Vacation, Man of Steel, & Stuff - Updates 6.22.13

It's been a while since I posted anything on the blog. I just got back from a great vacation. I didn't do anything with the blog, because I didn't have Internet access where I was. I also could have used a break. It was fun, but I have not abandoned you. Fresh post from before vacation are ready to be put up, and I always have three or four drafts being typed at once. Unfortunately, there will be no Cubed this week, mostly because I like to revise and edit those, and I never had anything typed and stuff. Excuses, excuses...
But I have not abandoned you. What I did do this past week was discover a new magazine/website. It's called Geek. Geek Magazine is pretty much a more professional and expansive version of my blog. I think I could really use this as a top source or inspiration. It is on my Favorite Sites/Sources page at the top if you click that. But the other thing did was go see Man of Steel! I'm a normal guy so I can't see everything as soon as it comes out. I saw it Thursday, so not even a week after it came out. Pretty good. I won't bee reviewing it but after I cover some other blog-related topics, I will sort of discuss the movie. So it's kind of a double post. It has updates and some of my ideas on the movie.
I also want to mention that I registered for ArmadaCraft! Armadacraft is a site for the much anticipated Minecraft Server by CaptainSparklez. It's a blog and a social network in one site. So go register, you must have Minecraft though, or it doesn't let you. But go register, then friend me or comment on my wall. My Username is HawkeyeJosh. Comment on the wall and maybe we can play some survival games or Super Craft Bros on a scheduled time and server. I will reply to those comments. On ArmadaCraft. Check me out!
Next I want to say thanks for all the positive comments on a lot of my posts. It's really inspiring and helpful. Some of the comments, i don't quite understand, but it's a compliment to someone, so thanks.
There's a little bit of constructive criticism but that only makes the blog better.
Next, the blog is on it's way to 2000 readers, so thanks for that If we can get to 2000 by mid July, I will write Cubed every Monday. Let me know if I should have Nathan help me. 2000 by mid
July...



As promised, I decided to do a mini-discussion on the topic of Man of Steel. To start, let me say that Superman snapped Zod's neck, which killed him. Zod's army trashed Metropolis. It ends with everyone calling him Superman and they respect his help fighting villains. There, if you didn't see man of Steel yet, and you just ignored the spoiler warning, I probably just ruined the experience for you.
I gave the movie a 9.5 out of 10. It was great!

Signs That Your Watching A Steven Spielberg Movie is Being Talked About Like Crazy!

That was a long title. What this post is for is to thank all of my readers for really shaping me as a blogger. As I've said before, I like a low-class, simple blog more than a giant one. You guys have turned this blog fron nothing, to everything. Not only am I getting comments a lot on "Signs That Your Watching A Steven Spielberg Movie", but I'm hearing some of my friends talking about it. Saying: "Have you heard about that Steven Spielberg Signs thing?" to me. I'll say: "I wrote it!"

So I just want to thank you blogwise for all the positive, constructive, and inspiring comments I've been seeing.

THANK YOU!

Iron Man 3 Wrap Up, Yeah, it's a Little Late!

It's been a little more than a month since Iron Man 3 hit theaters. What did you think. I didn't review because up until now, I didn't know what to think about the movie. Speaking of which, if you haven't seen Iron Man 3 yet, I wouldn't read any further because I will talk about some spoilers, and some sneak peaks that you don't want to here. Go ahead and keep reading if you want to spoil the movie.

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I enjoyed the movie, but I can't help but think that any other Iron Man movies would be unnecessary, and a waste of money. I want an Avengers 2 with Robert Downey Jr. and I want to see him in Guardians of the Galaxy. But another Iron Man solo movie, would be terrible. Especially since Tony just blows up is all of his suits. He finds Dummy the robot in the end and a screwdriver. That could mean he will start again. But the one thing that makes Iron Man Iron Man is Tony Stark. Now he is just human. You may know that Joss Whedon, The Director of The Avengers, says he would never make an Avengers movie without RDJ! 

Open Discussion # 9 Josh's Recent Reads...

Recently I haven't been posting anything because I have been so involved in books. I don't want to brag but I'm a good reader. I decided that I should write about what I'm reading so that maybe you will read them and then I can talk about them and it will be just a swell time and what not or stuff so, uh, here you go!


