Peace for Brussels, (Paix pour Bruxelles)

Pour toutes les personnes à Bruxelles et à travers le monde qui ont été touchés par l'attaque terroriste, le monde est avec vous et nous vous aiderons à mettre un terme à cette crise. Ne pas céder à la peur, voilà ce que l'Etat islamique veut, pour vous d'être aussi malheureux qu'ils sont. Flaunt le succès et le bonheur qui réside dans tous les habitants de votre grande ville. Montrez-leur que vous n'êtes pas peur de leurs attaques lâches, vous ne serez pas victime d'intimidation dans la clandestinité vos croyances. Continuer à soutenir un monde libre, il va devenir une réalité! Mes pensées et mes prières vont à vous en tant que gens du monde entier pleurent la perte d'êtres chers.

2016: The year without Innovation

Here is a list of movies that have little imagination or are being remade, revitalized, or ripped off from pop culture during 2016:

1. The Jungle Book (but with a diverse voice acting cast)
2.  Ratchet and Clank (from a video game)
3. Batman v Superman (lets have a two hour long pissing contest)
4. Captain America: Civil War (Batman v Superman mark II, but with 500% more heroes)
5. Angry Birds (from the mobile game... can't wait for the Candy Crush movie)
6. X-men: Apocalypse (I'm guessing the X-men overcome impossible odds because this is a prequel, we know who survives and magneto turns evil, too much suspense for me to handle)
7. Alice Through the Looking Glass (why does this movie exist? The last one was awful and unnecessary, I really don't understand this. I guess Johnny Depp needs another excuse to "act" like he is on drugs)
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (regarding this movie... a multitude of explicit phrases are all things that came to mind on how things even came to be a movie)
9.  Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (The Lonely Islands Andy Samberg decided to make a mediocre movie, what other B Lister is next? My guess is Kathy Griffith)
10. Warcraft (Again with these video game titles...)
11. Finding Dory (Coming 2020 finding new ideas...)
12. Independence Day: Resurgence (If you've seen the trailer you know that this will be a steaming pile of.. fun! Just kidding, and no its not racist that Will Smith is not in it he just wanted way too much money to play the role, which sucks because he was great in it)
13. The Purge: Election Year (If it was killing this years candidates then awesome, but more crazy people ho hate the homeless is not fresh, exciting, or even wanted)
14. Ghostbusters (this movie will officially kill the franchise, they turned it into a bad Melissa McCarthy movie, at least I didn't care for the original movies in the first place)
15. Star Trek Beyond (from what I have seen in the trailer this movie is basically Mad Max in space)
16. Ice Age: Collision Course (if you thought pirates weren't bad enough,  then prepare yourself for a whole new level of mediocrity)
17. Jason Bourne (Please don't ruin this franchise)
18. Jack Reach Around: Never Reciprocate oh my bad I mean "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" god Tom Cruise needs to stop making movies or think of a name that isn't Jack something, or Jack Reacher!
19. Underworld 5 (because thinking o a title for your movie is too hard)
20. Assassin's Creed (I like Micheal Fassbender so sure why not)
21. Jumanji (Time to ruin another childhood favorite)

http://www.imdb.com/movies-coming-soon/2016-12/?ref_=cs_dt_nx

Batman v Superman reality

When the first few reviews hit the Internet on Tuesday, things weren’t great, but the smattering of boos quickly built to a unified chorus—by Thursday, the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes rating had slipped from the mid-40s to 31% (29% if you count just “top critics.”) Worse, there was a barely concealed glee suffusing the snit parade. “Laborious.” “Baffling.” “Humorless.” “Dead on arrival.” It felt, honestly, as though people had gone in ready to pan the movie. This can’t be right, we thought. Some people must have liked it. But sending just one person to review the movie seemed like we were unnecessarily limiting the sample size. So we sent two! And, as we’d hoped, they had differing takes on the superhero epic. Were either of the takes positive? Depends what your definition of that word is. Forthwith, though, your two takes on Batman v Superman—for better or for worse. (Or at least for not-quite-worse or for worse.)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a misnomer. It’s not about one hero fighting another, not about the Dark Knight trying to pummel the Man of Steel. No, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a movie at war with itself. And it loses.

But really, it couldn’t win. Before it was even filmed, fans were picking apart this movie. People on Twitter had a field day over the casting of Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne. Others—probably those who had seen Sucker Punch—wondered why the keys of the DC kingdom remained in director Zack Snyder’s cold, dead hand. Others simply wondered: “Why is Jesse Eisenberg here? Was there a going-out-of-business sale on Awkward Guy roles and he missed it?” As a result,Batman v Superman plays out like a movie painfully aware of everything squaring off against it, and in stiffening its jaw to take every blow becomes too tense to enjoy the fact that it’s a popcorn movie. No film with a mad scientist (Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor), a Batmobile, and a budget the size of a Powerball jackpot should be trying this hard to be entertaining—especially not one with three superheroes on its side.

