Axe Cop.

Axe Cop is a webcomic I have recently discovered due to his team up with Dr. McNinja. It follows the adventures of a Cop who one day found the perfect Fireman Axe, and became Axe Cop.

The series is illistrated by a professional comic book artist and written by a six year old. This means the seroes goes Beyond The Impossible and manages to be even weirder than Dr. McNinja! McNinja runs on awesomeness and is usually driven by its story, while Axe Cop just does whatever the hell it wants.

You will find it here: http://axecop.com/

Toy Story 3.

To infinity and beyond the crappy 3D overcoat!

For many people, Toy Story was the first film they ever saw. Not me. The first film I ever saw was either Space Jam or The Wiggles Movie. However Toy Story is one of those films that impacted my life and shook the foundations of my mind as a child. Almost half the dialogue registers in my mind as something other than movie quotes, it registers as pure nostalgia, as if the feeling was a a delicious chocolate bar or something.

For those of you who have never seen a movie, and therefore Toy Story, the film followed Woody, a cowboy doll who is the Sheriff in charge of Andy's Room. His respect and status as Andy's favorite toy is suddenly rocked by the appearance of Buzz Lightyear, a Space Ranger action figure who also happens to be completely unaware that he is in fact a toy. Woody becomes jealous and ends up getting Buzz lost outside the house. The two eventually have to get along when they are both trapped inside the house of the local bully, Sid.

The sequel wasn't as good, but considering how brilliant the first film was, that isn't a bad thing at all. It was still an excellent film that went beyond what looked like he worlds biggest oppertunity for product placement, and added Jessie The Cowgirl and Bullseye the Horse to the main cast.

Now when I first discovered the film would be coming out, I was excited, but I wasn't thinking that it would be that phenomenal to me. Besides, the plot was summed up as 'The Toys get donated to a Kindergarden" which I found pretty lame. And from the ads, I was starting to worry that Pixar was starting to lose their creative edge...

As it turns out, this is one of the few films I have ever seen that I have virtually no complaints about. I'm serious. While there are a number of things I could point out and gripe about, the film was so well done I couldn't be bothered to be bothered by them!

Okay, if I have to, there are two complaints about this film. First off, I found it kind of lame that they handwaved the other toys not being there by saying they had been sold to other people. True, it made sense and they wouldn't have had much to do anyway, but after seeing the happy toy community in the first film it just came across as rather harsh. Besides, that includes Bo Peep, voiced by Annie Potts. She was never all that important but she was one of the few other toys to actually have a constant speaking roll.

Second, I saw it in 3D and saw no difference. It looked very nice, but I could only pinpoint one moment where I felt like it was in 3D. I like 3D, so it annoys me when studios just slap it over a film NOT designed for it, the result is just a better looking picture, as opposed the third dimension that we were promised.

And that is it, any other problems with the film can be forgiven. ANY of them!

I'm not going to give you a summary and spoil it, but I will say that there is a very heartwarming moment at the end. This moment gives the series a satisfying ending, and I would wish for it no other way. And after finally seeing the final ending of part of such a big part of my childhood, I am not ashamed to admit there were a few actual tears. It would have probably seemed like a very deep moment for me if I had not been wearing a large pair of 3D glasses.

So is it better than the other films? Well quite frankly I refuse to say. The original is the best by far, but none of these films are bad and all of them are excellent. I just can't say that any are better than each other (Except the original...contradictive, eh?).

Like the other films, this gets a 10/10 from me.

Youngblood Issue 2.

Liefeld, your not an artist...
Youngblood does not have a good reputation in the world of comics. It was the first comic to be produced by Image Comics, created by Rob Liefeld. It was a massive success at first, but it didn't take long for the audience to realise how low the quality was, having bad art, bad writing and generally not being very good. However the series was very stubborn and refused to die, occasionally getting revived and frequently crossing over into other books. It got to the point where even Alan Moore had a stint, though it is considered some of his worst work. But being Alan Moore, it was probably okay.

However the latest incarnation of th team seems to have broken the mold. I'm not going to say that it's brilliant or that it's officially made me a Youngblood fan, but I've bought two issues, so at least it seems to be worth reading. I was actually convinced to pick it up after the characters guest starred in the Invincible War issue of Invincible, the artstyle of which convinced me to give them a shot.

First of all, here's the current line-up.

*Shaft: Dude with REAL good aim and veteran of the team.
*Diehard: Combat robot, and master of the Crotch Attack.
*Cougar: Wolverine expy, though much more polite.
*Badrock: Large super strong dude made of stone (kinda immature).
*Doc Rocket: Super fast scientist girl.
*Johnny Panic: The First (Post) Postmodern Superhero (whatever the hell that means).

