Comic Trivia of the Day- The Joker

So this is a new thing that I want to do. I want to provide everyone with a bit of comic knowledge that they may not be floating around in normal nerdy conversations.  Hopefully you'll all enjoy it :)

It will be posted every weekday :)

So the first piece of trivia is about my personal favourite character in the whole of the comic-book land,  The Joker.

Introduced in the very first issue of the Batman Comics (Spring 1940), The Joker has been around constantly through all of the different periods and is still the most dangerous and unpredictable person that has ever been shown on the comic-book pages as well as in other media as well (notably his role in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City)

But did you know that according to one of the origin stories of the Joker (and regarded to be the most accurate one) Joker was the original Red Hood which was forced into committing the crime at the Ace Chemical Processing Plant where he worked. This is where he and Batman first encountered each other and this is also the site of the Jokers change from a bumbling frightened man into one of the most sadistic and dangerous villains of all time.

The Red Hood identity is now more famous by being portrayed by Jason Todd, the second Robin, who the Joker killed.

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day" - Joker

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Spider-man and Red Hood, Who's copying who?

Ok so I admit the title must be a bit misleading and I can understand why but please hear me out.

After reading through the first issue of Marvel Fact Files I noticed the outfit that Spider-man wore whilst battling the Sinister Six in the series Amazing Spider-Man (Issue 682) you can see that Spider-man is donning a different costume compared to his usual red and blue spandex. Although looking pretty bad-ass in his outfit, I cant help noticing the mask that he has donned for this mission looks pretty damn similar to that of Jason Todd's Red Hood costume, especially in the animated film 'Under the Red Hood' (which, personally, is the best animated comic book film I have ever seen)

Due to the comic being published in March 2012 it appears that Marvel has 'borrowed' the idea off of the DC character. Due to the fact that there are close to a thousand different characters through out the pages of comics and I'm sure anyone of us would struggle to come up with a tenth of the amount of designs floating about.

I also doubt very much that the artists copied the idea more likely it was subliminal and you have to admit, the mask goes with the awesome armour really well.

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Pokemon: The Best of the Best- Generation 2

So it’s time again for us to delve back into the world of Pokémon and see which second generation Pokémon will claim the prize for its round of the real gen wars. 

But before we get into it we must look at the polls and we can see that Gyarados is the winner with a massive 75% of the votes (the fact that there was only 4 doesn't matter :P ) and that means that Gyarados will be heading into the final round where he will face Pokémon from the other 4 generations!

So let’s begin.  The Pokémon that will be fighting it out this time will be: Ampharos, Tyranitar, Lugia, Suicune and and Ho-oh

Ampharos

Type: Electric

Advantage over: Flying, Water

Weak against: Ground, Rock

Ampharos is not some special Pokemon that took a special sequence of events to get or the fact you only have one chance to get it. No, quite simply it is just an evolution of Mareep and Flaffy but just much much stronger. Ampharos can learn a number of Electric based move with a high power and accuracy rating along with the potential to paralyse makes it extremely useful when facing the stronger trainers in the games, including gym leaders  and the Elite 4 as well.  Due to the high power to accuracy ratio, it makes Ampharos one of the essentials for any Pokemon team due to it being, overall, one of the strongest electric type Pokemon available in the 2nd Gen games

Tyranitar

Type: Rock/Dark

Advantage over: Psychic, Fire, Flying, Poison

Weak against: Water, Grass, Fighting

Like with Dragonite from generation 1, Tyranitar is an extremely difficult Pokemon to get and at the time of the second generation, you need to evolve your Pupitar up to level 55 which is much higher than any other Pokemon so far. Due to it's menacing nature and dinosaur-like appearance you would expect for it to be a Dragon type and although it can learn Dragon type moves it is simply Rock and Dark. By being both Rock and Dark type it has a very high Attack and Special Attack proven by such moves like Crunch and Earthquake. Tyranitar can also learn a number of different type moves allowing it to potentially become a Pokemon that could wipe through an opponents team with super effective moves used each turn. Also due to the possibility that it can learn Dragon Type moves means it is extremely effective when going against Clair and Lance (8th Gym Leader and Johto Champion respectively)since their dragon based moves will not be so effective against your hulking Tyranitar.

