Bo Russia Doormouse are a franchise originating in Russia before moving to play in the GFL though they forgot you change the city name not the team name. VFL Wolfs Burger are allegedly named as such as one time someone in the local area shouted that's a Very F***ing Large Wolfs Burger and hence VFL Wolfs Burger were born.
Bo Russia hit the net first through Pierre-Emerick Aubaneyang, who is a unique fusion of 3 footballing brothers though the only downside is he takes up three roster spots in one go, but Wolfs Burger levelled through former Chel Sea 6th man Kevin D. Boing who hit a Free Field Goal attempt.
Ciro Immobile shocked all by scoring from the 20 yard line, shocking as his name suggests he rarely moves much but Wolfs Burger levelled through Naldo, the 1/2 brother of Ronaldo, hit a headscore to gain a tie for the road team. Bo Russia remain a lottery team whilst Wolfs Burger retain the #2 spot in the conference though still are far behind the leaders the Bayern Muchers.
Thursday 18 December 2014
Tottenham Vs. Newcastle
This game is part of the League Cup Bowl, Tottenham Hot Spurs have four rings from this competition. Tottenham Hot Spurs are named as such after a cowboy was spotted aflame in the Tottenham area and Newcastle are Magpies as the players are historically in awe of shiny things.
Rookie Magpies goaltender Jak Airwicks error allowed Bendaleg to put the Hot Spurs up one possession before Chad-Valley fired in just 36 seconds after the Magpies had kicked off the 2nd quarter of play giving Hot Spurs and Two-Zip advantage.
Kane, apparently taking a break from the WWE, made it a three possession game then Hot Spurs 6th Man El Dorado, named so after his favourite US Soap, came on and scored the fourth, he replaced Kane who had to return to US for a house show appearance the next night.
Hot Spurs will now face Sheriffs United, out of Yorkshire in the Final Four. The other two teams are the Liver Pools and Chel Sea.
Rookie Magpies goaltender Jak Airwicks error allowed Bendaleg to put the Hot Spurs up one possession before Chad-Valley fired in just 36 seconds after the Magpies had kicked off the 2nd quarter of play giving Hot Spurs and Two-Zip advantage.
Kane, apparently taking a break from the WWE, made it a three possession game then Hot Spurs 6th Man El Dorado, named so after his favourite US Soap, came on and scored the fourth, he replaced Kane who had to return to US for a house show appearance the next night.
Hot Spurs will now face Sheriffs United, out of Yorkshire in the Final Four. The other two teams are the Liver Pools and Chel Sea.
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Everton Vs. QPR
Everton Toffees 3 -1 The Queen's Park Rangers
Ross Barclays', is he sponsored by the bank like when Baseball player Bobby Subway sold his name rights? brilliant 1st period zinger got the Toffees off to a 1 - Zip start with a great drive from the 20 yard line after starting the play within his own 50!
Kevin Meerkatas deflected field goal attempt made it 2 and Oh for the Toffees out of Everton before Steven Nay Smith, so his name is Smith then, made it a 3 possession lead in the bottom of the 1st heading Aaaaaaadun McGiddy's high lateral pass.
Bobbys' Amora finish from the low post after Tim, a player so good he's earned first name status ie LeBron, Kobe etc. deflected a pass into his direction but it came too late for QPR.
Everton Toffees have a 5-6-5 record on the season putting them 10th in the Premier Division of the English Conference leaping their parent team the Liver Pools putting them at mid level in the pennant race maybe they can squeeze in at a low seed in the race to face the winners of the Scottish Conference.
The Queen's Park Rangers slip to 18th which gives them a better percentage in getting a lottery pick in the draft, the best team in college ball this season is Born Mouth Cherries who sit atop the Championship Division.
A quick note about The Queen's Park Rangers as I feel it is unfair on them as a part time team, their main job in the week is being Rangers of the Queens Parks which gives them little time to train as a team giving the other teams an advantage though there are two teams tanking worse and both seem to be of French origin the Burn Le Clarets and Les Turd Foxes.
Ross Barclays', is he sponsored by the bank like when Baseball player Bobby Subway sold his name rights? brilliant 1st period zinger got the Toffees off to a 1 - Zip start with a great drive from the 20 yard line after starting the play within his own 50!
Kevin Meerkatas deflected field goal attempt made it 2 and Oh for the Toffees out of Everton before Steven Nay Smith, so his name is Smith then, made it a 3 possession lead in the bottom of the 1st heading Aaaaaaadun McGiddy's high lateral pass.
Bobbys' Amora finish from the low post after Tim, a player so good he's earned first name status ie LeBron, Kobe etc. deflected a pass into his direction but it came too late for QPR.
Everton Toffees have a 5-6-5 record on the season putting them 10th in the Premier Division of the English Conference leaping their parent team the Liver Pools putting them at mid level in the pennant race maybe they can squeeze in at a low seed in the race to face the winners of the Scottish Conference.
The Queen's Park Rangers slip to 18th which gives them a better percentage in getting a lottery pick in the draft, the best team in college ball this season is Born Mouth Cherries who sit atop the Championship Division.
A quick note about The Queen's Park Rangers as I feel it is unfair on them as a part time team, their main job in the week is being Rangers of the Queens Parks which gives them little time to train as a team giving the other teams an advantage though there are two teams tanking worse and both seem to be of French origin the Burn Le Clarets and Les Turd Foxes.
Monday 15 December 2014
Man Utd Vs. Liverpool
Old Trafford - Manchester, Greater Manchester - Manchester Red Devils 3 - 0 Liver Pool
Pools cornerback Raheem Sterling I believe in his sophomore or junior year and rocking the 90s Will Smith, missed a host of chances so will Head Coach Rodgers bench him or maybe fire his offensive coordinator? Apparently the Devils Goalstop David De-Heya was in fine form.
Manchester broke the tie when Rooney swept home a cross-pitch pass to put the Devils up One-Zip during the 1st half of play then the Devils made it a two possession game as One Matter hit nothing but net with a Headshot but was apparently offside so why didn't Coach Rodgers throw a flag hang on all scoring plays are meant to be reviewed what is up with these officials?
Robin VanPercy hit a 3rd unanswered point for the Devils out of Manchester to give the Devils the Shut out win over fierce rivals Pool.
Manchester now have a record on the season of 9-4-3 putting their win ratio at just over .500, wow 4 games still tied at the end of OT. They sit in the 3rd spot of the Premier Division with Chel Sea still dominating the division and in top spot for the pennant race.
Liver Pool have another notch in the L column putting them at 6-3-7 and a mid-division team with little hopes of claiming the pennant, they shouldn't of traded Louis Suarez in pre-season, though they are far from a lottery team in my opinion.
Pre-Match Coach Rodgers benched Simon Mini-Ole who I believe shares his name with a mini wrestler from Lucha Libre, I believe he has been sent to their D-League team the Everton Toffees.
Pre-Match Coach Rodgers benched Simon Mini-Ole who I believe shares his name with a mini wrestler from Lucha Libre, I believe he has been sent to their D-League team the Everton Toffees.
Saturday 6 September 2014
Guardians Of The Galaxy
- Best 5 person team since the 2004 Detroit Pistons.
I'm a comic fan so going into Captain America: The Winter Soldier (http://nonwrestling.blogspot.com/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier.html), Amazing SpiderMan 2(http://nonwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/amazing-spiderman-2.html) and X-Men: Days Of Future Past (http://nonwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/x-men-days-of-future-past.html) I knew what and who to expect but I went into this with a clean slate which was good for me as it meant I learned things as the film went on.
Due to the space setting it has a distinct different feel to other Marvel films which makes it stand out for me. The Guardians consist of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) who is human, well half human as it turns out, Gamora (Zoe Saldana) who's a green lady who happens to be Thanos' adopted daughter, I say adopted he took her after killing her family, Drax The Destroyer (Dave Bautista) who intends to kill Gamora in prison due to Ronan The Accuser killing his family until Quill talks him out of it saying she betrayed Ronan so he'll come for her, and Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and Groot, a tree basically (voiced by Vin Diesel) who are the new Stockdon and Malone, Laurel and Hardy uh... you get my drift.
The first scene that I really liked, though that's not to say the preceding scenes were poor by any means, was the riot in the prison. Basically they have an orb though don't seem to know what it's for and plan to sell it for 4 billion units to a buyer through Gamora and split the profit. Rocket has a plan for them all to escape and tells the others what he needs - a prosthetic leg, a security band that the guards where and a quarnex battery which he claims will set the guards off so they must get that last, as we see Groot wander off and go get it thus starting the riot. The scene here was used in a traier it's where Rocket is shooting whilst on Groots back.
My favorite character was a toss up between Drax and Rocket. Drax because he is oblivious to sayings and also he wasn't one of them characters who's angry for no reason and instead of being a kick-ass brute he actually gets his ass handed to him by Ronan, only to be saved by Groot, which made him more appealing to me plus he has my favorite line of the film -
Rocket Raccoon: [about Drax] Metaphors go over his head.
