Bring Out The Gimp, So We Know What He Looks Like.

Ah yes the Gimp, a dark thing of our world that has possessed human's into pleasure/pain. But why do people hate the Gimp what has he actually done to his. Why does he have to be defined as dark or twisted. These are the questions I ask the readers of this blog of mine.
I mean it has in a way affected our culture - specifically the film culture and yes I am talking about the 1994 Tarantino film Pulp Fiction.

In fact I believe there was a gimp in the Madonna video Justify My Love so more or less the Gimp has had a significant impact on certain forms of media.
The only reason I am blogging about this is because I think Gimps should be taken into a much more lighter concept. I had this idea on the bus today about bringing a Gimp mask into my class and becoming the Radio Gimp, because I think people should have a lighter outlook towards the Gimp community.

Oh Remakes You Have So Much Thought

So yeah remakes, there are many of them and 99% of the time, they are quite pathetic however there are some that have some thought and do end up being successful for instance Brian DePalma's Scarface.

However it is not the case for many movies such as The Ring and The Grudge

The only reason I am talking about this is because I have started to notice that there are many remakes being released such as a remake of Sam Peckinpah's highly controversial film Straw Dogs

Another remake coming out soon is David Fincher's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" starring Daniel Craig. Which for me is rather disappointing as the original Swedish film is amazing.

Speaking of which is it just me or have the lengths of time between the original movies release and the release of the remake shortened a hell of a lot for instance the Swedish horror movie Let The Right One In was released in 2008 and the remake was released 2 years after. The exact same goes to the Japanese horror film The Grudge. However there are films that have been taking time for the remake to be released: for instance the 2003 Korean movie Oldboy (by Chan-Wook Park) which was released originally in 2003. In 2012, Spike Lee is remaking this amazing movie and is more or less going to ruin it just like most of the time.
Overall most remakes will flop and also implicates that most of these directors have got little to no thought and are so desperate that they have to adapt decent and original movies.

Ryan Dunn - RIP

Well I just found that Jackass star Ryan Dunn has died in a car accident if you don't know who he is then I'll explain.
He was one of the members of hit TV shows Jackass and Viva La Bam.
He and his passenger died this morning due to their car crashing into a tree. I would like to say RIP.

RIP

If It Did Happen

Now I'm going to try and keep this blog series going and to begin with I'm going to talk about who would win in a fight: Darth Vader of Jean-Luc Picard.

Now you can clearly tell (in this picture) that Picard is badass. But in truth Darth Vader would wipe him all over the enterprise. But even so this picture is sweet.

The Heroes Of Gotham

So I have already discussed the villains of Batman in a previous blog.  So I'm doing the heroes of the Batman series. So let's begin with the obvious Batman.

I don't think I need to explain Batman much to be honest. Originally Batman was Bruce Wayne: a billionare playboy whose parents were murdered right in front of him. He became Batman and used his own fears against his enemies. When Bruce died, Dick Grayson (The original Robin) replaced Batman.

ROBIN

Robin was originally Dick Grayson a young acrobat whose family was murdered, Dick left and became the new nightwing. He was replaced by Jason Todd, who dealt with a similar situation to Dick, however he was killed by The Joker. Later on he was resurrected by one of Ra's Al Ghul's Lazarus Pit and became the Red Hood.

BATGIRL

Batgirl (like Robin) is another one of Batman's assistants and again there have been many. The most notable being Barbara Gordon (Jim's Daughter) who was paralyzed by the Joker in the story: The Killing Joke. She became the Oracle after this and helps Batman with information about area's he is in or schematics.

COMMISSIONER GORDON

The police commissioner of Gotham City, Gordon is one of Batman's greatest allies on his side. He is the first of the heroes that was introduced into the comic series and by far the most interesting character in the comic series. For me his greatest story was in The Killing joke in which the Joker tries to mentally break-down Jim Gordon.

