<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056</id><updated>2011-09-23T21:42:51.162-07:00</updated><category term='Avengers'/><category term='Flash'/><category term='Suicide Squad'/><category term='animated movies'/><category term='Fantastic Four'/><category term='superheroes'/><category term='Tom and Jerry'/><category term='Marvel Animation'/><category term='Incredible Hulk'/><category term='Thor'/><category term='DC Comics'/><category term='Superman'/><category term='Loki'/><category term='Next Avengers'/><category term='Teen Titans'/><category term='Thing'/><category term='Batman'/><category term='Marvel Comics'/><category term='Animation'/><category term='X-Men'/><category term='Dr Doom'/><category term='Happy Birthday'/><category term='Tom Tataranowicz'/><category term='Iron Man'/><title type='text'>Xtreme Cheddar !!!</title><subtitle type='html'>Just my random personal brand of opinionated BS. Posting bout whatever's on my mind. Just the thoughts of yours truly.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-3601305237513447983</id><published>2011-09-08T00:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T00:45:35.494-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How the Ultimate Spider-Man preview makes me feel...</title><content type='html'>Not too shabby (so far)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xkx37a" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really can't say that I have anything to complain about here. The animation and everything visual look as phenomenal as I desperately hoped they would. &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I can see the little cutaways and sight gags turning some people off but I really won't have any problems if they're actually funny and don't take away from the mood of the main action or plot. I'm a guy that can admire something that's well sculpted or well painted but I don't own a single toy or figure, let alone anything resembling a stuffed animal. That said, I would totally buy a plushie of Chibi Toast Spider-Man if there ever was one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7odqobZSpo/TmhtS5bKFwI/AAAAAAAAAE4/rtiov3rb7xI/s1600/Chibi+Toast+Spidey.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="192" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7odqobZSpo/TmhtS5bKFwI/AAAAAAAAAE4/rtiov3rb7xI/s320/Chibi+Toast+Spidey.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drake Bell seems to be giving a decent enough performance as Spidey Parker. J.K. is kicking butt as usual, and the MJ voice actress sounds nothing less than suitable. All of the designs and backgrounds look pretty excellent, too. I'm still pretty eager to learn who will make up the support team of teen heroes that SHIELD partners Spidey with. Being a massive fan of a certain &lt;a href="http://www.spider-friends.com"&gt;Saturday morning cartoon &lt;/a&gt; from the 80s, it probably wouldn't be hard to guess a couple of people that I hope made the cut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jQIW8QUZENA/TmhtQJgIRFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/J6d1dj59HSk/s1600/Pete+And+MJ.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="164" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jQIW8QUZENA/TmhtQJgIRFI/AAAAAAAAAEs/J6d1dj59HSk/s320/Pete+And+MJ.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7nD6onwBtro/TmhtRAujrGI/AAAAAAAAAEw/nI3wkjKBBrw/s1600/Pete+And+MJ+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="177" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7nD6onwBtro/TmhtRAujrGI/AAAAAAAAAEw/nI3wkjKBBrw/s320/Pete+And+MJ+2.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U6uJ1RGBnnQ/TmhtSEtC2VI/AAAAAAAAAE0/kxhhkEw_7P8/s1600/Costume+Not+Sewing+Itself.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="206" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U6uJ1RGBnnQ/TmhtSEtC2VI/AAAAAAAAAE0/kxhhkEw_7P8/s320/Costume+Not+Sewing+Itself.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-3601305237513447983?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/3601305237513447983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-ultimate-spider-man-preview-makes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/3601305237513447983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/3601305237513447983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-ultimate-spider-man-preview-makes.html' title='How the Ultimate Spider-Man preview makes me feel...'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7odqobZSpo/TmhtS5bKFwI/AAAAAAAAAE4/rtiov3rb7xI/s72-c/Chibi+Toast+Spidey.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-2263730370622179487</id><published>2011-09-07T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T22:46:09.735-07:00</updated><title type='text'>True Confession 09/08/11</title><content type='html'>I'm pretty damned horrible at blogging. It's bad enough that I only post about things that are interesting to me but I usually write them a million times less engaging than any other Average Joe would. That said, I still hope to post a lot more than I currently do. Even if I'm the only one that ever reads it or enjoys it, it's always a helluva lot of fun to look back on something I wrote three years ago and either chuckle or cringe. Maybe I'll do something easy like putting captions on pictures (captions that will be only funny to me), so that I'll be able to maintain a daily routine. I could do with a little more discipline in my life and I don't think that this will really hurt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-2263730370622179487?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/2263730370622179487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/09/true-confession-090811.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/2263730370622179487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/2263730370622179487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/09/true-confession-090811.html' title='True Confession 09/08/11'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-9091961741746526350</id><published>2011-08-07T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T00:15:25.658-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Waiting For Spider-Man...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AEx2rJcmgio/Tjon_2h9_kI/AAAAAAAAAEM/HS7j8OpvKVU/s1600/Waiting%2Bfor%2BSpidey.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636861861530828354" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AEx2rJcmgio/Tjon_2h9_kI/AAAAAAAAAEM/HS7j8OpvKVU/s400/Waiting%2Bfor%2BSpidey.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 187px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been about a year and a half since the confirmed demise of the much beloved &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spectacular Spider-Man &lt;/span&gt; animated series, and since the news of its successor &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ultimate Spider-Man&lt;/span&gt; was made public, but to an insanely hardcore Marvel Animation fan like myself, it's seemed more like an eternity. It's felt even longer when Marvel has only managed to release the barest of information. Still, I've been pretty excited to see how the new animated series will turn out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RzBnY0bID10/Tj5RdP2tqxI/AAAAAAAAAEc/p3aHONl59T4/s1600/USM%2BDesigns.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638033346428513042" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RzBnY0bID10/Tj5RdP2tqxI/AAAAAAAAAEc/p3aHONl59T4/s400/USM%2BDesigns.