Drax : NOTHING goes over my head!... My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it.
Rocket does come across as no nonsense and well heartless is a bit strong but you know what I mean, however when he's drunk we find out that he hates the fact that he's been and this made me feel for the little guy -
Rocket: He thinks I'm some stupid thing! He does! [points to Drax] Well, I didn't ask to get made!
I didn't ask to be torn apart and put back together over and over and turned into some little monster!
[begins to cry].
Also towards the end as Groot sacrifices himself to save the others Rocket shows that he did like Groot really even if he put him down at times and is genuinely sad that he thinks he's lost Groot. He ends up carrying around a twig which in the last scene of the film becomes a mini Groot and dance to Jackson 5 'I Want You Back'.
The infinity stones are officially in the MCU now, or at least one of them is, and the Guardians have it in their possession. Thanos also shows up albeit briefly. Ronan The Accuser unfortunately isn't a great villain, he isn't as bad as Sandman, Venom from Spiderman 3 but he doesn't come close to Doc Ock levels of greatness either. Praise as well for Michael Rooker's Yondu who was my favorite of the supporting cast.
I enjoyed the characters, who I felt worked well together, and I liked the film as a whole,visually it was very impressive. Thanos appearance obviously links us to The Avengers and I hope that these two cast of characters can overlap at some point as maybe Avengers could get help Vs. Thanos or with the infinity rings at some point. By the way incase you're wondering the post credit scene introduces Howard The Duck, yeah Apocalypse it ain't.
I'm a comic fan so going into Captain America: The Winter Soldier (http://nonwrestling.blogspot.com/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier.html), Amazing SpiderMan 2(http://nonwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/amazing-spiderman-2.html) and X-Men: Days Of Future Past (http://nonwrestling.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/x-men-days-of-future-past.html) I knew what and who to expect but I went into this with a clean slate which was good for me as it meant I learned things as the film went on.
Due to the space setting it has a distinct different feel to other Marvel films which makes it stand out for me. The Guardians consist of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) who is human, well half human as it turns out, Gamora (Zoe Saldana) who's a green lady who happens to be Thanos' adopted daughter, I say adopted he took her after killing her family, Drax The Destroyer (Dave Bautista) who intends to kill Gamora in prison due to Ronan The Accuser killing his family until Quill talks him out of it saying she betrayed Ronan so he'll come for her, and Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and Groot, a tree basically (voiced by Vin Diesel) who are the new Stockdon and Malone, Laurel and Hardy uh... you get my drift.
The first scene that I really liked, though that's not to say the preceding scenes were poor by any means, was the riot in the prison. Basically they have an orb though don't seem to know what it's for and plan to sell it for 4 billion units to a buyer through Gamora and split the profit. Rocket has a plan for them all to escape and tells the others what he needs - a prosthetic leg, a security band that the guards where and a quarnex battery which he claims will set the guards off so they must get that last, as we see Groot wander off and go get it thus starting the riot. The scene here was used in a traier it's where Rocket is shooting whilst on Groots back.
My favorite character was a toss up between Drax and Rocket. Drax because he is oblivious to sayings and also he wasn't one of them characters who's angry for no reason and instead of being a kick-ass brute he actually gets his ass handed to him by Ronan, only to be saved by Groot, which made him more appealing to me plus he has my favorite line of the film -
Rocket Raccoon: [about Drax] Metaphors go over his head.
Drax : NOTHING goes over my head!... My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it.
Rocket does come across as no nonsense and well heartless is a bit strong but you know what I mean, however when he's drunk we find out that he hates the fact that he's been and this made me feel for the little guy -
Rocket: He thinks I'm some stupid thing! He does! [points to Drax] Well, I didn't ask to get made!
I didn't ask to be torn apart and put back together over and over and turned into some little monster!
[begins to cry].
Also towards the end as Groot sacrifices himself to save the others Rocket shows that he did like Groot really even if he put him down at times and is genuinely sad that he thinks he's lost Groot. He ends up carrying around a twig which in the last scene of the film becomes a mini Groot and dance to Jackson 5 'I Want You Back'.
The infinity stones are officially in the MCU now, or at least one of them is, and the Guardians have it in their possession. Thanos also shows up albeit briefly. Ronan The Accuser unfortunately isn't a great villain, he isn't as bad as Sandman, Venom from Spiderman 3 but he doesn't come close to Doc Ock levels of greatness either. Praise as well for Michael Rooker's Yondu who was my favorite of the supporting cast.
I enjoyed the characters, who I felt worked well together, and I liked the film as a whole,visually it was very impressive. Thanos appearance obviously links us to The Avengers and I hope that these two cast of characters can overlap at some point as maybe Avengers could get help Vs. Thanos or with the infinity rings at some point. By the way incase you're wondering the post credit scene introduces Howard The Duck, yeah Apocalypse it ain't.
Monday 18 August 2014
Mortal Kombat II
'Get Over H....' no that's too obvious how about 'Ya,Ya,Ya,Ya' or whatever Liu shouts during Bicycle Kick.
Purchased a SNES this past weekend and bought Mortal Kombat II as well, as a fan of the series I had high hopes and I have enjoyed it so far. Firstly I love the look of it as it's an arcade port and I really like the old style and the characters look good to me, graphics these days are fantastic but I care more for gameplay than graphics.
The bad part is i'm pretty F'Ning awful at Mortal Kombat, not the newer ones for the PS2/360s etc but the old ones I am awful. I had to break a cardinal rule and put it on easy just to taste sweet victory, and even then I got absolutely slaughtered by Liu Kang when I fought him on the tower with that damn Bicycle Kick, Yarrgh!
This brings me to my next point the CPU uses a tactic which I despise, but have had to use on occasion, the 'Button Masher', I'm sure everyone's faced one at some point, if you haven't then you are one.
I'll be stood all innocent trying to remember Baraka's Balde Spark and Blade Shredder whilst the computer reels off about 10 punches on my noggin depleting my health bar, I cant block mid stream either. My tried and trusted tactic is the good old 'Stay In The Corner Projectile Attack' which works in general but then they just jump repeatedly however I am nothing if not prepared as I then use Blade Shredder when they get close, but against Liu Kang this tactic is moot as his Flying Kick sends him across the screen at me and his Bicycle Kick finishes me off, incidentally I used Bicycle Kick on Reptile just to recreate the movie scene.
After finally reeling off the victories needed, partly thanks to the Kredits you have, I got to the mini-boss Kintaro, he's a four armed tiger man thing or Shokan if you're a fan, I was full of confidence and ready to take on the world, hell I even ran up my stairs pre-fight then about 10 seconds later my ego came crashing down at the same time as Barakas carcass as Kintaro just whipped my tarkatan ass, naturally I blamed the character and not me so I changed to the classic Sub-Zero and Zero is fitting as that's the damage I did to Kintaro so I chose Reptile, and got the same result just different colour scheme. Join me next week where I will of either beaten Kintaro or be sulking in the corner.
Purchased a SNES this past weekend and bought Mortal Kombat II as well, as a fan of the series I had high hopes and I have enjoyed it so far. Firstly I love the look of it as it's an arcade port and I really like the old style and the characters look good to me, graphics these days are fantastic but I care more for gameplay than graphics.
The bad part is i'm pretty F'Ning awful at Mortal Kombat, not the newer ones for the PS2/360s etc but the old ones I am awful. I had to break a cardinal rule and put it on easy just to taste sweet victory, and even then I got absolutely slaughtered by Liu Kang when I fought him on the tower with that damn Bicycle Kick, Yarrgh!
This brings me to my next point the CPU uses a tactic which I despise, but have had to use on occasion, the 'Button Masher', I'm sure everyone's faced one at some point, if you haven't then you are one.
I'll be stood all innocent trying to remember Baraka's Balde Spark and Blade Shredder whilst the computer reels off about 10 punches on my noggin depleting my health bar, I cant block mid stream either. My tried and trusted tactic is the good old 'Stay In The Corner Projectile Attack' which works in general but then they just jump repeatedly however I am nothing if not prepared as I then use Blade Shredder when they get close, but against Liu Kang this tactic is moot as his Flying Kick sends him across the screen at me and his Bicycle Kick finishes me off, incidentally I used Bicycle Kick on Reptile just to recreate the movie scene.
After finally reeling off the victories needed, partly thanks to the Kredits you have, I got to the mini-boss Kintaro, he's a four armed tiger man thing or Shokan if you're a fan, I was full of confidence and ready to take on the world, hell I even ran up my stairs pre-fight then about 10 seconds later my ego came crashing down at the same time as Barakas carcass as Kintaro just whipped my tarkatan ass, naturally I blamed the character and not me so I changed to the classic Sub-Zero and Zero is fitting as that's the damage I did to Kintaro so I chose Reptile, and got the same result just different colour scheme. Join me next week where I will of either beaten Kintaro or be sulking in the corner.
