Wednesday, July 3, 2013

DC Universe Animated Original Movies Part Eight

DC Universe Animated Original Movies Part Eight


Superman vs. The Elite

An animated superhero film based on "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?," the story published in the comic book Action Comics #775 (March 2001). The movie was adapted and written by Joe Kelly, who wrote the comic it was based on, and is directed by Michael Chang. It was released on June 12, 2012. It is the 14th film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line. The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt.


Cast:
George Newbern – Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman
Pauley Perrette – Lois Lane
Robin Atkin Downes – Manchester Black
Dee Bradley Baker – Atomic Skull/Joseph Martin
Ogie Banks – Terrence Baxter
Catero Colbert – Nathan Jones / Coldcast
Grey DeLisle – Young Manchester Black
Melissa Disney – Menagerie
Paul Eiding – Pa Kent
Troy Evans – Pundit
Jennifer Hale – Kid Playing Superman
David Kaufman – Jimmy Olsen
Andrew Kishino – The Hat
Pamela Kosh – Abigail[3]
Jeff LaPensee – Falling Man
Marcella Lentz-Pope – Vera Black
Dave B. Mitchell – Shocktrooper
Sumalee Montano – Newscaster
Laraine Newman – Newscaster #3
Nolan North – Pokolistani Ambassador
Henry Simmons – Efrain Baxter
Stephen Stanton – Bialyian Ambassador, Cartoon Superman, Drunk Father
Tara Strong – Young Vera Black
Fred Tatasciore – Perry White
Bruce Timm – MI-5 Agent
Julie Wittner – Cowering Woman
Rick Zieff – Desiccated Man

Released Date: June 12, 2012

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Superman: Unbound 

A 2013 animation superhero film, an adaptation of the 2008 comic book story arc "Superman: Brainiac" by Geoff Johns. It was directed by James Tucker and scripted by Bob Goodman. It is the 16th film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series. The film's sneak preview was included with Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Injustice: Gods Among Us. Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."


Cast:
Matt Bomer - Superman/Clark Kent
John Noble - Brainiac
Stana Katic - Lois Lane
Molly Quinn - Supergirl/Kara Zor-El
Alexander Gould - Jimmy Olsen
Frances Conroy - Martha Kent
Wade Williams - Perry White
Diedrich Bader - Steve Lombard
Stephen Root - Zor-El
Jason Beghe - Terrorist Leader
Ian James Corlett - Kryptonian #1
Melissa Disney - Thara Ak-Var
Sirena Irwin - Alura
Will Yun Lee - Parasoldier Leader
Andrea Romano - News Anchor #2, Superman's Ship
Michael-Leon Wooley - Ron Troupe
Note: Jonathan Kent and Cat Grant appear in non-speaking roles.

Released Date: May 7, 2013


37th Annie Awards Pt. 3 Winsor McCay Award- Bruce Timm




Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Arrow - Mini Review

Can I say I'm late when it comes to TV shows, but since I'm a big comic book nerd I started watching this show. Let's do a count on this cast. Please and thank you.

First: John Barrowman is a guest start who plays the FUCKING bad guy. Let's say JB makes a fucking great bad guy.
Two: Jamey Sheridan plays Robert Queen, Oliver's father, most people would know him from Law & Order: CI where he was captain of the unit. So awesome!
Three: Susanna Thompson who plays Moira Queen, Oliver's mother was on NCIS for a little bit. She was the woman that was sleeping with Gibbs for a little bit.
Four: Last one, really, is Katie Cassidy! She played Amanda in Taken, ya know the daughter's best friend. ...Ya know the one who dies... not the point.

It's really a great cast. I'll get my review of the show once I'm done with it. That should be soon.

Peace,
Ace

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Character Music Mix: Terry McGinnis


  1. Love Song - Tantric
  2. Hell and High Water - Black Stone Cherry
  3. Valleys - Close Your Eyes
  4. The Last Song - Theory of A Deadman
  5. Wonderful - Rob Thomas
  6. Afflicted - Age if Daze
  7. Not Meant to Be - Theory of A Deadman
  8. The Best is Yet to Come - Aoife Ni Fhearraigh
  9. Frequency - Tantirc
  10. Mercenary - Panic! At The Disco
  11. The Good Life - Three Days Grace
  12. The Red - Chevelle
  13. Before Tomorrow Comes - Alter Bridge
  14. Not Strong Enough feat. Brent Smith - Apocalyptica
  15. Open Your Eyes - Alter Bridge
  16. Please Come In - Black Stone Cherry
  17. Watch Over You - Alter Bridge
  18. Live Your Life (Down) - Tantric
  19. Rise Today - Alter Bridge
  20. Broken Pieces feat. Lacey Mosley - Apocalyptica
  21. Down and Out - Tantric
  22. Drown In You - Daughtry


This is my mix of music that reminds me of Terry. I'm sure I'll add more to it as time goes on.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

DC Universe Animated Original Movies Part Seven


DC Universe Animated Original Movies Part Six



Batman: Year One

The film is an adaptation of Frank Miller's story "Batman: Year One" from 1987 in the main Batman title, featured in issues #404–407. It is co-directed by Sam Liu and Lauren Montgomery. Everyone should know this story. Frank Miller’s writing is pure gold. I find this very hard to write a summary for this, mostly because this is a well-known book.



