Sunday, July 26, 2015

In a future Superman Reboot, here's what I want to see.


I've already spoken out about my disappointment for Man of Steel and the slew of  upcoming DC movies it's created, but 20-30 years from now, there will be another Superman reboot, like there will be for Batman, Spider-Man and every other thing. And when that happens, here's what I want and expect from it.

1. NO KRYPTON, MORE SMALLVILLE


In Man of Steel, we saw way too much of Krypton if you ask me, and little to nothing of how Kal-El was taken in by the Kents. So in the reboot movie, I want to see the rocket carrying Kal-El leaving Krypton, and then it explodes. Then I want to see how Johnathan and Martha Kent found the baby Kal-El, took him in, renamed him Clark, and how they raised him.

2.  CLARK BREAKS DOWN


If I found out that I was adopted and that my native planet has blown to smithereens, I would probably be so upset that I would cry for days. So in the reboot movie, I want to see Clark really upset, and come to terms that he's not human. He's Superman.

3. JOHNATHAN KENT DOESN'T DIE


Why do these Superman movies always have the need to kill off Clark's dad? In the comics and animated series, his dad is alive and well. But in the movies, dead. And they get more cartoony in every version. In the first movie, he dies from a heart attack. a sad and respectable way of dying. In Man of Steel, he's sucked up by a tornado while standing and doing nothing. Didn't see that one coming. 

4. A TRUE LOIS LANE


While Amy Adams is a terrific actress, she is no Lois Lane. In Man of Steel, Lois was basically an educated Mary Jane. She was only there to give Superman her support, and say supportive lines. That's not Lois Lane! Lois is a snarky woman who gives it to you straight! Think Meg from Disney's Hercules, which is probably a better Superman movie than Man of Steel. If the real Lois was in Man of Steel, and she was there at the ending when Superman's stupidity wrecks a good chunk of Metropolis, she'd be like "Nice going, hero." with 10 times more sarcasm.

5. BATMAN AS AN ALLY, NOT A FOIL


As unbelievable as it seems, I'm actually not against the idea of Batman appearing in a Superman movie, or a shared DC Cinematic Universe, despite how much I've shitted on Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad. But unlike Batman V Superman, where they're just there to fight in the mud, I want to see Batman and Superman working together in a Superman franchise 30 years from now. If Batman and Superman are gonna appear in film together again in a rebooted universe, I want it to be done right. 

6. COLOR


Man Of Steel was a grey movie. There was color, but it was always a a shade of grey. blue grey. orange grey. yellow grey, black grey. How do you make black grey?!?! Superman's universe isn't color muted. It's bright, saturated and very colorful. 

7. JIMMY OLSEN


One thing I didn't see in MoS is Jimmy Olsen, the Daily Planet photographer. Why wasn't he there? He's Superman's best friend, he should be there. 

8. CLARK HAS SELF DOUBT


In Man of Steel and Superman, he knows he's the big, powerful Superhero, making him come off as arrogant and tyrannical. So in the future Superman reboot, I don't want just a confident, all smiles Superman. I want there to be a subplot where he's like "Am I really a hero?" or "I'm not good enough to be these people's savior."  and then realize that he is good enough.

9. THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN


One of my favorite Superman stories is The Death of Superman, in which Superman sacrifices his own life to save the people of Earth from a super powerful alien called Doomsday. His final act of heroism was tragic and respective...Until he came back to life a few months later. So in the reboot, I want to see Superman's last act as a Superhero, and I want it to make me cry. I want to be sobbing like it's the ending of Titanic when he's dying in Lois' arms (Or Batman's. Who knows? The future might look hella different. And speaking of which....

10. SUPERMAN + BATMAN


I know this might seem like 7th grade fangirl's fanfiction, but why not? We've seen these two share a bed. And they've almost filled out all the emotional tiers. They were allies, they were best friends, they were mortal enemies, all that's missing is for them to hook up. I mean, the superheroes Midnighter and Apollo is basically a gay Batman and Superman married couple. 

11. REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN


One good thing that came out of Superman's death is the debut of four new Supermen. Cyborg Superman, Teenage Superman, Robot Alien Superman, and Superman that is literally a "Man of Steel", each fighting over who is the next, true Superman. 

12. VILLAINS


My villains wish list is Zod, Lex Luthor, Amazo, Doomsday, and Livewire. 



