a drug thing, and is also (kinda) taken in by an assassin. The key difference being two points in these character's lives.

In The Professional, Leon regretfully agrees to help Matilda learn the "basics" of being a hitman, however, she grows to love Leon like a new father figure, and both of their love for one another (the appropraite kind of love people) was able to help Matilda through her trauma, and Leon takes revenge for her anyway when she was in danger.

In Colombiana, Cataleya never really gets over her trauma. She is taught how to kill, yes, but she actually goes through with the business, so far so that it swallows up her morality and judgement all together. She was shown love, but shuns it all away for revenge. Unlike in The Professional the antagonists responisble for her parents death were in hiding and survive into her years as an adult. 

There were other call backs, like how the Cataleya character dresses, as shown above. The scene where her Uncle randomly shoots in the street vaguelly reminds me of when Matilda does the same.

Aside from all the references, it was a good story well told. I went to see a Besson film, and was satisfied, and Besson proves that an assassin film is always entertaining. The film really portrays how even though you want revenge so badly, bad enough to a point where you work outside justice, its sometimes best to let things go and appreciate what you survived with.

...but.... I would LOVE to see Natalie Portman reprise her role as Matilda.

Toonami... Where are you?

Go back some years ago. The earliest year being 1997. Your home from work, but most likely school. But you dont turn on the tv just yet. No you wait. You wait for that glorious block schedule, usually no later than 4. You get hyped. You recall what happened last time. And then you turn on the tv. You go to the channel your fingers have memorized....

TOONAMI

So what is Toonami? Toonami, in my opinion, started the afternoon block of action packed cartoons.

Especially Anime. Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon (yes I watched some of that too), Gundam Wing...

And dont forget the ones from here at home, Batman the Animated Series, in fact anything Batman, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Samurai Jack....

And the great classics that will never go away; Thundercats, He-man, Voltron even the short lived Silver Hawks.

And  even gifts from good ol' Canada eh, REBOOT!

So... what happened? Where did it all go?

It all started with a simple theme intro. And the first host of this cartoon block. Moltar from Space Ghost, in space ship...

And the action commenced on March the 17th, 1997. And our generation was introduced to anime. And the otaku generation was born.

We were fascinated. Compelled. Both by amazing never before seen art and stories that made you constantly think "what? what happens next?" A martial arts master can shoot energy beams from his hands and fly on a cloud. An awkward teen-aged girl can become a superheroine. Both girls and guys were HOOKED.

The american shows hooked an even larger audience. The american shows CN produced brought in a more mature look. These shows dealt with mature and slightly adult stories of intrigue, action, inner conflict, and real life changing decisions in the ongoing battle against good and evil.

Plus, thanks to shows like Batman The Animated Series, it revolutionized the way animated stories are told and made.

And of course they added a perfect dash of nostalgia, with the older showsfrom the 80s and back (my favorite being Thundercats). And this is where the newer generation became fans of the old.

Then in summer of 1999, Toonami was relaunched with a new host Tom. Just in time for the start of the new millenium.

Toonami kept reformatting itself. And it was still loved by many. More anime. More action. They even gave a side story to explain the constant changes to the formats and Tom...

But then... the years went on....

the interes in anime through Cartoon Network started to fade....

And CN was losing money. And gaining rights to air anime on cable is expensive, as well as going through the trouble of dubbing the shows (which doesnt make sense to me personally. I mean, the animation is done, all you do is add new voices, and censor it to a point where its still good but not as good as it should be)

Toonami officially cancelled on March 17, 2008.

The host Tom, voiced by the great voice actor Steve Blum, now reduced to this:

had this to say;

"Well, this is the end, beautiful friends. After more than 11 years, this is Toonami's final broadcast. It's been a lot of fun, and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who made this journey with us. Toonami wouldn't have been anything without you. Hopefully we've left you with some good memories. So, until we meet again, stay gold. Bang."

They had to appeal to a different audience, and quickly. They didnt have time to wait for the newer generation to catch up to the content already made. So they basically pooped out whatever they thought the kids would like.

Unfortunately, this is too easy, because if its new, and the TV says the show is popular, then the younger kids would HAVE to like it. Because this is the first thing they see. And they like the first thing flashy they warp their minds onto.