Monday 28 July 2014
Banjo-Kazooie
Not played Banjo-Kazooie in about 15 years but bought it this weekend for £12, I love my N64. Last time I played it I quit after being scared by a metal shark in the water, the eel off of Mario 64s Jolly Roger Bay got me afraid of water levels. I also deleted my mates profile by accident and he was near the end, you can have three profiles on the game you see.
The story is that a witch named Gruntilda steals Banjos sister Tooty because according to a cauldron she is more beautiful, it's basically Sleeping Beauty (or was it Snow White?) and now Banjo (a bear) and his bird Kazooie have to go save her. The more I played it the more I realised I was pretty much playing Mario 64 but with as a bear, even the noises are alike as my mum said that sounds like Mario!!
Banjo you find jigsaw pieces, a mole gives you the first one for free and helps you throughout the game by learning you new moves, and then you had to the Witchs base kind of like the castle is in Mario 64 in that it links the levels. You find jigsaw pieces throught the various levels that open up newer levels, akin to the stars in Mario, there are 10 Jigsaw pieces on each level, also jigsaws in Banjo and Paintings in Mario.
The game play is much the same as Mario aswell as are the level designs, cant remember the camera being as annoying on Mario though as when I reached the level mentioned in the intro with the shark you have to swim under him then free him but I could barely do it as camera was awful. A good thing though is that there's no order in which the levels have to be done, I think if you get enough jigsaws etc. from certain levels you may even be able to ignore a level or two on the way to the end.
My comparisons to Mario may sound like cheap shots like how TNA is classed as a second rate WWE, but they aren't pot shots as if you want to copy a game then may as well copy a classic like Mario 64, but there are more things to do on the levels than there was on Marios which were 7 Stars only and yet on Banjo there's 10 Jiggys to find, 5 Jinjos (little dragons), 2 Honeycombs which when you find 6 boost up your health meter and there's skulls to find which can you trade in for the ability to transform on certain levels.
The story is that a witch named Gruntilda steals Banjos sister Tooty because according to a cauldron she is more beautiful, it's basically Sleeping Beauty (or was it Snow White?) and now Banjo (a bear) and his bird Kazooie have to go save her. The more I played it the more I realised I was pretty much playing Mario 64 but with as a bear, even the noises are alike as my mum said that sounds like Mario!!
Banjo you find jigsaw pieces, a mole gives you the first one for free and helps you throughout the game by learning you new moves, and then you had to the Witchs base kind of like the castle is in Mario 64 in that it links the levels. You find jigsaw pieces throught the various levels that open up newer levels, akin to the stars in Mario, there are 10 Jigsaw pieces on each level, also jigsaws in Banjo and Paintings in Mario.
The game play is much the same as Mario aswell as are the level designs, cant remember the camera being as annoying on Mario though as when I reached the level mentioned in the intro with the shark you have to swim under him then free him but I could barely do it as camera was awful. A good thing though is that there's no order in which the levels have to be done, I think if you get enough jigsaws etc. from certain levels you may even be able to ignore a level or two on the way to the end.
My comparisons to Mario may sound like cheap shots like how TNA is classed as a second rate WWE, but they aren't pot shots as if you want to copy a game then may as well copy a classic like Mario 64, but there are more things to do on the levels than there was on Marios which were 7 Stars only and yet on Banjo there's 10 Jiggys to find, 5 Jinjos (little dragons), 2 Honeycombs which when you find 6 boost up your health meter and there's skulls to find which can you trade in for the ability to transform on certain levels.
Thursday 24 July 2014
Zelda
I remember where I was when I first laid my hands on Ocarina Of Time, my Nan had to leave her house due to work being done and was staying in a flat and it was Christmas Day. Ever since then I've always said i'm a Zelda fan but really I meant I was an Ocarina Of Time fan as that's the only game I'd played, I did read about Majoras Mask in 2000 but never played it, more on that in a moment.
In 2007 I purchased a DS simply to play Phantom Hourglass but didn't get very far as bar Pokemon I've never really felt comfortable on a DS. When I heard about Twilight Princess I made plans to buy a Wii but as with most things I didn't get around to it until last year. Again as with Hourglass I haven't got around to finishing it yet but I have enjoyed it, the Wii controls does make it fun to play and Midna isn't as annoying as Navi, which admittedly isn't saying much. I had always wanted to broaden my horizons though with Majoras Mask and Skyward Sword both of which I'd never played or seen on sale, Majoras I can understand Skyward I can not.
Brings me to 6 days ago, 18th July 2014, I bought a N64 last year off of Facebook as I'd lost mine over the years, how you lose a big ass bulky thing like an N64 I don't know but I did, and on that fateful day of July 18th I randomly asked a local shop on Facebook that sells retro games if they ever got Majoras Mask in and blow me they had one delivered that very day, stars aligned and all that, so I ran and picked it up along with Expansion Pack needed and heard that Argos had Skyward Sword for £10, this was one of those days where I kind of believe in fate. After 14 years I finally got to play Majoras Mask!
Not done much on Majoras Mask as i've been busy but man the moon freaks me out, my sister ran out straight away when Majoras Mask spins at the screen. I am enjoying it so far though I did get annoyed as I made it down to the swamp then played the song to save the game and go back to the first day with out realizing that I'd go back to Clock Town. Started Skyward Sword as well this week and man it is a beautiful game graphic wise, and that's compared with all games not just previous Zelda titles. When I've played them in depth, whioch should be soon, I shall type a proper review of them and the shop also has a Super Nintendo in so I'll buy that and hope the Super Nintendo Zelda comes in.
In 2007 I purchased a DS simply to play Phantom Hourglass but didn't get very far as bar Pokemon I've never really felt comfortable on a DS. When I heard about Twilight Princess I made plans to buy a Wii but as with most things I didn't get around to it until last year. Again as with Hourglass I haven't got around to finishing it yet but I have enjoyed it, the Wii controls does make it fun to play and Midna isn't as annoying as Navi, which admittedly isn't saying much. I had always wanted to broaden my horizons though with Majoras Mask and Skyward Sword both of which I'd never played or seen on sale, Majoras I can understand Skyward I can not.
Brings me to 6 days ago, 18th July 2014, I bought a N64 last year off of Facebook as I'd lost mine over the years, how you lose a big ass bulky thing like an N64 I don't know but I did, and on that fateful day of July 18th I randomly asked a local shop on Facebook that sells retro games if they ever got Majoras Mask in and blow me they had one delivered that very day, stars aligned and all that, so I ran and picked it up along with Expansion Pack needed and heard that Argos had Skyward Sword for £10, this was one of those days where I kind of believe in fate. After 14 years I finally got to play Majoras Mask!
Not done much on Majoras Mask as i've been busy but man the moon freaks me out, my sister ran out straight away when Majoras Mask spins at the screen. I am enjoying it so far though I did get annoyed as I made it down to the swamp then played the song to save the game and go back to the first day with out realizing that I'd go back to Clock Town. Started Skyward Sword as well this week and man it is a beautiful game graphic wise, and that's compared with all games not just previous Zelda titles. When I've played them in depth, whioch should be soon, I shall type a proper review of them and the shop also has a Super Nintendo in so I'll buy that and hope the Super Nintendo Zelda comes in.
