Syria has been a favorite topic of mine. I've posted on it a lot, if you look in the archives. My views on it may be considered skewed. So I'll sum it up: in the Syrian Civil War, one side is the supporters of a tyrant and on the other side are terrorists? Now with Da'eesh in the mix, the truth is, there is nobody you can support. The FSA was slowly getting corrupted and Assad is corrupt. Syria will be left in dregs when this war is done, but the truth is, it will not be done, not for a long time. The crisis in Afghanistan, most people think it started in 9/11. No, 9/11 was just a large domino in a sequence that had been going on since Najibullah and the Soviet Invasion.
They replaced Najibullah's fingers with cigarettes. Before this Civil War seemed to be Assad vs the rebels, and it was believed they could escape al-Nusra's influence. There was a a glimmer of hope. It appeared as if the leaders of Hezbollah and Iran were telling Assad to get his shit together, and when it was clear his own forces could not, they aided him. Now, Assad falling is imperative. It is the only thing that could cause some semblance to return to Syria. Or it is already too late and Assad falling will be like Najibullah's execution, it will not matter.
Da'eesh is not the enemy. No. There is no enemy. Da'eesh, or ISIS if you will, is just another pawn, just another powerful pawn in the grand scheme of things. They will not get far, but it is sad they have as much as they have. It is sad Kurdistan is suffering, but it is sad that all of this lies on the shoulders of a tyrant. It is sad that soon the tyrant will become irrelevant and the war will consume all. Fuck, I should write a poem on this.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Hulk Mash Up
So I was working on another remix. I know I said that Run This Town would be my last one, but I did also say for the forseeable future. I did not think that I would get inspired again. However, I have no video to put up with it and so you guys will not see it until I do. I will tease you all what I remixed. I took Dres from Black Sheep, he is a bit obscure now, Usher and Ludacris, Will Smith and... One Republic. Yeah.
However, my most ambitious project, which I have just started to undertake is this. An editing of Hulk and The Incredible Hulk. Due to copyright issues and stuff, I don't know if I'll be able to upload that to YouTube. Vimeo and Dailymotion, maybe. YouTube, however, I am fairly certain no. I will try my hardest to try and find a way to show you guys.
However, my most ambitious project, which I have just started to undertake is this. An editing of Hulk and The Incredible Hulk. Due to copyright issues and stuff, I don't know if I'll be able to upload that to YouTube. Vimeo and Dailymotion, maybe. YouTube, however, I am fairly certain no. I will try my hardest to try and find a way to show you guys.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron Review
So I saw Avengers: Age of Ultron last night and thought about writing a review right when I came home from it, but decided against it. Do you want to know why? The movie was not dark enough for me to really bother. What are the lasting consequences? What was really accomplished in the end? People bash Man of Steel for the amount of destruction and death it caused, but are you really telling me the Hulk killed no one during Cape Town and that the Avengers saved everybody in Sokovia. They blew up the freaking capital city of a country! There has to be reprecussions which they do not show! Just because they had a few scenes of citizenry evacuation does not forgive that! How many people are now homeless!
Look, you can call me bitter or a DC Fanboy or whatnot complaining about those things. Honestly, though. I don't really care. I was just trying to make a point. If this was a DC film, Marvel fans would be bitching about that exact thing.
This film was not amazing, though, it was great, but not amazing. First let me talk about the twins, Wanda Maximoff is literally the most cheesy character since Halle Berry's Catwoman. First she's evil, then she sees a vision of the future and turns against Ultron and joins the fight, then she chickens out, but saves Hawkeye in a blaze of glory, then she gets extremely sad when Pietro dies (even though she should not have been able to see him) and then she rips out Ultron's "heart" in an extremely dramatic fashion. What the fuck? Thankfully for every horrible character, there is a far better one. Paul Bettany plays the Vision and does a great job of it. The makeup is on point and his transition from JARVIS to Vision is great and he shows an innocence that we don't see in superhero films often. This is not a character focused on destruction, but rather a character focused on the beauty of life. Paul Bettany is not monotone in his portrayal, it may seem so at times, but rather he is quiet and full of hope.
Then there is Baron (Dr.?) Wolfgang von Strucker, who is the big bad leader of Hydra. He just gives himself up and is killed by Ultron in a prison cell. Way to waste what could have been a great villain guys! Thankfully we have an awesome villain in Ultron, who is scary, intimidating and overall just a freak. Spader's voice gives Ultron life where there is none and although I'm a bit iffy on the science behind Ultron, who cares. The character was awesome!