The Japanese perfected the technique of feeding children what they "enforce" as "the thing that everyone likes". Case in point, most children's anime like pokemon or yu-gi-oh. Its constantly aired on the network to a point where you dont escape it. Then it features someone young with some type of item or pet that gives power. This allows marketing for toys, games, and collectible cards. And of course, you add a lesson to each episode about loyalty, friendship, and laughing at the end, while milking "kid friendly epic-ness"

This technique is the tool of the media moguls to make money off youth. But thats a blog for another time..

First Photo of Anne Hathaway as "Catwoman": NO

NO. no no no no no no no. This.... this is..... ugh... What is this?

I was originally going to post my thoughts on the Thundercats remake. That is until this caught my eye. What you see here is the first photo released of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Rises. I... lets just start the rant.

The concept of Catwoman is not hard to follow. Femme fatale. Thief. Has pointy ears to resemble a cat in the shadows. Sexual attraction to Batman.

This looks like the possible female version of Splinter Cell. I get the plausible thief thing.... but where are the ears? Where is the whip? If you showed this to me out of the blue, I wouldnt be able to tell thats Catwoman unless people told me.

I'd hate to say it... but Halle Berry had a more beleivable catwoman look...

Okay... maybe not THAT much better. But still, at least I can look at that and say "Yeah, I think she's trying to be Catwoman."

Now Michelle Pfeiffer... SHE pulled off Catwoman. 

You would watch her in action, and you KNOW that she is Selina Kyle. She pulled off that whip like a pro, the personality she gave off in both her personas was perfect, gave off the whole mysterious vibe...

The format is not that hard people. See this simple drawing?

Skin tight outfit + sexy figure + whip + cat themed mask and ear + thief = Catwoman

I mean... ok... I guess Hathaway is doing the whole realistic thief thing.... Looks like she's stealing the Bat-cycle.... And i guess those kind of goggles are needed to be a thief (i think).... but... ears please? So I can tell who the character is? If anything she looks more like a henchman. Or henchwoman, if you want to nitpick.

Anyway, like I said, not a good first reveal. Now if they showed her in something that looked like this, Live action of course:



then maybe I would get excited.

We'll see. But if there is no whip, then this is bull.

Adventure Time - Alternate Version of Finn

Yeah, i kind of did this out of boredom, and decided to make a different version of Finn. Enjoy if your watching!

The song is the House Hunting song from the episode "Evicted".

Cartoon Network - Dumber for the Dumb of Today

Remember when we had cartoons like these?

Almost all these cartoons you see are perfect. Each one had an audience that spanned not only children but adults even in their 20s. Other stuff not pictured, like Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends and, lest we forget, the ever amazing DC Animated Universe titles like Batman the Animated Series, although all were original series by the same channel; each was different enough to cater to all tastes.

And what happened?

Stupidity. Dumbed down media fecal matter. Things to appeal to the dumbed down youth. Also, laziness. Personally, I think it all started with the deaths of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera of the Hanna-Barbera studios. All the great cartoons, yes even the 90s ones and the ones pictured above, came from their studio. As they both died (Hanna in 2001 and Barbera in 2006), their original studio kind of... dissolved. The sect that produces anything involving the old HB toons now belonged to Warner Bros. in 2001, and full control went to Cartoon Network Studios. Instead of producing good content, in my opinion, they went on to sell cartoons like they were coming up with a new colorful label for crappy candy to attract kids. Everything became... stupid. Starting with this *expletive* show:

Oh i remember. I’m not sure if this was the first, but dear God in heaven. I remember. This was the first "new show" that made me say out loud “WHAT THE &*@%??”

And that wasn’t the end of it. Remember Teen Titans? You know the GOOD Super Hero show they had? And I guess also their last?

The show had fun gags, good action, good voice acting, great characters, and good plot writing. The animation was great, and seeing these adaptations of these DC characters was pretty awesome

 

They had RON PERLMAN as Deathstroke? PERFECT! AWESOME! PERFAWESOME

Then this b.s. came out

This show’s premise was so dumb, and seemed like one of big wigs in Cartoon Network had they sci-fi obsessed 8 year old write the premise of it. EVERY character is annoying as ...well you fill in the blank. Also, it tried to cash in on the animation style of Teen Titans, as well as the theme song (maybe the show was made by the same people, after they gave up?) 


So this show suddenly became the ONLY premise for their action based cartoons. And somehow, it worked. SO many kids by their toys.

Which is pretty sad, because I remember when there was ONE toon period I looked forward to. More than the Friday Night Block. I am speaking of course of the broadcast that was responsible for introducing the youth too good animation, anime, and action.

TOONAMI!