It would be easy to say those three heroes are the problem—that in trying to give each of them their arc, BvS gets overstuffed. Yet, that’s not it. In fact, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, the one hero largely unconflicted about her hero-ness, is the one thing that actually livens up the movie. When she shows up, her bring-on-Doomsday moxie reminds everyone that even Serious Superhero Movies should still be exciting. Unfortunately, she arrives too late; Batfleck has already appeared in umpteen “Life in the Batcave” montages, while Superman (Henry Cavill) has spent an equal amount of time wondering why Earth will never appreciate his help. This movie really does put the “bro” in “brooding”—not even Wonder Woman’s Bracelets of Submission mange to convince either actor to appear like they’re enjoying anything.

Most of the fault for this disconnect falls behind the camera. Zack Snyder clearly wants to make Great Films, and he means for Batman v Superman to be about something, to make some commentary about courage in a cynical world (or whatever). Unfortunately, Zack Synder was unable to deliver the performance that he wanted, he tried his best. But, like any superhero movie, it can be boiled down to “honesty and courage = good,” so the ponderous shots of billowing capes and bullet casings falling in slow-mo aren’t cinematic fillips—they’re weight around its neck.

This is where Batman v Superman falls apart. By succumbing to its try-hard tendencies, it loses all spontaneity. There are moments of joy, but they are far too few. Of its 151-minute running time, about 23 are truly enjoyable. In other words, one in six moments here is worth watching. With odds like that, it’s a bad bet—no matter who’s fighting. 

Police Tampering... Round 2

Now I believe that Steven Avery was guilty, and the police tampered with this case to ensure a conviction. This case is an example of small town justice where the police knew Avery was a bad guy but couldn't get him off the streets so they wrongly convicted him, resulting in the real rapist attacking another victim. Now that their misdoings have become known, the police believe that Avery would get away with a crime he actually committed. This is the very reason why there are laws against framing because it casts doubts on everything the police department does.

Making of A Murderer, round 2 (I accidentally deleted this blog and the Police Tampering blog as well)

Making of a murderer was being hyped up allover social media so i caved and decided to binge watch it over two days. During the course of the show I had my doubts about whether Avery was guilty or not, or if the police tampered with the case. While I believe the police messed with the case, I think they had good intentions. Avery had so much support, they didn't believe that this woman wouldn't get justice unless they planted so much evidence that the jury would have to convict him. Despite their tampering, Avery is guilty as sin, and the documentary lied to you in order for you to sympathize with him.

-- In the months leading up to Halbach's disappearance, Avery had called Auto Trader several times and always specifically requested Halbach to come out and take the photos.

-- Halbach had complained to her boss that she didn't want to go out to Avery's trailer anymore, because once when she came out, Avery was waiting for her wearing only a towel (this was excluded for being too inflammatory). Avery clearly had an obsession with Halbach.

-- On the day that Halbach went missing, Avery had called her three times, twice from a *67 number to hide his identity.

-- The bullet with Halbach's DNA on it came from Avery's gun, which always hung above his bed.

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-- Avery had purchased handcuffs and leg irons like the ones Dassey described holding Halbach only three weeks before (Avery said he's purchased them for use with his girlfriend, Jodi, with whom he'd had a tumultuous relationship -- at one point, he was ordered by police to stay away from her for three days).

-- Here's the piece of evidence that was presented at trial but not in the series that I find most convincing: In Dassey's illegally obtained statement, Dassey stated that he helped Avery moved the RAV4 into the junkyard and that Avery had lifted the hood and removed the battery cable. Even if you believe that the blood in Halbach's car was planted by the cops (as I do), there was also non-blood DNA evidence on the hood latch. I don't believe the police would plant -- or know to plant -- that evidence.

I certainly believe that there was a tremendous amount of police misconduct in this case. I believe the police helped the case against Avery along by planting evidence (and there's no doubt in my mind that they planted the RAV4 key in Avery's trailer). I also don't believe the prosecution's theory of events: There's no way Halbach was raped and had her throat slashed in the trailer without a speck of DNA evidence, and there's no way she was shot in the garage without any blood splatter evidence. After all, if Avery had somehow used bleach to erase all trace of Halbach's DNA, he would've also cleaned the garage of his own DNA (and the garage still contained lots of Avery's DNA).