The worst part of the movie? The transitions. Look, I get it. This film was supposed to be over three and a half hours long, but Joss Whedon, when you are not Peter Jackson, don't make movies longer than they should be and expect yourself to be able to seamlessly put a flick with an appropriate time length together. I mean, we have the Hydra battle sequence and then Scarlet Witch puts a vision into Tony Stark's mind. Then we show the twins smiling, then in one second Tony does something and then the music amps up and all of a sudden it's the title card? The soundtrack I didn't care for much at all and I think the best performance acting came from Jeremy Renner. Although given that he is the best actor there, not a surprise.
6/10, why? It had a lot of problems, as good as it was.
Look, you can call me bitter or a DC Fanboy or whatnot complaining about those things. Honestly, though. I don't really care. I was just trying to make a point. If this was a DC film, Marvel fans would be bitching about that exact thing.
This film was not amazing, though, it was great, but not amazing. First let me talk about the twins, Wanda Maximoff is literally the most cheesy character since Halle Berry's Catwoman. First she's evil, then she sees a vision of the future and turns against Ultron and joins the fight, then she chickens out, but saves Hawkeye in a blaze of glory, then she gets extremely sad when Pietro dies (even though she should not have been able to see him) and then she rips out Ultron's "heart" in an extremely dramatic fashion. What the fuck? Thankfully for every horrible character, there is a far better one. Paul Bettany plays the Vision and does a great job of it. The makeup is on point and his transition from JARVIS to Vision is great and he shows an innocence that we don't see in superhero films often. This is not a character focused on destruction, but rather a character focused on the beauty of life. Paul Bettany is not monotone in his portrayal, it may seem so at times, but rather he is quiet and full of hope.
Then there is Baron (Dr.?) Wolfgang von Strucker, who is the big bad leader of Hydra. He just gives himself up and is killed by Ultron in a prison cell. Way to waste what could have been a great villain guys! Thankfully we have an awesome villain in Ultron, who is scary, intimidating and overall just a freak. Spader's voice gives Ultron life where there is none and although I'm a bit iffy on the science behind Ultron, who cares. The character was awesome!
The worst part of the movie? The transitions. Look, I get it. This film was supposed to be over three and a half hours long, but Joss Whedon, when you are not Peter Jackson, don't make movies longer than they should be and expect yourself to be able to seamlessly put a flick with an appropriate time length together. I mean, we have the Hydra battle sequence and then Scarlet Witch puts a vision into Tony Stark's mind. Then we show the twins smiling, then in one second Tony does something and then the music amps up and all of a sudden it's the title card? The soundtrack I didn't care for much at all and I think the best performance acting came from Jeremy Renner. Although given that he is the best actor there, not a surprise.
6/10, why? It had a lot of problems, as good as it was.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
How To Get a Megalodon
So we here at Mesozoica are closing in on a module, or early access tech demo if you will. We recently issued a challenge to our fans, if they can get us to 6000 likes on Facebook before we release aforementioned module, we will add a Megalodon into the game. Now personally I want to see a Megalodon and don't really care if we win or lose. So this post may be short, but if one goes on Google Trends and compares Megalodon to other famous dinosaurs you should be surprised by the results. I mean, Megalodon is very, very loved. So here is the Facebook, and just give it a like.
In other words, with one day left in the month, I am very close to breaking the all time monthly view record for this blog. Of course while I did initially set the record all alone, and Yafisz did break it all alone, this time we broke it together! yAy!
In other words, with one day left in the month, I am very close to breaking the all time monthly view record for this blog. Of course while I did initially set the record all alone, and Yafisz did break it all alone, this time we broke it together! yAy!
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
What A Moron He Is
So it appears that Leadbeater really got hated on for his last "article". Well, I guess Leadbeater wanted to cover that failure up quickly by putting up a new Star Wars one. That was an average read. However, look, Suicide Squad, a film which has really just only begun filming, likely has not enough footage to even make a trailer and only one official image released. It took him one image, literally one fucking image to determine that Jared Leto's Joker would be the worst Joker that we have seen so far. Worse than Heath Ledger's, worse than Jack Nicholson's, worse than Cesar Romero's and worse than the stand-in used in the Birds of Prey television show. Just read his dumbass post, right here.
So... let's take a look at this idiot's "points", shall we?
1) The Reference Tattoos - His idea is that because the Joker is sporting tattoos tangentially inspired by real life tattoos tangentially inspired by the Heath Ledger Joker, this does not make sense? What makes more sense, the Joker having tattoos that represents who he is, or that sentence above, ergo Leadbeater's first point. Leadbeater asks for real world logic in regards to the tattoos, what the fuck? It's the Joker, it's not supposed to be logical you bitch!
