Gosh, I can't even remember the last time I wrote one of these. Anyway, I figured out that it's not the shield, but rather the glasses that mask Clark's identity because they have a low-level perception filter in them that make people automatically not pay much attention to him. (see Doctor Who for more details)

But enough of that. I'm writing because I have something to get off of my chest, and Facebook didn't give me enough anonymity.

Simply put, I have officially gone crazy. It turns out my first childhood crush (who lives a few states away) came over to visit recently. I never told her I had a crush on her, and I probably won't for a while, but in the years we haven't seen each other, she's grown into what I believe to be the most beautiful woman I've seen. Which for me is saying something because most women and/or girls over 18 fall under the categories of either cute or hot. As far I know, this woman is probably the first one I've described as beautiful, and there are so many other things about her that I like that to go into detail would require another blog post.

The problem however, lies in the fact that she lives so far away and that she is just a little under four years older than I am. Add to that the fact that she prefers older men because men generally take longer to mature than women. So basically, I'm in a bit of a pickle.

I mean, I don't know how I could or would tell her how I feel, and if I told her, I have no idea how she would respond, especially since she's finished college and I'm still trying to decide on my major.

I just don't know what to do really. Any comments?

Dumb question, why is it the blogs have to have categories? And why is TV.com thinking there are words worthy of automatic censoring in my title? (I'm posting from MovieTome)

Anyway, about a year ago or so, I read about an idea that could explain why Clark could get away with using glasses as a diguise. Basically, his suit could be made out of special kryptonian material that would blur his identity to the average human.

This is great, but unfortunately, fridge logic sets in and you wonder why he wears the glasses to begin with if his costume is an effective enough disguise.

However, the concept had merit, and I refused to give up on it so easily.

I started thinking about this, and I came up the concept that his suit isn't powerful enough to conceal his identity completely, and someone like Batman would probably be able to recognize him. So he wears glasses as Clark for that extra line of defense.

Plausible, but just too convenient an explanation.

I kept working on it, and I decided that maybe the identity blur could be done by the shield so it wouldn't matter what other materials his suit was made of.

Yeah, that doesn't really help the issue, it just allows for more costume materials.

Anyway, after a while I just kind of gave up on the concept, but then I remembered an episode of Smallville where the ship that brought Clark to Earth turned out to be vulnerable to kryptonite as well...

The solution?

Clark's shield does indeed blur his identity to pretty much any human being, even Batman would be fooled. However, since his shield needs to be visible in order to work (i.e. can't put lead over it), it is vulnerable to kryptonite as well. The shield being affected by kryptonite would mean that its effects would be severely weakened, if not outright shut down. So Clark wears the glasses in hopes that anyone who sees his real face during kryptonite exposure won't make the connection.

Maybe I'm trying too hard to come up with a logical explantion for a comic book phenomenon, but at least I now know that it can make sense.

Hello again everyone, just wanting to talk about a few random things.

TV Today:

Why is it that the only serious kid shows that are on anymore all seem to be Superhero shows? Yes, there are some anime series out there that are aimed at kids that can take themselves seriously, but the majority of serious kid shows are all about Superheroes.

When I was younger, Disney had a show called "The Famous Jett Jackson" which took itself seriously, and it had pretty much everything going for it. It had good plotlines (most of the time), it had humor, it talked about various real life issues occasionally, and it did that effectively. Nowadays, all Disney has are sitcoms, dumb cartoons (ie: Phineas & Ferb), and non-sitcom shows that should have been sitcoms because they're too dumb to qualify as a normal tv show. The only show that Disney has on right now that attempts to make an effort to take itself seriously is Aaron Stone, but it's so obviously censored that I don't see it becoming a classic anytime soon. (man, I miss Justice League)

Not only that, but I also can't stand the fact that they pulled Vault Disney off the air (yes, that happened years ago, it still ticks me off) Seriously, did they really need the extra air time for their "modern" shows at two in the morning? Disney's Zorro was one of the best, if not the best, Zorro stories in existence. The Mark of Zorro was okay, but Diego acted too feminine in that movie (yes, I realize that was his disguise, but I prefer the disguise of clumsiness that Disney used). The Zorro series on the Family Channel was okay, but it came across as too corny. Ditto the Legend of Zorro. But Disney's Zorro had the right balance of plot, action and humor, all in the same episode.

Batman's Origin:

Okay, I was remembering about how Tim Burton's "Batman" did something that I don't think was ever done in the comics. They made Joker the one who killed Bruce Wayne's parents instead of Joe Chill. That was rather clever in my opinion (one of my favorite things about that movie, btw).

Now I thought about this for a while, and I remembered that the Joker has never really had a static origin in the comics. (iirc, he preferred his past to be multiple choice) He also never really had a name until Burton's "Batman" dubbed him "Jack Napier."

So I figured, why not make Joe Chill and the Joker the same person? I can see it now...