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 187px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marking the fourth collaborative effort between Marvel and Film Roman (X-Men Evolution, The Super Hero Squad Show and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes preceded it), the new series is set to debut on Disney XD sometime in the upcoming year. It's been hard to tell how closely tied this will be to Brian Bendis' comic series but it's cool to see that it will definitely feature characters like Mary Jane, Nick Fury and Norman Osborn, who all had very important roles to play in that series. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jjo2Mn2gn7w/Tj5T6HFqE9I/AAAAAAAAAEk/9x1EtqvOxtg/s1600/USM%2Bcomics.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638036041314735058" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jjo2Mn2gn7w/Tj5T6HFqE9I/AAAAAAAAAEk/9x1EtqvOxtg/s400/USM%2Bcomics.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 187px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the show's apparent emphasis on team-ups, some online fans have expressed hesitation about the show's premise (who would have expected to see people complain about something on the internet ?). I can't say that I've had any problems with this myself. In fact, it seems pretty awesome. It's been practically a lifetime since we've seen the web-slinger interact with the wider Marvel universe in anything animated and I'd say we're about due for some really well done crossovers. How insane is it that we've never even had any good animated interactions between Spidey and the Human Torch in the numerous animated series of the the past 40 plus years ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gKWISughrMg/Tjr7s4NyE3I/AAAAAAAAAEU/i6NCvJbb0Dk/s1600/Spider-Friends.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637094632030606194" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gKWISughrMg/Tjr7s4NyE3I/AAAAAAAAAEU/i6NCvJbb0Dk/s400/Spider-Friends.png" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 187px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides being looked down on by some as "the show that killed &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spectacular Spider-Man&lt;/span&gt;", another common criticism of the upcoming show's premise has been that it's "too similar to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Young Justice&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Teen Titans&lt;/span&gt;". I prefer to think of it in comparison to another show from Marvel's own catalog, the 80s fan favorite &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends&lt;/span&gt;. As cheesy as it can seem while viewing it without rose colored glasses, it can't be denied that &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Amazing Friends&lt;/span&gt; was able to accomplish quite a bit as a gateway for kids to Marvel Comics. It was practically the first series to really introduce young viewers to the various characters ( X-Men, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, etc), locales ( Savage Land, Xavier's Mansion, Asgard, etc) and themes of the Marvel Universe while doing it's best to bring the tone and feel of those comics to life in a way that kids would enjoy.  If they're able to do as much for the current generation of potential fans with the upcoming show, and introduce even more of the Marvel U that's been fairly unexplored by the mainstream, then I think that would be worth justifying the series' existence by itself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-9091961741746526350?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/9091961741746526350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/08/waiting-for-spider-man.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/9091961741746526350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/9091961741746526350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/08/waiting-for-spider-man.html' title='Waiting For Spider-Man...'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AEx2rJcmgio/Tjon_2h9_kI/AAAAAAAAAEM/HS7j8OpvKVU/s72-c/Waiting%2Bfor%2BSpidey.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-5126706558697000250</id><published>2010-06-12T16:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-12T16:48:41.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brief Thoughts, June 13th 2010</title><content type='html'>Is there anything being done with Barry Allen that couldn't have been done with Wally West ? I love the Flash (he's my favorite DC hero, post Golden Age) and I love Barry's adventures and his legacy and all of that stuff but he was never as interesting as his powers or the people and the events around him. Wally, on the other hand, was much better as a character who had seen a lot of growth during his tenure in the red suit. His experiences not only brought great respect to the Flash Legacy but built it into something greater as well. While good stories can be written with Barry, it just feels like a lot was wasted by bringing him back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. I'm still pissed about what happened to Ryan Choi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.P.S. Hot Tub Time Machine is a pretty fun movie. Lots of homages to the 80s and time travel movies in general.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-5126706558697000250?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/5126706558697000250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/06/brief-thoughts-june-13th-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/5126706558697000250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/5126706558697000250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/06/brief-thoughts-june-13th-2010.html' title='Brief Thoughts, June 13th 2010'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-6161986761082541065</id><published>2010-02-10T05:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T01:05:48.886-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tom and Jerry'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday, Tom &amp; Jerry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/?action=view&amp;amp;current=tom-and-jerry.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/tom-and-jerry.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, today is supposedly the anniversary of the day that I made my world premiere 20 some odd years ago, so it's pretty cool for me to come across the information that the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tom &amp;amp; Jerry&lt;/span&gt; series also made it's cinematic debut on this day 70 years ago. Being the huge animation fan that I've been nurtured into becoming from a very young age, this is just a mind-blowing revelation for me. It might be similar to how a Canadian hockey would feel to learn that they shared a birthday with Gretzky or something. As a kid, I absolutely loved Tom &amp;amp; Jerry and that's a feeling that never passed or diminished over the years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Puss_Get_the_Boot-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/Puss_Get_the_Boot-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Mammytwoshoes-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/Mammytwoshoes-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So happy birthday to Tom (or should I say Jasper ?) and Jerry, and happy b-day to Mammy Two Shoes, who also made her debut all of those years ago on this day in time. This may be very strange but I always had a little fondness for the character.  