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I like to draw and write jokes I never tell. I also do some design things. I over see visual things professionally. I would love to work on your project.
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- Dec 06, 11
This mornings start put me in quite a melancholy mood.
Reminded me how this song would make me feel.
- Dec 06, 11
This mornings start put me in quite a melancholy mood.
Reminded me how this song would make me feel.
- Nov 09, 11
I was home today sick. I hate being sick because I can't stand feeling trapped. I can't go anywhere. Can only work a little bit. I feel less productive.
So being forced to slow down really frustrates me. There is much to do and being down tends to stress me out more.
I hope to feel better soon. I do know like feeling idle.
- Nov 08, 11
Not feeling well.
But i wanted to blog about how people say legit too much.
Look uo the definition. The next time somebody says that "bro that is legit, be like nope." I mean MC Hammer was 2 Legit 2 Quit, and that kind of blew up.
PS please Hammer, don't hurt 'em ( me )
All i got.
- Nov 06, 11
Oh Sunday, you always convict me.
Some people would think that a person who works at a church would have it all together, or at least be half way decent.
I am listening to my pastor just rip me unknowingly. Specks in eyes and secret thoughts in the heart. All the truth that makes me want to just vomit it all out.
If I actually acted on the things in my head, most of you would probably unfriend me on facebook. How often am I processing my thoughts through Jesus? I find myself trying to sneak around him. Knowing what he thinks. Then walking around that corner where i think he will not be. But he is.
I do not want to be an abuser of grace. I want grace. I need it, but I will not abuse it.
Greatfully, I never act out of my thoughts. My conviction is strong. And God's grace is stronger.
Back to the message, Pastor Matt drops the amazingly easy solution to our issues...
Read Gods word.
"already you are clean because the word that i have spoken to you" JOHN 15.5
If you have read this, please own that.
- Nov 05, 11
As of November 1st not only have I begun to committ to the #novemberblogfest, i have also begun a manly journey. A journey that may seem impossible to some. A journey unattainable by others. But for me, I am going to climb the mountain that is...The Beard of The Winters! From the first if November to the darkest nights of February, I vow to grow the most manliest of facial adornment i have ever attempted.I can never make it passed the first month and a half, but this year seems right.
So support me friends. I am five days in. The Beard of The Winters is upon us (or me).
- Nov 04, 11
I want to do quick sketches or something of the like for my Friday entries. So I asked my son what he wanted me to draw. He said draw Batman and Robin tonight. So whatever Asher asks, you will recieve. About 5 minutes. - Nov 04, 11
Tonight me and Asher played "Batman's House", which is when I get to have some good quality time with my son. We play in his Batcave where Batman hosts partys and serves tacos to his buddys. Sometimes Mr.Freeze shows up with the Riddler and they crash the party. It is good times.
Asher always has all the superheroes announce who they are to each other."HI SUPARMAN! I'M BATMAAAN!""I AM ROBIN. I'MA GET PENGUIN!""FLASH FAST. PESHHHUUUW!"Everybody has the same deep voice in Asher's world. And the desire to be known apparently.These are the favorite parts of my days.I will really miss this as he grows older. - Nov 03, 11
Day two of this #novemberblogfest has found me less than an hour to go and not an idea to move on.
Already the obstacles have been thrust in front of me and I can not think of which one to tackle first.
I still have a side project that needs attention and the heaviest eyes I have felt in awhile.
But this would keep me up all night if I did not post.
So I will describe my environment as much as possible. An open macbook and macbook pro staring at me as I stare back at them. Watchmen on the TV to keep me awake and my phone near by to wake me up if I fall asleep. Completely unhealthy, I know. But one thing I am hoping to gain from this blogging exercise is a new found discipline that I need to get back.
So those that are apart of this, I ask for encouragement and kind words.
All of my spaces between thought may bug you, but that is all I have tonight is thoughts. Peace of Jesus to you my friends. - Nov 02, 11
Wow.I almost missed this. I wanted to start blogging again, but I have not been motivated. My friend Andrew invited me to be apart of the #novemberblogfest, so I felt obligated to participate.
I hate feeling obligated, maybe recruited is a better term. Recruited to fight the lull that I feel in ny life.
I hope that by doing this it will motivate me in some other areas. I really want to get in better shape, read more, do more creative projects outside of work and maybe write some music. I am sad that i was not able to do a little sketch here for my first post, but i literally typing on my phone while lying in bed.