The cops never found the Waynes' killer, so we'll say about 15-20 years later, Batman goes to check out something suspicious at a chemical plant, and he notices that one of the thugs there was the man who killed his parents. Needless to say, Batman starts going after him and they duke it out for a while, but in the confusion, Chill loses his footing and starts falling towards the vat of chemicals below. Batman tries to save him since he prefers the idea of Chill rotting in a jail cell for the rest of his life over drowning in chemicals, but he can't grab him in time and Chill ends up submersed in those chemicals and Batman thinks that Chill has fallen to his death.

Years later, Batman and Joker engage in what would be their final battle, and during the fight, Batman's cowl gets ripped off. Joker recognizes that this is Bruce Wayne, and he starts laughing hysterically, and then he proceeds to tell Batman that he was the one that killed his parents, and that he thinks it's hilariously ironic that he and Batman ended up being mortal enemies. Joker naturally ends up dead at the end of this fight.

Finally, there's this issue that bugs me...

It is not a "holiday tree," it is not a "Hanukkah bush," it is not an "Allah plant," it is not a "holiday hedge." It is a "Christmas Tree," a "CHRISTMAS TREE!!!" Seriously, say "holiday tree" out loud, and almost immediately you'll find that it just doesn't sound right. If non-Christian people get offended by people calling it a "Christmas Tree," they need to get their own freakin' holiday. (I suggest April 1st) *rolls eyes*

Okay, last time I talked about this subject, I was complaining about how people put their episode reviews into the show review section. Now, I wish to complain about people making really dumb sounding reviews that are structured so badly, they alone could scare people away from the show simply because of the kinds of crazy people the show attracts.

Here is an actual example of one of these reviews. (name withheld to protect the mentally inefficient)

Smallville

Rating: 10 (there's a shocker)

Review title: Is lex ever comming back?

Review: I wonder if lex ever comes back becaus it would have been very cool if he came back. i dont have more to say and i have too write 100 words but i am reviewing this show becaus it is a cool show but stupid too have too write 100 words. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 7 4 5 96 6 6 6 6 6 6 58 98 96 898 9 8 69 86 8 898 9 9898 89 98 98 98 98 98 89 89 8 89 86 86 9868 6 8 987

***End Review***

This is not going to attract anyone to the show. Heck, I like the show, but after reading a review like this, I almost wonder why I like it. Okay, maybe things aren't that bad, but it's still pretty bad.

Now I have to say, not only is this a horribly structured review, but it's a cl@ssic (darn html formatting issues) example of the blind 10 and or 0 rating. I can accept a 10 or 0 rating if there's an intelligent review behind it, but the instant or blind 10 or 0 rating left on shows that - for example - haven't even aired yet is insane.

Thank you, and good night.

First off, I don't know if you're all aware of the fact that Disney has bought Marvel, but if you weren't, now you are.

My thought was this, whenever the Marvel movies' contracts expire with whatever studio they're working with, that means that Disney has pretty much exclusive rights to the properties. Which would mean that there is nothing to stop Disney from making a live action X-Men Evolution movie.

Now that's not a horrible thing, but you might change your mind once I tell you who I figured would probably get the part of Rogue. Think you can guess?

If you guessed Miley Cyrus, congratulations, you have officially figured out what my personal version of comic movie hell would be. (that and the possibility of a movie version of One More Day *shudders*)

It's a well known fact that X-Men: The Last Stand is considered to be one of the worst comic book movies ever. (right up there with Batman & Robin) There could be several reasons for this, but I think it stems largely from the fact that so many characters either died or lost their powers, so naturally this is going to put a damper on any sequels they make, right? Not necessarily...

The way I see it, there are a few ways that a sequel could be made that might redeem the events of X3.

1: Retcon. One possibility is to take X3 out of continuity and make a new X3. The main problem with this approach is that it tends to confuse people as to which of the movies actually happened. (Movie that took this approach: Superman Returns)

2: Time Travel. This approach basically keeps X3 in the timeline, but someone goes into the past and messes with it so that various events in the series never took place. One problem with this approach is that time travel seems so contrived and it makes it seem like a cheap way out, but let's face it, that movie needs a way out, cheap or not. (Movie that took a similar approach: Star Trek)

3: Reboot. This may seem a little drastic when you consider that the first movie was fairly good, but it might be what the movie series needs. All you'd really have to do is keep the events of Origins canon (or not, depending on how much you want to change things), and just start over from X-Men: The Beginning. The main problem with this approach is that people from the previous version of a series rarely make it to the reboot, and Patrick Stewart is too good of a Professor X to lose, imo. (Some movies that took this approach: Batman Begins, The Incredible Hulk)

4: The Hybrid Approach. You could use time travel to completely erase the events of X3, or use time travel to reboot the series entirely (as opposed to just changing key events).

5: Contrived Explanation of how characters were resurrected or kept their powers. Self-explanatory, but a couple of downsides to this approach is that the 4th movie is going to spend half it's time cleaning up after it's predecessor and the fact that X3 still happened. (no movies that took this approach come to mind at the moment, but it's been done countless times in the comics)

6: Keep making prequel films. :roll:

What do you all think?

