The Nerd Next Door

With Avengers Edamame finally getting the spoiler curtain dropped I figured now was the time to bring up a question. What made the Avengers the smash hit of the 2010's? At the end of the day what makes the Avengers stand out compared to Justice League , the Raimi Spider Man films, and Fox's efforts (sans Deadpool )? A lot of people have dug into a lot things; Age of Ultron's fantastic afterparty, "I'm Always Angry," the alterations to Thanos, Tom Holland's Amazing Spider Man (pun intended), RDJ's Tony Stark. But for me the answer is not exactly mine, it's actually my father's answer when we got out of the theater after seeing Iron Man . I was exactly 12 when I saw Iron Man , I know that because I'm pretty sure my Dad took me and my brother to see it for my Birthday as my birthday was a few weeks after Iron Man came out. I thought it was great, it got me interested in Iron Man pretty well, but I can't remember why, I just reme...

A few weeks ago, I talked about damsel's in distress and when they are particularly insulting. During that time I mentioned that the main hero of Sword Art Online, Kirito, was, and I quote myself, "the most boring character devised in anime." I still hold that opinion because he is, but the more I thought about it I asked what made him boring? Why did I hate this kid so much? Well the more I thought about it, the more I realized that he problem I have with Kirito can be applied to why a lot of old classic characters can be perceived as "boring." Simply put Kirito is flawless, he shows up, kills all of the bad guys, and gets all of the ladies without applying any charisma or effort into it. As far as I'm concerned you should have one of three essentials to make a good character: underdog, where we see the character rise from adversity; flawed, where a character is competent but struggles with a flaw that either affects their actions, destroys them, or ...