Rapper Luther Campbell (formerly of 2 Live Crew), 20 years later after going toe-to-toe with the Supreme Court Campbell has become more than just a entrepreneur, he’s a social activist for the city of Miami.
During our interview Campbell talked about the situation in Ferguson, social media, inner city gun violence, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, concussions in the NFL, and how you can become a social activist as well.
“If you got a guy that can ride in a race car with a helmet on and crash into a wall at 200mph and survive that, you need that helmet. But that helmet does not look sexy in the NFL. So if the NFL real wants to prevent these concussions they would send more money down to the high school programs and they would design a helmet using the designs or using the guys who designed these NASCAR helmets and say, “Lets put this ugly helmet on these guys head, it may look like a spaceship but if we are really really serious about this concussion thing we’ll take that helmet that you can run into the wall at 300mph,”” said Campbell.
Gotham season 2 is shaping up to be quite different from its predecessor. According to TJS Newspaper, is being labeled the season of villains, as there are many new ones appearing Gotham and many others are coming into their own in this Batman prequel. Cinema Blend gives Gotham fans a pretty hearty offering of villains that will be showing their face in Gotham City, long before Batman suits up.
Tigress, Azrael, and Hugo Strange are among this lengthy list of Gotham’s least finest. Strange and Tigress do not seem to hard to work with, but Azrael is an unusual consideration and likely going to be somebody that doesn’t carry much of the characters actual look or name. Gotham’s most notable and infamous, The Penguin, The Joker, and The Riddler, will be advancing to their greater roles from DC Comics.
Oh, and not to forget that Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, and Clayface will also begin their Batman origins in Gotham season 2. Does that seem like an awful lot of Gotham’s baddest? Well, there is more villains to be had in Gotham season 2.
There’s billionaire industrialist Theo Galavant, brother to Tigress. Comicbook reports that Fox/Gotham just cast Leo Fitzpatrik as Joe Pike, the leader of a gang of arsonists. Then, there is the kind-of, sort-of villain Capt. Nathaniel Barnes, who will be played by work-outside-the-law The Shield Michael Chikilis. He befriend, and betray, Detective James Gordon during the series. Since Barnes and Gordon’s brand of justice differs, this makes a lot of sense.
Beyond the new entries to Gotham City, Drew Powell (Butch), Morena Baccarin (Leslie Tompkins), Nicholas D’Agosto (Harvey Dent) and Chris Chalk (Lucius Fox) will become series regulars. Since Butch now works for Penguin, Harvey Dent and Lucius Fox are crucial to Batman and Gotham’s future, it seems to make sense. Leslie, Jim Gordon’s girlfriend, hasn’t quite been explained as to where the show will take her.
Batman has a lot on his plate for not even being able to shave yet, so hopefully, Jim Gordon can handle all these Gotham villains in one season. Gotham season 2 premieres September 21, ahead of your other DC Comics shows.
Ronda Rousey has dominated UFC opponents and is on top of her game after a 34 second knockout of Bethe Correa and is working on her fifth film (American Judoka, The Expendables 3, Furious Seven, Entourage, Mile 22)
During a recent AMA on Reddit, a user (u/WiFiForheadWrinkles) asked “If you were to be in a superhero movie, which hero would you play?” to which the UFC Bantamweight champion responded, “well… a lot of the good ones have been taken, but I’d like to vie for Miss Marvel.”
While she is correct in that all of the most well known male characters have been taken, but don’t shortchange the female characters of the comic book universe Ms. Rousey!
There are many great female super heroes that Rousey would be able to bring to life more than any other mainstream actor due to her tremendous mixed martial arts ability and growing acting expierence.
Here are five roles that Rousey would be a great fit for aside from Ms. Marvel.
Ring the bell!
Domino
A bad ass character, which is the main criteria in my selections for Rousey as a super hero, and Domino certainly meets that. Born into a government program to create the perfect mutant, Domino is a righteous character who is battling with her own origins but that doesn’t stop her from taking down anyone who gets in her way.
Feral
A member of the Morlocks who then joined X-Force, Feral has a deadly temper and was the main liability within X-Force when they left Xavier’s mansion. Feral is not your typical hero, unlike Rousey who the public adores, but her abilities inside the octagon make her the best fit for taking on the female equivalent to a Wolverine/Sabretooth combo.
Silver Sable
An ally to your friendly neighborhood Spider Man and other heroes but she is a mercenary and a hunter of war criminals so sometimes she’s on the right side of the law and sometimes she’s not but she’s just dishing out her own brand of justice. Who does that remind you of?
