Magneto: #1 Comic Villain of all Time

This week IGN finished their ever going "100 best comic book villains of all time" series, and crowned Magneto as number one. Below is what they had to say about him.

Like many characters of his era, Magneto did not immediately stand out as someone who would endure the test of time. His powers were relatively unimpressive, his motivations and depth were weak and his costume design… let's face it - the guy wears a bucket on his head. But the archenemy of Charles Xavier has proven over the decades that he's not only worthy of his infamous status, but worthy of a much greater accolade - being the greatest villain ever created. The Master of Magnetism doesn't just operate well along stereotypical bad guy parameters, but can actually sustain engaging, masterful storylines of his own.

As a Jewish child in Germany during the height of Adolf Hitler's reign, Max Eisenhardt discovered humanity was capable of the worst crimes and actions. What's remarkable is despite seeing genocide first hand and enduring the terror of concentration camps, Max has matured into exactly what took his family and loved ones from him. To protect his kind from the fate of a similar Holocaust, Eisenhardt persecutes any and all humans who dare cross his path.

Magneto has become bigger than his peers and virtually all of his enemies. It's the sign of a great character when his presence dominates a story and his absence creates a vacuum that cannot be filled by any other. Through his legendary role in Marvel Comics over the years as well as fantastic portrayals in film and animation, it's hard to argue that there has ever been a villain more complex, nuanced, sympathetic and yet irrevocably evil.

X Men Origins: Magneto is in the works, and honestly I cannot wait.

Beast Wars/Beasties

Not many of you will remember this, but there was a show on YTV Called Beasies. Beasties was basically like transformers, but they transformed into animals instead of cars. The former autobots were called maximals, and the decepticons were predicons. The wanted the groups to resemble the words Mammal and Predator. YTV called the show Beasties, because they were uncomfortable with the name beast wars, which confuses me a little. Action figures came out and just like the transformers action figures, with about 100 confusing twists and turns of the action figure, it would have changed from an animal to a robot and vice-versa. I have the action figure of Cheetor, a Maximal, somewhere in my house. Someone on youtube has uploaded the Whole First episode of beasties onto youtube, and here it is.

Lightsabers

Lightsabers are the pinnacle of intergalactic space weaponry. The idea of being able to wield a laser-sword on a stick that could cut through physically anything, that was retractable made all of our eyebrows raise. That hum that the blade emits is like music to our ears. A lot of people don't know but In 2007, in honor of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, the lightsaber prop used by actor Mark Hamill (Luke) was flown aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-120 to the International Space Station and returned to Earth. Lightsabers made Jedis what they are, feared, and a power not to be messed with. I want you all to go to this website. I consider myself a big Star Wars Fan, but reading this site shows me that I am far from it. There are lightsabers, lightclubs, lighwhips, and fiber cord linked lightsabers (which resemble nunchucks). Below is the anatomy of a lightsaber, and I think that this shows how big of an impact the lighsaber made on Sci-Fi today. Someone out there, please make this!

First Post/Introduction

Welcome to my brain on a platter. I started this blog because I know that there are a million people out there that are just like me, who are a kid trapped in a not so kid-like body. People who have seen every single Star Wars....More than twice, people who still are amazed by transformers. This is my blog about things your inner child would jump up and down for and ask for their birthday. Hopefully I will write one post per week, and not forget my password. I post gadgets, pictures, videos and anything that might be cool but childish.

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