My personal opinion on the team? Not that bad. While I don't like the colors used on their costumes (too...much...red and yellow! My eyes!) I actually think the characters are kinda cool, particulerly Doc Rocket and Diehard. But I guess its not hards to do better than

The cover for this issue is pretty good, showcasing a fight between the villain Warwolf and Cougar, with Johnny and Badrock caught in the crossfire, all of which is forcing the group out of a window. The action never actually escalates to window crashing, but covers don't need to be that accurate. All in all, I like it but I'm not sure if it'd be worth a feature on Awesome Covers.

The first issue showed us the formation of the new team, showing us that Shaft is virtually the slave of the government, constantly being dragged back into the field and having no choice in joining the team. After meeting his teammates and having the new Youngblood reality show hyped up to all hell, the team is brought in to battle a giant robot, which is taken down in one hit by Badrock, getting a Crowning Moment of Awesome. Shaft is visited by a ghostly figure, but shakes it off as a Big Lipped Alligator Moment. He is, however suspicious after seeing the interior of the robot, and meanwhile a villainous quartet lurks in the shadows. It was overall enjoyable. Also their base is called The Bubble.

This issue starts out with the characters congratulating each other on a job well done with the robot, as well as wondering about the team's budget. Badrock discovers that not all awesome comes without consequences, and that his attack on the robot last issue has actually managed to crack his feet, restricting him to crutches, which I'm thinking will make it difficult to fight crime.

Over at El. Segundo, CA, we get a glimpse of our villainous quartet. As it turns out, these opponents are not so mysterious, actually being hired by the government to fight Youngblood to increase the ratings. However, they aren't mere actors, but actual super villains with a genuine hatred of the team. 'Mayhem Inc. consists of the Badrock counterpart Blackrock; the Couger counterpart Warwolf; Poppy, you I am fairly certain is supposed to be a counterpart to Vogue from the original lineup, and Gage, who may be a counterpart to Shaft, though my only evidence on that is that everyone else seems to fit the bill, and he has a stripe on his face (Thought I might mention it). I guess Doc Rocket, Johnny and Diehard get off easy then?

Some time later, Rocket goes on a chat show with Michael Moore to discuss the effectiveness of superheroes. After the show the host hits on her, but she manages to ignore him.
At this stage I think I might give a mention to a key reason why this is so much better than Liefeld's original run. When Image Comics was formed, the flagship characters were generally known by a particuler characteristic. For Savage Dragon, he was a one-man Police Force; for Spawn he was rebelling against the Devil; and in Youngblood's case, it was that they were celebrity Superheroes. I don't want to read the old comics, so I'm just going by what I've seen on Atop the Fourth Wall, but they actually handle that characteristic well here! In the old comics the gimmick seemed more like they were just nineties anti-heroes who killed on a whim (which they totally were).
Here, we get a TON of the celebrity section, if anything too much, but I'm enjoying it so I won't complain. The first issue had the team get their own action figures, their own cartoon, and generally seem more like a Rock Band than a superhero team. This is what makes this incarnation of the team readible.

The battle between Youngblood and Mayhem Inc. is announced on TV. The Team is rightfully confused and angered, showing us that they are in fact superheroes through and through. See Mr. Liefeld? To make people like your characters, you need to make them LIKEABLE!.
The man in charge, McGarry, defends the decision, claiming they are just making the job of beating up super villains a little easier. Besides, even if the villains have been pardoned, they are still dangerous criminals running around the country.

Shaft finally makes an appearance checking out the footage from the robot fight, when he is once again visited by the figure, who I might mention looks like Raven's communist sister. By what I understand, she freezes the image at a certain frame. Shaft finds Diehard and asks him about it. Shaft is suspicious that the government had sent the robot for some purpose, but the conversation is interupted by the camera crew.

Over in Las Vegas, Johnny, Badrock and Cougar are having themselves a swell time at a club, discussing the weaseliness of their employers. Things get a little more interesting when Warwolf makes an appearance. Badrock, being a basic fratboy, finds it necessary to heckle him, "HEY, THOSE AREN'T EXACTLY ADAMANTIUM CLAWS YOU'VE GOT THERE!" I love lampshading.
Of course, this gets the villain's attention, and the press swarms in to report on the inevitable fight. A number of people display rivalling fandoms between the two groups, and since one group is a group of dangerous super powered criminals, a large fight erupts. Amidst the carnage, Johnny briefly sees Raven's Communist Sister, warning of something unstoppable and all devouring.

