Peter’s picks with comics and flicks

11/21/2015

 

This month’s flick to pick:

Spawn (1997)

 

Plot:

Based on the comic book series by Todd McFarlane, when soldier Al Simmons (played by Michael Jai White, Black Dynamite) is gunned down by his fellow soldiers and his superior officer, Jason Winn (played by Martin Sheen, The Amazing Spider-Man), he is sent to hell to become its general in the army against heaven. Five years later, he becomes a satanic superhero trying to protect his ex-wife and her new family and save the world from Winn and the devil’s right hand man, a fat blue faced clown demon known only as the Violator (played by John Lugizamo, Super Mario Brothers: the movie).

 

My opinion on this:

Despite all the negative comments that many people who have seen this movie say about it, my only problem with this movie is its crappy CGI and confusing plot.

Now I know this was made in 1997, and CGI wasn’t all that, but the effects in Spawn make the 1998 Godzilla or the 2003 Hulk look half descent. From the hero’s flowing red cape to half assed mouth movements of the main villain, the CGI looks too much like a video game based movie like “Mortal Kombat 2”.

Other than that, the character development of Spawn is portrayed very perfectly. Michael Jai White really took the tragic comic book character and really brought him to life.

The plot, however, is a whole different ballgame.

I’ve never read or even picked up a single Spawn comic in my life. So maybe I should have read at least the first one before seeing this movie.

The main problem I have with this plot is the bad guys’ evil plan to destroy the world. First the Violator wants Spawn to kill Jason Winn, but the Violator is also helping Jason Winn destroy the entire world. It’s just too confusing for me to even explain.

Basically, if you see this movie on TV or on Netflix, give it a watch. It may be a bit confusing and poorly animated, but it’s got good character development and awesome action sequences.

 

My rating: J Somewhat Good

Hello, everybody, it’s me Peter Lawless again. As you probably all know, I like the Avengers movies and the Star Trek franchise. Today I recently thought of what it would be like to see various Star Trek characters assume the roles of various Avenger superheroes.

So without any hesitation, I present to you…

The Top 10 STAR TREK Characters that would make good doubles for the AVENGERS

Author’s note:

For this list, I’ve picked various characters from both the Original Series and the Next Generation timelines. Also, this list doesn’t have all of the Avengers and I’m only picking the good guys. Mainly because I’m thinking of another list for Star Trek/Avengers villain combinations.

 

10. Data as The Vision

Why?: When you really think about it, Data and Vision are pretty much similar. They are both Artificial Intelligence who are fascinated by humanity and try to become more human than were made for.

 

9. Worf as Thor

Why?: Like with Data and Vision, Worf and Thor are similar. Both come from civilizations obsessed with honor and warrior values. The only difference between them is that Klingon society is a bit more violent than Asgardian society.

 

8. Spock as The Hulk

Why?: I know this matchup seems a bit… illogical (I’m sorry, I couldn’t resistJ). However, it would be pretty awesome to see the most calm, cool and collected alien in all of science fiction to suddenly turn into the angriest superhero in comic book history. Since Spock is half human, he has trouble repressing his emotions. Throw in a little gamma radiation incident on the Enterprise, and you’ve got one “Hulkin’ Vulcan” (Man, I’m on a roll todayJ).

 

7. Geordi LaForge as War Machine

Why?: LaForge is an engineer with a visor and cybernetic eyes. War Machine is basically a military man with a awesome suit of armor. Put them together, and you’ve got a recipe for success.

 

6. Kira Nerys as Black Widow

Why?: Honestly, I was going to give this role to Beverly Crusher and then to Tasha Yar, but Kira Nerys is a lot tougher than both of them. Both Black Widow and Kira Nerys can kick butt and also solve problems without the assistance of men to help them.

 

5. Deanna Troi as Scarlet Witch

Why?: Troi can read people’s minds while Scarlet Witch can control and mess up people’s minds. With the Witch’s powers, Troi could use her advanced empathic abilities to fool enemies.