Monday 9 June 2014
World Cup 2014 Predictions
At the weekend I did some World Cup Predictions for 2014. This is how I see the groups ending -
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Brazil Spain Ivory Coast Uruguay
Mexico Chile Colombia England
Croatia Holland Japan Italy
Cameroon Australia Greece Costa Rica
Group E Group F Group G Group H
France Argentina Germany Belgium
Switzerland Bosnia Portugal South Korea
Ecuador Iran USA Russia
Honduras Nigeria Ghana Algeria
Last 16 (who I think will win are in bold) -
Brazil Vs. Chile France Vs. Bosnia
Ivory Coast Vs. England Germany Vs. South Korea
Spain Vs. Mexico Argentina Vs. Switzerland
Uruguay Vs. Colombia Belgium Vs. Portugal
Quarter Finals
Brazil Vs. England
France vs. Germany
Spain Vs. Uruguay
Argentina Vs. Belgium
Semi Finals
Brazil Vs. Germany
Spain Vs. Argentina
Final
Brazil Vs. Argentina
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Brazil Spain Ivory Coast Uruguay
Mexico Chile Colombia England
Croatia Holland Japan Italy
Cameroon Australia Greece Costa Rica
Group E Group F Group G Group H
France Argentina Germany Belgium
Switzerland Bosnia Portugal South Korea
Ecuador Iran USA Russia
Honduras Nigeria Ghana Algeria
Last 16 (who I think will win are in bold) -
Brazil Vs. Chile France Vs. Bosnia
Ivory Coast Vs. England Germany Vs. South Korea
Spain Vs. Mexico Argentina Vs. Switzerland
Uruguay Vs. Colombia Belgium Vs. Portugal
Quarter Finals
Brazil Vs. England
France vs. Germany
Spain Vs. Uruguay
Argentina Vs. Belgium
Semi Finals
Brazil Vs. Germany
Spain Vs. Argentina
Final
Brazil Vs. Argentina
Saturday 31 May 2014
Favorite Prince Songs
- Prince is my favorite musician/genius so here's my Top 15 songs of Prince (at the moment), the album they appeared on will be in brackets. (at the moment)
I Would Die 4 U (Purple Rain)
Free (1999)
The Most beautiful Girl In The World (The Gold Experience - though I prefer the single release)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince)
Purple Rain (Purple Rain)
The Beautiful Ones (Purple Rain)
Little Red Corvette (1999)
Lets Go Crazy (Purple Rain)
Controversy (Controversy)
In This Bed I Scream (Emancipation)
Computer Blue (Purple Rain)
Delirious (1999)
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Sign O' The Times)
When Doves Cry (Purple Rain)
Do Me Baby (Controversy)
1999 (1999)
I Would Die 4 U (Purple Rain)
Free (1999)
The Most beautiful Girl In The World (The Gold Experience - though I prefer the single release)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince)
Purple Rain (Purple Rain)
The Beautiful Ones (Purple Rain)
Little Red Corvette (1999)
Lets Go Crazy (Purple Rain)
Controversy (Controversy)
In This Bed I Scream (Emancipation)
Computer Blue (Purple Rain)
Delirious (1999)
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Sign O' The Times)
When Doves Cry (Purple Rain)
Do Me Baby (Controversy)
1999 (1999)
Wednesday 28 May 2014
X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Whereas my Captain America 2 and Amazing Spiderman 2 review/recaps were very detailed this one wont be as for them I took a pen and paper to write down stuff as I watched it were as with this I didn't as I wanted to fully concentrate however as I saw it yesterday my memory is fresh.
Starts in the future with Sentinels attacking a mutant hiding place in Moscow, Kitty Pride (Ellen Page, X-Men 3) runs through walls with Bishop (Omar Sy) whilst Iceman (Shawn Ashmore, X2 and X-Men 3), Warpath (booboo Stewart), SunSpot (Adam Canto), Blink (Fan Bingbing) and Colossus (Daniel Cudmore, X2 and X-Men 3) fight the Sentinels but to no avail as Iceman is decapitated then his frozen head is smashed, insult to injury and all that, Colossus is punched in the head and possibly dead but as the Sentinels get to Kitty and Bishop they escape. Kitty is sending Bishops conscience back to his younger self to warn him of the attacks, so they can escape meaning Iceman and co are still alive.
This band of mutants are met by Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Storm (Halle Berry), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Magneto (Sir Ian McKellen) where they reveal their plan to send Charles conscience back in time but when Kitty says it would kill him they send Wolverine back in time to the 70s to stop the events unfolding. The key point is Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) killing Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), she is captured and her mutant chameleon ability is put in Trasks Sentinels so they can adapt to any enemy, so Wolverine has to unite Charles and Magneto and stop Mystique from killing.
Xavier (James McAvoy) is found in Xaviers Mansion with Beast (Nicholas Hoult), both are human and can walk due to a serum devised by Beast which whikst allowing Charles to walk it nullifies his powers and Beats blue fur. Charles is initially doesn't believe Wolverines story but eventually comes round but Magneto (Michael Fassbender) is being held deep underground so they enlist the help of Quicksilver (Evan Peters) to break him out, the scene where QuickSilver takes out the guards who shoot at them is fantastic, funny how super speed is best shown in slow motion. There's a line which is reference to Magneto being his dad. This QuickSilver is not to be confused with Avengers Quicksilver.
There's a bit where in an effort to change the future Magneto attempts to stop Mystique killing Trask by simply killing Mystique when they've tracked her to Paris but he only manages to wound her however Mystique, Beast and Magneto fight to the outside revealing themselves to the world.
This leads to the President, who I believe is Nixon, to order a few sample Sentinels but when they are being transported Magneto intercepts them and puts metal in them, I thought he was destroying them but then I got it. Great scene as Magneto raises a baseball stadium around him. There's a big presentation now as the Sentinels are being unveiled to the public, there's about 8 of them, Wolverine, Beast and Charles are here looking for Mystique, the presentation goes awry as the suddenly turn on, it's Magneto who is controlling them via the metal he placed in them. The president, Trask and associates hide in a panic room style thing, not knowing that Mystique is in there.
A sentinel is set on Beast but he uses his serum to appear human which stops the attack and Magneto deals with Wolverine by putting metal in him and throwing him into the sea. Magneto raises the Panic Room to the surface, the president comes out and shoots Magneto in the neck and KOs him with a kick as it was Mystique, she points the gun at Trask but Charles convinces her not to shoot and Magneto goes free.
In the Future the Sentinels find the remaining mutants but they cant escape as Kitty is busy with Wolverine. Iceman, Magneto, Charles, Kitty and Wolverine are inside whilst on the outside the remaining X-Men get ready, Magneto and Storm combine to blow up the X-Jet like a bomb but it doesn't stop the onslaught, Magneto is stabbed by debris so Blink sends him back inside seemingly to die peacefully. Sunspot is killed, Colossus goes to his metallic form but is ripped in half, Storm is stabbed, Bishop is overloaded with energy from the sentinels and blows up, and Iceman dies to as the sentinels get to Charles, Magneto, Kitty and Wolverine however they suddenly disappear as Mystique didn't kill Trask and this future is no more.
Wolverine wakes up now and is shocked to find he is in the X-Mansion, leaves his room to see Rogue and Iceman together, Beast walks past him, I think it was Frasiers Beast from X-3, Colossus and Kitty Pryde are teaching a class, Storm is alive and most shockingly to Wolverine Jean Grey (Famke Janssen)is still alive as is Cyclops (James Marsden), Wolverine tells Charles that the last thing he remembers is drowning but from then to now his mind is blank, Charles congratulates him.
Post Credit Scene - No surprise who it involves as the next film has been announced but I stayed behind anyway. We see a robed figure constructing a pyramid with psychic powers as people bow then the camera pans around and we see En Sabah Nur, who will become Apocalypse, also there's IV people in the background hmm who could they be?
I enjoyed the film, it felt a bit longwinded and talky, is that a word?, a few times but overall as I say I enjoyed it and it was very good. I understand that it couldn't happen as some had died between First Class and DOFP but I would've liked to of seen The Brotherhood that ended First Class (Magneto/Azazel/Riptide/Mystique/Angel/Emma) but that's not a complaint as I understand they wouldn't of fit in to this story.
The ending did irritate me a little bit as it made the first 3 X-Men films essentially pointless but I understand that it helps the franchise as at least the timeline is streamlined now and nobody seems to have died, though Apocalypse may see to that. Roll on X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016 can't wait!
Starts in the future with Sentinels attacking a mutant hiding place in Moscow, Kitty Pride (Ellen Page, X-Men 3) runs through walls with Bishop (Omar Sy) whilst Iceman (Shawn Ashmore, X2 and X-Men 3), Warpath (booboo Stewart), SunSpot (Adam Canto), Blink (Fan Bingbing) and Colossus (Daniel Cudmore, X2 and X-Men 3) fight the Sentinels but to no avail as Iceman is decapitated then his frozen head is smashed, insult to injury and all that, Colossus is punched in the head and possibly dead but as the Sentinels get to Kitty and Bishop they escape. Kitty is sending Bishops conscience back to his younger self to warn him of the attacks, so they can escape meaning Iceman and co are still alive.
This band of mutants are met by Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Storm (Halle Berry), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Magneto (Sir Ian McKellen) where they reveal their plan to send Charles conscience back in time but when Kitty says it would kill him they send Wolverine back in time to the 70s to stop the events unfolding. The key point is Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) killing Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), she is captured and her mutant chameleon ability is put in Trasks Sentinels so they can adapt to any enemy, so Wolverine has to unite Charles and Magneto and stop Mystique from killing.
Xavier (James McAvoy) is found in Xaviers Mansion with Beast (Nicholas Hoult), both are human and can walk due to a serum devised by Beast which whikst allowing Charles to walk it nullifies his powers and Beats blue fur. Charles is initially doesn't believe Wolverines story but eventually comes round but Magneto (Michael Fassbender) is being held deep underground so they enlist the help of Quicksilver (Evan Peters) to break him out, the scene where QuickSilver takes out the guards who shoot at them is fantastic, funny how super speed is best shown in slow motion. There's a line which is reference to Magneto being his dad. This QuickSilver is not to be confused with Avengers Quicksilver.