Back at The Bubble, Johnny and Cougar get a stern yelling at over what happened by their boss. Oh wait, no, that was an actor. McGarry tells them that the viewers respond well to the team getting yelled at by authority figures, and laments on the fact that Shaft must have gone out, meaning they couldn't have him do it. YAY! More lampshading!

Speaking of Shaftm he is at another location discussing the creation of the robot with someone who I'm sure I'd recognise if I'd have read some other incarnation of YOungblood. But I haven't, so I don't. Anyway, they talk about their history and some kind of conspiracy. However, this person pulls a gun and shoots Shaft in the chest, killing him instantly and declaring, "Bang, your dead."

Let's have a moment of silence for Shaft...Now who wants to place bets on how many issues this will last? Two? One? Appear in next issues cliffhanger?

And so that's Youngblood Issue #2. How does it hold up? Pretty damn well if you ask me, I can barely recognise the fact that this used to be the epitome of Nineties Anti-Heroes. I fully plan on buying the other seven issues that managed to get released before the series suffered the same fate as its other incarnations. I sure hope that dosn't mean the issues go downhill from here.

Also, this issue, by what I can tell, completely averts Youngblood's disease. Hurray!

Awesome Covers: Lady Deadpool.

Technically this cover is nothing special, but I can't help but like it. It's very well drawn, and depicts the alternate universe counter part to one of my favorite superheroes of all time, Deadpool. She's happily munching away on some pizza while dead bodies are strewn around her in all directions. That is awesome. For this I have to say simplicity is what makes the cover, and it makes it awesome. Besides, Lady Deadpool also opens up the oppertunity for fanservice. Admittedly she is horrifically scarred and zombie-like, but usually the artist is nice enough to reduce it to some cuts.

However this all comes at a price. Covers are there to grab you and drag you in so that you will buy the book. In this case, that is a mistake. I actually felt like I wasted my time reading it. The only reason to buy it is if your a hardcore Pool'Fan.

Son of a Bitch: The Insano Theory.

Good god I love Dr. Insano. He is awesome.

Whenever Insano and Linkara interact, it is brought up that they are arch enemies. Linkara has given himself an interesting role in that he is pretty much a superhero, having an array of weapons, some powers and and his own rogues gallery (Insano, Neautro, Mechakara, Lord Vice, Linksano, Phantasm, Pyramid Head). By what I understand, this was not initially intentional and originally started as somewhat of a series jokes because of his reviewing of comic books, a medium dominated by superheroes. This was pretty much cemented in the episode when he fought the Star Trek comic. Insano has repeatedly shown up against Linkara, officially granting him the role of arch villain.

But the weird thing is, he hasn't actually had a sort of 'Final Confrontation' with our hero. Last year, Insano's arch nemesis duties were mostly taken over by Mechakara, who was a pretty damn good villain. Insano eventually made a reappearance to finally kill Mechakara (though this appears to have been undone), and has appeared several times since, most memorably in the Warrior #2-3 review (Which blew my mind!). However, Linkara had the epic showdown with Mechakara, making him seem much more like the primary villain, which in this case was technically true.

Now we are getting Lord Vice, who is shaping up to be pretty cool, but Insano is again left in the dust. According to Linkara, this is because he felt bad about constantly asking Spoony to dress up all the time for it, so it's understandable, and we got the hilarious Linksano out of it.
In fact, Insano has only actually gotten one actual fight with Linkara that I'm aware of, the Adamantium Rage review, which was cool, but quick, and that's fine, they gave us a lot in a little. This brings up the fact that while Insano's lack of appearances as an actual arch enemy is causing me to complain, there is actually an interesting side to it.

It's no secret of how popular Insano is. His appearances are often massive CMoF's, and Spoony clearly enjoys the role, so whenever he DOES appear on Atop the Fourth Wall, it's always going to be great. This leads to what I'm going to call the Insano Theory, though I doubt theory is even the right term for it.
Insano is a villain labeled as the main villain of the series, but is overshadowed by the antagonist of the current storyline. We all remember Insano and it's unlikley we will forget him, even if the current villain is calling all the shots and Insano is nowhere to be seen. This could be considered a Sub-Trope of Ensemble Darkhorse, but it is nowhere near developed enough to actually even qaulify for a TV Tropes Page. So, if you could perhaps help me think of how it could work, then I would thank you.

And yes, I did add the Son of A Bitch title after writing most of this. I just felt I still needed to have SOME recurring segments actually recur.

Villain Spotlight: A Nightmare Fuelly Person.

