[TV] The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Season 1

Now when I decided to give the Avengers micro-series a chance, I'll admit that a big part of my interest was the hopes of seeing non-Avenger cameos in the show. It's sort of like what made the old Justice League Unlimited cartoon so much fun - how various characters from the DC Universe could show up at any moment in order to take part in the particular episode in question. This show was certainly poised to do the same thing, provided they firmly established the primary characters first.

So I got through the micro-series well enough and looked forward to seeing what the actual TV season was going to be all about. And for the most part I enjoyed things except for the glaring annoyance of including the micro-series within the show's run, but more on that later.

And while the appearance of the show at times lends credit to the notion that this is truly a cartoon that targets much younger audiences more, it is interesting to note that the series did involve a few rather complex and potentially mature story lines that still held elements of interest for older viewers like myself.

[Social Media] Sex, Lies and the Internet

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This fellow is Robert Tarroza Stewart (who may also be this Robert Tarroza Stewart or this Robby Tarroza). I do not know him from Adam but through the wonders of social media I came across his profile in the weirdest way this morning. I still wish I hadn't - my life would be so much better for it. But everything happens for a reason and so I'm here today to tell you a little about his involvement in an incident this morning and why you ought to be wary.

You know how annoying it is when one of your Facebook contacts is tagged in some image that isn't even a photo of them? Yeah, it was one of those cases. But what surprised me was that the image was some supposed "Notice the Public" posted from Mr. Stewart's Facebook account. And image was just...wrong. Wrong probably isn't a sufficiently strong enough term for it but words fail me right now.

You see, the "posters" were indicating that a certain person (from this point on we shall refer to him as The Victim) supposedly had HIV and was intentionally spreading it to other people. Pretty strong accusation, right?

For the record, redacted versions of the two posters can be found after the cut:

[Books] Seven Wonders

This marks my first review of a preview copy of one of Angry Robot Books' titles through their Angry Robot Army program. It's a pretty interesting arrangement where geek readers like me get access to advance review copies of various titles given the understanding that we'll eventually post reviews of said titles. And since the Geeky Guide is always in need of good content, I figured it wouldn't hurt to try it out.

And this book was certainly a very fun first read that gives me hope for my continued dealings with Angry Robot Books as a whole.

While I've read a lot of comic books in my time, I've read very few superhero novels apart from adaptations of comic book stories like Kingdom Come and the Neil Gaiman / Michael Reaves romp InterWorld, which wasn't strictly a superhero book but certainly featured a boy with unique abilities. It's just not a genre that you find a lot of titles about apart from those adapted from the big comic book titles from DC and Marvel.

So to experience an independent attempt at tackling a superhero story does make for a rather refreshing experience.

[Movies] The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

I've been a Spider-Man fan for most of my life - at least for Spider-Man up until the infamous Clone Saga that sort of ruined the comic for me. I could dedicate a whole blog post to talking about why I love him as a character so much, but that's not why we're all here, in a manner of speaking.

As a fan, the 2002 Spider-Man movie was an interesting one. Sure I had issues with changes they had made in terms of his origin story and his powers, but in the end I appreciated the effort and even got a little weepy at the very end of the movie. But it definitely wasn't a perfect endeavor and the rest of the movies in the Sam Raimi trilogy just got worse and worse. And there are some things so horrible from those movies that simply cannot be unseen.

So I wasn't quite sure about news of a new movie when I first heard about it. But after Raimi, I suppose you could argue that any new efforts would be an improvement. But I doubt any of us could have predicted how well this movie would have turned out.

[Technicolor Musings] Post-Pride 2012 Reflections

It's Sunday. I doubt I'm going to be awake by the time this scheduled post publishes given the LGBT Pride festivities of last night. And it doesn't matter if you celebrated Pride at O Bar Ortigas like we did or at the Mandarin Hotel or attended the "official" White Party at Malate or even just at home with close friends - by now I imagine you're about as tired (or as hungover) as I probably am by now.

Side note: it's tricky to write in the past tense about an event that has not happened at the time of the writing. LOL

But what does it all mean, one can't help but ask. There are those who argue that the local White Parties are just that - parties, and not exactly true statements about LGBT Pride or whatever. Some say the only meaningful even is the Pride March in December and nothing else. Some quibble over when Pride should actually be celebrated (is it the third week of June or the last weekend of June?) and others question why people should wear white at all.

The point is that there are just so many facets to this whole thing that often times the meaning and perhaps even the true spirit of this event is lost in the trappings thereof.

So did you just attend a party or did you celebrate Pride? What made it meaningful for you? What do you wish other members of the pink community would do in relation to Pride? Does the Philippines even actually have true LGBT Pride anymore?

Just more things for you to think about this Sunday afternoon. Feel free to keep your answers to yourself, but you know I'd appreciate it even more if you shared your thoughts in the comments and joined in the discussion. You know what to do.