Halloween Movie Fest

Since I'm so disappointed by the AMC Fearfest this year, I decided to take a day and watch all of my favorite scary movies building up to the day itself. Starting tomorrow I'll be watching 7 of my favorite horror films, one a night until Halloween. Check out the list and follow along if you like.

Oct 25 - The Wolf Man

Oct 26 - Creature from the Black Lagoon

Oct 27 - An American Werewolf in London

Oct 28 - The Cabin in the Woods

Oct 29 - The Shining

Oct 30 - Friday the 13th

Oct 31 - Halloween

In the comments below, let me know what your favorite scary movies are and maybe I'll check out some of them especially if they are on Netflix. I don't have class on the 31st, so I plan to have a horror movie marathon. And just because Halloween is over doesn't mean I have stop stop watching horror flicks.

Love It, Hate It

Everyone has things they love and hate, and what better place to vent about the bad and rave about the good than online for the world to see. I've been thinking about adding in this onto the blog for a while now and finally decided to do it. I'm not sure if this will become a weekly thing or monthly - I suppose it depends on my school schedule. Regardless, here is the first Love It, Hate It!

Love It!
1. The Avengers:Age of Ultron teaser trailer. If you didn't see it yet, check it out here.

2. How To Get Away With Murder. I can't watch the series on TV because of class, but it peaked my interest so I started watching it online.

3. The Simpson's Tapped Out: Halloween. This year's Tree House of Horror is oddly alien themed, but I'm excited to have my favorite THOH character: Hugo Simpson, the "evil" twin, added to my roster.

4. The Superior Foes of Spider-Man. I picked-up "Getting the Band Back Together" and am really digging this series. Who says superheroes always deserve the spotlight?

5. Ray Palmer on Arrow. I was a bit confused when they added the character to the series line-up, but I think he's a great fit so far. I know Brandon Routh got a lot of slack playing Superman, but I'm excited to see him pull on the tights for The Atom!

Hate It!
1. Venipuncture! We've started poking people in class and I just can't get the hang of it.

2. Price gouging freelancers. I can understand if you are extremely talented and in high demand asking for a bit more, especially if it is your only source of income. But for a newbie, unestablished asking outrageous prices because they think they're the best... pass.

3. AMC Fearfest 2014. I keep seeing the same few movies over and over and over... how about switching it up and maybe playing some B&W classics?

4. The end of "Diversity" on YouTube. Well, the "Minecraft Diversity" series being played by Stacyplays and Ihascupquake - I'm ready for Diversity 2, ladies!

5. Mr. Pickles. This new (new to me, at least) series on Adult Swim ruins my Sunday night of cartoon watching.

The Pied Piper

The Flash series officially debuted this Tuesday, though I already did a review of that a few months ago when the pilot leaked onto the web. I watched the pilot anyway to support the series and I have to say that it was just as good watching it a second time. I've yet to see any of my geek friends to get their feedback, but I'm thinking they enjoyed it enough to not blow-up my phone with rants of how horrible it was.

In conjunction with the pilot came this interesting bit of news today. Something I was very curious about would be the inclusion of one of my favorite comic characters: Pied Piper. I've always thought that Hartley Rathaway was such a cool and interesting character, even before either of us came out. As silly as it sounds, he was one of the first gay characters to whom I could really relate. Unlike a lot of LGBT characters at the time, he was not just a one-dimensional gay figure. Piper had a great background and the struggle he faced was over his morals as a villain not his sexuality. He was a well-written character who also happened to be into guys.

So it was a nice surprise when I saw that not only will they be introducing Pied Piper (somewhere around Episode 11/12), but he will be cannon gay in the series as well. The CW has yet to shy away from same sex relationships as evidenced by the lesbian storyline between Sarah and Nyssa on Arrow. I'm hoping that Hartley gets a little romance - they did include his New 52 BF, Dir. Singh in the series - but more importantly, I hope he joins Team Flash as a good guy down the line.

Just a final note, while I'm a little disappointed they didn't pick a red-head to play Hartley, the actor they chose to portray him, Andy Mientus, is quite a cutie. And he is also openly bisexual, not a requirement for playing an LGBT character, but it can't hurt. I just hope he does the character justice!

PS - CW, please don't give him the raggedy 2000's costume or his original polka-dot tights. I'd much prefer him in his new costume or something similar.

Sexist Superheroes

Woohoo! That is the sound of my finals being over and another semester of making the Dean's List. Now that my projects and tests are over and I have a break, brief though it may be, I'll have a bit more time to spend catching up on my social media. I know I've been lacking but you know that school is my priority right now.

The real reason I thought I'd post, is to bring a little attention to a disturbing article I found tonight on my Yahoo News page. I'll let you read the article for yourself, but I must say that I'm very upset with retailers for buying stock in such gender-biased apparel. Why is the it the girl always has to be the damsel in distress rescued by the man in a cape? There are plenty of kick-butt superwomen out there and they have to make a tee that reads: "Training to be Batman's wife?" Why not Batman's sidekick? Look at how incredible the Batgirls are: Barbra, Cassie, and Steph have proved their worth time and again. Or even better, how about: "Training to be Batwoman?" She's an amazing role model not just for women but for the LGBT fans out there.

Wonder Woman, Hawkwoman, Black Canary, Vixen, Zatanna - and those are just the DC heroines! Why should a young girl, or a woman of any age, feel that the best thing she can be is a superhero's wife? I'll gladly accept that the t-shirt was meant to funny when they make one like this for the boys:

 

PS - I would totally buy this tee if it was available.