It Begins!!!!

Here I am! Alive and well! It's been a while since my last post, I've kinda busy working and working on other projects and such so I kinda forgot about my little blog here, but then something happened earlier today that I felt I had to say something about. The internet has been on fire since the announcement came, everyone and their mother giving their two-cents on it. I was going to wait until the craziness calmed down, and also to see if the news was true and not just internet rumor run rampart (and I can see that happening and making us all look like fools). But alas, I couldn't restrain myself anymore.

As you all know, it was announced today that Tom Hardy (Inception, RocknRolla, Star Trek: First Contact) has joined the cast of the next, untitled Batman film. Is he playing a villain? Hero? Batman? Cop? Well I'm leaning towards the villain side of the coin. Hardy was the break out star of Inception, and movie projects began lining up for almost immediately after the film opened. Most notably, Hardy was set to take over the Mad Max role, the same role that made Mel Gibson a star, but budget problems stalled that project. Being a talented and in demand young actor, I can't see Hardy playing a bland supporting role, and a villain in a major comic book movie would set him up for the big time.

Hell look at Heath Ledger, no one remembers this but it wasn't long before TDK that his career was in a bit of a slump after a string of flops, then Brokeback Mountain earned him a Oscar nod and shot him back onto the A-list. After that Ledger scored the Joker role and many were predicting that would keep him a spot at the top of Hollywood for many years to come. If Heath wouldn't have tragically passed, we would probably see many, many big budget movies being carried solely by him. But I digress, what I'm merely trying to say is that Hardy is in Heath Ledger's position, a golden ticket to the top.

Now, seeing how Hardy will be playing a villain, the next question is which one? Nolan is a notoriously secretive filmmaker and I'm sure that if he had his way we wouldn't know who Hardy is playing until we go to see the movie in July of 2012. Hell, we could find out who he plays tomorrow, we could find out six months from now. I'm predicting that we'll soon get an official announcement about it from Warner Brothers, confirming which character Hardy is playing as well as the official title of the film.

As for my prediction, I'm going with the majority of the 'net who are predicting Hardy will play the Riddler. The Riddler's name has been flying around the web since the closing credits of TDK and is a villain that fits perfectly into Nolan's bat-verse. Nolan has leaned towards the more realistic side of Batman's rogue's gallery and seems a natural fit to follow Heath Ledger's Jokers.

Now I'll be honest, of all of Batman's villains, Riddler is one of my least favorites. I don't find him threatening or interesting and he always seemed like a Joker rip-off to me, especially since the Joker kinda touched on the twisted puzzles a bit in TDK. But I also have faith in Nolan as a filmmaker and think he could make Riddler a good villain, especially if he follows the recent comics which see Riddler as a P.I. competing with Batman.

But my personal choice for a villain for Batman 3 has been one I've been championing since the end of TDK: Black Mask. We haven't seen Black Mask in a movie yet and I personally want to see a new villain in this next Bat-film. In the realistic Nolan Bat-world, Black Mask could fit in effortlessly as the ruthless mob boss to take over crime after the events of TDK, and who else to be his muscle than Bane? Bane is another great Bat-villain that got the short stick from Hollywood and deserves to get a chance to show how imposing of a villain he can be.

Anywho, I can totally see Hardy bringing a bit of sadistic charm to Black Mask, but I can also see him bulking up and being the calculating and brutal Bane. Both men can naturally fit into the movie Bat world but realistically I think the bloggers are going to end up being right with their predictions of Riddler and Catwoman.

But then again, Nolan has always proven to be a filmmaker that goes against expectations. As much as we all looked forward to another appearance from the Joker, none of us saw what Nolan was going to do with the character, hell when fans first learned that Joker would wear makeup and not be naturally ugly they cried war. But Nolan more than made up for it, and I'm whichever villain we get, whichever story we get, we're all in for a treat.

Ten Great Comic Book Heroes Ruined by Hollywood

A few months ago I posted a blog looking at some of the great villains we know and love so much that were butchered by the powers that be in Hollywood. Well I promised this a while ago and now here's the reverse, a look at ten great heroes ruined by the Hollywood machine.

10. Spawn

Spawn rose to popularity in the 90's as a dark, violent, anti-hero much like Batman except Spawn had no problems with killing people in violent ways. Now granted I haven't read as much of the comics as I would like to but I'm pretty sure they're no where near as silly as the movie. The story, acting, and effects are all plain silly. The creators have been trying to revive this franchise for years and do it the right way but as is the case with most of the heroes on this list, this movie just left such a bad taste in everyone's mouth that no one will touch it.