There's a bit where in an effort to change the future Magneto attempts to stop Mystique killing Trask by simply killing Mystique when they've tracked her to Paris but he only manages to wound her however Mystique, Beast and Magneto fight to the outside revealing themselves to the world.
This leads to the President, who I believe is Nixon, to order a few sample Sentinels but when they are being transported Magneto intercepts them and puts metal in them, I thought he was destroying them but then I got it. Great scene as Magneto raises a baseball stadium around him. There's a big presentation now as the Sentinels are being unveiled to the public, there's about 8 of them, Wolverine, Beast and Charles are here looking for Mystique, the presentation goes awry as the suddenly turn on, it's Magneto who is controlling them via the metal he placed in them. The president, Trask and associates hide in a panic room style thing, not knowing that Mystique is in there.
A sentinel is set on Beast but he uses his serum to appear human which stops the attack and Magneto deals with Wolverine by putting metal in him and throwing him into the sea. Magneto raises the Panic Room to the surface, the president comes out and shoots Magneto in the neck and KOs him with a kick as it was Mystique, she points the gun at Trask but Charles convinces her not to shoot and Magneto goes free.
In the Future the Sentinels find the remaining mutants but they cant escape as Kitty is busy with Wolverine. Iceman, Magneto, Charles, Kitty and Wolverine are inside whilst on the outside the remaining X-Men get ready, Magneto and Storm combine to blow up the X-Jet like a bomb but it doesn't stop the onslaught, Magneto is stabbed by debris so Blink sends him back inside seemingly to die peacefully. Sunspot is killed, Colossus goes to his metallic form but is ripped in half, Storm is stabbed, Bishop is overloaded with energy from the sentinels and blows up, and Iceman dies to as the sentinels get to Charles, Magneto, Kitty and Wolverine however they suddenly disappear as Mystique didn't kill Trask and this future is no more.
Wolverine wakes up now and is shocked to find he is in the X-Mansion, leaves his room to see Rogue and Iceman together, Beast walks past him, I think it was Frasiers Beast from X-3, Colossus and Kitty Pryde are teaching a class, Storm is alive and most shockingly to Wolverine Jean Grey (Famke Janssen)is still alive as is Cyclops (James Marsden), Wolverine tells Charles that the last thing he remembers is drowning but from then to now his mind is blank, Charles congratulates him.
Post Credit Scene - No surprise who it involves as the next film has been announced but I stayed behind anyway. We see a robed figure constructing a pyramid with psychic powers as people bow then the camera pans around and we see En Sabah Nur, who will become Apocalypse, also there's IV people in the background hmm who could they be?
I enjoyed the film, it felt a bit longwinded and talky, is that a word?, a few times but overall as I say I enjoyed it and it was very good. I understand that it couldn't happen as some had died between First Class and DOFP but I would've liked to of seen The Brotherhood that ended First Class (Magneto/Azazel/Riptide/Mystique/Angel/Emma) but that's not a complaint as I understand they wouldn't of fit in to this story.
The ending did irritate me a little bit as it made the first 3 X-Men films essentially pointless but I understand that it helps the franchise as at least the timeline is streamlined now and nobody seems to have died, though Apocalypse may see to that. Roll on X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016 can't wait!
Saturday 10 May 2014
Amazing Spiderman 2
- Film starts with Peter Parkers parents being attacked on a plane, too kill the attacker Peters dad brings the plane crashing down, but not before he uploads some files to another device. They were apparently escaping from someone.
We're in present day now as Spiderman is swinging around, must say I thought the effects were beautiful. He chases a truck which is robbed by some Russians who he takes care of. During the chase he saves a man named Max Dillion (Jamie Foxx), also Spideys ringtone is an instrumental of the Spiderman theme.
Pete attends his graduation, this is where we get Stan Lees cameo, also when Pomp & Circumstance played I thought of jumping up and going 'Ohhh Yeaahh!'. Pretty soon though Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) break up, it's over his promise to her dad that he'd keep her safe from Spiderman business, which happened in AS 1. We hear radio clips playing now of people commenting on wether Spiderman is a hero or a vigilante, one of which is Max Dillon who is pro-Spiderman after he saved him and is pretty much obsessed with Spiderman now but in a stalker way not a villain way.
At home Peter finds his dads briefcase and throws it in the cupboard, he thinks his parents abandoned him. Harry Osborne (Dane DeHaan) returns to his home to see his father Norman Osbourne (Chris Cooper) who is all green and on his death bed, they dont have a real nice conversation but Norman gives Harry an object which he wants Harry to use to help him find a cure to what is killing Norman as it's genetic then Norman passes away.
Max is at Oscorp, where we see a Mr. Smythe, he sees an electrical fault but nobody comes to fix it when asked so he decides to attempt it himself but disaster as he is electrocuted and falls into a container filled with Electric Eels and he is seemingly dead now. We see Harry holding a board meeting which is notable for the appearance of Felicia Hardy, who will one day become Black Cat, Harry leaves the meeting and has a catch-up with Peter Parker who has come to pay his respects.
In a morgue now as Max is alive, when he comes of the slab his skin is almost like a shell which breaks away and we see that he is now all blue and electrical. Peter and Gwen agree to be friends, then Gwen reveals she intends to move to England and go to Oxford. Suddenly Peter feels somethings up, his Spider-Sense is tingling. Electro is in Times Square taking power from cables, he is surrounded by police but says it's not his fault, at this point I felt sympathy for Electro which is a touch I didn't expect, he says everyone now sees him, a nice touch as earlier Max Dillon was classed as invisible because no-one ever noticed or cared about him. A sniper shoots at Electro which makes him angry then soon everybody is talking about Spiderman which annoys Electro. There's a great bit where Spider-Sense kicks in and Spiderman manages to save people as Electricity was a danger to the people. Electro has a power surge but Spiderman hoses him down and Eelctro is seemingly captuered.
Peter is back home now and starts looking into his dads research. Harry Osborn is looking into his dads research and hears about a spider which is the key to the experiments as they can self heal. Harry tells Peter that he needs Spidermans blood, he asks Pete as he had been taking photos of Spiderman for the Bugle. Gwen is looking into Oscorp files about Max Dillon but security come after her, the file suddenly disappears as well claiming no such file exists, she finds out that they are covering the accident that 'killed' Max.
We see Electro is being held captive and shocked. Petes Aunt May tells him that apparently his dads research was valuable and he betrayed his best friend Norman Osborn. Spiderman visits Harry but says he cant have his blood as they might not be compatible, Harry tries to buy it but Spiderman leaves the apartment. Peters back home now, pretty sure I saw a RAMONES poster, he smashes his dads calculator then finds coins. Felicia Hardy tells Harry that Venom from the spiders was saved before they were killed and it's somewhere in Oscorp. Whilst looking into Oscorp Harry finds people have logged into 'Special Projects' as him which is when he finds out about Max Dillons accident., they do this so it looks like Harry himself is hiding things which leads to him being over thrown from Oscorp.
Using his dads research Peter ends up in a disused subway, which was apparently built for President Roosevelt to get around easier away from the public. A train/carriage appears full of equipment, Pete watches a video of his dad, which I think is the one he uploaded on the plane at the start of the film. The video states that Norman turned on Richard Parker as he didn't agree with Norman and that the experiments cant go further as he put Parker blood in the spiders.
Harry finds Electro and agrees to release him as long as he helps him get into Oscorp then he can have Spiderman as long as he makes him bleed, he tells him that draining NYC of power will bring Spiderman on the scene. Electro and harry are at Oscorp, Electro now has a suit on. Harry and the man who overthrew him are in a secret area, we can see Tentacles and Wings behind glass, Doc Oc and Vulture anyone? Harry injects himself with something but it accelerates the Osaborn gene defect it seems as he is now Goblin-esqu in appearance, he gets a suit and the Glider.
Spiderman and Gwen are all oved up again when suddenly the power goes form NYC. Gwen tells Pete to use magnetic stuff to combat Electro. Showdown time as Electro beats up Spiderman until Gwen runs Electro over in a cop car. They plan to overcharge Electro so he'll blow up. Spiderman reconnects the power grid which Gwen charges up, it hits Electro as I think he was webbed and blows him up, bye-bye Electro and the trouble's over .... oh wait no here's Green Goblin, he sees Gwen and puts all the pieces together and works out that Spiderman is Peter Parker. Goblin steals Gwen then drops her but Spiderman makes the save. They're now fighting and Spiderman puts a web around Goblins neck which is then puleld tight as it's in cogs. Gwen is hanging in the building from a thread but it snaps causing her to fall, Spiderman eventually manages to web her but the whiplash effect or something from being pulled by the web kills her. Gwen Stacy is dead and she died just as her dad feared - due to Spiderman. Goblin simply got KOd.