And That's what I'd like to see in a future Superman movie. 30 years is a long time from now, so it's best I start hoping while it's still early. I'm also gonna give my opinions on what I want to see from a Batman reboot 30 years from now, so stay tuned. 

10 characters I want to see in Wreck It Ralph 2

It's been announced that Wreck it Ralph 2 is in development, and there are a lot of Characters I want to see in Wreck It Ralph 2. Some obvious, but others s completes hock. Here are the top 10 characters I want to see in Wreck It Ralph 2.

10. DONKEY KONG


It would be funny to see Ralph's reaction to Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong was also once the villain of the game, and now he's the star of his own titles, and even appears as the helpful guy in the Mario Party games. Ralph can be like "How did you do it?" 

9. BLINX


Most of you probably don't know who Blinx is. Blinx is an anthropomorphic Cat who can control time with a Vacuum cleaner. As stupid as that sounds, He's actually pretty cool, but he's been forgotten and abandoned. Maybe Wreck It Ralph 2 can do to Blinx like what the first movie did to Q-bert. 

8. LARA CROFT


Lara was mentioned in the first movie, now it's only fitting she appeared in this one. Maybe a love interest for Ralph?

7. LINK


This one is a no brainer. Since alot of Nintendo characters appeared in Wreck It Ralph, why not add more?

6. CROC


I'm not sure what Croc would do, but it would be nice to see him as a cameo or a background character.

5. PRINCESS PEACH


Why not?

4. SAMMUS


Sammus can also be a cameo or background character, but at least give her a line or two.

3. PIKACHU


I don't even need to explain this.

2. SPYRO


Let me make myself clear. Classic Spyro. Not that Skylanders shit. I want to see the original Spyro the dragon interact with the main characters.

1. MARIO


Mario will be in Wreck It Ralph 2. No argument.  

Saturday, July 25, 2015

SCREAM THE TV SERIES: SOOOOOO CHEEEESSSSYYYY!!!!!

So I recently started watching Scream: the TV series, and being a fan of the original, which is one of my favorite movies, I just had to see it. And what are my major thoughts on it? I don't know whether to love, or hate it. Let's put it at this. By itself, it's super duper cheese and lots of fun. As a successor to the original movie, it's a horrible waste of time. The original, while being set in a 90's suburbs, has an overall timeless feel to it. This, on the first episode, throws YouTube, Twitter and Instagram at us. This to Scream is like Mean Girls to Mean Girls 2, which you have seen Mean Girls 2, you know what a disappointing waste of time that was. The first eight minutes introduces us to a YouTube viral video of two girls kissing in a car. (point lost) The video was posted by Mean Girl Nina played by Bella Throne. The scenes afterwards are supposed to be an homage to Drew Barrymore's role in Scream. Cast a well known actress, put her in the trailer, make her seem like a main character, and then kill her off in the beginning. But there's some differences.


In the original, Casey (Barrymore) is a fairly popular girl, but she's not a bitch. She's seemingly nice and is known to be a horror fan, so it's much more painful to see her die in the few minutes we spent with her. In this, Nina is a mean, nasty b-yotch, and totally deserved what she got. But the thing that sucked about it the most is the execution. In the movie, the killer plays with Casey before killing her, filling the air with suspense. In this one, the killer sends a few texts, throws a head in the pool and kills her. That's it. No suspense whatsoever.


Then we meet our main characters, and they are awful! Some characters are stereotypes of the original characters, and some characters are only here to be filler. In this, the Sydney character has been split like an amoeba and are now two different characters. One is Emma, and the other is Audrey. But Sidney isn't the only character that was split into two different characters. Randy is now also two different characters, taking on the forms of Noah and Riley. Billy is also two now. Will and Kieran. But The Stu and Tatum characters managed to be their own characters. Stu is now Jake, and Tatum is now Brooke. We also get to meet the new Gail Weathers,  Piper Shaw, who is by far the most redeemable character in this show. Everyone else is uninspired, unoriginal and just horrible.


Now let's talk about what I hate the most about this TV series. The new Ghostface. He is horrible! In the original, Ghostface was a guy in a Halloween store bought costume, and he was still scary. Here, they tried too hard to make him even scarier, even giving him an urban legend, but it comes across as cheesy. In the films, Ghostface doesn't rely on an urban legend and a homemade costume to be scary. He just is. 

