Mental Covers: Iron Man Vs. The Metal.

The metallic Titans of music clash, The Iron Man, who has travelled through time to warn us of the apocolypse, only to bring it himself, faces The Metal, the unstoppable force that doth slay all other genres of music, and The Superpowered Psychopath is caught in the middle! Dundundun!

I originally planned out the Captain Mental series very badly. Story archs lasted for tens of issues and moved insanley slow. One much idea was to have the world come under siege by The Iron Man, in reference to the Black Sabbath song. Thinking that this might get me in legal trouble, I decided that I'd have a better chance of using Tenacious D's The Metal. I have given up both ideas. However, I am using a character called Tin Man, so there you go.

I also remember this one guy who posted a comment on a Youtube Iron Man video, telling everyone they were idiots for thinking the song was made for the movie. Ironically, he believed it was made for the comics. After informing him/her of this, I was called a f*ckhead because he heard an interview that said he was right. Let me let you know that this video we were commenting on had the lyrics. Here's how I know we are talkig about a different Iron Man.

Comics: A drunken billionaire with a heart condition who fights for the country in a high tech suit of armour after being kidnapped during a war.

Song: A man turned to metal because of exposure to the magnetic field during time travel who is ignored by the present when he tries to warn them of destruction, which he proceeds to deliver.

Actually, now that I think about it, there is something similar about them besides their names. Both have a metal gimmick. That's where it ends.

Crowning Moment of Linkara

That Guy With The Glasses.com has a reputation for being awesome. It's like Doug Walker invented an Awesome Machine and hands out a handfull of awesome to everyone who joins the contributers of the site. For the Team Brawl, he set the machine onto overtime.

In the conclusion to the Mechakara story arch, Doug obviously loned the Awesome Machine to our dear friend as this was by far his most epic video yet!

I will not spoil it for you, but it is like a one-show Team Brawl, except with a plot.

I also read a review of it a few minutes ago by someone who was dissapointed by it. This person raised many good points, but if he was dissapointed by this, and seeing the standards of his other moments of awesome, this guys standards must be insane! The amount of effort in this is maddening! Yes, there are a few things, but it's justified! This guy was expecting forty minutes of nonstop fighting. You know, because Linkara is a millionaire who personally knows special effects wizard Rick Baker, and recently bought Industrial Light and freaking Magic! Oh, and did I mention that he can pause time so that everyone can take a moment to contribute fourteen hours of footage to the goddamn video?
Okay, that is purley that person's opinion, but I'm just saying that his complaints didn't make any sense to me.

Let me just say that if you enjoyed the Team Brawl, you will enjoy the Mechakara saga. Considering that it was done by a small group of people, the end result is stunning. And for some reason I really love these moments a lot for some reason. I mean, let's say Ghost Rider has millions of dollars going into the fight between Johnny and Legion, but I could sleep through that. Here, probably a few thousand or less go into these things and the results are epic as all hell! Now what the hell are you waiting for! Go watch his Ultimates reviews, then get onto Youngblood #2 and Power Rangers! Do it!

The Tick. Featuring Crowning Moment of Awesome.

I said I'd review it, and although my desire to actually do reviews has waned significantly, what the hell, I'll do it anyway. It's just the series on a whole anyway.

The Tick was created by Ben Edlund as the mascot for a local newspaper/deli/something. The character managed to get considerably popular amongst the community, so they funded a proper comic book series entitled, 'The Tick.' It was in Black and White, but the writing and artwork were excellent. The basic premise was that The Tick was a superhero who was more interested in fighting super villains than defending the innocent. Unfortunatley, the city he ends up in is one of the most peaceful ones you could imagine, leading to boredom.

The original series set up the boredom of The City (yes, that is it's actual name) and multiple characters and relationships. We had Paul the Samaurai, The Man-Eating Cow, Oedipus, his chubby moth sidekick Arthur, his battlecry of SPOOOOON!, some of his more popular Rogues Gallery, and the fact that New York is Superhero Central.

My favorite part comes in the first issue set in New York. The Tick is challanged by another, apparently more powerful superhero also named The Tick, for the right of the name. Though he gives the first punch, The Tick gets owned completley, and is slowly being crushed to death under The Tick's shield. The psychotic weirdo proceeds to push harder and finish the job. Tick proceeds to pull away the shield and punch him through the wall. This is my favorite comic book fight scene of all time.