I am just dead tired from the weekend and feel exhausted. I can hear Breakfast at Tiffanys on the TV in the living room and my son opening up DVD cases. Curious as to what is going on in my wife and son's minds.
My mind is overloaded with work things, Puss in Boots, houses, counseling sessions and if my copy of Aquaman #2 will be in at comic book store tomorrow.
All of these things have varying levels of importance, but are swishing around for focus in my head. I am going to read some scripture and call it a night.
I attatched a pic from Trunk N Treat last night. Batman, Robin and The Riddler.
- Jun 19, 11
I have not blogged since September.
Today we celebrate fathers all over the world. Or is it just an American thing? Let me check...ok it is celebrated worldwide. Thanks wikipedia.
For me it serves as a reminder to my responsibility as a father. The moment that child shows up to the party, your whole purpose shifts.So to all the awesome poppas out there, thank you so much.To the rest of you, the future is in your hands. Your kids will ultimately become what you do or do not teach them.Its a hardline to walk though. How strict do I have to be? How often do I let things slide? What is the line between friend and father.I do not know.So the whole 2 years of experience I have on the job I have gathered this:It all comes down to time. That is what is going to matter the most. You can not get it back. My son just turned two years old yesterday. Only two i know, but I feel like he was just born. I remember his birthday last year where he could barely walk without stumbling and now he pulls of acrobatic feats of amazement daily.So we as dads need to invest. Personal time is good. Time with your wife is good. But it is so important to give your kids that time. I hate when I get home really late and my time is limited with Asher. We used to be pretty strict with that timeline thing. In bed by 8.30pm! But if it is a day where I get home at 7.45...you know what? Forget it. I would rather stay up later playing with my son so he can experience his dad loving on him. He takes naps. He can catch up on sleep, but he can not catch up on the time we won't have if I check out when I get home. The flip side is coming home earlier. I try and I am working on it. I am by no means the perfect father, husband or man. I fail all the time, but I am trying. I need to try harder everyday because Asher is going to see how his dad behaves and acts and will mimic that all his life.The biggest problem with society right now is the lack of responsibility. Fun is great. Have fun. But have fun needs to be redirected as a dad. 4 hours of HALO on XBOX 360 can not happen anymore. You need to play Lego Batman now. With your son. After homework.Adapt.Another thing...Men! If you do not have kids of your own, but are clearly someone with common sense and wisdom please mentor some kids. Get involved in youth or children's ministry. A community program. Something! There are so many kids who desire to have some kind of role model. If not they are going to learn from somebody else who is willing to invest in them. And they are going to poison them.So you may be asking how do I get some help?Dude!
EPHESIANS 6.4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.That is just one nugget. I am speaking to myself as well as others. When you are clueless as to what to do, ask God. He is your Father and a great Father gives you wisdom.Peace.I owe it to him to be the best father I can. - Sep 23, 10
Here are some pictures of my son this morning. He has been sick and was sleeping really well. When he woke up about 30 minutes ago, I had to snap some shots of him looking crazy. Love this little dude.
- Aug 15, 10
Thought I would do a comic book review on the old blog for giggles.
Maybe I should be reviewing something I liked, but this is more of a commentary than a review.Most of you know Batman is my favorite character, followed closely by the Green Lantern(s).But Superman. He inspires me. The strange visitor who adopted Earth to serve and protect it.Recently the character was fighting this big war on a "new" Krypton. He was aligned with the Kryptonians who eventually aimed their focus on attacking Earth. Superman protects his adoptive world. Now that the war is over and Superman is back on Earth. People are questioning him to see if his loyalties are with Earth or with the bad Kryptonians who were going to assault the planet. He assures Earth that his interests will always be to watch over the planet.That is a pretty interesting concept. Trusting Superman. If you can't trust Superman, then who can you trust?I wish that this concept would be fleshed out some more, but sadly DC Comics is going a different direction. At the end of Superman #700, there is a news conference where Supes' assures the wold he is still in love with us, a lady blames Superman for her husbands death from a brain tumor. Then she slaps him in the face.Ehhh...since when has Superman been curing brain tumors? And why didn't her hand shatter after slapping Superman?So Superman #701 he decides he wants to get in touch with real people again by walking across the United States. The rest of the issue is pretty much Superman meets Forrest Gump. Just walking. Superman does have a pretty cool scene where he talks with a lady who is about to commit suicide and promises her he won't try and catch her, he just talks to her. She then walks down.Thanks Superman!Issue #702 starts out like one of those free comics you get as a kid in the 80's where the superhero's are playing catch with you and the Batman gives you a hostess fruit pie. Except here Superman is playing basketball with some ballers in Detroit. Oh yeah, there is a Steve Urkell looking kid who is not picked to play, so Superman makes the guys use him. In the end Superman makes Urkell look like he owned him in hoops, and the guys all clown Superman.After reading those few pages I questioned myself. "Did I just read 4 pages of Superman playing basketball and let Steve Urkell beating him?" I then wished that Braniac would attack and vaporize that Urkell kid. Just so Superman would throw a punch! I felt like i was watching Superman Returns here. I would be so pissed if I saw Superman playing basketball. "Hey man! Go stop an asteroid or something!"As Superman walks down some more streets, in some more neighborhoods, he meets some aliens who are living amongst us. After a minor altercation we learn they have a talent at healing people and finding dogs(?), Superman tells them they should help other's with this gift or they need to leave earth. They then tell Superman he is an alien too. He responds with a 'yeah that's just how it was back then' response and tells them they need to leave unless they can contribute to society somehow.After this Superman meets an old guy who used to work in a car manufacturing plant who is now just security. He also is really sick. We know this because he coughs a lot when he talks. Superman knows this because he is expected to inform everybody of their medical issues now. (remember the lady with the husband and the brain tumor? Remind me to ask Superman about my left knee. It hurts when it's cold) So Superman walks off and the old man collapses. If only there were some aliens nearby who could heal people...and locate dogs!My goal here is to try and get some new people reading good comics. So try our Grant Morrison's way awesome epic ALL STAR SUPERMAN or Geoff Johns' great SUPERMAN LAST SON, These are a couple Superman stories from the last few years I like a whole lot and golly gee you should check them out. =)Anyhow no need to spoil the rest. I really was hoping J. Michael Straczynski (who is a great writer) was going to make Superman interesting again, but I fear he is in the long line of people who just can't grasp him.Go watch the old Superman shorts from the 1940s by Fleischer Studios. Those are Superman. Fighting robots, handling some business and flying off. Superman does not need to relate to humans. He already does. He grew up raised by them. He understands them. He just needs to save them from robots, the Legion of Doom and Darkseid. And I guess brain tumors... - Aug 05, 10A couple weeks ago I took some of my volunteers out to Los Angeles to check out Gallery 1988 on Melrose. They were showing the Crazy About Cult exhibit. All the movies you love from The Goonies and Pee-wee's Big dventure to the Iron Giant (yay) and all the Tim Burton movies you love. It is interesting to see how a film can inspire an artist to put there feelings and memories onto canvas and contribute to the culture.One of my faves was the Sic Transit Gloria piece from Rushmore. Such a great idea. Enjoy the slide show. Song by the New Division. Check them out too.
- Jun 30, 10
as we have moved our offices, there have been a few little bugs.
the air conditioning not working. printers not working. construction.
my emotions have been all over the place. excited.happy. ugh.bitter.frustrated.hot.sweet!So in reading 1 Peter 3.8_22, it puts my mind into perspective.Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.10 For Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;11 let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.I pray that I remember this bunch of scripture when I am feeling like a creep-a-zoid, God has blessed us so much and I need to keep his goodness and blessings in perspective and not see them as inconvenience. - May 11, 10
My buddy just sent me this video by the Michael Gungor Band.