As a little black kid, I already had some working understanding of what racism and prejudice were, though this was mainly in the most extreme forms as that's what I'd learned about during all of those lessons on civil rights leaders in preschool and from watching movies like &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Avenging Force&lt;/span&gt;, when my parents weren't looking. I wasn't aware of stereotypes as yet, so those things tended to pass over my head (and still do sometimes). While I understand why the character is deemed very politcally incorrect as an adult, I used to think it was pretty cool that Tom's owner was black. I probably imagined that she'd be a lot like my old babysitter, who happened to be a wonderful lady. Anyways, with the weather being as bad as it is outside, I couldn't think of a better day to enjoy some old Tom &amp;amp; Jerry shorts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is what is undoubtedly my favorite short, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jerry's Cousin&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="365" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xxg1i"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xxg1i" width="480" height="365" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-6161986761082541065?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/6161986761082541065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-birthday-tom-jerry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/6161986761082541065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/6161986761082541065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-birthday-tom-jerry.html' title='Happy Birthday, Tom &amp; Jerry'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-1394180570948523234</id><published>2010-01-31T14:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T15:11:06.545-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is this what I've been missing ? (Looks Like A Rant)</title><content type='html'>I had a pretty long hiatus from the funny books last year (who could blame me?) but I've been eager to see what I've missed. Doesn't really look like I've missed too many good things. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm really late to the party when it comes to Ultimatum and now it feels like all of those Ultimate comics taking up my shelf space are trash. I'll admit that I thought Ultimates 3 was pretty bad but it could at least be seen as a guilty pleasure type occurrence. Ultimatum on the other hand seems to be Battle Royale with superpowers. No heroic ends or last hurrahs, just gory kills and cannibalism. It reminds me of why I avoided Image like the plague back in the 90s. This was the kind of stuff my prepubescent mind thought took place in those  books back then so it's just dandy knowing that this is what's coming out of the Big 2 these days. On the other hand, I am a little sad that I missed Eddie Bloomberg's last heroic deed. I really liked the character but Teen Titans, as done by McKeever (who I usually liked), was one of those books that had me kicking the habit.  Well, now that I'm getting back into regular reading, it looks like I can drop a few characters and pick up much fewer books than I used to before I was burned out. It's a far cry from the days when I would spend at least $30 at the LCS every Wednesday. I just have to be really careful about what I invest my time and money into. It does suck that there are so few comics that I can with my cousins in the same way that my uncles and older cousins shared comics with me as a kid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One little moment that I thought was pretty funny was how little Pixie, who was once this adorable little character and as underaged as it gets, is allowed to get drunk off her keister in a Marvel U where cigarettes are the ultimate sin, and alongside my Dazzler of all people. WTH, Ali ?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-1394180570948523234?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/1394180570948523234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-this-what-ive-been-missing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/1394180570948523234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/1394180570948523234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-this-what-ive-been-missing.html' title='Is this what I&apos;ve been missing ? (Looks Like A Rant)'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-4041829408734402751</id><published>2010-01-28T12:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T12:50:27.189-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trouble rides on silver surfboards: originally posted May 14, 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;div text="My long boring story and t-shirt pics" class="ljcut"&gt;So today I finally got to to see Spider-Man 3 on THE BIG SCREEN. ( Don't tell anyone but I saw it the first time on a very, very clear bootleg. Hey, I'm ghetto, thats how I roll.) It was even more amazing than my first viewing, I just wished I had my glasses on me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since my little cousins were going with me I kind of&amp;nbsp; wanted to make it a little special for them and get 3 matching T-shirts with the Black Spidey chest insignia. Ya know ? The &amp;quot;Venom&amp;quot; shirt ( I prefer to think of it as Black Spidey). Ever since I discovered the local Wal-Mart had a good number of superhero t-shirts I'd see on 80stees.com, just for half the price ( still love that site though) I've been buying like crazy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/Venom_t-shirt.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So anyways there weren't any that would fit me or my 4 year old cousin so I only managed to get a size small for my other cousin.&amp;nbsp; Its my fault though, they previously had my size but it was only with the gray spider, I want it white dang it, I'm a purist. I did get a really cool JLA tee though , with the all time greatest line up (Screw You Superman).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/JLATee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/JLATee.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways the 4 year old comes equipped with his own Spider-Man t-shirt so he doesn't care&amp;nbsp; but the 9 year old beams up when I toss him the black spidey shirt.Which brings me back to the reason I made this post in the first place. Seeing all the Fantastic Four and Spider Man posters reminds me of a t-shirt I bought during the summer before my sophomore year of college. It was a class Surfer cover where he faced off against Spidey. The logo was rhinestoned or bedazzled or whatever and it was manufactured by Ecko Unlimited while they had the Marvel license. Never cared for anything Ecko, but this shirt and the Black Panther tee I copped alongside it were both genius. I cherished it, Ladies loved it, Men feared it (literally stunned by its sheer awesomeness). It was all good until I acidentally got it bleached or something and a hole popped up in it. Oddly enough, I still have the Panther shirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/1872_4_14.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not&amp;nbsp;Ebay literate, but I was hoping I might get&amp;nbsp;one of these beloved tee's. If anyone happens upon this post and knows where I can find it, just&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;drop me&amp;nbsp; a line and I'll holler it back.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-4041829408734402751?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/4041829408734402751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/01/trouble-rides-on-silver-surfboards.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/4041829408734402751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/4041829408734402751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/01/trouble-rides-on-silver-surfboards.html' title='Trouble rides on silver surfboards: originally posted May 14, 2007'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-859084739124818472</id><published>2010-01-28T12:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T12:44:19.409-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lazy Day: originally posted 10/25/09</title><content type='html'>It's Sunday afternoon, my car is dead, I'm out of detergent and there's nothing on tv. I've got nothing to do but relax and listen to a playlist I made based on the soundtrack to The Warriors (PS2 game based on the movie. Damn good game btw).