Winning at This Dad thing

Geeky Dad is WINNING!!

 

Ya..I know I know that is a very bold statement but some things are developing that are showing me that the proverbial apple doesn't fall far from the tree.  Before I go on I want it noted that I have not pushed or exposed my kids to anything other than what is incidental to every day life.  I'm not like that...they're free to make their own decisions (even though they're 3 and 5) about what they want to watch.

 

The first thing I'm going to talk about is Looney Tunes.  Its no mystery that I love me some Bugs, Daffy, Sylvester, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn and all their friends.  I'm not talking about the watered down new stuff you're seening on teletoon these days.  I'm talking the pre-1970's stuff that still has all the same violence and mayhem that I enjoyed as a kid.  Well here there's a channel called "Teletoon Retro" that shows all the older cartoons from my youth and then some...well every once in a while I would turn it on and have me a little bugs and show my kids what cartoons were like when I was their age...well, it wasn't long before they started to ask for "Bugs Bunny".  So then I thought...Why not try other cartoons.

 

On Netflix they had a few seasons of "Scooby-Doo - Where are you?" so I thought "hey..why not give this a try"  So I threw one on and they loved it.  Again they kept asking for more more more.  To the point where at Christmas time one of their grandparents found a box set of "the New Scooby-Doo Movies" featuring such talents as Don Knotts, Jonathan Winters, Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges and others.  Once again, rarely does a day go by that they don't ask to watch one of these disks. My eldest is particularly enamoured with the ones with Batman and Robin.  Who can blame her right?

 

So I continued on.  My youngest (Named Parker both because I love Spider-man and my wife wouldn't go for Leia or Padme) Seemed to be interested in some of the Pictures of superheros I have...she's learned names like The Hulk, Wolverine, Storm, and, of course, Spider-Man.  So once I saw that Netflix had "Spider-man and his Amazing Friends" (1981) Again I thought I'd give it a try and my little Parker didn't disappoint.  We watched and entire season in an afternoon and she was still asking for more.  Now my kids run around pretending to be Firestar and want daddy to be Iceman...which I kindly oblige.  Parker is kind of partial to spidey...as you can see.

 

When I decided to be a dad I had hoped I'd be able to instill many of the values and outlooks I have in my life...and maybe, just maybe a few of the interests.  But so far..this has gone beyond what I had hoped for.  I can't wait to see what the future brings.

 

 

MAY THE FARCE BE WITH YOU

Dareman? BatDevil? Bad Idea?

So this week I’ve decided to try to write in this thing more.  It’s been the better part of a year since my last post so naturally I’m a huge slacker.  Ok…maybe slacker is the wrong word…being the father of  2 small kids, working full time and with a side business of my own leaves little time to sit in front of a computer and write.  Well I’m going to try harder to post more often. 

The other problem that I was faced with after deciding to write again was topic.  Sure, there was lots of stuff I could write about from this past summer, new Iron Man, new Superman, convention musings, etc.  But I wanted something fresh and current, so I was at a loss.  Then yesterday it hit me, in the form of a headline I saw while CP24 played in the background…”Ben Affleck to play Batman in Man of Steel Sequel” 

Pardon?  Can this be true?  The man who help destroy Daredevil (because let’s face it, between Affleck, Garner, and Farrell that movie was an abortion) is really going to be taking over for Christian Bale as the Dark Knight.  Ok...so he’s an Academy Award winner (But not for acting) and he’s a good looking fella.  And, according to Joss Wheadon he’s got the “chin”

  

I was just talking about this very thing with my wife not 2 days before the announcement was made.  At the time we were watching True Blood and in particular a scene involving Sookie and Alcide Herveaux played by Joe Manganiello.  We discussed how we thought he’d be a great Batman.  He’s got the voice, physique, and yes…chin that would work for both Bruce Wayne and batman.  I mean the man was runner up to Henry Cavill in Man of Steel so to me he seems like an obvious choice.  For a new Batman I think you have to walk the line between super well known actor and unknown actor so Joe just works.  That’s why I think the last couple of choices that worked (Michael Keaton, Christian Bale) worked and the couple that, in my opinion, didn’t work (George Clooney, Val Kilmer)

Another actor I heard as a possible contender to fill the shoes was Josh Brolin.  Again…famous enough but not too famous.  He has enough of a dark, brooding personality, the good looks, voice, and, yes even the chin.  Also, if this movie is supposed to take place many years after The Dark Knight Rises, then a slightly older/middle aged Batman would be in order.  For this Brolin would have been awesome in the role I think.  But Ben Affleck, Ben Affleck?? Ugh…I just don’t know.

However, In the end, when all is said and done…

 

MAY THE FARCE BE WITH YOU