She-Hulk
You don’t really have to stretch your imagination that much to image Ronda Rousey as a bullet proof ball of energy that is looking to crush anything that pisses her off.
Mystique
This would be incredible. Mystique is a vacant role with Jennifer Lawrence not returning the role and Mystique would be a great fit for UFC champ. That icy stare coupled with Mystique’s skin and it might be the best incarnation of the X-Men character. She would be able to showcase her incredible martial arts skill with a different type of edge than what we typically see from her.
Who would you like to see Ronda Rousey play? Let us know in the comments below!
The iconic NBC comedy franchise “Saturday Night Live” will celebrate the start of its 41st season on Oct. 3 with Miley Cyrus returning as host for a third time. The Grammy Award-nominated and chart-topping artist will host the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 30.
On Oct. 10, Amy Schumer will make her hosting debut. Schumer is coming off her summer box office hit, “Trainwreck,” in which she both wrote and starred. She stars in the TV series, “Inside Amy Schumer,” and her upcoming comedy special, “Amy Schumer: Live From the Apollo,” premieres Oct. 17.
Tracy Morgan will return to Studio 8H on Oct. 17 for his second time as host. As a former cast member, Morgan earned acclaim for his seven seasons on “SNL” and was Emmy nominated for his role on the award-winning comedy series “30 Rock.”
The D23 Expo has wrapped up but we have a highlight real of the Live Action Presentation that feature a surprise visit by Harrison Ford and Johnny Depp.
Disney film schedule over the next two years is jammed packed with Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, The Jungle Book, The Finest Hours, Through The Looking Glass, Pete’s Dragon, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars Anthology – Rogue One.
In attendance for the presentation was Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie, John Favreau, Ben Kingsley, Chris Pine, Mia Wasikowska, Bryce Dallas Howard, Johnny Depp, J. J. Abrams and Harrison Ford to name a few.
The D23 Expo has wrapped up but we have a highlight real of the Live Action Presentation that feature a surprise visit by Harrison Ford and Johnny Depp.Disney film schedule over the next two years is jammed packed with Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, The Jungle Book, The Finest Hours, Through The Looking Glass, Pete's Dragon, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars Anthology – Rogue One.In attendance for the presentation was Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie, John Favreau, Ben Kingsley, Chris Pine, Mia Wasikowska, Bryce Dallas Howard, Johnny Depp, J. J. Abrams and Harrison Ford to name a few.
Show Me A Hero is David Simon’s latest HBO foray into socially-conscious inner-city storytelling. After tackling the drug war in Baltimore in everyone’s favorite series The Wire and a post-Katrina New Orleans in the idiosyncratic and narrowly-focused Treme, Show Me A Hero may be his most daunting task, making the true story of a mayoral run in 1987 Yonkers, New York, and a subsequent squabble over government housing something that intrigues audiences. So far, so good, however, thanks to Oscar Isaac, the performances from some surprising supporting players, and a nimble screenplay.
Isaac is the draw here, playing Nick Wasicsko, a fresh-faced Mayoral candidate in Yonkers running against the incumbent Angelo Martinelli (Jim Belushi). The center of their campaign against each other involves court-ordered government housing that is scheduled to be dropped right in the middle of Yonkers’ more affluent (white) neighborhoods. The outspoken majority in Yonkers latch on to Nick’s promise to appeal the court order, while Martinelli rests on his history and eventually loses the office. This is the focus of Part I.
As Part I ends and Part II begins, it doesn’t take Nick long to realize city politics are a minefield of things out of his control. He loses the appeal day one, and looks to his advisors for help like a child who has been told Santa isn’t real. Aside from looking like the real-life Nick Wasicsko, Isaac is perfect for the role. His sad-eyed gaze and nervous energy capture a promising politician being eaten alive by the system.
Isaac is not the only draw in the story. Show Me A Hero is filled to the brim with wonderful talent, all helping breathe life into a series and a story that could fall flat much easier that it could build momentum. Belushi is patriarchal as Martinelli, Winona Ryder is Vinni Restiano, thick on accent and even thicker on precociousness. Jon Bernthal is an ACLU lawyer who isn’t as racially neutral as one would expect, and Alfrida Molina spits fire as Henry J. Spallone, a politician accusing the courts of social engineering with their insistence on the public housing.