Ohhhh so glorious. This might have been the one block of shows every toon watcher looked forward to. From stuff like Samurai Jack, to the best in anime. I mean, if you watched or knew about Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, or Sailor Moon, it was this show that brought it to you. It even showcased stuff that was American made, like Megas XLR. It was the precursor to today’s Adult Swim. But then it ended…. Mostly because it's so expensive to show anime.

(I’ll be doing a separate blog on Toonami later)

Then, more stupidity came. Most television on these days revolves around the stupidity of reality TV. And unfortunately, this is the only bad thing the Canadians have done. Enter the effing Total Drama Island series. 


After they did this other dumb show 6teen, an animated teen sitcom, the creators have made this show too to be more “reality based” too cash in on the interest of reality tv shows on MTV and both toons did well in Canada. Then it started on Cartoon Network (6teen went to Nickelodeon). A show based on a strange love child of Survivor and the Real World.

This scared the crap out of me. Why? Because reality TV has definitely dumbed down the idea of entertainment in America, and now they push it on kids?


It wasn't even poking fun at reality TV like a parody. It PLAYED OUT like reality TV. Each “cast member” had bits in a confession booth. Each character gets “voted off” by the others. God help our youth.

They started doing re-imaginings and re-designs of old Looney Toons and Scoobey-Doo cartoons. To that I say... meh. 


As of today, whenever I actually fool myself into watching the channel, I count only few (horrible) cartoons in it's broadcast...and the rest filled with.... with...… *sniff*....game shows…. And stupid docu-shows like Dude What Would Happen? and Destroy Build Destroy (Andrew W.K., what the hell.)

Seriously. 49% Live-Action Crap, 50% Bad Cartoons, 1% Good Cartoon

 

Before 2008, 100% awesome.

It saddens me. I mean, I just saw a show on there, ProblemSolverz, that looks like this:

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT CRAP??? IT’S FREAKING DRAWN WITH MICROSOFT PAINT AND ANIMATED WITH THE LOWEST VERSON OF FLASH ANIMATOR! I’ve seen so much better cartoons on Newgrounds.com, done by really talented people. Talented, unemployed, amateur people. I’m not joking; this is what it looks like!

I feel like crying…

BUT – I have hope. For you see… there are steps toward the light.

There was a glorious show (that was just signed for a second season, YAY!).

Young Justice!

Yes, when all else fails, go to the people that get stuff done right (most of the time), Warner Bros Studios, and extend the DC animated universe. This possibly forgives the whole "letting Cartoon Network take control thing." Why? 

Because this method WORKED. The comic book universe provides great, attractive source material to work with and uses a medium that people both young and old would be willing to watch. AND be invested in. And this is using characters they know would already have an audience. 

Also, a new revamp of the show Thunder Cats is here!

Looks amazing, and less like the musical Cats. This looks like more of an Anime version, but we shall see what this results in.

So maybe, just maybe, if we hope, cartoon network can find a good audience again that wasn’t just for preschools and children under 9.

Or, it will just… keep catering to the dumb public.

I think I see the Vampire appeal now...

I mean, what do people of our age group, 15 to 21 fear the most? That impending doom that approaches year by year…. Adulthood.

Not the kinky parts of adulthood. The responsibilities of adulthood. No one wants to pay bills or be considered too old for certain hobbies or put up with the demands of society (both financial ones and ones by peers).

We want to stay at our prime, man. Whether your physically fit now or not, we aren’t getting more in shape as we age. Things get bigger (not the way we want them to), parts sag, we get sick, wrinkles, loss of metabolism…..

we just… Lose ourselves to age. This especially is scary for girls.

Oh… But this immortal sexy guy shows up. And he’s offering 2 things.

1: He’s so alone and miserable for no reason, and he’s brooding, and for another dumb reason he’s desperate for love, either emotionally or physically (whichever the lady prefers). And he chooses you. And wants to please you and blah blah blah blah blah blah fulfills your deires blah blah makes your "boring life" better blah.

2: He can easily make you immortal as well. And these powers can also make you hot as well (depending on the kind of fictional vampire your dealing with).

Yes, I see why this is the ultimate geek girls’ fantasy. A good looking immortal guy that can make you the same and is offering unlimited sex, devotion, and attention. 

And sex. No matter how unattractive you seem to everyone else.

HOWEVER— there is a big flaw. Yes, this vamp/wolf guy can give a bite and make you awesome…

BUT— and every guy will do this:

We wouldnt stay. Even if you were left alive with neck intact. The reason is simple. 