Originating from the short lived, but much loved cartoon series Freakzoid!, Candle Jack was known for kidnapping whoever said his na

Haiku Review: Team Brawl

Critics fighting Gamers.
Too many to count.
Like maybe, nine.

Twitter and Facebook.

Did you know I now have Twitter and Facebook? Well I now have Twitter and Facebook.

http://twitter.com/

http://www.facebook.com/

Yes, I'm giving into the peer pressure.

Awesome Covers: Amazing Spider-Man 625

This one I just love! The Gauntlet saga has brought back most of Spidey's more famous enemies, and they have all taken a level in badass. For some this is a bit different, they have become legacy characters. Namley, Vulture and Rhino. The New Vulture is a snarling mutant out for revenge, and the new Rhino is a technological warrior who must defeat the old Rhino to gain his title. Here we have a somewhat basic image of the two Rhinos going head to head, but it just looks kick ass! This wouldn't look nearly as good if it were other villains, but Rhino's main attack plan is to charge at his opponents, so having to Rhinos doing that is pretty cool. And it's also Old vs. New, which is almost always good.
We also see that the New Rhino is much larger than the Old, giving him an advantage, but the Old Rhino dosn't seem detered from the fight by it, that is how you draw a still image of a badass.

This is the sort of cover that grabs you and drags you in and makes you want to read the story inside. This is why I like these sort of covers, I often don't care for basic group shots, or extreme face close ups.
As for the story inside, it's pretty damn good, which makes the mission of the cover a massive success. It even gets a little tear jerking. My only complaint is that it gives us an example of that lifelong comic book cliche, that heroes villains always have to come back. They retire, they return, they die, they're revived. This is also a problem when you kill them off for good, because then you don't get to enjoy the character being around any more, it's a freaking paradox.

Oh, that and I don't really like the art that much.

Predators

"If it bleeds, Arnold Schwarzeneggar has killed it."

If you think I am going to give you a full review about this movie, you are sorely mistaken.

What I will say is that it starts out quite poorly. The characters are brought in one-at-a-time, meaning that we get at least seven moments of someone attacking, then having it worked out. Then after everyones in, we get about thirty minutes of learning about the area and then going off as if it were nothing, as well as numerous oppertunities for Avatar jokes.

Things finally pick up half way through just before Fishburne shows up, giving us Peewee's Playhouse and Matrix jokes. If you ignore half the stuff before then, the film should go up a star. When the Predators themselves show up, the film officially becomes awesome. We get Yakuza vs. Predator!

We also get a little bit of justification in calling this a reboot (I think). We learn that their are two kinds of Predators, the 'Big Ones' and the 'Smaller Ones.' The Big Ones hunt the Smaller Ones and basically kick them around as they wish. It just so happens that the Smaller Ones are the classic Predators, as in the Arnold Schwarzeneggar (Gah! Spelling!) film and the Big Ones are slightly redesigned (they're uglier, if you can even begin to believe that).
We eventually get a stand off between one of both. Spoiler Alert!: The Big One wins. I guess this is to show us that you don't mess around with these new Preds, though personally I felt this was somewhat of a Fan-Punch. It's sort of like having Englund's Freddy Krueger and Haley's Freddy Krueger face off, ending with Englund's dead and Haley declaring that he was always pathetic and didn't deserve a film series. Though of course knowing how well the film was recieved, chances are Haley would have been booed out of reality.

There are a few plot twists that come off as genuinley surprising too, but I won't spoil those for you.

All in all I'd say it was perfectly decent, 7/10 stars.

Announcement of a Miracle.

Ladies and Gentlemen. We live in a strange world. A world wrought with evil and pain. But it is not a world of complete horror, as sometimes, albiet rarely, it is host to special miracles. These miracles come in many different forms, sometimes they are so well hidden, we actually have strong distate for them, until we realise they are in fact a miracle. That is not the case here. Sometimes unexpected things happen, and when they do, you have no choice but to question their existance, and refuse to acknowledge them until the proof is undeniable. That has happened today.



It's out! The first episode of the new Emo Rangers is out! Holy crap, I thought he was just taking the piss! My god!

So how does Episode 1, Weed Better Sober Up, hold up? Who the hell cares, it exists! Okay, well the qaulity has increased tenfold, the CGI is pretty damn good, and the fight scenes are alright.
However, don't expect anything too good, the voice acting could be much better, the fairly short length of eight minutes leaves the whole episode appear rushed, so the actual non-parody jokes don't really get the chance to give much of an impact, though it did give us this little gem.

All the cool kids do drugs, and you don't do drugs, so you're not cool.

