Something Bad

There were some things about Guardians of the Galaxy that were a tad bit frustrating. The first one was, what the hell happened to the Aether? When the Orb went all ka-blooey did it get free? Did the Orb have such a volatile reaction because the Aether was present? Is the Aether still contained? Given the power and magnitude of the Aether, something like that should really have been explained and been given depth. The second major thing was when Star Lord went out to save Gamora and gave her his mask, he should have died in milliseconds due to the lack of pressure. He is a human, Gamora maybe has some evolutionary advantage, but Star Lord is a human and no alien daddy of his is going to change that (because from what we've seen, his alien parentage has hardly changed his physiology or anything, it's just made him more immune to Infinity Stone withdrawal, so essentially he still is human). The third is that the movie totally underwhelmed Thanos, they had him all prepped up and big and all and then when Ronan uses the Infinity Stone for his own power he says he'll kill Thanos and the Mad Titan cuts the comm link. Boom, that really made him look tough, he hung up on Ronan. Maybe a statement of how much he would make Ronan suffer would suffice.

Then there is something I've wanted to talk about, Mass Effect. It was a video game series that for a lot of time, primarily because it started out as Xbox exclusive, that I didn't know what to think. I was at a mindset where I didn't really believe that sci fi could be melded into RPGs in such a way. Then there came in sex scenes. I really thought this was just a Song of Ice and Fire sci fi video game (I don't know if the show was out yet). The collection, which contained all the DLC, was out for about thirty dollars and so I thought what the hell, might as well. I made my own custom Shepard, made him an engineer and an Akuze background. The first game was gripping, it was very fun and amusing to play with, although I didn't like how I had to use the Mako to get resources. Then in Mass Effect 2, the stakes were high, unbelievably high (I wanted Jack to die but Legion died instead, which ultimately screwed up Mass Effect 3. Also, Kolyat and Mordin died as well). It was amazing, especially the scanning system. Then came Mass Effect 3, which did a lot of things wrong. The first, it took out a holster option. That's just a slight annoyance. The second it couldn't up it's mind thematically. The third, it changed the scanning system into something really odd, awkward and annoying. It did one thing so right though that was really good. It made Shepard such a humanlike character that you actually for the first time, felt for him. In the earlier games, Shepard was there, sure, but I never really cared what happened to him or his crew. When Samara commit suicide, when Tali commit suicide and when Tiks commit suicide I felt for Shepard. Those characters I never really felt for when they were companions, not like I did for Garrus and Kaiden or Miranda and Liara. But the game had a human aspect to the story, so it worked.

The third thing in this post is the WWE 2K series. Hopefully, since this is the game where Visual Concepts takes more control, we have the don't remove, but add and make better policy. Sometimes in WWE games, features that were there for a while would just disappear for no apparent reason. I believe that what should be happening is they give us 2K Showcase which is a nice historical mode and just kick out all the tweaks that existed in the Attitude Era mode and the 30 Years of WrestleMania mode. Then this My Career, make it like the old career modes of SvR 2008 or Here Comes the Pain. Then Universe Mode, make like GM Mode and add cutscenes, have your player run the show, have a rivalry progress based on wins and losses, oh and add all the features the people want. Things like Creative Suit should be upped for next gen graphics and well, that is all.

A Bit of Both

Hey, there were many times in June and July that I wanted to post but didn't because I was way too lazy. Sorry about that, but, I'm here to give you guys a really big post because you all deserve it. I've going to start it off with a bang. Let's talk Ted DiBiase Senior, you know, the famed technician who often battled with Hulk Hogan. The Million Dollar Man who was, you know, one of the greatest villains of the age of theatrics. What an a-hole. Yeah, I met him the other day with a friend. Town fair is always fun to go to, there are rides, displays, rodeos for people, animals, acrobats, bike stars and even amateur wrestling. Last year there was the Honky Tonk Man (who knows why) and this year there was the Million Dollar Man, and up until this year I didn't know he was a Christian Minister. Yeah, town fair was evangelized this year. What should have been a multicultural event was overtaken by religion and heading it was Trillionaire Ted. I had never seen such a lack of colour. Ted was out there giving his sermons, then there was Elvis-Jesus doing it as well. Cool, I don't have a problem with that, but when you overtake the fair and make it a Calgary kind of thing, I don't like it. So I meet Ted DiBiase, he jokes about how he liked working with Hulk Hogan because he made money. His gimmick was money so we ask him to sign our money, he looks at us like we're retarded and signs the bills. I ask about Randy Savage. Old idiot must be going senile because he starts acting like I don't know wrestling is a scripted live stunt tv show and starts educating me on heels and babyfaces and how it's fake. I asked one simple question. Oh, he signed that bill all right and guess what, he put some Bible verse on it as well. I'm not Christian, he should've been able to tell by looking at me. I get it, you're a minister and you love your religion but why are shoving it at my face?

