Friday, September 2, 2016

The Back Story of Joker BEFORE Harley Quinn (Duckie's Version)

aah ah ah .... aahhhhhhhhhh
heh, Once upon a time, after all there was.. a time.. haah. I was a sane, happy, ordinary man. I had a wife, and family and a good job too! ha, but man, how things change, and it all changed because of one. bad. day. 
Let's see, hmm. haha, yes, I was working for honest money many years ago, when I still had a wife, before I even met my darling harley. hmm. Yeah, I was working as a comedian at the time, when I made a mistake, hahaha, I have made a lot of mistakes... That's where most of these scars came from... my mistakes... what a joke. 
Anyway, no one could understand my humor so I struggled as a comedian to provide for the family, and then one day... everything, hahahahaha, it all changed. 



Sometimes, when life decides to play a joke, it goes over the top to make sure that you find the humor in it. so hahaa, one day I left for work only to find out that I had been laid off.. such good news for a man with his pregnant wife, hahaha. I return home to find my wife, lying dead on the floor, shot to death when some petty thief decided that my fine china was worth more than my wife's life. hahaha funny the price tags we put on people. 

Well, I decided  I had had it! I would get even with my wife's killer if it drove me insane. hahahaahhaa. well, I guess you could say that, it did. anyway, there aren't a lot of ways to arrange someone's death by working an honest job, so honestly, I was sick of that pace of work, so I decided to branch out, you know try my hand at this, and try it at that... so I found my true love, I didn't fear death because, well you see, I had nothing to lose. I never did since my wife and child had been taken from me. ah, killing that man was soooo enjoyable, giving him what he deserved, or it would have been...

 if Bats hadn't gone and got in the way. Well, I had tracked my wife's killer to a chemical factory just outside of Gotham, and  ah yes, I found him too! Had him in my grasp on the second floor, overlooking the chemical mixtures. Well, what with my luck, Bats decided to drop by, and he saved my enemy, and pushed me over the edge into Insanity, and I must say, it's rather pleasant here. I've enjoyed myself so far, what with this and that. When I managed to get myself out of the chemicals I knew something had changed, for I no longer struggled with the my purpose, so longer did I feel a need to kill my wife's killer... no, now I felt a rage like nothing before, my fury blinded me and I accepted it gladly. I would see the end to the Batman, for his crimes against me, He took my revenge and ruined me by it. He saved a murderer who ruined my life twelve long years ago. I will have my vengeance against this caped crusader, for he will have to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight,
and I the Clown Prince of Crime, shall be that devil that will haunt him forever, in every corner of his mind, until I have destroyed this disgrace of justice. He will be mine, and insanity will have him, and his downfall... I will make a killing off of the joke, that which was once the Batman, aaaahahahahha hahaa haa haaaha ahaha He will be no more, and I can find peace. 

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Suicide Squad: The Real Heros, The Real Heart

Now that Suicide Squad has been out for sometime, and I won't really be spoiling anything for anyone by talking about it, I have decided to write a blog about it, because it was by far one of the best movies that I have seen this year. Now, I know a lot of people did not like the movie, because the characters were too shallow and there wasn't good character development. If that's what you think, I don't know what movie you watched, but it wasn't the one I saw. They might not have given every character the same development as others, but DeadShot, Dr. Harley Quinn, and Diablo were well developed. You can't give everyone a back story in two hours, otherwise the movie would have been nothing but back story. However, the point that I wanted to make in this blog is really more about the movie, and not what critics saw.   


Why was Suicide Squad sooo dang popular? Well, for starters it was well made, and it was well developed in many people's opinion. However, I think the biggest thing that we really loved about the movie was the fact that these characters were or had something that we could relate.

Deadshot's weakness was his daughter. He loved her and wanted the best for her, and give her the best life that he could. Diablo, in murdering his family after giving into greed and power, wished nothing more than to be reunited with his family and take back the mistake that he made when he lost control. Dr. Harley Quinn just wanted a normal life for her and her puddin'. She so desired a normal life for him (joker) that she went crazy to love him. Katana just wanted to be reunited with her husband that her sword had taken when in a enemy's hand. See, all these characters were not superheros who never made mistakes, they weren't super humans. At the most they were meta-humans. 

There was nothing remarkable about Harley Quinn or Deadshot, Diablo was a true meta human who had some nasty fire power. But ?Deadshot only had perfect aim, and that's something that can be developed. For the most part they were more relatable to us than Batman or someone like Superman. Because for some reason we're not all billionaires, or from a different planet. 

I think Suicide Squad was more of a hero movie than an anti-hero movie. I remember sitting in the theatre watching Deadshot interacting with his daughter, and thinking, I hope that I can be that kind of father. When Joker broke into a high security prison to free his love Harley, I thought to myself, do I love my wife enough to risk my life to protect her from those who want to harm her?







when Diablo went through his story, and explained his failure as a father and husband, I recalled the mistakes that I have made, and I thought, if someone like him (even though it is just a story) can turn around and vow to only protect others and give his life to keep that vow... even though I've made mistakes, will I let my mistakes go, and be willing to dive into my full potential like he did... in the end to sacrifice his life, to protect the world. 

Those are the things that I took away from the movie, I know that not everyone will think the same thing, or look at it the same way, or even approve of the movie... but honestly, I really don't care. I loved it, and it touch my heart and challenged me to be a better person. You can take it or leave it, this is simply my opinion... Well, until next time. I'm Duckie