Harry Osborn is back to normal for now, a man approaches, Harry asks if he's found any suitable candidates, the man says a Russian Man has volunteered then we see The Rhino suit. Peter is watching Gwens speech from Graduation, as Rhino is now rampaging through the streets so Peter decides to don Spiderman costume again, he quit after Gwens death. Rhino is the Russian from the start of the film. Rhino and Spiderman charge at each other and as Spiderman swings a manhole cover at Rhino the film just ends.
- A lot of reviews have been negative or at least called the film average but I actually quite enjoyed it. I had sympathy for Electro at first which I didn't expect from a villain. We had Gwen die which kept in line with the comic books so I'm happy with that, though I have enjoyed Emma Stones portrayal of Gwen. We had the foundations laid for Sinister Six, though I'm not sure of them all (Goblin/Doc Ock/Vulture/Rhino then possibly Black Cat, Felicia is an Oscorp member and the 6th villain i'm unsure of but my money's on Venom). The one bit I didn't like was the ending as Rhino was used in promotion but the movie ends as his fight starts .... could Sinister Six film have a cold opening carrying the fight straight on? I'd recommend the film as I personally enjoyed it.
We're in present day now as Spiderman is swinging around, must say I thought the effects were beautiful. He chases a truck which is robbed by some Russians who he takes care of. During the chase he saves a man named Max Dillion (Jamie Foxx), also Spideys ringtone is an instrumental of the Spiderman theme.
Pete attends his graduation, this is where we get Stan Lees cameo, also when Pomp & Circumstance played I thought of jumping up and going 'Ohhh Yeaahh!'. Pretty soon though Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) break up, it's over his promise to her dad that he'd keep her safe from Spiderman business, which happened in AS 1. We hear radio clips playing now of people commenting on wether Spiderman is a hero or a vigilante, one of which is Max Dillon who is pro-Spiderman after he saved him and is pretty much obsessed with Spiderman now but in a stalker way not a villain way.
At home Peter finds his dads briefcase and throws it in the cupboard, he thinks his parents abandoned him. Harry Osborne (Dane DeHaan) returns to his home to see his father Norman Osbourne (Chris Cooper) who is all green and on his death bed, they dont have a real nice conversation but Norman gives Harry an object which he wants Harry to use to help him find a cure to what is killing Norman as it's genetic then Norman passes away.
Max is at Oscorp, where we see a Mr. Smythe, he sees an electrical fault but nobody comes to fix it when asked so he decides to attempt it himself but disaster as he is electrocuted and falls into a container filled with Electric Eels and he is seemingly dead now. We see Harry holding a board meeting which is notable for the appearance of Felicia Hardy, who will one day become Black Cat, Harry leaves the meeting and has a catch-up with Peter Parker who has come to pay his respects.
In a morgue now as Max is alive, when he comes of the slab his skin is almost like a shell which breaks away and we see that he is now all blue and electrical. Peter and Gwen agree to be friends, then Gwen reveals she intends to move to England and go to Oxford. Suddenly Peter feels somethings up, his Spider-Sense is tingling. Electro is in Times Square taking power from cables, he is surrounded by police but says it's not his fault, at this point I felt sympathy for Electro which is a touch I didn't expect, he says everyone now sees him, a nice touch as earlier Max Dillon was classed as invisible because no-one ever noticed or cared about him. A sniper shoots at Electro which makes him angry then soon everybody is talking about Spiderman which annoys Electro. There's a great bit where Spider-Sense kicks in and Spiderman manages to save people as Electricity was a danger to the people. Electro has a power surge but Spiderman hoses him down and Eelctro is seemingly captuered.
Peter is back home now and starts looking into his dads research. Harry Osborn is looking into his dads research and hears about a spider which is the key to the experiments as they can self heal. Harry tells Peter that he needs Spidermans blood, he asks Pete as he had been taking photos of Spiderman for the Bugle. Gwen is looking into Oscorp files about Max Dillon but security come after her, the file suddenly disappears as well claiming no such file exists, she finds out that they are covering the accident that 'killed' Max.
We see Electro is being held captive and shocked. Petes Aunt May tells him that apparently his dads research was valuable and he betrayed his best friend Norman Osborn. Spiderman visits Harry but says he cant have his blood as they might not be compatible, Harry tries to buy it but Spiderman leaves the apartment. Peters back home now, pretty sure I saw a RAMONES poster, he smashes his dads calculator then finds coins. Felicia Hardy tells Harry that Venom from the spiders was saved before they were killed and it's somewhere in Oscorp. Whilst looking into Oscorp Harry finds people have logged into 'Special Projects' as him which is when he finds out about Max Dillons accident., they do this so it looks like Harry himself is hiding things which leads to him being over thrown from Oscorp.
Using his dads research Peter ends up in a disused subway, which was apparently built for President Roosevelt to get around easier away from the public. A train/carriage appears full of equipment, Pete watches a video of his dad, which I think is the one he uploaded on the plane at the start of the film. The video states that Norman turned on Richard Parker as he didn't agree with Norman and that the experiments cant go further as he put Parker blood in the spiders.
Harry finds Electro and agrees to release him as long as he helps him get into Oscorp then he can have Spiderman as long as he makes him bleed, he tells him that draining NYC of power will bring Spiderman on the scene. Electro and harry are at Oscorp, Electro now has a suit on. Harry and the man who overthrew him are in a secret area, we can see Tentacles and Wings behind glass, Doc Oc and Vulture anyone? Harry injects himself with something but it accelerates the Osaborn gene defect it seems as he is now Goblin-esqu in appearance, he gets a suit and the Glider.
Spiderman and Gwen are all oved up again when suddenly the power goes form NYC. Gwen tells Pete to use magnetic stuff to combat Electro. Showdown time as Electro beats up Spiderman until Gwen runs Electro over in a cop car. They plan to overcharge Electro so he'll blow up. Spiderman reconnects the power grid which Gwen charges up, it hits Electro as I think he was webbed and blows him up, bye-bye Electro and the trouble's over .... oh wait no here's Green Goblin, he sees Gwen and puts all the pieces together and works out that Spiderman is Peter Parker. Goblin steals Gwen then drops her but Spiderman makes the save. They're now fighting and Spiderman puts a web around Goblins neck which is then puleld tight as it's in cogs. Gwen is hanging in the building from a thread but it snaps causing her to fall, Spiderman eventually manages to web her but the whiplash effect or something from being pulled by the web kills her. Gwen Stacy is dead and she died just as her dad feared - due to Spiderman. Goblin simply got KOd.
Harry Osborn is back to normal for now, a man approaches, Harry asks if he's found any suitable candidates, the man says a Russian Man has volunteered then we see The Rhino suit. Peter is watching Gwens speech from Graduation, as Rhino is now rampaging through the streets so Peter decides to don Spiderman costume again, he quit after Gwens death. Rhino is the Russian from the start of the film. Rhino and Spiderman charge at each other and as Spiderman swings a manhole cover at Rhino the film just ends.
- A lot of reviews have been negative or at least called the film average but I actually quite enjoyed it. I had sympathy for Electro at first which I didn't expect from a villain. We had Gwen die which kept in line with the comic books so I'm happy with that, though I have enjoyed Emma Stones portrayal of Gwen. We had the foundations laid for Sinister Six, though I'm not sure of them all (Goblin/Doc Ock/Vulture/Rhino then possibly Black Cat, Felicia is an Oscorp member and the 6th villain i'm unsure of but my money's on Venom). The one bit I didn't like was the ending as Rhino was used in promotion but the movie ends as his fight starts .... could Sinister Six film have a cold opening carrying the fight straight on? I'd recommend the film as I personally enjoyed it.
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Jusitce League Movie
I found out via Twitter that Zack Snyder is directing the Justice League movie, which is coming after Batman/Superman here's my thoughts on these two films.
Batman-Superman - I'm a Superman fan but in terms of big screen he hasn't been right since Superman II. III and IV just weren't very good, Returns just depressed me and Man Of Steel was boring, though unlike a lot of people I wasn't annoyed by the act of Superman killing as he had killed Zod and his cronies in the comics by exposing them to kryptonite, I just found the film as stated boring, Jor-El isn't needed beyond the Krypton scenes but Russell Crowe seemed to pop up in all scenes through out the film.
The studio may of been going for a serious/dark tone like the Nolan Batman trilogy (recently read a list of most disappointing comic films and DK Rises was above Spiderman 3, what!) but Superman doesn't work in a dark setting, the guy is bright coloured for a start and Clark is generally a jolly kind of guy, they should've played to Supermans strengths and not tried to go dark.
In terms of Batman he did work well in a gritty dark setting as that's what he is basically from his parents deaths etc. the one problem I have with the Nolan Trilogy is Christian Bales Batman voice, though I wasn't a huge fan of the Scarecrow film. I probably wont be watching Superman/Batman though due to 3 reasons - Superman films haven't been very good, Lex Luthor is the villain I believe (I'd of preferred say Brianiac) and the big issue - ben affleck is in it.
