My view on Marvel

Hello,

Like I said in my previous blog I'm a DC fan, but non a less a Marvel fan as well.
I've always watched the Marvel movies, well not all but most of them.
Like already said on the other blog, I don't see myself as knowing a lot about comics, this is just what I think about the Marvel world.

The first superhero movies I saw were The hulk and Daredevil, both movies were ok but I wasn't sold yet. I think the first movie I saw was Blade, I loved all 3 of those movies, maybe because I just love the world of vampires and werewolves.
Then came the Fantastic four movies, I also loved both of them, I just loved the story around it all.
Ghost rider was also a good movie, maybe because I like Nicholas Cage, but I liked both of those movies. Then you also had Elektra, I liked the first girl being the head character and it was a good movie of course.  All of these movies I see like the before movies of Marvel, those are all the movies before the big franchise movies, I feel like.

You also have the X-men movies, those are the best movies ever made. I love those movies! For me you have the first 3 original movies who came first and I really loved these movies. Of course I was happy to know that Wolverine would have his own movie, he's my favorite one of the X-men. And I was so happy when the second one also came out. Then came the movies where they went back in time, to the younger characters. I was so happy to see other storylines and new characters coming to the story. I really learned to appreciate Magneto in those movies, who now also is one of my favorites in those movies. Those are my favorite movies by far from the Marvel world.

Then you have the other franchises from Marvel.
Spiderman is one of the superheroes I like the less, I don't know why, I just never loved them that much. Which is weird cause I really like The amazing spiderman. For me there was really a big difference in those movies. It's not the actors or so, because I like both of them, it's just a superhero i like a little less maybe.
Then came The avengers movie, first separate and then together.
The incredible hulk I liked more then the first movie about the Hulk, I think the story is better than the other one.
Iron man is my favorite superhero in this franchise, I like all the movies, the character Tony Stark is so great. Robert Downey Jr. plays the role so good, it's made for him.
The Captain america movies are also very good, the first one really explains the whole story very well. And each one of those movies they make it better.
I love the Thor movies so much, also a really good story lines. I can't wait for the next movie!
The movie who was a little less for me is Guardians of the galaxy, I don't know why, it just didn't got me from the start.
Then of course the Avengers movies themselves I really love also, to see them all together in a movie is just so great!
Honestly I didn't even saw Ant-man, I don't know why. The trailer didn't really speak to me, but after seeing the last Captain America I'm thinking to see this movie, cause he was so funny in it.
One of my favorite Marvel movies is Deadpool, how great is this story! He can do so much, even go to other dimensions, I hope to see more of Deadpool. Maybe a movie with all of the Marvel characters together?

For the next movies coming out I really wanna see the Black Panther movie, I just loved this character in Captain America, so I wanna see a movie about him.
The movie thats going to come out that I'm not so excited about is Doctor Strange, I don't know why, it's just based on seeing the trailer, cause I don't really know the story.
For the rest I'm pretty excited about the movies to come.

I know there a few tv series based on the Marvel world, but I haven't have the time to see any of them. I saw a bit of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but I didn't continue watching. I wanna start watching Daredevil but didn't had the time yet to start. And I heard Jessica Jones is also a good tv show so maybe I should also start this one. The one who starts this month is Luke Cage and this one I really wanna see!

So as you know this was my view on Marvel and you also could've read my view on DC, I would like to know what you think of it and if I can learn some things of you please let me know. Like I said, I really don't know a lot of all those comics, only what I see in the movies actually. So I don't want to offend anyone with this blog.

Love,
Sarah

My view on DC comics

Hello,

Since I'm a little girl I always watched cartoons, you know, the normal stuff every kid grows up with.
But I always watched Batman and TMNT with my brother, and I loved it.
So today I'm going to talk about DC comics.

For me it all started when I was about 10 y/o I think, I started watching Batman comics on tv with my brother. Batman was and still is my all time superhero. I'm not going to pretend I know all about comics, not even close. This is just my opinion about what I think about the DC world. Oh and no spoilers, I wouldn't dare to!

