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Saturday, March 26

My Idea/Dream Casting: Young Avengers TV Series

With Jessica Jones and Daredevil doing really well on Netflix and ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter not pleasing fans, I see more opportunity for TV series from Marvel. My idea is the popular comic Young Avengers, young superheroes that are sort of inspired by the adult Avengers. I'm not the only one thinking this: http://www.mtv.com/news/1715617/new-marvel-tv-show-ideas/

Plot:
Superpowered teens team up and defeat a villain but one of the Avengers come in and confiscate their stuff and threaten to tell their parents. The Young Avengers save the day and prove themselves to the Avenger. In the comics, it was Iron Man and Captain America. But if this will be on TV, they can either go with Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) or even Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson). Most dream casts online have included Iron Lad or Spider-Woman but I decided to steer clear to it and focus on the power couple of Wiccan and Hulkling. 


Teddy Altman/Hulking
Description: Hulking in the comics is the hybrid offspring of a Kree/Skrull mating. Hulking is usually easygoing, polite and respectful, and only really loses his temper after extreme provocation.While he sometimes adopts an aggressive persona to intimidate when ’Hulked-up‘, he rarely actually gets angry, usually only at serious threats to those close to him, particularly Wiccan. 
Powers: His shapeshifting abilities allow him to impersonate others, alter parts of his body or add entirely new abilities. He can add claws, extend his reach, create body armor, or grow wings. 
Dream Cast Actor: My dream casting would be Peyton Meyer (Lucas in "Girl Meets World") who is still a teenager and has that 'awe shucks' appeal. 


Billy Kaplan/Wiccan 
Description: Regularly bullied in school because of his homosexuality. While patterning himself after Thor in the guise of 'Asgardian,' he flew and did lightning based spells. By stating an intent and focusing on the outcome,  In the comics, he is linked to Scarlet Witch but if they can't get the actress for the show, they can cut that out or allude to it like CBS' Supergirl has done with Superman. Billy is generally even-tempered, except when Hulkling is in serious trouble. While he’s still easily rattled in combat, he generally keeps a cool head, and can get irritated by Hulkling’s impulsiveness.
Powers: Wiccan is capable of mass teleportation, telepathy, telekinesis, portal creation, clairvoyance, mind control, pyrokinesis, telekinetic force beams and etc.
Dream Cast Actor: Keir Gilchrist of United States of Tara and It Follows, many fans have agreed he would be a perfect fit. 

Kate Bishop/Hawkeye
Description: She is the sort-of co-leader of the Young Avengers for a time in the comics, I say in my imagination of the TV series she is the active leader. To avoid confusion, I might just refer her to as Kate. Kate comes from a rich family and is not comfortable with it. Self-confident and forthright, Kate can be outspoken, and has no hesitation about standing up to anyone. If she believes them to be wrong she will just ignore their advice as soon as they’re out of sight.
Powers: Kate is highly skilled at archery, fencing, swordsmanship, jujitsu, boxing, and other forms of combat. She carries two battle staves similar to those once used by Mockingbird, a sword similar to the Swordsman's, as well as Clint Barton's bow and arrows. In the comics, Black Panther had also supplied her with trick arrows.
Dream Cast Actor: Sarah Hayley Orrantia of the Goldbergs (Erica Goldberg), she is also a singer/songwriter, having been on the show "X Factor." She is hilarious on the show. 


 Tommy Shepard/Speed
Description: In the comics, the team find him in a high-powered facility in Springfield that Kate initially describes as "just juvie", though the facility and its staff are equipped with advanced offensive and defensive technology such as robotic suits and power dampening containment cells. Tommy is there because he "accidentally" vaporized his school. When they release him from his cell, it is immediately noted that Tommy, a white-haired speedster, bears a striking resemblance to Billy ("twin-like") and Quicksilver, sharing the latter's hair color and similar abilities. In fact, spoiler alert: they are indeed brothers.
Powers: Speed is a mutant with the power to move and accelerate at speeds far beyond those of normal human beings. His physiology is designed to move at high speeds which also grants him superhuman reflexes, agility, and durability. 
Dream Cast Actor: Thomas McDonell plays Finn in "The 100", he was the bad boy in Disney's Prom and has appeared on shows like "Suburgatory" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." 