The original series was great, but it only lasted 13 issues. But if it's so good, how could that be? Well, I guess you could say that The Tick's success was also his downfall. Within it's 13 issue run, it was successful enough to garner an animated series, which to this day is said to be fantastic. The series changed a few elements, such as making The City a place of excitement and making it Superhero Central. It also introduced the moderatley popular side characters, Die Fledermaus and American Maid, parodies of Batman and Captain America respectivley.

The series lasted three seasons and was very successful. Unfortunatley, in order to keep it awesome, Edlund had to come into work on it, menaing that he wasn't writing the comic any more. This resulted in an issue which attempted to address all the hanging plotlines. I actually feel that it did an okay job, but it still left too much hanging. I have to admit it's another Crowning Moment of Awesome to see EVERY. SINGLE. HERO. show up to combat the villains, but it missed a few things.

The series came back as The Tick: Karma Tornado, which I'll admit to not having read. In fact, I've missed a lot. What I do know is, Tick started a superhero team, The City seems to be more exciting, and Edlund hasn't returned to the series.

In 2000, a live action series was commissioned, starring Patrick Warburton in the title role. Having not seen it, I have to say that my opinion is non existant. There have been multiple complaints that the series was too much like a regular sitcom and didn't feature enough action. By what I've heard, this is accurate, as only about three of the eight episodes feature a super villain, or at least one capable of fighting. Die Fledermaus and American Maid returned as new characters, Batmanuel and Captain Liberty, for the reasons of the legal kind. However, they were too well known amongst the fanbase to be left out.

There was also a video game based on the comic series during the popularity of the show. Unfortunatley it mainly followed the Ninja storyline, which wasn't adapted into the show, thus few people recognised the characters aside from Tick. Also, the gameplay was rubbish and the number of enemies were considered insane. Sorry Tick.

The latest Tick Series have been in color, which I like, I mean TMNT are still in Black and White, and that Franchise has been a billion times more successful.

Personally, I hope The Tick is revived in one of these new fangled superhero movies. I bet they could pull it off. In fact I've written half a script based on the original thirteen issues...it's rubbish.

Villain Spotlight: GIR.

The robot sidekick of Invader Zim fame. While probably not even aware of his acts being villainous, heck I don't think anyone realises that, GIR has made it to this segment out of sheer awesomeness. I love Zim himself, but god knows that GIR is made of win. Who else could go on a city wide rampage for a taco he couldn't even eat at the time. Or get him and his master lost in the city and nearly get them killed because he wanted to put tuna in his head? GIR could. And that is why GIR is both Crazy Awesome and a Cloud Cuckoolander.


I GOT MONKEY'S IN ME!

Narwhals

This is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc

Double points for the scene with the old sea captain. I love that trope.

My Mother is a Dork.

HEY EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET! MY MOTHER IS A DINKUS WITH NO BRAIN! HA! NOW THE WHOLE INTERNET KNOWS, AND THE WHOLE THING IS IN BOOOOOOLD WHICH MAKES IT TRUE!

Sorry that my mother's incompetance has caused me to waste your time.

Crowning Moment of Awesome: Doom (2005)

Ah Doom The Movie, what a piece of crap you turned out to be. I guess I should've realised that when me and my mother were the only ones in the theatre. It was well made in some parts, and admittedly I look back on this film when I think about The Rock's more recent films. Yes, both Doom and Tooth Fairy was terrible, but at least here he shot people. So, what could possibly constitute a CMoA for such a stupid movie? The Firsy Person sequence.

The film didn't really have much to do with the games. Okay that's a big fat lie. But with a game with less plot than Kevin Federline has talent, I've gotta say it's a weird situation. They're on a base on Mars. Fighting monsters. That's the story. I will give it props for giving us a Doomguy who wasn't The Rock, which is what I'd have expected. But the film's best point is the First Person Sequence, when Grimm (The Doomguy) awakens after being injected with a super soldier serum and the place is being overrun by monsters. He goes on a pretty cool rampage against the zombies and monsters surrounding him, making the entire film worth it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhD3847ANR0

Enjoy. Lord knows I can't say the same about the rest of the film.