9. Steel

For some reason, DC loves to give their movies to the supporting players of their comic book universe and not the main heroes (see Catwoman) and Steel is no exception. In the comics, Steel was a genius who left developing military weapons to be a construction worker, and then had his life saved by Superman. After Superman's death, the construction worker created his own suit of armor as a tribute to Superman and sought to continue his legacy. Steel became a very popular side character in the Superman world and Warner Brothers decided to give him his own movie starring none other than Shaquille O'Neil.

Gone is any reference to Superman and we get Shack lumbering around in the most ridiculous, least practical costume ever. He's like a less cool Iron Man/Batman but without any pathos and a silly script to go on.



8. The League of Extraordinary Gentleman

When you read Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, you can feel the extreme respect Moore had for the classic works of literature that inspired his amazing comic. All of the classic books are put into a timeline, each character made faithful, and the level of fun high. Moore also pulled a good move by having a woman, Mina Murry, be the leader of the team and responsible for keeping the unstable league together. Add in a fun plot involving the League being pawns in a war between Professor Moriarty and Fu Manchu (nicknamed The Doctor because of copyright reasons) and you have a classic and unique comic.

The movie loses all of this, all of the compelling character flaws that made the team so interesting are wiped away. Instead of a homicidal Mr. Hyde, we get a neutered, watered down hulk wannabe; The Invisible Man is the stereotypical "rogue" character; and Alan Quartermain is changed from the opium addict looking for redemption to the main hero of the film. Moriarty is still the villain, but all backstory is taken away leaving anyone who hasn't read the comic lost. Its sad that Sean Connery chose to retire after this movie (reportedly because of the on set problems) because the man truly had a great career and deserves to cap it off with a good movie.



7. Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider has always been a character with a lot of potential. He has a cool look, a cool back story, and combines horror and comics quite easily. For years Hollywood tried to get a movie off the ground and finally succeeded when Nicholas Cage came aboard, which should have been the first sign of trouble. Gone is the horror and grittiness that made the character appealing and we get something that's about on the same level as the Batman series from the 60's. Add in another epically bad Nick Cage hair piece and the most dramatic finger pointing ever seen on screen and you have one of the silliest comic movies ever.




6. Captain America

Captain America has long been one of Marvel's most iconic and popular characters, so naturally they chose to give him a ultra low budget, straight to video movie. For the most part his costume is on the spot except for the RUBBER EARS on the outside of the costume. I don't know why the actor couldn't have his real ears stick out of the costume, or just not have the ears stick out. But no, we get rubber ears that distract you the entire movie.

Not to mention that the Captain America in this movie is not the hero we all know and love, instead he spends the whole movie getting his ass kicked and stealing people's cars. The American hero ladies and gentleman!



5. The Punisher

This man has been handed the short stick by Hollywood not once, not twice, but three times. Much like Captain America, Marvel chose to give Punisher a low budget, straight to video movie starring Dolph "I must break you" Lundgren. For a film that could have been amazingly bad ass, we get something that's extremely boring, and Lundgren's non-performance as The Punisher doesn't help.

The second time around, we got a moderately budgeted version starring Thomas Jane. Now many people hate this version, but I must admit I'm one of the few fans this movie has, though I will admit it has its flaws. It lacks the action and grittiness that makes The Punisher what he is, and The Punisher's revenge plan is far too complicated for a character that prides himself on simplicity. But of all Punisher movies, this one is the most solidly made and most enjoyable.

Finally, we got Punisher: Warzone, which makes up for the lack of action but replaces it with pure silliness. Nothing in this movie is comprehensible, the performances are all non-existent, and I think the title character gets the least amount of screen time out of all the characters. Hopefully someday Hollywood will get Punisher, one of the simplest comic book characters, right.



4. Robin

Robin has long been mistreated by anyone outside of comics, often seen as an annoying sidekick and at one time accused of being Batman's gay lover. In the comics, Robin is the human side of Batman, the side that keeps him from going over the edge into the very darkness he fights. In Batman Forever, we are given a new type of Robin. The whole movie all Robin does is bitch and whine to Batman and use kung-fu to hang up laundry. Towards the end of the movie it seems like Robin has finally grown a pair and dons a costume (nipples included) to help Batman fight the bad guys... only to get captured.