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HAvldhE4FnU&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HAvldhE4FnU&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Makes me wish they'd bring back something like USA's Up All Night. It would be a perfect fit on a station like IFC.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-859084739124818472?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/859084739124818472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/01/lazy-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/859084739124818472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/859084739124818472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2010/01/lazy-day.html' title='Lazy Day: originally posted 10/25/09'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-350382980991993836</id><published>2008-10-11T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T12:30:20.067-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Superman'/><title type='text'>Personal Thoughts on  Superman</title><content type='html'>As a kid, I loved everything Superman: Fleischer cartoons, the George Reeves series, all four of the Christopher Reeves movies, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Supergirl&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Superboy&lt;/span&gt;, the 80's CBS cartoon, Lois &amp;amp; Clark, etc. Well, I can't say I was into the comics. Up until some time between 8&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; and 9&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; grade, I was strictly a Marvel reader. It was pretty cool having these different versions of Superman while growing up and each one was undeniably Superman but I don't think that I ever thought of just one of these as being the definitive Superman. The Fleischer version would probably  be the closest to my ideal though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been enjoying the current Johns/Frank run on Action Comics, and while I don't think it's either creator's best work, it's still been good stuff. One thing that has been making me a little uneasy for a while though was the merging of the Movie Superman with the comics. I was a little peeved when I noticed Clark Kent becoming a fumbler and socially inept. Now, I can understand toning him down a little from the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;smalltown&lt;/span&gt; overachiever of the Byrne comics but what we have here is almost a caricature in my eyes. It's also one of the reasons I don't enjoy the old movies quite as much anymore. To see one my least favorite aspects of any version of Superman become comic book canon is a turn-off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recent death of Jonathon Kent has been pretty tough for me to accept as well. The movie was the only place where this event felt natural to me. When it happened on the Smallville show, I was a little upset, due to Pa Kent being my favorite character on that show, but this time around I'm just disappointed. I probably feel this way due to being a big fan of superhero support systems. As much as these guys might be on their own when they're facing the big villain, it feels good to know that there's someone in their corner who they can talk to and who may have a slight understanding of what they're going through while also offering advice. This just feels like an unnecessarily "permanent" change that might be good for a story but changes the overall mood. I can't imagine a story of loss or guilt that would result from a dead Pa Kent that wouldn't be possible with an incapacitated or comatose one. I guess that's why I could never make it as a writer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-350382980991993836?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/350382980991993836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/10/personal-thoughts-on-superman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/350382980991993836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/350382980991993836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/10/personal-thoughts-on-superman.html' title='Personal Thoughts on  Superman'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-1052118109258096257</id><published>2008-10-07T10:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T10:14:55.984-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Incredible Hulk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thing'/><title type='text'>I should be doing some kind of work</title><content type='html'>Don't know what it is, but there's something hypnotic about this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/Dupes/?action=view&amp;amp;current=9993.gif" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/Dupes/9993.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can watch this all damn day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/?action=view&amp;amp;current=GrooveThing.gif" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/GrooveThing.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-1052118109258096257?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/1052118109258096257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-should-be-doing-some-kind-of-work.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/1052118109258096257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/1052118109258096257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-should-be-doing-some-kind-of-work.html' title='I should be doing some kind of work'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j130/YoungAf/Dupes/th_9993.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-4226599193787677304</id><published>2008-09-28T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-28T11:12:53.521-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marvel Animation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Incredible Hulk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tom Tataranowicz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iron Man'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantastic Four'/><title type='text'>Marvel's "Bruce Timm"</title><content type='html'>It's pretty impossible to make any type of cartoon nowadays that isn't compared unfavorably against the stellar DC Animated stuff made over at Warner Bros. Animation. People are always arguing that Marvel should hire Bruce Timm for a project or two but while that's great and all, I don't really see it happening. Bruce Timm is such a DC/Warner Bros. staple, that I just can't imagine him crossing over to the other side. There was one person that I always thought had been overlooked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I had my way, one person I'd love to see working on Marvel shows again would be Tom Tataranowicz. He was the guy they brought in as a supervising producer to save the 94 Iron Man and Fantastic Four series from their horrible first seasons. Before that, he had done lots of great work over at the legendary Filmation studios, and he was also a key factor in the old and current  Biker Mice from Mars series. Tom T. was responsible for the awesome second seasons of Iron Man and the FF. The seasons that gave us stuff like Armor Wars, The Inhumans Saga, the coolest animated versions of Dr Doom, Iron Man, The Hulk, Galactus, Thor, Daredevil, etc.  