Ain’t this super tough? I kinda wish there was a Skullo G.I. Joe style action figure. I would have bought more than one. Posed him all over (pause). And really why haven’t we seen more Skullo? Why haven’t I seen him drawn in 2D? Why isn’t he rumored to appear in Super Street Fighter 4? I know Street Fighter EX was made by another company. I also know that company owns Skullo and all of those characters, but why hasn’t Capcom done the power move and just buy him! Look at this character design!! I’d say it is one of the best Fighter Game character designs of the last 15 years. Top 5 really. It’s probably because he’s so many things wrapped up in one awesome package and it brings about the memories of watching Daniel-San getting his butt kicked by the Cobra Kai gang in Karate Kid. You know you wanted to see more of them, that’s like the best part of the whole film. Can you all see that perfect use of White and Black, the ill way the chose to design the skeleton on the outfit. This is pre allover hoodie, pre -LRG. Capcom doesn’t design this ill anymore and I think its all our fault. I think we all let people support ugly game character design. We let them sell us pretty boy character design, everybody is all soft. The move to such great 3D graphics has hurt good character design. We all deserve better, the makers and the consumers combined.
Blissful Review-Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness
So what is Edge of Darkness? It’s exactly what you think it is from the trailer. It’s Mel Gibson getting revenge for his slain daughter. Mel Gibson plays Tom Craven a Boston Detective welcoming home his daughter Emma. After noticing his daughter is sick, he then starts to take her to the hospital. At the door she is shot and dies in his arms in the doorway of his home. While grieving he takes on the case of solving her murder, since the authorities believe the killer meant to get him. This journey brings him in conflict with an evil government contractor and a senator. He also befriends an eccentric british spook that enjoys drinking and cigars.
This movie breaks no new ground in plot or film making but it is a decent movie. The shots in this don’t move around they are set in place. After finding out this was a British television show, the look and feel of it is very much like that. At times I felt I was watching Mystery on PBS just with Boston accents instead of British. One thing though at times Mel sounds like Popeye the Sailor Man when he talks. It took me out at parts. The parts of the film where he is seeing or hearing his daughter works well. You can tell pretty much where the plot is going but the action parts are still exciting and fun even with Mel looking pretty gruff and old now.
I give it a 2.5 stars out of 4, but I still think you should check it out. It is a very entertaining time at the theater (or couch if you wait for DVD).