Next, I have to tell all of you about Hercules. It's directed by Brett Ratner and so it should've sucked, it should've sucked as much as that Kellan Lutz movie, but it stars Dwayne Johnson. As long as Dwayne Johnson is involved, so is charisma and guess what, the movie kicks ass. So what if all of the magical components and properties are involved only in the beginning? It has Ian McShane in it, who does his best performance since Blackbeard, and John Hurt who shows that he is the profound actor. It's got Reece Ritchie in it as well, for good measure if you like that sort of thing. All in all, I was disappointed by length and lack of magic, but was impressed. Several characters were rounded out even though they remained flat, Hercules had a full character arc and so did his nephew. It was left ambiguous as to whether or not the Graeco-Roman Gods were real or not (and why he's Hercules instead of Heracles in Greece), but I'd rather lean towards them being real. Honestly, this movie might've had a moderate box office opening in domestic territories, but for domestic, it's halved it's budget and when you combine it with foreign has already beat it's budget. We won't be getting a Robocop 2 because all the bitches who loved the first movie (and cannot see that this remake was an infinitely better and more humanly intimate job) made sure that even though it beat it's budget by over $100,000,00 it received mixed reception. However, Hercules has a lower budget than that, has beat it's budget and will likely end it's domestic run evening said budget and foreign run by beating it. I would love to see a sequel, with a longer run time and more ass kicking by Dwayne Johnson. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing Hercules and his mercenaries popping up in a possible Jason and the Argonauts remake as a part of Jason's crew.

Now, lastly, the titular post title topic is Guardians of the Galaxy, I know this movie, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming out, is not going to be a box office hit of Thor: The Dark World proportions for Marvel. It's sequel on the other hand, will be that and more. It was an amazing movie, but I still can't get over why Bradley Cooper (heart crusher) did not play Star Lord and why Chris Pratt (y'know Emmett from the animated Lego Movie) did not voice the animated Rocket Raccoon. I can't say which one of them stole the show, although with Gamora (isn't that the place in New Vegas with the hoes?) glowing neon green made me want to poke her arm. Batista was surprisingly good as Drax, although I hope this doesn't get him thinking he's an actor as good a draw as Dwayne Johnson. The best part of this movie, however, were the designs, mainly Star Lord's ship. It was one of the most beautiful pieces of work I have seen from Marvel in a while mostly because of it's simplicity and you know what, simplicity works a lot. I put a lot praise towards that. I'm not going to talk about what the movie means in terms of the MCU's future and all that crap, but it's darker than you would expect. Trailers sugarcoat it with humour and violence and sex (Gamora's nude scene which wasn't in the film), but it is not the comedy that you would think it is. Yes, there is a joke around almost every turn, but that is all theater comedy. That is comedy that you laugh it if you are in a large group. The movie takes itself very seriously and that is what makes those "jokes" work. When it comes out on Blu-Ray and DVD, watch it a few friends or your family, the jokes you'll laugh at then are the real jokes of the movie. The film is very good and the worst part, James Gunn's directing. He was the worst possible candidate for the role and the fact that he pulled it off so perfectly makes me wonder about how well somebody else could have done it (Jose Padillha perhaps?). All in all, watch Hercules and watch Guardians of the Galaxy. I'll try to post more consistently, my next post will be about video games, Mass Effect and the WWE series, so next time.

Surprises

Well, Days of Future Past was very good. Looks like it'll have a 600 mill to 700 mill box office at most. If Maleficent tanks, I could see it going higher, but that really appears to be the max. Honestly, though, the best part about it being very good is that Hugh Jackman could appear in future X-Men and Wolverine movies.

Then there was the Supernatural season finale. Boom, that revelation was shocking. I thought it might happen, but Crowley's dialogue about Dean not being a demon threw me off course and then they veered right back. Black eyes. It would've been cool to see them yellow, but that could potentially confuse some of the newer audience members.

Anyways, X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016. No film in in 2015, but I do have Supernatural to look forward to. I'll see you guys next time.

Supernatural: Bloodlines Not Picked Up

Supernatural: Bloodlines has not been picked up. I had no worries about it being picked up prior to the airing of the pilot, but after reading fan reactions, you can tell: I was pretty worried. It was such a good and unique idea as well and now chances are we won't be getting it. Yes, the CW is still open to another spin-off idea, but I have a feeling we won't be seeing it Season 10. Season 11 has not been confirmed yet, but I have a feeling Supernatural will hit that season so maybe then? Supernatural: Bloodlines, passed up in favor of what? Jane the Virgin. Adapted from a Brazilian telanovela about a Catholic girl who is artificially insemnated. Who cares? If I want to watch pregnant ladies I'll hit the maternity ward. This is not typical CW bullshit, this is TMZ bullshit. You know, if CW passed up Bloodlines in favour of a teen romance drama (which it had elements of), I wouldn't be as pissed because I would expect them to do that. Passing it up in favour of this? Come on. I was looking forward to seeing more of Lucien Laviscount. Hopefully they'll wrap this up in an episode or two of Season 10, it's not like the writers to leave loose ends.