But I personally didn't expect the highest quality ever, and the opening was enough to convince me that this was awesome, so there you go.

On a whole I'd say, Hell Yeah, and Welcome Back.

Doctor Who Finale Part 2

We now return you to the season final of Doctor Who.

You may remember I showed much dislike regarding the previous episode of the Doctor Who finale. Well I'm happy to announce that the second part of the two-parter was significantly better. Not to say that it was perfect, but it was definatley an improvement and much more enjoyable.

We start out with the opening of the season, with young Amelia Pond praying to Santa (on Easter, so she's extra polite) for someone to help her out with the ominous crack in her wall. However, unlike that episode, the Doctor dosn't show up. Poor Amy, nobody is going to eat all the food in her fridge and break several plates before scarring her for life and then leaving for about a decade.
She is then visited by a therapist who worries about the fact that she keeps drawing night skies full of stars. This would be odd normally, but due to the events of the previous episode, all the stars around the Earth have been extinguished.

One day someone pops a brochure to the mueseum, where the Pandorica from the previous episode is being held for all to see. She goes there and touches it, opening it up to reveal herself from the future. Yay!

Okay, I'm not going to review every single aspect of the episode like that. Basically, The Doctor travels back in time to tell Centurion Rory, who has recently fatally shot Amy, to use his sonic screwdriver to open the Pandorica and set things up so that he can reclaim it in the future. In the future, The Pandorica opens as stated above and the Doctor arrives. The funniest part of the episode is the inclusion of a Dalek as a fossilised creature. Which is then promptly revived by the light of the Pandorica, and fixes the main problem with the previous episode by have a constant threat. Yes, we had the imminent destruction of the universe and a half dead Cyberman, but the Dalek had then running, giving us an actual sense of 'We aren't stretching this episode out.' Rory appears, having gained a level of immortality via being an Auton, and briefly wards off the Dalek.

This episode finally cemented Rory as a good character. He is still sort of Mickey.2, and even though he is technically a clone, the series pretty much stated he had the real Rory's soul, so I'm just happy to see him back. The story of him defending the Pandorica over the course of two thousand years was actually done pretty well, and I was actually able to see Rory with a certain level of badass.

The Doctor appears via Vortex Manipulator (the same way he's travelling through time so quickly) and dies. The Doctor then realises the plot has some Fridge Logic in that if there are no stars, what's keeping the planet illuminated? As it turns out, the crashing TARDIS is illuminating the planet while the universe is being ripped apart. He is shot by the Dalek and teleports. River kills the Dalek in a moment that should be awesome, but just had me facepalming because Daleks aren't cry babies, and this one was screaming for mercy.

We then learn that the Doctor did not die, with untangles the Fridge Logic as to why he didn't regenerate shortly after, when we've clearly seen him do so in the Series 4 Finale. No, this was just a lie so he could strap himself into the Pandorica and launch it into the crashing TARDIS's, which would then illuminate the entire universe with it's restoring light and fix everything. He does this even though he will be stuck inside The Void for the rest of eternity...along with all those Daleks from Series 2 (yes, there WERE Cybermen, but chances are they've all been Exterminated by now). The Doctor then explains to Amy that the Crack in her wall (the cracks with can absorb objects and people and make them never have existed) had apparently been eating away at her life for years, erasing her memories of alien invasions and causing the disappearance of her parents.

The Doctor uses the Vortex Manipulator to launch the box (it's too complicated for normal teleporting) and sends River one last message on her Technodoohickey, "Geronimo," say what you will, I personally would expect nothing less from any incarnation of the Doctor. It works, and everyone wakes up where their lives should be, Amy has her parents again and she and Rory (who I am assuming is no longer an Auton) are preparing to wed later in the day.
But first, The Doctor has to slowly trudge back through his life, and returns to Amelia on the night where she met him and waited for him to take her on adventures through time, before deciding he'll skip the rest of his past to avoid needing to bring back David Tennant. So basically...


After the Wedding, Amy notices River walking by, and starts to feel strange. Rory gives her a Wedding Present apparently left by River, and opens it to find it is an empty book. She then realises that someone is missing from her Wedding, her good friend The Doctor. And then all the viewers at home clapped their hands and chanted, 'We believe in Doctor Who, we believe in Doctor Who,' and the TARDIS materialised right the at the Wedding, and suddenly everyone remember all the amazing adventures, and those who didn't know about them aren't too concerned about the Police Box that just teleported into the room from nowhere.