Cast:
Benjamin McKenzie as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Eliza Dushku as Selina Kyle / Catwoman
Bryan Cranston as Lieutenant James Gordon
Katee Sackhoff as Detective Sarah Essen
Alex Rocco as Carmine "The Roman" Falcone
Jon Polito as Gillian B. Loeb
Saratoga Ballantine as Skeevers' Attorney
Jeff Bennett as Alfred Pennyworth
Steven Blum as Stan, News Reporter Tom (uncredited), SWAT Member (uncredited)
Roark Critchlow as Hare Krishna
Grey DeLisle as Barbara Eileen-Gordon, Vicki Vale (uncredited)
Keith Ferguson as Jefferson Skeevers
Danny Jacobs as Flass' Attorney
Michael Gough as Driver
Nick Jameson as Merkel
Liliana Mumy as Holly Robinson
Robin Atkin Downes as Harvey Dent
Pat Musick as Louisa Falcone
Andrea Romano as Obstetrician
Stephen Root as Brendon
James Patrick Stuart as Henchman
Fred Tatasciore as Detective Arnold John Flass, Johnny Vitti (uncredited)
Bruce Timm as Thug #1
Bruce Wingert as Guard

Released Date: October 18, 2011, the same day as Batman: Arkham City.

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Justice League: Doom

Justice League: Doom is a loose adaptation of Mark Waid's JLA story arc, "JLA: Tower of Babel" wherein the Legion of Doom is formed to eliminate the Justice League using protocols created by Batman to take down the group should its members ever go rogue. The movie was adapted and written by Dwayne McDuffie shortly before his death in February 2011, and is directed by Lauren Montgomery.

The film revolves around Vandal Savage's plot to exterminate the greater part of the human population and start a new civilization. To ensure that the Justice League is unable to stop him, Savage hires Mirror Master, who hacks into the Batcomputer and steals contingency plans devised by Batman to incapacitate his League teammates should they ever go rogue. Savage assembles a group of supervillains with personal vendettas against the heroes and pays them richly to simultaneously attack the members of the League using these plans, albeit altered to be lethal.



The villains each do their part to take out the Justice League:

Batman is informed by Alfred Pennyworth that the bodies of Thomas and Martha Wayne have been exhumed and are missing. When Bruce Wayne arrives at his parents' graves, he is ambushed by Bane. The emotional distraction is enough to grant Bane the upper hand and render his adversary unconscious. Bruce is then placed into his father's coffin which is reburied. He wakes up to the horrifying prospect of dying of asphyxiation next to his father's corpse.

The Martian Manhunter (in his human identity of John Jones) is celebrating his birthday with his colleagues from the police force. He receives a drink from a mysterious woman (who is actually Ma'alefa'ak in disguise). The drink is laced with magnesium carbonate, which is poisonous to Martian biology. The Manhunter's body is capable of curing itself, but only by sweating out the magnesium which is highly flammable. Ma'alefa'ak uses a lighter to set his enemy on fire (J'onn's only weakness), leaving him to burn alive without the possibility to extinguish the flames.

Wonder Woman is attacked by Cheetah who scratches her arm, sending nanomachines into her bloodstream. The microscopic machines attach themselves to her brain stem and begin broadcasting directly into her visual and auditory sensors. This fools Wonder Woman into thinking that everyone she sees is a duplicate of Cheetah. The illusion is designed to exploit her competitive nature, by sending her into a never-ending battle. Since she would never surrender, she will force herself to fight until her body gives out, thanks to the drugs the nanomachines were carried in, causing her to suffer an epileptic seizure or a heart attack.

The Flash is lured into a trap by Mirror Master who pretends to be robbing a train. The villain then uses a hologram of an elderly woman to create the illusion that he had a hostage. The whole scenario is only intended to trick the Flash into placing his arm into a booby trap that attaches a bomb to his wrist. The bomb will explode and kill everyone within three miles if the hero tries to remove it or if he does nothing. The only way to prevent the explosion is to run and never decelerate, but even the Flash cannot run forever.