Justice League -
Zack Snyder is confirmed as director of this movie, uhhh I normally dont care who directs something but he did Watchmen and Man Of Steel both of which bored me to near death, however I can't rule out seeing this as it's Justice League man. The roster will probably be Supes and/or Batman, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman and possibly Aquaman who will come in handy if the bad guy's in a submarine/dingy/speedboat.
The bad guy surely wont be Lex Luthor so I'm hoping it's Darkseid, which is likely as he's a DC villain and not character specific really for example imagine if Metallo was the big villain, though I wouldn't mind Brainiac as the villain or even a sub-villain. I just hope the film doesn't go for a dark style movie, dont get me wrong I dont expect people to fight with flowers and be all happy and smiley but I dont want a dark depressing film neither because right now DC is miles behind the MCU and if Justice League doesn't set a benchmark then Marvel will be the ultimate winners .... remember that 3 issue DC/Marvel mini-series where it ended by the heroes merging together, uhhhh.
Batman-Superman - I'm a Superman fan but in terms of big screen he hasn't been right since Superman II. III and IV just weren't very good, Returns just depressed me and Man Of Steel was boring, though unlike a lot of people I wasn't annoyed by the act of Superman killing as he had killed Zod and his cronies in the comics by exposing them to kryptonite, I just found the film as stated boring, Jor-El isn't needed beyond the Krypton scenes but Russell Crowe seemed to pop up in all scenes through out the film.
The studio may of been going for a serious/dark tone like the Nolan Batman trilogy (recently read a list of most disappointing comic films and DK Rises was above Spiderman 3, what!) but Superman doesn't work in a dark setting, the guy is bright coloured for a start and Clark is generally a jolly kind of guy, they should've played to Supermans strengths and not tried to go dark.
In terms of Batman he did work well in a gritty dark setting as that's what he is basically from his parents deaths etc. the one problem I have with the Nolan Trilogy is Christian Bales Batman voice, though I wasn't a huge fan of the Scarecrow film. I probably wont be watching Superman/Batman though due to 3 reasons - Superman films haven't been very good, Lex Luthor is the villain I believe (I'd of preferred say Brianiac) and the big issue - ben affleck is in it.
Justice League -
Zack Snyder is confirmed as director of this movie, uhhh I normally dont care who directs something but he did Watchmen and Man Of Steel both of which bored me to near death, however I can't rule out seeing this as it's Justice League man. The roster will probably be Supes and/or Batman, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman and possibly Aquaman who will come in handy if the bad guy's in a submarine/dingy/speedboat.
The bad guy surely wont be Lex Luthor so I'm hoping it's Darkseid, which is likely as he's a DC villain and not character specific really for example imagine if Metallo was the big villain, though I wouldn't mind Brainiac as the villain or even a sub-villain. I just hope the film doesn't go for a dark style movie, dont get me wrong I dont expect people to fight with flowers and be all happy and smiley but I dont want a dark depressing film neither because right now DC is miles behind the MCU and if Justice League doesn't set a benchmark then Marvel will be the ultimate winners .... remember that 3 issue DC/Marvel mini-series where it ended by the heroes merging together, uhhhh.
Monday 28 April 2014
Wales Comic Con 2014
Attended my first Con this weekend (April 27th) at Wrexhams Glyndwr University and it was fantastic.
Some of the pieces for sale were beautiful, there were some 3D artworks available to buy, I got a Joker one saying 'Welcome To The Madhouse' though others did tickle my fancy especially a Spiderman and Venom one. In terms of statue/busts/whatever there was a Zod one that cost £100, it was that nice that I was tempted to get it and I hate spending £1.00 let alone £100 and a nice Green Lantern one for £75, though I am biased as I dig Green Lantern and Zod.
I purchased two photo-ops as well for £15 apiece one with Vader and one with Allison Mack (Smallvilles Chloe Sullivan), me and Vader may pass as father and son. I've been a wrestling and Smallville fan for a number of years so meeting these two was especially a nice touch to the event.
Allisons photo was at 12:30 so I avoided the Main Hall until after the photo as I probably would've been still in the que. I did intend to go to the Wrestling Legends Q&A at 2pm but lost track of time, I did however get to go to the Smallville Q&A at 4 as I had regained my bearings by then, also got Smallville Card sets for seasons 7-10 meaning I'm only missing I think one of them now.
I ventured to the Main Hall, which is where the guests were, on a number of occasions and got personalised autographs off -
Allison Mack
Big Van Vader
Rikishi
Tatanka
Chris Masters
Danny John Jules (Cat from Red Dwarf)
Chris Barrie (Rimmer from Red Dwarf)
John Chalis (Boycie from Only Fools And Horses)
It was a great event overall, with a number of fantastic people dressed up - Cap America and Winter Soldier were my favorites and a Patrick Stewart who I think was Patrick Stewart pretending to be a lookalike for a laugh. Even the rain couldn't dampen my spirits *cymbal clash*
Wales Comic Con 2015 here I come!!
Some of the pieces for sale were beautiful, there were some 3D artworks available to buy, I got a Joker one saying 'Welcome To The Madhouse' though others did tickle my fancy especially a Spiderman and Venom one. In terms of statue/busts/whatever there was a Zod one that cost £100, it was that nice that I was tempted to get it and I hate spending £1.00 let alone £100 and a nice Green Lantern one for £75, though I am biased as I dig Green Lantern and Zod.
I purchased two photo-ops as well for £15 apiece one with Vader and one with Allison Mack (Smallvilles Chloe Sullivan), me and Vader may pass as father and son. I've been a wrestling and Smallville fan for a number of years so meeting these two was especially a nice touch to the event.
Allisons photo was at 12:30 so I avoided the Main Hall until after the photo as I probably would've been still in the que. I did intend to go to the Wrestling Legends Q&A at 2pm but lost track of time, I did however get to go to the Smallville Q&A at 4 as I had regained my bearings by then, also got Smallville Card sets for seasons 7-10 meaning I'm only missing I think one of them now.
I ventured to the Main Hall, which is where the guests were, on a number of occasions and got personalised autographs off -
Allison Mack
Big Van Vader
Rikishi
Tatanka
Chris Masters
Danny John Jules (Cat from Red Dwarf)
Chris Barrie (Rimmer from Red Dwarf)
John Chalis (Boycie from Only Fools And Horses)
It was a great event overall, with a number of fantastic people dressed up - Cap America and Winter Soldier were my favorites and a Patrick Stewart who I think was Patrick Stewart pretending to be a lookalike for a laugh. Even the rain couldn't dampen my spirits *cymbal clash*
Wales Comic Con 2015 here I come!!
Monday 7 April 2014
Captain America: Winter Soldier
- Saving up for Wales Comic Con but took £7.50 out to see this.
Film starts with Steve Rogers (Cap) lapping a man named Sam Wilson many times. First big scene is when a S.H.I.E.L.D ship is taken over by Pirates but Captain America, Black Widow and some SHIELD operatives take them out, the first movie fight is Captain America Vs. Batroc (pirates leader) and Widow takes info from a computer aboard the ship as she has a different mission to Cap. Pretty good all action start to the film.
Cap is at SHIELD HQ with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) who tells Cap about 'Project: Insight', we soon see Fury again as he cant get into the files Black Widow downloaded. he asks Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford), who may be Furys boss, to arrange a vote to delay Project: Insight.
Next big moment now as there's an attempted assassination of Fury by people disguised as police. They barricade his car and fire about 1,000 bullets at it, as the cars protection is running out he gets away after using a mounted gun, they chase him but he does manage to run some over. A figure appears in the street who flips Furys car with an explosive but he has seemingly escaped underground before being killed.
Cap comes home to find Fury in his apartment. Fury tells him the place is bugged and that SHIELD is compromised, he cant reveal anymore information as he is shot by an assassin through the window, before he was shot though he did give Cap the memory Stick that Black Widow used on the ship.
Cap is now with Alexander Pierce at SHIELD HQ who tells him that Fury set the pirates onto the ship as cover whilst he stole the data (Black Widows mission). Cap leaves the office but is suspicious whilst using the lift, which is soon overcrowded by people who then turn on Cap, he manages to fight them off but did take some shots, he escapes by jumping out of the lift to the outside. Pierce tells his people that SHIELD are after Cap as he is withholding info about Fur and Captain America finds out from Black Widow that Fury was shot by 'The Winter Soldier'.
Black Widow and Cap try too again decypher the memory stick and do get some info about a place in New Jersey. When they get there Cap remembers that this is where he was trained many years ago, the place looks empty until they discover a secret basement in a hanger but all they find is a computer. As it turns out this computer is Armin Zola, who's body is dead but his mind lives on via computers. Big part of the film now as he tells them that HYDRA have infiltrated SHIELD for years at the very top, so SHIELD has never been what it was really. A missile blows the place up but our heroes survive the blast.