The first introduction on DC based movies was Superman, this movie came out before I was born but I saw it once with my parents and I loved it, the idea of a alien who looks like us and can fly and do all this stuff he can was amazing. The first Batman movie also came out when I was to young to have watched it then, but when I was old enough it was my favorite movie. You had Batman, Batman returns, Batman forever and Batman & Robin. Yes I loved Robin more then Batman in that movie, Chris O'Donell is also so handsome :) I still have those movies on DVD, thats how much I loved them. I know that there were more Superman movies made also but for some reason I loved the first the most. Then came Catwoman, also a good movie with such a good actress, it felt so nice to see a woman being a superhero and kick ass. Batman begins was so good, it changed everything for me, it was so refreshing. The whole new view on the story was mind-blowing for me, I can't get enough of this movie. Then Superman returns came out, also a good movie. Then the Dark knight came out, with the best Joker ever put on screen, amazing movie! This is probably one of the best superhero movies ever. Then the green lantern came out, in my opinion not the best movie. Then the Dark knight rises came, another great Batman movie! And the there was Man of steel, a new view on the story and an amazing storyline and to be honest Henry Cavill is such a good superman.
The last Batman trilogy and the last Superman movie were so groundbreaking for me, I felt like a little girl and just saw the story for the first time again. Just loved it and it will be hard to do better than this. In my opinion this didn't happen yet.
Then this year we had two major DC movies coming out, Batman v Superman: Dawn of justice and Suicide squad.
First I was totally against Ben Affleck being the new Batman, I just didn't saw it happening.  Honestly I loved Henry Cavill as Superman and Christian Bale as Batman, I couldn't imagine that to ever change. But now for Batman it happened :(
I saw the movie and first of all I liked the movie overall but I still don't really like our new Batman, but I can live with it I guess. The movie itself was a little to long, it could have been made shorter. But I liked the story line and the actors and the introducing of the justice league. I also have a view things to say about that, like I'm very excited to see Jason Momoa play Aquaman, but less for not seeing the flash I know and the arrow that I know from the tv shows in it. They would be so good on big screen! But back to the movie, so it was a bit stretched I feel but for the rest it was a good movie.
Then Suicide squad was about to come out. Same here, first I was finding it a weird choice to take Jared Letto as the Joker, but when the trailer came out I was sold. The movie and the storyline of each character was great, but I didn't quite get the part of the bad guys in it, the witch and her brother, that didn't had to be in the movie for me. They could just make it about the squad and the Joker for me. I really loved the movie, just not the part with the witch and all. I really hope they'll make a movie about the Joker, that would be so awesome. My favorite one of the squad is Deadshot, not only because Will Smith played him so good, but because I knew his story already a bit from in Arrow and thats why I loved him so much i guess.
So now were waiting on the next movies, like Wonder Woman and Justice League. Hope they are so good as we hope they will be. Cause the last two had some minor points.

Then you have also the tv series based on DC comics.
The first one I saw was Lois & Clark: the new adventures of Superman, I just loved coming home after school and watch this show. Then there was Smalville, I loved watching this show, it was one of my favorites at the time.
And the last few years I started to watch and love, Arrow and The flash, I can't stop watching these shows, the storylines are great and the actors play their part so well! I started to watch Legends of tomorrow, but after a few episodes I stopped because it just couldn't get me on board. Supergirl I didn't even started to watch, just because the trailer even didn't convinced me.
The last show I started was Lucifer and I love it!! Can't wait for the second season! I was hooked from the first episode, Tom Ellis plays his role so good.

My favorite movies based on the DC comics are the Dark knight trilogy and Man of steel.
My favorite Tv serie based on the DC comics is at this time Lucifer.
This were my thoughts on DC, I will also make a blog about what I think of Marvel.
Just to be clear, I'm more of a DC girl than Marvel. I like the movies of both, but DC was my first intro to the superhero world and I'll never forget that :)
If you know more about the comics you can let me know, I would love to learn more about those comics. I just don't know where to get all the info.

Love,
Sarah

What happens in Vegas...

Hello,

So while I studied in L.A. my friend Alice and I went for a weekend to Las Vegas :)
The Friday after school we went to rent a car cause we wanted to drive ourself.
At the car rental place they were so nice, we ordered a small car, something cheap and when they found out we were going to Vegas they said we couldn't go in that car. We said we didn't want to pay much on the car and so they made us such a good deal we took it and so we went to Vegas in a Chrysler cabriolet :)

Road trip!! The road till there was so nice, a lot of nature and then the desert.
We arrived early in the evening and we stayed at The Bellagio, first we went to our room. Big mistake, the room was so great we didn't want to leave! But after refreshing we went out for dinner at the cheese cake factory. While we were eating we also thought of what doing that night, we were tired of the drive so didn't wanna go party. After a while we decided to go to see the chippendales. So thats what we did, but we wanted to walk till there and of course got lost... We saw less and less people and after a while no more hotels... So when we got to a hotel we asked where to go and the guy said we were lost for sure, he got us a cab and so we still got in time for the show.
The show was really nice and I thought it was also funny :) For all the girls out there, I can recommend it :) After the show we went back to our hotel and went to bed.