The shows were co-inhabiting the same universe and while each series had it's own distinctive look, they all were able to bring these iconic characters to life and capture that feeling you get when you read Marvel's classics for the first time. Heck, every time I pick up a comic, I still imagine the characters speaking with the voices used from those episodes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a real shame that those shows are remembered more for how awful their first seasons were, instead of how well done and faithful their second seasons were. The man had a real love for the Marvel characters and understood what made them great. He also did the great first season of UPN's Incredible Hulk series before the television execs unceremoniously dumped him and his crew, choosing to make that horrible second season that basically starred the worst possible version of She-Hulk, with the Hulk tagging along as her co-star.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Tom T. helmed Marvel project might not happen anytime in the near future, what withTom being busy over at Gang of Seven and with Marvel Animation steadily improving under the direction of guys like Craig Kyle, Greg Johnson and Frank Paur, but that doesn't mean that I'll give up the dream anytime soon. I hope to see lots of great stuff from both Mr. Tataranowicz and Marvel Animation in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some great interviews Marvel Animation Age conducted with Tom Tataranowicz&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="linkification-ext" href="http://marvel.toonzone.net/fanfourtas/interviews/tom/" title="Linkification: http://marvel.toonzone.net/fanfourtas/interviews/tom/"&gt;Tom talking about the 1994 Fantastic Four series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="linkification-ext" href="http://marvel.toonzone.net/ironman/interviews/tom/" title="Linkification: http://marvel.toonzone.net/ironman/interviews/tom/"&gt;Tom talking about the 1994 Iron Man series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-4226599193787677304?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/4226599193787677304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/marvels-bruce-timm.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/4226599193787677304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/4226599193787677304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/marvels-bruce-timm.html' title='Marvel&apos;s &quot;Bruce Timm&quot;'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-8607692031012808496</id><published>2008-09-27T21:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-28T11:25:18.269-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Next Avengers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loki'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thor'/><title type='text'>What I'd like to see in a Next Avengers 2</title><content type='html'>Unlike a lot of more serious minded comic fans on the net, I absolutely loved Next Avengers, the most recent Marvel Animated movie. I've been supporting the Direct to DVD movies from Day 1 and I've liked all of them in one way or another, but this has been my absolute favorite so far. I thoroughly enjoyed everything about it, watched it more than the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;recommended&lt;/span&gt; dosage suggests and I felt like there was never a dull moment, unlike with the previous movies. After the setup at the end &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;I've&lt;/span&gt; been thinking of a sequel and this is what i came up with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, I would set most of the action in Asgard with the main focus being on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Torunn&lt;/span&gt; and Thor. The Thor seen in the first movie would be revealed to have been Loki, God of Mischief, who has secretly held the thunder god captive since Odin's death. Thor would probably be trapped in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Niffleheim&lt;/span&gt; with the frost giants and without &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Mjolnir&lt;/span&gt;. This would be a cool way, in my humble opinion, to explain Thor's desertion of Earth, his teammates and his daughter.   I don't know how the truth would be revealed to Tony and the kids on Earth. Probably have a renegade &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Sif&lt;/span&gt; finally escaping Asgard and seeking out her daughter, assuming that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Torunn&lt;/span&gt; is her daughter. Loki would also have some villains at his command to help keep rule over Asgard. Villains like the Enchantress, Executioner, Grey Gargoyle (why not ?), or even the Wrecking Crew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The movie would be set 2 to 3 years after the first one, with the team having rid the world of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Ultron's&lt;/span&gt; influence and trying to help maintain order.  They would all be past prepubescence, except maybe Pym, and on the verge of adulthood, meaning that there will be no squeaky voices this time around. It would be cool to see if they've developed their &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;codenames&lt;/span&gt; and identities since becoming heroes (maybe Pym would want to go by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Yellowjacket&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Torunn&lt;/span&gt; goes by Valkyrie, etc). There might also be room for references to things that weren't explained (Odin granting &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Torunn&lt;/span&gt; his sword before his death, Who exactly were &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Torunn&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Azari&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Hawkeye's&lt;/span&gt; moms ? Were there other villains or heroes ?, etc). Maybe the boys could start taking a few of their mothers' traits as well. James can become extremely tactical. Pym might have a budding fashion sense. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Azari&lt;/span&gt; might become kind of rebellious like Storm was in the 80's or start becoming a leader in his own right, probably even reclaiming the throne of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Wakanda&lt;/span&gt;. It would be nice to see the kids become worthy of the name Avengers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm very doubtful that there will ever be a real sequel of any kind to Next Avengers, and I can live with that, but it feels like there are so many possibilities for future &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;storylines&lt;/span&gt;. I'd love to see those explored someday. Well given that Thor will feature heavily in Hulk Vs., the rumored Thor: Son of Asgard &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;DTDVD&lt;/span&gt; and the live-action move, I know there won't be a thunder god shortage any time soon. That would also lead me to believe that if next Avengers has a sequel, it won't be anything like the one I've thought of. Either way, I can't wait for whatever Marvel has planned next for the world of animation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-8607692031012808496?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/8607692031012808496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-id-make-next-avengers-2.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/8607692031012808496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/8607692031012808496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-id-make-next-avengers-2.html' title='What I&apos;d like to see in a Next Avengers 2'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-5089943316127570965</id><published>2008-09-04T19:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-28T11:21:28.253-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='superheroes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='X-Men'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dr Doom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avengers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iron Man'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Animation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marvel Comics'/><title type='text'>Make Mine Animated</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRp1MpbQlI/AAAAAAAAAC4/EDXyS9c0kc8/s1600-h/Marvel+Animated+Features.