One of the most recent things I've read and finished is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I read the first one about a year ago or so and I really liked it. I read the book before I saw the movie but this time it was different. One thing that I noticed is that you can watch a Lord of the Rings movie without spoiling the book. The Lord of the Rings is just such a detailed and complicated story, it would be impossible to put everything from the book into the movie without making it a 2-days long film. So after seeing the second Lord of the Rings movie and reading the book in that order, I can conclude that it doesn't matter rather you read or watch it first. :)
I also was intrigued when I found one of the original copies from the early fifties at my library. On the Copyrights page it said that that copy was published in 1954. IT even had the original cover!

Another book that I recently finished was a Star Wars book. I have only read one other Star Wars book in my life and that was an Old Republic book called Knight Errant. This one was completely different. It was called The Wrath of Maul or The Wrath of Darth Maul, I've heard it either way. This was a really good book. It was a cross over between a prequel to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and a sequel to the Star Wars: Darth Plagueis book, as well as a stand alone novel. This told the story of Darth Maul's life from start to finish. In the end, it makes you feel sorry for Maul, but happy that his life was told. The story begins about 15 years before Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and ends at the very beginning of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series.
Over all, this is a very good book for hardcore Star Wars fans and even a good starting novel for new fans. I would recommend, though, not to judge the book by its disturbing prologue. I also like the blurry affect on the cover, so don't think that it's just ow it looks on a computer screen. I just had to point that out. :)

How Does The Man of Steel Shave? - Josh Siebers' Answer

Gillette has been making a big deal about the fact that Superman has a beard in the new Man of Steel trailer, and now they have science geniuses making their predictions. If you go to HowDoesHeShave.com, you can cast your vote and make up your own theory. I not only posted my idea on the website, but am also going to tell you guys right here, on Josh Siebers' Awesome Blog!

My idea is based of of one word, heat. I think that he gets naked, then, when no one is looking, he flies off into the sun. Not only will all his whiskers burn up, but he will also get a "1 Up" with his powers, because we all know that he gets his powers from out solar system's sun. Unfortunately, if you post your idea on the website, no one will be able to vote for you. But who knows? maybe some High school nerd will like your idea and tell all of his other nerd friends right as they go to pick up the new Superman Issue from their local comic book store... never mind.

Nightwing TV series?

This is actually about six months old, but it didn't get the attention it deserved so I'm showing it on here to maybe raise its views on YouTube. It's a trailer for a fan made Nightwing miniseries. The actual feature hasn't been released yet but the trailer looks professional so that's good enough for me.

It's called Nightwing: The Series, and after watching this, I can't see why Warner Bros. can't make this happen, look how Smallville, all of the Batman TV series, and all of the Wonder Woman TV series, a Nightwing TV series could happen!

Signs That Your Watching a Steven Spielberg Movie

1. Steven Spielberg hardly ever has big opening title sequences to his movies. The first three Indiana Jones movies had a title on the screen for about a second, then it went back to the movie like nothing happened. The fourth one said it in small print were we could barely see it. Unlike some directors like J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon, you can't expect much excitement in the opening credits.

2. Steven Spielberg usually has kids either starring or co-starring in his movies. Look at War Horse, The Adventures of Tin Tin, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Empire of the Sun, all of those have kids as a major part of the plot.

3. Steven Spielberg must be intrigued by the civil war or he wouldn't either reference it or make several movies about it. Lincoln and War Horse are his two biggest-budget Civil War Movies.

4. Steven Spielberg usually has a pretty famous cast in his movies, and somehow his direction kind of trains them to take on roles that you could barely imagine until it happens. Could you have seen Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln before you saw Lincoln? Exactly...

An Angry Birds Movie?

After a long wait, a movie for the hit app has an official release date. Sony has promised an Angry Birds movie for at least two years now, but here we go! Angry Birds has been officially confirmed for a summer 2016 release. My only concern is that the targeted release date may be too late. The game was released by Rovio in 2009, and currently, not a whole lot of news has been coming up recently about the app franchise. By 2016, the game will already be seven years old. The 8 year old kids that adored the game might just be too old to think that the game is cool. The angry bird plush toys have even died down in sales recently. Michael Bay was rumored to direct, but now directing Transformers 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, that isn't as likely. Hopefully the movie will regain audiences and fans, considering that the idea isn't as likely as a movie about Call of Duty. I think that an angry birds movie would be best as an animated movie. Still, the idea is almost as unrealistic as a Minecraft movie!

Stretching the franchise in Lego Batman?