Green Lantern is called upon by the FBI to deal with a group of terrorists who have taken hostages into a salt mine. However the truth is that both the terrorists and the hostages are sophisticated androids. The entire setting is part of a complex deception that fools Green Lantern into thinking that innocent lives are lost due to his overconfidence. The hero is also exposed to a synthesized version of the Scarecrow's fear gas that undermines his will. Finally, Star Sapphire shows up and exploits his fears convincing him that he does not deserve the power he wields. Green Lantern renounces his ring without which he cannot escape from the collapsed salt mine. The weakened hero resigns to his fate.

Superman is lured to the roof of the Daily Planet by a disillusioned former employee named Henry Ackerson, who aims to commit suicide by either jumping off or shooting himself. Superman tries to talk him out of it, and appears to have succeeded, when Ackerson unexpectedly shoots the hero instead. It is then revealed that the suicide ploy was meant to trick Superman into lowering his guard, that the former employee was being impersonated by Metallo, and that the bullet was made of Kryptonite, the only material that can harm Kryptonians. A fatally wounded Superman falls from the top of the building.

Cast:
Kevin Conroy - Bruce Wayne / Batman
Tim Daly - Clark Kent / Superman
Susan Eisenberg - Princess Diana / Wonder Woman
Nathan Fillion - Hal Jordan / Green Lantern
Carl Lumbly - J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (credited), Ma'alefa'ak J'onnz / Ma'alefa'ak (uncredited)
Michael Rosenbaum - Barry Allen / The Flash
Bumper Robinson - Victor Stone / Cyborg
Carlos Alazraqui - Bane
Claudia Black - Barbara Ann Minerva / Cheetah
Paul Blackthorne - John Corben / Metallo (credited), Henry Ackerson (uncredited)
Olivia d'Abo - Carol Ferris / Star Sapphire
Alexis Denisof - Sam Scudder / Mirror Master
Phil Morris - Vandar Aag / Vandal Savage
Dee Bradley Baker - Officer in Charge
Grey DeLisle - Lois Lane, Queen (uncredited)
Robin Atkin Downes - Alfred Pennyworth (credited), Jack (uncredited)
Brian George - Mayor
David Kaufman - Jimmy Olsen
Juliet Landau - Ten
Jim Meskimen - King
Andrea Romano - Batcomputer Voice
Bruce Timm - Ace
Danny Jacobs - Special Agent Porter

Released Date: February 28, 2012
This Film was dedicated in memory of McDuffie.


Fallout: New Vegas DLCs


Story Add-Ons

Dead Money

Summary: As the victim of a raw deal you must work alongside three other captured wastelanders to recover the legendary treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino. In Dead Money, your life hangs in the balance as you face new terrain, foes, and choices. It is up to you how you play your cards in the quest to survive. It was released on December 21, 2010, for the Xbox 360, and on PlayStation 3 and PC platforms on February 22, 2011.

“You've heard of the Sierra Madre Casino. We all have, the legend, the curses. Foolishness about it lying in the middle of the City of the Dead, buried beneath a blood-red cloud. A bright, shining monument luring treasure hunters to their doom...” – Father Elijah, Dead Money intro



Holy freaking crap, I have never in my life wanted a DLC to end so badly as this one. I hated it. I hated the thought of it. Thank you Bethesda and Obsidian for a horror based DLC. Crap. Shit there’s these Ghost People that live in Sierra Madre and around it, and they don’t die. You either have to blow their damn heads off or a limb… if not they get up and come after you. I hate them… all of them. I took to firebombing the hell out of them… it made me feel better. Other than the creepy people that are living in the casino you get three new companions… well four if you count the fact that one of them is bat shit nuts and has a split personality disorder. Because, yeah that’s fun. I was a dick to the companions in this DLC, I killed all of them but one. I liked her. Still hate this DLC, never again.

2.5 bat hounds out of 5

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Honest Hearts

Summary: Honest Hearts takes you on an expedition to the unspoiled wilderness of Utah’s Zion National Park. Things go horribly wrong when your caravan is ambushed by a tribal raiding band. As you try to find a way back to the Mojave, you become embroiled in a war between tribes and a conflict between a New Canaanite missionary and the mysterious Burned Man. The decisions you make will determine the fate of Zion. It was released on May 17, 2011 on the Xbox 360 and PC platforms. It was later released on June 2 (NA), and June 5 (EU) for PlayStation 3, due to the PSN store being down from a group hacking the server.

“I have been baptized twice, once in water, once in flame. I will carry the fire of the holy spirit inside until I stand before my Lord for judgment." – Joshua Graham



Holy freaking crap, I really enjoyed this DLC. As the summary says one of the tribes is led by the mysterious Burned Man. Just hearing what the locals say about the Burned Man is amazing. 