Part II introduces us to Mary Dorman (Katherine Keener), who blossoms into the voice of the angry white Yonkers mob, insisting this is more about property values than racial lines. Nick continually looks and feels like an outsider to this world of angry WASPs, and the morality play in his decision to contest the public housing simply to win an election begins to weigh on his mind. Meanwhile, we get a look on the other side, the African-American community who’s streets go unchecked except for police presence, and the good people there who would benefit from a change of scenery.
It all works in concert in the story, weaving a dense tapestry of city politics that remains accessible thanks to Simon’s writing and fluid direction by Paul Haggis, who’s melodrama is kept in check. Simon has captured the look and feel of late-80s New York, all the way down to the Springsteen tracks that feel as if they were created specifically for this story. Show Me A Hero is, at least through two episodes, another notch in the belt of David Simon the inner-city narrator.
Anime fans have feared over the past few years that the ‘Moe’ trend popularized since 2009’s K-On (Or 2007’s Lucky Star, I mean, they’re practically the same, am I right?) will never end, that we’ll be stuck with Himouto! Umaru-Chan‘s and Danchigai‘s until the zombie apocalypse.
Fear not friends! For the fate of ‘Moe’ will not look like Gakkou Gurashi (Great show, by the way), for the next trend of Anime has begun!
It’s a good show, I swear
Anime, like every other form of media, has had its trends. From the Mecha age to the Every-Show-And-It’s-Mother-Is-A-Battle-Shounen age. As of this month, I am declaring a new age of Anime!
It arguably started with Hunter X Hunter (2011), a re-adaptation of 1998-present shounen manga by Yoshihiro Togashi, replacing the 1999-2001 anime adaptation.
But things didn’t really pick up until Madhouse decided to adapt the early 90’s manga Parasyte, by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Giving us what is considered one of the best anime of 2014-2015.
Since then we’ve seen lots of other ‘old’ shows arrive. Like Ushio to Tora this season, and Osomatsu-san this upcoming season.
Giving stories that didn’t get the attention needed before another chance (like Parasyte).
Giving anime that haven’t aged well a better representative (like Legend of the Galactic Heroes).
Giving older fans a nostalgia-filled blast from the past (like Osomatsu-san).
Giving old, yet still continuing franchises even more content (like Lupin the III: L’asvventureasomethingsomething).
Allowing fans to realize just how terrible the studio is (like Sailor Moon Crystal).
Cons:
Wasted time and effort on things that aged fine (like Hunter X Hunter 2011).
Further extending a franchise that’s better off dead at this point (like DragonBall Super).
Misrepresenting and ruining the reputation of that story (like Sailor Moon Crystal).
Ugly shows in effort to keep with the original art style (like Otomatsu-san).
Cashing in on nostalgia instead of working on new content (like Ushio to Tora)
Clearly both sides are pretty even. But the future honestly looks pretty bright, these Old stories are far more diverse than Moe has ever gotten. Even in just the bit I brought up we have shounen, comedy, magical girl, sci-fi, and thriller genres.
So what will happen with Moe shows? Well, even though Mecha and Shounen have been their own trends, we still have Mecha and Shounen shows today. Don’t expect Moe to die completely, but it will drop in popularity, until it doesn’t dominate the seasonal charts anymore.
Regardless, anime fans have something to look forward to as the anime industry changes, and hey, if this keeps up, perhaps we’ll even get a second season of Baccano.
Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie flew in from Germany to be part of the D23Captain America: Civil War presentation in Anaheim Saturday afternoon and the duo talked about what it is like working for Marvel and Disney.
“No ones career has been stifled by Marvel, so when they call you, you answer,” said Mackie.
Captain America: Civil War will be in theaters on May 6, 2016.
Before I get into the the recap for Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers Episode 7, I’d like to apologize for last week’s review. A reader pointed out there are more requirements to raising the barrier that I had forgotten about, so Nachetanya couldn’t have done it. However, I still think she has been over-acting. I will get into that soon.
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers is airing on Crunchyroll and updates Saturdays at 3:30pm EST.
Last episode, Flamie asked Adelet why he wanted to become a Brave. Adelet begins by talking about his master’s intense training methods. Flamie reveals that his master, Atro Spiker, was on her hit-list, but he was too old to worry about and she’d heard none of his students could handle the training.
Adelet explains that he went to Atro Spiker for training because a giant fiend (with a hurr-durr expression) came to Adelet’s village and convinced them to live under the Demon King’s rule. Anyone who disagreed was to have their hearts ripped out. Adelet’s best friend and sister (not his mother like I thought last episode, oops) died so Adelet could escape.
