WORD OF THE DAY! 5/21/16! (Unbox-King #16 Joker Figure)

jongleur [jong-loo-er]
noun
1. An itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.

EX. I wonder if they call the Joker something different in French? Le Jongleur?

WORD OF THE DAY! 5/7/15!

brusuque [bruhsk]
adjective
1. Abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.

EX. A rather brusque video, done in a brusque voice, for a rather brusque figure.

MINI-REVIEW:  While a fantastic display piece for any Batman animated series fan, the figure has stiff joints that limit movement, several difficult to use accessory and pieces, and over-all falls just short of greatness. 3/5.

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE TEASER!

WORD OF THE DAY! 9/23/13!

procedure [pruh-see-dyoor]
noun
1. An act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process; conduct.

2. A particular course or mode of action.

3. Any given mode of conducting legal, parliamentary, or other business, especially litigation and judicial proceedings.

EX. And this is why police procedure is important.

WTF WED! EMPEROR MARK HAMILL'S MINIONS GO TO PREDATOR COLLEGE!

THE EMPEROR VOICED BY MARK HAMMIL!

This is a frickin' masterpiece. There are many Star Wars mash-ups and there are many Batman mash-ups, but never before have I seen the two married in to such a perfect matrimony of merriment in the form of redubbing scenes from The Return of the Jedi with Mark Hamill's Joker! It's a brilliant, twisted, and multi-layered bit of meta humor to have two of Mark Hamill's characters play off of each other so naturally. It even has a big bonus for fans of the Dark Knight Rises.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: MINION APOCALYPSE!

I don't we Summoners often give the minions in the League of Legends much thought than what they can do for us and what they can do for our opponents. Yes, the little stream of minions, super and non-super, can take out each other, towers, other champs, etc. but do we ever consider their feelings about being murdered by the hundreds every match? No. Maybe every time a minion gets in a lucky kill or a jungle creep fights of an overeager champ, we should consider the oppressive lifestyle they lead in the Summoner's Rift and on other maps.

TWO BEST FRIENDS PLAY: PREDATOR COLLEGE!

One of my favorite animators on youtube, plagueofgripes, has really outdone himself (again) with his latest animated Let's Play of the guys from TWO BEST FRIENDS PLAY! going on a ludicrous and fantastic tangent about the university years of the Predator from the "classic" video game Predator: Concrete Jungle. The animation really elevates the bit from what most of us would imagine to something truly, truly outrageous! Enjoy!

BONUS FUN FACT: The classic and quintessential manga and animated film, Otomo's Akira, predicted Tokyo winning the big for the location of the 2020 Summer Olympics. In fact, the climax of the film takes place in the stadium built for that Olympics. The film hit theaters in 1988.

WORD OF THE DAY! 3/20/13!

victim of circumstance
noun
1. An individual who suffers unfortunate and/or tragic consequences from factors beyond their control and/or knowledge.

EX. Bruce Wayne was just another victim of circumstance. Alongside his parents, Martha and Dr. Thomas Wayne, young Bruce was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shortly after leaving the cinema, after a viewing of The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, The Mask of Zorro, etc. (often at Christmas time), for whatever reason, the Wayne end up in a dark alley where a thug pulls out a gun and demands Martha's pearls. Something goes array and the crook ends up shooting Bruce's parents before booking it. His world is shattered and he spends years brooding over the feeling of helplessness that he couldn't do anything, until, eventually, he realizes with his money and access to resources/knowledge, Bruce could prevent other children from suffering the same fate and, through a bit of contrived stumbling, winds up picking the Bat as his symbol of fear/justice to become The Bat Man.

WTF WEDNESDAY! ZUBATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!

WTF WEDNESDAY

ZUBATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES TEASER!

And here we have a gorgeous bit of flash animation straight off the presses from TerminalMontage, about Zubatman; "The hero Kanto needs. Not the one it deserves". It is a brilliant spoof of both Batman the Animated Series and Pokemon wrapped in a wonderfully animated, delightful, and slightly twisted package (complete with some human on pocket monster violence). Make sure to check it out, comment, like, and/or subscribe. Also, check out his other stuff like the link below....

 POKEMON RED: ROCK TUNNEL

WORD OF THE DAY. 8/17/12. SHARK DUMP.

Carcharodon [kahr-kair-oh-dahn]

noun
1. Man-eating shark.

EX. I don't think sharks deserve their own weeks, but I won't argue that people aren't obsessed with these Carcharodon. I blame Steven Spielberg. Ever since Jaws (1975), nerds and common folk alike have been obsessed with sharks. I find Batman fans and Batman writers are especially obsessed with sharks.

WORD OF THE DAY. 4/7/12. TOP 12 BATMAN VILLAINS

insanity defense [in-san-i-tee-dih-fens]
noun
1. Legal. In criminal trials, the defense which a defendant claims that he or she was not responsible for his or her actions due to mental health problems, such as a psychiatric illness or mental handicap. The exemption of the insane from full criminal punishment dates back to, at least, the Code of Hammurabi. In the United States, use of the defense is, despite how it has been displayed in the media, quite rare, and offenders of heinous crimes are least likely to see any leniency.

EX. The Gotham justice system's Achilles Heel is the insanity defense and, contrary to reality, defendants use it successfully to have themselves committed to Arkham Asylum, time and time again, rather than be sent to an actual prison. In the real world, most of these psycho- and sociopaths would've sent to prison for their first offenses and, most certainly, would get life or the death penalty for repeat offenses.

But, in the world of DC, and in comics in general, every super hero needs his super villain and every Batman needs his rogue's gallery.

So, to top of Batman Week 2012, I presents the top 12 Batman villains. I've tried my best to rank them from the 11th to 1st, but it is difficult to pick out winners. I am trying to rank them by how likely they would kill Batman. Also, fun stuff, one of the villains is relatively new.

NERD CULTURE SMACKDOWN PRESENTS

GOTHAM'S DASTARDLY DOZEN: 

THE TOP 12 BATMAN VILLAINS!

MUSICAL MONDAY! BATMAN SINGS?

MUSICAL MONDAY PRESENTS:

 FOR THE LOVE OF BATMAN MUSICAL MONDAY!

Is there any character more romantic than Batman? Well, actually there are probably at least a dozen characters more romantic, but that's not the point. The point I want to make is that Batman has got this sociopathic bad boy charm to him that just lends itself to music so well. I mean, all that angst, all that rage, all that leather! Batman is so cool that, if he were to acknowledge his own coolness, all the world's coolness would cease to have any sort of meaning.

The man is a Rock Star...well, he would be if he didn't hate music.

"PUNK is nothing but DEATH....and CRIME...and THE RAGE OF THE BEAST!"

And today's subject is a healthy dose of batty music ranging from the classics to the would-be classics.