Ms. America/America Chavez
Description: A Latin-American LGBT teenager named America Chavez was raised by her mothers in the Utopian Parallel, a dimension out of time and in the presence of the Demiurge. In the comics, America's mothers sacrificed themselves to seal the black holes pulling Utopia into the Multiverse resulting in their particles being smeared across the Multiverse itself. She is quite a tough independent staunch personality and disposition, and has independent sass and anger issues in Young Avengers,
Powers: She appears to have inherited or absorbed some or all of her superpowers from the Demiurge's ambient magical presence. She possesses superhuman strength and move at super speeds, and the power of flight. Chavez also has the power to kick open holes in reality, allowing her and her teammates to travel through the multiverse and into other dimensions. 
Dream Cast Actress: Cierra Ramirez from The Fosters on Freeform (ABC Family). 


Stature/Cassandra Lang
Description: Even though she appeared in Ant-Man film as a little girl, we don't know exactly where this series can take place. So either it is made a few years later or takes place years in the future. The show could have interesting daddy issues sub-plot if they manage to get Paul Rudd to guest star. 
Powers: Cassie Lang has the ability to increase and decrease her size. Her abilities seemed to be fueled by her emotions. She grows when she gets angry and shrinks when she feels guilty. 
Dream Cast Actress: Skyler Samuels from Scream Queens

Thursday, May 14

The Success of Nick Jonas vs Joe Jonas

With Nick Jonas' noted success (high record selling, concerts, multiple public appearances, club appearances, popular TV shows and hot photoshoots), I decided to compare it to his older brother's short-lived solo career. In the United States, the three Jonas Brothers sold the most records with "A Little Bit Longer" by $2,082,000 in 2008. Their last record "Lines, Vines and Trying Times" got $757,000. Joe Jonas' solo album "Fastlife" made $45,000 in 2011 while Nick Jonas' solo album "Nick Jonas" $182,000 in 2014. He also had an album in 2005 but I don't have the numbers there.
 
 His first single "See No More" charted at Number 92 in the US in 2011. But the highest number he charted with that single was in U.S. Pop at number 37 and 53 in the UK. My theory in why he failed was his single was just not catchy, just boring. "Just In Love" toed the line of ‘adult’ representation regarding sex, which everybody notices, he slyly introduces a more grown-up aesthetic in the background. An official remix of the track features a verse from Lil Wayne and slightly altered production. It received a Parental Advisory sticker for this because of the explicit lyrics Lil Wayne raps. The video and song didn't get much airplay in the U.S. Also, I think what plagues him is the constant gay rumors, which he refutes and which kills his gay audience. Also, his history with women, especially Taylor Swift who infamously was dumped by him in a short telephone conversation. Even though this happened years ago (2008), it was still fresh when he did solo (2011) but now he laughs about it (2015). And he also broke up with Demi Levato before her breakdown.
His first single from "Nick Jonas" called "Jealous" charted at 1 in Dance Pop in the US. Overall it charted at 7 in the US. In the UK, it made number 2. "Chains" was also 1 in Dance Pop US and number 13 in the U.S. overall. I think his success stems from a multimedia attack (TV, movies, music, award shows, photoshoots). He embraced his gay fan base by touring gay bars. In the show "Kingdom," he also played a closeted gay boxer and he has done slight nudity (butt). He also hit the kid market by hosting Nickelodeon's Kid Choice Awards. His two singles are very catchy and he has also touched heart strings with his diabetes and ability to keep physically fit. Nick Jonas is much more charming and disarming than Joe Jonas who might come off more stuck-up and careless.



Friday, January 9

Spanengrish Ramblings Revival

It is almost 9 years since I started this blog and I have kind of neglecting the blog to be honest. I feel bad about it. It has been I've been busy with work and my main blog Henshin Grid. Also, to be honest this is my megaphone to the world and since I joined Twitter two years ago, it has been like a megaphone too. The most recent tweets have been about Every Witch Way, which has started again but I haven't a chance to see so I haven't been able to do a review for. My new plan is to revive Spanengrish Ramblings and do various posts on television tropes and stuff. I will also cover random things that come to mind. 