I don't know how Avery murdered Halbach. I also don't believe anything that Dassey said in his coerced confession, but I also won't rule out Dassey's involvement because he would've done anything anyone asked of him. Still, the idea that the police killed Halbach is impossible to believe, not because they weren't capable of it, but because of the planning and foresight it would've required.

http://www.pajiba.com/netflix_movies_and_tv/is-steven-avery-guilty-evidence-making-a-murderer-didnt-present.php

Batman v Superman Predictions

The clock is ticking down until March 25, 2016, when the movie comic book fans thought they would never see is finally unleashed: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Zack Snyder has amassed an all-star cast to tell this fanboy dream come true, and as promising as it looks, a sharply-cut trailer should only really be taken at face value.After all, this is such a complex project with such ridiculously high expectations from a fan base notorious for being nit-picky and difficult-to-please, so there are plenty of opportunities for it to go wrong. Whether it ends up being a flawed masterpiece or a Batman And Robin-level failure (immensely unlikely though that is), these 10 issues seem almost certain to arise from both fans and critics.From Snyder’s aesthetic choices to inevitably appearing in the shadow of what came before and the future of these characters on screen, Batman V Superman has a ton to wrestle with, and if it manages to weather even just half of these issues, then it’ll be nothing short of a minor miracle.

As if the prospect of a showdown movie between two of the most iconic superheroes of all time wasn’t a daunting enough task, the film is also set to include cameo appearances from Aqua man and Cyborg, not to mention a significant role for Wonder Woman, who will reportedly be facing off against Doomsday.In addition, the trailers have made it clear that The Joker also has his hooks in Batman (it appears he has killed Robin), and the film will presumably have some sort of link to their encounter in Suicide Squad a few months later.Considering that even the esteemed Marvel have begun to receive criticism for over-stuffing their movies with characters and subplots, it would surprise roughly no-one if Batman V Superman had far too much content for one film.It’s ambitious as hell and will be extremely impressive if Zack Snyder pulls it off, but it’s hard not to feel like it’s trying to spin too many plates at once.

The most prominent criticism constantly leveled against director Zack Snyder is that his movies are “style over substance”. 300 in particular was a flashy visual spectacle without much narrative meat to it, and Man Of Steel was also criticized for its lack of character development in favor of exuberant style and insane set-pieces.It’s hard to expect much different from this film, even with Oscar-winning Argo writer Chris Terrio helping out David S. Goyer with the script. What’s been shown off so far certainly looks ridiculously stylish, but it remains to be seen whether the narrative will follow through gracefully or end up feeling like an afterthought to the visuals.

Even if the film ends up avoiding every other criticism on this list, one that seems unavoidable is the fact that fans probably aren’t going to get to see much of Batman and Superman fighting one another.

Most of the movie will be a build-up to their showdown, and whether they have one battle or a couple, fans are almost certainly going to be left salivating for more, especially given that the plot by necessity needs to have them teaming up by the end.

On the other hand, Snyder did prove his aptitude for prolonged set-pieces in Man of Steel’s destruction porn finale, but given how much plot the film has to deal with, and for fear of over-exposing audiences to the two clashing, it seems likely that their actual fight(s) will probably only take up 15-20 minutes of the movie’s screen time.

Ever since Jesse Eisenberg was cast as Lex Luthor, fans have been heavily divided on whether or not it would work: he’s an extremely atypical choice, and one that will probably continue to split fans after release.

In fairness, there should be credit to Snyder for not just casting another venerable A-lister to do some hammy acting but actually trying something different, and from what’s been seen of Eisenberg so far, he looks like he has a distinct vision of the character, a younger, hipper Luther with the expected arrogance and, well, another terrible hairpiece.

Even so, comic book fans are a notoriously fickle bunch, and so even if Eisenberg knocks it out of the park, some won’t like it simply because he doesn’t conform to how they envision the character. 

It seems inevitable by this point that the narrative is going to be extremely easy to predict: Batman gets mad that Superman trashed Metropolis and probably gets manipulated into fighting him by Lex Luthor, they battle a few times before they realise Luthor is the real problem, then they probably team up to fight Doomsday in the third act with Wonder Woman and other Justice Leaguers, done.

Sure, the script will be much more intricate than that, but the shell plot seems like it won’t offer up many surprises, given the very clear direction in which the DC Cinematic Universe is being steered. Hopefully Snyder will smooth over the edges a little by still having Batman and Superman be a little ambivalent towards one another heading into Justice League, rather than just neatly tying everything up.

Then again, comic book movies often deliberately lead audiences one way only to pull the rug out (The Mandarin twist, Quicksilver’s death), so perhaps Goyer and Terrio have a few pleasant surprises up their sleeves…