Oops...

So, I may or may not have forgotten about the blog...
But, I'm back! And I'm going to continue with this mediocre thing and try to be interesting again.

Since my last post I haven't actually done much. I went to Armageddon Expo in Auckland, finally got round to watching Man of Steel (expect a post on this soon), made a list of other movies and shows to watch, finished reading the A Song of Fire and Ice books, I went swimming a few weeks ago which was fun and most importantly, I started watching season 9 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Also, slightly more interesting, I've pumping out so many ideas for fun things for me to do, I'm going to be truly entertained on my return to the homeland.

Enough about me, how are you?

In Batman We Trust.

Every few months I go through phases of being addicted to all things Batman.
Most recently I've been reading the 2012 Batman comic event: Death of the Family. 
It is amazing. Easily one of the BEST comic series I have ever read. Basically, it's about the Joker going to strange lengths to get to Batman, and shows the relations between Batman and "The Bat-Family" in other words, Robin, Nightwing, Red Hood, Batgirl and Red Robin. And Catwoman too, I guess. 

This comic captures everything I love about the whole Batman vs The Joker thing. With the Joker being ridiculously unpredictable and insane, and Batman being all dark and broody and also kind of insane.
Think about it, the guy spends his whole life dedicated to revenge, sure you may look at it and think "But he's bringing criminals to justice" which he is, yeah, but he also takes the quest for justice to extremes, such as dressing up the way he does and even exposing himself to some of Jokers "Joker Gas". There's also the undeniable split personality, remember the costume ball in The Dark Knight Rises? Bruce wasn't wearing a mask, because Bruce is the mask. Getting real deep here. Although, with a city as corrupt as Gotham, I understand why Bruce Wayne wouldn't join the police force to bring justice legally, considering the police chiefs were bought by the criminals they were supposed to arrest. 

Anyway, Death of the Family, I love it. It finally shows Batman being unsure if he can beat the Joker, maybe even scared, and it shows that the Joker is more insane than ever, way more insane. This version of the Joker makes Heath Ledger's Joker look like a court jester. 

Whilst I'm on the topic of Batman. Back to Dark Knight Rises, what most people fail to grasp about the Nolanverse is that Batman is a symbol of hope. For example, toward the end of the movie when Bats makes his heroic and triumphant return to save the city, he takes the time to pour a load of petrol on a bridge and set it on fire, and boop, a big flaming Bat-symbol. I heard too many people yelling about how much time he wasted setting that up when he could have started his fight against Bane way earlier. One, that wouldn't make for a good movie, where's the suspense? The dramatic tension? Two, Batman did the burning bridge thing to show the people of Gotham that he had returned. That Bane hadn't broken him. To give those pleasant guys in the city hope. See? Hope. He also lectures Joseph Golden-Rabbit a bunch about hope, which is why (spoiler) he finds the Butt-cave and the film ends with you to believe he will be the new Batman. And just because his name is Robin doesn't mean he'd start fighting crime as Robin. That'd be dumb. You dumb idiot.

Here's the address to a bigger version of that picture up there:

http://i.imgur.com/iY1wLSb.png?1

Dead Things.

I watched Evil Dead the other day. Compared to Army of Darkness (the previous film in the series) it was way less goofy and way more creepy. Humblebrag, I don't get creeped out or scared by movies that often. In parts, Evil Dead had me squirming, especially a certain scene including a mouth. Gross.

The lead character was played by Jane Levy, an American redhead that I would totally hold hands with. Her performance was pretty darn good, considering what she had to do in the film. 

Apparently, this is the first in a new trilogy of the Evil Dead franchise, if the others are as good as this one I will be a very happy guy.

The cinematography of this movie was top notch, through the use of different camera angles and shooting techniques the production crew captured the creepiness of the film, and if anything, made it even creepier.
The only downside is that the movie was heavily lacking in Bruce Campbell. The world needs more Bruce Campbell.

This movie gets Elliot's Seal of Approval. Watch it. Now.

Speaking of dead things, The Walking Dead season four starts this month and I cannot wait.

Journey to Tudog.

So, I wrote a blog entry earlier. I forgot to save it. I am an idiot. I'll paraphrase what it said:

      "Blah blah blah blah blah, I saw a play at my cousins school. Blah blah blah blah blah, it was mental. Had no idea what was going on. Blah blah blah blah, something about a god thing called Tudog. Blah blah bloo blup blep blop pfft."

The teacher/writer/director/buttlord seemed to take the concept of amateur dramatics way too seriously by trying to create a philosophical masterpiece. It was as if the dude saw a bunch of pretentious plays, went home, got high off his face on poppers and booze and wrote a story about a bottle of water and a telephone.
This teacher did not do the kids any justice, the level of performance from the eleven and twelve year olds that took part was really quite high, give them a good script and it'd be an entertaining night.
At the end of the half hour my face hurt from confusion. And guess what? This Tudog everyone was looking for? It was the damn bottle of water the whole time. 
What. 
A. 
Goon.

Annoying Introduction.

My name is Elliot. I'm a nineteen year old male from the UK. And I like video games.
This is where I should write something witty and exciting to show how much of a "random" individual I am, how different I am compared to everyone else. Nope. No, thanks.
I'm not really sure why I'm even writing a blog. Blogs are dumb.
If it hadn't already been obvious, I'm slightly cynical.
So, this is going no where. It's been fun. Speak soon.