Monday, July 13

My Plight

What happened to my computer...

I bought an iMac three years ago and the hard drive burnt out, it was a Maxtor, I had no idea it was a Maxtor, hard drives that are not so stellar. It only had 153 GB and I needed to get my information. The Mac Store said I had to pay $400 to just get a new hard drive (same size--153 GB) and no info save. Bascially I had a genius friend helped me out and clone my infomation--which took a week. I still dont have all the info but I put it in an enclosure and use as an external drive, but I saved so much money. I got a new internal drive--1 TB (1,000 GB). I only spent like $200 or so.

Tuesday, June 30

Being Offline

Tuesday my hard drive stopped working properly. I have been trying to access my information and save it as I had no accurate back-up. So I have been using friend's computers for checking e-mail but I have not been at full force. I bought a new bigger internal hard drive that will hopefully arrive tomorrow and be installed and I can be back in business by Thursday. We will see. But it has been tough. Since I have 4 blogs, 3 websites and a youtube channel, I have been in agony but of course, I think of those without computers, without food and I have it pretty good. But yes, I do miss it and will do anything to get it back. But I have comfort I will be able to. It has been an ordeal with fixing it as well and I will share my plight soon enough.

Friday, April 24

Away from Purpose

It has 3 years and a month since I started this blog and I beleive I have gone off purpose on it. With Spanengrish Ramblings, I was to use English, Spanish and Japanese mixed in. But as of late, I have only used English and moslty talked about television. Anyway, at least I am acknowleding it. I like the name so I am keeping it. I don't think anyone minds but I am gonna try to use more Spanengrish in my Spanengrish blog, si? Talves, vamos a ver.


Thursday, July 17

Dr. Horribe's Sing-Along Blog Review

Each act starts with Neil Patrick Harris' puppy-eye face. In th first act, he answer questions to supposed readers of his blog. The first half establishes the story of Dr. Horrible being a regular guy Billy who wanted to be part of a villain league and the leader is so horse guy (Bad Horse--could be a cowboy). His sidekick is a sweaty guy played by comedian Simon Helberg. The story is pretty cut and dry, heroes vs. villain and boy likes girl (Felicia Day) and other guy gets girl. His plan is to make a freeze ray to conquer the world and win the heart of a girl he is in love with and hasn't ever spoke to her. Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion) is Dr. Horrible's rival superhero, who is stuck-up one-dimensional dense guy. When you think the songs won't come, they do, 3 minutes into the first act. Whedon hasn't let go his musical M.O. from "Once More With Feeling" of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." The lyrics are still witty and thoughtful, there are overlapping codas and characters sing their songs together with similar music but not the same lyrics. The songs aren't very sing-along-y because we don't know the songs and sometimes the lyrics aren't so audible. I guess if he wanted to have people singing-along to the songs, he would have added lyric subtitles. But I think that would be garish and annoying.

Quotes: "How is cheesy on the outside?" "Oh goodness, would you look at my wrist?"

[Cast and Crew (from L to R): Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, Zack Whedon]
In Act Two, Billy/Horrible contemplates killing Mr. Horrible and doesn't he can do it. But, when Captain Hammer discovers that Penny's friend Billy is really Dr. Horrible and that he loves Penny, so Hammer threatens that he will have sex with Penny because she is in love with him. This opens up a great song "It's a Brand New Day." As for the performances, Niel has a great singing voice and he is just plain adorable, very cute in many scenes. Those eyes, swoon. He makes you feel for this pathetic, delusional and complicated schlub. He has good timing but sometimes when being 'romantic' with Penny, it comes up more disinterested. Nathan Fillion is just hamming it up, he is a formidable opponent in Act 2, personally, more than fighting-wise--which is classic Whedon, hit them where it hurts. Felicia Day as Penny has a great wardrobe and enforces her place as cute and sweet leading lady. I have loved her since she was Vi in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." At least one song of each act is memorable and catchy. The directing and cinematography are good. Some shots are victim of bad daylighting and seem to be doctored digitally.

