Monday, April 27, 2015

Suicide Squad's Joker: A Sick Sad Joke or A Sick Looking Joker?


     On Friday we were treated, finally, to how Jared Leto will look as The Joker in the upcoming Suicide's Squad movie. We were teased a bit when we got a sneak peak of Leto would look as he uploaded an image with dyed green hair on his SnapChat a while ago. Now that we finally know how Leto will look, we can really start critiquing.
     Right off the bat, it's a very different Joker than what we usually see. Leto is sporting multiple tattoos and gold teeth. Of course if you didn't know, this Joker's appearance was inspired by The Killing Joke's Joker. Realistically, we see that the Suicide Squad's Joker is an inspiration of the hardcore tattooed white bad guy you see in gritty criminal films, and possibly inspired by rapper Riff Raff and James Franco's appearance in Spring Breakers. It's a complete contrast from the the different live-action Jokers from the past. We had Jack Nicholson's and Cesar Romero from the 1989 Batman film and the 60s TV series which looked almost as close to the comic book appearance of The Joker. The Dark Knight's Joker, played by Heath Ledger was a more realistic gritty twist to the villain. With cracked paint make-up and smile scars and the interest of telling his victims how he got them, this creepy disturbed Joker delivered just that: Creepiness and disruption.
     Back to Leto's Joker. I understand the concept of this Joker's appearance. Again it is using the cover of The Killing Joke as a catalysis to give us a new Joker that we've never seen. The problem is that it's probably a Joker we don't want to see. It's looks outrageously try hard and over the top in a bad way. This Juggalo-ker looks almost comical, but maybe that's the point. Maybe the absurdity of the tattoos and gold teeth is something to throw people off of what horrific shit the Suicide's Squad's Joker can do.
     This look can give us a hint to what we're in store for the Suicide Squad. This look can either help or hinder Jared's Leto performance. We need to see more. We need a trailer to see Leto in action as The Joker to really how everything works out. Hopefully we will get it and hopefully we won't be waiting too long to see it.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

The Batman v Superman, Star Wars Episode VII, and Fantastic Four Trailers: Do They Suck?

 Movie nerds got a treat over the weekend. We got to see the new trailers for Star Wars Episode VII, Batman v Superman, and Fantastic Four. These movies have been highly anticipated and have been scavenged for any rumors, leaks, and any small scrape of information that could be found. So, this weekend getting new teasers and trailers has been a gift to the geek gods. Thanks to these trailers, we can get a glimpse of what we might be in store for the up coming summer movie season and holiday film season this year and next. But the question is do they suck?


Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
First things first we're going to start Star Wars. This is the second trailer for the film. This trailer we get to see more of the story in this first trailer. We got to see more of John Boyega's character, Finn which is a good thing. With the Luke Skywalker narration, we see that Episode VII is going to be Star Wars: The Next Generation. This is more evident with the buried Empire battleship and the melted Darth Vader helmet. We're going to be getting a lot of nostalgia moments in this film and possibly the other Star Wars films. That can be a big problem. Of you have to rely on nostalgia, it is usually a sign that the film doesn't have much to stand on on its own. Hopefully the whole thing isn't like that. It could be cool to see. Also, we didn't see any lens flairs so farso that's awesome.

Fantastic Four

Next up we have the Fantastic Four trailer. I must admit, I am actually impressed with what I'm seeing with this movie. All the news coming out about this movie, aside from having a black Human Torch, was absolute cringe worthy. It almost seemed that this movie would be as horrible as the Fantastic Four movies before it, I'm looking at you rise of the Silver Surfer. Anyway, this is the first time that you really get to see what The Thing looks like and I have to say that he looks pretty cool. Again, what impresses me is how everything is looking. The director, Josh Trank, has said that the film will not be using the source material from the comics. This concerned me and a lot of fans of the comic books. So far everything is looking like it's going to be fine as there are some liberties on the origins of the Fantastic Four so it's nice to see that we don't have to worry about it, or do we???


Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Lastly we have the teaser trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It looks like we're going to see the dark gritty Superman idea work, maybe. There's not much to take from it, being a teaser but it seems that taking place after the events after Man of Steel Superman has become public enemy number 1. People are at odds at what Superman is and what his agenda is. Apparently, Batman is here to find out, by taking versus part of the movie's title literally. Some of the parts in the teaser, especially the Batman parts look a bit Nolan-esque. That figures since what Nolan did to Batman had changed the game on what Superhero Films can look like. It revolutionized Superhero movies. Not much of the plot has been revealed and that's bit of a bummer, but the teaser sets the tone that this film is going to be epic.


What are your thoughts on the trailers?

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Super Smash Bros 3DS/Wii U Alternate Costume Easter Eggs Part 4: The Final Meta Knight-mare Smash (Until the Mewtwo and Lucas DLC Comes Out...)


     Here we are folks the long awaited final (maybe not?) installment of alternate costume easter eggs in Super Smash Bros for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. As I stated before in the previous parts. you don't have to look at trophies and stages to see Nintendo's history. You can witness it in even the alternate costumes which are much more than just palette swaps and cool recolors. Here is part 4 of alternate costumes easter eggs for the characters of the recent installment of the series. Enjoy.

Bowser Jr.
All of Bowser Jr.'s alternate costumes are the Koopalings.

Dark Pit
Black: Default costume.
Green: Based on the color scheme of Immortal Phoenix.
Black 2: Loosely based on Magnus' color scheme from Kid Icarus: Uprising
Yellow:
Red: Based off of Twinbellows.
Blue: Based off of Pandora.
White: Based off of Pit.
Purple: Based off of the Great Reaper from Kid Icarus.

Duck Hunt
Orange: Default costume.
Black 1: Based off of a Rottweiler or Coonhound. Duck is based off of a blue duck.
Black 2: Based off of a Border Collie.
Brown 1: Based off of a Chocolate Labrador Retriever.
White: Based off of a Dalmatian.
Brown 2: Based off of a beagle. Duck is a female mallard.
Yellow: Based off of a Golden Retriever. Duck is a male mallard and which is also the black duck from the game.
Black 3: Duck is based off of red duck from the game.

Greninja
Blue: Default costume.
Red: Could be based off of a shiny Gyarados.
Pink: Based off of the color scheme of a Lickilicky.
Black: a shiny Geninja.
Purple 1: The color scheme of a Spiritomb.
Green: Could be based off the color scheme of a splendid leaf frog, which the Pokemon is based off of
Grey:
Purple 2: Could be based off of a Haunter.

Lil Mac
Wire Frame: Based on his design in the arcade version of Punch Out.
Green: Default: Based off of his appearance in Punch Out Wii.
Yellow 1: Based on his Title Defense Mode appearance in Punch Out Wii.
White: Based on his appearance after defeating opposing boxers in Punch-Out!! for NES. Could also be based off of Piston Hondo's attire.
Blue 1: Based off of his appearance in World Circuit in Punch Out Wii.
Blue 2: Based off of his appearance when fighting in the Major Circuit in Punch Out Wii.
Yellow 2: Based off of his Player 2 appearance in Punch Out Wii.
Black: Based on his appearance in Super Punch Out.
Pink: Based on his pink jumpsuit in the training montages in the original Punch Out. The wire frame switches the colors.

Lucina
Blue: Default costume. Based off of her appearance as a Lord
Green: Based off of Nowi's color scheme in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Black: Based off of Cherche's color scheme in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Red: Based off of Chordillia's color scheme in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Pink: Based off of Tiki's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Yellow: Based off of Lissa's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Black 2: Based off of Tharja's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakeing.
Pink 2: Based off of Sumia's appearance in Fire Emblem: Awakening.