NIGHTWING

Nightwing was the character used by Dick Grayson when he shed his Robin disguise, he wasn't the best of them but is enjoyable.

AZRAEL

Azrael is a member of a group of assassins who are asked to do "God's will" most known being Jean-Paul Valley who temporarily replaced Bruce Wayne as Batman after Bruce got paralysed by Bane, he normally wields the suit of sorrows and is more merciless than Batman is.

Gary Oldman: Good Or Amazing

So Gary Oldman is by far one of the greatest actors of our time, playing some of the most interesting characters out there: Dracula and Sid Vicious being just 2 of them.
He's been in lots of film most recently the Christopher Nolan Batman movies as Jim Gordon.

But he has been in better films to be honest. For instance as Norman Stansfield in Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. Both times he is a villain.

Stansfield

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg

But now, his roles have shrunken down to lesser roles and not the villain. He's played as Sirius Black in Harry Potter and (like I said at the beginning) Jim Gordon in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and will be Jim Gordon in The Dark Knight Rises.

But this is my opinion let's hear yours.

Duke Nukem Forever: Out Soon (Hopefully)

So Duke Nukem Forever is coming out soon HOPEFULLY, unless Gearbox screw us over and delay it again. If that happens I will not be happy.

So the European release date is the 10th of June this year (a week tomorrow). So yeah: No more delays and no more torment from a certain person............

That is all

Double Review

Today I think I will review 2 amazing movies from the year 2007: No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. Let's start with the latter.

The film is set mostly in the early 20th century and focuses on Daniel Plainview (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) who is an oil man. It follows his exploits in the oil industry. Daniel Day Lewis is amazing in this and clearly shows the characters arrogance and greed. Overall, this deserved all the positive reviews it got, because it is an amazingly done film.
Up Next we have No Country For Old Men:

Another amazing film from 2007; Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. The story is a man finds money and gets relentlessly pursued by an assassin who wields a shotgun with a silencer. It is amazingly done and like There Will Be Blood, It deserved all the awards it got. Javier Bardem perfectly portrayed Anton Chigurh as the heartless man he is.
But that's me, let's hear your opinion.

College

I am a student at Adam Smith College and I'm currently in NCMPR (which is the reason I am doing this blog).
At some points it can be good and you could feel like this

However at other times you can feel like this

But all in all, it is good fun and is an introductary course which shows you certain aspects of media (including Graphics, Radio, Video, Blogging and Multimedia). I admit that it can be a little bit... em..... TEDIOUS, especially with the paperwork (like in media analysis).

All in all it is a great course,

Ha Ha Ha

What has NO lips, white skin and green hair?
A Joker.
I'm sorry about that

But yeah anyway so the Joker is classified as one of the greatest comic villains ever, however there has not been an amazing adaptation on television or cinema, however In the animated series he has been well portrayed.
So in the 60's TV series they had Cesar Romero:

Cesar Romero: Still had a moustache

In the movies he was portrayed by Jack Nicholson

And Heath Ledger:

In the animated series (as well as Arkham Asylum and in Arkham City) He was voiced by Mark Hamill

Personally I have no care for the Heath Ledger adaptation for the reason that it is mostly different to the comics. The Joker was formed through falling in a vat of chemicals and had his lips burned of, hence the smile, Heath Ledger's adaptation was formed through Self-mutilation and child abuse. Most notably the Glasgow smile he donned. He doesn't have the humour of the original Joker (such as the way he kills people) and he is just a psychopath.
Personally I feel that the Heath Ledger is overhyped and is not as good as people say he is. He is alright.