Act 3 has cameos from Marti Noxon and David Fury, who sung in "Once More With a Feeling." Fury was the Mustard Guy and Noxon was the Parking Meter Lady, which they reprise in the episode "Selfless" in voice-over when Anya sang. They cameoed as newcasters here. Act 3 is much more hilarious, with plenty of what I call good gay jokes, positive I mean. Captain Hammer does a speech that slowly transforms from a speech to a poem to a song, real cool. Do you get the feeling that the Dr. Horrible will win? Not really. But there is a good twist. When the good guy doesn't turn out to be so good. It's not about the win. And of course, Whedon always goes for the hurt. And hurt is good. It is expected but it's good, it's Whedon.

Each Act is approx. 13 minutes long, the last one is almost 16 minutes. The entire 42-minute show will stay up through July 20. The first act got so many visits, that the server crashed and they had to get a new one. It was written with Maurissa Tanchareon, Jed and Zack Whedon; Joss wrote and directed.

Monday, April 7

Henshin Grid -- The Blog

This is my brand new blog dedicated to all kinds of Tokusatsu (Live-action special effects children's programming) from around the world. On my blog Spanengrish Ramblings, I covered a couple of things on Super Sentai and Power Rangers. I own the unofficial fan website SuperSentai.com and help Power Rangers Central that my partner inherited. I decided to put all my past posts on this blog, including more insights, rumors, and ramblings (of course). The reason it is called Henshin Blog is because Henshin means 'to change' in Japanese and commonly used by Tokusatsu heroes and Grid is from 'Morphing Grid' as 'Morphing' is the equivalent to Henshin. Above is a picture of the Red and White Rangers and the Masked Riders in a special 1995 episode in the third season of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." It is considered non-canon for fans and the only team-up (in a way) between Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.

Henshin Grid -- The Blog

Sunday, August 19

My Newest Blog

Decided to add a new blog, it is another cute guy blog but this one dedicated to those who made be considered 'nerds.' I put it separate from 'Caramelitos Baronil' because I wanted it to be special.

Sexy Geeks

Wednesday, June 6

New Blog: Caramalitos Baronil

[Above: Daniel Henney, shirtless]

I present a spin-off blog for Spanengrish Ramblings called Caramelitos Baronil which translates to 'Masculine Candies.' This came forth because I noticed I made a lot of 'Eye Candy' posts so I decided to make a blog of its own. This will include other 'hottie' galleries, except for 'Unknown Hotties of the Week.' 'Unknown Hotties of the Week' will stay on Spanengrish Ramblings. I named this 'Caramelitos Baronil' because I wanted to call it 'Eye Candy' but there are already blogs called that. I know I can't compete with other hot hunk blogs but it was taking too much room on Spanengrish.

UPDATE
December 2007
'Unknown Hotties of the Week' has moved to Caramelitos Baronil indefinitely. Since October 22nd. The last post on this blog was 10/15/07.


Sunday, March 25

Happy 1 Year Anniversary

641 posts later, it has been a year and I have had time to think about which were my favorite posts this year so here are some random pictures of chaps...

Internationally Big Bird
Is Sesame Street the same in all countries?
Rum and Joke
Some of Donald Rumsfeld's quotes

The O.C.'s Michael Cassidy in Zoom
Raggaeton Ambiguous Duos
Justin Chatwin pictures
Double duty for Wendi
Scariest Thing Ever
A superpup pilot that never aired

Related Topic: March 23 One Year Anniversary

Sunday, March 4

March 23: One Year Anniversary

I always make a big to-do about one year anniversaries about my websites. I think it is important for some reason. Especially this time because I can't even muster to believe it has been one year. It is a year, yay! I have had so much fun doing this blog and have wanted to do it for a long time. I got an e-mail about eight years ago from someone to do something like this before blogs were even popular but I wasn't even sure what I was going to write about it. I'm glad I have been able to create something that is perhaps unconventional and jumbled like this, work. I sitll don't know what I will do for the anniversary, may not be a huge to-do but we'll see.