With everything that’s going on these days, we may have
something pretty good to look forward too: another season of Young Justice.
This was one show that I felt got cut down too soon. It ended with a crapload
of stuff left to talk about. When you have the Lord of Apokalips show up in the
last minute of your show, you better do something with it! I hate it when shows
get cut off too soon. It definitely sucks when they’re just one season in. Even
when it’s lasted for a few years, something happens and it’s gone like a fart
in the wind or something.
So, here are a few shows that went away too soon. If you
notice some popular underrated shows missing, that’s because I can only do so
much. Besides, Pushing Daisies didn’t sound like my thing. There were a couple
of shows that went away before I could get invested in them like Almost Human
and a couple of others. Whether they were animated or live-action, there have
been ones that I was pretty sad to see go. The list isn’t in complete order,
but the first few are ones that I still feel jaded on.
For Thanksgiving, I was going to post something different
but this little topic recently popped into my head. This is something I’ve
wanted to blog on, so this feels like the right time to do it. Besides, there’s
probably a James Bond marathon on TV somewhere. I remember TBS or SpikeTV would
do marathons of all the James Bond movies. I’d sometimes tune in especially if
it’s one of the good ones.
If there’s one thing that always a “must have” about the
movies, it’s the theme song and opening. The visuals and the music combine to
make something that shouldn’t be missed. It’s not the visuals that folk center
on so much as it is the songs themselves. Unfortunately, someone didn’t tell
Sam Smith that with SPECTRE. I mean, the guy isn’t a bad singer, but I thought
“Writing’s On the Wall” was not a good one. I think Smith’s style wasn’t to my
liking there with that whining he does. So, here are my 11 favorite Bond theme
songs. I’m also including the instrumental ones too. They’re also not in order
favorite-wise but you’ll know what I think are the best of these bunch.
So... this week's been somewhat interesting. By the way, the title isn't referring to the election though it could go that way. I actually dressed up as the Shadow for this Halloween. I'm not the biggest fan of the character, but the costume's cool and kind of cheap to pull off if you have a suit. Anyway, things are good. I just got off of a small break from work. If you want to know my quick thoughts on the results of the election, it's at the bottom. Now onto other Random Thoughts!
The Mini-Vacation
So, on my mini-vacation... I didn't do anything. I went back to Pulaski and just hung down there for a few days. I'm glad my folks live in the country. Of course, there were the cows, goats, and baby goats to tend to. I also caught up on some reading. I've started to play an old-school RPG called Chrono Trigger. I've had it on my PS3 for months and I've started to really get into it. No wonder I downloaded it! So far, it's pretty good.
Movies
Back in March, I posted a list of movies I wanted to see in theatres or when they came out. I've only seen a few of them in theaters and others I didn't plan on seeing.
Race – I still haven't seen this biopic on Jesse Owens yet. I plan to though.
Deadpool – I still haven't seen it yet. My sister said it was funny
Zootopia – I saw it on Netflix. It was actually pretty good. It had good animation, nice characters, good comedy, and a nice message.
10 Cloverfield Lane - I haven't seen it yet.
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice – I've talked about this enough here. It was good even though it had some noticable flaws.
Miles Ahead – I haven't gotten around to this one yet.
Captain America: Civil War – I saw this on opening weekend. I thought it was pretty good. It had a lot to juggle with and it succeeded for the most part. It was a better retelling of that event and it introduced Black Panther and Spider-Man well. The villain wasn't that bad either. Other than a couple of quibbles, it was good.
X-Men: Apocalypse – Shockingly, I haven't seen this one yet. I haven't had the time. I'll do it one day and I may even talk about my old idea of a movie involving Apocalypse.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – I didn't see it and judging by the recent Nostalgia Critic/AVGN/Black Nerd team-up, I don't need to.
Warcraft – Skipped it.
Independence Day: Resurgence – I saw this with a friend one Sunday afternoon. It wasn't good. It was nice to see some of the old faces (even Brent Spiner?), but the younger cast didn't do it for me. The first was much better even with its flaws. This movie was a decade too late.
Jason Bourne – I haven't gotten to this yet.
The Legend of Tarzan – I'll check this out soon
Ghostbusters – I actually saw this with the family in Columbia. While it had its funny moments, it's another needless reboot. Had it been an actual sequel (and written better), I would have better things to say about it. At least it was funny.
Suicide Squad – I saw this on opening weekend. I did like it but had its problems. I'll probably talk about this later when it's released.
Doctor Strange – This was pretty good. It's another Marvel origin but it is better than most of the lot.
Shin Godzilla - I talked about this here too. It was a nice re-introduction to Godzilla.
Women
As for this subject... it's a work in progress as usual.
Well, that's all I got for now. I've got a few things I want to get through with before the end of the year. Hopefully, I can do that. For now, Peace, God Bless, and be careful out there. Oh yeah, here's what I posted.
The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of my favorite video
game franchises. It mixes in spy games with scifi and some real world issues.
The stories throw in a lot of things to ponder about. It’s kind of like a
thinking man’s franchise. You definitely get that with MGS2. It’s
talked about society, hidden government groups, conspiracies, the invasiveness
of technology, politics, and people not getting their hopes up. If you know
anything about Hal “Otacon” Emmerich, that last point comes up a lot for that
cool but lonely nerd.
While Metal Gear is awesome though a bit convoluted, they
just had to get weird with us. It may be Japanese culture or it’s that
just the creators being weird. Whatever it is, I don’t know. Hideo Kojima threw
some weird moments into the franchise and I’ll quickly talk about the ones that
popped out to me. They were at times funny, random, unsettling, and overall
weird. I got 10 of them, so this should do it for me. Also, I will spoil some
things here but not everything, so let’s start out with literal toilet humor.
Well, I hope y’all had a safe Halloween. I was at work doing
my thing as usual. Yes, I’m a little late on this one. It was actually a pretty
busy weekend. Next up on this week’s edition of Monster Talk, here are the
Wolf-Man movies and the “monster team-ups.” Unlike Frankenstein, Dracula, and
the Invisible Man, the Wolf Man wasn’t based on a book. He shares that
distinction with a couple of other monsters.
I first saw the Wolf Man as well as the Frankenstein Monster
through Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man years ago. I actually didn’t see the movie, The
Wolf Man, until later. I think I also saw Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein
around that time too. I saw House of Frankenstein on AMC when they did a
marathon of the movies. As for House of Dracula, I just recently watched it for
the first time a couple of nights ago. I had seen snippets of it online, though.
I also did a re-watch with the others.
