The Rodeo

I have been asked by Kim and Jason to take part in their Adultitis Escape Plan, a 40-day plan to become more childlike (not childish)
and to reduce stress and prevent dullness, depression and [insert
another word beginning with 'd' here]. Of course I’m gonna do it.

Dreary-ness, that begins with ‘D’.

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The thirty-fourth task: Think about some of the things you liked to do as a child. Pick one and do it.

I’ve always loved the idea of superheroes, people with superhuman abilities fighting crime and all that sort of thing. The idea of being able to do things that mere mortals could not is an idea that I constantly think about. Which abilities would be the best fit for me, and what would my weaknesses be.

Telekinesis sounds pretty cool, but laser eyes and adamantium claws are also extremely awesome.

So, as you can probably guess, as a child I loved watching superhero cartoons, primarily X-men, which was just so well done. I can see flaws in it now that I’m older, but the fact they killed off (supposedly) one of the main characters, who was even in the opening credits, sealed the deal with me. This wasn’t a cartoon like the others I’ve seen. Also, they got the voices so perfectly right that even seeing live actors play the roles still sounds wrong in my head. Wolverine espescially, that guy just didn’t put a word wrong, bub.

The comics are cool too. I think my favourite (having only read the synopsis) story is this one in Ultimate X-Men (they started afresh without all the baggage from the hundreds of other comics). A child has recently manifested his mutant ability, the ability to kill all living things that come near to him. Wolverine finds him alone in a cave and talks to him, his mutant healing factor keeping him alive near this deadly kid. Ah, just reading that overview makes me feel tingly, it is so well written, and such a sad story. I nearly cried just reading it.

Anyway, after thinking about how cool those comics and cartoons were when I was a kid (an now), I watched a few episodes of X-men:Evolution, the latest cartoon incarnation of these superheroes. Not quite as great as the old cartoons, the new intro music isn’t anywhere near as memorable and the voices don’t quite fit, but still very well done, with some great stories.

RodeoClown: can kill you with his mind.

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