Monday, May 29, 2006

an open letter to the marvel execs

Dear Marvel,

The only way you can save your ass on a franchise that has brought you millions in revenue is to rush out X-Men 4 and follow the Chris Claremont/Jim Lee run with "Days of Future Past". It's the only way to right all of your wrongs and introduce the characters all the fans really want to see: Bishop, Cable, GAMBIT. You dumbasses. When Prof X died in Xcrement 3 I was flabbergasted. Ecspecially knowing that Prof X is widely known to be one of the most powerful mutants in the X-men mythos. So you cured Mystique and Magneto...so what. Pyro is gay. We still haven't seen Logan in his trademark berserker rage. You could do it so easily. I can see it now, the camera shows us wolvie all pissed off beyond belief, and then you see his left hand show off the claws, the camera pans slowly to the right, only to see the right hand showing the adamantium we've all grown to love. Then you follow up with Logan destroying everything in his path. What will it take for you to see that if you satisfy the "hardcore" fans, the rest will follow? FFVII is a perfect example of this. If square had released Advent Children in place of The Spirits Within, Square would be in a much more profitable place. You would immediately satisfy the fanboys, then you would spark sales of the game(s). People want to latch on and figure out a mystery. If they don't understand something that the "in" crowd is into, some people will do all that they can to figure it out. All this does is make everyone money.

Whatev

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Who Knew?

Botis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In demonology Botis is a Great President and Earl of Hell, commanding sixty legions of demons. He tells of all things past and future, and reconciles friends and foes.
He is depicted as an ugly viper, but when he changes shape, he puts himself in human shape, with big teeth and two horns. When in human shape he carries a sharp and bright sword in his hand.
Other spelling: Otis