Then Batman and Robin happened...



3. The Hulk

The Hulk is another hero that is beautiful in his simplicity. He gets mad, turns green, smashes things. When director Ang Lee signed on, many were hoping for an adult oriented comic book movie, but still a comic book movie. And we got this.

Watching this film is like watching paint dry, the Hulk doesn't even Hulk out until 45 minutes in, and then smashes... an empty building. The Hulk spends the rest of this movie running, fighting mutated poodles, and facing a hung over Nick Nolte.

The 2008 reboot helped restore the Hulk to his fun roots, but the 2003 version left such a bad taste in people's mouths that many refused to see a new Hulk movie. It goes to prove that you can get a talented director but that means nothing if that director doesn't understand or respect the source material. Fans wanted to see a movie where the Hulk smashes, not a movie where the Hulk dwells on the source of his repressed emotions and makes goo-goo eyes at Jennifer Connely (though who can blame him). Maybe one day we'll get a combination of the smash up fun of the newer one combined with the adult orientation of the Ang Lee version.



2. The Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four started Marvel comics, they had family drama, sci-fi action, cool villains, and sweet powers. The first time they were given the movie treatment, it was a micro-budgeted film directed by Roger Corman that was so bad that Marvel blocked it from actually being released. Then we got the 2005 version.

The newer Fantastic Four film gives us two hours of the characters standing around and whining about their powers and then we get a far too short fight scene with a neutered Doctor Doom. The family dynamic is gone, Sue Storm and Reed Richards are practically cardboard cut outs while The Thing and Human Torch do their best to pick up the slack left by the other actors and script. The sequel was almost a step in the right direction but the main characters were overshadowed by the far cooler Silver Surfer.



1. Daredevil

Since the 80's, Daredevil has long been considered one of Marvel's best comics. Creators like Frank Millar, Kevin Smith, Brian Michael Bendis, and Ed Brubaker have all had a shot at the man without fear. Daredevil is a character who has been through it all and come out clean, he's dark, complex, and always fun to watch.

The problem with the movie is that it tried compressing all of his best storylines into one movie: his origin, rivalry with Bullseye and Kingpin, and romance and death of Elektra. Not only that, but all of the grittiness and complexity of Daredevil got lost in translation, we don't have a character who constantly walks the line between light and dark, but just a very angry Ben Affleck. The romance between him and Elektra is glanced over just to get to her death, and Kingpin and Bullseye are underdeveloped. Nothing about the movie seems original, instead it seems like a mash up of the Spider-Man and Batman movies when this movie should have been significantly darker than both. And don't get me started on the costume...

Avengers... Disassembled?

So everyone else has been giving in their two cents on this current issue, and you didn't expect me to sit this one out did you? Its one that affects us all on a deeply emotional level, whether you agree with how its being resolved or not. So here I am with my view on... Edward Norton not returning for the Avengers film.

Now the last Hulk movie is the very definition of a movie with mixed reviews; people either love it or hate (I personally loved it) but one thing we all can agree on: Ed Norton gave a great performance as Bruce Banner.

Ed Norton became one of my favorite actors after seeing American History X (as I'm sure is the case with most people) and he made Bruce Banner a very compelling, likable, and complex hero and many of us were excited to see him in an eventual Avengers movie alongside Robert Downey Jr. and whichever actors Marvel got to play the other heroes. But soon before the new Hulk film hit theaters word leaked of Ed Norton and Marvel's "creative disputes" over the film and speculation has been going ever since then over whether or not he would return for another film.

Today Marvel released the press statement that Norton would not be returning as Banner, and like many people I was disappointed, but not surprised.

In their press statement, Marvel tried to put in the nicest terms they could that Ed Norton was just a pain in the ass to work with and didnt wanna put up with him for another movie. Its a damn shame but its another case of Hollywood egos ruining a great opportunity. Its no secret that Norton wants almost total control on all of his films, which is all well and good but in the end, making a movie is a collaborative process, not a one man show. None of us will probably ever know the full story of what happened between Norton and Marvel (Norton says Marvel agreed to give him creative control on the project; Marvel said Norton just took control) but in the end, movie studios will only put up with actors shit for so long. It just happened recently with Thor, when Stuart Townsend, another talented actor, landed a supporting but was replaced before filming began because he constantly complained that he wanted a bigger role (consequently, Townsend was fired from the Lord of the Rings movies for the same reason and was replaced by Viggo Mortenson). Val Kilmer is another example, a great talented actor but most directors in Hollywood refuse to work with him because of his ego.