Lugia

Type: Psychic/Flying

Advantage over: Grass, Bug, Ground, Ghost, Fighting

Weak against: Electric, Dark , Rock

According to the films and the history, Lugia is meant to be the strongest of all the bird legendary Pokemon (Ho-oh, Zapdos, Moltres & Articuno) and is shown in the second film to be the ruler and/or controller over the three original legendary birds. With all of this being said, Lugia is also one of the first legends to appear on the front of a game which did not happen with the first generation games. In game, Lugia is a pain in the butt to find, hiding deep within Whirl Islands you have to trawl through their with the patience of a saint, and that's only if you've picked up the Silver Wing on the way on your journeys. Like with Mewtwo, Lugia isn't required to be a part of your team when facing the Elite 4 for the first time but as soon as you do receive it in your team you will breeze through the competition. 

Ho-Oh

Type: Fire/Flying

Advantage over: Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug, Steel, Ground

Weak against: Water, Electric, Rock

Like with Lugia, Ho-Oh is the other legend that appeared joint first on a generation of games since it's the biggest thing on Pokemon Gold and Pokemon HeartGold. Again, like with Lugia, catching Ho-oh is not a straight forward task as you need to firstly get a 'Rainbow wing' and then catch the three legendary dogs which we'll come to later on. Once all of these things are put in place, you then have the chance to catch Ho-Oh. The combination of Fire and Flying will give Ho-Oh a 4X advantage over Grass and Bug type Pokemon. The Fire moves that Ho-Oh can possess, such as Fire Blast, can cause a hell of a lot of damage to any Pokemon.  

Little bonus fact: Ho-oh appears in the very first episode of the Pokemon series. 

Suicune

Type:Water

Advantage over: Fire, Ground, Rock, Steel

Weak against: Grass, Electric, Ice

Suicune is one of the legendary dogs that appear in generation 2 and also appears on the third game of the generation; Pokemon Crystal. Suicune is an absolute bastard to catch due to the fact that you have to chase it all over the Johto region before having a chance to catch it. Fortunately it is unlike the other two dogs which you just meet in random encounters. Suicune is a serious powerhouse for any team, especially if  you are looking for a very strong water type to add to your team. Catching it at level 40, it adds a decent Pokemon to your team, especially if you picked Cyndaquil as a starter. Suicune can learn a number of powerful water-type moves such as Hydro-Pump and Waterfall. 

So that is it for the second generation of Pokemon. Like with last time, a poll will be put up on the side for all of you to vote! 

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Comic-com, wooooo!!!!

As you may or may not know, the MCM expo is coming to London, UK once again and I've finally got my ticket (not to brag but yay me :P). By purchasing an early entrance weekend ticket for less than £30(!) I want to provide a little diary of what will be going on there and maybe I'll get to talk to a few famous people as well. Comic-legend Mr. Stan Lee was at the convention last year so hopefully the line-up is as good.

As most of you may know this is also an excuse to do my first bit of cosplaying, which I'm really excited about! The plan is to go as Thomas 'Tommy' Elliot, better known throughout the DC world as Hush from Batman. Hopefully I'll be able to upload a picture of the finished product soon enough. Hopefully it doesn't suck too much.
Any ideas of what I should look at or do there would be great and if you comment below that would be awesome.

If you want to go to the MCM expo in London I've put a link at the bottom from where you cab buy the tickets (from the official MCM London site)
Also, another link below is the music video that MCM made with all the cos-players from last year.

Hope you guys and girls enjoy it and hopefully you'll give the diary a read in May.

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Pokemon- Best of the Best :Generation 1

So with the 6th generation of Pokemon being announced only a few days ago I have decided to come up with a series of posts that will determine what is actually the best pokemon (out of the current 649) to have in your line-up. So we begin with generation 1.
The list of candidates are: Charizard, Dragonite, Mewtwo, Gyarados, Eevee and Gengar.

Charizard
Type:Fire/Flying
Advantage over: Grass,Bug, Steel, Fighting, Ice
Weakness: Water, Rock and Electric.