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRp1MpbQlI/AAAAAAAAAC4/EDXyS9c0kc8/s400/Marvel+Animated+Features.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243432228815061586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;In honor of my having sat through &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Next Avengers&lt;/span&gt; for the third time, still pretty fond of it, I decided to follow up on my previous post but this time it would be about &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Marvel's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;DTV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; line. So this will be my &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;wishlist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of movies that would probably never have a chance of being made into a Marvel Animated Feature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;1) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Iron Man vs Dr Doom: &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Doomquest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - I've thought about this one since my first viewing of &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRryTvFbeI/AAAAAAAAADA/qi4Y0ePJqf4/s1600-h/Doomquest.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRryTvFbeI/AAAAAAAAADA/qi4Y0ePJqf4/s200/Doomquest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243434378201492962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Invincible Iron Man&lt;/span&gt;.  I don't really see much need for a solo Iron Man &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;DTV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; sequel expect to redeem themselves from the very flawed first effort and maybe capitalize on his big screen popularity. I can't think of another story as well equipped to do that as this classic. He would face off against &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Marvel's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; greatest villain ever. Medieval England would also be an awesome setting. Another reason I'd love to this, besides being a huge fan of the match-up would be to hear Marc Worden as Iron Man again. I think he does a really cool Tony Stark and even if you missed any of the previous movies just check out the Iron Man's Adventure shorts at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;MarvelKids&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.com. This guy is golden. Another great voice that could be cast would be Simon &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Templeman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; from the '94 FF series.  No matter what anyone says of that series, I have to say that he was the quintessential Doom. Charming, sophisticated, arrogant, funny, sinister, and threatening. I've never heard any other actor in any medium capture all of those qualities in Doom as fully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;2) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;CGI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Marvel Super Heroes &lt;/span&gt;- I can't imagine anyone arguing about the quality of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;cgi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; animation done by Blur Studios in either the Iron Man's &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRxoiDrF9I/AAAAAAAAADQ/pAPsWiTBJX0/s1600-h/Spider-Man+Iron+Man-Hulk+Magazine+%5B2008%5D+Hi+res+Centerfold+Poster++greengiant-DCP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRxoiDrF9I/AAAAAAAAADQ/pAPsWiTBJX0/s200/Spider-Man+Iron+Man-Hulk+Magazine+%5B2008%5D+Hi+res+Centerfold+Poster++greengiant-DCP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243440807317018578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Adventure shorts or the hi-def cut scenes from Ultimate Alliance and X-Men Legends 2 video games. It's simply gorgeous stuff. After viewing a ton of other Blur animated shorts and cut scenes, I think it would be pretty criminal to never have them work on a full length feature. I also love the way their New York looks; It actually looks like NYC. I've heard that they're supposed to do The Goon movie, and that has me pretty excited, but a Marvel  Super Heroes feature would have me even more so. I have no idea how much this would cost, or if it would even be cost efficient for a Direct to DVD, but I have to say I think it would be well worth it. Heck, I'd even buy all the copies if I had to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;3) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Luke Cage/Iron Fist: Heroes For Hire&lt;/span&gt; - They've been a classic and underrated duo for over 30 years now and they haven't even made it into any type of show as yet. Lately they've been popping up in video games and a lot of good comics and I think it's the perfect time to see them come to  animated life (especially since the John Singleton movie may never happen. It would be worth it just to see Colleen and Misty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;4) &lt;/span&gt;Wolverine: Origin &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;- This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;was probably too character centered and not action packed enough to make the transition but what a great story. It would make for a cool period piece and it would be incredible to see it animated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;5)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Young Avengers&lt;/span&gt; - This will never happen but that doesn't mean the kids don't deserve a feature. Who cares if some say it's redundant to focus on another team of teen Avengers after Next Avengers was already done ? I love the kids and it was also one of my favorite Marvel series of this decade. I don't care if the kids only got a cameo in someone &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;else's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; cartoon, I'd take it.  Maybe it would help spur them to actually get around to getting Vol. 2 of the book started as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRuvosFiQI/AAAAAAAAADI/Do5d-ZDh9zI/s1600-h/123-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRuvosFiQI/AAAAAAAAADI/Do5d-ZDh9zI/s200/123-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243437630821337346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;6) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;X-Men: &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Murderworld&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - Arcade + &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Murderworld&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; = endless possibilities. You can pretty much use any locale or villain (perfect robotic duplicates but does it really matter ?) and it would be great to see Arcade, who's never been used outside of the comics and some video games.  They could even tie it into the Wolverine And The X-Men series ( the voice cast and character designs are top notch) and since it would be a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;spinoff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; movie, they wouldn't have to worry about it not tying into the mutant rights themes the show will most likely be focused on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Requels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ?&lt;/span&gt; - The first four movies were really  focused on establishing the heroes but never really dove into some of the more memorable aspects from these characters histories. Doctor Strange didn't get to battle entities in otherworldly &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Ditkonian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; dimensions. The Avengers weren't able to face off against classic villains or get caught in the middle of a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Skrull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Kree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; war. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Sheesh&lt;/span&gt;, the things I would give to see Cap punch the taste out of Baron &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Zemo's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; mouth would make an endless list. Iron Man didn't even get to win a decent fight. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;It would&lt;/span&gt; be pretty cool to see any of these brought to life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Honorable Mentions&lt;/span&gt;* &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spider-Man, Power Pack&lt;/span&gt; - It looks like Greg &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Weisman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and the Spectacular Spider-Man crew might get around to some movies after the series runs it's course. Just imagining an adaptation of a storyline like Kraven's Last Hunt or The Green Goblin's Last Stand makes my hair stand on end. I wouldn't object to seeing Power Pack or Spider-Girl if Marvel ever decides to do more kid targeted animation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-5089943316127570965?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/5089943316127570965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/make-mine-animated.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/5089943316127570965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/5089943316127570965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/make-mine-animated.html' title='Make Mine Animated'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SMRp1MpbQlI/AAAAAAAAAC4/EDXyS9c0kc8/s72-c/Marvel+Animated+Features.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-7323179213056634665</id><published>2008-09-01T17:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-06T21:52:54.916-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teen Titans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Suicide Squad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DC Comics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animated movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Batman'/><title type='text'>Can the Suicide Squad get any love ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SLy488Dk54I/AAAAAAAAAB8/FrWk6yUnSug/s1600-h/DCU.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SLy488Dk54I/AAAAAAAAAB8/FrWk6yUnSug/s400/DCU.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241267423405205378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                       &lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Today, on this beautiful Labor Day afternoon, I've been at home with nothing much to do, so I decided to have a little movie marathon. I watched all three of the Direct-To-DVD movies from Warner Bros. DC Universe line; these are those Bruce &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Timm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; produced, animated movies  that seem to be mostly aimed at "mature" comic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;fanboys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; with all the swearing, blood and gore that were so noticeably absent from Saturday mornings.  Being the comic/cartoon junkie that I am, it's only natural that I think about these more than should be healthy. After making it through &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Superman: Doomsday&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Justice League: New Frontier&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Batman: Gotham Knight&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, I decided to make a little &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;wishlist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;These are the projects I wish were in production. Please note, I'm not good at this blogging thing. Heck, the only reason I'm posting this is so that it's documented and not just some bit of madness running free in my head. Anyways...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;1) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Teen Titans: Judas Contract&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;C'mon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; DC, there's a few reasons you guys first &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SLy1OvwwkYI/AAAAAAAAABc/uzHnu-x5gtg/s1600-h/Judas+Contract.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SLy1OvwwkYI/AAAAAAAAABc/uzHnu-x5gtg/s200/Judas+Contract.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241263331296186754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;announced &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; this as one your initial projects besides the fact that it would play with my emotions. The New Teen Titans book was one of your biggest hits in the 80's. The book was actually pretty damned good, whether it was Perez' gorgeous, highly detailed art or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Wolfman's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; dark, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;melodramatic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; and entertaining writing. The animated series on Cartoon Network was kind of a hit with the kids, just browse any fan-fiction group on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;LiveJournal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;. not to mention, the Titans have kinda got a rabid &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;fanbase&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;. If I had my way I'd do this as an 80's period piece. Who wouldn't want to see &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Nightwing's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; disco suit, Jericho's golden &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;afro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; and mutton chops, Beast Boy's s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;uper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; wavy hair, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Starfire's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; ankle length locks or Donna Troy's perfection (Hey, nothing about her needs changing, no matter what Terry Long or her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;backstory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; would have you believe). Honestly, it wouldn't even need to be Judas Contract, just as long as a really good Titans movie was made.