I know your surfing the inter webs today, and you should really take the time to watch this video. It is so well done. Such a creative idea. They actually did the stop motion with felt. That is a brilliant idea considering all the felt board Bible stories we were exposed to as children.Please watch and be blessed. - May 11, 10I guess the people love them some IRON MAN.The sequel to 2008's IRON MAN is out and it's a great time the movies, with some minor flaws. But we expect that of sequels right? They don't quite recapture magic that got us excited to see the first one. I think that is part of it though With IRON MAN, the excitement was this new character most of us have never really seen before or at least heard of his story. So now that we know who he is, it's time to find out where he is going.In IRON MAN 2 Robert Downey Jr. is back as Tony Stark, billionaire industrialist owner of Stark Enterprises. He just happens to be the super hero everybody loves, Iron Man!In the sequel the government is wanting Tony to turn over the "Iron Man" weapon, which he is vehemently against in a great scene where Downey Jr goes up against Gary Shandling, It is scenes like these that make IRON MAN 2 so entertaining. Tony swears that the technology to create the suit is 10 years out of anyone else's reach and they don't need to worry about the tech falling into the wrong hands. You can't help but love Tony Stark. Even though he is kind of an ego maniac. Also involved is another weapons manufacture, Justin Hammer, played with amazing annoyance by Sam Rockwell. He is nothing like Tony Stark but wants to be him desperately. Not smooth at all. But fun to watch. He is like the obnoxious guy at a party who desperately wishes he were the life of the party.Back is Tony Stark's best pal in the world, Lt. Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes. This time played by a more self assured Don Cheadle. Thankfully Terrance Howard was given the boot. He was the worst part of the first IRON MAN film in my opinion. For a dude who is supposed be War Machine, he sure was a whiney dude. Loved Cheadle. His shining moments were toward the end of the film. He has got some interesting story arc's coming his way if they stay to what the comic books have paved the road for. Look forward to more WAR MACHINE action!Besides the US of A wanting the IRON MAN armor for their own deeds that are dirty, there is another person who has a grudge with Tony Stark, and that is Russian Ivan Venko. He is kind of the polar opposite of Tony. Where Tony Stark may have had the golden spoon, Ivan had the iron bars. His father had some history with Stark's pops and in there is where Venko's obsession to destroy Stark takes flight. He is able to create a similar suit to Iron Mans, thought not as sophisticated, that gets the attention of Stark and the government. Which makes Uncle Sam that much more anxious to get the IRON MAN suit for themselves.Soon Justin Hammer is involved with Drako, and I will let you see how that unfolds.Back is Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Tony Starks assistant and sort of love interest. She plays the part great again. The perfect balance of damsel and strong willed lady friend. In the film she gets promoted and the search is on for a new assistant, in comes Scarlett Johansson as Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff aka The Black Widow. She gets the part, which is all part of the plan anyway, as she is working with Nick Fury played again by Sam Jackson. He popped up in the last film after the credits offering IRON MAN an opportunity to join the Avenger initiative. Anyway, he has The Black Widow getting a closer look at who Tony Stark really is. She also has one of the sweetest action scenes in the movie.Speaking of the Avengers, there is a lot more build up to that movie that is coming in 2012. They are setting it up really nicely. Since the 1st IRON MAN and the amazing THE INCREDIBLE HULK, the theatrical MARVEL UNIVERSE is on it's way.Back to the movie. There is some interesting themes going on here. Legacy. Duty. Identity. I wish the movie was a half hour longer, i think it could have been a little bit more meaty. I felt it was light hearted where it needed it, but just little more weight would have been great. My biggest complaint was the ending battle. I think it could have been a bit more epic instead of the care bear stare I think it turned into. There is a scene where Tony Stark is becoming a bit unhinged with all the spotlight and the health risk his suits energy are causing him. It shows a glimmer of the alcohol issue that was shown in the comics. I wish it was delved into a bit more. That is where WAR MACHINE steps up to the plate.Bottom line is IRON MAN 2 is a good fun time at the movies. I saw it at the mid night screening with 4 sold out crowds who cheered all the way through. When it comes to the comic book films, it really only matters if you please the fans. If you do, chances are you did it right. If you try to cater to casual movie watcher you alienate your built in audience and water down a character to make them more appealing with out letting the character work for you. Watch last summers GI JOE for that. I am still bummed about that train wreck.Don't leave during the credits. A thunderous surprise awaits!
- Apr 29, 10You may not know much about Hal Jordan. But in about a year you will. Thats when the GREEN LANTERN movie starring Ryan Reynolds hits theaters.Hal Jordan is a Green Lantern. THE Green Lantern if you talk to most. He is part of an intergalactic space police force. He was given a ring because he is strong willed and knows no fear. He was assigned the space sector of 2814, which includes Earth and surrounding areas. The ring will create hard light constructs of anything the user imagines. Giant robot. boxing glove. Whatever you want. So if you think of your Aunt Beatrice vacuuming up your worst enemy, that is what the ring will do. You charge your ring with your lantern, which is a power battery. A charge lasts about 24 hours, or what is equivalent to that time in power usage. The rings were created by the Guardians of the Universe. Little blue men with a power trip.Hal Jordan is also a hot shot test pilot. That is exactly what he was doing when he received his ring. Another Green Lantern was dying, Abin Sur, and his ring was searching for a replacement. Hal was the closest person who met the requirements. Although it was almost Guy Gardner. More on him later.Once Hal got his ring he was taken to the planet Oa where he was trained by season veteran GL, Thaal Sinestro. Sinestro was not a big fan of Hal at first. There seems to be a prejudice towards earth men amongst the alien Green Lantern Corps. Eventually Sinestro turns evil and arch nemesis of Green Lanterns.There were some other GL of Earth. The second runner up was Guy Gardner, a football coach who because of a bad accident got a really bad personality change. (he is my favorite) He is the obnoxious character you love to hate. He has toned down a bit recently, but still has his rough edge. Batman is not a fan of him. John Stewart was the 3rd GL of earth when Hal took a leave of absence. He was a former marine and architect. He met a sweet alien lady named Katma Tui who was a GL as well. She died and John was kind of sort of involved with her whole planet exploding. Sucks to be him. He was the GL they used on the animated JUSTICE LEAGUE show.