 

4. Benjamin Sisko as Sergeant Fury

Why?: Sisko is a natural leader, so it would make since that he is the leader of this “Avengerprise” (I just can’t turn off the bad puns, folksJ). All jokes aside, Sisko and Fury can both get things done. Even if it means violating their orders or prime directives.

 

3. Bones McCoy as Ant-Man

Why?: I don’t know why I choose Bones as Ant-Man. Maybe I was just out of ideasL.

 

2. William Riker as Iron Man

Why?: What can I say? Chicks dig heroic guys with beards, Nuff saidJ!!!

 

1.              James Kirk as Captain America

Why?: both Captains truly represent heroic courage and leadership in their own movies. If you were to combine these two, the whole universe would be safe.

 

Do you like my list? Do you think I missed any combinations?

If you do like my list or have your own combo ideas, leave a comment in the section below and I’ll post it on my next blog.

 

And don’t worry, the next list I publish won’t have that many puns in itJ.

Hello everybody, it’s me Peter Lawless. As we all know, Halloween is just around the corner and with it comes the news that a new “Halloween” movie is coming out soon. While the whole plot is unknown at this time, this sequel (or reboot) will feature the Shape of all evil himself, Michael Myers returning to the silver screen which is a pretty big deal since his last movie sucked like a flavorless lollipop that was dropped on the ground. So I started thinking, if this new moive does well with the box office, the fans and the critics, what other sequels will be on the horizon?

So for this list, I’ve made various titles from some of the sequels that I hope we might and might not be getting in the next few years.

Without any hesitation or rational thought, I proudly present:

 

Halloween: the “Shape” of things to come-

Five of the many sequels from the near future

Note: these sequels are just parodies and are nto actually being made by Hollywood. Although, the way Hollywood thinks of movies these days, we’ll probably be seeing some of these bad ideas on the silver screen someday.

 

Halloween 13: Michael versus Jason

Tagline: Two evils finally meet

Plot: When Michael follows his niece Jamie Lloyd to her summer camp which is Camp Crystal Lake, he runs into Jason Voorhees and the two both fight each other for who gets to kill all the people at the camp. Hey, this was bound to happen sometime.

 

Halloween 16: Michael takes Chicago

Plot: Haddonfield wasn’t enough!!! This time, Michael takes his murderous rampage to the biggest city in his home state of Illinois.

 

Halloween 18: Michael versus Michael

Plot: This Halloween, it’s “Thriller” against Killer!!! Michael sneaks into Michael Jackson’s compound where he encounters the spirit of Michael Jackson and the two have a fight.

 

Halloween 25: Christmastime is Fear

Plot: Evil comes home, for the holidays!!! Michael goes into a coma and misses his chance for another Halloween killing spree. So what does he do? He takes his killing spree on Christmas of course.

 

Halloween 31: The Death of Michael Myers

Plot: This time, we actually mean it!!! With 31 movies under his belt, Michael Myers finally gets shot in fifteen times in the chest, while he falls off a cliff with a rope around his neck and hangs himself over a functioning wood chipper that tears him to pieces.

 

Do you like these ideas for future sequels? What do you think would make an interesting Halloween sequel?

Leave your idea in the comments section and I will post it on my next blog entry.

 

-Peter Lawless J

10/16/2015

Hello everyone, it’s me Peter Lawless again. For the past few days, I’ve heard rumors about the proposed reboot of the most classic Godzilla crossover movie of all time. That’s right, I’m talking about KING KONG VERSUS GODZILLA!!! Also, I’ve heard other rumors about a possible Godzilla crossover with the 2013 blockbuster, “Pacific Rim”. I’m not sure when these movies will be colliding soon, however, it got me to think about all the other Godzilla crossovers that could’ve happened (and for some, probably should’ve happened). Which is why I’ve created this top ten list to be…

 

The top 10 Godzilla crossovers with other famous movie monsters:

 

For this list, I’ve chosen monsters only (so no Batman versus Godzilla, even though that would pretty awesome). Also for this list, size doesn’t matter. So whether it’s a small or large monster, as long as they could put up a worthy fight or at least find a way to grow to Godzilla’s size, it makes it on the list. Also I’m leaving out Gamera, mainly because he and Godzilla are pretty much the same and it wouldn’t be much of a fair fight.

