You Got Metal in My X-Men, or How I Made Two Posts in a Row About the X-Men Theme Song

Believe me, I could write blog posts about the X-Men theme song every day if I wanted. Well, I'd probably run out of material eventually but still much much more could be said about it. Anywho, I figured I may as well also share this awesome cover of the theme song by the power metal band Powerglove. This isn't by any means new, and I've known about it for a while, but I feel that more people should know about it and this band. They do covers of a lot of video game and cartoon theme songs so you should check them out if you're interested.

You Got Your Concerto in My X-Men, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love YouTube

Mostly because I needed a nostalgia hit, I went onto YouTube recently to watch the intro the the 90's X-Men animated series, but much to my chagrin the first result that came up contained the picture, but no sound! But the music is the best part! It was then that I noticed this disclaimer underneath the video:

NOTICE This video contains an audio track that has not been authorized by WMG. The audio has been disabled.

I'm not sure as to why the Warner Music Group would want the audio removed from the video, and I'm not here to argue that. They can do what they want with what they own the rights to. Sure, I think it's dumb, but if that's their prerogative then sure, whatever. This is the internet, you can find anything if you try, and there are other videos on YouTube that have the full intro with the sound intact anyways.

After finding the version of the intro with no sound, however, I came across this hilarious version of it where someone placed classical music over the video, seemingly in response to the WMG's actions. I thought it was so funny that I couldn't help but share it, and I have to say, the classical music does seem to give the show a more erudite quality.

Green Lantern Secret Ending Re-enactment

Press The Action Button and J-Mac Presents bring you a dramatic re-enactment of the last scene in Green Lantern. Enjoy.

Isaiah Mustafa Wants to be Luke Cage So Bad

Isaiah Mustafa, best known for being the guy who convinced me to buy Old Spice brand body wash, recently released this video of himself playing the part of Luke Cage in order to convince everyone that he is perfect for the part. This has been a long time quest for Mustafa who has been talking about wanting to be Luke Cage ever since he came into the public spotlight. While I don't think the character of Cage is a good fit for a solo flick, I could definitely see Mustafa play the character in a supporting role in another Marvel film.

Chaos in Surf Nazis Must Die

Surf Nazis Must Die is an exploitation revenge flick designed to be escapist entertaiment. If you're looking for a theory to attack the film with, then perhaps you can consider how the theme of chaos is addressed.

A fruitful analysis of the film comes from contrasting the two main forces: the Nazi gang and the character of Mama. The decision to place the gang's activity near water may seem arbitrary. However the element of water fits into the groups grander philosophy. Historically, water has come to represent chaos. Both the Nazi gang and Mama harness chaos to reach their goals.

The gang seek power through rebellion. Mama is already powerful because of her personal rebellion. Her strong will is established early in the film in the scenes of her butting heads with the nurse. The tragic murder of her son serves only to harden her resolve. Any pretense of the "nice old lady" motif is thrown out the window with the gun buying scene.

Despite Mama being a single entity her power overshadows that of the gang. Mama is a solid log while the gang are brittle sticks made ever weaker by their infighting and paranoia. It is for that reason that the Adolf and his girl take the passive role in the climatic chase scene. This shatters the logical pre-conception that two able bodied gang members would easily be able to take down an older overweight women.

In desperation, Adolf and his girl flee into the water, their comfort zone. Yet even their they are bested by Mama, the women who has so thoroughly channeled chaos to her own ends. She embraces revenge by injects just the right amount of emotion. She does not over do the emotions so has to cloud of focus. Rather she stays on course and finds herself with a sense of closure by film's end.

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Wierd Gitch in Mortal Kombat 9 DLC Trailer

Netherrealm Studios has released a trailer for the first batch of Mortal Kombat 9 DLC. It's pretty standard stuff. Though one abnormality has caught the attention of eagle eyed fans. At 1:17 into the video Scorpion performs his Klassic fatality on Sub-Zero. You can see that Sub-Zero's blue costume inexplicably turns gray.

What does this mean? Some secret Smoke transformation? Proof the Klassic Smoke will be in the DLC pack? Likely nothing so fantastic. It's probably just a glitch. In fact, a similar palette swap bug occurs fighting against the hidden Ninja Kombatants. I've never done it myself, but through the power of Youtube I can show you such an occurrence:




It's strange that Netherrealm would leave an obvious bug in the trailer. I'm sure if the bug persists, then Netherrealm will patch it up. It's kind of ironic that a series which is famous (or infamous) for palette swapping to create characters has a bug revolving around that very practice.

Who Proofread This? - Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero

I know when you think of the pinnacle of PS1 games you think of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, right? Well I think I may have found a flaw with it, as crazy as that sounds. While reading the bullet points on the back of the box, and not laughing at all at the flowery marketing speech employed, I noticed a grammatical error. The second bullet claims that the game will, "...push your system to it's limits." I have no doubt that this is what led to Midway's filing for bankruptcy twelve years later.