We all know what Halo is. You've probably played it. I, personally, have played 3, 4, and Reach. They're pretty cool. But let's take a step back from the crazy aliens and ink bullets and all that coolness. Have you ever played any of those Lego Games? You can tell me by commenting, not that big of a deal if you comment or not. No offense. I've played Lego Batman, Lego Batman 2, Lego Star Wars, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, and Lego Lord of the Rings. I find them fun. I guess they get creative, as far as the humor goes, and the backgrounds. But what I really wanted to talk about is the franchises in general. the Lego Batman games were interesting, but I felt that the different suits were a bit much. I am aware of the Batman Arkham series has different suits. But those are based on the comics. I did a Google search to see if any of those suits actually existed in the comics. None... This is going to be kind of a short articles, but all I'm trying to say is that the Lego Batman games are extending on the franchise. I guess that helps the marketing, rather than the original Batman. I mean, the Lego Batman games did as well as the Arkham games. I'm interested to see how Traveller's Tales evolves the Marvel franchise in the first Marvel Superheroes Lego game. I might have to get it for my PC. Because the game is skipping a lot of major consoles (next gen delay). The Batman franchise is huge. Thousands of comics have been printed, dozens of apps, the Arkham games, the Lego games, I fell like after playing the second Lego Batman, Warner Bros should tone down the Justice League's major appearance and let Batman do his stuff!
In the famous words of Stan Lee, 'Nuff Said!

Minecraft Updates That MUST Happen

With the 1.5.1 update released recently, I found that nothing awesome has actually happened since late January and redstone blocks. So, with some help with my friend Nathan, we came up with a whole list of things that need to happen to make Minecraft a better game. Here we go!

1. Redstone Armor
1. Redstone armor would generate electricity and allow redstone strands and lamps to be turned on automatically.
2. The armor would also be a hazardous source to mobs. The ground walked on and 10 blocks around it would be a path to let electrical currents flow and harm any mob within range, and electrocute them.
3. Redstone Armor would only have three enchantments: Fire Protection, Feather Falling, and a new enchantment, Increased Electrical Damage. However, the armor wouldn't damage the player.
2. Redstone Tools
1. Redstone tools would do the same general task as redstone armor. The redstone hoe would till the desired soil and the blocks next to it.
2. The redstone pic would be equivalent to an iron pic. It would also mine obsidian in only 10 seconds.
3. The Redstone shovel would be the best of the shovels. It would be like digging in creative mode.
4. The redstone ax would work like iron.

I am very firmiliar with the the mod that allows all of this stuff to be possible. But you know how Minecraft "adopted" the pistons? Well who says that they can't do it again?!

1. Redstone Weapons
1. Redstone weapons have the same use as redstone armor. They would electrocute the targeted mob.
2. The Redstone sword would electrocute the mob when being hit.
3. Redstone arrows would do the same. However, there would not be a redstone bow
2. Emerald Armor
1. Emerald is currency, as we all know, and using money-made tools to get money is a little far-fetched, but emerald is a raw material that I think, should become usable in the basic ways.
2. Armor would be a reasonable idea... I am aware of the mod, but remember, I'm still considering this. Armor would be equivalent to diamond. But, installing the update would make emeralds harder to find.
3. Emerald Tools/Weapons
1. Emerald tools and weapons would all be equivalent to diamond. However, Emeralds would have 15 less uses than diamond.
2. Mining will be fast, Hunting will be easy, and getting wood would be almost creative-mode!
4. Cornstalks
1. Cornstalks would replace four chicken-thingies on your hunger bar.
2. These can be planted by placing corn seeds, (can be found when destroying corn) in tilled dirt/grass.
3. Corn would grow like sugarcane, it would grow in chunks. It would not need to be by water to grow.
5. Hickory Tree/Wood
1. Like real hickory, the tree's leaves would be in layers. Trunk, leaves, trunk, leaves, get the picture.
2. These would be rare spawns because they would be so big.
3. When leaves are destroyed, the tree not only would drop saplings, (rare) but would also drop tree nuts. Again, rare drops.
6. Pigmen
1. Pigmen would be hostile mobs that spawn underground in abandoned mine shafts  and caves.
2. These mobs would take away half a heart of damage, no matter what armor you have on. But it isn't safe to say they're nothing to worry about.
3. Pigmen, not being zombie pigmen, do not have any armor or weapons. Remember how I said take away? Well, when being attacked, the health you lose is added to the health of the pigman. I would recommend a Iron sword or better when venturing into caves with these mobs.

In conclusion, Adding these the vanilla of Minecraft would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prayers to Boston

I'm sure everyone is aware of the Boston Marathon events. I can't believe all the terrorism going on lately. My sympathy goes out to all the men, women, and children that were part of the marathon and all of their families...