Now I'm not taking sides, like I said I'm disappointed to see Norton go as well. As I said before, he's one of my favorite actors and his performance as Banner more than made up for Eric Bana sleepwalking through the role in the previous Hulk film. But I can see why Marvel did what they did, and I'm sure the Avengers film will be just as good without him. The Avengers already has a very talented cast going for it with Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johanssen, Don Cheadle, and the recently announced Jeremy Runner as Hawkeye, and Joss Whedon behind the camera.

I am curious to see what will happen with the Hulk role though. Most of the information we have on The Avengers is just rumors, one rumor saying that Hulk will be a villain and be in Hulk form the whole time, another claiming that the role of Bruce Banner will be small and filled by an unknown, and another saying that a big name will be announced as Banner so that the Hulk movies will continue outside the Avengers. Personally, I hope the latter rumor is the case because I love the Hulk as a character and think he deserves one more solo go-round, but I guess we'll see.

All in all, I'm still very excited for The Avengers. A lot of people are saying that Joss Whedon isn't qualified for a project this big but I disagree. The man has overseen Buffy, Angel, Firefly, and Dollhouse, handling writing duties and even directing episodes. His only feature directing gig was Serenity, which is a personal favorite of mine and a regular on most "Best Science Fiction Movies of all time" lists. Serenity was very much a team movie, much like the Avengers it has a rag tag group of people banded together to face something bigger than themselves, the action scenes were well executed, the writing witty, and had a bad ass villain to boot!

So yes, I think The Avengers is still on the right track, Ed Norton will be missed but I'm sure when The Avengers hits in summer 2012 we won't notice amid all of the other awesomeness happening on the big screen.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/103715-no-edward-norton-for-the-avengers

Predators Review

Finally... A good movie this summer as well as a good Predator sequel!

Other than Toy Story 3 (which I forgot to review, but don't worry, much like the rest of the world, except Russia, I loved it) no movies this summer have really impressed me. We've had a few passable films, but for the most part its been pretty lackluster. But these last few weeks have seen the summer movies on an upswing, with Predators being the latest in this trend.

Now I'm a huge fan of the original, it stands as one of my favorite Scwarzenegger movies, action movies, and sci-fi movies. The sequel, starring Danny Glover, was decent but lacked the charm of the first film, and the less said about the AVP films the better. So I was hopeful when I heard a sequel was being developed with multiple Predators as the villains and one of my favorite directors, Robert Rodriguez, producing. Some of the casting choices had me scratching my head ( Adrien Brody and Topher Grace) but I was still hopeful.

And it paid off big time, as this film delivered exactly what I was expecting: pure badass monster fighting fun!

Adrien Brody, always a solid actor, does his best Christian Bale impersonation as the loner mercenary dumped on this planet with several other bad asses. I was really impressed with how bad ass and compelling Brody was, and how he beefed up for the role. The man is no Arnold, but Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antel wisely chose to go the opposite way and not cast some muscle bound actor. Brody definitely proves that he can carry a big budget action movie and is likable in what could have been a very unsympathetic role. And of course he does get his Arnold moment in a mud covered show down with the Predator at the end.

Topher Grace gave probably the second most surprising performance in the film, portraying the clueless doctor thrown into the middle of all this. The twist about Grace's character is kind of obvious, and I think it came too late in the film, but once again he gave a convincing performance when that moment came.

Lawrence Fishbourne gives a creepy performance as a crazy man who has been surviving on the Predator planet for ten years, but that man seriously needs to lay off the cheeseburgers or something, his multiple chins and gut almost didn't make me buy that he had been surviving on this planet for years.

For the most part this film hits the ground running and never lets up. Its close to an hour before the Predators make their first appearance but we are never bored during this time. Whether its booby traps, Predator dogs, or just getting to know all of the multiple characters, we are with this film the whole time.

Much like the original film, the main power in this film comes from the characters. All of them are interesting in their own right and likable, which is quite a feat because each and every one of these characters could have strayed into cliche territory. Fun twists are put on the cliche "what I'm going to do when I get home" and the showing of a picture of your kids to your other comrades.

