This topic is a little out of my norm because it isn't a book, movie, or TV show, but it's still pop culture so if the shoe fits? Anyways, buzzfeed quizzes are something that have been around for ages but just now I can't stop taking them. I would say there are some dumb ones out there but then again aren't meaningless quizzes all dumb? Like is a quiz called "Can You Guess The U.S. City From A Single Photo?" or "We Know Which Kanye West Song You Are Based On Your Zodiac?" really at the top of your to-do list? Oddly enough for me, in my free time, other than watching Netflix these are my favorite time-sucking activity.
There is honestly no purpose for Buzzfeed quizzes other than your entertainment. They're meant to make you laugh at the answer you got, because of how off and untrue it is or you marvel at just how accurate Buzzfeed related to you. For example, in the middle of writing this blog post (just before writing this sentence to be exact), I just took a buzzfeed about if I'd survive an apocalypse and it said yes. I related and believed this answer because I love everything to do with the apocalypse, zombies, dystopia, you name it I'm reading, watching, playing it. So naturally, I took the quiz because it sparked my interest and I saw a way to procrastinate writing this blog post.
Frankly I'm in the grey area of whether this blog post was a diary entry or a review so I'll give a one sentence review in the next sentence. Play Buzzfeed quizzes because they are addicting, entertaining, fun, and overall very amusing!
Sunday, January 31, 2016
X-Men: A Series Review
As of last night I have concluded my long-awaited finale of the X-Men series, well all of the movies that are out anyway. As a whole, the series was extremely cheesy for me. I think this is due to the fact that the main bulk of the movies were made in the 2000's, which we all want to forget. My favorite movie out of all of them would have to be probably have to be the first one. We learn the backstory of Rogue and Wolverine, who are my favorite characters of the series. It is also easy to watch because it's the first one in the series, where in X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Wolverine, you have to deal with going back in time, new characters, and a whole new setting.
Then again it has been a really long time since I've watched X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand. I stopped watching the series for a while because it couldn't be found, but that's off topic. I like the first three movies because it solely revolves around the X-Men, aka Jean, Wolverine, Scott, Professor X, Rogue, Magneto, etc. It was all simple good (X-Men) vs. evil (Magneto and his goons). But with Wolverine they started adding layers upon layers and you need to know the context of it all, and with not having seen the foundation of the movies in so long I was incredibly confused.
X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past all deal with the young Magneto and Professor X. Days of Future Past straight up confused me to bits because I didn't even remember or know half of the characters in it and the fact that it mainly follows Mystic and Wolverine around didn't help all that much. Then at the end, I was thrown for even more of a loop when Logan/Wolverine woke up the X-Mansion, a place that hadn't been featured in a long time, and Charles somehow knows that Logan went in the past and changed the future/past. The thing about that movie that bugged me the most was that the whole thing revolved around Mystic and they didn't tell us that in the first three movies. Plus when they didn't explain how Jean was still alive, I just got even more confused.
Overall the series was good, if you like cheesy and confusing. Something I do look forward to is X-Men: Apocalypse, where I will probably get more confused because there will be even more characters and even more setting.
Then again it has been a really long time since I've watched X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand. I stopped watching the series for a while because it couldn't be found, but that's off topic. I like the first three movies because it solely revolves around the X-Men, aka Jean, Wolverine, Scott, Professor X, Rogue, Magneto, etc. It was all simple good (X-Men) vs. evil (Magneto and his goons). But with Wolverine they started adding layers upon layers and you need to know the context of it all, and with not having seen the foundation of the movies in so long I was incredibly confused.
X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past all deal with the young Magneto and Professor X. Days of Future Past straight up confused me to bits because I didn't even remember or know half of the characters in it and the fact that it mainly follows Mystic and Wolverine around didn't help all that much. Then at the end, I was thrown for even more of a loop when Logan/Wolverine woke up the X-Mansion, a place that hadn't been featured in a long time, and Charles somehow knows that Logan went in the past and changed the future/past. The thing about that movie that bugged me the most was that the whole thing revolved around Mystic and they didn't tell us that in the first three movies. Plus when they didn't explain how Jean was still alive, I just got even more confused.