Poor, Poor Loki...

So I was recently sent this picture and I just had to post it.



You realize that only Thor can mick up the Mjolnir? I think this is hilarious. You see, Loki could just go right on the hammer. Thor would magically make it fly into his hand and it would just be terrible. Especially if he's showing off in front of Jane Foster! Now in all seriousness, in the famous words of Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park - When ya gotta go ya gotta go!

Wolverines vs. Cardinals...

Last night was pretty scary. Who would have guessed it would have ended with Louisville and Michigan. I am not going to say who I'm rooting for but may I just say.

TTHISSS ISS GOING TO BE AWESOME

My Justice league Cast...

So I hear the latest trend is to choose who should be the new Green Lantern for The Justice League Movie.

I am actually going to beat Syncopy to the job and cast everyone myself...

For the role of Superman, I think that Henry Cavill is a really good Superman. He has that vigilante look or that mysterious look to him. I think that Batman from The Dark Knight trilogy was great because it wasn't the "Oh no! That poor elderly lady needs help! I'LL SAVE YOU!!!" feel to it.

I also love the new Superman costume from Man of Steel. No classic curl and no underwear outside of the pants. Overall I think that Henry Cavill would be the perfect leader to a legendary team.

For the role of Batman, it's hard to choose. I liked the Christian Bale Bruce Wayne, you know, he's the playboy, the billionaire, he really takes on that role nicely. However, I don't really like the Batman. The suit is awesome but the voice, come on. Were they trying to make him sound like  choking cow? That's what I loved about the 80's Batman (excluding Batman and Robin), he either didn't talk or he would talk in as few words as possible. If you take that and add the Christian Bale Bruce Wayne and TDK suit, The Justice League movie will be a success!

For the anticipated role of Wonder Woman, I would like to see anyone but Megan Fox. There was a photoshopped picture of her a few years ago as Wonder Woman, but honestly, she would suck. Kiera Knightley would be cool. I know she had a pretty big role as Elizabeth Turner in Pirates of The Caribbean. She did a good job with the action/sci-fi feel so yeah. Chris Evans was The Human Torch before he became Captain America, and look what happened. He's a great Flamethrower and Uncle Sam.

For the role of The Flash, I would like to see Bradley Cooper or Chris Pine. He has the look from the cartoon (voiced by Michael Rosenbaum) and has  a similar voice to Michael Rosenbaum. I think Chris Pine could connect the Smallville TV series with the movie because he does kind of look like the kid from Smallville. But obviously, that couldn't happen.

For The Role of Green Lantern, I would like to see Ryan Reynolds reprise his role from 2011's Green Lantern movie. I think with a non-computer graphic suit and a good solid Mark Miller script, he would be on the right track. Now I know that the Green Lantern Movie was kind of a disappointment to comic fans but I thought that he was at least a good Hal Jordan. A lot of Deadpool movie news has been surfacing recently but if Ryan Reynolds was Green Lantern, I would want to cast a "look alike" for Wade Wilson. Plus, the Deadpool suit would be animation. Like Spider-Man's, or at least while he's in action.

For the role of Cyborg, I would highly recommend an African-American actor. DC has finally had some ethnical respect in the last thirty years since Steel came out starring Shaq. I know I still bring up Smallville but I think that they did a good job on making movies appeal to other races. I would go ahead and cast Cuba Gooding Jr. He's young, he has a lot of experience in Minecraft in acting. Overall, He would be a good choice.

And Finally, for the role of Aquaman, I would choose Sam Worthington. He has that serious, know-what-he's-talking-about kinda face. Long hair and I personally think he would be set to go.


Thank You for reading!

March Madness... Score Madness - second round

Si I know there have been quite a few upsets in the March Madness scores. So far, some of my teams have won. I actually predicted Ole Miss over Wisconsin, so that wasn't that big of an upset for me. Next up I am actually going to go in order in witch they appear on Sports Illustrated.

Michigan State and Valpo: I predicted MSU, I watched some of that game because I Was interested with                                                  ESPN's choice about MSU in the final four... I WAS RIGHT!

Bucknell and Butler: I hate to admit it but I actually have never heard of Bucknell until this year. My bracket was a little crazy with teams. Like always. I obviously thought Butler, I mean, haven't they been a big name in NCAA Basketball... I WAS RIGHT!