Flamie says that the three-winged fiend Adelet described is one of the leaders of the fiends and is responsible for Flamie’s birth. She says she hates her mother for pretending to love her and then abandoning her. Flamie wants to destroy everything her mother spent her life working for.
Flamie says that because Adelet believes her with no reservations, that is reason enough to still suspect him of being the seventh brave. She leaves him with a special explosive that will call her, but states that she might kill him if they meet again.
When Flamie gets back to the temple, she lies and says she fought Adelet but couldn’t capture him. She gives the other Braves the same backstory she gave Adelet, and is still met with some suspicion. When asked why she is not surprised that Adelet is the seventh, she says it is because he has been “trying to get her onto his side”. Honestly. Half-demons. This poor guy just wants everyone to be friends and work together. Hans also insults Flamie by questioning whether she’d be able to kill her mother.
The Braves decide to hunt down Adelet. Four of them go out in pairs. Hans stays behind at the temple in case Adelet comes back for his stash. Chamot goes out to “play”. She refused to both stay behind and guard the temple and search for Adelet. She wanted to sneak off on her own somewhere, and in my opinion it looks like she’s either doing some sort of search or communicating with someone. And check it out. She has a flower with six petals and she has plucked off a petal. Hmm.
Nachetanya tells Goldof that she is sure that Adelet is not the seventh Brave and she wants to prove it. Goldof obviously has his misgivings and asks who Nachetanya suspects instead. Her answer is Hans. When Goldof hears fighting at the temple and asks if Nachetanya hears it as well, she says she doesn’t and urges him to help her find proof of Adelet’s innocence.
Oh yeah, by the way, Adelet goes back to the temple and ends up fighting with Hans. Adelet realizes he needs to escape, but Hans seemingly gets the better of him and the episode ends as Hans is about to deal the killing blow.
Nachetanya is full of it. If Adelet is right and there is also an eighth Brave, Nachetanya would be the seventh Brave placed to sow confusion amongst the Braves. She pulls a weak and naive princess act to get people to trust her, lies about hearing fighting at the temple to lure Goldof away (perhaps to kill him), and adamantly defends Adelet even after she was just saying “how could he do such a thing” in the last episode.
My second suspect for the seventh is Chamot, but I think her wanting to go off alone makes it too easy to suspect her, even with the creepy flower scene. I also think Hans is too easy to suspect and I would be disappointed if it turned out to be him. Finally, I hope the eighth Brave, if one exists, is someone we at least heard of. I think a new and previously unmentioned character at this point would be lame.
Months before the release of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and two years before the eighth episode of the seminal franchise hits theaters in 2017, it has been announced that Jurassic World‘s director Colin Trevorrow will be in charge of Star Wars: Episode IX.
Back in July, we wrote about news that hinted at Colin Trevorrow being involved in this project, which would likely be announced during the Star Wars panel at Comic-Con – as reported by HeroicHollywood – but that didn’t happen. However, in their update, the website added information about some strong connections between producers from Jurassic World and Lucasfilm that could lead to Trevorrow being hired. It seems that was true, as it was confirmed during the D23 Expo this weekend.
So far, Disney’s plans include a Star Wars film every year, whether it is a new episode or a spin-off (which Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One will kick off next year), so Episode IX is set to release sometime in 2019. Rian Johnson, writer and director of Looper and Star Wars: Episode VIII, will also sign Episode IX‘s screenplay.
Colin Trevorrow directed the clever Safety Not Guaranteed in 2012 before the new trend of hiring indie directors to helm big movies caught up to him. He will write the Jurassic World sequel as well. This is how he expressed his enthusiasm about the Star Wars project:
“This is not a job or an assignment. It is a seat at a campfire, surrounded by an extraordinary group of storytellers, filmmakers, artists and craftspeople. We’ve been charged with telling new stories for a younger generation because they deserve what we all had—a mythology to call their own. We will do this by channeling something George Lucas instilled in all of us: boundless creativity, pure invention and hope.”
Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm, said that since she saw Safety Not Guaranteed she’s wanted to work with the director.
“The power of that film paired with the enormous success of Jurassic World speaks volumes about his abilities both as a storyteller and skilled filmmaker. We are thrilled to have such an incredible talent as Colin join our family and step into the Star Wars universe.”
This is great news for Trevorrow, but some critics and fans are still not convinced after being disappointed by Jurassic World.
What do you think? Can he pull it off or is it too soon to say?