I am so happy! (of course, it seems that the blogs I made when my old one were gone have died, but that's okay)

This is so great, I think I shall sing a song!

I am Pajama Llama, I like to fight with stuff...

And I wear a stupid blue cape. (ba-dum) :)

Now don't get me wrong, I like tv.com, and I like Facebook too, but putting them together has so far been annoying beyond all belief.

Let me give you an example of what I have gone through since this whole thing started...

1: I go to the B:TAS boards, tv.com asks me if I want to login with Facebook. At first I say, "Sure, why not?" But then, the problems begin...

2: I've logged in with Facebook, only to find out that my avatar has been changed to my Facebook profile picture, this is somewhat annoying as I don't really want all my contacts on tv.com knowing what I look like, so I go to preferenes to get a different avatar. Life is good again, until...

3: I come back to tv.com later, apparently my sister has logged onto facebook while I've been off the computer, so tv.com asks me if I want to login with facebook again, not paying attention to the e-mail address on screen, I click yes. My avatar now looked like a girl. -_-

4: I fixed it again, so needless to say, I was pretty reluctant to login the next time it asked, but it just kept asking me and asking me everytime I moved to a different page. So finally I got fed up with it, and just logged in...

5: The whole thing starts over again.

Needless to say, this has been a major pain in the rear end.

Ah yes, Sony does it again with the announcement of the the latest version of the PlayStation Portable, known as the PSP Go. First off let's list some of the features...

Internal Memory: The PSP Go will feature a 16gb internal memory, compare this to the original one which barely had enough space to store a single solitary wallpaper. :roll: Also, if 16gb of space isn't enough for your needs, the PSP Go will also feature a memory stick pro duo slot so you can stick your favorite memory stick in there for virtually all the space you'll need at any one time. Now one might wonder why they're giving us so much memory in the system itself, well that brings me to...

UMD Drive: The PSP Go will feature a new and improved invisible UMD Drive... Wait... What!? Sorry about that, the PSP Go has no UMD Drive on it whatsoever. Now from a development standpoint, this makes a lot of sense, it's cheaper to make downloadable games than it is to make hard copies, but there is a bit of a problem with this, it makes it impossible to play any of your old UMD based games on the PSP Go, you can also forget about getting your games cheaper by getting them used anywhere, and if you don't like a particular game that you bought, have fun trying to trade it in. (note, I don't know if Sony will allow you to trade in a game that you bought online for a different game, but it seems unlikely)

Internal Battery: The PSP Go will feature a completely internal battery that will have a longer battery life. This is all well and good, but couldn't they have made the existing types of batteries last longer or something? All this means of course is that if your battery should ever lose its charge (as in permanently) or if you somehow brick you PSP by trying to hack it (internal battery means no Pandora option), you'll have to send your PSP Go to Sony for a replacement battery or void your warranty. You would definitely want to send it in, because your warranty is too valuable now that they have a...

Sliding Screen: The PSP Go will feature a screen that slides up and away from the buttons. This of course will add to the number of moving part, and thus add to the number of things that can break easily. This would not be so much of a problem if they decided to add...

Extra Buttons/Analog Stick/Screen: With all the extra room that the sliding screen gave us on the controller, you'd think that Sony would put in a touch screen, a mini keyboard, or even a second analog stick (so we could use it for camera controls or something). But sadly, all that they did was make the Start and Select buttons bigger and place them where a second analog stick should have been placed.

The Price Tag: With all these features, the PSP Go will be priced around $249.99 (US Dollars). Compare that to the current PSP Brite price tag of $169.99 and it will make you seriously wonder what the whole point of getting this fool thing will be. Especially since most, if not all, of the games released for the PSP Go will be compatible with the older PSPs if you have a large enough memory stick.

I myself am the proud owner of one of the original PSP models...

Sony still has not yet given me a reason to upgrade.

(Note to all CFW lovers: Obviously, since you can't even put custom firmware on the PSP Brite, you will most likely not be able to put it on the PSP Go. This is part of the reason I'm still happy with my PSP as it is)

Just the other day, I was looking at the Smallville page on tv.com, and I noticed that there was a person who gave the show a review with only two points (which translates to "terrible" by tv.com standards). Now, I admit that the show may not be everyone's cup of tea (or coffee, I'm flexible), but the review was only reviewing the season eight finale! Now I don't have a problem with people dissing a season finale, but those kind of reviews are supposed to be placed on the episodes themselves, not on the show as a whole.

*** SPOILER ***

(Ironically, the episode in question deals with Clark losing faith in humanity as a whole because of the actions of only one man who wasn't even technically human)

*** END SPOILER ***

The main thing that gets me is that this is not an isolated incident, I saw a similar review for Stargate SG-1 that was complaining about only one episode, but it was posted for the entire show.

I guess we'll probably never run out of people who can't figure out something this simple, but I wish there was some kind of safeguard in place so that the enlightened ones could fix the problem when it arises.