Mega-Man
Blue: Default costume.
Red: Based on the coloration when using 1, 2, and 3 items in Mega Man 2. Also based off of using the Rush Coil in Mega Man 3.
Green: Based off the coloration when using the Hyper Bomb in the first game as well as Leaf Shield in Mega Man 2.
Brown: Based off of the coloration when using the Metal Blade in Mega Man 2 and the Ring Boomerang in Mega Man 4.
Light Blue: Based off of the coloration when using the Air Shooter from Mega Man 2, Blizzard Attack from Mega Man 6, and Freeze Cracker from Mega Man 7.
Light Green: Based off of the color palate when using the Slash Claw from Mega Man 7.
Red: Based off of the color palate when using Fire Storm from the original Mega Man as well as the Atomic Fire from Mega Man 2, the Flame Blast from Mega Man 6, and the Flame Sword from Mega Man 8.
Black: Based off of the color palate when using the Thunder Beam from the original Mega Man, as well as the Top Spin from Mega Man 3.

Pac-Man
Yellow: Default design. Based on his Japanese design on most arcade cabinets.
Blue: Boots are based on the magic boots from Pac-Land. Pads and wing color could be based off of Inky.
Yellow 2: Boots are based on the magic boots from Pac-Land. Pads and wing color could be based off of Kinky from Pac-Man Arrangement.
Black: Boots are based on the magic boots from Pac-Land. Pads and wing color could be based off of Spooky from Pac-Man World 2.
Purple: Boots are based on the magic boots from Pac-Land. Pads and wing color could be based off of Sue's appearance in Pac-Land.
White:
Brown:
Plaid:

Palutena
White: Default costume. Based off her appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Pink: Based off of her sprite in Kid Icarus.
Purple: Based off of Amazon Pandora's color scheme from Kid Icarus Uprising.
Green: Could be based off of Medusa's NES sprite in Kid Icarus.
Blue: Pandora's color scheme from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Red: Based off of Virid's color scheme from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Black: Based off of Dark Pit's color scheme from Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Purple 2: Based off of Medusa from Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Robin
Black: Default costume. Both the first and second male and female avatars from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Green: Based off of Abel's color scheme from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi.
Red: Based off of Anna's color scheme from Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Blue: Based on the Avatar from Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~.
Yellow: Based off of Evayle from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
White: Resembles a White Mage from the Final Fantasy series. Could be based off of Azel from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Pink: Based off of Serra's color scheme from Fire Emblem.


Rosalina and Luma
Light Blue: Default costume.
Pink: Based off of Princess Peach. May also be based off of a Hungry Luma.
Yellow:  Based off of a normal Luma.
Green: May be based off of a Trial Galaxy Luma.
Red: Based of of Fire Rosalina from Super Mario 3D World
Purple: Based off of a Lubba or the Lumacomète.
Black: Based off of the color scheme of a Power Star.
White: Based off of Fire Peach from Super Mario 3D World or Peach's NES sprite from Super Mario Bros. Could also be based off of her younger appearance in Super Mario Galaxy.



Shulk
Red: Default costume. Based on his default Colony armour from Xenoblade Chronicles.
White: Based on Fiora's color scheme.
Black: Based on Dunban's color scheme.
Orange: Based on Reyn's color scheme.
Blue: Based on Sharla's color scheme.
Purple: Based on Melia's color scheme.
Yellow: Based on Riki's color scheme.
Black 2: Sh ulk with light armour.

Villager
Red: Default costume. Wearing the No. 1 Shirt,
Pink: Wearing the Daisy Shirt.
Yellow: Wearing the Racer 6 Tee.
Green: Wearing the Turnip top.
Light Blue: Wearing the Blue Tie-dye Tee.
Blue: Wearing the Rugby Tee.
Purple: Wearing the Four-ball Tee
Light Green: Wearing the Yellow Bolero.

Wii Fit Trainer
Blue: Default costume. Based of the male and female appearances in Wii Fit. The female trainer's hair is based on Wii Fit Plus.
Green: Based on the male and female designs in Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U.
Red: Based on design of male and female trainers in the Aerobics category activities.
Yellow: Based on the design of trainer in Balance activities. Also loosely based on outfit in Wii Fit Plus when Yoga or strength training is done in My Wii Fit Plus mode.

If I missed anything, want to add something or would like to address if I make any corrections, please feel free to comment.