So, yesterday on Hulu Plus I was watching the most recent cycle of America's Next Top Model. No, I'm not really into fashion I just enjoy viewing the creative and artistic shots they get of the girls. But the episode I saw was of the girls posing as zombies. Not gonna lie, the nerd in me was a little jealous, but not as jealous as when I saw them posing for their steam punk theme. Moving on.
So, the zombie episode reminded me of clip I watched recently of Nathan Fillion talking about how he'll be prepared for the zombie apocalypse by being a welder. Amusing story, if you haven't seen it I advise you do. So as often as my brain wanders, which is often, this got me to think about how many people prepare for a zombie apocalypse but I realize no one really prepares for time travel.
Now, bare in mind you've got two different ideas. One a "realistic" plague breaks out that zombifies and spreads a viral disease to the human population. The other not so "realistic" idea of an individual figuring out how to manipulate time. So, yeah I'm going with the one that will almost never happen but, hypothetically speaking.
You know, in TV, movies, books they always talk about avoiding your past self due to "XYZ" reason of time rule disaster. Assuming that the issue of you running into yourself won't cause anything to collapse on itself. If you did run into your past self, how would you be able to quickly and abruptly tell yourself that you're time traveling. This led to me thinking up a silly movement (ex. triple clap, tapping your nose, holding your breath) to relaying to my past self that I am merely time traveling and not a doppelganger, shape shifter, or clone. Hopefully, this would bypass the, "I've gone crazy!" moment from my past self. The only downside I've noticed to this is that it would never work on my past self before I came up with this specific movement for time travel.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
Pilot Episode Review - Arrow
Just finished watching the pilot for Arrow. Yes, I'm aware it aired a couple of nights ago, but I have no cable and therefore watch my TV via the internet. Nice, because I avoid an abundance of commercials. Sucks, because my coworkers forget and therefore spoil the results of my reality shows. Moving on.
So, I watched the episode with little knowledge Green Arrow and the only preview I saw was of a built man workout and playing target practice with tennis balls. Had to check in with my husband a couple of times to clarify a few characters. Yes, I know the villains and heroes names (i.e. Merlyn and Black Canary) but I don't always remember their secret identities. I'm sure there were plenty of errors in the show but for someone, like myself, who doesn't really know a lot of GA facts, I actually enjoyed it.
One good thing they kept, he is Oliver Queen of Queen Industries. Dude's a millionaire. Resulting in a small list of individuals being able to out class him. Granted a couple of those individuals are Bruce Wayne of Wayne Enterprises and Lex Luthor of LexCorp. This is the DC universe we're talking about lot of people with money. He uses a bow and arrow. This is a good note, they could have twisted this in a terrible direction. He's in a green costume. Again, a good note, even though they just "creatively" called the show Arrow, they did leave in the fact that his outfit is green. I was a little peeved that he wasn't wearing a mask but I guess a green stripe of paint over your eyes can classify as a domino mask...maybe...? But I was really upset about the lack of facial hair, it's like his iconic charm, GA needs the facial hair. Dinah Lance is present, not gonna lie makes me giddy that they placed her in the show. They are actually one of my favorite couples in the DCU. I enjoyed reading all the issues related to their wedding, before the reboot, I mean. At first I was a little perturbed by her hair color then my nerd of a husband kindly reminded me that she wears a wig when she's fighting crime. Looking forward to actually seeing her kick butt in the future, I hope she kicks butt. Merlyn, yeah I got no comments really on him, need more time to determine. The Queen family, yeah not much there, although the "Speedy" nickname to the baby sister puts a little fear in me. The bodyguard, I liked him. Not sure about the baby sister Lance thing, but I can roll with it.
Aside, form that I really don't know the errors that appeared but I enjoyed it. I'm sure some people will grunt but that's the beauty of the multiverse of DC we're not necessarily viewing the mainline story universe; hence why a few things can be off.
The whole "hit list" he has in the show, my favorite part of this whole thing. Looking forward to future plot synopsis with that.
In conclusion, this show has peaked my interest and I hope it gets a good run. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't need to meet the level of Smallville, it has to beat the level of Birds of Prey (mind you I was a fan of this show), and luckily it already has surpassed the level of both the pilots for the latest Wonder Woman and Aquaman.
So, I watched the episode with little knowledge Green Arrow and the only preview I saw was of a built man workout and playing target practice with tennis balls. Had to check in with my husband a couple of times to clarify a few characters. Yes, I know the villains and heroes names (i.e. Merlyn and Black Canary) but I don't always remember their secret identities. I'm sure there were plenty of errors in the show but for someone, like myself, who doesn't really know a lot of GA facts, I actually enjoyed it.
One good thing they kept, he is Oliver Queen of Queen Industries. Dude's a millionaire. Resulting in a small list of individuals being able to out class him. Granted a couple of those individuals are Bruce Wayne of Wayne Enterprises and Lex Luthor of LexCorp. This is the DC universe we're talking about lot of people with money. He uses a bow and arrow. This is a good note, they could have twisted this in a terrible direction. He's in a green costume. Again, a good note, even though they just "creatively" called the show Arrow, they did leave in the fact that his outfit is green. I was a little peeved that he wasn't wearing a mask but I guess a green stripe of paint over your eyes can classify as a domino mask...maybe...? But I was really upset about the lack of facial hair, it's like his iconic charm, GA needs the facial hair. Dinah Lance is present, not gonna lie makes me giddy that they placed her in the show. They are actually one of my favorite couples in the DCU. I enjoyed reading all the issues related to their wedding, before the reboot, I mean. At first I was a little perturbed by her hair color then my nerd of a husband kindly reminded me that she wears a wig when she's fighting crime. Looking forward to actually seeing her kick butt in the future, I hope she kicks butt. Merlyn, yeah I got no comments really on him, need more time to determine. The Queen family, yeah not much there, although the "Speedy" nickname to the baby sister puts a little fear in me. The bodyguard, I liked him. Not sure about the baby sister Lance thing, but I can roll with it.
Aside, form that I really don't know the errors that appeared but I enjoyed it. I'm sure some people will grunt but that's the beauty of the multiverse of DC we're not necessarily viewing the mainline story universe; hence why a few things can be off.
The whole "hit list" he has in the show, my favorite part of this whole thing. Looking forward to future plot synopsis with that.
In conclusion, this show has peaked my interest and I hope it gets a good run. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't need to meet the level of Smallville, it has to beat the level of Birds of Prey (mind you I was a fan of this show), and luckily it already has surpassed the level of both the pilots for the latest Wonder Woman and Aquaman.
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