Another Green Lantern was Alan Scott. He was the FIRST. Though not a member of the corps, he was tied in to the same power the guardians used. He came across his lantern and was instructed to weld a ring out of it. He then became known as the Green Lantern. He fought with the Justice Society in the 1940s and in Word War 2. He is an honorary member of the Green Lantern Corps.Hal Jordan's story goes on until his home town of Coast City, California is blown up by the evil alien ( why are they so evil all the time? ) Mongul and the Cyborg Superman impostor. (when Superman died, 4 people came back claiming to be him. The cyborg was one of them. He was evil though. Again with the evil!) This shook Jordan to his core and he actually felt a bit of fear. This caused an impurity in the ring which caused him to be infected by Parallax. This persona took over Hal Jordan and he soon went on a murderous rampage, killing many Green Lanterns and the Guardians of the Universe. So no more Green Lantern Corp.With the power Jordan had as Parallax, he tried to restart the dawn of time, which pissed off a lot of super hero types. So they beat him at that game. Later Earths sun was dying off, so as a way to redeem himself, Jordan reignited the sun with all he had to save the world. He was given a heros funeral and all remembered the good he did, except Batman who never really trusted Hal once he went nuts.Enter the Specter. Gods wrath. He needed a new host, and with a new host comes the need to right some wrongs. Hal Jordan had a few of his to set right since the whole Parallax thing. So for a time Hal became the new Specter. Punishing those who needed punishing and at the same time balancing out the sins he had done to others. It's comics, not theology people.As all this is happening, there is no Green Lantern Corps anymore. But there is one ring left and one guardian. His name is Ganthet and he gives the ring to the first person he sees. That lucky guy is artist Kyle Rayner. The last Green Lantern. For a while at least.Kyle was a great GL for a good while. Kind of got compared to Hal a lot, and got all the rookie jokes thrown at him, but he made a name for himself and earned the respect of his colleagues. Even Batman liked him.Though as a GL you have some issues. It seems most of the ladies Kyle got involved with, got dead too. So that was a looming issue.As an artist he has some of the coolest light constructs, compared to the beams and bubbles of most Green Lanterns.Soon Kyle became ION, which meant he was the holder of the green flame that powered the Green Lantern power an was able to restart the corps with that. Even rebirthing the guardians. But that caused some ruckus...which leads to...There was some distress with the Specter. An internal fight between Parallax and the Specter developed and yadda yadda yadda...Hal Jordan is back. Along with Hal, Guy Gardner and John Stewart get their rings back again. Kyle is with them as well. They set out to restart the Corps again.So much more, but that is the gist of it Now read some comics! - Apr 28, 10He is known as the Caped Crusader. The World's Greatest Detective. The Dark Knight. Part of the Dynamic Duo with Robin. Member of the Worlds Finest with Superman. He is the super hero Batman or masked vigilante The Batman, depending on how you view him. He is known as my favorite.As a kid I loved the 1960's TV show reruns. To me it was the most serious of shows ever. Batman and Robin would go out and defend Gotham City and the world from the likes of the Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman, The Penguin and more nefarious rogues than you can throw a batarang at.Then there was the legacy of Super Powers animated shows, from the Super-Friends to Super Powers Galactic Guardians. Loved watching my hero in action.Then something happened in 1989. Tim Burtons BATMAN film came out and my mind exploded. Why was Batman all in black? Where was Robin? This was the coolest thing I could ever have witnessed. I could not get over the visuals. Mind you, I never even saw it in theaters. I had to put the story together from the trading cards I would buy from the ice cream man. I spent enough money on them my parents should have just took me to the theater. Regardless I finally watched it on video tape when it was released in the fall of 1989. I knew everything that was about to happen, but it was beautiful. I still feel the excitement.All these year's later, I still love the idea of Batman.The determination. The code of ethics. The gadgets. The crazy mythology that surrounds him.Bruce Wayne at the age of eight, witnesses his parents mugging and murder right before his eyes. He then swears to avenge their deaths and do all he can so that this never happens to anyone else.That's the basic premise. Throw in the billion dollar inheritance, and you have a lot of time and resources to start your own war on crime.Batman has the reputation as a loner at times, but