Pittsburgh and Wichita State: I thought this was a close one. Those 8 and 9 ones really hit me hard. Like with VCU and Michigan today, 4 and 5, I have to go Michigan but all that stuff will be announced after the third round is finished. This one was kind of a disapointment. I only had Pitt in my 32, or Sweet Sixteen, I can't remember. I went Pitt on this one... I WAS WRONG!

Saint Louis and New Mexico State: Now I would have if it were New Mexico but this is NMS so I thought this one was relatively easy. I had to say Saint Louis, only because they were #4. And because I like Saint Louis... I WAS RIGHT!

Memphis and Saint Mary's: I had to go Memphis on this. I just thought It wasn't that fair of a match. Just like everything else in the bracket... I WAS RIGHT!


Whoa! looks like I'm out of time, I'll try to do more.............

Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2: What to Expect

With Iron Man 3 just a few months away, and Thor: The Dark World coming in November, 2013 will be a great year for Marvel. Even though only two Marvel Movies will be released this year, a lot of money is expected to be brought in.
The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man were great at the Box-Office. The Avengers especially bringing in 892 million dollars in opening weekend alone. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance did okay, but I don't think we should be expecting a sequel. 2013 is planned to be big in movies, The Lone Ranger, Iron Man 3, Man of Steel. Unfortunately, FOX owns copyrights to the X-Men franchise, so is not included in Marvels Cinematic Universe. 2014 is planned to be big also. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is set to hit theaters (even though it is part of phase 3). Along with Guardians of The Galaxy arriving only a few months later. Next is 2015, Ant-Man is expected along with The Avengers 2 and the Untitled Fantastic Four Reboot. Phase 2 will exclude X-Men: Days of Future Past, once again, the copyright belongs to FOX. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will not be included because The Amazing Spider-Man franchise belongs to Columbia Pictures. So what movie are you looking forward to the most?

Iron Man 3 Poster Specific Character Poster Line-Up

It's official, I will definately be seeing this movie

Bruce Willis and Die Hard: Have we seen enough?

So You probably already know that A Good Day to Die Hard or "Die Hard 5" has recently hit theaters. I just can't help but thinking. Okay, Bruce Willis had his time to shine, and yet it seems to me like he's trying to kick back, or studios want to get what's left of him and/or his action.
I've noticed he's been in a lot of movies recently. He's 57, If he's going to go for the Harrison Ford style kick back, well...
Back to what I was saying, in this year and last year alone he's been in 10 movies. Most of them with tons of action that won't last much longer.

The Expendables 2
Looper
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
& A Good Day to Die Hard

are just some of the movies. With Die Hard almost 30 years old now, a new sequel, are we done here. I mean look at Bruce Willis in 1988 and now


WOW!

And you can kinda tell the difference in the middle three.



especially between 3 & 4

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire official poster and thoughts

MARCH 23, 2012

12:00 AM

A MOVIE THEATRE

TODAY, A CERTAIN FILM BROKE BOX OFFICE RECORDS. THIS MOVIE IS KNOWN AS THE HUNGER GAMES.

OK seriously, that movie was insanely popular, and now its getting a sequel! I thought the first one was disturbing enough! What the heck, I probably will watch it. I read the first book but I haven't read the second. I hope its better. But this is the first poster for Catching Fire. Honestly, I don't know what to think, I assume they're getting married or something. What's with Katniss' hair, it looks blue! I don't know, it could be the lighting. Wow, what a weird way to write a post.

Iron Man 3: Will Iron Man Die?

So if you are like me, you are really looking forward to thr new Iron Man movie. The new trailer was released and now the movie has a spot on my must see list. But obe thing I've heard multiple times from different sites is that the ending will be like the ending  of The Dark Knight Rises. Now if you haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises you might not want to read on because the ending of it is discussed...

OK, now that the spoiler thing has been taken care of, back to what I was saying. You know how in the end of The DKR the Batman legend ends but Bruce Wayne is still alive? Well I hear that is how Iron Man 3 is rumored to end. Iron Man ends but Tony Stark will live on. I personally think that the whole idea would ruin the franchise and just leave a gap for The Avengers 2 to take place. I don't think Marvel wants to start phase two of their cinematic universe with a big "NOOOOOOO!!!" if you understand what I'm trying to say. The Dark Knight Rises is its own story. since a Justice League movie wasn't even confirmed at the time, and now Mark Millar scrapping the idea just proves that the endin was great. The Avengers 2 on the other hand has been confirmed for the last movie of phase 2. Plus you can't do an Avengers movie withiut him. Just like you can't make a X-men movie without wolverine.