4.5 bat hounds of 5

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Old World Blues

Summary: In Old World Blues you discover how some of the Mojave’s mutated monsters came to be when you unwittingly become a lab rat in a science experiment gone awry. You need to scour the pre-War research centers of the Big Empty in search of technology to turn the tables on your kidnappers or join forces with them against an even greater threat. It was released simultaneously on all platforms on July 19, 2011.

"There is an expression in the Wasteland: "Old World Blues". It refers to those so obsessed with the past they can't see the present, even less the future, for what it is." - Doctor Mobius and Doctor Klein



I had no problem with this one. I enjoyed it to a point. But I'm not going to go out of my way to play it. 

3.5 bat hounds of 5

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Lonesome Road

Summary: Lonesome Road brings the Courier's story full circle when you are contacted by the original Courier Six, a man by the name of Ulysses who refused to deliver the Platinum Chip at the start of New Vegas. In his transmission, Ulysses promises the answer as to why, but only if you take one last job—a job that leads you into the depths of the hurricane-swept canyons of the Divide, a landscape torn apart by earthquakes and violent storms. The road to the Divide is a long and treacherous one, and of the few to ever walk the road, none have ever returned. It was released on September 20, 2011 simultaneously on all platforms.

"This is your road; when you come, you'll walk it alone." - Ulysses



I really need to replay this one. So because of that I will not give this one a rating till I play it. 

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Item Packs

Courier’s Stash



Players pre-ordering Fallout: New Vegas from selected retailers were granted access to special pre-order bonus packs, containing exclusive equipment to make the earlier stages of the game easier. The list of bonus packs is as follows:

Caravan Pack- Lightweight Leather armor, Sturdy Caravan Shotgun, 40x 20 gauge shotgun shells, 4x weapon repair kit, Binoculars

Classic Pack- Armored Vault 13 jumpsuit, Weathered 10mm pistol, 50x 10 rounds, Vault 13 canteen, 5x stimpak

Mercenary Pack- Lightweight metal armor, Mercenary’s grenade rifle, 20x 40mm grenades, 3x super stimpak, 3x doctor’s bag

Tribal Pack- Tribal Riding armor, broad machete, 5x bleak venom, 10x throwing spear

Gun Runner’s Arsenal



Gun Runners’ Arsenal, released on September 27, 2011, increases the range of unique weapons, weapon mods, ammunition types and recipes waiting to be uncovered in the vast Mojave Wasteland.
Now since there is a huge list of items in the arsenal, here is a link to the Fallout Wiki: Gun Runner’s Arsenal [insert link]

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Facts about Ace

What is your favorite word?
Percolator

What is your least favorite word?
No

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Those rare moments when I can sit down and stare at a wall and relax for a second and then it starts all over again

What turns you off?
Rage and hatred

What is your favorite curse word?
There are so many, but I do love ‘Da fuck?’ But you have to say it as a question.

What sound or noise do you love?
Laugher

What sound or noise do you hate?
The sound of when you leave your keys in the car and the door is open. Shut up damn it! I know the keys are in there.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
A college history teacher, I don’t think I could teach high school.

What profession would you not like to do?
Bomb tester

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Well I thought you would be taller. 

Who is your favorite actor?
Favorite live action actor is Liam Neeson. The man is a bad ass.
Favorite voice over actor is Kevin Conroy. He’s Batman!

Who is your favorite actress?
Laura Linney

What is your favorite color?
Red and Black

Batman is my favorite superhero. I think it’s because he’s human, unlike the rest of them.

I love Stars Wars and almost anything that deals with it.

I have all the Harry Potter books.

Every rarely get alone with women. Most of my friends are men.

I read comic books unlike most women.


Big fan of video games

I've been known to hold grudges, although I try not to

If I had the chance to start again, I would do almost everything differently

I think about my mistakes

I feel short compared to most people, even though I'm probably not

I've never been cool. I kind of go my own way, which is un-cool, apparently.

I have a problem with procrastination

I don't believe in love at first sight

People who make me laugh fascinate me. Especially when it’s a sarcastic or caustic remark that does it

I hate weddings. They're boring and stressful.

I love mac and cheese

I am pro-choice

I cannot keep my room clean.

I have a dog called Bayley, I also call her monkey

I don't know if I will ever have children

If my sisters and I weren't sisters, we probably wouldn't be friends

I miss old friends sometimes but realise our parting was probably for the best

If I were an animal, I'd want to be a bat or a wolf.

I'm passionate about music and have a pretty diverse taste

I wonder if I'll ever go home.