Overall the series was good, if you like cheesy and confusing. Something I do look forward to is X-Men: Apocalypse, where I will probably get more confused because there will be even more characters and even more setting.
Series vs. Stand Alone
The continuation of a story vs. the quick wrap-up of a novel. Reading a series for me is far more satisfying than a stand alone book because I know what to read when I'm done with the book I'm reading. You also don't just know what you want to read next, you know what you need to read next. Once you finish that book in the series you will want to read the next one, even if it's the last in the series. Reading a series gives you so much more excitement and hope for the story line than just one book because at the end of that book there is usually a massive cliff hanger leaving you on the edge of your seat, wanting more. With a stand alone book you don't have anything to look forward to, just the boring "happy" ending of the book. If you love a particular author, reading a series is very good for that because you get to experience more of their writing.
With a stand alone book you get a nice, neatly wrapped-up story at the end of your book. With a series, the next book could just get worse, slowly deteriorating that writing you loved so much. You will never be bored with a stand alone book because you are always moving on to a new story. A singular book will tend to be longer than a book in a series. This is because those other authors are trying to give you a run for your money by making their books smaller so that you have to buy or check out more of them. Either way there are pros and cons to both styles of books depending on your preference. My preference is a series because for me I get more out of the experience.
With a stand alone book you get a nice, neatly wrapped-up story at the end of your book. With a series, the next book could just get worse, slowly deteriorating that writing you loved so much. You will never be bored with a stand alone book because you are always moving on to a new story. A singular book will tend to be longer than a book in a series. This is because those other authors are trying to give you a run for your money by making their books smaller so that you have to buy or check out more of them. Either way there are pros and cons to both styles of books depending on your preference. My preference is a series because for me I get more out of the experience.
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Man of Steel: A Long-Awaited Review
Even though this movie came out three years ago I finally just got to seeing it. This is because I realized, "Holy crap, I've never seen Superman and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is coming out on March 25th!" Anyway I'm here to tell you what happened in the movie and what I thought of it.
The beginning of the movie is basically Superman's dad telling the leaders of Krypton that their world is going to die very soon, them not believing him, General Zod coming in the room and being evil, Superman's dad runs away, does a crime, and does all of this stuff I'm not going to explain, which results in Superman (Kal-El) getting sent to earth in hopes that he will keep the Kryptonian race alive and NOT die. After Kal/Clark/Superman gets sent to Earth, Zod says that he will find Kal and kill him, I'm paraphrasing here.
If you know me at all then you will know that I am an old-fashioned good vs. evil enjoying person. I like straight up protagonist (Superman) vs. antagonist (Zod), and the good guy winning in the end, getting a happy ending. So naturally, I'm rooting for baby Kal to make it to Earth, find a good family to grow up with, and become the superhero the world needs. Suffice to say, I wasn't at all disappointed, because all of these things happen in sequence.
After growing up with hardships; trying not to be discovered, being bullied and fighting the urge not to fight back, and the struggles of having powers, Clark grows up searching for the secrets of where he came from and who his parent were. After a long time searching, he finds a long lost ship that he ends up controlling, only to discover a journalist on board who had followed, Lois Lane- his future love.
I'm pretty much going to skip half of the story but in the end Zod ends up threatening Earth in return for Kal, tries to destroy Earth and make it into Krypton, and dies at the hands of Superman. This death destroys Kal because it was the first kill he was directly responsible for and because he couldn't kill him in time to save a family of four. This was a very emotional moment for me because Superman has a good heart and this caused him to try to be merciful to Zod, when in the end there was no redemption for Zod, who killed that family of four out of revenge towards Superman.