At the wedding party, the Doctor Dances...Oh, I see what you did there...and eventually decides it's time for him to leave and meets River outside, revealing the book is now full again (this has to do with Silence in the Library, but I missed that episode, so I don't fully understand). Rory and Amy then enter the TARDIS and ask if he's leaving. This is affirmative. They ask if this is good bye. This is affirmative. So then, Amy heads out of the miraculous Blue Box...and promptly yells goodbye to everyone outside as the TARDIS dematerialises and sends the trio on another adventure, and finally gives us another multiple season companion! Thank You!

And that's the second half of Series Finale. Is it better than the previous episode? Hell yes. I especially liked how they got out of the silly Legion of Doom concept by having the strange universe causing event erase them from time, though it was pretty predictable that if any were to get revived and chase the team around, it'd be a Dalek. Unfortunatley this also brings up how very wasted the idea of bringing in all the Doctors enemies truly was.
Second, I may have missed something, but what exactly was causing the whole universe collapsing event, anyway? I'm assuming the idea is the crashing TARDIS's, but that really came across as more of a steroid for situation as opposed to the castalyst. But I don't really mind, this episode did not feel as stretched out and was much better.

The A-Team.

I love it when a decent film comes togethor.

I had heard of the series multiple times in the past, but never really batted an eye beyond Mr. T. When I heard the film was coming out, I didn't really care all that much. But then I saw the trailer, which included the awesomest line of dialogue I have ever heard.

"Are they trying to shoot down the other drone?" "No, they're trying to fly that tank."

Fly a tank? That was enough to make me say, hell yeah I'm gonna see this movie. So I did. What is the verdit?



OH MY GOD THIS IS THE GREATEST FILM I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE! I cannot begin to tell you how awesome this was. My face was hurting from how huge my smile was during the whole thing. The story is pretty darn good, the action kicked ass, and the characters were awesome. Okay, maybe I should talk about it a bit better than just summing it up like like that.

The film basically follows the team as they try to clear their names for apparently stealing a series of US treasury plates, which were destroyed in an explosion, along with the only man who can provide evidence of their innocence. Within this we get to see some of the awesomest things ever. For example, the leader of the group Hannibal is played by non other than the God of Lightning. That's cool on it's own, but he gives as much awesomeness as you'd expect (a lot).
The first thing every character does is get a CMoA. For Hannibal, he manages to avoid getting shot by stealing the firing pin from his own gun, then using said pin to unlock his handcuffs, then use the handcuffs to restrain a pair of attack dogs. Damn.
B.A. gets in on the action by beating up everyone in a garage (and kicking a man into a window) to get his van back. And he has the words Pity and Fool on tattooed onto his knuckles.
Faceman dosn't get to beat anyone up, but he is trapped inside several car tires, having gasoline poured onto him and about to be burned to death, and the whole time he's just verbally bitchslapping the guy doing it.
Finally Murdock arrives. The first thing he does is stitch a lightning bolt into B.A.'s arm after they mistake him for a doctor (he is dressed as such) then set Faceman's arm on fire. That officially made him my favorite character.

Then we get the entire Helicopter scene which I have to call freakin' sweet. So, the opening of the film is one of the most awesome things ever. Does it go down hill from there? Not really.

My complaints are very few, so I'll just say them now. The film gets a little slow at a few points, which can be annoying considering how awesome the action is. Murdock is insanley Crazy Awesome, like I said, the first thing he does is stitch a lightning bolt into B.A.'s arm, so it is very annoying to see him mellow out as the film progresses. He's still awesome, it's just that you won't really be able to believe this is the same guy who set Faceman on fire.

And that's pretty much it. But what really makes me love this movie is that it is good! It's a genuinley good movie, and latley there have been WAY too many crappy ones. Take for example, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last Airbender, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Iron Man 2 (okay, that wasn't bad enough to be called crappy by any stretch of the word). This is what made me happiest about the film.

Also, I won't be able to do a review of the A-Team movie without mentioning the Tank Scene. Yes, it was awesome. Unfortunatley I went to the toilet just before it started so I missed the part where they decided to do it. I got the 'No, they're trying to fly that Tank' line though. Annoyingly I was asking my friend if I had missed it, so...yeah.

All in all, I give it 9/10.

Interesting.

Huh, I never noticed that before.

I had the Strangest Dream...

I had a weird dream last night and I thought I'd share it with you. As with all dreams, I don't remember most of it, but what I DO remember...

I was hanging out with the character Snap from that oldish cartoon Chalk Zone. We were walking around a city for some reason. Then we were talking to Julia Gillard who sent us on a mission to do exactly what we were doing anyway. Except she looked different. In fact its safe to say the only physical characteristic they shared was being female and having red hair. She has red hair, right? Also I think she may have been partially chibi. She was very polite and mentorish. She gave us hugs and possibly a cookie. Then she flew off into the sky and punched a missile away from the city. Wow, the Prime Minister is badass!

