The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence.
As the AV club announced, RZA is now Blind Master in the new GI Joe movies. (Followed by the Internet freaking out, and not being able to tell the Hard, Soft and Blind Masters apart. I'm just happy we're not getting the Faceless Master. )
I do disagree with "only one issue", though. He had a whole arc training Billy, breaking the Joes out of a Borovian gulag, and finally getting iced by Zartan. (Part of a ProudTradition.)
Another satisfied customer
My only complaint is we probably won't see a blind ninja break some fools with a ball-peen hammer and a grenade.
That mans that you draw on others to an almost parasitic extent, and while it's a good thing to rely on your friends for strength, you're not exactly what we'd call a "giver." Instead, your very presence leaves those around you feeling drained, and while they might resent it, they find it awfully difficult to get rid of you once you've got your hooks in.
Even worse, your default mood hovers somewhere between "smarmy" and "pompous," constantly fueled by the fact that you actually have been around a while and learned a lot -- though probably not as much as you think. You consider yourself to be better than most of those around you, and while it's true that you have some talent, it all just makes people want to punch you right in the face.
(Also, I'm a cusssp Cobra Commander, you foolssss.)
COBRA COMMANDER is CHAOTIC EVIL doing the job of a Lawful Evil character. He's scary because he's completely mad.
DESTRO is Lawful Evil and very bright. Think of Darth Vader. He is infinitely more logical the C.C. Destro is scary beacause he knows exactly what he's doing and why.
Apparently, the latest episode of Sym-bionic Titan places the alien threat in scenic Sherman, IL, which has traded up from having a decent Mexican restaurant, to having a lakefront (and a drift racing infestation.) I bet Aunt Sue's property values are going up as I speak.
First, Genom built a tower in Chicago, then the World Economic Union built a base for the Flag Fighters up around Peoria, now the Galactic Guardian Group is in my neck of the woods. Things are looking up!
...but Cindi Mayweather is my favorite android now.
(Posted because it's logistically improbable I'll make it to her show next Weds in Champaign. Not that I wouldn't mind seeing Plastician, or Roky Erickson, but Janelle just came on the scene like an atom bomb. Let someone write their own ticket, and they come back with female robot James Brown? Brilliant.)
No-one seems to be able to explain the broom at 0:13, or what happens to the guy using it. I've seen Flash-Bangs deployed on poles before, but I'd hate to think a Flash-Bang did that. Of course, Russia's deployed Fentanyl in place of Tear Gas/BZ before, so it's a possibility.
Somehow, it's taken me almost 18 years to finish watching Bubblegum Crisis. I started summer 92', with a T-160 video tape filled with Lupin: Castle of Cagliostro, Patlabor: the Movie, 4 episodes of Bubblegum Crisis, and the Daicon III & IV intros. All of them were taped from Laserdiscs, and no subtitles. Thankfully in those days, synopses were published in fanzines, and I had write ups from Mecha Press to work from. Years later, when dubs (gasp) and subtitles were available, I had a better idea what was going on, but even unable to tell more than "robots blow shit up, are blown up in turn by armored women", Bubblegum Crisis was the stand-out to me.
Sometimes, I would just rewind and watch the intro to the first episode over and over, watching the Boomer tear shit up to "There's a Hurricane Tonight"
I was fascinated by the style, and the enemy being an evil corporation. Mind you, at the time I wasn't of the opinion that there was a good corporation, but that's beside the point. It was also my first brush with "Cyberpunk", shortly followed by Wild Palms and Snow Crash (Thanks to a free copy with Spectre VR.) At the time, I was still heavily into "Scientifiction", Perry Rhodan, and Lovecraft pastiches, so for a computer dweeb, a world where console cowboys broke everything and had hot sex with cybered-up, battle-hardened women sounded pretty decent.
The music also deserves praise, capturing the mood of the series, and remaining listenable after all this time:
(Yes, it's the english version. I sacrilegiously like it better.)
Of course, the poor AD Police deserve a mention.
If you think popups are bad, think of them coming up when you're thermo-scanning people who might be Boomers.
"We've got a BU-12C Military grade Boomer loose on James Cameron. Unit 28, can you respond?"
"Unit 28, can you hold the subject until reinforcements arrive?"
(I always slip this guy into the first episode when I remember it.)