1.        Godzilla versus Gil-Man (Creature from the Black Lagoon)

Reason: In my opinion, this is a crossover that should’ve happened a long time ago. Both where classic 1954 monster movies shot in black and white. In this crossover, it would perfect to shoot it all in black and white as sort of a throwback to both the originals.

 

2.        Godzilla versus Pumpkinhead

Reason: Since Pumpkinhead is a demon of revenge, I think it would be best to have the plot circle around Godzilla killing a person’s family and then that person would ask the old witch to summon Pumpkinhead and use some magic spell to grow to Godzilla’s size.

It might seem a bit crazy and ludicrous, but then again this whole list is.

 

3.        Godzilla versus Predator

Reason: I’ve wanted to see this kind of crossover for a long time. How cool would it be to see a Predator fighting Godzilla? The Predator would probably be like Captain Ahab and Godzilla as Moby Dick. Okay, maybe that’s taking it a bit too far, but I’d still love to see this sort of thing happen.

 

4.        Godzilla versus Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13^th)

Reason: While I think Godzilla and Predator would be like the story of Moby Dick, Godzilla against Jason Voorhees would almost be like a reversed David and Goliath. Jason terrorizes teens at Camp Crystal Lake, Godzilla stomps on over and breathes his atomic breath on him. There you go, happy ending, roll the credits!

Actually, I think this one wouldn’t work so well on the big screen. Maybe it would work as a Youtube comedy skit.

 

5.        Godzilla versus Gremlins

Reason: I’ve loved Gremlins every since I was a little kid, so I think I would gladly pay to see them fight Godzilla in a theater. While Godzilla has strength in pretty much everything, Gremlins always have strength in numbers, especially when they are exposed to water. They also have that one specific gremlin who acts as the leader of their group or army such as, Stripe from the first movie, or the Mohawk and Brain Gremlins from the second movie. With these two strengths, the gremlins might be able to subdue or even overpower Godzilla until the sun comes up and kills them all.

 

6.        Godzilla versus The Thing from another world

Reason: I’m referring to John Carpenter’s Thing and not the 1950’s Thing. The only reason I used the full title is because Godzilla versus the Thing was already taken by Mothra in the 1960s. Anyway, I think that this kind of movie would be a slam dunk for horror movie monster fans seeing the “king” against the “thing” in an Antarctic boxing “ring”

7.        Godzilla versus Galactus (Fantastic Four)

Reason: For the record, I’m not using the space cloud version Galactus from the 2007 Fantastic Four sequel because that was just terrible. The Galactus I’m using in this list is the most popular one from the comics. Because, he is an omnipotent being he can do anything. His only weakness is an alien device called the Ultimate Nullifier, which means Godzilla could possibly only slow him down. This could be a worthy fight for comic book and Kaiju fans

8.        Godzilla versus Aliens (War of the Worlds)

Reason: Just imagine, the alien tripods from the 2005 Spielberg movie are trying to conquer the Earth again but this time the only thing in their way is Godzilla.

Who would win? Well, like Gremlins, these aliens have strength in numbers and technological superiority, but then again, all Godzilla really needs to do is sneeze on them and they’re instantly killed from either Earth bacteria or his atomic breath.

9.        Godzilla versus Zombies

Reason: Also like the Gremlins and Aliens, zombies always have strength in numbers and can easily infect Godzilla with their virus from a single bite.

 

10.     Godzilla versus Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man and Statue of Liberty (Ghostbusters 1 & 2)

Reason: Like Gremlins, I’ve loved the Ghostbusters movies since I was a kid. So it’s pretty hard to pick either the Mr. Stay-Puff from the first movie or the walking Statue of Liberty from the second movie. so I decided to make this crossover idea into a tag-team both Lady Liberty and Mr. Stay Puff go against the King of all monsters in a battle for New York City.

Although, we all now how it would end, right?

 

Well, that’s it for this top ten list.

What do you think would be an epic Godzilla crossover?

Just type your idea and leave it in the comments section of this blog.

Thank you and see you next time J!!!