Saturday morning we went to Wendy's for breakfast, so good, but not healthy of course, but whatever it's Vegas. After that we walked down the whole strip. You find everything there, shops, bars,... I really liked to see the strip. In the afternoon we saw more and more people with big glasses of iced drinks, after a little while we found a place who sold it, of course there was alcohol in them, we both bought one to drink while sightseeing. I also saw a side of Vegas people wanna forget, I saw a girl around my age sitting on the street with a sign who said she got cancer and needed money for the bills, that I found so sad, that the government don't help the sick people, she lost everything just because she got sick. I hope that is better now with the Obama care!
We also went into the big hotels to see the inside and saw the shows at the hotels, like the fountains at the Bellagio. There are really nice shows. After diner we went to the casino of the hotel to chase our luck. Well I didn't had any luck, but it was fun to do. After we decided to get to the club, as a guest of the hotel you have free entrance in the club The bank, so there we went. It was such a nice club, but the drinks are so expensive! We had a really nice time and stayed so late!

Sunday morning we were up late and went back to Wendy's for breakfast. After a small walk down the strip we went to get our stuff and check out. Then we headed back to L.A. Road trip back :)

 We didn't have the wild Vegas trip, but still had a lot of fun :) I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good time! Taking the ride till there was also so much fun, a real road trip to do with some friends. I hoped you enjoyed my stories about my time in L.A. and California.

Love,
Sarah

San Francisco

Hello,

While in L.A. I visited more than just the city, as you have read in previous blog. This time I'll tell about the weekend in San Fransisco also organized by EA tours. This time our guide/driver was Ricky, we knew him from  previous activities we did, like the Lakers game and Dodgers game. A really nice guy.

Saturday morning we left really early, because it was an 8 hours drive till there. Once arrived everyone settled in their room and Ricky told us we could go to a club that evening and if you wanted to go you had to be in the lobby by 10 PM. So first we settled in our room and then went for dinner, me and my friend Alice I travelled to L.A. with. Then we went back and prepared to go to the club, the girl next door came to ask if we also went out and if she could come with us cause no one else wanted to go. So at 10  PM we went to the lobby, when Ricky saw we only were with 3 persons and we were all 21+ so he asked if we wanted to go to the club he planned to drop us of to or if we wanted to see the real night life with his friends. Of course we wanted to go with him and his friends, the club we else had to go to was an club for underaged persons. At the end we had the time of our lives with them! First we went to a bar and then to another one where you could also dance more :) After a long but fun day and night we went back to the hotel. We had to be back in the lobby by 8 AM to check out, we made a bet with Ricky, the last one down had to buy coffee for the other once, and yes we were the first down :)

Sunday we did a tour of the city by bus, we passed the house of Full House and Mrs Doubtfire, so cool! We also saw the famous Lombard street and took some pictures there. We saw Alcatraz, to bad we didn't had enough time to visit, I will go back to visit it for sure. Then we stopped in an old shopping street with all kind of special shops, there we also had lunch. In the afternoon we were dropped of at pier 39, such a nice and big pier. We even saw the sea lions, so cute, but a bit smelly.
Before we went back we passed the Golden gate bridge and stopped on the other side to take pictures of it, then a little further we went a bit higher to take pictures again. After a short but fun stay in San Fransisco it was time to go back to L.A.

I would suggest everyone to go and visit San Fransisco and maybe to stay longer than 2 days.
I will go back to visit Alcatraz and more of the city!

Love,
Sarah

San Diego

Hello,

So when I went to L.A. for 3 months I visited a bit of California. One of the weekends we went to San Diego for a day, it was organized by EA tours. We were with a little group, but it was a fun day.

First we did a tour of the city, then our driver/guide took us to the harbor. I just loved the harbor, I'm a big Top Gun fan and some of the ships made me think of that movie. The morning we spent at the harbor, there is so much to see.
For lunch we went to Dick's last resort, it's more of a fastfood place where they act like dick's towards the customers. I've heard of this and it seemed fun to go there. And boy were they dick's :) I loved it there. For example when they came to gave the drinks they just threw the straws on the table, and when I asked for the restrooms they just said "well open your damn eyes", so funny :) but the meals were very good.

The afternoon we went to an old cowboy town. That was so cute, you had the really old part you could visit and then the newer little town around it. I went to a cold stone ice cream place, it was my first time and it didn't disappoint, the best ice cream ever. I had the stuffing of an Oreo as ice cream, with Oreo cookies crushed in to it and marshmallows, mmmhhh the best.
On the way back we passed a huge bridge that brought us to a hided beach, so cute over there.

San Diego is a really nice city, I would recommend it to everyone and would love to go back once. One day was maybe short to enjoy it all fully.

Love,
Sarah