2) Desperately Avoiding Heath Ledger - So please, tell me. Had he been similar to the Heath Ledger Joker would this point have been 'Desperately Emulating Heath Ledger'? Likely. He claims that they are skirting around the character by skirting around Ledger? A character who has been around for 75 years is defined by one performance? Look, I get it. Heath Ledger's performance was wondrous but you cannot define every piece of subsequent work off of his. That was what got some of the critics to hate Man of Steel, because they could not get over Christopher Reeve. Look, Jack Nicholson's Joker stayed true to the comics' Joker, Heath Ledger had a realistic portrayal and this portrayal is the Frank Miller Joker. It's not skirting around anything, it's just giving us a different version of a character of whom we have had millions of versions already.
3) The Grill is Logical But Doesn't Fit the Character - By grill he is referring to the metallic teeth of the Joker. His argument here, it doesn't mesh with the comics... even though his previous point was hypocritical of that. He is questioning the logic of that and trying to determine the Joker's backstory from his teeth. Look, Batman punches out his teeth, he has to get metallic teeth. How many times can you get fillings before it is decided as enough? This honestly works the best, simply because it shows the Joker as a character one would expect to find at an asylum. Is it really unreasonable that a homocidal madman would have bit somebody's throat out? That may seem out of character for the Joker to some, but it really isn't.
4) The Killing Joke Parallel Doesn't Fit - Does it need to? It's paying tribute to the comic, not necessarily emulating it. How, though, does that make this the worst on screen Joker ever? He claims that it is unlikely the Joker will match up with Alan Moore's take or that Suicide Squad will draw from that work? How the fuck do you know! It's all well and fine if it doesn't, but you don't know that it does. Yeah, likely it doesn't. But YOU CAN'T CONFIRM THAT. He really doesn't even explain himself, or back up his points here... sad, really.
5) The Token Purple Glove - First he claims it feels like an afterthought, and then says it was an afterthought? So which is it? An afterthought, or merely representative of one? He says it's odd that it looks like a marigold glove, which doesn't matter too much... I mean... I'd say it looks like a medical glove.... but your getting pissed off at the kind of glove? Well, if you're that petty, good for you, but I doubt that the kind of glove will make a difference. He also says it sticks out and ruins the picture, even though it's an afterthought? Decide you moron! Is it an afterthought, representative of an afterthought or something that sticks out?
6) It's Not a Definitive Take - The movie isn't even definitive yet, I mean it isn't finished! Your getting mad it for being something that you aren't sure it is even supposed to be. It is supposed to be the Joker, present in a film titled Suicide Squad. Why is one of your negative points it being something nobody is sure it is even supposed to be?
7) Damaged - Just like Knight, this annoys me. Not so much because it is the worst fucking kind of hiram (nah, I'm joking, I'm black so I don't really give a shit, not like it'd show anyways), but it is also just plain wrong. However, his reasoning is again stupid. He asks why the Joker has it when the Joker embraces his own insanity? Maybe the Joker has it because the Joker embraces the Joker's insanity?
8) It Might Not Even Be the Finished Design - Then why the fuck did you write an article? If it is not the finished fucking design, why the fuck would you write an article that treats it as such? Down to the title, I mean, doesn't that just negate your entire "article"? You basically shot yourself in the foot after stabbing your arm in every other point. If it is a concept, as he says it might be, he says that just means that it'll change because people don't like it. No, if it's a concept, it's a concept, nothing more. However, if it is a concept, please tell me how Jared Leto's Joker is the worst based off of a concept! What a dumbass.
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MYK
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| Leadbeater, that is. |
So... let's take a look at this idiot's "points", shall we?
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| Leadbeater, that is. |
1) The Reference Tattoos - His idea is that because the Joker is sporting tattoos tangentially inspired by real life tattoos tangentially inspired by the Heath Ledger Joker, this does not make sense? What makes more sense, the Joker having tattoos that represents who he is, or that sentence above, ergo Leadbeater's first point. Leadbeater asks for real world logic in regards to the tattoos, what the fuck? It's the Joker, it's not supposed to be logical you bitch!
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| WhatCulture, that is. |
2) Desperately Avoiding Heath Ledger - So please, tell me. Had he been similar to the Heath Ledger Joker would this point have been 'Desperately Emulating Heath Ledger'? Likely. He claims that they are skirting around the character by skirting around Ledger? A character who has been around for 75 years is defined by one performance? Look, I get it. Heath Ledger's performance was wondrous but you cannot define every piece of subsequent work off of his. That was what got some of the critics to hate Man of Steel, because they could not get over Christopher Reeve. Look, Jack Nicholson's Joker stayed true to the comics' Joker, Heath Ledger had a realistic portrayal and this portrayal is the Frank Miller Joker. It's not skirting around anything, it's just giving us a different version of a character of whom we have had millions of versions already.