If there is an immortal 15 - 21 year old dude out there, he’s having the time of his never-ending life. 

Just keep it up.... she's gunna put out any second...

Not fulfilling the mortal girl’s fantasy, but their own fantasies. And oh what fantasies us pig headed men have.

Vamp/wolf boy would just travel the world and mate with everything he sees. Even your mother if he’s curious. And he can leave. Maybe come back for your daughters and granddaughters years later. Like friggin Peter Pan. 

Why? Because he has the benefit of facing no consequences. He can binge drink, do a butt load of drugs, eat a ton of food and NEVER gain weight (well, assuming you're vamp powers keep you at your physical peak like some super soldier serum). 

He can do what he wants, and never be seen again.

Cops gonna stop him? Pffffff, like normal bullets have ever worked on vampires or wearwolves (well maybe if you take off limbs and heads, but we’re speaking practically here)

Yes, its true. Being a vampire isn’t about feeling bad because you out-live people (that would eventually annoy you anyway) or complaining because your sexy forever. It’s about doing what you want without consequences.

The movie Lost Boys had the right idea. Twilight and TruBlood and Vampire Diaries just played to to the female ego and libido.

And yes, I am a huge believer that women have a bigger ego than men. Think about it.

Oh, and you know why so many vampires seem gay? Because they're selling this fiction to geek girls, and alot of these girls have yaoi/gay fetishes. I don’t recommend googling it.

Dark Knight Rises: Bane - Origin and Opinion

In case the people that watched the Dark Knight trailer didn’t know, the chanting near the end,

“BANE,BANE MÁTALO! MÁTALO! BANE,BANE MÁTALO! MÁTALO!”

Means “BANE, BANE KILL HIM! KILL HIM! BANE, BANE KILL HIM! KILL HIM!”

SO! We may expect some huge fight between Bane and Batman, in front of a crowd. This makes sense since in the comics Bane is a luchador. 

To give brief background, Bane was literally raised from practically birth inside the prisons of the fictional country of Santa Prisca, because his father, a revolutionary, fled the courts and escaped. So, it was decreed that his son (Bane) would finish the life sentence for him. 

He  found teachers in the prison that ranged from hardcore killers (he committed his first murder at the age of 8, always concealing a knife in his teddy bear), to an elderly priest that gave him a "classical education" (much like Edmond Dantes did if you ever read/watched The Count of Monte Cristo). 

He was chosen as a test subject for an experimental steroid-like drug called Venom, which he succeeds in surviving. The drug increases his muscle mass and strength of the already strong body builder by at least 10 fold. The drawbacks of the drug were that it had to be fed into his brain, and it was highly addictive, causing massive pain if not recieving dosages every 12 hours. He escapes prison when he hears of the Batman and deduces that he is his only true challenge.

So we can expect him to be……

Okay maybe not that one….

Please God no…. for the love of Crom…

well…. that’s what was SUPPOSED to be him…

But we have…

Not exactly “Luchador”.. but whatever….

This can also mean TWO possible outcomes.

1. Batman of course will win despite the odds being against him, and I do mean pretty big odds…

or 2:

As true to the comics, Bane will break Batman’s Back…

And then of course Batman recovers, and finds a way to beat him, now knowing that he should aim for the Venom tubes, blah blah info already known.

Personally, I do have high hopes for Bane being used as a character for the movie, because I REALLY don’t want the movie to be bad…

The reason why the movies Batman Begins and Dark Knight were so good was because it stayed in the realm of plausibility.

For all we know, there COULD be a society of assassins headed by Liam Neeson in the mountains. And yes, i can believe that a homicidal psychopath can cause havoc while hiding in clown make-up. 


Did John Wayne Gacy’s existence prove nothing?

Ladies and Gentlemen, the first Joker. Before Ceasar Romero and Jack Nicholson…

But when you tell me that Bane was chosen, my mind goes back to Schumacher and… and…..

No….

Noooooo….

NOOOOO NOOO NOOOOOOOO! BAT-CREDIT CARD??? NOOOOOOOOO!

ahem..*shudders*

Look, we know that villains that can increase muscle mass in seconds dont exist. Much like freeze guns. And someone thinking using plastic muscles with bat-nipples was a good idea. 

So, all I am saying is that I hope this movie would make something good with the source material it chooses. Some comic-book fans might hate it. Some might not. But hey, it was good the first time, and AMAZING the second. So why not the third.