It's always Fantasy-Book Friday.
Today's match is ...
(ROH, 2004)
-vs-
Yoshihiro Tajiri
(ECW, 1999)
This week's psych terminology is:
Synesthesia - This is the phenomenon that occurs when the experiences from one sensory modality stimulate one that's totally unrelated. In plain English, when you start hearing colors & smelling touch. Granted, that's just an example of what synesthesia is, but when you hear of individuals trying to lick the blue flowers on wallpaper, now you'll know what they're experiencing. Sometimes experienced by the truly and most persistently psychotic, it also occurs in individuals who are under the influence of hallucinogens (LSD, PCP, the like). (Info from the Diagnostic And Statisitical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Ed.)
Today is Appreciation Day!
Today, I appreciate kaiju (big monster) movies. I got a copy of "Destroy All Monsters," which is a huge monster mash-up involving Godzilla and about 8 more monsters from the Godzilla universe. I got all nostalgic and shit and pulled out "King Kong vs. Godzilla," "Godzilla 2000," "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla," and "Damaijin." When I was a kid and we got our first VCR, the only movies that were readily available for kids at the Video Place (also called Fud's, after the owner) were Abbott & Costello movies, GI Joe & Transformer cartoons, and Godzilla movies. So, I watched a lot of these during my formative years. Yes, the plots are hokey. Yes, the sets are slipshod. But who cares? I'd rather watch a thousand Godzilla films than one more horrid remake of some film or TV show that Hollywood seems to think that the film market needs a glut of.
Today, to guys wearing big rubber suits stomping cardboard buildings, I salute you!
Your hip-hop MP3 of the week is:
Cunninlynguists: Mic Like A Memory
Album: "Will Rap For Food"
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The Forgotten Hero/Villain of the Day is:
Ferret (hero)
First appearance: Man Of War #2 (Jan 1942)
Malibu Comics
Real Name: Cal Denton
Group Affiliation: The Protectors
Superpower: Superhuman agility & and the feral powers of a ferret (I shit you not); also, the ability to fly (Info gathered using online resources.)
The Ferret was a member of a superhero team called the Protectors, a group comprised of heroes from Centaur Comics, a Golden Age publisher that just couldn't keep up with DC & Marvel during their formative years. Malibu Comics revived a lot of Centaur Comics' properties and published "The Protectors," a 12 issue miniseries based on the exploits of these characters.
From the issues of Protectors that I used to read when I was younger, I recall the Ferret as a cheap Wolverine knockoff. In fact, from the very few images of the Ferret available online, he stands defiantly against some adversary, teeth bared, claws displayed, and yelling some version of "I'm the best I am at what I do!" Now, granted, all I've ever known ferrets to do is run around and poop and chew up the toys you put in their cage to play with, so I can't imagine who would be intimidated by that. Apparently, the investment in Ferret as the breakout character was great, as he not only showed up in the Protectors series, but he had his own solo title as well. Now, get this, one version of the series' first issue was die-cut in the shape of the character's head. Run an ebay search for "ferret comic" and see what I mean ... it's the issue that looks like a giant close-up of the guy's head.
Until next Friday, I remain ...
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