So then we went into what I think must have been Mos Eisley Cantina and went crawling around in the walls. Then we died, but Julia Gillard reset the world and we tried again. I'm almost certain that we died again. Then I woke up, but I remember she also punched some dude at some stage.

And that was the dream I had last night, now if you excuse me I think I need a therapist. Or possibly to start supporting Julia Gillard. This is ThatKidWithTheSideburns, Sideburning off.

PS. I would definatley vote for a Prime Minister if they could fly and gave people cookies.

Awesome Incarnate.

First of all I'd like to apologise for not having an actual picture, but I don't really have time to ask permission, so here goes a Sim.


The woman this Sims is based off, known on the internet as RayRay Shippe, is more awesome than anything I have put on this blog, including herself! Things haven't been going her way much latley, so I decided I needed to let everyone who reads this blog (all six of you) aware of this fact. Here are five things that make her awesome.

* Very good writer.

* Warped sense of humour.

* Likes Deadpool and MST3K.

* Very beautiful.

* I said so.

If you disagree you are instantly sentenced to Double Hell, which is like regular Hell except instead of lava it's really hot water dyed red.

Doctor Who Season Finale

Technically the season hasn't ended yet, but I just want to share my thoughts on what I've seen so far in the first episode. How to sum it up in a single word...

Does Almost-Disappointing-But-Not-Quite count if it's hyphenated?

Okay, I speak for many when I say my all time favourite DW villains are the Daleks, but we can admit that they're being a bit overused. And even though the Mighty Morphin' Dalek Rangers were hilarious, but that episode was a massive Missed Oppertunity of Awesome. I suppose I don't mind a single story per season as in season 3, but maybe a whole season break would be nice. You need to make us want to see them again, not make us want to watch Power Rangers.
Back on track, the image of all those DW villains in one room was kind of cool, but in the end it felt much more like they just emptied out the costume shed. I decided upon that the moment I saw the Hoix from Love & Monsters. It also felt so damn simplistic. Why not just call them the Legion of Doom? The whole thing could have simply been solved with an immense group of brand new villains, but no, we had to save us some cash.

The Pandorica twist was pretty clever I'll admit. It hit me that it would open and the Doctor would step out, but the end result was much better. As was the image of thousands of ships hovering above the planet. But then again lets compare this story to the previous season finals. Here we have the Doctor being locked inside Pandora's Box by his greatest enemies to prevent the destruction of the universe, which is apparently going to be ripped apart by the actions of the Doctor.

Season 1 had the Doctor uncover a mass invasion of Daleks in a time where homicide is mere entertainment for the human race, with the only option to save the universe is to destroy the Earth, and his companion briefly becomes a god.

Season 2 saw the new Doctor captured by Torchwood, with Cyber-Men passing through to our side, greeted with open arms, as the Daleks lay in waiting to unleash thousands of their numbers into the fray.

Season 3 saw the Master become the bloody Prime Minister, then SUCCEED in taking over the world and weakening the Doctor using his own TARDIS and a hoard of Galactic Refugees he had recently rescued.

Season 4 had the Daleks steal entire planets to exterminate the entire universe, forcing all the different shows spun off from Doctor Who to team up, and included Daleks speaking German at one point.

Quite frankly I'd have to say that in comparison, this one has much to improve upon. But of course that's simply because of how great the other ones were. Don't get me started on the awesome End of Time, or The Next Doctor. This one would just simply be the weakest out of the bunch.

Also, River Song. Good god. I know she's supposed to be this way because of how the Doctor supposedly interacts with her in the future, but she annoys the hell out of me. She's so full of herself and plays the Magnificent Bastard card to impressive effect, but I'm supposed to be on her side? That's my opinion, and I suppose its a minority, but that's how I feel.

This season on a whole hasn't been the best. It's not a terrible season at all, it just hasn't been as good as others. The Weeping Angels were much scarier before we learnt all that stuff about them. I thought they were much cooler when they killed you in the most polite way possible, sending you back in time, now that they snap your neck they've degraded into a more basic enemy.
Also irritating is the Vincent Van Gogh episode. I don't mind meeting one historical figure each season, but why is it that every companion has a sophisticated side. Keep in mind I missed the Agatha Christy episode. The monster was a bloody giant chicken, how am I supposed to take that seriously, let alone be afraid of it? And not only that but it was invisible. Kind of cool, but it felt like they were just saving money. I guess it would have felt less that way if it didn't look like a goddamn chicken!

