Monday, February 9, 2015

The Grammy's, and My 5 favorite Heroes and Villains

I wasn't planning on watching the Grammy's. Because, mostly I don't care. But, for lack of anything better to do I put it on, and couldn't turn it off.

I've also been working on my list of favorite heroes and villains for a while. I can't say that my list won't change, but for now, this is all I got.

This may be a long, rambling blog post, but that's kind of how I roll. On the short side, you can read my random thoughts on the Grammys. The long side is going to be my favorite heroes and villains, each with two substitutes. For that one, I'll try and keep pictures, videos, and links to a minimum.

The Grammys
-Don't tell my wife, but if Taylor Swift wanted to date me, I'd say yes in a hot minute.
-Sam Smith won Record of the Year after settling with Tom Petty Petty for 12.5 percent of the royalties from 'Stay With Me'. What is 12.5 percent of a Grammy?
-LLCoolJ hosted, Pauly Perette presented, and I'd much rather watch them both on NCIS/NCISLA.
-I didn't really care for her flashy red dress, but Gwyneth Paltrow always looks amazing.
-There needs to be an industry-wide moratorium on artists performing with Sir Paul McCartney. I like Kanye and Rihanna, but they have no business on stage with a Beatle. He's a knight.
-Common and John Legend was awesome. Thanks for representing The Windy City.
-When I die at the age of 127, I'd like John Legend to sing at my funeral, if he's still alive.

My favorite heroes and villains was tough. Keeping my list to only five and two alternates was hard enough. Ranking them was never going to happen. So here are my lists of favorite heroes and villains, in no particular order, from movies, television, history, and general mythology.

5 Favorite Heroes

-William Wallace - "If he were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightening from his arse."

-James T. Kirk - Not only was he a handsome devil, he was an amazing captain, and a bad-ass.



-Batman - The consummate detective that never learned the defintion of 'boundaries'. "Tell your friends about me." 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmwLPU5H6_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NriOZ6ofj_Q

-The Last Centurion (Rory Pond) - "I have a message and a question..." Rory wasn't fucking around. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-efBSAUiY

-Luke Skywalker - The baddest bounty hunter in the galaxy has absolutely no chance against the Return of the Jedi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsYbVy15jII

My honorable mentions (alternates) are Bruce Lee, and IronMan. If you don't know who Bruce Lee is, you can Google any video, and he's kicking like 20 people's asses. If you don't know who IronMan is, stop reading my blog right now, and never contact me again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVyoXimCrdQ

5 Favorite Villains

This list was harder. All of  these villains overlapped a bunch of different shows, movies, and fandoms. Just to mix it up, I'll give you my alternates (honorable mentions) first.

Emperor Palpatine is one of the most evil sons of bitches ever. Along with him, is Lord Voldemort. I can't put them in my top five, only because they are too basic. No redeeming qualities, whatsoever. Everyone (mostly) else on my list is more of a complex kind of bad guy.

-Keyser Soze- From The Usual Suspects, he's the kind of bad guy that you don't know is a bad guy until you're already screwed. No one catches this kind of prick.

-The Joker - Depending on what you're watching, or reading he doesn't even have a back story. He's just bad/evil. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gfMXEmCew4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHCdKb5UWc

-Khan Noonien Singh - The definition of evil genius. Genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier, he came back to bite humanity in the ass

-Professor James Moriarty - Thanks, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. You created one of the best detectives, and villains of all time in 1893. He's still a pain in the ass in modern pop culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOGXSFK3Xsw

-Lex Luthor - Lex is an obvious top villain. He's rich, powerful, smart, and ruthless. Thankfully, he's up against Superman. It'll be interesting to see how Jesse Eisenberg ranks among so many great depictions of Lex in the upcoming film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f05S9x7BarE



Now, typically, I try to ramble out a blog post in about 30-45 minutes. This one took longer because I had to find the links and images I wanted to use. After 2 hours of "work", right before I was going to post, the internet went out. Thanks, AT&T. It was the middle of the night, and I wasn't going to wait. So, I went to bed, planning to send it in the morning. Wouldn't you know it, my computer froze. Wisely, I saved it as a draft, so all wasn't lost. What I'm trying to say is, this post cost a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. So read it twice. Click on every link. Tell your friends to read it. Twice. Thank you, in advance.

-J





3 comments:

  1. Lex Luther is a bad guy? He's the only one who stands up to Superman pn principle when Supes interferes with us figuring out our own problems. (OK, being a sociopathic egotistical genius puts him at odds with everyone, but that never bothered Sherlock Homes...)

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  2. Good lists, J. As someone who never-ever watches the Grammys I appreciate the summation. Also I appreciate you putting Pine's Capt. J.T. Kirk along with Shatner's J.T. Kirk just for completion sake. Pine did a good job but nothing beats The Shat. Just listen this and anyone will know Shat's the man! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kIYxN33qZc

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  3. I'm surprised that Harry Potter didn't make your list

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