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Top 10 characters of all time

What makes a good story? Great characters. Characters we're drawn to. Characters that we relate to, or characters we wish to be. Here are my top 10 favorite characters. Again, this is my opinion, so if you don't like what you see, go bitch to your mom or something.

10. SPEEDY/ROY HARPER

Speedy is so far my favorite superhero sidekick. He was raised by Navajo Indians, and became a master archer.  My favorite storylines involving speedy is the time he became a Heroin addict, and the time he lost his arm. Speedy for the most part is a tragic character, but he's got great friends to help him through it. And like most superheroes, he's unrealistically good looking.


9. GREEN LANTERN/HAL JORDAN


At one point in time, I was obsessed with Hal Jordan. For a brief moment, he was my favorite superhero, but then the movie came out, and I remembered Superman will always be my number one guy. But I will always have a soft spot for Green Lantern. Anyways, Hal Jordan is the second Green Lantern, and arguably the best. I know that Hal is kind of lame compared to the black John Stewart and the gay Allan Scott, but Hal Jordan is my favorite Green Lantern. Either him, or the talking squirrel.

8. CINDERELLA



I loves me a good Fairy Tale, and the best Fairy Tale ever is Cinderella, the story that has it's own version in every single country. Cinderella is many things. She's black, she's white. She's good, she's bad. She's light, she's dark. She's g rated movie, she's XXX movie. She's feminist, she's old fashioned. And how could she be so many things at once? Because there's so many versions of her story. You can make Cinderella whatever you want her to be. Don't like the time she leaves the ball? make it 3 AM. Don't like the rushed romance? Make her independent and not want to marry the prince. A great character is one you can make up.

7.  PHOEBE BUFFAY



Phoebe Buffay is my favorite character from Friends. Most people like Chandler or Rachel, but not me. I love me some Phoebe. She's a a character I don't see in most sitcoms these days. Hey, How I Met Your Mother. Where's your loony eccentric friend character? Don't have one? How about you, Big Bang Theory? No? Just a group of nerds and one hot girl? All, right. Your missing out, I guess. Anyways, Phoebe's backstory is this. When she was a little girl, her mom killed herself, and her stepdad went to prison, so Phoebe had to live in the streets, unlike her twin sister Ursula, who was probably put in a foster home. After a disappointing childhood and some tough teenaged years, Ursula found a road to Aroma therapy and became roommates with Monica, who's brother is Ross, who is in love with Rachel.  Across the street from them is Joey, who is roommates with Chandler, who will soon marry Monica. Yeah, it's all a big circle.  One interesting thing is Actress Lisa Kudrow was doing two sitcoms at the time. She was starring in Friends, and played a side character in Mad About You, two NBC shows that were next to each other on the time block. So, the show writers decided to make the two characters twin sisters. And that's how Phoebe and Ursula became twin sisters.  

6. HANNA MARIN



Filling out 6 spot is another ditzy blonde. Hanna Marin from ABC Family's only good show, Pretty Little Liars. Hanna is the funniest, and saddest character in the show and books. In her early teens, her mom and dad got a divorce, causing her to eat her feelings out. She gained several pounds, and her "friend" Alison Dilaurentis coined the nickname "Hefty Hanna" When the girls were young, Hanna was often the butt of Ali's every joke. But when Ali disappeared, she became friends with a girl Ali used to bully and became the school's popular girl. She lost some pounds and gained some confidence. What I like about Hanna is that she's the funny girl of the group. She's always the one who says the funny zingers and one liners.

5. SPYRO THE DRAGON



Do I like Skylanders? Yes. Do I like Spyro's "not main character" role in Skylanders? No. Do I hate Spyro's new messed up, disgusting, ugly design? It's debatable. Do I love Spyro and all of the Spyro games, even the bad ones? Hell yeah!!! Spyro is my favorite video game character ever. Period. If I had to save one video game franchise in an ocean full of overrated Pokemon games and stupid, violent M rated games, I'd choose Spyro the Dragon. We can all learn a lesson from Spyro. Spyro is a tiny dragon, yet manages to save an entire race of dragons. He's also got a really cool dragonfly sidekick called Sparx, who is the best video game sidekick ever. So hopefully someday, I will see a Spyro video game similar to the old one.

4. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS



Spongebob is my childhood Idol. I grew up on Spongebob, and when I have kids, they will too. What I love about Spongebob is that no matter what, he's an Optimist. Even though he has a horrible job and a nasty next door neighbor, he looks at it like a blessing. I'd kill myself before I become a loser who permanently works at a restaurant, but Spongebob sees it as the best job ever. The best Spongebob episodes are always the ones that came out in the early 2000's. The new ones kinda suck, and seems like it was made for the brain dead generation of the 2010's. The main reason is that after the first Spongebob movie, The original crew left and was replaced by a new set of writers. Probably a bad idea. But no matter what,  Spongebob is cartoon royalty.

3. GODZILLA



Godzilla, like Spongebob was only good in the beginning. the movies that came afterwards range from bad to mediocre. But aside from that, Godzilla, King of the Monsters is one of my favorite classic monster movies, and Godzilla, is my favorite giant monster ever. What I love about him is that he's a cautionary tale of Nuclear destruction. Godzilla was once a deep sea cave dwelling dinosaur of a certain species, but concentrated levels of Nuclear radiation mutated him into a atomic ray breathing behemoth. Godzilla is also a tragic character. In the beginning, Godzilla is an animal deformed by a human creation, and in the ending, He's destroyed by another human made weapon. It shows how humans can really ruin the life of another species. Now that's deep.

2. RAPUNZEL



I have been in love with the Rapunzel Fairy Tale for a long time. I love it so much, I remember the time I first read it. Cinderella might be the best fairy tale, but Rapunzel is the one I hold dearest to my heart. And then when Disney made Tangled, I only loved her more. In Tangled, Rapunzel is spiced up a bit, turning her from a Damsel in distress into a quirky, rebellious teenager.  When Rapunzel was a baby, she was a princess. Her hair is golden blonde because of a magic flower her mother drank to heal herself. But the witch who was previously using it kidnaps her and places her in a high tower hidden inside a valley. As she gets older, she gets more rebellious and fascinated by the outside world, especially the mysterious floating lights that appear on her birthday every year.

1. SUPERMAN





So, I sleep in a bunk bed. I sleep in the bottom bunk, and the one who occupies the top bunk is a life sized Superman doll I got for Christmas. That's how much I love the Man of Steel, and I mean Superman. Not the movie. That movie sucked. Superman will always be my favorite. In an ocean full of Batmans and Avengers, The big fish I caught has an S-shield on it. I've watched every single Superman movie, watched Superman: The Animated Series, and bought Super Scribblenauts for Superman's sake. What I like about Superman is how he truly is alone. Now, anyone can be Batman or Spider-man, but Superman isn't someone you can be, he's someone you could only dream to be. And unlike Batman, who claims he works alone, when he has a dozen sidekicks, Superman truly is alone. Aside from Supergirl and Superdog, Kal-El is by himself. Another thing I like about Supes is that he doesn't wear a mask, so that people can see he's just one of them, instead of being shrouded by mystery, like all the superhero movies that came out in the early 2000's. Superman truly is my favorite superhero and character of all time.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Top 10 Cinderella Stories




What is it about a poor girl losing her shoe at a ball that's intrigued us for so many years? Cinderella is hands down the most popular fairy tale of all time. Sorry, super feminists. You can't change that. Like most fairy tales, I can't remember a time where I didn't know the story.  I have a theory that because we've read these fairy tales for so long, our children our just built with them in their brains before they're even born. Even the kids who didn't grow up with Disney knows the Cinderella fairy tale, and there are a lot of those stories. Almost every country has they're own version, and I'm here to rank the ten best Cinderella variations from books, movies, TV and others.


10. THE GLASS SLIPPER



The Glass Slipper is my least favorite version of the Cinderella Story. It's not bad or anything. It just didn't do anything for me. But one thing I did like about it is Leslie Caron's Cinderella. In this retelling, Cinderella is a very mucky looking servant girl living with her stepmother and two stepsisters who are known as the two most beautiful girls in the village, and it's bad enough that they treat her bad, but the entire village also looks down on her due to her filthy exterior. The only one who treats her nicely is the hermit woman who lives in the forest and the prince himself, making their romance much more believable.

