Meanwhile, since i'm still getting back up to speed, we're taking it easy here today. But, you might be wondering about that title above on this post. As you may have noticed, the trend on this new wave of postings has been to take the title from the text of the material under discussion. "Does Satan Dance The Funky Chicken 'Neath The Harvest Moon?" is the chosen line from the piece in progress, but it wants a different title - Deadpool's Big Green Mama. And i'm going to go with it.
This ain't her, but it is a direct hint -
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| (Who says The Rump can't read? This sure sounds like it) |
Meanwhile, on with the ramblings...
Happy Birthday to Bumper Robinson!
If you're a comic book media fan, you should know his name. Bumper's been around in comic & genre work for most of his life. He was only 13 when he co-starred on the 1987 tv movie version of The Spirit (vastly superior to the theatrical movie from a couple decades later) as Eubie (Ebony in the comics) alongside Sam Jones and Nana Visitor as Denny and Ellen. By that point, he was already an experienced actor with over a score of appearances including the alien child in the scifi classic Enemy Mine and a recurring role as Leon on Night Court (where he first caught my attention). He'd even had something of a comic book based appearance before then on the Hillstreet Blues episode Ratman And Bobbin. Over the next decade he showed up, or was heard, on tv shows and cartoons ranging from Flintstone Kids to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to the tv mini-series about the Jackson Family, An American Dream. In 1996 he played one of the mutants (Mondo) in Fox's poorly executed Generation X telefilm. That brought him back to comics and related adaptations, and he's been a staple since.
While continuing to do live action work on shows like Living Single, he was doing voice work on shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, Godzilla, and Pinky & The Brain. In the 21st century, the trend continued and expanded - Batman Beyond, Sabrina the Teenaged Witch, Static Shock, Teen Titans, The Batman, Legion Of Superheroes, Transformers, G.I.Joe, Batman: The Brave & The Bold, The Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, LEGO Marvel Super-Heroes, Avengers Assemble... it goes on.
And that doesn't touch his work in video games featuring X-Men, Justice League, Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Batman, and more.
He's the voice of both Cyborg for DC and Falcon for Marvel. That's pretty impressive all by itself.
Heck, he even did voice work for my current game of choice - Fallout 4. (Great game actively being murdered by the interface(s) Mods required.)
Happy 45th, Larry! Can't wait to see what comes next.
Rambling onward...
The Man.
So... finally started to watch season 3 of Guardians Of The Galaxy. If you're missing him, the first episode has a delightful multi-scene cameo from Stan Lee. (And Seth Green pops in as Howard The Duck)
Matter of fact - if you haven't been watching the Marvel toons in recent years, there's a whole bunch of Stan waiting for you - usually playing Stan. For example - did you know that he's the mayor of Vista Verde, the town where Hulk And The Agents Of S.M.A.S.H. make their home? And they're usually bigger scenes than the movie cameos, too. Sometimes he even gets up on the Soapbox.
The Decimation.
Marvel's name for Thanos's Snap and the resulting loss of 50% of all life in the universe.
A terrible name.
Devastation.
Obliteration.
Even Snappening was a better name.
Decimation refers to a destruction of 1/10th of the whole. I know words evolve and change meanings with time. Pussy may have originated from the word pusillanimous, but the word has taken on other connotations over time.
But with Decimation, it's built into the word - the prefix 'deci' refers to a tenth part. In order to make it refer to one half instead, i have to pretend i'm too stupid to understand the component parts of the word. I've always had a problem making myself stupid for society, and i'm not going to start now.
Wakandan Cruelty.
I've seen some talk about how cruel it was to leave Bucky with only one arm when Wakanda could easily have given him a more naturalistic, non-weaponized arm. I sincerely doubt that the decision to go without an arm was anyone other than Barnes' - think in the context of the old samurai or gunfighter who finds peace by hanging up their weapon.
Zak Attack.
Did you see that Zak Snyder recently exploded an F-cluster bomb regarding his DC movies. In the middle of it all, he explained/admitted two things-
One - his movies are Elseworlds movies, not the real deal. He never intended to make a 'real' Superman movie. He was making a What If-? What if the Kents thought like Snyder did?
Instead of teaching Clark that he had a duty to use his powers to help others, his father taught him to protect himself above everyone else, including family & loved ones. (And using suicide to teach the lesson? Ick)
His mother taught him that he doesn't owe the world anything, and never did.
Of course this Superman isn't a hero - how could he be?
Two - Snyder doesn't believe in the concept of heroes nor aspirational figures and was intentionally trying to destroy them for the 'idiots' that do.
This has been obvious all along, but it was nice of him to finally admit it.
Maybe next time he'll talk about the incredible stupidity of treating eyeballs like fixed-mount lasers or.... damn. It's hard to narrow it down to even just a few incredibly stupid things from BvS-Death Of Justice, much less one reference. Let's skip all the big obvious ones and go to making Superman a peeping tom pervert (admittedly, that's already been done in Superman Returns). We see this when he flies up away from Lois while repeating a line from Bruce & Alfred's private conversation about nobody staying good forever with no rational reason for saying it on his own unless he was listening to them.
Creepy, dude.
Here's a better fight between Supes & Bats -
There. Fight over.