The beginning of the movie is basically Superman's dad telling the leaders of Krypton that their world is going to die very soon, them not believing him, General Zod coming in the room and being evil, Superman's dad runs away, does a crime, and does all of this stuff I'm not going to explain, which results in Superman (Kal-El) getting sent to earth in hopes that he will keep the Kryptonian race alive and NOT die. After Kal/Clark/Superman gets sent to Earth, Zod says that he will find Kal and kill him, I'm paraphrasing here.
If you know me at all then you will know that I am an old-fashioned good vs. evil enjoying person. I like straight up protagonist (Superman) vs. antagonist (Zod), and the good guy winning in the end, getting a happy ending. So naturally, I'm rooting for baby Kal to make it to Earth, find a good family to grow up with, and become the superhero the world needs. Suffice to say, I wasn't at all disappointed, because all of these things happen in sequence.
After growing up with hardships; trying not to be discovered, being bullied and fighting the urge not to fight back, and the struggles of having powers, Clark grows up searching for the secrets of where he came from and who his parent were. After a long time searching, he finds a long lost ship that he ends up controlling, only to discover a journalist on board who had followed, Lois Lane- his future love.
I'm pretty much going to skip half of the story but in the end Zod ends up threatening Earth in return for Kal, tries to destroy Earth and make it into Krypton, and dies at the hands of Superman. This death destroys Kal because it was the first kill he was directly responsible for and because he couldn't kill him in time to save a family of four. This was a very emotional moment for me because Superman has a good heart and this caused him to try to be merciful to Zod, when in the end there was no redemption for Zod, who killed that family of four out of revenge towards Superman.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice!!!!
First things first, 2016 is going to be such a great year for superhero movies! This is starting off topic but let me list the known movies for you; Deadpool (February 12th), Batman v Superman (March 25th), Captain America: Civil War (May 6th), X-Men: Apocalypse (May 27th), Suicide Squad (August 5th), and Doctor Strange (November 4th). DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON TV SHOWS (Daredevil, March 18th!!!!).
If you didn't notice by that first paragraph I'm VERY excited for this year. Plus that first paragraph gives me five other blog posts, yay! Back on topic, Batman v Superman picks up where Man of Steel left off. At this point, pretty much all we know is that after Man of Steel, Batman goes to Metropolis to fight Superman but ends up having to team up with him and Wonder Woman, to fight another vigilante.
But nonetheless I tear up with excitement at the thought of this movie. It's the dream team of DC superheros, the trinity of DC, the foundation upon which other superheroes lay, you get the point. It's Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman for crying out loud! I hope all of my exclamation points are making you as excited as I am.
In all of the trailers we see the basics of what I've been telling you, Bruce Wayne attends a party of some sort, where journalist Clark Kent speaks with Bruce to get the latest scoop about Batman from his point of view. I've never read the comics so don't quote me on this, but I believe that in this scene when they are debating about Superman and Batman, they don't know that one another is both Batman and Superman. If that is the case, that they don't know that about each other, then that makes the scene all the more powerful. Because when they do discover each others true identity, which I believe they do (don't quote me on that either), they will be all the more surprised.
Then the fact that the vigilante that they have to fight together is a Frankensteined (is that even a word, I don't think it is) General Zod, is just chaotic. Either way, everything about this movie has been set up to be perfection and I bet the box office results will show how great everyone thinks this movie is.
If you didn't notice by that first paragraph I'm VERY excited for this year. Plus that first paragraph gives me five other blog posts, yay! Back on topic, Batman v Superman picks up where Man of Steel left off. At this point, pretty much all we know is that after Man of Steel, Batman goes to Metropolis to fight Superman but ends up having to team up with him and Wonder Woman, to fight another vigilante.
But nonetheless I tear up with excitement at the thought of this movie. It's the dream team of DC superheros, the trinity of DC, the foundation upon which other superheroes lay, you get the point. It's Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman for crying out loud! I hope all of my exclamation points are making you as excited as I am.