So Predators definitely lived up to my expectations, it was two hours of pure bad ass! Finally, here is a film that is not afraid to be violent and doesn't pander to the tween crowd! The dialogue is on the same level as the original, cheesy but fun, and the action is well executed. It will be interesting to see how other audiences react to it but for the most part this movie pushed all of my fan boy buttons and finally restores respect to the once sullied Predator name.

Make Love! The Edward Cullen Way!

To start things off, this is not an anti-Twilight post, so if you were expecting some hating, look elsewhere. Instead I chose to examine the main who is arguably the source of the Twilight craze: Edward Cullen. Now I know some you may say that Edward is a pussy and a douchebag, but when you look closer, you will see a man truly ahead of his time. Edward has a hundred years of experience behind him and knows all the moves to get his undead dick wet. So I chose to look at Edward's wooing methods and teach all you guys out there how to pick up all the little girls much like Edward ( a few of you ladies can pick up a trick or two as well). So sit back, pay attention, and learn Edward Cullen's tried and true techniques to woo a lady!

1. Let Her Know How Much She Means to You

Edward knows that the way to a woman's heart is through her self esteem, or lack thereof. Ed knows that if them bitches get too confident then-GASP- they may actually become independent! And we can't have that!

So Edward makes sure to keep his ladies in line, whether its holding your nose in disgust whenever you see your lady, demand to be in any class that she isn't in, informing her of her unusual smell, or telling how much she can't take care of herself without you. Use any method you can to make her feel insignificant so that when you do start laying on the compliments, they feel all the more special.

2. Know All the Popular Hang-Out Spots

Sure Edward is about a hundred years old and has all the education he needs seeing how he practically saw history unfold in front of him, but still many have asked why he still attends high school. Well, have you seen high school chicks these days? Edward knows exactly what he's doing.

With a hundred years of pimp experience and being perpetually stuck at age 17, Edward has a whole slew of tricks up his sleeve, and who's easier to woo than a naive girl just discovering her womanhood? Plus Edward knows as well as anyone that chicks love the older men.

3. Keep the Pimp Hand Strong

Edward comes from a far more simpler time, a time when merciless beat downs on small children was not only allowed, it was encouraged. So when everyone's favorite daisy duke wearing werewolf, Jacob tries to steal Edward's woman, Edward gets down to business.

Poor Jacob obviously doesn't know that being a "rebound" doesn't refer to basketball and actually thinks he has a chance with Edward's lady. Edward is none too amused at this and bitch slaps that hot pants wearing pansy all the way across the woods, sending our lovesick werewolf home with his tail between his legs.

4. When the Tough Gets Going... You Get Going!

So your adopted brother just vamped out and tried to kill your girlfriend. While most of us would normally have to sit through the "Your family hates me!" argument, Edward has a far more unique solution: Leave the bitch cold turkey.

Just like that Edward high tails it out of there and off to Italy (I hear those Mediterranean girls are nice this time of year) leaving his girl lost and without a clue. Hell, she goes as far as attempting suicide in order to catch Edward's attention and all she got were half-hearted attempts to stop her. By the time she was able to get a hold of him, she was so desperate and lovesick she totally forgot about that whole blood thirsty monster trying to kill her thing.

5. Make Her Want It

So your a bloodsucking, soulless killing machine, but you have Christian values to uphold! So you let that bitch know that you aren't just some booty call and make her promise no sex until marriage. Now while this may lead to some frustration on her part, by this point you'll have her so fucked up mentally that you really don't have to worry about her going to another man.

6. Who Needs Protection?

You're a newly wed, and you wanna ensure that your woman remains dependent on you for a long time after, so what do you do? You knock that bitch up!

Edward's undead man-seed is so potent that he hit a bulls eye first time around! So now you have your woman pregnant with the Daywalker, and just for insurance you make her a vampire too. So if years from now she realizes she made a mistake and wants to leave you, she can find that not only is she the mother of your child, but now one of the undead hordes with no hope of ever gaining a normal life again.

Well there ya go, six tried and true methods to make any woman yours! Sure they're demeaning and douchey, but the ladies always go for the jerks anyway. You could always try wearing daisy dukes like that Jacob fella...

Lost and Found

So its been a few days since my personal favorite television show, Lost, ended its six-year long run, and the internet has been on fire since that fateful day. The buzz has been mixed, drifting from loving how it ended to hating how it ended, and various theories ranging from what happened in the finale to what happened during the entire show. So I decided to toss my hat into the mix and offer my view on the show, and what may you ask makes my opinion any different than everyone else? Not a damn thing, but thats the beauty of the internet.