9. YEH-SHEN: A CINDERELLA STORY FROM CHINA



Perhaps the first Cinderella Story EVER! Yeh-Shen tells the story of a girl who is a slave to her stepmother and Stepsister. Her only friend is a talking goldfish who lives in a nearby pond. Yeh-Shen's stepmother, being the cunt she is, catches the fish, kills him and gives Yeh-Shen the bones just for the sake of being an evil stepmother. Afterwards, it's revealed that the fish's bones are magic and give Yeh-Shen a beautiful dress and a pair of golden shoes to wear to a festival that her stepmother has forbidden her from going.

8. THE ROUGH FACED GIRL



This Cinderella Story comes from the Native Americans. A weak willed man has a wife and two stepdaughters who are cruel to his real daughter, like the original. The only difference is that where the original stepsisters make her sleep next to the fireplace, in this one, the stepsisters make her sleep on the fireplace, resulting in her rough skin.

7. INTO THE WOODS



Into the Woods is a musical consisting of the popular Grimm fairy tales. One of them is the Grimm's take on Perrault's classic Cinderella story. This Cinderella is a self aware maiden who's not completely sure she wants to be with the prince.

6. RAGS



Rags is like A Cinderella Story set in New York with a male lead. There's not much male Cinderella stories out there, but this one is a good one. Keke Palmer plays the gender swapped Prince charming to Max Schneider's Cinderella. And Drake Bell plays the Fairy Godmother character.

5. EVER AFTER: A CINDERELLA STORY



All right. Here we go. A Cinderella Story with a Feminist twist. When I first saw Ever After, I did not like it, mostly because I was a kid watching a Cinderella story with no magic, fairy godmother or Pumpkin coach. But now that I'm older, I really appreciate this movie. Instead of taking place in a kingdom far, far away. It takes place in renaissance era France. Drew Barrymore's Danielle still has the prince and the glass slippers, but this time, she is a strong, intelligent Cinderella. And instead of a Fairy Godmother, she has Leonardo Da Vinci.

4. A CINDERELLA STORY




Confession time. I Love A Cinderella Story. I really do. It's one of my favorite movies. I don't know what about it really attracts me, but if it's ever on TV, I will watch it. Hillary Duff is our Cinderella in this movie, and her Prince charming is the star football player. They meet on a chat room and are both attracted with each other because of their desires to go to Princeton.

3. RODGER'S + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA




Rodger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella first began as a TV musical starring Julie Andrews. It was so popular that it spawned two other TV musicals. One starring Lesley Ann Warren in 1965, and one starring Brandi in Whitney Houston's critically acclaimed version in 1997. Finally, in 2013, this TV musical finally made it's home in Broadway, receiving a modern twist, but keeping all that Fairy Tale goodness in tact. In this version, Cinderella and the Prince are not the all perfect cardboard cut outs that they usually are. Cinderella is adventurous and funny, while the prince is kind of a dork who has a lot of girl problems. The Fairy Godmother actually makes sense in this one, in which she is disguised as a crazy beggar woman who has a long friendship with Ella, and only gives her the glass slippers because she was the only one who was generous to her.

2. WALT DISNEY'S CINDERELLA



Ah, the classic Cinderella! The one most of us are familiar with. This version is the one that cemented all those Cinderella tropes into the eye of the public. Blue ballgown, Glass slippers, ugly stepsisters, etc. It's also Disney's best classic fairy tale ever. Snow White and Sleeping Beauty? Pu-lease! Every girl fantasizes about going to a ball in a beautiful ballgown. Not cleaning up after midgets or talking a really long nap. This movie also introduced us to the scariest version of the Wicked Stepmother, named Lady Tremaine. In most versions, she's as cartoony as her daughters. But here, this woman is straight up evil.

1. CINDERELLA (2015)



Disney's recent live action remake of Cinderella is the best in my opinion, because it uses the previous versions of the Cinderella tale as inspiration and incorporates what was good in them into this movie, resulting in almost perfection. One other thing I really liked are the leads. Lily James' Cinderella doesn't know how to fight, but that doesn't make her weak. Her strength comes from within. And Richard Madden's too perfect Prince charming is a Frankenstein of all good qualities a man should have. Cinderella's dress might be blue, but Prince Kit's eyes are even bluer. The costumes and sets are so good it's ridiculous. Instead of CGI-ing it to death like what they did with Maleficent and Alice in Wonderland, the sets really makes you feel that you're in a fairy tale world, and If This movie doesn't win best costume and set design at the Oscars, I will flip every table in Illinois.