In other news, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Godzilla both sound really good judging from reactions so far. So, when they come out, pack up to your theater and watch them. I'll have a new video up on my YouTube channel, Knight12ify, later today so watch it. It's a tribute to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and I have meshed the instrumental from Linkin Park's In the End with the Prologue score from Ang Lee's Hulk. Random pairings which went together surprisingly well. I want to start on my next video tomorrow, which is going to be about the Bourne Trilogy and maybe include the Bourne Legacy.

In the Defense of Supernatural: Bloodlines

Supernatural's Season 9 Episode 20 has gotten quite a lot of flak. The reason, it was  back-door pilot for the spin-off Supernatural: Bloodlines. Now, I agree with some of this, but a lot of it is coming from the fan base who do not understand the intent of the spin off. Let's address these points.

Not Enough Sam or Dean: Why should there be? Because it is an episode of Supernatural. This is the one I actually agree with, there should have been more Sam and Dean. I have nothing bad to say about this one because even though it was the back-door pilot, it was still an episode of Supernatural. There should have been more Sam and Dean.

Too Much Romance: They have been saying things like: "Typical CW" "I didn't want to watch Vampire Diaries" Blah, blah, blah. What people did not see was the romance was between the secondary characters, not the main character Ennis. His girlfriend was killed off and so there is going to be no romance for him, but just because it's a plotline for a secondary character shouldn't ruin the whole show for you. Also, if there was more Supernatural and less Bloodlines, there would a Supernatural clone on the same network causing in-network competition. A bit redundant, no?

Treatment of Female Characters: A female character was fridged to start with, my life is ruined! It's not like Supernatural hasn't done this almost every episode. But it's okay, it's Supernatural. However, I can't help but feel she was fridged to avoid the complaints that nonetheless happened above. As for the female werewolf being degraded, that is a plotline and I do believe that she will have a story in the show that displays how as a woman, she is important. Did everybody forget the female mob boss?

Ennis Killed a Human: Dean killed Magnus, sure he was a bit psychotic, but still human, right? Remember all the way back in season 1 when hillbillies kidnapped Sam? I do, remember when the cop offed the hillbilly grandpa. I do. Sure she wasn't a hunter, but she was a cop, as is Ennis. Remember, Ennis isn't officially a hunter instead.

We don't Know These Characters, why should we Care?: Honestly, I find validity in this point as well. We do NOT know these characters, why should we care about them. We don't even know the concept, I mean monster mafia was a tried and true concept that failed in 199-something for some show called Kindred. Nobody is familiar with the concept. I've seen suggestions for a Ghostfacers spin-off (which people are unaware happened), Charlie and Oz (which in light of recent TV programming would work as a miniseries), Jew and Golem (which would be dreadful) Krissy and the Club (Buffy anyone?), Garth and the wolves (DJ Qualls cannot lead a show), Men of Letters (mystical Mad Men? Sounds AWESOME!) and Colt (which would be the best spin-off, but I don't think CW budget could pull it off). The answer is, why did you care about Sam and Dean when you saw the first episode of Supernatural. You didn't, you cared about them by the end of the first season. I believe that is what they are trying to pull off here, give something that is unique to spin-offs, a set of characters that is, relatively, unknown to the original cast and that way, you make a show that stands on it's own ground.

Also, I want to talk about the next episode of Supernatural, King of the Damned. It looks very good, but there is the character of Gadreel I want to talk about. I've seen the promo pics and I've seen the promo video. He has a confrontation with Cas, who is accompanied by Benjamin. Now I really like the character of Gadreel, I think he has a lot of potential and as a villain, is much more interesting than Metatron and on the same scale as the Demon. There are two angels in that scene wearing black leather jackets, a woman and Gadreel. In the promo vid, Cas stabs somebody who looks very much like Gadreel based on the hair. Killing Gadreel by the hand of Cas, just no, please. Here are my theories:

* Cas kills Gadreel:
1) Tahmoh Penniket might have a lot of work and can't finish the season by it's original plans.
2) It might be to build up the Cas-Metatron fiction with him once again ruining the story.

* Gadreel lives:
1) He secretly joins Cas and fakes his death.
2) It's a ruse and Metatron has Gadreel fake his death and given Metatron's recent manipulations through the angel tablet, I wouldn't count this out.

I hope he lives, but he could just as well die, given his description doesn't appear in any other upcoming episode info.

Again, this was a rare post, I'll try to have some more if anything comes to my mind, but the chances are no.

Let's Get Everything Clear

When I left this blog, it was because I had enough of it. I had Yafisz replace me and he took the blog to record heights. It's just that, I needed time for the blog to stay away from everything and so I asked Yafisz to step down. I've been trafficking a lot of attention to my YouTube Channel, Knight12ify and have begun remixing songs as well. I'm not back for good, no. I will start posting more, however, but they will be sporadic nonetheless.

You Suck Vince McMahon

Yes, I'm back. Vince McMahon you stupid piece of trash, what the hell were you thinking? That match was a piece of garbage anyways. Brock Lesnar? I... it's unbelievable. What the hell! Not even the last match, it was before the divas match. Joey Styles you dumb loser, it was probably your idea. If Undertaker wanted to lose, you should have slapped him and made him win. Just no!

Yeah, Joey Styles, you and David Kapoor can go die!