First off, this is spoiler filled so if you haven't seen the finale... what the fuck is wrong with you?

But basically, Jack sacrificed himself to save the island, perhaps the world, killed the Man in Black/Smoke Monster/Locke; Hurley is now the new guardian of the island with Ben serving as his second in command; and the rest of the Losties got away on a plane. The big reveal though was that the "flash sideways", long theorized to be an alternate island-less universe, was really a sort of afterlife, and this is the main point of debate among viewers.

Many people guessed that because it was revealed that they were all dead that it meant that the cast was really dead the whole time. I'm pretty sure this is a case of overzealous fans just jumping the gun as soon as they heard Jack's dad say "You're all dead" but if you listened to the dialogue in the scene you realize that the island stuff really did happen.

In the final scene at the church, Jack's dad tells Jack that he is indeed dead and so are everyone in the church. But Jack's dad also tells him that the time spent on the island was the most important part of his life and that all of the castaways needed each other then just as they need each other now in this purgatory (I'll just use purgatory for sake of argument). Jack's dad also says that some of them died before him, and some long after.

So, we can infer that yes, the island stuff was all reality. At various points throughout life, the castaways did die (as we all do) and met up in purgatory. Now purgatory is not exactly a bad place, but a place where you go to prepare yourself for heaven, the place where you let go of your unresolved issues in life and move on to paradise. And as we saw throughout this season in each castaways respective purgatories, they still had plenty of issues. Sayeed was still hung up on his lost love, Sawyer still wanted to find the con man responsible for his parent's downfall, and Jack still had daddy issues. As each castaway came together in this world they slowly remembered their life on the island and how they each had in some way conquered their demons. As they remembered and acknowledged their lives on our plane of existence, they were ready to move on. And much like Jack was the last one to embrace his destiny in life, so he was the last one to do so in death. But at last the castaways reunited and Jack's dad opened the church doors filling it with light, presumably the after life.

Now many people have also pointed out the shot during the credits of the plane wreckage as a clue that the castaways really were dead the entire time, and for a bit I thought it was a valid argument seeing how I couldn't really figure out the importance of this shot either. But I read a recent article that brought up a very good point about that shot. In short, if you look at it you can see signs of the survivors, foot prints, towels, etc. I think the shot was just thrown in to symbolize that our band of castaways were just the latest in a long line of unfortunate souls to come aross the island. From the slavers on The Black Rock to the crashed plane full of drugs to Oceanic Flight 815, people have been crashing on this island for a while. The characters in this show were not the first on the island and nor will they be the last and I think that final shot was just a reminder of that.

And as for this damn island, what the hell is it? People are complaining that we didn't get enough answers or that the answers were too vague. After the finale I thought about the show and what lead up to this point and I'm fairly certain there were answers in the show, they just didn't pop out in your face. If you watch the show the dots are there, you just gotta connect them. Needless to say I can't wait for the boxed set of the series because I'm going to be re-watching it beginning to end, and I'm sure things will be a lot clearer. Many details are still fuzzy but I've peaced together some clues and I'm sure I'll find more as I go.

First off, what is the island? We know that at its heart lies some light, a light that if extinguished will somehow end all we love. Some people have theorized that the light was the same light that the main characters became part of in the final moments of the show, that basically Jack gave his life to save heaven. Now I must admit that this is a sound theory but I'm not sold on it yet, and to be honest I'm not sure if I know what the light is yet. From what I can gather, the island and the light are the source of all life as we know it, and that this island has probably been around since the beginning of time and someone has been on it from that point to guard the light. The light is the source of the island's healing properties, Jacob and Richard's agelessness, and the electromagnetic energy that the Dharma Initiative wanted so badly.

We can also gather that whoever is the guardian of the light sets the "rules" of the island and everyone on the island must follow them. Thats why no one could leave the island and why the Man in Black and Jacob couldn't kill each other, among other rules.

