Martian Manhunter
Versus
Black Lightning
Two Justice League members go at it hard and heavy in our first battle of the night. J'onn Jonzz keeps trying to reason with his opponent and it's easy for all to see that he is holding back. Perhaps not the best idea. Blast after blast of white hot lightning is hurled at the Manhunter from Mars as he continues to fade in and out of visibility. Black Lightning tells J'onn to stop holding back, "Is this how your wife and daughter would have you fight?" he asks. Manhunter is jolted into a rage as the mere mentioning of his departed family causes him intense emotional pain. Now the fight really can start. These guys are tearing each other apart now. Whoever wins; I don't know how he will have anything left to go on to the next round. Lightning shows signs of weakening as he has spent an incredible amount of energy blocking the rays from J'onzz's "Martian Vision (similar to Superman's heat vision). J'onzz pulls out his final ace as he uses his mental powers to "short circuit" Black Lightnings powers. After a horrendous battle we have declared a winner by TKO - Martian Manhunter.
If that is the first fight what can we expect from the remaining fights? Let's move on as our heroes are entering the arena. Next up:
Captain Marvel
Versus
Plastic Man
Once again we have two heroes that have at one time or another been members of the Justice League. The worlds mightiest mortal versus the worlds bendiest mortal. It only takes Marvel a few minutes to tie Plastic Man into knots. Winner by submission - Captain Marvel.Quickly moving on:
Nightwing - Dick GraysonVersus
Steel - John Henry Irons
The former sidekick turned headliner against the substitute Man of Steel. Luckily for Nightwing John Henry Irons isn't Superman. Unfortunately for Nightwing, Dick Grayson isn't Batman. John Henry Irons swings a mean hammer. Nightwing is good and holds his own fairly well in the beginning. He's not the former leader of the Teen Titans and the Outsiders for nothing. Steel's not perfect, in fact in the super hero world Steel is almost a rookie. Nightwing uses this to his advantage and is able to even begin possibly winning the fight. Superior hand to hand combat training allows Nightwing to stay in this fight a lot longer than most would give him hope for. Grayson is good at what he does and part of what he does is know when he is in over his head. He folds his hand giving us our winner by TKO Steel.
Our next battle is the first Female Fury Battle of the second round.
Supergirl
Versus
Mary Marvel
This is a battle for the ages. If we were doing females only this could be the championship match. Here we go and if you noticed Mary is dressed in black this time. Due to Eclipso whispering evil into Mary's ear and Black Adam giving her the total of his power, Mary is mightier than she has ever been. No need to put any gimmicks into this match, they could very easily fight to the death. Supergirl is surprised just how strong Mary is as Mary begins to really pour it on. Supergirl is having a hard time as Mary connects with lightning bolts one after the other and it sends Kara Zor El hurling through space. Supergirl has incredible resiliency and is able to take a beating, lucky for her. Mary Marvel is giving Supergirl everything she has and astonishingly enough Supergirl is taking it. In fact Supergirl is starting to make a come back. Supergirl appears at to be even more powerful than Superman. Superman has spent a lifetime subconsciously suppressing his powers so that he doesn't hurt the people around him, while Kara, without such experience, simply uses her powers to the fullest without being as fearful of risks to others. And is she ever. Mary is down! Mary is down! Mary is down! This one goes down as the most closely contested fight of the tournament yet! Winner by knockout and what a knockout she is - Supergirl.
We return here tomorrow for the next battles as we get even closer to announcing our "Sweet 16".
11 comments:
Ears to good friends!
You know, I don't know why you call Gandalf "Wobbles". I mean, really! You have a dog named Bumbler! So you should be calling Gandalf STUMBLER!!!! Then they can be the new pet law firm of Bumbler, Stumbler and Frodo. "We don't get paid until YOU receive dog and cat toys!"
Yes, i realize this has nothing to do with your post but sometimes these things just need to be said.
This same post has been sitting here for 4 days!!! 4 days without a field of 64!!!! Or even a mention of that fucked up shit with Jin on last night's LOST.
What are ya, passed away or something?!?!?!?!?!?????
Still getting over the ear surgery. Will be back to doing the 64 soon and when I do we wrap it up quick. About Lost, I'm waiting until after next week to do my mid season review. What was so f'ed up about the jin part?
Um...that everybody thinks he's dead when he's still alive.
And if everybody thinks he's dead then there's STILL only the Oceanic Five since he can't be counted as the Oceanic Six since he's supposed to be dead.
And stuff.
He is dead. What part of the Sun flashforward din't you get? Jin dies dude. The sixth is Aron.
That's not how it seemed to me. What was all that Jin running around with a panda stuff? A flashback inside a flashforward?!?!?
And you previously informed me that Sun and Jin were the last two of the Oceanic Six. Are you slipping???
And Aron is so not one of the Oceanic Six. He's a baby. That means he doesn't count as a person. What's wrong with you?!? He counts as carry on luggage, if anything.
The Jinn running around for the Panda was exactly that, a flashback, Sun's was a flashforward. The nurse at the hospital after Jinn gives the Panda to whoever he gave it to says something to the effect "Are you eager to start a family yourself?" and his answer was "Don't hurry me I've only been married for three months." His took place in the past three months after he and Sun were married. They tricked you again. If you have the episode on tape check out the cell phone Jinn is using in his flashbacks and see how old it looks. They are not that big now. Now the reason I had Jin and Sun as the final two of the Oceanic Six is because I was not aware of the trick they were playing with the flash forward/back in this episode. Before the season even began I had seen most of all the episodes in the pre-writers strike group of episodes for this season. The only parts of this episode I had not seen was the final flashback of Jin and the final flash forward of Sun so therefore I thought I was seeing the same flash forward for both of them. Originally I did not count Aron as a member of the Oceanic 6 because technically he was not a passenger on the plane. Unless of course you want to argue over exactly when a person "becomes a person" but that's a question to ponder on another Roe vs. Wade day. JJ Abrams and Carlton Cuse has officially stated that the Oceanic 6 are: Sun, Hurley, Kate, Jack, Sayid, and Aron. So you see I was not actually slipping, I was fooled a little by the powers that be, even with all the info I already had. It actually is good every now and then to be surprised even if I am the type of person that reads the last few pages of a book first. So regroup and get ready for the mid season cliff hanger. A little mild spoiler for you for this weeks episode ... our old pal Tom, Mr. Friendly, is back in a flashback this week.
Ah, your ass!
Well, if that was their object they failed to make the episode successfully since I've talked to 6 other people in the past week and NONE of them were of the opinion that Jin was dead and his story was a flashback. It was poorly directed, then because it was not demonstrated successfully.
I recall all the things you mention and don't have to rewatch the episode. Actually, I believe Jin said he's only been married 2 months -- not 3. However, he never said it was to Sun. The episode played like either everyone thought Jin was dead but he's actually alive with no memory or (another theory postulated by someone I talked with last Friday) that Jin is suffering from the same time flopping back and forth that Desmond was.
If it was truly a Jin flashback, the script should have made it clear by having Jin say: "Sun and I have only been married 2 months" instead of him just saying "I've only been married 2 months". It was very sloppily done considering you're the only person among 7 who got the impression that Jin is dead and it was a flashback. I'm sure you're right about Jib being dead but the execution of the episode was poor in conveying that to anyone.
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