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| Leadbeater, that is. At WhatCulture, that is. |
3) The Grill is Logical But Doesn't Fit the Character - By grill he is referring to the metallic teeth of the Joker. His argument here, it doesn't mesh with the comics... even though his previous point was hypocritical of that. He is questioning the logic of that and trying to determine the Joker's backstory from his teeth. Look, Batman punches out his teeth, he has to get metallic teeth. How many times can you get fillings before it is decided as enough? This honestly works the best, simply because it shows the Joker as a character one would expect to find at an asylum. Is it really unreasonable that a homocidal madman would have bit somebody's throat out? That may seem out of character for the Joker to some, but it really isn't.
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| Yeah, and it just called. |
4) The Killing Joke Parallel Doesn't Fit - Does it need to? It's paying tribute to the comic, not necessarily emulating it. How, though, does that make this the worst on screen Joker ever? He claims that it is unlikely the Joker will match up with Alan Moore's take or that Suicide Squad will draw from that work? How the fuck do you know! It's all well and fine if it doesn't, but you don't know that it does. Yeah, likely it doesn't. But YOU CAN'T CONFIRM THAT. He really doesn't even explain himself, or back up his points here... sad, really.
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| Wait, Leadbeater's both! |
5) The Token Purple Glove - First he claims it feels like an afterthought, and then says it was an afterthought? So which is it? An afterthought, or merely representative of one? He says it's odd that it looks like a marigold glove, which doesn't matter too much... I mean... I'd say it looks like a medical glove.... but your getting pissed off at the kind of glove? Well, if you're that petty, good for you, but I doubt that the kind of glove will make a difference. He also says it sticks out and ruins the picture, even though it's an afterthought? Decide you moron! Is it an afterthought, representative of an afterthought or something that sticks out?
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| I can use this because I'm black. |
6) It's Not a Definitive Take - The movie isn't even definitive yet, I mean it isn't finished! Your getting mad it for being something that you aren't sure it is even supposed to be. It is supposed to be the Joker, present in a film titled Suicide Squad. Why is one of your negative points it being something nobody is sure it is even supposed to be?
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| Yep! |
7) Damaged - Just like Knight, this annoys me. Not so much because it is the worst fucking kind of hiram (nah, I'm joking, I'm black so I don't really give a shit, not like it'd show anyways), but it is also just plain wrong. However, his reasoning is again stupid. He asks why the Joker has it when the Joker embraces his own insanity? Maybe the Joker has it because the Joker embraces the Joker's insanity?
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| We've established this, but let's make a foundation. |
8) It Might Not Even Be the Finished Design - Then why the fuck did you write an article? If it is not the finished fucking design, why the fuck would you write an article that treats it as such? Down to the title, I mean, doesn't that just negate your entire "article"? You basically shot yourself in the foot after stabbing your arm in every other point. If it is a concept, as he says it might be, he says that just means that it'll change because people don't like it. No, if it's a concept, it's a concept, nothing more. However, if it is a concept, please tell me how Jared Leto's Joker is the worst based off of a concept! What a dumbass.
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| Well, he is. |
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MYK
Monday, April 27, 2015
Minecraft Thoughts
So, I've recently been playing Minecraft: PS4 Edition, it's an overall fun game, no doubt. However, I am not playing online so I don't get to play with my friends or anything. That might suck a bit, but what sucks even more is that I am a horrible Minecrafter. Literally, I made my house alongside a tree, and now I just keep making trees on that one tree. I haven't found a village, or really moved out of my area, which is like meshed in between three biomes, yet it is the perfect area. Honestly, though, I don't get how people can play a game like this alone.
The game is good and enjoyable, like I've said. How can you play this game alone, though? I mean, I really want to play this with friends. Just a few random thoughts.
Oh and this post just went up. Like I've said, I really don't have much feelings on Suicide Squad yet, but I'm sure Yafisz does...
The game is good and enjoyable, like I've said. How can you play this game alone, though? I mean, I really want to play this with friends. Just a few random thoughts.
Oh and this post just went up. Like I've said, I really don't have much feelings on Suicide Squad yet, but I'm sure Yafisz does...
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Jared Leto's Joker Revealed
So the first official photo from Suicide Squad, a movie which I don't really cover, was released. It was of Jared Leto's Joker and the picture seems weird, almost as if it could be an April Fool's Day prank.
Honestly, the first thing wrong is that he's not smiling but screaming or something. Then it's the tattoo that says damaged on his forehead. That's just wrong. Everything else is to perfection and I can get over the scream, but the 'damaged' ruins it for me.
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| Add caption bitch. |
Honestly, the first thing wrong is that he's not smiling but screaming or something. Then it's the tattoo that says damaged on his forehead. That's just wrong. Everything else is to perfection and I can get over the scream, but the 'damaged' ruins it for me.
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