Another lingering question is the others and the Dharma Initiative. Once again by listening to dialogue and watching closely, you can figure these out. Jacob said he was always bringing people to the island to show the man in black that people are capable of good, and I'm guessing the ones that he was pleased with he kept around as his crew, so to say. Jacob's priority was protecting the island and keeping the Man in Black from leaving, so he had to do whatever it took to do so. Then comes the Dharma Initiative, who for whatever reason has learned about the island and wants to exploit it, and Jacob sent his men to stop them, hence why Dharma was always referring to them as "hostiles". All throughout the show The Others referred to themselves as the good guys, and basically they were, though their methods were questionable (mass murder and kidnapping among them).

The lists of people The Others were sent to kidnap were obviously candidates for Jacob's position, though one thing I'm still working on is the kids. The Other's kidnapped the children first and revealed that pregnant women died on the island. I guessed that The Others wanted the kids as possible candidates as well but the pregnancy issue is one that still bothers me. I'm something will come along that will make it all click but for now this is one of many loose ends.

But ultimately, I'm glad Lost left plenty open. It was established that this island, whatever it is, is something far more important than the people on it and I like the air of mystery it gave it. I was really hoping that the series finale wouldn't go with a cheap way out and have some character pop up and explain everything (something I feared Jack's dad would do in the final moments) but thankfully they didn't and left it up to you to decide, which has been the fun of the show. For six years everyone's favorite conversation topics have been Lost theories, each person has their own idea of what the island is, and lets face it, no explanation would have lived up to what each of us had imagined it would be. The show runners made a smart and risky move by making the island what we want it to be, either the source of all life, the doorway to heaven, etc. Much like the past six years, each fan now has his or her own idea of what really transpired these past six years, and I think thats the charm and beauty of this show. We can keep obsessing, prodding, and poking, and people will for years to come. All of this fandom really just defies one of the central themes of the show, which is to just let go and move on. Much like our castaways in purgatory, we have to accept the island for what it is, acknowledge what we learned from it, and move on to bigger and better things.

http://screenrant.com/lost-finale-explanation-kofi-61464/

Dragonball Evolution Review

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WTF IS THIS SHIT? WHAT THE FUCK DOES EVOLUTION HAVE TO DO WITH THE PLOT OF THIS FUCKING MOVIE! SPEAKING OF WHICH WHAT THE HELL IS THE PLOT OF THIS DAMN MOVIE! WHY DO THEY NEED THE DRAGONBALLS? BOTH SIDES CLEARLY ACCOMPLISHED THEIR RESPECTIVE GOALS WITHOUT THEM? PICCOLO UNLEASHED HIS MONKEY FRIEND WITHOUT THE DRAGONBALLS AND GOKU DEFEATED HIM WITHOUT THE DRAGONBALLS SO WHY SEARCH FOR THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND HOW DID PICCOLO ESCAPE FROM HIS PRISON? WE'RE TOLD THAT HE WAS LOCKED AWAY IN THE EARTH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING BUT WHEN WE NEXT SEE HIM HE'S ON SOME SPACE SHIP WITH SOME NAMELESS HOT CHICK! AND WHO IS HIS HOT SIDEKICK AND WHY DOES SHE SUCK SO MUCH? WHERE DOES THIS TAKE PLACE? JAPAN? AMERICA? THE FUTURE? WHO THE FUCK KNOWS? WHY DOES PICCOLO WAIT UNTIL NOW TO ATTACK? WHY IS GOKU A MONKEY THING? WHERE HAS THE MONKEY THING BEEN FOR 2000 YEARS AND WHY DOES IT BECOME GOKU? WHY IS IT THAT THE MOVE THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY SO HARD TO LEARN TAKES LIKE FIFTEEN MINUTES TO LEARN? WHT DOES BULMA WANT TO CASH IN ON THE DRAGON BALLS WHEN SHE CREATED A CAR THAT CAN FOLD UP AND GO IN HER FUCKING POCKET! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

ERNIE HUDSON WHY ARE YOU IN THIS? YOU'RE TOO COOL FOR THIS MOVIE? DO YOU NEED A PAYCHECK THAT BADLY? WAIT ERNIE, DON'T GO! I NEED YOU! ERNIE, COME BACK! NOOOO! WHERE DID HE GO! WHY WAS HE IN IT FOR ONLY TEN SECONDS! DAMN YOU ERNIE HUDSON! WAS IT WORTH SELLING YOUR SOUL ERNIE! WAS IT WORTH IT? YOU COULDN'T WAIT JUST A LITTLE LONGER FOR GHOSTBUSTERS 3 COULD YOU?

Sorry, I had to get that off my chest.