Charizard is considered to be one of the best pokemon ever due to it being; 1, from the original game, 2, stupidly rare to get in the original pokemon game( which I know anyone would sell there grandmother for before the invention of Ebay) and 3, It just looks so  badass.  The combination of both Fire and Flying gives it a major tactical advantage over types like grass and bug which were prominent throughout the first generation. Even when you get to the Elite 4 Charizard proves itself useful by learning dragon-type moves which easily allow anyone to cut through Lance, the final member of the Elite 4. Another thing which makes Charizard one of the best is the fact that is that it needs to be levelled up the highest of all three starter pokemon and it has the least advantage types over the Kanto gym leaders showing that it needs a lot of hard work in order to successfully train.

Dragonite
Type: Dragon/Flying
Advantage over:  Dragon, Fighting
Weakness against: Dragonite is one of the hardest pokemon to acquire in any game due to the fact that you need to be fortunate enough to catch a Dratini and then train it up level 55 (the highest of the game at the time) in order to get it. As well as being rare in any circumstance it also a dragon type which means its only has very little weaknesses, (the only real problem is Lance from the Elite 4). The only other type that it is weak against Dragonite is Ice which is also extremely rare in Gen1.

Mewtwo
Type: Psychic
Advantage over: Fighting, poison
Weakness:Dark and Ghost

Destined to be the most powerful pokemon out of the original 151 pokemon from generation 1. Whether it was in the first Pokemon film or in the game you knew it was special. Hell, you had to beat the Elite 4 even before you had a chance of catching it. Even then you had to battle your way through the cave of origins until you faced it at Level 70 (on of the few pokemon out of all the games that this applies to). Although it only uses psychic attacks, it's base stats are far beyond anything seen throughout the whole of the Kanto region. Being unable to catch it before the Elite 4 and your rival (for the final time) shows how strong and special this Pokemon actually is. When fighting through the Elite 4 for a second time its psychic type moves can be used to rip through them, especially Bruno, making Mewtwo a must have on anyone trainers team.

Gyarados
Type: Water/Flying
Advantage over: Rock, Ground, Fighting, Fire and Bug
Weak against: Electric, Grass and Ice

Evolving from one of the most useless pokemon ever, Magikarp,Gyarados is usually a must have for any trainer, no matter what generation they are playing. With its extensive stats from when it evolves from magikarp to the fact that it can learn a variety of different types of attack meaning that it can be used to wipe out a whole bunch of trainers that stand in your way without the need to ever switch out. If trained high enough, and with the right TM's, it can learn; Fire Blast, Blizzard, Thunder, Dragon Rage, Hyper Bean and Hydro pump as well as a number of others to make it one of the easiest and most dangerous pokemon to have on your team.

Eevee
Type: Normal
Advantage: None
Weak against: Fighting, Ground, Rock and Ghost

I know that Eevee is obviously not the strongest or faster on this list by any means but it does have that unique ability for trainers to use. What ever the trainers strengths or desires, Eevee can evolve in order to satisfy the needs of many a trainer. Whether it is just the first generation of Eeveelutions; Jolteon, Vaporeon  or Flareon, or whether you have the later generation of evolutions, having an Eevee probably causes the second most difficult choice a trainer has to face, what should I evolve it in to? (obviously the most difficult is choosing your starter pokemon right at the beginning of the game) Well this isn't much of a problem if you own  Pokemon Black 2 or Pokemon White 2 but shhhh.

Gengar

Type: Ghost
Advantage over: Normal, Psychic and Fighting
Weak against: Dark

Gengar is one of the very few pokemon from generation 1 that needed to be traded in order to posses it (the others being Machamp and Alakazam) Gengar is also part of the only ghost type pokemon which appears in the original games meaning that if you possess it you were something of a pro back in the day of its release. Another reason why it being a ghost type has its advantages is the fact that certain moves have literally no effect on it at all (normal and fighting type moves) which means that when you are facing Bruno of the Elite 4 your going to be doing pretty well. Gengar can potentially possess some awesome and powerful combinations within its moveset such as hypnosis followed up by dream eater which prevents the enemy from attacking it whilst doing some serious damage with the Dream Eater attack

So there is my list of the potential ultimate pokemon from Generation 1. There's going to be a poll on the side of the blog for people to vote for their favourite choice. The pokemon with the most votes will be declared the best of generation one and will move onto the finals with the winners of the other generations will meet in an all out battle to the death! (bit OTT? :P )

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Pokemon Generation 6 is Coming!!!