In all of the trailers we see the basics of what I've been telling you, Bruce Wayne attends a party of some sort, where journalist Clark Kent speaks with Bruce to get the latest scoop about Batman from his point of view. I've never read the comics so don't quote me on this, but I believe that in this scene when they are debating about Superman and Batman, they don't know that one another is both Batman and Superman. If that is the case, that they don't know that about each other, then that makes the scene all the more powerful. Because when they do discover each others true identity, which I believe they do (don't quote me on that either), they will be all the more surprised.
Then the fact that the vigilante that they have to fight together is a Frankensteined (is that even a word, I don't think it is) General Zod, is just chaotic. Either way, everything about this movie has been set up to be perfection and I bet the box office results will show how great everyone thinks this movie is.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The New New Girl
The newest of the fifth season of New Girl was a momentous one. The main premise of the episode is that Jess has jury duty and at first is really proud and wants to go but then she tries to get out of it in order to be acting principal at her school. The reason this doesn't work is because she got the infamous gilt trip. On the way to jury duty, she meets this really nice guy who shares her love of jury duty. She makes up all of these crazy lies so that they don't pick her to be on the jury and the lawyer, the nice guy Jess met, sees right through her and knows she's trying to get out of jury duty.
Jess ultimately feels terrible for clearly lying to this guy she really likes, in order to be acting principal. Upon being guilt tripped and saying how great she'd be on the jury, Jess learns that the case she's assigned to is out of town and that she'd be gone for a month. So what does she do? She goes home, packs a bag, says goodbye, and makes a months supply of little pieces paper advice from Jess, all put in a bowl.
While Jess is gone at jury duty for the day, the whole loft goes to crap, pardon my language. Winston puts a hammer in the wall, cracking all of the plaster. Nick and Cece fight like cats and dogs. Nick is put up with how much of a slob Cece is and Cece is sick of Nick telling the same story over and over, trying to be funny all of the time. They later realize that these feelings stem from deeper roots. Nick is jealous of Cece because she spends so much time with Schmidt and Cece is jealous of Nick because she feels that she will never know Schmidt as well as Nick does.
In the end Nick and Cece make up, because while they may not know it, everyone in the loft knows that they are both basically the same person. Overall at the end of the episode, the mood is somber because Jess is a vital part of the loft and she's leaving for a month. In the last scene, Winston, Nick, Cece, and Schmidt, all sit on the couch with Jess's bowl of pieces of advice, making fun of them. That's until Winston reads one that says to stop making fun of the pieces of advice and that she knows that they're reading them. The group is weirded out until Winston says that the piece of paper only says to smile more.
Jess ultimately feels terrible for clearly lying to this guy she really likes, in order to be acting principal. Upon being guilt tripped and saying how great she'd be on the jury, Jess learns that the case she's assigned to is out of town and that she'd be gone for a month. So what does she do? She goes home, packs a bag, says goodbye, and makes a months supply of little pieces paper advice from Jess, all put in a bowl.
While Jess is gone at jury duty for the day, the whole loft goes to crap, pardon my language. Winston puts a hammer in the wall, cracking all of the plaster. Nick and Cece fight like cats and dogs. Nick is put up with how much of a slob Cece is and Cece is sick of Nick telling the same story over and over, trying to be funny all of the time. They later realize that these feelings stem from deeper roots. Nick is jealous of Cece because she spends so much time with Schmidt and Cece is jealous of Nick because she feels that she will never know Schmidt as well as Nick does.
In the end Nick and Cece make up, because while they may not know it, everyone in the loft knows that they are both basically the same person. Overall at the end of the episode, the mood is somber because Jess is a vital part of the loft and she's leaving for a month. In the last scene, Winston, Nick, Cece, and Schmidt, all sit on the couch with Jess's bowl of pieces of advice, making fun of them. That's until Winston reads one that says to stop making fun of the pieces of advice and that she knows that they're reading them. The group is weirded out until Winston says that the piece of paper only says to smile more.
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