Captain America, Widow and Sam Wilson, who now has a machine with wings thus becoming Falcon, have a man named Jasper Sitwell cornered, he was aboard the ship and is HYDRA member, they get him to talk and the most intriguing thing for me was that he mentioned Steve Strange. They now have Jasper in a car but here's .... Winter Soldier who pulls him out. This leads to Cap/Widow/Falcon Vs. SHIELD agents, Falcon helps Cap by picking off some SHIELD agents as Winter Soldier has gone after Black Widow, she uses a voice recording as a decoy. Captain America shows up and fights with the Winter Soldier knocking his mask off in the process revealing him to be Bucky, though the Soldier doesn't know the name Bucky, who was Captain Americas best friend in the war , we did see him 'die' in Captain America: The First Avenger, the heroes are surrounded and captured but are saved in the van by an in disguise Maria Hill, she is high up in SHIELD.
She takes them to a secret place where we see Fury is still alive, hurt but alive none the less. In the meantime we see Winter Soldier having flashbacks to Captain America. Back to Fury as he tells the heroes that 3 Helicarriers will go up in the air and kill millions of people unless they can use 3 chips to change the targets. Stan Lee cameo as he plays a guard at a Captain America museum. All employees of SHIELD find out over a tannoy from Cap that HYDRA have infiltrated them. This leads to a shootout between HYDRA/SHIELD guys as Pierce is caught by an in disguise Black Widow, she puts all of SHIELD/HYDRAs info on the internet which Pierce warns her will means everyone will find out about her past.
Two of the Helicarriers have been changed leaving just one remaining. Winter Soldier manages to ground Falcon by breaking a wing leaving just him and Captain America. The fight between them seemingly ends when Cap chokes out Winter Soldier but alas when Cap goes to change the last Helicarrier he is shot but does manage to put the new chip in. We go to Nick Fury who shoots Pierce dead and now back to the Helicarrier with Cap and Soldier on, it gets shot down and part of the structure falls on Soldier but Cap saves him, Soldier returns the favour by punching Caps lights out though he refuses to kill him and ends up saving Cap after he falls into the sea as we see Winter pulling him out on to land. We also saw a SHIELD/HYDRA agent named Rumlow, who had been after Cap through the film, get pulled from a wrecked building, burnt badly but still alive none the less.
We see Balck Widow in a court and Nick Fury replacing his eye patch with shades and burning things, symbolic maybe? Black Widow gives Cap a file which when opened shows Bucky. Captain America and Falcon agree to go after him as the film ends.
Mid Credits scene showed Baron Von Strucker and two twins who weren't born with powers but given them by HYDRA, at least in this film cannon, they were Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.
- Film was fantastic as the action scenes were good but we got layers to the other characters (Fury, Widow) as SHIELD were prominent throughout the film. I'm not sure where we're heading as Fury and Widow may be in hiding, SHIELD is essentially no more and Cap is after Bucky. Will Falcon and/or Bucky show up in Avengers? I dont know about that but i'm pretty sure they'll be in Captain America 3. Also we saw Maria Hill having an interview at STARK so may be she will be in Iron Man 4, if there is one and going by the money Iron Man films have made it seems likely. Also I doubt Steve Strange was put in as a throwaway line so either he'll appear in Avengers or be in his own film, which may be a risk though I thought Iron Man was a risk at first. I'm intrigued as to where we go from here .... bring on Age Of Ultron. 9-10 / 10.
Film starts with Steve Rogers (Cap) lapping a man named Sam Wilson many times. First big scene is when a S.H.I.E.L.D ship is taken over by Pirates but Captain America, Black Widow and some SHIELD operatives take them out, the first movie fight is Captain America Vs. Batroc (pirates leader) and Widow takes info from a computer aboard the ship as she has a different mission to Cap. Pretty good all action start to the film.
Cap is at SHIELD HQ with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) who tells Cap about 'Project: Insight', we soon see Fury again as he cant get into the files Black Widow downloaded. he asks Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford), who may be Furys boss, to arrange a vote to delay Project: Insight.
Next big moment now as there's an attempted assassination of Fury by people disguised as police. They barricade his car and fire about 1,000 bullets at it, as the cars protection is running out he gets away after using a mounted gun, they chase him but he does manage to run some over. A figure appears in the street who flips Furys car with an explosive but he has seemingly escaped underground before being killed.
Cap comes home to find Fury in his apartment. Fury tells him the place is bugged and that SHIELD is compromised, he cant reveal anymore information as he is shot by an assassin through the window, before he was shot though he did give Cap the memory Stick that Black Widow used on the ship.
Cap is now with Alexander Pierce at SHIELD HQ who tells him that Fury set the pirates onto the ship as cover whilst he stole the data (Black Widows mission). Cap leaves the office but is suspicious whilst using the lift, which is soon overcrowded by people who then turn on Cap, he manages to fight them off but did take some shots, he escapes by jumping out of the lift to the outside. Pierce tells his people that SHIELD are after Cap as he is withholding info about Fur and Captain America finds out from Black Widow that Fury was shot by 'The Winter Soldier'.
Black Widow and Cap try too again decypher the memory stick and do get some info about a place in New Jersey. When they get there Cap remembers that this is where he was trained many years ago, the place looks empty until they discover a secret basement in a hanger but all they find is a computer. As it turns out this computer is Armin Zola, who's body is dead but his mind lives on via computers. Big part of the film now as he tells them that HYDRA have infiltrated SHIELD for years at the very top, so SHIELD has never been what it was really. A missile blows the place up but our heroes survive the blast.
Captain America, Widow and Sam Wilson, who now has a machine with wings thus becoming Falcon, have a man named Jasper Sitwell cornered, he was aboard the ship and is HYDRA member, they get him to talk and the most intriguing thing for me was that he mentioned Steve Strange. They now have Jasper in a car but here's .... Winter Soldier who pulls him out. This leads to Cap/Widow/Falcon Vs. SHIELD agents, Falcon helps Cap by picking off some SHIELD agents as Winter Soldier has gone after Black Widow, she uses a voice recording as a decoy. Captain America shows up and fights with the Winter Soldier knocking his mask off in the process revealing him to be Bucky, though the Soldier doesn't know the name Bucky, who was Captain Americas best friend in the war , we did see him 'die' in Captain America: The First Avenger, the heroes are surrounded and captured but are saved in the van by an in disguise Maria Hill, she is high up in SHIELD.
She takes them to a secret place where we see Fury is still alive, hurt but alive none the less. In the meantime we see Winter Soldier having flashbacks to Captain America. Back to Fury as he tells the heroes that 3 Helicarriers will go up in the air and kill millions of people unless they can use 3 chips to change the targets. Stan Lee cameo as he plays a guard at a Captain America museum. All employees of SHIELD find out over a tannoy from Cap that HYDRA have infiltrated them. This leads to a shootout between HYDRA/SHIELD guys as Pierce is caught by an in disguise Black Widow, she puts all of SHIELD/HYDRAs info on the internet which Pierce warns her will means everyone will find out about her past.
Two of the Helicarriers have been changed leaving just one remaining. Winter Soldier manages to ground Falcon by breaking a wing leaving just him and Captain America. The fight between them seemingly ends when Cap chokes out Winter Soldier but alas when Cap goes to change the last Helicarrier he is shot but does manage to put the new chip in. We go to Nick Fury who shoots Pierce dead and now back to the Helicarrier with Cap and Soldier on, it gets shot down and part of the structure falls on Soldier but Cap saves him, Soldier returns the favour by punching Caps lights out though he refuses to kill him and ends up saving Cap after he falls into the sea as we see Winter pulling him out on to land. We also saw a SHIELD/HYDRA agent named Rumlow, who had been after Cap through the film, get pulled from a wrecked building, burnt badly but still alive none the less.
We see Balck Widow in a court and Nick Fury replacing his eye patch with shades and burning things, symbolic maybe? Black Widow gives Cap a file which when opened shows Bucky. Captain America and Falcon agree to go after him as the film ends.
Mid Credits scene showed Baron Von Strucker and two twins who weren't born with powers but given them by HYDRA, at least in this film cannon, they were Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.
- Film was fantastic as the action scenes were good but we got layers to the other characters (Fury, Widow) as SHIELD were prominent throughout the film. I'm not sure where we're heading as Fury and Widow may be in hiding, SHIELD is essentially no more and Cap is after Bucky. Will Falcon and/or Bucky show up in Avengers? I dont know about that but i'm pretty sure they'll be in Captain America 3. Also we saw Maria Hill having an interview at STARK so may be she will be in Iron Man 4, if there is one and going by the money Iron Man films have made it seems likely. Also I doubt Steve Strange was put in as a throwaway line so either he'll appear in Avengers or be in his own film, which may be a risk though I thought Iron Man was a risk at first. I'm intrigued as to where we go from here .... bring on Age Of Ultron. 9-10 / 10.
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