he really is not. He makes up for his loss of biological family, with inherited family. As much as Alfred is his loyal butler, he is more akin to an adoptive father. Similar to that is his relationship with Commissioner Jim Gordon. ( who I think knows Batman is Bruce Wayne, but never let's on that he in in the know ) Then you have the Robin's. The first he took in because similar tragedy fell upon young Dick Grayson. He became Bruce Wayne's ward and later adopted son. As he outgrew the Robin mantle, he became Nightwing. The second Robin was Jason Todd. He was killed by the Joker. Third Robin, Tim Drake, who is arguably the most popular and first to not have to wear the elf suit (it was a circus uniform) was also adopted by Bruce Wayne as both his parents were taken from him. There is a scene in a comic where Tim Drake ponders if that is the rite of passage of truly becoming Robin. There was a fourth Robin, Stephanie Brown the first female, for a moment when the Tim Drake was "fired" for a bit. She is now Batgirl. Speaking of Batgirl, Jim Gordons daughter was the first Batgir. She was taken out of that role when the Joker ( he is always involved ) shoots her in the spine, crippling her. She is now an information broker called the Oracle. A second Batgirl came on scene. Cassandra Cain was highly skilled and trained by some who trained Bruce Wayne on his path to becoming Batman. She struggled with the no killing code that Batman has put in place, eventually her moral code lined up. Though she resigned. That brings you back to Stephanie Brown. There is a Batwoman, but she bores me.In addition to the Bat-family, there are the associated teams Batman belongs to. First off the Justice League of America. This is for the best of the best. Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Martian Manhunter...if you have a sweet logo emblazoned upon your chest, you belong. There is also the Outsiders, which he led for a bit when stepping down from the JLA.All of that means nothing to some of you, as your only aware of what you have seen in film. As special as Batman from 1989 is, it's not the best of the Batman films. 1992's BATMAN RETURNS was excellent visually, but as Batman story not quite up to par. BATMAN FOREVER got a bit too bright for my tastes, with over acting by Jim Carrey and a terrible version of Two-Face by Tommy Lee Jones. We won't talk about BATMAN & ROBIN.Now 2005 Christopher Nolan's BATMAN BEGINS got it right. That film is epic, just like Batman deserves. Follow that up with the masterpiece of THE DARK KNIGHT, you have some great renditions on film to pull from. They work so well because the filmmakers respected the source material. There are so many elements pulled from the comics, that you can't lose. You have to keep Batman who he is. That is where the old series of films missed it. A third installment is coming in 2012.Batman's has over 70 years of history and many more to come. Here are some stories you should check out if your interested.
- Apr 28, 10Matt Murdock's whole life is full of opposites. He is a lawyer. Yet he breaks the law every single night as the vigilante of Hell's Kitchen, DAREDEVIL! He is a devout Catholic, yet he adorns himself in the image of a devil. And the most contrasting thing about him is his acute sense of aim and precision in his fighting style, amazing since he is blind!When Matt Murdock was a boy, he selflessly saved an elderly man who was crossing the street. The oncoming truck that almost hit him, swerved and hit the breaks, which caused it to launch a canister of chemicals into the face of the young kid. This was the type of behavior that earned Matt the nickname of "Daredevil". Back to the chemicals. They covered his entire face and blinded him. What seems to have robbed him of his sight has also given him super heightened senses everywhere else.For example he can smell your sent. He can read text by feeling it on printed materials. Can tell if your lying because your heart rate changes. (pretty sweet for a lawyer!) He is also a master martial artist. He trained with the ninja master only known as "Stick" as well as being round his father who was a professional boxer. As a kid, he was murdered by the mob. Which is what gives Daredevil his motivation to become a lawyer and vigilante superhero.You may be familiar with Daredevil by the so-so 2003 film starring Ben Affleck. Was not that awful of a movie, but select scenes really drag it down. Especially the "fight" in the playground with Elektra. I blame the director who's only other film at the time was "Simon Birch" look it up. Affleck did an ok job, but if he was the fan that he said he was I think he should have challenged the story a bit.Daredevil is one of my favorites. It is such an original concept, you can not help but be intrigued by his storyline.If you want some good Daredevil readin' I really suggest the following:
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