Also, I rather liked Rory, so why do you keep killing him? You did it in Amy's Choice, technically twice, and that episode is already strange apart from trying to make old people scary (it didn't work) and having a heavily pregnant woman kill herself (technically dosn't cross the line as it was a dream, and they knew it was a dream, and its not exactly shown, but still). You killed him in the next story, and now that he's an Auton its likley that he'll die again. Running Gags like that only work if they're played for laughs, not tragedy.

I'd hate it if this was the season that killed the show. Matt Smith is rather enjoyable as the Doctor. He's a bit too much like Tennant but he's brought a good dose of his own deleriousness into the character to stand on his own (though you can pretty much give half of his good quotes to Tennant and not notice the difference). He seems much more ditached from humanity than any previous incarnation I've seen as well.

I guess I can't really complain until I've seen the whole thing, but so far the series has been a bit odd, so hears hoping things pick up next time.

One more thing. I understand that the idea is that the universal destruction is so horrifying even they tremble at the thought, but how can the Daleks team up with the others? I don't think this sort of thing has ever bothered them before.

Haiku Reviw: Kick-Ass.

Wimpy kid wears green.
Batman uses guns.
Little girl owns EVERYONE!

Super Mario Galaxy 2...Again.

Alright FINE!

I don't actually own a Wii, but I consider it better than the other consoles in a number of ways. I will admit that the graphics aren't as good as the others, but I have to say most of the time it's more fun. While other consoles scream out, "Get your ass up, we need to save the world!" The Wii sort of says, "Hey, do you wanna play a game?" which is much more welcoming.

Now I didn't play the game that much, moreso I watched my friend Blake and his sister play it. This was by choice, mind you. When I did play it, I really enjoyed it.
First of all lets talk about the gameplay. This aspect is very important when making a game, so its good when they get it right. I can't really say they did wrong, but in my opinion it's much easier to press a button to attack rather than shaking the controller. I guess this helps make Mario seem more like a regular guy as opposed to an unstoppable war machine. You still feel that way at times, but maybe that's just because the Koopa Clan is incompetant. Part of the reason I didn't play it too much is because it would probably take too long to get used to the controls, and I only had a day. Blake and his sister had both finished Super Mario Galaxy One, so they were able to jump right into it.

The game starts in a Story Book where a handsome Prince must climb to the highest room on the tallest tower to waaait a minute...Where Mario is going to a festival, but to find large crystals reigning down from the sky like meteors. More shockingly, he discovers Bowser has turned into Godzilla and is kidnapping Princess Peach (again) and taking her into space. Mario pursues and eventually comes across some Luma (Star thingies) in possession of a ship. They decide to help Mario and shape the ship into his head (as you do).

Let's just take aa moment to talk about Bowser. For many gamers he's one of teh biggest baddies around. However some might argue that the Koopa King has gone through severe Villain Decay. The once terrifying turtle beast would kidnap Princess Peach every game and hold her hostage while Mario fought through his evil hoards to rescue her. Then he...did the exact same thing. Over and over again. Nowadays he's more of just a jerk considering he will often go Go-Karting with Mario and usually team up with him in the Paper Mario series. And many people also point out how incompetant he is considering his plan is always the same with minor adjustments. These people fail to realise that there is nothing harmless about kidnapping the ruler of an entire world as a hobby.

The game also allows you to occasionally play as Luigi. This dosn't really change anything, but just suggesting that this will be available in the next Mario game will send people into a frenzy of joy. This is mostly because Luigi has always been second banana to Mario, to the point where it's actually part of his character. In Super Paper Mario: The Thousnd Year Door Luigi will occasionally show up to tell you about all the kickass adventures he has been on, and at one point you are mistaken for the 'Famous Luigi' by a detective. Obviously this detective never learned to read.

Also, riding Yoshi. That's awesome no matter what, really.
I should point out how simple and fun the game can be at times. The Spaceship Mario (or Faceship as they like to call it) has a very nice feel to it, so just walking around should be a treat. Unfortunatley there isn't much to do, but it should be fun while it lasts.

There are also these other things called Trickster Comets. If one approaches as you enter a level, it will add something to it. For a example, you can only get hit by a boss once, or maybe even instead of going through the entire level, just kill thirty enemies in a time limit in the first section of it.

I'd tell you more, but I haven't really seen that much. All I can tell you is that it pretty much lives up to the hype.

Just quickly, Mario, you have reminded us that jumping on people is cool. Peace out.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

This ain't no game!...No wait, yes it is.

Yeah, it's good.