So it was announced via live stream that Pokemon generation 6 will becoming to us all (for the first time ever) in October this year.  Initially I was excited about hearing of this announcement as so I watched the English version on the guardian.co.uk. After roughly 8 minutes of anticipation and the history of the pokemon games it was finally announced that Pokemon X and Y will be released towards the end of this year.

Watching the trailer I noticed some immediate differences between this up-and-coming title and its predecessors. First of all 'X' and 'Y' will be on the 3DS and there appears to be a lot of graphical changes to the gameplay, especially with the pokemon battles, in this new instalment  With the increased power of the 3DS compared to its previous formats, pokemon battles now appear to have a more animated feel, actually moving when attacking and dodging, similar to Pokemon Colosseum. With that said however, the trailer shows that this generation of Pokemon seem to have a more cartoonish feel to it which may put some people off.

Another addition with the 3D element is actually whilst you are roaming around. It appears that the player will have more of a eye-level view of the pokemon world when you travel across the routes, through the towns and cities, caves and across the oceans which I personally believe will immerse the gamer even more. Saying this, and from speaking to other people who told me where to find the announcement, as a group we feel that it is a big change to Pokemon and some feel that it could be losing its identity. For 15 years (17 if you're from Japan) Pokemon has had roughly the same birds-eye-view that we have grown up with although obviously there has been some graphic updates which was definitely necessary to help grow to be the phenomenon that it is. With the introduction of a fully 3D environment and player some people may find that nostalgia may get in the way when trying to determine whether or not it will actually be a good game or ,if they believe, Gamefreak and Nintendo are just trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of the pokemon franchise. Anyway enough of that, onto the starters.

It was revealed in the announcement what the three  starter Pokemon will be; Chespin (grass-type), Froakie (water-type) and Fennekin (fire-type). From first glance I have to say that I'm not impressed  with Chespin. Nothing about it shouts grass type to me other than its little green crown. saying this however, I am kind of excited to see what it involves to, probably (and hopefully) into something that looks epic. Although my feeling about Chespin isn't great at the moment, I do however like the other 2 starters. Froakie is your typical water type pokemon which GameFreak usually do well for each generation. Fennekin looks impressive already as a starter making me want to know what the fire-fox involves into at later stages of the game. These aren't the only new pokemon that were revealed in the trailer however, we get legendaries.

Towards the end of the trailer we get a brief glimpse at the two each showing symbolises with their respective games. the bird in the shape of the 'Y' and the many antlers on the blue deer represent the 'X' for its game. From the brief glimpse we got the legends, in my mind, look pretty impressive. Personally I think think that they are the best looking ones in a long time (excluding the black/white kyurem of course). These Pokemon will probably be an essential in any trainers team when facing the new Elite 4.

This concludes my little piece on the new Pokemon announcement. Hopefully it will be as good as Black 2 and White 2 that was only released last year. What do you think? Drop a comment below and express your thoughts.

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Star Wars Battlefront 3?

So the internet and the news has been buzzing with news that Disney has purchased both LucasFilms and Lucas arts and we already know that there are going to be remakes of all the films as well as: Star Wars Episode 7-9 which undoubtedly will be frickin' awesome.

The thoughts of most gamers now is will Disney will inject a ton of money into Battlefront 3 to give the fans what they have been craving for years now. Let's be honest Disney would make an absolute killing in the game, especially if they are doing post- Return of the Jedi as well, enticing all the hardcore Star Wars  fans as well as giving all of the fans an epic experience, especially since PSN and XBOX Live has really taken off since Battlefront 2. 32 player online battles, both in space and on numerous planets that are present in the films as well as others from the Star Wars universe.

It has been reported from http://www.battlefront3.com/ that the game was already in it's final phases before it was eventually scrapped. This can be seen as slightly encouraging though since Disney clearly have the money to fund this project. Hell they could do it from scratch and produce one the best first-person shooters of the year, maybe even ever.

Although it's only been a recent purchase for Disney, there should be serious talks about this game. If not now, there should be soon. And if there's not, as fans of either the games, the films or general Star Wars universe or all above the mentioned, we as fans should start a petition to get this game into production.

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