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;PS- the more Wally West, the better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;2) &lt;strong&gt;Suicide Squad (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Ostrander&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Style)&lt;/strong&gt; - Task Force X is too damned cool to not have their  own movie. They were represented pretty nicely on Justice League Unlimited, especially with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;CCH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Pounder's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; excellent Amanda Waller performance, but I think a movie can really do them justice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;3) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: arial;"&gt;The Flash&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SLy2KIGlaWI/AAAAAAAAABk/UlnG_r7dcIc/s1600-h/Return+of+Barry+Allen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SLy2KIGlaWI/AAAAAAAAABk/UlnG_r7dcIc/s200/Return+of+Barry+Allen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241264351442463074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Recently &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Green Lantern&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Superman/Batman: Public Enemies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; movies were announced but neither were the movie I was hoping for. The Flash has always been one of those DC heroes I really loved, from the comics to the live-action &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;TV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; show to his animated appearances. Of all the Flashes, Wally West would be my particular favorite. I loved the way he progressed as a character and The Return of Barry Allen  is my all time favorite storyline from any DC book. His depiction in the Justice League &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;TV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; series was also the main reason I loved that show. His Rogues are also the best. I know writers say he's hard to write for because he's ridiculously powerful (no more so than Superman if you ask me) but I think it's an injustice if a Flash movie isn't a high priority with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;WB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; Animation guys. I know they'll eventually get to one if the DC Universe line lasts past the next few movies but I'm just hoping that I'm not cashing a Social Security check by the time they make it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;4) &lt;strong&gt;The Dark Knight Returns&lt;/strong&gt; - It's probably the story &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;thats&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; most responsible for the way most people think of Batman today and it's always on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;somebody's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; Must Read list. With the current epidemic of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Batmania&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; and Frank Miller's name appearing to be worth gold in Hollywood (still can't believe they let him direct The Spirit movie), I'd have thought this would be a no-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;brainer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; by now. We already know it can work as a cartoon, as evidenced by Batman's Legends of the Dark Knight episode, and it's one helluva story so why no rush ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;5) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: arial;"&gt;A New Frontier Sequel, of sorts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; - This would probably be the single one of my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;dvd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; dreams that would be the least likely to happen. When I write the word &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: arial;"&gt;sequel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;,  I mean something more along the lines of a cross between the Justice League: New Frontier Special they published after the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;DVD's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; release, and Batman: Gotham Knight. In other words, a collection of short stories that take place within the New Frontier continuity; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;ie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, The Losers, John Henry, End of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;JSA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, How Batman beat Superman, Robin meets Kid Flash, etc. Maybe a certain Time Master could even host the segments. Other stories that I think could play off of New Frontier would be either &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;JLA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;: Year One or Flash/Green Lantern: Brave and the Bold, neither directly related to New Frontier but two great stories of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;DC's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt; past.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p face="arial"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;*Honorable Mention* Kingdom Come &amp;amp; Red Son&lt;/span&gt; - These would be my first picks if I thought it was possible with the current format. Maybe someday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ah well, those have been my thoughts and I'm going to bed where I'll have dreams of storyboards and animation &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;cels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-7323179213056634665?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/7323179213056634665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/can-suicide-squad-get-any-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/7323179213056634665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/7323179213056634665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2008/09/can-suicide-squad-get-any-love.html' title='Can the Suicide Squad get any love ?'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SLy488Dk54I/AAAAAAAAAB8/FrWk6yUnSug/s72-c/DCU.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942111484119514056.post-7486735586204202252</id><published>2005-09-23T21:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T21:42:51.169-07:00</updated><title type='text'>jjj</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="xj_music_embed" flashvars="configXmlUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fmy.spill.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic%2FshowPlayerConfig%3FconfigVersion%3D1%26version%3DDEP-6929%253A96645e9_137_100_136%26xn_auth%3Dno%26theme982Version%3D52%26brand%3D0%26logoImage%3D0%26isInternalRequest%3D1&amp;amp;playlistUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.spill.com%2Fspill%2Faudio%3Fformat%3Dxml&amp;amp;playlistType=podcast&amp;amp;networkUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fmy.spill.com%2F&amp;amp;showPlaylist=1" height="295" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" scale="noscale" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/music/swf/MusicPlayer.swf?v=201109221813" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" wmode="opaque"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5942111484119514056-7486735586204202252?l=xtremecheddar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/feeds/7486735586204202252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/09/jjj.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/7486735586204202252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5942111484119514056/posts/default/7486735586204202252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xtremecheddar.blogspot.com/2011/09/jjj.html' title='jjj'/><author><name>D.Bishop (aka Mr. Allison Blaire)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620861253297128174</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2xWmQzLMQTY/SL6ldIchCrI/AAAAAAAAACg/bAJFufm1ajc/S220/bartsig.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
