Archie Andrews, Archie comics, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Veronica Lodge
In random rant on September 1, 2009 at 12:31 am
Since Filipinos in general are quite fond of American culture, it’s no surprise we’ve taken to one of their iconic pop culture icons, Archie Andrews and his merry gang from Riverdale. I, as a young teen, used to collect the single and double digest versions of the comics and read them fervently like, I imagined, every other kid in the world was doing at the time. So imagine my surprise when I learned during my 8 year stay in Sydney, Australia that almost no one there has ever read Archie comics, with some people having never even heard of it in the first place. This got me to thinking, “Why then is the popular title and its characters so endearing to Filipinos?”
Autobots, bonecrusher, cyclonus, Decepticons, devastator, optimus prime, Revenge of the fallen, scourge, starscream, Transformers
In comic book movies, random rant on June 24, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Let’s face it, the Decepticons had way cooler names than the do goody Autobots. I mean, the name Decepticons is great in itself. So to coincide with the release of Revenge Of The Fallen (which I will see and probably not enjoy just like the first movie), here is my Top 5 list of Transformers baddies’ names. I never watched any Transformers cartoons past the 1986 movie so I only included characters that I actually know. [Note: All art taken from deviantart, click on preview for the full version: all credit goes to original artist.]
5. Bonecrusher
- wikipedia entry – Mean name, and a Constructicon to boot. He also gave Optimus a run for his money in the 2007 film albeit in the end, his head got skewered by Prime’s sword(!)
4. Scrourge
- wikipedia entry – Evil sounding name, nuff said.
3. Cyclonus
- wikipedia entry – I love hearing Orson “Unicron” Welles say his name when he was being ‘transformed’ from either Skywarp or Bombshell.
2. Starscream
- wikipedia entry – Love him or hate him, Starscream was a great name and an even more interesting character.
1. Devastator
- wikipedia entry – Most awesome name ever. Practically the only Decepticon the Autobots ran away from. I sure hope he’s meaner than he looks in the new movie. Click here to see what he OUGHT TO really look like in the movies.
Capcom, Guile, SNK, Street Fighter, SVC Chaos
In video games on April 22, 2009 at 10:52 am
Boredom has gotten the better of me yet again. I recently decided to get my hands on MAME roms once again and renew my collection. So this time I give you the Street Fighter game sprites themselves starting with everyone’s favorite US Air Force Emo, Guile. (photo by yours truly)
note: the sprites for Street Fighter II Championship Edition are essentially the same as with World Warrior’s except that Guile’s abs are bursting in CE. Also the Loss sprite from Super Street Fighter is the exact same as with CE. I’d add the other games Guile has appeared in but well, these are the only ones I have. So, tough.
The Street Fighter cast from SNK Vs. Capcom SVC Chaos