The Bane 2

So the first picture of Tom Hardy playing Bane has officially been released

And I must say he looks badass. Now most poeple wonder about the tubes that pump venom into Bane but there is a slot for the tubing to be inserted so venom is easily accessible. Also I think it can be taken off for repairs (just like in Knightfall part 1 when Killer Croc breaks it with his arm cast). Part 1 and 2 are complete: part one being Tom Hardy buffing himself and part 2 being looking badass. Part 3 is Bane being intelligent (hopefully).
In other Bat-news: The Penguin has been confirmed for a boss in Arkham City:

So what'll happen? Will he use an umbrella gun which fires umbrella's? (Enter Yo Dawg Meme here).
And that is all.

Edward Norton - Underappreciated?

Now, I'm a major fan of films and another one of my favourite actors (apart from Bruce Campbell) is Edward Norton:

He's been in so many good films and here are a few of his films:

Fight Club
American History X
Primal Fear
25th Hour
Red Dragon
The Italian Job
The Incredible Hulk

Personally, I think his greatest role was as Derek Vinyard in American History X - a White Power, Neo-nazi skinhead who is reformed after going to prison.

But that's just me. Give me your opinion.

Is Supernatural Getting Excessive?

For the past 6 years now there has been a hit TV series from America called Supernatural. I have been a fan  for 4 years though.

The plot is 2 brother's hunting monsters, ghosts and demons and is now on it's 6th season. But should they stop at season 6 or should they develop it further. To be honest I think it will end up being like a soap themed thing or just be as confusing as Lost, so I say no. But if you have an opinion please say.

Ughhhhh.........BLOGS

Now this will be a comparison-to-the-comic-book-series-which-was-amazing review about the hit American Series: The Walking Dead.

TV

Comic

The plot is this essentially: Rick (main character) wakes up from a coma - due to a gunshot wound - in hospital, he finds it empty and discovers that there is a zombie apocalypse which shocks him (although this is also possibly because he heard Rebecca Black's Friday on the Radio):

Rick's reaction to Rebecca Black

He gets helped out by some people and believes his family could be dead, he is told that they could've went to Atlanta, Georgia - which is like this safe zone where the military is protecting people. He travels there to find his wife and son. When he arrives he finds it empty (with the exception of the zombies)

He is saved by a man named Glenn, who takes him to a group of survivors on the outskirts of Atlanta where there are more survivors, including his wife, son and friend Shane and I'll finish off there, I don't want to spoil the rest.
Now the good thing about The Walking Dead is that it is the first legitimate TV series about the zombie apocalypse (apart from Channel 4's Dead Set which was more like a mini series) and because it was never done before: WITH DEDICATION!!!! However, I must admit the comic series is superior to the TV show in every single way regardless of how you think about it.
If you did see The Walking Dead and you're in doubt about the comics then trust me, still give them a chance, because it is better than the TV show. But then again comics are always better than their live action counterparts.

The Bane

Now this is Bane, one of Batman's greatest enemies. The only villain to successfully break the bat, however I'm doing the exact same thing as usual: ranting about how bad Joel Schumacher butchered Batman.
Now Bane in Knightfall is badass, he broke the inmates out of Arkham Asylum and waited for Batman to exhaust himself out and then break him, like so

So why did Joel Schumacher have to make him a mindless henchman? Because he has brute strength and intelligence, and that would not be acceptable or is it because Joel Schumacher is such a moron that he had to butcher one of the greatest and deadliest foes to ever face.

Damn you!



So Christopher Nolan is using Bane in the next Batman film and here's the actor who is playing Bane:

Tom Hardy

You can tell he will have to buff himself up back to what he was like in Bronson:

As long as Nolan sticks tp the comic he'll be fine.

Doomed To Walk The Earth As Slaves Of The Living Dead

Now in a previous blog I discussed Black Metal and why I am a fan. Now I would like to look at the mockery of Black Metal imaging. I mean for instance:

Immortal - kings of  Black Metal posers

Can you take them seriously?



Immortal's Africa tour

Or Burzum:

He likes his dance



He is very happy: Why?

This is why



Now for miscellaneous Black Metal stuff:

He feels hard

Cake Ist Krieg

So there you go, the entertaining side.